SPRING VISITS

Nana & Papa Richardson flew to Georgia to help us move from our rental house into our new house.  Unfortunately, we had some delays so they graciously helped us work around the house.  Cleaning.  Working.  Cleaning and more working!  Not many pictures taken during that time! :(

We got to spend more time with the Richardsons later in May.  Unfortunately, it was for Jimmy's "Grandpa Frank's" funeral.  We were really glad we got to be there for Denise and her family.  It also gave us a rare opporunity to have the whole family together.

We just love Stacie, Jeff's girlfriend.  She makes a wonderful addition to our family!

The Richardson BOYS...

Later in May, Dad and Shari drove to see us and timed it just right to be our "first house guests" in our new home!

The boys got lots of attention and play time with Papa Rick & Gammie while we were still unpacking and getting settled in.

Jimmy and I are very blessed with 3 sets of loving parents and grandparents for our boys!

Christmas #3 & Happy New Year

We decided to have the boys wait until the day after Christmas to open their gifts from Papa & Nana so they could enjoy their...

Wii!!!
Thank you Nana & Papa for the new Wii system and all of the accessories and games to go with it.  We'll have lots of family fun for many years to come!

It's so cute watching the boys bowl, play tennis & golf, and knock each other out boxing!  A great energy burner during the cold winter months!

After Christmas, Nana & Papa rented the condo in Branson for 5 days.  We didn't spend much time outside - it was frigidly cold.  Just long enough to do a little shopping and have a snowball fight! 

We had fun playing miniature golf at a cool indoor, glow in the dark course.  It was decorated with 4 differents themes, and also had laser tag and video games.  We're thinking about having the boys' "4th Birthday" party here.

To bring in the New Year our Nana bought crazy hats, necklaces, glasses & horns that the boys, of course, thought were hysterical! 

We had a wonderful couple of weeks with you Nana &Papa.  Thank you for the sacrifices you make to travel so far, for all of your help & love! We love you so much!

Christmas #2

Papa Jim flew down in mid December to help us out during Drew's surgery.  Children's Hospital didn't allow siblings in the waiting room so Papa stayed back at the hotel with Bryce so Jimmy & I could both be with Drew.  Thank you Papa for all of your help & love during this time!

This is a pic of the boys & their Papa Jim in the hot tub at our hotel the night before Drew's surgery.

Nana had to stay home to continue working so we were excited when she got to join us on the 23rd.

Bryce & Drew are slow opening their gifts.  They like to open a gift and then play with it for awhile and we certainly don't want to rush them!  So, on Christmas Eve morning we let them open their stockings from us and a couple of gifts from under the tree.

Our favorite tradition that we started with the boys on their 1st Christmas is to bake a birthday cake for Jesus.  Bryce & Drew were SO excited to do it this year...it's the first year they really understood it all.  We went to our Christmas service at church and then came home to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and eat the yummy cake!

Christmas morning we had the boys' big gift from us set up and wrapped under a big bag.  We wrapped up the box so they could see the pictures of the gift and they we SO excited!

Christmas was so fun & relaxing.  The boys were so cute opening their gifts and had so much fun playing with their new toys.  Thankfully, they also got excited about GIVING gifts to others and  loved to help unwrap them!