The Leake's Week-January 16, 2022

 Hello!  We hope that each of you are well and that you are surviving yet more craziness in this pandemic.  I can hardly believe that we have almost two full years behind us of this blasted pandemic.  I had some major PTSD on Friday when I got an email from all our kids' schools saying that virtual learning might be looming in our future...deep, deep breaths.  Our big disappointment of the week was that I was supposed to take the three oldest kids to see Hamilton last night.  But, we got an email on Wednesday evening saying that too many cast members have Covid and so they needed to shut the show down for five days, which just happened to include our performance.  In all honesty, I was not at all surprised, I felt like I had been waiting for that email all week long, but still very disappointing.  We are just crossing our fingers that when it is rescheduled we can go, and that we are healthy.  Okay, enough of that, onto our week...

Monday Richard was home from work because he worked during the weekend.  I love when he is home during the school days...it's like we finally get to catch our breath and spend some time together!  All the kids went off to school and Richard and I went grocery shopping.  :)  An activity I loathe, but it is so much better with Richard, and so much faster!  After school, Marshall and Bridget had piano and Rachel had an extra dance rehearsal.  Her dance competition season is starting soon so the studio had all their teams come to the studio on Monday night and perform for each other as a type of dress rehearsal.  Rachel was so excited about this and had a great time.  

Tuesday was the only day Richard actually worked at the hospital due to the U's new Covid precautions.  Gretchen and I hung out at home, I finished organizing a storage room, which sounds lame, but is actually super exciting to me!  We also ran errands and Gretchen spent all her money and bought a doll at Target she has had her eye on.  :)  Bridget had musical practice after school, Marshall went to soccer practice, and Rachel had dance.  

On Wednesday Richard worked 7:00 am-3:00 pm at home.  Normally, he wakes up at 4:45 on those mornings and tries to be at the hospital by 6:00 am so he can start signing studies from the night before, so this at home shift was heaven!  He got way more sleep, staffed everything out over the phone, and was done working right at 3:00 and didn't have to drive home!  It was awesome!  I had a completely delightful Wednesday morning.  After getting all the kids off to school, I picked up breakfast from Chic-Fil-A and went to my parents' house.  I spent the happiest two hours with my Dad and Grandma.  I listened to them reminisce about farm stories, that I am still thinking about!  I have legitimately looked up YouTube videos about silos after listening to their wild stories.  I told my Grandma about my adventure with the goats this last fall when I barely survived wrangling goats back in their pen only to discover my shirt had been eaten!  It was just so much fun to get that time with the two of them.  I left with such a happy heart.  Bridget had horseback riding after school.  She rode the same horse she rode two weeks ago, and was so happy.  She also worked at the farm that night, so she got a double dose of her favorite animals.  Rachel had dance and Marshall went to his first Teachers' Quorum activity.  He had so much fun.  It was great to see him come home so happy that night.  It is not easy for this kid to break out of his social anxiety, and we really hope that in the future he can solidify some good friendships, but for now, we will take any fun he can have at activities like this.  He also told us that night that he doesn't know how to peel a banana.  We have failed him.  

I don't remember anything noteworthy about Thursday!  Rachel went to music class and Marshall went to soccer practice for both teams-he came home nice and tired.  :)  Bridget had Cambria over all afternoon, and as always, those girls had a great time together.  

Friday I worked at the Charger Store at the junior high.  I love doing this once a month.  I just get a kick out of seeing all these teenagers and wondering what they will all grow up to be like!  I also work with a friend in my ward and I love chatting with her during our breaks in between the lunches.  And of course, I love seeing Marshall during third lunch.  He acts like he is too cool, but I know he loves to see me too.  :)  Richard picked Gretchen up from preschool and then I picked the girls up on my way home from the junior high.  Rachel went to activity days and had such a fun time making marshmallow snowmen.  Bridget had an activity at the farm and learned all about various ailments that can affect goats.  At 5:00, our house turned into a party house.  Rachel had three friends over and Bridget had one.  We got pizza for dinner and had brownies and ice cream for dessert and it was a loud and wild house until after 9:00 pm.  Richard and Marshall left a little after 7:00 pm to head up to his indoor soccer game.  His team ended up losing 3-2 in the last 50 seconds, so that was sad, but Marshall did end up scoring a goal to get his team up 2-0 early on, so that is to be celebrated!  They were also playing a team a year older than them, so there is that.  It was a fun Friday night and Gretchen loved following the older girls around and they were so nice to involve her.  

Saturday morning we all LOVED sleeping in...hooray for kids getting older!  We had a late breakfast and then the girls played and Marshall dragged out his jobs for pretty much all of Saturday.  :)  Bridget worked at the farm yesterday and was elated to come home and tell us that U-No and Luv Bug (the goats) are in the birthing pen!  That means baby goats any day now, Bridget can hardly wait!  That evening, we fed our kids dinner and then Richard and I went to a wedding reception for our bishop's daughter.  After that we grabbed dinner at Cubby's and had the best time just sitting in a cozy booth and talking and eating.  The kids watched a movie at home and hardly noticed we were gone.  

Today we had an early dinner and FHE at home and then we went to my parents' house.  Ben was also there with Anna and Cadence.  We had fun talking and then laughing and then we finally did what I have been wanting to do since my Grandma arrived...we finally played Hand to Foot!  We taught Marshall, Anna and Bridget to play.  Bridget and Anna only lasted one round, but the rest of us played awhile more.  It was so fun.  I desperately hope I have my Grandma's vision, memory, humor and laugh when I am 87.  

We love each of you,

Richard, Jenny, Marshall, Bridget, Rachel and Gretchen :)

The Leake's Week-January 10, 2022

 Hello!

A Monday edition of this email.  Our weekend was incredibly full, but full of goodness, so there was just zero time to sit and write.  But, I do not want to let two weeks get away from me!  Here's what we've been up to...

On Monday, everyone but me returned to school and work.  I was in heaven, not going to lie.  I came home and had a most wonderful morning entirely to myself and it was so peaceful.  And it's a good thing too, because once 1:00 hit, things started to get a bit crazy and it continued until Richard and I fell into bed.  The girls were SO thrilled to go back to school that morning, they were just so happy.  Marshall, on the other hand, had had an incredibly long streak of not going to school, and during lunch his anxiety and stress started to get the better of him.  He and I texted back and forth all during his 30 minute lunch, him begging me to come pick him up, and me just trying to be positive and reminding him he can do hard things!  Thankfully, he made it through the school day, but then we had to tackle piano lessons with a new piano teacher and soccer practice, which he did end up skipping.  Thankfully though, he did go to bed in a better emotional space and things got easier and better for him with each day he tackled.  As I mentioned, Marshall and Bridget started with a new piano teacher and I have high hopes for them.  They both really liked their first lesson with her (we did a trial lesson in December) and I think this will be a good move for them.

Tuesday was a pretty basic day with a slower afternoon and evening.  That was good for all of us!  Rachel did go back to dance that night though.  She was SO excited to go back.  Her competition season is fast approaching and she cannot wait.  We also got her a dance bag and some new dance clothes for Christmas and she was so excited to be sporting it all.  I dropped her and Sara off, and their whole team was gathered in the entryway and were so excited to see those two cute girls.  It was just a fun and happy moment to witness.  

Wednesday morning while Gretchen was at preschool I went to my parents' and had a great visit with my Grandma.  I spent about an hour with her and it was wonderful.  Let's see if I can get some of these details right...she had her first baby when she was 19, and had her fifth and last baby at 27.  She became a grandma when she was 42.  She ended up with 23 grandchildren and soon will have 47 great grandchildren.  She is a light in all our lives.  She has the best stories, is quick to laugh, and is an optimistic person.  I am so grateful that she came out to visit and I am so glad she still has a couple of weeks left here!  Our Wednesday evening was filled with the farm for Bridget and dance for Rachel.  Oh, a couple of crazy things about Wednesday that almost made me feel like I was back in March 2020...Richard texted me that morning to say that his work schedule would most likely be changing because of how high the Covid numbers have been.  By the time he got home that evening, the U had sent out an email with changes to procedures and hospital staffing.  For the time being, they are just having one radiologist per section in each location.  So for MSK that means, one MSK radiologist at the main hospital and one at the orthopedic center, all others will read and work from home.  Not going to lie, I have zero complaints about this change!  Also, late that night, I got a text from one of Marshall's teacher quorum advisors saying that the multi-stake youth dance that was scheduled for Saturday night was canceled because of Covid.  It was a weird feeling.  It really took me back to March of 2020 where in a matter of 48 hours all things had been eliminated from our calendar.  I went through the rest of our week on high alert, and was very relieved that we didn't have anything else canceled.  I am supposed to take the three oldest kids to see Hamilton on Saturday though so I am really holding my breath and crossing my fingers that that still works out!  

I had a dentist appointment on Thursday morning and survived that.  Always a feat for me.  Gretchen, per her request, was able to go to my parents' house and spend time with Grandma Laura and Grandma Betty.  Gretchen is pretty quiet around my Grandma, but she also loves that she is here.  The first time she went to see her in December, she drew a picture for her.  She loves playing Sleeping Queens with her and my Grandma has finally figured out how to play it!  Gretchen talks about her daily when we are at home.  I am so happy she is making these memories with her.  While we were gone, Richard took a bunch of paperwork to his new job!  He is on the countdown.  March 1st will be here before we know it.  After school, Rachel and I went to her music class.  I love going with her. She has learned SO much!  Bridget had musical practice and my Dad was so kind to pick her up for me while I was with Rachel.  Marshall also finally went back to soccer practice that night.  Thankfully, he went without a problem, but he was super nervous.  When I picked him up though, he was beaming, and so relieved!  He told me about a great assist he had during their scrimmage.  He said he felt pretty rusty at the beginning, but it got better and better and in his words, "It felt good to have a ball at my feet again."  He was so happy the rest of the night and we were so happy for him.  

On Friday Gretchen had her long awaited pajama day at school!  She has been looking forward to this for weeks since it was postponed in December.  She very enthusiastically got ready for school that morning and changed into the pajamas she got for Christmas, none other than kitty cat pajamas!  We also took Charlie to school that morning, which made Gretchen even happier.  After school, the girls got a few jobs done and then Bridget was outside playing with Avery (it was so warm that day!) and I took Rachel to Ellie's house.  At about 4:00 that afternoon, Danny's family came over.  We had the best of intentions of getting together with them during Christmas break, but schedules and illness never allowed that to happen, so we were so happy to finally get together with them.  We did have to pick up Rachel and get Bridget to and from the farm, but shortly after 5:00, we were all together and having fun!  We grilled burgers and hot dogs for dinner.  The kids were silly and played, played, played.  After dinner we played What Do You Meme and Jaxon cracking up laughing was the best part.  After Danny's family left, Marshall and I drove up to Kaysville and went to his indoor soccer game.  They lost 5-3, but did well.  I forget how fast paced indoor soccer is!  One funny story, on our way home, Marshall was telling me that he thinks he is going to be such a good driver and that I am not that great of a driver (which I beg to differ!), but right at that moment I missed our freeway exit!  Oh my gosh, we both had a real good laugh over that one.  

Saturday morning everyone but Richard got to sleep in, who had to work 6:00 am to 11:00 am.  The kids had a lazy morning, and I got ready to go to baptisms for three primary kids in our ward.  I left the kids a list of things they needed to do while I was gone, and I was thrilled to get home and hear Marshall practicing the clarinet.  Sometimes these kids are so obedient!  Richard got home about lunch time and then he was dad of the year and took Bridget and two of her friends ice skating at the Bountiful Ice Ribbon.  Bridget has been begging to go ice skating since she went for the first time in December and we finally made it happen for her.  I thought they would only be gone for two hours, but they were gone for almost 3 1/2 hours!  Bridget and her friends had so much fun.  When Bridget was telling me about it that night, I had the idea to look up when the next winter Olympics is, and I was shocked to see they are next month!  We were terrible at watching the summer Olympics this last year, but I have vowed to myself and Bridget we will do more Olympic watching!  Figure skating here we come.  That afternoon, I picked our niece, Mara, up from the airport.  Her travel day was characterized by delays and lost luggage and I ended up sitting in the park-and-wait lot for 90 minutes, which was real frustrating, but she definitely had the worse end of the stick!  By the time I got home, Richard and Marshall were at the symphony.  Marshall needed to go to one more concert this term for band, so he and Richard got tickets and sat on the second balcony!  They had a great view of the clarinets, which Marshall thought was pretty cool.  The symphony started at 5:30, so afterward they stopped at Five Guys for dinner.  While they were gone, I whipped up a quick dinner for me and the girls and then we watched the first half of "Cruella".  The girls LOVE that movie, and I have yet to sit down and watch with them.  It really is so good!  We need to find time to finish it this week!  

Yesterday we had a really wonderful day.  Richard worked again from 6:00-11:00 am so the kids and I were on our own for church.  One of my former YW spoke because she leaves on a mission in just a few days!  After church, the kids and I came home, had lunch, cleaned up the house, and Bridget helped me make dessert.  At 2:00 Bob, Becky, and Katelyn arrived.  My girls were so happy to have Katelyn come and they immediately ran up to the loft and started playing.  As the hour went on, Richard made it home from ward council, and my parents and Grandma arrived.  At 3:00, a member of our bishopric came over and Marshall was ordained a teacher.  Richard and I cannot stop talking about how old this makes both of us and Marshall seem.  Despite these feelings though, it was a wonderful few minutes.  Richard gave Marshall a tender blessing and after hugs and handshakes, we took a few pictures, including a four generation picture with my Grandma, my Dad, Marshall and myself.  We have a picture like this, which also included my Grandpa, in 2008 when Marshall was not even a month old...hard to believe he is now 13.  We invited everyone to stay and join us for dinner and we just had a lovely afternoon with family, food, talking, and laughing.  I also have to record that I had my first success with gravy, after only attempting gravy once years ago and it was a failure, I have been intimidated by it ever since, but yesterday I conquered!  I took great satisfaction when I watched Marshall get up for seconds of mashed potatoes and gravy, it was the highest compliment!  We are so grateful for loving and supportive families and we are grateful for every bit of time we get with them.  

Okay, that's it!  I am so proud of myself for pounding this out on a Monday...an email and gravy, I guess that's all I need to make me feel accomplished!  Ha!

We wish you all a great week.

Love,

Richard, Jenny, Marshall, Bridget, Rachel and Gretchen :)

The Leake's Week-January 2, 2022

 Hello!  Happy New Year!  We are gearing up to jump back into regular life tomorrow with school and work.  I don't know how we are going to do it...those alarm clocks are going to go off real early.  Rachel, in particular, has perfected the art of sleeping past 9:00 am with this school break!  Our church time this year is at 10:30 am and I am shouting praises to heaven!  I have been on this countdown for weeks, months even!  Pretty much since the BYU football season started and the kids were back in school, 9:00 am church was harsh!  10:30 church was glorious today.  

Before I jump into our fun-filled week, I do want to write about one December event that I forgot to mention.  Weeks ago, the first Friday in December, I hosted our annual December service project.  I really feel like it was divine intervention how I settled on what organization to help this year.  I have felt very pulled to the Afghan refugee situation, but apparently, so had everyone else and so every organization here in Utah helping refugees was overwhelmed with help.  I loved doing foodbags for the Bountiful Food Pantry last year, but they had changed some things, and I just wasn't feeling it.  And then one day, I was having a lovely lunch with Katie Irion and she mentioned Usana Kids Eat to me and said that Foxboro Elementary was a school that needed help.  When I got home from lunch, I immediately looked them up and within minutes, had us signed up to make 20 bags of food for kids at Foxboro Elementary to take home for the Christmas break.  Friday, December 3rd was the day.  I had a counter full of cookies, and I was smart this year and baked almost all of them before Friday!  I just really enjoyed that day.  I had a pretty steady stream of people from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.  The next day, the girls sorted all the food.  Usana was very specific about what needed to go in each bag, and it was just so nice to completely work off their list.  On Monday I went shopping to buy the rest of what we needed and then that afternoon and evening Bridget and I figured out the best way to pack each bag and then she completely finished the project with the help of Rachel and Gretchen.  She was so cute with them.  She would gather each item that went in a bag, and then Rachel and Gretchen would take turns "scanning" them pretending like they were in a grocery store, and then Bridget would pack each bag perfectly.  On Tuesday, I loaded all 20 bags in my van, which was a bit of a feat, and then I checked my kids out of school early.  They all wanted to come with me to deliver the bags to Foxboro.  Between all of us, and some kind volunteers at the school, we got all the bags unloaded and into the school in one trip.  I am so grateful for this opportunity.  It was humbling to put these bags of food together for KIDS.  I couldn't help but think of all the food our family would be consuming during the break, and realizing that the amount of food we were fitting into these bags would be the majority of what these kids would eat for the two week break.  It was so good for our kids too.  And I am so glad we could give back to a school that Marshall and Bridget went to for two years.  

Alright, onto the last week...

Last Sunday evening we all gathered at my parents' house, we were just missing Jordan, Meredith, and Danny, who we surely missed!  But it was still so fun to be together and celebrate Christmas.  We had a wonderful dinner, my parents did bells with the kids, who were completely captivated, and we did the nativity.  All the cousins were so happy to be together and they all just played and played and played.  The nativity went surprisingly well...I thought it had great potential to be chaos, but all 16 of those grandkids did a wonderful job.  It was so great catching up with my brothers and their wives, and of course, visiting with my Grandma Toney.  We were spoiled with dessert that night:  my grandma's Texas sheet cake (Marshall literally swallowed his piece whole), gingerbread cake, and fudge.  Gosh, writing this on Fast Sunday is killer!  Ha!  I wish I had all of that at my fingertips right now!  Anyway, it was just a great, great evening and I am so glad we could gather.  

Monday, Richard jumped back into real life for a couple of days and went into work.  The kids and I lived it up by sleeping in.  :)  My kids had had so much fun with cousins the day before, that we pulled together a spontaneous sleepover and had Benson, Anna, and Cadence over.  Ben dropped them off about 4:00 pm on Monday and they all immediately got right to playing.  We put nine of us around the kitchen table for dinner and those seven kids really helped put a dent in our Christmas goodies that had been accumulating!  After dinner, we had everyone put pajamas on and then the kids had a movie night in the theater room.  Ben's kids had already seen Encanto, but ours hadn't, and now our kids are addicted.  I really think our kids have watched it five times since Monday evening and if music is playing in our house, it is most likely Encanto.  After the movie, we divided everyone up into their sleeping spots, and all lights were out by 10:00 pm.  It really went so well!  

After breakfast the next morning, the kids put on all their snow stuff for the less than one inch of snow we got.  I was really hoping there would be a few inches of fresh snow to play in, but despite the lack of snowfall, the kids played outside from 9:30 until noon, and only came in because it was time for lunch.  They had such a great time!  After lunch, and the eating of more Christmas treats, I had everyone clean up and then I met Ben in Salt Lake and gave him back his three kids.  All the kids had such a fun time, and were bummed that it had to come to a close.  I think we are all committed to making this happen again!  Richard worked from home on Tuesday, from 12:00-8:00 pm.  That night I went to the church with our primary president and we did a major purge of our primary closet that has been stuffed full of things since before we were put in as a presidency.  We found Article of Faith cards from 1988!!!  And a classic church binder that I clearly remember from my childhood.  So nuts.  

Wednesday was a fun day.  Marshall played up at Cooper's all day and had so much fun.  When I picked him up, I was happy to hear that he even helped them put Christmas decorations away!  Glad he willingly works for someone!  Bridget had Cambria over to play all day at our house.  Those girls imagined and created a Hogwarts world all day and it was so fun to listen to them.  To keep the fun going, Rachel and Gretchen also had friends over after lunch.  It was so fun to listen to six girls run all over this house that afternoon.  They all had so much fun.  Bridget had horseback riding that afternoon at 4:00 pm.  When I picked her up she was beaming.  She was able to choose a different horse to ride, and she was pretty thrilled about that.  It seems she has graduated from her "beginner" hose, Blaze.  Once we got all the kids home, Richard and I gave them a Little Ceasar's pizza, and then we took off for Salt Lake.  We met Ricky and Katie downtown at Setebello's and had a delightful two hours with them.  We talked and laughed and ate and it was just such a great time.  Richard and I both clung to that happiness, because putting our kids to bed that night was not fun!  

Thursday morning, Marshall and I both had to wake up early, way earlier than we wanted.  You might recall that a few days after Marshall got his first Covid vaccine last spring that he broke out in hives in the middle of the night.  Those only lasted about 24 hours, but since then, a couple of times a week, a part of him will get incredibly itchy and then he breaks out in a rash in that area.  We have been treating it at home with Zyrtec whenever he needed it, but as of late, he is becoming less responsive to it!  So, we snagged an early morning appointment with a dermatologist and off we went.  Funny story, after we checked in for the appointment, they handed Marshall an ipad with a questionnaire on it.  First, I will note, it made me feel old because he filled it out entirely by himself.  I couldn't believe I was at an appointment with my own child and I felt like I was just there to be his ride!  He had a complete conversation with the dermatologist while I just sat there.  He is growing up!  Anyway, back to the funny part, the last question on the questionnaire was "Do you feel like you are in good enough physical condition to handle eight hours of heavy labor?"  Marshall had an audible gasp when he read this question.  He was shocked about why anyone would need to participate in eight hours of labor.  His reaction cracked me up.  Clearly we need to get this boy working a bit more!  Anyway, Marshall is now on around the clock over the counter allergy medication and prescription medication for two weeks to see if we can get the histamines in his body to settle it down.  So far, so good!  He takes one at night that causes extreme drowsiness, so I am not going to lie, that has been nice.  :)  The rest of our day was spent at home, hanging out, taking down Christmas, playing, napping, and that night we took the kids out to the Olive Garden for dinner.  

On Friday we took the kids bowling.  They have been begging to do this for days.  We had a great time!  They all had some strikes and spares and it was a fun outing.  We picked up Culver's on our way home and had a late lunch.  Cambria came over for the afternoon and evening, which was great.  All four girls played together and Marshall watched the endless football games!  We finally got our act together and had a very late dinner at 8:00 pm!  We had bought a bunch of frozen appetizers and then cooked them in the air fryer!  It was great!  Cambria ate with us too.  We love her.  After dinner, the kids played laser tag while Ziggy just about lost his mind.  Bridget and I took Cambria home just before 9:00 pm.  When we got back, we watched family movies for quite a while, which was a lot of fun.  We learned that Gretchen gets an absolute kick out of herself and listening to her laugh at her own laugh from when she was a baby had us all laughing.  We also watched some America's Funniest Videos on YouTube and kept the laughter going.  We then spent our next while playing games and then at 11:40 Gretchen decided she couldn't last any longer and I took her up to bed.  I came down at 11:58, just in time to find a spot on the couch and we very casually rang in the new year.  It was a laid back and lazy night, but still a good one. 

Saturday I was very grateful for kids who are getting older and value sleeping in.  :)  We just spent our daytime at home yesterday.  We had an early dinner at home and then we got all bundled up and went to see the Centerville lights.  My gosh, it was freezing cold.  My face really hasn't hurt like that since living in Wisconsin!  But, we bundled up well and the kids had a blast.  When we first got there, the girls just ran from tree to tree and it was quite magical.  They had some light up displays and Gretchen found a cat and was in heaven.  Soon, the kids were going down the slides and making snow angels and literally rolling through the snow.  I don't know how they did it!  The cold clearly did not bother them that much!  It was such a fun little outing though, and I am so glad we made it happen.  We came home and had hot chocolate, watched the Utes lose the Rose Bowl, and took showers and went to bed!  

We have had a lovely Sunday today.  I know I already said this earlier, but thank goodness for 10:30 church.  Marshall was sustained as a teacher today.  How on earth did this happen?!?!  Time goes too quickly.  Rachel and I were planning to make Grandma Becky's chocolate chip cookies today for her FHE treat.  But, just before we started, Marshall proposed that I oversee from a distance, and the four kids could all make them together.  I agreed to this plan, though I admit it was hard for me to keep my distance!  Rachel, however, was very skeptical.  She was hilarious.  Before they started she declared, "Okay, I will do this, but if there are any mistakes, it is going to get ugly!"  Oh my gosh, I died laughing.  That girl.  I am pleased to say, it went pretty well, though the counter was covered in flour.  :)  After dinner and FHE we went over to my parents' for a quick visit.  My Dad has been sick for two weeks and finally got on antibiotics on Thursday and is finally feeling better.  We overlapped some with Kevin's family and Danny's family and it was great to be with all of them for a bit, and of course, spending time with my Grandma is a huge bonus.  

Tonight there are mixed emotions in this house about going back to school tomorrow.  The girls are excited, but sweet Marshall is dreading it.  Because of his concussion, his last day at school was December 9th.  Yikes.  I desperately hope once he gets back into the groove, he will be okay.  His preferred life is definitely being at home with just us.  

Okay, well, that is it!  

I am going to try out something new this year and try to remember to send a few pictures with every email.  I just find myself posting less on social media, and I want to share these pictures with someone!  So, here you go.  :)

Love,

Richard, Jenny, Marshall, Bridget, Rachel, and Gretchen :)