Harper and his girly ways

I though it would be funny to let everyone in on Harper's secret, he is really a girl at heart....So everyone thought that I had 1 boy and 1 girl, well you may just be wrong. Here are some pics to prove it..Harper loves to wear my head bands and he loves to put on lotion and at the Cinderella party he was wearing necklaces around the house. Looks like Danny needs to buff him up a little!

Mattson Family Christmas

Christmas has finally come and gone, and thank goodness for that! Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas but it can wear on your nerves and your money also. I can say that we had a good one, and next year should be just as fun with Laney probably going to be in the walking stages and Harper will be able to say 'Merry Christmas' and maybe understand who Santa is. For now I just happy that we had the blessed Christmas that we did!

Here are some pics for everyone to see....
Harper got Play dough from Me and Danny and Grandma Richards got him Play dough toys

We also got Harper a Alphabet phonics thing for the fridge...I can safely say that after 2 hrs of it already I am tired of it.... But he loves it!

Harper looks like he is happy but this is really a cringe because Laney was touching him and he didn't want to sit next to her! But they still look cute.

Here are our stockings. Danny's is blue, Mine is green, Harper's is red and Laney's is purple. This was Laney's first Christmas and the little bear in her stocking his her first stuffed animal. I can imagine her dragging it all around the house when she is older.

Harper playing with the aqua doodle that we got for him. He LOVES it!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! We love all of you and for those of you who are far away we miss you too!

Delaney's Blessing

I have been so busy this month that it has been hard to have the chance to post blogs. So this one is about our little Laney Bug. She was blessed earlier this month 12/7/08 by my father Scott Richards. The blessing was short but sweet and it made me think of all the things to come in the future. I only want the best for my kids and it is so hard to be able to provide everything.

The blessing dress that she is wearing was my blessing dress. So just in case you don't know how old I am, this dress was used almost 25 yrs ago. It was really nice of my mom to keep this dress for me so that my daughter could wear it. Thanks Mom, I love you!

Here she is Delaney Jessalyn Mattson

More family pics

Mom and Dad with all of the grandkids: Emma, Orion,Olivia, Ethan, Ella, Harper, Samuel and Delaney

My sister Erin and her husband William and son Samuel

Me and Danny with Harper and Delaney

My sister Rebecca and her Husband Nate with Emma, Ethan & Ella

Rebecca's family again

Johanna did a great job! Thank you for being so patient with all of us.

Family Pics from 12/6/08

Recently my family had the opportunity to have someone take some professional pictures for us and they turned out great! I wanted to show everyone the best family picures that we have ever had!!
Melissa with her kids, Orion and Olivia

The whole Richards family

All of the Richards kids

The Richards kids

The whole Richards family

To Danny

Today is my Husbands birthday and it is a big one today! He's 30...I would like to say Happy Birthday to Danny. I love you and know that you are a good man. Thank you for you!