Christmas Eve

Grandpa and Grandma Richards bought all the grandchildren pajamas. Reese and Riley had matching ones. Too cute!




This is the nativity we put together at the Grandpa and Grandma Richards house. Kash, was a Shepard/Joseph and Halle was Mary. Baby Brody played Jesus and Reese was the Angel who made sure Jesus was not at a loss for kisses and pats on the chest.



The nativity was quite fun to see the little ones reenact. They all kind of were in their own worlds as children often are. They pulled it together though and made one memorable night.




This year was Jason's families year for Christmas, meaning they have dibs on whatever activity they want us to be a part of. Well, since they were going to Temple Square for the second time on Christmas Eve we decided to join my family for my mom's BIG Christmas Eve dinner. We (Laura, Adam, kids and us) went over to my parents house early to open gifts to each other and from Grandparents. This puppy from Grandma and Grandpa, which sings ABC's and 123's non-stop, was so exciting for Reese as she has been coveting her cousin Aven's for over a year now :)




How wonderful were the days when Reese would pose for a picture! Snap one while you can is the way it works these days. Forget smiling...even looking in the right direction. Trying to catch that "perfect" moment has long gone. If she's in the general frame of the picture- we're good!

No Pain No Gain

Our poor little Reese had a tumble off the counter top in the women's bathroom at church leaving her chin wide open. To our delight we apparently have an endless number of doctors and plastic surgeons in our new ward! We lucked out with a plastic surgeon named Mark Ryser. He's a stud and volunteered his skills. We met him at his office to get her sewed up. After 30 min plus of playing pin Reese down(she's a strong & feisty one)and a lot of laughing gas later we found ourselves with 12 stitches in all! Reese survived and, with her Tootsiepop in hand, was all smiles and giggles on the way home. Dad and mom remained cool through it all and now are prepared for any other future fall or mischief a near 2-yr-old can get herself into.

Reese throughout 2009

Hey! It's been awhile! I haven't been able to upload photos for quite some time due to losing our usb cord in the move. You think it would be a simple thing to replace and let me tell you IT'S NOT- 3 cords and no match later I turned to Heather(my sis-in-law). Thanks to her, and her brilliant idea to get a memory card reader, I am once again able to share thoughts and pics. I have so many pictures to share and so little space to share them all. I'm first and foremost sharing pics of Reese, as she has grown and changed so much over the year- maybe mostly noticeable through the eyes of a parent?! She's huge to me, well...see what you think!

Good Times

Vacation

Spring Is Here

Riley's Here!

Waiting with great anticipation for Riley to come!

Riley was born on March 27th. I've never seen Reese show so much interest in...well anything. She was infatuated with Riley. She wanted to give him non-stop kisses and did. She would show frustration when we took him away from him so as he wouldn't get mauled.

Grandma Kerry & Riley