Which Richards' is it????

Do you recognize our beautiful child?

Isn't she/he lovely...

Isn't she/he wonderful...

DAD Home and Doing Well

Dad is home from his knee surgery and doing very well. There was a quite large miniscal tear that "pac man" chewed away so now the pain should be gone. There is a lot of wear and tear in there as well which also can cause pain but hopefully it will be back to the "normal" amount of pain now. 3 or 4 days off of it and he should be good as new.

Gee, I wonder if football, wrestling, lifting two adult sons dozens of times a day and a big belly had anything to do with that??? Or how about just 58 years of life!

Family Reunion Dilemma

I asked Cami to arrange for a family reunion for this summer and she's been working hard at trying to find something. THANKS CAMI!

Derek's schedule (understandably) is very tight so we've been looking at August at his request.

Problem: He's only available August 10 to 16 and Adam's kids start school on August 13.

Any other ideas or suggestions? 3 or 4 days are adequate, but we need to get on it ASAP.

Love you all! MOM

Mia got her Bed!

Mia got her bed yesterday and I have never seen anyone so excited in my life! She even got her princess sheets to put on it! She couldn't be happier. She even stayed in it all night long.

Steamboat!

We had a blast in Steamboat. Connor, Preston and me got in 5 straight days of snowboarding! Adin did 4, Alyson did 2, and Mia did none. Alyson would have got in more, but dumb me forgot to register Mia for daycare and there was none available. The kids did some bungee jumping and we played in the pool a lot! While we were there, they hit their record snowfall and we had a ball in the fresh powder! We love Steamboat.

Our Easter Pics

So, here we are for Easter. We were very worn out from a week up in the mountains, but we made it to Mom and Dad's and then had Easter there. The kids love seeing their cousins!

Happy Easter

Ever seen better looking people?!!!

(yes, I got the dresses done, grandma...yeah me!)

We had a crazy day today between Easter baskets (the important stuff), church, and going to Grandma's house and we were unable to call and wish you all a Happy Easter...so

Happy Easter!

We love you...from the folks in the west.

Oh, and as you can see...we took pictures this Easter...so the calendar page will be much better next year. (Priorities!)

Multiple Personality Paige

In 24 hours Paige was Jasmin (and she proudly dressed her brother as Aladin) The previous day she dressed Alec in a skirt, a pink shirt and the Hannah Montana wig and dressed herself in his favorite outfit then paraded the neighborhood as...each other...(not Alec's fathers finest moment)...

A spy...

And pretty Paige again...

What I sent.

I have listened to the constant barrage of comments regarding Obama's pastor and the need for all of us to understand the "typical black religion".  I have tried to understand obama's effort to take the comments and establish a  dialogue on race and the need for getting over the racial issues of this country.  My problem is that if black religion should be understood and appreciated for a doctrine of hatred and the inability to get over the sins of the past, we will never get beyond hatred.  If black religion tried to teach traditional doctrines of peace, forgiveness and love, perhaps the black community would not be so inflamed.  Unfortunately if Obama thinks his "faith community" is justified in hatred and anger, he simply took a vindictive message and tried to make it an issue of race.  It was not about race, it was about hate.  The very same subject that we feel is proclaimed by Osama Bin Ladin.

I heard a variety of people speak aganist the election of a "mormon" in Mr. Romney.  He even had to defend his religion and whether he would represent the people or his church.  I find it very interesting that his church teaches NOT HATE, but love and focus on the family.  You should research the words of his spiritual leader, the late Gordon Hinckley and share the doctrine taught in that church.  It would make an amazing comparison to show a religion of love and tolerance versus a faith community of hatred and revenge.  

If Obama cannot see that the message was hateful and just plain mean, not to mention a total integration of Church and State, he is far too ignorant to lead this country.  Perhaps his inability to wear a lapel pin of our flag is his means to validate his ministers message.

I could not take it any longer. so I sent the following

I could not stand it any longer.  I sent the following to all the talk show hosts I could find e-mail addresses for.  what do you think? 

It only Snows in Southern Utah if the Richards' are there!

We decided we needed a reprieve from the snow and freezing weather, we had a long weekend (due to teacher development...or some other fan dangled thing), so we headed for st. George. It SNOWED! Can you believe it...only on us. Some of us (Hannah, Shelby and myself ) were smart enough to grab our winter coats. Jason of course is too tough for a winter coat and stepped over the pile containing Alec and P.J.'s coats as he locked the door to leave. We had fun anyway, hiking the trails of Zion National Park in the snow and swimming in the hotel pool. How would you feel about a family reunion in Zion this August???? Anyone??? Here are a few pics for your enjoyment...

Most important Day of the year

Hopefully you all recognize this as a very important day in our family. Just think only 39 years ago this morning Mom and I were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. Seemed like such a simple thing that day, even though I was scared to death. You know major responsibility and all, nevertheless, we went through with it and it has been an amazing 39 years. who could know all that we would experience or the blessings we would receive. The best of all is a great family. Thank you all for being such great people. We love you all and you make every day worth it. Love dad, oh yeah, Mom is really the best of the whole deal and you are really all just tied for second place.

The Marathon!

Alyson Raced into the finish and kicked this guy's BUTT! Great way to finish 26.2 miles!
3 of us 4 did the marathon. Lelsy did the 1/2! It was a beautiful day in Georgia.

Anyone that knows Alyson knows she doesn't do what she doesn't want to do...until now! She did not want to do a marathon. She hated the training and lost sleep even thinking about doing the darn thing, but she did it nonetheless! Not only did she do it, but she did it right! She paced herself perfectly for the whole thing, she ate and drank right, and at the end she still had enough energy for a sprint! I am sooooooo proud of her. I didn't quite do as well as I would have liked, but I did qualify for the Boston marathon in 2009. It has to be said that Derek is still king of the marathon in the Weaver family.