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Well it has been far to long since I have posted what is going on at the Richardson home! Well life is good...... very crazy and sooooo busy but good! Caleb is still in school and working full time while doing a night shift. I am super tired of the night shift, but I know this will all be worth it! As many of you know, Caleb applied to UVU's nursing program with a 3.9 GPA and didn't get accepted. It was a huge disappointment and more than anything a shock for us. He picked himself off and dusted off and we have made some adjustments! He is still doing nursing school, but we are going to apply at several schools this time! We are hoping to get into like a Provo College or somewhere like that because he can get through his associate portion in one year rather than 2! I really don't know how he keeps up with his crazy schedule. He is seriously never home, he works at night and has school in the mornings. We have had to learn to make the most of our time together. He has been in school for almost 2 years solid without taking any summers or breaks in between! Sometimes I feel like a single mom over here, but when he is home he is truly the best Dad and husband ever! He is such a patient, loving, and hardworking man! I am so grateful for the sacrifices he is making to better our family! Josi is still as funny as ever, she says something daily that has me laughing at her! She is getting so grown up and starts pre-school this fall. She can hardly wait, she has been practicing using scissors and I have little triangles all over my floor. She loves to glue papers together and says she is making diapers for Jake! She is a crack up that one! I cant believe how great she is, daily she tells me she loves me and the best part is that she plays with my hair! I love her so much and I truly thank Heavenly Father for allowing me to raise such a great girl. The other day she told me that when you have bad feelings the Holy Ghost can't be with you. She also thinks that Pluto from Disney is the Holy Ghosts dog! She is such a blessing to me! A few nights ago her and I had a sleep over in my bed and ate popcorn and watched Tinkerbell. I fell asleep like I always do in movies and at 11:30 she woke me up to put her to bed! She is a sweetheart and I am so the luckiest mom ever! Jake is doing so great! Can I just say that he is such a good, happy baby! He defiantly takes after his dad in the fact that he is layed back. He is such a good natured little boy, however..... he is into everything right now! His favorite thing to do is eat dog food! SICK, I seriously cant take my eyes off the kid. He is a little bit of a prankster like his mommy! It is so cute when he is getting into to something he knows he shouldn't be, he giggles and smiles when you are going to stop him! Hopefully I will have a toilet papering pal someday! I love to toilet paper! I just took him in for his 9 month check up and he is getting so big! He is 28.8 inches, that puts him in the 68% for height! I am so glad, lets hope he gets those Richardson genes and not the shorty Bingham genes! His head is 17.6 31%, and he is 17.7 pounds 10%! He might be a skinny boy, but that's OK! Maybe a soccer player like his daddy! I have been blessed with such good kids and I thank Heavenly Father daily for them. I think I might be the most paranoid mom ever, I seriously worry so much about them. I cant express how much I love them! I am still working and serving in the young woman's as the Laurel advisor. I love my calling and I love the girls in this ward. I sometimes feel like a chicken with my head cut off because I pick up some slack around here with Caleb's crazy schedule. My favorite thing this year has been yard work. I tryed cleaning out our garage, but realized I royally lost Caleb's tools! I love lines in the grass and have enjoyed trying to make a garden grow! I even ran the tiller in the garden! I am so thankful for my job, I love being able to visit with all my friends and talk out all my insanity. I wish I was able to balance my schedule better and make more time for my family and friends. I love doing stuff with you all, but it gets so crazy with this wild life! I'm so sorry if you feel overlooked, I am going to try to do better! I hope you are all doing well! Enjoy the summer, it goes to quickly!

Our summer so far!

we have had such a fun summer so far!
puppies, Dance recitals, Family get together's, baseball games!

catching up on pictures!

Josi's 3rd Birthday!

I love these little munchins!

Jakes Blessing! Sunday January 2nd!

Jacob Riley Richardson

Jake was blessed on Sunday January 2ND! He is such a sweet little guy, and he had a huge turn out for his blessing! I totally spaced pulling out my camera till all my family was gone, but I did manage to snag a few pics. His guests included: both sets of Grandparents, Peases, Binghams, Cornias, Jr's Fam, Nate and Kathy, Bogdins, and the Stephens, and cute Grandma McCann!
Thanks to all those who came to support us!

Disneyland 2011

So we just took a trip for 10 days to Disneyland at the beginning of this month. We had so much fun together. It has been forever since we have had time to spend as a family, and we got 10 whole days of it! We got to go with my sister Katie, her husband Jeff, and there 2 cute kids, Chloe and Kyle. My Mom also came for 5 of the days, but my Dad isn't a huge fan of Disneyland and stayed home. We had so much fun, we got to spend 3 days in Disneyland/ California Adventure. For Christmas we got a week at my parents timeshare from them. It was so nice to have that taken care of! We got to go to the beach, fun breakfast's and dinners, swim, and just spend some much needed family time! Josi had so much fun, and was so star struck by all the characters, but mostly by the princesses. Ariel was the funniest, Josi was speechless! So the "Josi" girl always manages to make us laugh, here are some of her funny comments while in California. We asked her what her favorite ride was and she said the bus! Yes the city bus is the best ride ever! She kept telling us that the garmin was the teacher "Daddy, the teacher said turn left!" She is so silly! Jake was a dream as always! He was just as content as ever to be carried around by his dad in the Bjorn. He is such a great little baby, he was charming all the people standing in line with us. He would just start smiling at people and had them melting in his hand! Between Josi the chatter and Jake the charmer we made all sorts of new friends! We had so much fun and I hope we get to go again soon!

Josi and Tinkerbell

One of the highlights of the trip for us was eating at Ariel's Grotto.
Josi is probably the pickiest eater ever! She worked on a chart trying new foods, and eating good to earn this Breakfast. She was sooooo star struck, it was funny to watch her! I loved the character breakfast's!

This was funny, the Queen from Alice just walked right up to Jake and was so cute to him!

Josi and Fairy God Mother!

This is us at Minnie's Kitchen

Our day at Balboa Beach!

It was so fun, we got to put our car on a ferry for $3 and
go over to the beach on an island!

poor Jake in Josi's pink stroller!

We got to go to a Pirate dinner!

Josi LOVED Rapunzel and "Eugene"
That's what she calls him!
She asked him to do his smolder!

Caleb in his height of glory!
Both kids fell asleep standing in line for the Aladdin show!

Josi was so excited to see all the princesses!

Jake is his regular spot!

Jake and Grandma Sue!

Could he be any cuter!

It was in the 90's in Disneyland, so
we got a thin blanket wet to try and keep Jake cooled down!

Josi just had a Jessie party, and was so excited to see her!

My cute Mom surprised us and took us all to Goofy's Kitchen! It
was by far the best of the character dining! Thanks Mom!

I forgot to tell something so cute! While in Disneyland some of the workers came up tp us ans asked if they could take Josi's picture to put it up on small world. Disneyland has started a new thing where they take pics of people throughout the day and at night they play music and pictures from the day up! Josi was a star and was shown 2 times! What a fun trip we had!