Richards Reflections

Sunday, September 27, 2009

funny bella story

The other night the 3 of us were hanging out downstairs watching t.v. and playing. Bella does her own thing quite a bit and is great at entertaining herself but it got REALLY quiet. Terry and I both seem to notice this at the same time. Terry asked where Bella was and I did not know (bad parents). She could not have gone far because the gate was still blocking the stairs and our downstairs is all open...living room, kitchen and dinning room. We both got up and started looking around and calling her name. NO BELLA! We looked under blankets, as we often find her sitting very quietly under her blankets. NO BELLA! We looked in the bathroom. STILL NO BELLA! This was literally only a minute or so but I can feel the panic begin to set in. We are still calling for her and she is still not showing up. About 30 seconds later miss priss comes walking out of the dinning room, comes straight up to me and puts her arms up for me to pick her up. She had heard me calling her and assumed I wanted to hold her. Little miss had been hiding behind the curtain listening to us call her. She came out as if to say, "Hey guys, I'm right here, what's the big deal." She is so silly. So if she goes missing again, behind the curtains will be the first place we look for her!!


Bella's version of dress-up (my dress around her neck by the strap)

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Malone Family Reunion


This past weekend we traveled North to Dallas to visit with the Malone's. This is my Dad's Mom's side of the family. There are MANY of us. We have a reunion every other year. We weren't able to go to the last one because that was when I ended up in the hospital from hyper stimulation from the fertility drugs. (oh the memories!) So needless to say it had been awhile since we had seen some of these family members. My pictures are pretty random because there was MUCH chasing Bella around. She took off every second she could. She is such a little turkey sometimes!!

My dad started things off with some introductions. Each of my grandmother's brothers and sister and their families were introduced. There were 9 children and 8 of them are still living. One of the sisters died years ago but her children are still always around. This time there was a conflict and they were unable to be there. Uncle Lloyd lives in Alaska and he was even there!

We had a great time seeing everyone!











Uncle Lloyd....all the way from Alaska



I love this picture of Bella and her Daddy

Uncle Ter Ter and Ryan

Bella has her name tag on with who she belongs to on the bottom. Tena is my grandmother.
The Malone Siblings

Cousin Brayden


The Cox Cousins - minus a couple

Dad and Uncle Bill

You never know what will happen at a family reunion!!!