Richardson Report

 October was filled with Church things for Josh, birthdays, and getting to know Quentin! Kenna and I found ourselves totally twinning one day - even our pants and shoe brands matched! Here is Quentin.  he is funny and kind and we like having him around.  He also gets down things from high places for me.  ;-) Quentin is from Hamburg Germany and he is here studying finance and investing with Josh. He'd never been to a pumpkin patch or corn maze, so of course we had to introduce him... But the girls could not convince him to try the cow train! Natalie had her first concert choir and they really sounded very good - I was impressed! And Kenna attend a district Play-In, her first one as one of the high school helpers.  They played the theme music from Psycho...that was fun. Our stake PR person made sure the community got to meet Josh. Our hammocks are our most favorite summer time possession I think. Our youth did a rock climbing trip.  Kenna and Natalie both sai...

 I went to Mexico with Brynne.  We visited Queretaro - her mission for 8 months.  It is a very clean city and the Centro - a collection of old churches and plazas - is truly a wonderful place.  There were always lots of things to look at such as markets, shows, art, food stalls.  Brynne's companion Elizabeth was with us for the first day (Brynne was there longer than I was with Elizabeth). Queretaro has this amazing Roman-style Aquaduct that runs for miles and has like 84 arches or something like that. She had to point out to me that this Starbucks has valet parking! And I thought it was awesome to find an Irish pub in the middle of Mexico. This is el Pueblito - the suburb where Brynne served her mission. It's home to the piramides - the ancient pyramids One of the many churches - this one in El Pueblito. My dear friend Julia joined us for the second half of the trip.  We drove to San Miguel de Allende which is a city I have long wanted to visit.  It w...

 The day we got home from Italy...Nathan and his family arrived and we had a very fun full week with cousins!  The last weekend of their visit our German family came - Jenny Kauka with her four children.  Yeah, it was a crazy full house but it was so much fun I don't think anyone minded! -Ninja Destruction -Swimming at the Huffaker's -Hugging Uncle Josh goodbye The whole crew before they left. Avery went to girls camp with these two crazies!