Richardson Report

 So let's give a family update to start off 2021. Joshua:  Josh is Bishop.  Josh is working hard all the time.  Josh is waiting sort of impatiently for his new game table to come (the ultimate nerd purchase) and I think he checks for updates daily.  This year he started guitar lessons with a friend.  I think it brings him a lot of joy to have something that's just for HIM in his life. Kelly:  I am on day 35+ of a Duolingo streak and have buckled down on my spanish language learning.  I hired an online tutor from Nicaragua.  Sometimes we have internet issues but she's nice and it's good practice for me to communicate with someone who can't understand me if I lapse into English so there's no temptation to be lazy.  I do utilize google translate but I'm working on not.  I also have my first piano students this year and it's been fun. Hannah:  and family.... they are doing well.  Expecting baby #2 later this summer and have a job and things are going well. 

So we had a family reunion.   It was a 2020 Covid Miracle.  There were a few bumps - like the one family who had to wait a day and a half and get some Covid test results back (thank goodness for quick results!) and thus didn't make it into the family photo.  Boooo.  But we did end up with a couple days all together for the most part. PS - in the above photo did you notice that we somehow ended up with the bulk of the darker-haired people on one side of the railing and the fair-headed people on the other side?  A few cross-overs (Keaton, Logan, and Mom seemed to not know where they belonged).  But it was funny to me to look at the heads and see one side predominantly dark and one lighter. But on the whole, it was a really delightful week and I'm so glad we pushed ahead and did it.  We agreed it had been 12 years since all the siblings, spouses, and children were together - and some of those spouses weren't spouses yet and many of those children weren't even a glimmer in