We took pictures for no reason at all

Goldie asked me to get the camera and shoot pictures of her an her brother.
We were going to make the bed, but we got sidetracked.
Goldie took this picture of me.
But I think this one was my favorite.

Long overdue and much anticipated...its Amanda's Show

Amanda lived with us for almost the entire time we lived in Jonesborough. She finished up her degree at the same time I did.
This is a few pictures of her art show that she produced back in April.
We are so proud of Amanda that she finished her bachelor's degree.
She is the first person in family to do so.
We love you Amanda Jo!

California here we come!

In August we went to the family reunion in California. This is the day we left. We took Grandma Allen with us to the annual storytime bash at the library.
In California at the beach they buried three cousins.
Grandma took Josiah for walks.
Cousins played....
...and sunned themselves.

We had a really good time. Goldie and I wish we could stay there. We want to come play again.

Hangin' with the family in July

This month we caught some really good Josiah shots. So this is a lot of him. This first one was from when we went for a picnic supper at one of our local state parks.
He loves horses and had to ride this one at his cousin Jen's house on Pine Creek.
The two kids were eagerly awaiting breakfast after camping out by the river at Mike's sister Alice's home.
We went into the river after lunch. Alice to this picture of all of us.
I took this picture one day after Josiah finished up lunch. It's a wonder any of it ended up on the inside of him. But he thought he'd done a swell job.

For Harold

Mike thought Harold would like these pictures because they are items we won from the Richardson Family Reunion.
We always win the contests for having the youngest children. We are going to have to recruit some other parents with little kids to this reunion.
I hope you like the bear apron...
...and the baseball cap/overall outfit.
Here is one final picture of the reunion held in Harold's garage.

(More to come soon from the Michael Richardsons' family life....I promise)

June Stuff

At the family reunion

Right before getting shots!

Playing in the rain

Hiking with cousins

Goldie had a 3rd birthday recently

We've had sickness in our house for a very long time, ever since Goldie's birthday. Millions of loads of laundry and many sleepless nights later I think we are over it. I've got energy and willingness to post anyway.A couple of days before Goldie's birthday we went on a hike at Ma Maw's Here is Goldie looking cute during our walk.
Here she is with her cake near Ma-Maw's house. Her dress and her doll were both birthday presents that she opened before we went to her party.
I made the cake in West Virginia and we took it to Virginia for the party. I was sure it wouldn't make it, but I was pleased and suprised that it did. This is the first time I used fondant to cover the cake and it sure made it BEAUTIFUL! I was suprised at how simple this cake ended up being. Goldie painted her letters on the the cookie sheet. Aren't they awesome!

We joked that Goldie counldn't have her princess cake and that we were going to give her a monkey cake instead. Well, it ended up she got both. Mike said the Princess cake wouldn't be enough for everyone to eat so I put the monkey on this cake and then Goldie and I decorated the rest with all the leftovers from her princess cake. We had way to much cake. But it was a fun birthday anyway!