Johnny, Lorna, McCall, Scott, Taylor, Jessie. Thanks for the fun Halloween party!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Rockin' in Style!
Johnny, Lorna, McCall, Scott, Taylor, Jessie. Thanks for the fun Halloween party!
The Witches at Gardners Village
This year I went with my mom and sister and the babes. Its so fun to walk around and look at all the creative displays, go in and out of all the fun stores, and of we had to get a carmel apple and candy at the candy store!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
"You Out Making Money?"
Yesterday Scott called home to say hi, and this is what happened...
The phone rings...
Jack starts yelling, I wanna talk I wanna talk...
I see that it is Scott, so I let Jack answer...
Jack, "Hi."
Scott, "Hey Jackson."
Jack, "You out making money?"
I grabbed the phone and said, "did you just hear what he said?!?"
Scott and I could not believe it. We were shocked that he had actually picked up on what Scott had said the other day. He is starting to be a really perceptive little guy - it's crazy!
Ha ha. We will be laughing at this for a while. At least he understands that you have to work to make money.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
5 Years Later....
Tuesday Clara was a disaster. I was with some friends and they mentioned trying a formula with less iron because it is softer on their tummies. So I did it. All week long she was a wreck. When I finally decided to go back to the original formula (Saturday afternoon)... within one feeding she was back to normal! Once I had figured out what her deal was, I tried calling some girls in our ward but it was too late. They were either busy or out of town for the Holiday weekend.
So what did Scott and I decide to do? We went out... with the kids. The weather was nice so we decided to go to Gateway and walk around and get some dinner at Tucano's, one of my favorites, even though I am not much of a meat eater (especially red meats) but for some reason, the all you can eat salad bar and meat gets me.... it's so delicious. But, it was actually a really fun night. The whole time we kept looking down at Jack and Clara and thinking... here we are 5 years later... out on our anniversary with our kids and so incredibly happy.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
How To Install A Husband
Dear Tech Support:
Last year, I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5 and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf 4.1.Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?
Signed,
Desperate
DEAR DESPERATE:
First, keep in mind Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html and try to download Tears 6.2 and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. But remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.) Also, do not attempt to reinstall Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0. In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.
Good Luck,
Tech Support
Horse Rides...
It's really no suprise - Jack was a little nervous. But he quickly warmed up.

My sister Melissa took these pics, she is so talented. And check out my sister Cami, she is beatiful. She has the most perfect teeth - granted they are all veneers - but still they are perfectly white and straight and ... just perfect.
This is Jackson as he is getting more confident. Notice he is on the horse all by himself. Way to go cowboy!
I think Henry will be born on a horse in his next life. He loved it!!!
Cami and Judd with the boys.
Thanks guys for letting Jack and Henry go for a little ride. Judd thanks for taking the time to do it. And thanks Melissa for taking the pictures.
Clara's Blessing Day
For those of you that do not know, my talented mom makes all of the grand babies blessing dresses and bubbles. My mom-in-law Lisa, gave her the adorable bow. And I made her the pearl bracelets. She was decorated with lots of love!
Her sweet little smile melts my heart.
She was such a good baby all day long! I was sure that at some point she was going to loose it. But she was able to keep her cool - I think she knew everyone was there for her. What a good party hostess.
I love my angel.
Jack is so sweet with her. I think he is pretty much over the... "let's throw the baby in the gutter" phase. He loves her and showers her withs hugs and kisses all day long.*Notice her 2 little middle fingers in her mouth. She has created her own pacifier with them. She sucks on them all the time. It is so cute. When Scott first started to bless her, she immediatley started crying, but quickly found her fingers and kept herself quiet. Good girl.
Our Four Generation picture.
Check out that face.
This is the whole group. Scott and I couldn't believe we fit all these people in our house!
Blessing days are so special. Thank you to all of you that were able to come and support us (and those of you that were not able to come, we missed you!)Thank you Clara for being such a good little girl. I love you.
Thank you Melissa for taking all the pictures. They are perfect!
Monday, October 13, 2008
The 1st P&A Richards Family Reunion!
Candice designed sweatshirts for us all. The kids had little long sleeve shirts and the babies had onsies. So cute. Here is the whole clan.

Jackson loved it. The fire, dirt, rocks, snow, hiking, and of course family family family! It was freezing cold. Thankgoodness I took up his coat, hat and gloves because he would have frose with out it. We were completly snowed out Saturday morning - we packed up our things and headed out first thing. Clara did alright. Well, it was a rough weekend for her. #1... 2 days before we left, I started her on bottles and formula (not the best idea to do right before a weekend away from home with other people that have to listen to your crying baby) #2... Once again, it was freezing cold. Who knows - maybe she's just not much of a camper... ?
Hoo-ray for the fire! It kept us all toasty warm... and stinky.
My mom was fantastic with the dutch oven! Amazing chili one night, roasted turkey and cheesy bacon potatoes the next, and topped off with a apple crisp (thank you melissa) .... um um good.
Friday we all did the ropes course. It was really fun. Thankgoodness I have grown up doing the Aspen Grove ropes course - I am a pro. Ha ha. Just kidding. This actually freaked me out a little more than I thought it would. I havn't done something like this for a long time... and the ropes that you walk across - it's pretty high up there.

Of course Scott does it with no problem.
Everyone did it. Even my mom, dad, and adam - who are all deathly affraid of heights. Way to go everyone! And check this one out... little Henry. He climbed up the whole tree like a little monkey!
So proud.
Jack saw Henry doing it and thought he wanted to give it a try. Think again. They started putting him in the harness and he freaked out. Maybe next time my little man.

After we did the big ropes coarse, we headed over to all the little ropes coarse. The spider web that everyone has to get through with out touching it, the rope you swing, more wire walking, balancing on the log... it was all a ton of fun. Although, I am pretty sure our family made everything much more difficult than we needed to. But hey - he had more fun that way!


A few years ago, Miles came up here and built this gathering area for his Eagle project. Luckily he had a big group of people there to help him because it was a ton of work. They had to clear the land, slope it just right, dig up the ground, cut the small logs that the big ones lay on, stain the wood, and lay it all out. Wow! What an Eagle Project! Way to go lil bro.
The leaves are changing. It is so beautiful. Love it.
The reunion was a blast. It was so fun to have a weekend with my family. Rarely are we all together - usually someone is stuck at work, lame. Thanks mom and dad for planning it and thanks to everyone for all that you brought and planned to make it so fun.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Happy Halloween...
Nothing like a funny pic like this to get us all in the spirit of Halloween!I love this time of year. Fall, the leaves, the candy, crisp air, the candy, Halloween festivities: haunted houses, dressing up, parties, candy... did I mention candy?
Hoo-ray for Halloween!