Finishing Out the Year of 2009

Tenille, our own waitress:)
Tenille and Grandma Richards at Christmas Eve
Jacob and Tara singing for the program
Grandma and Grandpa Richards getting ready for Christmas Dinner
Thad, Tara & Tenille
Tanya made everyone a quilt/blanket for Christmas, and we love them!
Grandpa Bulkeley reading the Santa Letter to Paige and Andi

Grandchildren Christmas stockings (note the one at the end....for Matt & Tenille's boy:)
Tenille, Andi, Tara, Jacob and Summer
Andi pushing Paige in the stuffed animal basket
Tenille graciously cut many heads of hair at Christmas, including Sammy's first haircut!
Tenille cutting Grandma Richard's hair at Thad's house
The after pic of the haircut....cute Grandma!
Tenille cutting Daddy Sam's hair too.
Tenille & Mom Kathy(new haircut)
Heather, Emma, Thad, Sammy and Jacob at Thanksgiving Dinner
Brittany, Summer, Kendall, Heather and Emma
Ben, Kirsten, Grandpa & Grandma Richards
Andi and Paige dressed up (as usual)
Mexico trip to Rosarito Beach: Grandpa Richards, Ron, Patti, Grandma Richard, Sam & Kathy
Lobster dinner in Mexico....yummmm!
Dinner at the house in Mexico (I guess all we did was eat!)
Sam and Kathy in costume for the "Savior of the World" musical
Jacob, Savannah, Tara and Nate were in the musical too
Kathy, Sam, Tara, Savannah Jacob & Nate (Jacob played the part of Joseph)
Our cat Lucky climbing a tree
Lucky "helping"
Aunt Tara and Birthday Boy Sammy at his first birthday.

Sammy enjoying his cake (notice the golf ball in his right hand:)

Andi and Paige with their dress-up shoes & shades at Sammy's Birthday party.

Visit to Tenille & Tanya's October 2009

Sam, Tara and I went to Paradise to visit with Tenille & Matt in their new home. (Tenille, Tara & Sam were all taking pics with their "fancy" cameras)

We went to the Johnny Appleseed Days just down the street from Matt & Tenille's house.

Tenille found this toilet seat that had fly fishing flies embedded in the plastic....too funny:)

Sam moved their water fountain from the middle of the lawn to this location in front of the house.

Matt just got home from work in his police stuff.

Tenille put tickets in a quilting club raffle at the Johnny Appleseed Days booth and she won 3 quilts!

We went to the mountains and it was very cold, so we found a fire pit that still had coals in it and made a well needed fire.
Tara, Tenille, Daisy dog and Sam (in the background messing with his camera:)
Tenille helping Tara to fly fish.

Sam, Tenille, Tara and Kathy on our mountain excursion.

After Sam & Tara left for Bako, Tenille & I had to put puzzles together at the park, of course!
Kathy and Toonybug at the park. Then I took a train to Albany, Oregon to visit with Tanya, Billy & Cole Terry.
Cole went with Tanya and I on a hike to the property behind their house in Corvallis, Oregon
Tanya made balloon airplanes for Cole's 2nd birthday party.
Cole on the deck outside (what a cutie pie:)
Cole loves to pour water over his head while in the bathtub(see the water coming down his face?)
They had Cole's birthday party at a pizza parlor
Cole getting ready to eat his pizza with mom, Tanya, helping him.
Time for the cake (he wouldn't blow out the candles, but he wanted the airplane on the cake)
Cole helped open a few presents, but then he wanted to play with them, so the rest of the kids at the party "helped" him by opening up the rest of the presents.


Tanya and two year old Cole:)

Cole got a new big boy bed that was made by Poppy Dave, his Grammie Terry's husband.

Sam and Jacob's Sprint Triathalon Sept. 19, 2009

Sam and Jacob did a Sprint Triathalon (Sam's first) at Lake Ming. It started at 8:30am and they did a 1/2 mile swim, a 12 mile bike and 3.5 mile run.
They are in the transition area before the race started.
Stretching out before the race (pretty studly:)
Jacob and Sam in their wet suits before the race getting their instructions (like the caps?)
Tara and Paige in the cheering section
Jacob finished the race in 1 hour 29 minutes and beat his goal, but overdid it and had to go to the hospital with heat stroke. He is fine now.
Sam right after the race was over cooling down. He finished the race in 1 hour 41 minutes.
Sam got third place in his age division! Yea Sam! The videos below are the start of the swim, Jacob finishing and Sam finishing. ( It's in reverse order)