Richardson Family Reunion

My Mom's family was in charge of the Richardson Family Reunion this year. It is held every 3 years. We had family come from Colorado, Nevada, Montana and Utah. It was the Brothers and Sisters of my Grandpa Richardson. We held it in Leamington at the Town Hall. It was super hot that week so alot of time was spent in the water or in front of a cooler in the Town Hall.Of course there was plenty of food to eat and it was all delicious. One of the nights we cooked marinated turkey, corn on the cob, dutch oven potatoes, salad and home made Rootbeer

We arranged for the Fire truck to take the kids on a ride they had a blast and all got badges and hats.
All ages enjoyed playing corn hole. When my parents were in Ohio on their mission, there were Corn hole tournaments everywhere. It's quite a popular game back east.We rounded up tubes for everyone to float down the river. I got in and got back out. I'm such a chicken (on a side note though, I went down with the kids this week). It was a good way for everyone to cool off.
My Mom had all the instructions and materials to play the games from the show "Minute to Win it". We had a great time. It was fun to see everyone out there being silly.Watching Greg and Barbie do "Junk in the Trunk" was probably my most favorite to watch. Man can they move their hips. I was surprised to see Greg move so good!!!Even Uncle Wilber and Aunt Marge joined in the fun.All in All we had a wonderful reunion despite the heat. It was fun to see family members that I have never met or it has been decades since I've seen.

Completed kits

It's been quite a while since I have posted any of our kits on my blog, so I thought I would share some with you. I'm sure I've missed some but here are quite a few.

This Baptism one hasn't been released yet but I think it turned out really cute.
This is one that my sister and I designed while we were up at Bear Lake.

This is one that we had a lady specifically ask us to design. Here horse is involved in the horse races.


This is a kit that I designed after Kaitlin's "Fashion" party for her pictures.

Bear Lake contd...4-Wheelin!

We all had a blast riding the 4wheelers on the trails up around the cabin. There were several that we could go on and explore our beautiful surroundings. Tyler likes to ride on every ones tails so he always ended up coming back with a filthy face.One morning Lori, I and the kids all got up at 5:30 and headed up the trails to a hill so that we could watch the sunrise. It was early, but it was definately worth it.

Fun times & relaxing times

The Felix's for Family Night

Our good friends the Felix's live up in Hyde Park which is just next to Logan, came up on Monday to have dinner and FHE with us. It was so nice to visit with them and see their cute family again.

Playing Dead

The boys were out on the deck playing guitars and just chatting when down runs this chipmunk off the side of the cabin, right next to where they were sitting. It see's them and drops on it's back and plays dead. It stayed there with it's legs up in the air and eyes wide open for about 3 minutes, long enough for everyone to see it. Then after everyone quit looking at it, it rolled over and ran off. It was so funny!We warned all the kids when we went to the cabin that there would be lots of pictures taken. There was to be no covering of faces or hiding. Trav had a hard time with this he doesn't like getting his picture taken. You'd think all of our kids would be natural models with all of the pictures we take of them.

Bear Lake

We went up and stayed in the most beautiful cabin up in Bear Lake. My parents, while on their mission, met Sister Redd. They have been building some things for her at her cabin and as a trade she has allowed us to stay there.

2004 flashback

On our way back home from Denver, CO we stopped at Aunt Trudy & Uncle Craig's house. It's always fun for the kids to be able to ride their horses.

I grew up as a child going to visit family in Meeker and always looked forward to milking cows, feeding bottles to the baby lambs and just playing around on the ranches. Life always seemed so much simplier.

Kaitlin Farnsworth

We always teased Kaitlin about being Kaitlin Farnsworth. Because she spent as much time at their house that she could. The Farnsworth girls have the best imaginations. I always knew if Kaitlin was playing with Abby that she was having a great time. They played the "good" old fashioned way, tea parties, school, they wrote plays, and went square dancing.

Final Destination UNKNOWN

We are on our way to a new adventure. We will temporarily stay at my parents in Leamington, UT while we look for a new job & place to live. We surely are sad about leaving Cedar City again but we know that we are being led to new opportunities. I'm excited for this new step even though we thought that this would be our final destination. That just reminds me that there is a bigger picture and that we are not in charge. I'm grateful for all the friends and experiences that we've had here. Now were off to making new friends and having new experiences.

Neighbors/Friends

We have been able to live in a wonderful neighborhood here in Cedar City. We couldn’t have handpicked better neighbors & friends. They would be there in a heartbeat if we ever needed them. Whether it be to watch our dog while we’re out of town, giving priesthood blessings in the middle of the night or bringing over yummy treats, you could always count on them. We will miss everyone!

Tyler's Buds

Tyler has made some wonderful friends here in Cedar City. He has spent this past week spending as much time with all of them as he possibly could. Tyler loves adventure and adventure is what he got with all of these friends. Fishing, building forts & tree houses, spying on deers, going on recon missions, and working at the local pet store so that he could play with any animal imagined. He will miss all of his friends but will be back to visit.

Am I crazy?

Have you met Indiana Jones Jr. (or Indie) for short? This is who Tyler got after his snake blaze died. What is he you might ask? A Ball Python. Yep, one of those. He really is quite a neat snake. He will get big if we make his environment bigger. This happens to be pictures of dinner time. Indie eats every two weeks. His diet consists of baby mice called pinkies or fuzzies, baby rats.

Garbage Can

With moving and all we have had quite a mess around here. Every room has at least 1 if not 2 garbage cans in them. Bella came out of my craft room the other day adorned in the garbage can lid. It was very cute.