Until she couldn't get out and was frustrated.
Richard helped me make muffins last night. He likes for me to turn on the oven light so he can watch them bake. I walked into the kitchen and saw that he had his stool pulled right up and was waiting to eat the yummy muffins. What silly kids!
Heidi (in the front, brown shirt) and Chloe (behind Heidi, next to the girl in the white had) were dancing in front of their ward's float. They danced to Footloose and did a awesome!
My rock star Rocky helped pull the float. (red shirt)
Bo (little one in the front) and Riley (sitting with the candy) got to ride on the float. Riley was nice enough to throw Richard personally some gum. What a nice cousin! We love all of you guys and you each did great. They are such handsome guys!
I'm so sorry, but I didn't see Bryce. You rock, too, bud! We love ya tons!
And this is the target he used.
This was a great week! I enjoyed most all of the dances, but this smooth hip-hop routine takes the cake. Chelsie and Mark had such great energy, emotion, and passion. The choreography and music were perfect!
Twitch and Kherington - Viennese Waltz
This was such a beautiful dance! I love the story behind the choreography, that his daughter is handicapped but loves to watch movement. I know this touched me, I'm sure it touched her, too.
This was hilarious! He is an incredible dancer, even as a woman!
SYTYCD - Mark and Chelsie - Top 20 Contemporary
Dari, I'm stealing your idea. Thanks! :) Mia Michaels is so odd, quarky and amazing. Some of my favorite dances from each year have been hers. This was an amazing dance. And Chelsie is one of our Utah kids!!!
I am blessed enough to have 2 angels! But today I'm going to talk about my little Richard. Every night before bed Richard asks me to say prayers. If I ever forget, he calls to me to remind me. Once in a while he will say them himself, he is really good at it. He will even say Hannah's for her.
It was lucky that I grabbed this shot. What a card!
When we were finished, we all sat in our camping chairs and enjoyed Popsicles. Hannah scooted herself into this position and I couldn't resist taking photos!!!
I love the leg on this shot! :)
Just chillin' with my Popsicle! Look at that filthy left leg! Ha ha!
Richard decided to share his Popsicle with her. What a good brother!
Then we went on the carousel. Richard chose the ladybug.
Hannah wanted the cheetah. She kept saying "Eeee! Eeee!" meaning whee!
Then Richard decided to change to the log with snake, that's just for you, Mom.
The bird show was really neat. There are some beautiful birds out there.
This owl was staring right at me, and I was the closest person to it. Pretty intense!
I loved the real tiger, but Richard preferred the bronzed ones. :)
And we ended the day on the train. A bison charged the train while we were on it, I thought it was going to run right into Richard, but we missed it. Whew!
It was a fun day, the kids were so tired by the time we left, though. Hannah had missed a nap or two and Richard walked around the whole 4-5 hours with me. And bonus!!! He told me he had to poop in the pot and did, all by himself. That is so great!!! :) 
This was a great movie! Total tear jerker, I cried throughout! It was such a sad and tragic story laced with hope, mild humor, and romance. I couldn't help but think of myself and Chris, maybe that is why I cried so much and so hard. I think if I lost him I would act much like Holly did: not wanting to move on with life, but then I would be reminded of the woman I became with living with and loving Chris and would hopefully find inspiration and hope to move on and live, learn, laugh, and love. (Wow! Where did that come from?!)
Hannah loves her fresh pineapple. She started off licking it because she wasn't sure she wanted it, but then she dove right in! :)
Later that day, I was getting Richard dressed for bed, or something, and came out to find that Hannah had thrown around to be recycled newspaper and was getting into her Dad's cough drops. When I put my hands on my hips and gave her "the look" she just smiled as big, sweet and innocent as can be.
Then, I ran downstairs to get a cord to put a movie on in the kids' room when I heard Richard calling for me. I told him I would be right up then I heard a thud, thud, thud. I ran to him and he was almost on the bottom step with his feet over his head. We don't have a finished basement and the stairs are bare wood. He banged up his head and ear pretty badly. We got him cleaned up and put a couple of band aids on.
Then the kids pretended to camp out in their sleeping bags, in their room. They had a lot of fun.
This afternoon Richard put on the new backpack Grandma Kia gave him yesterday and said he was going to school. I set up this table for him back in the shade. He spent a little time out there and had fun. The sandbox was his "playground." He had fun coloring and cutting up some paper.
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At the opposite end of the spectrum was this adventurous romantic comedy. I love Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, and they are even better together! Their first movie, "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" is one of my favorite fun films and this will be on that list, too. It made me want to get a boat and live on the ocean and look for treasure. :) I thought there was great chemistry with the whole cast.
The teacher made sure all the kids did stretches at the beginning of class.
They had to stand by cones each time she taught them something new. Richard had to have 2 cones and he stood right on them. The teacher told me that she has never had anyone stand right on them before. She thought it was pretty funny.
