The Richardsons

We took our annual trip to Oklahoma last week for fun with Grandma and Grandpa and time to see two of our favorite families with Liberian kids. The above picture is at the Oklahoma Science Museum, very cool place. The kids loved it. Annie was the only one with straight hair, that got her a lot of attention. Val and Lorea have moved! This is the front door to their new house. For us it felt like a resort. An awesome place to relax and get away. Oklahoma travels did not interfere with Scott's obsession of following Twins Baseball. Matthew and Eman The Knupp's have a new dog, bubbles, she swims! The whole gang The view of the house from the trampoline, backyard. Horses next door! A zip line Play houses, one for Maima and one for Akins Group photo with horses Maima and Eman have a 'special' relationship Eman , what can I say he didn't make much progress on this trip The surprise of the crowd on Eman's new outfit A walk to find spiders, Sue was not disappo...

We had a family gathering for Eman's birthday today. We went to Funland in Fredericksburg. Funland is translation for don't leave the Excedrin at home. We went there though because it was the only place I could find with go-karts and I thought Eman would have a ball with them. Not so much. Too loud for Eman. He kept his fingers in his ears the whole time. I brought a cake to Loudland. Eman wanted to help me decorate it. Have you ever tried to frost a cake with Eman near you? It's like trying to do yoga balance moves in an earthquake. Or maybe it's more like walking a tight rope in a monsoon. I wanted to do a racetrack in the form of an 8 with grass around. Eman wanted to play with the frosting. I tried to be as polite as possible, 'Eman, here practice on the plate.' Eman wanted to write his name on the cake, not bad. Then he wanted to write Happy Birthday. I've lost control. Eman go ahead, why do I care, it's your cake, have a ball...