Great-Grandma Farmer's House

We went to Pawnee City the last weekend in July to visit my Grandma "Farmer" and Aunt Karen. We also got to see my Mom, Aunt Lisa, Aunt Donna and her sons Matthew & Jacob, and my Great-Uncle Johnny and Great-Aunt Mary while we were in Pawnee City.

The kids had fun in this rocking chair.

Clair loved her new dolly "TINY" from Grandma Nancy.

I think they were trying to see who could get "ejected" from this chair first! Luckily, no one did!

Christmas Day in Pawnee City

Alden - helping Grandma Nancy make lunch

Aunt Louie with Alden

Can you tell they are all related? (including the doll) :)

Katie, Samantha & Kayla

Clair enjoyed it when Grandma Farmer picked her up!

Alden was so excited about his toolbox!

Clair got away with eating a few sweets, because it was Christmas!

This is only 1/4 of the family!

After we opened presents on Christmas morning from Santa at our house, we jumped in the van and drove to Pawnee City to my grandma Farmer's house. Alden helped Grandma Nancy make mashed potatoes while Samantha played with her new American Girl doll with Kayla & Katie. We had lunch and then the kids opened their presents, but we had to leave before all of the family arrived (because we still had 1 more Christmas that day). Clair got a Duck Pillow from Katie, Alden got a tool box and tools from Zach, and Samantha got a Barnes 'n Noble gift card from Fiona. They also got some books and a movie from Grandma Farmer & Aunt KK.

Great Grandma Farmer

We drove up to see my mom's new apartment in Papillion a few weeks ago and my aunt Karen & my Grandma Farmer (Richardson) were there visiting too. We tried to get a few shots of my Grandma and the kids, but they were all a little crazy that day!

Memorial Day with Mom, Chris, Grandma Farmer, & Richardson Family

We drove to Pawnee City on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. We met everyone in Summerfield, KS, but on the way there we stopped in Pawnee City to decorate my Great-Uncle Clair's (this is who Clair is named after) grave and to see the flags around the courthouse that represent the veterans. Our family has 3 different family members with their names engraved on the markers: Harold "Clair" Richardson; Harold E. "Bud" Richardson; and John Richardson. Then we went to Summerfield and decorated the graves of my Grandpa Keith Richardson, my Great- Grandparents Sophie & Bill Ehmen, my Great-Aunt & Uncle Erma & Joy. Next we all went to my Uncle Harold's cabin. It was an experience for us driving our mini-van down a real dirt road. We got lost a few times and I felt we almost drove off the road a few times and I certainly screamed a few times! I really am a "city" girl! :) We had a nice BBQ and I made my traditional "Wave Your Flag" Jello/Dessert! Samantha & Alden played with Macy and had a blast! We headed towards home at the 1st sign of rain and it was nap time, so it was a peaceful ride home for us! : )

Richardson Easter

The Richardson Easter was held in Pawnee City the day before Easter at Grandma Farmer's house. My mom went down with the kids and I before Doug got off work. We stopped in Humboldt for the Easter Egg Hunt and saw some good friends! The kids got to meet the Easter Bunny and got some

candy and money! Next, we went to Grandma Farmer's for lunch and then headed to the Pawnee City Easter Egg Hunt where the kids got more quarters and candy! Then, we went back to Grandma's house to dye eggs with all the cousins! Samantha had a blast with Macy & Kate! Alden loved to get his fingers dirty and enjoyed painting the eggs with a paint brush! Next we went outside and had a family Egg Hunt with 590 eggs!! Each kid was allowed 50 eggs!! My aunt Janet & Uncle Craig stuff all the eggs with candy or coupons and the kids love this hunt! After the egg hunt, everyone got supper ready and then it was time to us to head home! It was such a good time, as I hadn't seem some of my cousins since before Thanksgiving!

Christmas Day - Richardson Christmas (a.k.a. Grandma Farmer's House)one

For our 3rd & final Christmas for Christmas Day, we traveled to Pawnee City (about 90 minutes south of Plattsmouth) for the Richardson Christmas to Grandma "Farmer's" House. (When I was little, my grandma & grandpa lived on a farm south of Pawnee City, and I just started calling them "Farmer" instead of "Richardson" and I still do to this day!) The kids were able to nap in the car on the ride down, so Samantha was ready for some serious fun with Macy & Katie when she arrived. They are the 3 youngest girls: Macy is 9 months older than Sam and Katie is 9 years old. They played all day long. The only time they came downstairs was to open presents or to eat! Alden was a different story...as we discovered that he doesn't really like a lot of people in a tiny space. (We first learned this at Doug's parents' house for the McKnight-Weekly Christmas.) He wouldn't let me put him down and he wouldn't let anyone else hold him all day long. Samantha got a Doodle-Pro and My Little Pony from Traci for her name-exchange gift and Alden got a Toddler Tunes CD and a farm playset from Lyle. The adults tried something new this year and we all did a $10 gift card exchange. The girls were in one group and the guys in another. It was pretty fun as it forced us to interact with one another. :) I ended up with a Target gift card and Doug ended up with a Scheels gift card. Towards the end of the day, when people started to leave, Alden got a little more comfortable with his surroundings and I was able to relax for awhile. My cousin Traci got an Orange iPod Nano for Christmas and was jammin' out to it, when Samantha decided she needed to hear some of Traci's music. Traci let her wear one of her ear phones and Samantha loved it! We were able to stay until 8:30pm that night and then put the kids in their PJs and then head back home.