Let's Keep our expectations low!!

Just thought I would remind Michelle of the size and degree of difficulty my cakes must stay beneath. And just so there won't be any question, I am including a photo of my latest creation, eaten just today. Yes, for those who don't recognize this dynamic duo, it is Bob and Larry. I have converted the whole family.

Mom, I've chosen my 26th Birthday Cake:

Yes, this is a cake. You can click on the picture for a link to the story. I thought I'd give you a few months' notice, since it looks slightly more involved than Emma's last year. (I hope you know that I"m kidding)

On an unrelated note, I would like to give a shout-out to Manda for appeasing the Vegas Richards and getting sealed on Friday the 22nd, so that both Buddy & I can be there. You're a good woman! THANK YOU! And if you need more proof that May 22nd is a great day, with the help of Wikipedia, I've compiled a short, and by no means exhaustive list, of wonderful things that happened on May 22nd:
1848: Slavery is abolished in Martinique.
1906: The Wright Brothers are granted US patent number 821,393 for their "Flying Machine".
1969: Apollo 10's lunar module flies within 8.4 nautical miles of the moon's surface.
1990: The Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.
2004: Felipe, Prince of Asturias, of the Spanish Royal Family marries Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano (you'll share an anniversary with royalty!)
AND: it's International Biological Diversity Day. All in all, an excellent choice, and we're really looking forward to being there!

Recent News

Hey family. just wanted to let you all know about the change in timing with the wedding. The wedding and reception will be on the 22nd of May, so everyone can be there. Love you all!

P.s. I'm doing this as a blog post to punish those that don't read it.... he he he...

Mom and Dad's extravaganza

Hey family! I just received an email from Mom and Dad telling about their vacation. They told me to try and email it on to the rest of you, so I'm in the process, but I thought I'd post it as well. Here it is!

Dear Children of ours, We are in Rutland, Vermont tonight and have had an awesome trip so far. We have visited Plymouth Rock and a pilgrim plantation, Lexington, Concord, the Boston Temple, the White Mountains of New Hampshire (which sit about 20 miles from Lake Winnipesaukee), the Simon Pearce glassblowing factory, Sharon Vermont where the prophet was born, and a few other places. We are having a blast and may never come home. I am sending this email to see if I can get your email addresses. The only one I have is Amanda because I can remember hers, so I am wondering if she will forward this on to the other children in the family. Let me know when you all get it because I would love to send you notes along the way. All of our motels have wireless, so it is kind of cool to hook up the computer each night and write about our day. It has been so fun to be together with Dad's family and to make some new friends. There are 40 of us on the bus and we are some of the youngest, in fact Dad is the youngest man, so that let's you know what the age groups of the people is. Our guides are awesome and funny. Amanda, our bus driver played us a Joshua Creek song today called "What Kinda car?" It was hilarious. I am going to have to get a copy of it. We miss all of our children and grandchildren, but will have awesome stories to tell when we get home. Hope all of you are doing well. Let me know if you get this. Love, Mom

The Secret Life

Hey family! seeing as how i have finally come to grips with the fact that i am a hard person to get ahold of, i just wanted to let you all know that i now have a personal blog, so now you can know what's going on in my dull and boring college life (he he he...) If you'd like to visit my blog, go to heyamanda3.blogspot.com. I love you all and hope to hear from you soon!

Born with Cougar Pride

I realized that I hadn't been able to e-mail this video to Shawn & Annie, and it was too cute not to be shared. Shawn & Mike came to a football game with Buddy & I last year and I must say the little Cougar was quite a hit, especially with the row of girls behind us. As seen here, he was ra-ra-ra-ing with the best of them by the end of the game. GO COUGS! (Of the BYU variety.)

MORE KOOL AID MOM!

I just have one thing to say. Does this picture bring back any memories of another Richards child about 20 years ago????? Love you Brandon!!!!