Happy Birthday Great Grandpa Richardson!

November 20th was Grandpa Richardson's birthday. He turned 90 years old! We have all appreciated his wisdom, he is truly a great patriarch. We were sad that we were unable to attend his birthday party, given the great distance between Alabama and Utah. We are looking forward to a visit next June.

Aaron called his Great Grandpa last week to interview him and he wrote a paper based on his interview:
I interviewed my great-grandpa Richardson. One of his favorite traditions is saying daily prayers. His mother told him if he prayed morning and evening good things would happen to him. His mother has effect on the way he looks at life. His mother was kind and helped in any way possible. When he was very young his father died. It made them very poor and he was unable to go to college but he did get to go to a free church school that taught what a college would teach. He learned how to be a secretary. His favorite job was being boss of the Sacramento office for the Southern Rail Road. His boss worked 90 miles and he was able to work independently. Great-Grandpa Richardson had 6 children. He was proud of them because they all went to college and always had a’s and pluses on their report card. If he had the power to solve one problem in the world it would be to help people keep the commandments. He turned 90 years old on 11/20/08. He lives in Utah near my Grandma and Grandma Clay.

My Southern Boys

My school age children get to buy school lunch once each week. Occasionally their school lunch day is forced on them by a rushed morning, but when it isn't, they usually choose Friday, the day that pizza is offered. Not this week. This morning, both boys chose school lunch. What was so special? CHEESE GRITS! Cheese grits? Yes.
This was after Patrick asked if we were having black eyed peas and turnip greens for dinner last night.
Occasionally I catch them saying "Yes, mamm" to me. Maybe they'll learn good southern manners after all.

Reindeer fact by Patrick

When it snow deer become reindeer.
Santa has a reindeer named Honor.
Reindeers have red noses.
They havewool on them and they have eyes. Some of them have ears.