Richardson Report

I do send out a letter to some people with my Christmas cards.  Not everyone because I feel like a bunch of people already KNOW all that stuff anyway.  I went pretty simple this year - just a little picture.  Dad and Shannon worked together to get our family photo done this year.  We needed to update to include our little Fay-Bay in our photo.  Thought they turned out pretty nice.   Our letter: Natalie (5) and Kenna (7) have been homeschooling this year and we are having so much fun! So far we’ve studied Skeletons, Pilgrims, Ancient Egypt, Fairytales, and Worms. Pretty sure their favorite activity by far was inspecting the live night-crawlers we rescued from the bait store. Logan (11) played soccer this fall. He spent a good chunk of time in the goalie box and did pretty well for his first time! He’s in Scouts and loves it. Loves his class at the charter school.  Started both piano and clarinet this year and enjoys them. Brynne (14) had a delightful 12 day

I love Christmas books.  I've collected a few over the years.  This year I went on a search for some new ones.  We checked out bunches from the library to try.  Here are four that were winners with all of us. "Dream Snow" by Eric Carle.  I love Eric Carle books and hadn't stumbled across this one yet.  The surprise at the end was fun.  This is a great book for toddlers and preschoolers. This is a sweet story of how our unintentional sharing brings joy to those around us.   Plus it made me chuckle! I normally don't go in for snowmen at Christmas time - they are just not my thing,  but I really loved this story and appreciated that it didn't make Snowmen the point of Christmas.  There was actual reference to the Savior as the reason for Christmas. Oh goodness, how I loved this sweet story.  Of all four books, this one may have made my voice crack and my eyes water - which always makes my children turn to