Wednesday, January 13

Christmas Letter – for those who didn’t get one…


December 2009

MORGAN – playing SCHOOL basketball; girls camp; Mr. Anderson's wood shop class; Mr. Samson's crazy science class; FACEBOOK; snowboarding with Uncle Billy & Aunt Nikki; soccer with Coach Dad; seminary with Bro. Morgensen –except the early morning part; playing piano; texting; stake dances; I-pod and Taylor Swift; watching Numbers & Chuck being just tall enough to stuff somebody on defense – SWEET…
 
KAYLEE– guitar; being tall – hoping for that last quarter of an inch to officially be 6 foot; having "Bob" as a nickname; wearing heels to be even taller; playing flute in the school band; BASKETBALL; playing soccer; finally being able to take cake decorating classes; having Mrs. Foster even if it is for English; decorating cakes; I-pod with a country music playlist; first year of girls camp; food; being silly with little kids; playing guitar…
 
LYNDSEY– reading Anne of Green Gables series; 5th grade with Mrs. Jacobson; math with Mr. McWilliams; singing; being a Dryad in Narnia at C-STOCK; starting the violin; finally getting to see Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat live at the 5th Avenue; playing defender in soccer; drawing coloring books for Sierra and Kenzie; coloring Kenzie's hand drawn coloring book; being totally LuLu and bending in ways that shouldn't be possible…

TYLER – computer games like AOE* and My Tribe; pirates; Legos; reading Harry Potter series with mom; reading fact-filled anything; MATH; being an only boy; sleeping in; wearing pajamas all day and not having to leave the house; first Richmond Family camping trip; seeing real battlements at Fort Warden on the camping trip; being a boy with other boys; Reeses' Peanut Butter anything…

SIERRA - playing T-Ball; throwing water balloons; scoring goal after goal on the soccer field; playing the ukulele; being the center of attention; learning to read; playing with friends; craft projects and more craft projects; surprise party at Joann's doing craft projects; Fancy Nancy books; thinking I'm in charge; almost anything outdoors; weighing myself and giving mom daily updates on my weight; being almost as tall as some of Kaylee's friends at church;
kindergarten
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MACKENZIE- cuddling with mom; being the youngest; all of my "buddies" (aka brother & sisters) being HOME; anything the color yellow; having curls until it takes mom 20+ minutes to untangle them; nursery with Sis. Anderson & her fun projects like play-dough & decorating cookies; being as crazy as my curls; going to visit cousin Elaine in Pullman with "my Bob", mommy, & Mo; mommy's new I-pod touch; playing Wii; saying completely off the wall things to make daddy (and everyone else) laugh – but especially making daddy laugh at bedtime just to stay up later…

DADDY – being a dad; being married and running away to Leavenworth; being membership clerk instead of Elder's Quorum President; hanging out with family; homemade bread & peanut butter cookies; coaching basketball and soccer; having the garage cleaned and having great parents and in-laws to make it happen; date night; the outdoors – especially the first Richmond family camping trip; having a job that allows him to take care of the family and Kristi to stay home with the kids….

MOMMY– being mom; having daughters grow-up into young women I'm proud of; stamping night with friends; Wells Girls' Weekend; sewing – especially purses & bags; teaching Sunday School; blogging**; having time with just Kenzie in the afternoons; running away with Kevin; having a sister that is willing to move in for 3 days so I could run away; having a son that makes me think; hanging out with family; living close enough to both sets of parents that my kids get to know their grandparents so well and I get to be friends with them; SiSi being so excited about everything I can't help but being excited too; reading; being a wife & mom….

…these are a few of our favorite things!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year filled with family, friends, and a few of your favorite things.

All our love, Kevin & Kristi, Mo, Bob, LuLu, Ty, SiSi, and Kenzie-Cakes



*AOE – Age of Empires for all you unsavvy gamers

**To stay up to date on all the Richmond adventures, check out our blog at www.lifeiscrazywith6.blogspot.com, or find Kevin, Kristi, Morgan and/or Kaylee on Facebook

If you want to be added to our Christmas list - just leave me a comment. Hope you all had a great Holiday!





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