Another birthday milestone for Kimo!

Yes, it's true, my little Kimo is growing up fast, he turned 2 on Sat. It was an eventful day, some great events, some not so great. He sliced his finger open with the blade of a pencil sharpener on our way out the door to the greatly awaited Easter egg hunt/"eggstravaganza" at Thanksgiving Point. Well, I'm glad daddy spent the time to play doctor and get him bandaged up cause we missed out on NOTHING! I forgot the battery from my camera and wasn't all that sad other than the fact that Kimball's cousins were there with him and they all looked so cute with their Easter baskets. For a venue of that size, the whole thing was pretty disappointing as there were roughly 4,000 people and like 5 things to do, each boasting a 2 hour line.
But we made the best of it and spent a nice afternoon in the park utilizing Kimball's new gifts and playing with Nantou and the bunny rabbit (that belongs to our friends) who Kimball got to take out on a leash. That night we met up with 3 of Kimball's Aunts and his cousins (his favorite playmates) at this indoor bouncy house type place that has a bunch of inflatable slides and whatnot. It was a little ghetto but we all had so much fun in there. I decided to just keep it family this year as we are still recovering from his "Tol" celebration last March when our house was packed with 100+ people. Simple is good :) Here are some pics of my darling Kimball on his special day.




Thank you Nantou! Let's go play ball!!












Thanks Aunt dd! You always seem to know just what I'll love

Thanks Mommy and Daddy for my first set of wheels!
















When we got to the park, one of Kimball's best friends Halle was there. The moment he saw her, he spontaneously ran up to her and give her a kiss on the side of her face. It was the most precious thing ever (because he did it on his own) that I asked if he would do it again so I could get a picture. Such a little lady killer.

HAPPY EASTER!
Since the Saturday hunt had been such a flop (I think Kimball got 2 eggs), we decided to conduct our own little hunt for Kimball Sunday morning. Miriam had gone to grab plastic eggs for me that night and 3 stores later, no luck. So, she ended up dyeing my eggs and it turned out very cute, plus no candy inside to rot Kimball's teeth! It was so fun watching him and I got so excited thinking about the many fun years we have ahead to watch our kids get excited over all the simple things in life.


And I just couldn't help but to include this picture of Kimball running into church on Easter Sunday. It's funny how he gets so excited for church each week. I'm so grateful to be the Mother of this amazing little boy whose brought more joy to Erik and my life than we could have ever dreamed possible. We love you Kimo!!!

The Greatest $50 Investment

A birthday wish goes out to my first boy. This boy was born 3 years ago at a little farm house in Heber City, Utah. Your daddy and I saw your ad in the paper and knew we had to drive out to come meet you. And to think those crazy farm fools would put a price of only $50.00 on you? Yeah yeah, they didn't have your mommy's hip x-rays and your grandpa wasn't a world class show dog and your uncle didn't win first place in some bird hunt contest. Who cares. So you may have a little hip displasia but nothin a little medication can't take care of. We LOVE you SO SO SO much and seriously cannot imagine our life without our first best friend that Erik and I made together. Not to mention Kimball's first best friend. Thanks for bringing so much joy and countless great memories to our family! You have been worth every hair that clogs up my Dyson and even the occasional ones that I have picked out of Kimball's diaper or off his butt ;) Happy Birthday Nanters!

A Holla to my Momma

Mom, I would have loved to produce an entire video to go along with this but in the interest of time I had to settle with simplicity. Have a FABULOUS birthday today! We love you and miss you.
Make sure your sound is turned on!!! Enjoy ;)

Teethbrushing 101

So I took this video a couple of months ago but I just found it and can't stand how cute it is. A) because Kimball loves brushing his teeth, and B) because he's obsessed with his Daddy and wants to do everything exactly like him!

A Richards Hall Classic 96-97

Okay, for the 15 or so people viewed in this picture, I totally know that you are having as massive a flood of memories as I did when Kevin just sent me this via e-mail. I was dying!!! How can one forget Stone and his famous postal jeep that cruised the campus? We even took this jeep up skiing in the middle of the night! This picture was taken 12 years ago and it seems like just yesterday!!! I had to laugh at my many observations. First, I had to give Kev a hard time for the tie dye shirt, seriously, since when was he a hippie? And my yellow hair? Awesome! Or could it be the fact that half of us were barefoot and the other half in boxer shorts! I'm really hoping this was taken on a sat. morning when some were still in pj's. I know it's Utah State so anything goes, but I promise we did wear shoes to class, then again, probably not Scott. Cheers to the Richards Crew from 96-97 and to the memories of Stone and his postal jeep!