Start of Summer

So, getting the cousins together for a group shot wasn't easy...like we thought. Atleast we got a decent family pic with Reese.

St. George 2010

Chloe and Laura are both pregnant. Chloe's due in July and Laura in August. I wanted to get in on the action. Look how cute and round their bellies both are!

I look forward to our girls trip each spring!! We spent our time talking(til the early hours of the morning)and more talking mixed in with pool-side relaxtion, movies, pedicures etc... Glad Chloe was a trooper and traveled 8 plus hours to meet up with us. It wouldn't have been the same without her! Love my mom and sisters.

"Happy Valentine's Day - "I'm Naked!"

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Reese loves to be free...free of clothing. She not been feeling herself today, but take her clothes off, and she is a happy camper. Remind me to do this the next time she's being cranky!

Superbowl Weekend

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For the weekend Jason, Reese and I went to hang with Matt & Rachelle,Callie, Greg,Braxton & Charlyse. It was nice to escape to their little shack...mansion! Reese and Braxton were a blast because they are now getting of age where they actually are enjoying each others company. They chased each other throughout the house with their matching strollers and also on the back deck of their house. Too cute to see the start of a blossoming romance!

Reese is 2

This is the video we made for Reese's 2nd birthday. It's kinda long, but something that will atleast mean something to my sister Chloe and brother Samuel & sis-in-law Lacey since they live out of state and weren't able to be there in person :( Miss you all.

Girlfriends

I think I have been very blessed to have the best friends in the world. Friends I have remained in contact with (some since grade school- how crazy is that)?! Good friends come and go, but great ones you never want to let go.
I was thrilled to have the opportunity this January to go with my girlfriends to visit our other girlfriend,who we miss dearly, Anna-lise. We had a nice long weekend getaway to Colorado. We stayed at Anna's house and caught up on each other, shopped, got pedicures,ate too much and just enjoyed each others company.
I came back refreshed and reminded of why I love my girls and why their friendship means SO much to me.

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!