Richardson Report

Blogger drives me crazy by putting things out of the order I select them. grrrrr We have had a lovely month.  Kenna turned 13. We had a small party with a handful of friends.  We mailed Brynne’s Christmas packages.  We made a million loaves of pumpkin bread and went out to meet neighbors we haven’t spoke to before. It was so fun.  We took pumpkin bread or peppermint popcorn to ward friends.  I made things for Primary and the girls helped me hit up all our families with Primary kids.  We served a family who’s father had surgery for a brain tumor - so childcare, meals, and cleaning....plus arranging more of that from others since I’m the ministering sister.  We sent Brynne more presents because the first two boxes didn’t show up. The mission home brought them on Christmas Eve. Hallelujah.  Josh went to Idaho to marry his cousin.  Wait - to perform the marriage of his cousin.   😂. We got to watch online.  The Sants came for Christmas ...

 I think we're all ready to say good-bye to the chaos of 2020.  But I'd like to share a few of the good things that we've experienced this year. 1.  Nova.   No other comments necessary but 2020 started off with a beauty of a baby.  I'm so excited for everyone to get to meet that darling girl - and some of you to meet Keaton for the first time too. 2. Brynne's intermission.  While this was challenging for her in the beginning, it was really cool to have her in our home still in missionary mode.  Plus, it has made the entire experience feel that much shorter. 3.  Home Church and family time.  We had like a two month vacation where virtually no one wanted the Bishop.  It was a really precious time for our family to get to be together in a way we haven't been in a really long time.  No callings, school, sports, etc to interrupt.  I know there have been downsides and difficulties, but family time has been majorly upped.  Plus w...