what to do on a rainy sunday afternoon?? 
after church, lunch & a few errands we decided to make the most of this dreary, rainy day....it wasn't storming so we went for a walk to stomp some puddles....
the kids had fun....so did brett & i....easy, simple family time....nice
i hope everyone has a great week! brett has his first game tomorrow night.... 
there is a precious 2 & 1/2 year little boy named max in georgia that needs as many prayers as we can send his way....he is basically an extended family member of ours.....
max was just diagnosed with Stage 4, High Risk, Neuroblastoma. this is a childhood cancer that affects children under 5 years old. he has tumors in his abdomen and the cancer has spread to his bone marrow. he will have to have 18 weeks of chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and stem cell transplant.
please say a prayer or two or hundred for him.....
thank you......
he LOVES his new bed....you would too if you could feel that fitted sheet.....it is a chamois fitted sheet from pottery barn kids.....it.is.heaven.....oh my goodness!.... wonderful....the first night i had it on the bed he just rolled all over it ~umm, naked, right after his bath ~ and kept saying, "my bankie, my bankie!!"....it does feel just like one side of his favorite blankie....
i was able to match the stuff from his crib bedding & decor so we could keep the blue/green & bug them going....love me some pottery barn kids!!
oh.....and here is an AWESOME tip that i got from the lady at pottery barn.....i was looking at bedskirts and she asked if my bed had slats under it (i had told her the age of the bed)....i told her that yes, actually it did.....she then went on to tell me that if i did a bed skirt i would have to cover that beautiful wood rail on the side....ugh, don't wanna do that.....then, very non-chalantly, she said just use a fitted sheet on the box spring......it covers it & yet you still see the rail....GENIOUS....and how simple is that?!?!? why have i never thought of that before? i need to do the same thing to my bed in our room.....again, gotta love some pottery barn....
...they showed off their "pets" & then started dancing......grant had to get in on the action also.... he is never to be out-done of course :) i got into a little cha-cha slide myself.....this really isn't too unusual for us, we've been known to have *dance parties* at a moments notice....
what i thought was going to be a *normal* evening at the richards' household turned into much, much more....brett at football practice, audrey at the table coloring, i was attempting to cook a new yummy meal & all was quiet....here is where the problem lied..... it . was . quiet .
what??? what'd i do???
well.....let me tell ya what he did.....he creamed, powdered & started diapering his poor, harmless, sweet monkey.....ol' george didn't stand a chance....i've gotta give the boy some props, he knew what to do with all the stuff & basically where to put it......maybe this is a sign he will be a great father one day.....needless to say, he managed to go through a whole bottle of baby powder, a good size jar of resinol ~ oh yes, the $13 diaper cream!!!, several baby wipes & a diaper.....clothes & shoes were covered.....i stripped him down and sent him to the living room to innocently watch some noggin while i attempted to finish cooking....
"mom!!! grant spilled his cup!"
yup.....that would be watered down PURPLE grape juice..... FOR . THE . LOVE!!!!! 
oh, and that dinner i was cooking......italian shrimp pasta with spinach.....it really was good, despite everything else....
and to finish the evening.....i know, there couldn't possibly be more.....ice cream.....i mean, why not??? what's the point of being mad now?!!?
who could stay mad at a face like that????
