Our Day at the Park!

Happy Anniversary!!

Wow...I can't believe it has been 16 years already!! Who is that baby in the picture? You look so young (not that you look old now...well except for the gray hairs...haha)!! What an incredible ride this has been and I hope this is only the beginning!! Thank you for being the man that you are today...a wonderful husband and an incredible Dad for our kids! I love you more than ever...FFAANMW!! Happy Anniversary Babe!!

Rich's FUNNY dose of reality...

And the story goes like this...
My best friend Angie called and told me about her brother and his wife having their baby. Shiloh was 9 wks early but is doing great all things considered. Anyway...I was telling Rich about it and he said...
Rich: Which brother is this?
Cheri: Her youngest brother Jared.
Rich: Is he the one that has like 15 kids?
Cheri: No this is their first and the brother you are thinking of is Andy and he has 6 kids...like us!!
We proceeded to laugh out loud for a very long time. I guess that was Rich's dose of reality about how many kids we really have and what we must look like to other people. HAHAHAHA
We love you Rich and we love how you view the world...haha!!

Hair Makeovers

Kehli, Katelyn and I went to get our hair cut this weekend. We got up early and headed over to the hair salon for our 7:30 am hair appts. Yes, you read that right...7:30 AM. That tells you how bad we all needed it!! It was a really fun morning! So, here are the pictures of the results!!

Kehli's NEW Haircut

Cheri's NEW Haircut

Katelyn took this picture...that's why I am kneeling on the floor! She always takes good pictures, especially for a 4 yr. old! Here it is Ang...thanks for your brilliant suggestion! Now you don't have to look up the other picture...haha!!

Katelyn's NEW Haircut...the process

She has been wanting her hair cut short for awhile, but Rich and I had a hard time wanting to let her do it (Rich was having a harder time than me, though). However, we let her cut it short and she loves it. I have to admit that I love it too!! I knew she would look cute, but it was hard to let go of her long hair. We are going to donate her hair that was cut off to locks of love or wigs for kids.




It's all gone now....

Best of Friends...

Look at these cutie pies... I love that my kids get to live by at least some of their cousins. They love each other so much and have so much fun together. I'm glad they like coming over to Aunt RiRi's house! My kids love going to Aunt Marci's house too...YEA!! Rich just said last week that he thinks he would like to move down to San Antonio too...imagine all the cousins then. Of course we need Aunt Marci and Uncle Bill to follow or better yet just come with us! Then maybe Oma, Opa and Aunt Nicki and Addison will come too! I think we should all buy houses in the same neighborhood and then the kids can just walk over to each other's houses. I would love for my kids to know ALL of their cousins. Wishful thinking never hurt anyone, right?! Maybe one day we will all live at least a little bit closer and get to see each other more!! We love all of you!!!!

Christopher's Ordination

Here is a picture of my 3 Mickelsen guys!! They look so handsome, don't they?! Christopher's birthday was April 9th and he turned the big 12!! Oma and Opa came out for the special occasion too!! Have I told all of you what incredible in-laws I have! They are here for everything!! I love you both so much! Thanks Mom and Dad we really appreciate you being here (especially since that was the 3rd trip you have made already to Indianapolis this year)!! Well, Christopher was ordained on Sunday, April 13th. Rich ordained him and Grandpa Wright and Opa were both able to help too! (along with others as well)! It was a very special day for our family and especially for Christopher! We are so proud of you Christopher!

Happy Mother's Day

I had a fabulous Mother's Day! I got to sleep in...YEA!! Rich got up with the kids and they made me breakfast in bed! They made me french toast (my favorite). Rich made a Dr. Pepper roast that morning too and had it in cooking while we were at church! It was DELICIOUS!!!! This is a picture of a cake the kids made me on Saturday night. I had mad a BIG wedding cake on Saturday and made an extra sheet cake. So when we got home from the reception, I let the kids take the extra icing and ice the cake. This is what they did...they had so much fun doing it and I loved the end result!! Also, Rich got me a present...I finally got a label maker!! YEA!!!! I have wanted one for a very long time! It is really nice and I love it!! One of my favorite Mother's day moments was listening to Rich give his talk in sacrament meeting on Mother's day and bear his testimony of the gospel! Let's just say...INCREDIBLE!! Thanks Rich and kiddos for the best Mother's Day ever... I LOVE YOU!!!!