Read Anything Good Lately?...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
I have a dear friend who reads like she is a librarian...but a super fun, cute one. She reads ALL the time. I have realized I have stopped reading...so 2012...let's read? Mmmkay?

So what books are out there that need to be read by me?...(here is my list so far)
1. The Help
2. War Horse
3. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
4. Through My Eyes (Tim Tebow book)
5. One Thousand Gifts
6. The Hunger Games

Okay, thoughts...I don't know a lot about these books but have just heard good things. Thoughts?

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Courageous...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
1. slow and a bit cheesy.
2. did.NOT.see.that.coming.
3. why am i crying hysterically when 10 minutes ago i couldn't get past the cheesiness of this movie.
4. still crying and totally entrenched in the film.
5. LOVE LOVE LOVE the movie.

I am sold! I know sometimes the christian entertainment industry can be rather, well, cheesy. I am very well aware. I have liked the other Sherwood pictures they have put out and love that they are getting out to the masses and proclaiming truth. The hubs and I watched this movie a few nights ago and were in tears the last half of the movie (I was, the hubs was a bit teary eyed). I couldn't get the word RESOLVE out of my head. As the movie ended here were my thoughts:

1. Dads are so important.
2. Loving your wife is the first step to being a great dad. (after loving Jesus more than anything)
3. Dance...always dance with your spouse and kids.
4. Don't grow up on kids...meet them where they are (i.e. running, crafting, singing elmo songs for 2 hours)
5. I want our home to be filled with the authentic name and power of Jesus. I want the hubs and I to kneel before our Lord together and show our kids God's love and raise the next generation to love Jesus with all abandonment.

As the movie ended I loved that I looked at my husband and said, "I am so thankful you are already a man that is courageous and has a heart of resolve in this home." It's worth the wait girls...I promise!


Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Oh, man...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, it's Monday. The hubs is on the road for kamp and the littles and I are home. Sickness has been hanging out at our house for a bit and the smell of one little's throw up has been perfume for me the past week. All that to say as I kissed the hubs by today, I curled up into our bed to sleep.

There's no point to this post except to say one thing...resting is good.

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Remember...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Oh, how sweet the Lord was as He has been reminding me of this TRUTH. Remember His promises. Remember His character. Remember.

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 




kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Lovely Headbands...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
I think this summer I will once again be wearing a headband each day because of several reasons...
1. It means I don't really have to "fix" my mop of hair.
2. They are a bit of femininity (spelling??) when I am usually sweaty, stinky and more sweaty.

So if you want one (I am obsessed with them and love making them) head on over to

www.lovelyheadbands.blogspot.com and you will see how to order. Let your obsession begin. Whether for little girls, teens with your messy buns or moms who just need a way to hide that they maybe haven't showered in a few days...these are awesome and just $12. Steal!

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Be Silly...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, the hubs and I had a wedding reception a few weekends ago and we had such a fun dancin' night. I know to some of you that weirds you out...us old folks with 2 kids dancing like teenagers (correction: not like teenagers on MTV...the teenagers like that are silly and wacky). We danced funny, silly, twirly, goofy and every other crazy adjective! We had a blast! I had never heard half of the songs but it was so fun!

So today, I beg you to be SILLY! Go laugh like a kid while you wrestle your dad. Go twirl around in an apron as you and your mom eat whip cream out of the can. Just go be silly. Our seriousness or "grown-upness" is so boring. Go be silly...appropriately so.

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 




kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Teenage Memory...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
I'm sure all of you would NEVER be so silly, girl girly as to have THAT crush that you doodle everywhere, journal each day, and think up your own movie in your head which usually ends with the crush fighting the whole world to get to you and to tell you that you are the perfect girl and he loves you.

Anyone? No one really wanting to admit it. Okay. Well, I thought today I would think back to being a teenager. Back meaning around 15 years ago. Yep, I'm 31. So me as a 16 year old. I want to simply validate your thoughts but also speak into them...not that you will listen but maybe, just maybe you will remember 1 line that could change your decisions.

The print above is so true of life as a teenage girl. Why do you think the Twilight series is an obsession of most teenage girls? Why do you think Justin Bieber is a gazillionaire? We love to dream up this story, our very own team edward vs. team jacob and we have the whole movie in our mind about the guy in the locker next to us and he barely knows our name. Oh how I remember this.

Lesson: It's not real. The normal, great kid 16 year old boy will never have a monologue to you that is like Justin Bieber's latest hit. It's not real and I believe the Lord did this for a reason. It's not time to awaken your heart to that boy. It's time to lock down your heart to Jesus and your daddy that the Lord has put in charge of your heart till it's time to for the changing of the guard. Most likely at 16 when your dream world is in overdrive is not going to be the time. So protect your heart. Know that movies are great. Fun. Great. But not reality. Crushing on boys is fun, talking with your mom till midnight about your crush is great...but allowing it to consume your heart so that reality is blurry is not good. So hang in there and some day your doodling of a boys' name will be real. Wait for Jesus to write that in...it's the best movie ever.

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Lord, When I'm Older...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
The saying, "I'll live for the Lord when I'm older" is a statement that drives me bonkers. Now, I'm aware of my own junk and my desperate need of a Savior so no judgements here...BUT truth will be here.

Why do you say that statement? If you truly grasp salvation and the gospel then you would never wait to walk with Jesus. Ever. On Sunday our pastor knocked the hubs and I to the ground...he said we, as marriage partners, should see the gospel being lived out in each other. WOW! You don't have to be married for that to mean something...

Does your life exhibit the gospel lived out?

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

A Blank Mind is...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, I'm sitting here and I am quite blank today...blogging ideas??? I can do random stuff...I can always do random stuff but I just have no awecrepic ideas rushing to my blonde brain today. (please take no offense if you are a blonde. I personally embrace blonde moments).

I am going to stay calm and just write our blog...

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Passion 2012...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
42,000 college students.
$3.1 million to stop human traffic in Nepal and more.
1 God that can awaken souls.

"Jesus has come on the scene and he has stretched out his hand to the funeral procession to awaken you to the reality that God can do anything and everything," Giglio said. "The day that happens is when you declare the power and mystery of the Gospel. That's why you're alive."


These 42,000 could radically change this nation, this world. Don't let this simply be a 4 day conference. Live it. 


Be awesome & Love Jesus, 




kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Resolutions...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Resolutions...to do them or not to do them or to write them but not really do them? Which category do you fall into? I am in the speak of them but they are broad (like continue to balance family and "stuff"). The husband and I speak of them to each other but again, ours are broad...big picture things.

Okay, fess up...do you write them down but only last like 2 days? Admit it, c'mon, there is freedom here. haha!

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Hey 2012...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
It feels odd to type "I'm back!" I don't really know why but it does. So let's just say "what up" instead? Mmmkay? Perf!

How was Christmas? New Years? Break? I type these questions very much knowing they are rhetorical (is that how you spell that. I don't want to do spell check today. here goes it to the masses). Our break was great. We had a very long road trip, 2 very sick little ones, great family time, lots of pj days, sweet conversations between hubs and wife about life as we are listening to "Kisses from Katie" book, and lots of sliding (little ones got a little slide) and lots of tea parties (little ones got a tea set). It was so glorious!! Family time as our little 4 (plus aunts and grandparents) is soooooo good.

I have been surrounded by medicine like I am a pharmacist...it actually made me think of my college roomie who I adore and don't ever see who is a pharmacist (that was just a random thought that I typed and I probably should delete b/c it has nothing to do with your life but I don't want to). Prayerfully the littles will get better...soon. They are so snuggly when they are all sick and snotty. YOU, grown up teenage girls, were sick and snotty at some point and your parents sat and snuggled you and your blankie and watched mickey mouse clubhouse for 3 hours straight too...memories!

Happy New Year everyone (let's all pretend it's not January 5th but January 1st). Perf!


Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Merry Christmas...

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from the Robbins' family to yours!

(p.s. how stinkin' adorable is that print!!! totally heartin' it!)

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Merry Christmas Eve...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Hope tonight has everyone nestled into their homes or churches truly having the gut check/heart check moment of knowing Jesus as their Savior. The moment when all the candles are lit and singing together I am always in awe of Him! Let us remember you EACH day!

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Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Christmas Traditions...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well today is all about traditions...well, not technically today but today is all about thinking about traditions that you love or hated but now love as you are older and wiser...

We Medlin's (that was the ole maiden name) and now Robbins' have GRAND traditions...okay, not really but I love them GRANDLY. We have a candle from Israel that the madre always lights and all of us kids are together (via cell phone now days) as we read Luke 2. We open 1 gift on Christmas Eve. We have our kids wear Christmas pajamas (Robbins). We always went around and each person would open 1 gift at a time so we could all admire and it wouldn't go so crazy fast!

So traditions...what are some in your family?

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Christmas Tuney Tunes...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, I know all of you are just waiting to iTunes to make a playlist of Kanakuk Ashley's hot beats! No, weird? Anyways, here it is...(Disclaimer: Christmas albums don't equate to each artist loving Jesus. Just fyi. It means I like their Christmas album and that's it. Just fillin' ya in!)

1.  Love this album...fav song: Winter Snow.

2. Heart that voice!

3. Haven't heard all this album but his sisters worked at K2 so I had to put this up. loyalty!

4. Personally haven't listened to all songs but love "Have yourself a Merry little Christmas."

5. Don't be mad...I just adore the little "Under the Mistletoe" song...you either love or hate him. And if you hate him, I think you love him too.

6. From Justin to James...classic and timeless!

7. I love "Love is Christmas" and "Winter Song."

8. Timeless and smooth as the velour on Santa's pants!

9. Always phenom!

10. One can never have too many Hillsong albums.


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Oh Charlie Brown...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
Well, at our Kanakuk Christmas party the boss quoted these lines from Charlie Brown's Christmas and I just loved it...read and reread again if you want!

Charlie Brown: I guess you were right, Linus. I shouldn't have picked this little tree. Everything I do turns into a disaster. I guess I really don't know what Christmas is all about. 
[shouting in desperation] 
Charlie Brown: Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about? 
Linus Van Pelt: Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about. 
[moves toward the center of the stage] 
Linus Van Pelt: Lights, please. 
[a spotlight shines on Linus] 
Linus Van Pelt: "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, 'Fear not: for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.' And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying, 'Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.'" 
[Linus picks up his blanket and walks back towards Charlie Brown] 
Linus Van Pelt: That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown. 

Be awesome & love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Countdown...

392988 seconds till Christmas...Woohoo!!! Family, fun, fellowship and many moments to prayerfully stand in awe of our Savior coming to this world to save us. Amen!

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Christmas, Anytime, Message...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Friends,
This is just my 2 cents...if you know how to get podcast (why did I just type that like you guys don't know how to do podcasts?) then I really encourage you to go to iTunes and sign up for The Village Church with Matt Chandler. Pretty incredible. Also Watermark has their services on iTunes. Todd Wagner, the pastor, is a legendary past kamp guy. Both are just awesome messages to put in your heads and hearts and lives. Check them out.

Be awesome & Love Jesus, 




kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com