Aaronic Priesthood

Caleb and Carson are ordained deacons in the Aaronic Priesthood

Ben ordained these 2 awesome young men

It's hard to believe the twins are 12.

They are such wonderful young men

and are a big help for Briana

Ben, Caleb, Carson & Pres. Richardson

 Brian, Caleb, Carson & Ben

 Here are some powerful priesthood holders

Roundup at the Reeds

Back in August, Dad asked if the grandkids that were in town could come and help him move the two calves from the back corrals to the front pasture.

Don't worry folks, the sticks were used for guiding and directing the calves so they wouldn't run past the kids in the wrong direction.

I think that Devin just talked to himself the whole walk up front. He didn't even care that he wasn't in the middle of all the action.

Traveling Family Style

This is how we traveled "family style" to the Bear Reunion. Just kidding! We were getting ready to go and all the kids piled into Brittany's suburban to watch a movie and we couldn't resist taking a picture!

Our visit to Chatterbox

For Mom's Birthday, we took her to Chatterbox to look around. We all walked out of that stores with boots. Mom bought a pair, so did I, and Brittany and Briley, and even Ben! Then we went next door and bought some Thrifty ice cream.

We tried our best to keep the boys contained. So we found a chair in the dressing room and they sat there for awhile (probably because they liked posing for the pictures). Whatever works!

Rattlesnakes!

Guess what we found at Grandma and Grandpa's house? You guessed it! Rattlesnakes! Yikes!

These are the biggest rattlesnakes that any of us have ever seen! They were huge!
James...the pitchfork man. :) See the story below.
At the time we only thought that there was one, but there were two down there hiding under the sticks by the creek.
Between Conference Sessions on Sunday, all the kids were out playing. When I called them into eat Devin was running as fast as he could, crying and calling my name. I ran out to see him and he said that there was a rattlesnake. I didn't think that he knew what a rattlesnake was. He kept saying that it was moving and then he would put his hand up in the air and move it back and forth. It looked like the motion that the rattles would make. He kept talking about it and he was really scared. So Ben walked down there and Jared met him with a gun. Ben said a prayer that if there really was a snake that they would find it. Soon after that, Jared yelled out that he found it. It was near the creek where the water from the sump drains into the creek. It is all dried up right now. But he saw the snake down in the little gorge under some old mesquite tree that fell down. He started shooting at it. Ben ran in and told us that Jared found it and we went out to see. I told all the kids to stay, but I took Devin with me so we could put some closure on the rattlesnake for him. James took the pitchfork and got the snakes out from under the sticks and there were two! We were all surprised. They were gigantic! The rattles were huge! We are so blessed that Devin was safe. I truly believe that someone was watching out for him.
For more pictures, see Briana's blog.

Ben and Briana's Family

The Richardson Calf

Let the branding begin! There were three calves to brand, so our family took one and Brittany and Bridget's family each took one as well. Ben threw down the calf first. While the boys got his back. :)
Here we are all getting into position, but before we knew it, the calf got up and was ready to run!
So I threw down the calf the second time.
As I was throwing the calf down, somehow I ended up underneath the calf! We were all laughing so hard. After all the boys got back on the calf, I was able to go free.

Now we are officially ready and good to go.
Devin was helping me hold the legs.
Calvin was doing his part by sitting on the calf's neck.
Ben was the official brander. The boys loved the work and especially the dirt!

Happy Halloween

While Brittany and Colton were visiting this past weekend, my boys had a Halloween Carnival at their school. So they all dressed up and had a fun time at all the different booths and eating pizza and nachos. We had 3 batmans, Captain America, a knight (that fights dragons) and a pirate. They had a lot of fun!