Weekend Trouble

So after a nice visit with my brother we get home to find out the dogs had destroyed our faucet. It started to look like we should gather two of every animal. But after we called the plumber who came out at 10:30 pm and $230.00 later it was fixed. If it was going to end up that we needed to gather two of every animal, I know two dogs that would not be on that ark!!

This photo was before it was fixed...

This was after...

Anyone know someone that does stucco repair?

Awesome Photo

So I was having a really bad day yesterday...kids screaming...phone constantly ringing...I had to pay bills...you know one of those days. I sat at my computer and was hoping I got some kind of e-mail or find something that would make me laugh and sure enough.....my cousin took this photo then posted it online to her face book page....I laughed so hard and I was so thankful that something brightened up my day. You may not think it's funny but I sure do!! It is a photo of my grandpa's horses!! :)

Morenci Arizona

I have quite of bit of friends and family who have been interested in seeing some photos of Morenci. So now that things have calmed down a bit I can post them all here in my blog for you to look at!! Enjoy!!

This photo is of the church next to the river. We were going over the bridge when I took this photo so sorry for the wire's.

Just after sunset

The rest of these are taken up by the mine and the work area.

The Rock Story

So this is where it begins......

Once upon a vacation there were 2 litte boys throwing rocks into the river.

They both asked there uncle and dad, Rodney, to help them throw a 'big' rock into the river...

This made the other uncle very jealous, and he wanted to throw rocks too!! So they both started finding a rock bigger than the last one....

The two little boys kept helping them find the big rocks......



















The rocks still got bigger...

Uncle Ryan found a big rock that Grandpa had to help with!!

Then Rodney found a BIG rock to 'lift with one finger'....(notice Ryan in the background rolling one?)

Uncle Ryan got it down the hill............

Uncle Ryan tries to lift the rock......

still tries to lift the rock..............

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but he can't do it....so Rodney tries..................

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So they both lift..............

and it's in the water.............

Ryan CONQUERED IT!!!

Labor Day Vacation in Morenci

Ah what a fun weekend!! We had so much fun at the river and visiting my parents. Logan and Stacie had a blast. We all had a bit too much sun but it was so worth it. The 1st photo is of Stacie, (yes she is sticking a fry up her nose), and Tyson while we were waiting at Mc Donalds in Globe. He slept the rest of the way to Morenci.


Day 2 my Mom and I went up to see Erin's new baby, Sydney, in the hospital. She is so adorable and so small. Of course Stacie was not happy that the baby was getting the attention and not her. But that was the least of our problems. My mom and I braved taking Stacie with us on our 2 hour drive up to Silver City, on of course 6 miles before Silver City, Stacie stuff a cheerio up her nose and kept saying "owie, owie". So we stoped at my moms work and had one of her doctors quickly look up her nose, and Stacie sneezed it out. All was well. :)

Sydney Taylor Richins
5 lbs 5 oz, 19 1/2 in long 8/24/08 5:06 a.m.



Unhappy Stacie

The next day we all got up and went down to the river to play in the water. It was perfect. We had a blast, (well most of us). My mom was carrying Logan across when she slipped and both of them went all the way in. Not once but twice in a row. My mom was ok, but Logan wasn't. He was so mad. We could never get him back into the water after that. But he did continue to throw some rocks in the water.

This photo was taken seconds before Logan and my Mom landed into the water!!




This photo was taken just after it happened!!
Poor Logan...














Stacie loved splashing in the water with Aunt Laura.






After a long day of play Logan and Stacie were so tired!! Logan got caught playing with daddy's Nintendo DS., but the funny thing was that he was actually really good for a 3 year old!!



















I know most of you have been asking about the Rock Story. I will post that in a different blog when I have more time to 'try' to be creative. When we got back both of our kids crashed out for the rest of the night. We had so much fun with everyone, and we would love to do it again!!