Richardson Ridge: December 2008

Here comes Santa Claus!

We went to our annual family Christmas party where we ate pizza and watched the nativity rather than act it out this year (hopefully a new tradition) and frosted cookies. The kids had fun playing with cousins and 2nd cousins.
Jake looked the same in every picture. I think they must have been having a good conversation!I wonder if Santa told Lindsey what she was getting for Christmas, or if his beard was tickling her ear.
Maggie was so excited to see Santa! She gets so intense when she is excited. It is so fun to watch her! Ben was not so excited but we HAD to do it!!

Jake plays Rudolph!

Jake's class put on a "play" about Santa losing his boots on Christmas Eve but couldn't wear his sneakers to deliver the presents, who ever heard of that! Jake played rudolph and came to the rescue and told Santa he left them under his seat on the sleigh! I think he is even more "famous" after finding Santa's boots! Jake did a good job and we had fun watching him. Jake had a quick picture with Mrs. Shepherd and his best friend-girl, Gabbie!

Elves at Gardner Village

Posing with the elves! We even brought a few with us. Ours are much cuter! The girls looked so cute kissing daddy under the mistle toe!

Family pictures 2008

We found this location from some friends that went to the same place. The kids can only cooperate for so long! It was cold and we stayed after so Eric could take pictures of the cousins too. Aren't they cute!!

What were they thinking?!!

This was in November and we had already had one good snow storm. It was by no means warm! The girls got it in their head that they needed to lay out in the back yard. Eric was sure to get a picture of the snow on the roof. They were out there for a good 45 minutes, and even asked for sunscreen because they were getting too warm! The only way Eric got them to come in was by letting them take a shower in our shower in their swimsuits!!

Lindsey takes the stage!!

Lindsey's class put on "The 3 Piggy Opera". It is the 3 little pigs with lots of songs. Songs that don't leave your head for anything. Songs that you wake up singing, fall asleep singing, always in your head. It was fun to watch her! She did a great job with the songs and all the actions.

Halloween 2008

The costume parade at the school. Jake was Indiana Jones, Lindsey was duh, a Princess, Maggie was duh, a Princess and Ben was a Skeleton. They had lots of fun trick-or-treating and we were lucky to have Uncle Matt go to hold a sleeping Maggie.

Pumpkin carving

We haven't always been the best about carving our pumpkins, but we vow to do better. Lindsey really like using a marker to "color" hers. She is quite the artist.

Maggie & Ben discover leaves!

I think this was the first time that either one of them has played in the leaves. Ben was so funny to watch as he touched them and moved around, Maggie just looked plain cute!

Scarecrow Festival

We took the kids to the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point. The kids had a fun time going down the giant slides and jumping in the bouncy things. Then we saw the tallest man we have ever seen. We thought it would be fun for Jake to go meet Shawn Bradley. Papa was the only one brave enough to go introduce Jake to Shawn. He was very nice and humored us by shaking Jake's hand.

Lindsey plays soccer!?

Lindsey played soccer this fall. We weren't sure if she would like it since you don't wear a dress and high heels. We were pleasantly surprised when she would actually go after the ball and even try to kick it! Go Lindsey!

Disney Land Trip

After Labor Day, we took a trip to Disneyland with the Richardson clan before Heather left on her mission to Dallas. We enjoyed short lines, although the Santa Anna winds made it a bit hotter than we would have liked. Maggie enjoyed her 3rd birthday California style.