So by new, I don't mean we have moved again, but I wanted to make sure everyone has our newest address so holiday cards aren't lost in the mail!
Rick and Erin Rice
3504 Corum Dr. #917
Henrico, VA 23294
Can't wait to see everyone's new family pictures!
Love,
us.
Ps. If you have moved since last Christmas and I haven't contacted you about your new address... please email it to me at 1erinrice@gmail.com THANKS!!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
holiday card assembly line?!
Love, us.
new years in orlando??
Keep your fingers crossed that LSU gets an invitation to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida so that Delaney can meet Minnie Mouse and Cinderella! We will know for sure on December 6th! But the outlook is GOOOOD!!Love,
your desperate-to-go-to-orlando richmond rices.
turkey-ed out for sure!
Let's see... the turkey for me started on Wednesday. My bosses bought turkey and dressing and all the teachers brought in a side dish. Then, on Thursday we went to Nanny's house in Ashland for more turkey, yams with ooey gooey marshmellows (yumm) broccoli casserole (yumm, yumm) and lots of yummy desserts like a pumpkin bread roll that had an ooey, gooey cream cheese mixture inside! After Nanny's we went to Dave and Rita's (family friends) where they deep fried a turkey and had homemade desserts like yummy apple pie. We had a great time! It was a great thankgiving day, but on Friday morning we were turkey-ed out!
It's hard to think about turkey right now...So yesterday when we drove to Deltaville, we were both really hoping there wouldn't be aaannyy turkey. And just as I predicted there was none, instead we had pork bbq, cole slaw, crab soup, seasoned shrimp, etc. All the food you should have at a thanksgiving in Deltaville. We spent the day there and had a great time.
Rick pulled a muscle in his back so he has been pretty miserable today, hopefully some icey hot, a hot bath and a bottle of advil will get him back to feeling better.
LSU beat Arkansas yesterday in overtime! So we may have a shot at going to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando once again... Maybe the Cotton Bowl in Dallas but we shall have to see.
I apologize for the lack of pictures but we are going to the Great Wolf Lodge next weekend with the Bostons and my parents so I should have lots of pictures next weekend! :)
Hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and still in a thankful glow.
Love,
your turkey-ed-out richmond rices.
It's hard to think about turkey right now...So yesterday when we drove to Deltaville, we were both really hoping there wouldn't be aaannyy turkey. And just as I predicted there was none, instead we had pork bbq, cole slaw, crab soup, seasoned shrimp, etc. All the food you should have at a thanksgiving in Deltaville. We spent the day there and had a great time.
Rick pulled a muscle in his back so he has been pretty miserable today, hopefully some icey hot, a hot bath and a bottle of advil will get him back to feeling better.
LSU beat Arkansas yesterday in overtime! So we may have a shot at going to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando once again... Maybe the Cotton Bowl in Dallas but we shall have to see.
I apologize for the lack of pictures but we are going to the Great Wolf Lodge next weekend with the Bostons and my parents so I should have lots of pictures next weekend! :)
Hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and still in a thankful glow.
Love,
your turkey-ed-out richmond rices.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Oh, turkey day how I love thee!
I am thankful for...
...a loving husband who lets me sleep in and might not always do the right thing but tries pretty damn hard to.
...an amazing familyx2. Aunts that say things like you are an ooey-gooey girl and uncles that say things like "Yeah, people in my church are killing people in mafia wars, it's confusing... it's like opposite day!" Sisters that text me to let me know about circut sales, sisters that remember the marshmellows on the yams and sisters that skype to talk about skyping boots AND mothers that tell me I am a smart cookie and bake apple pies and mashed potatoes to take home... just to name a few!
...amazing friends that invite us over to experience new ways to eat yams, introduce new learning tools like african dwarf frogs and text from 1500 miles to say they are thinking of us!
...a new church family that is both honest and welcoming and makes me feel like I am a part of something bigger than myself (which is often easy to forget!)
Each and every day no matter where we are or what we are doing something or someone is there to remind us how blessed we are. We hope everyone in our life realizes how thankful we are to have this life and every single person in it.
Have a happy and blessed thanksgiving! We hope this finds everyone as stuffed and sleepy as we are!
Love,
your oh-so-very-thankful richmond rices.
...a loving husband who lets me sleep in and might not always do the right thing but tries pretty damn hard to.
...an amazing familyx2. Aunts that say things like you are an ooey-gooey girl and uncles that say things like "Yeah, people in my church are killing people in mafia wars, it's confusing... it's like opposite day!" Sisters that text me to let me know about circut sales, sisters that remember the marshmellows on the yams and sisters that skype to talk about skyping boots AND mothers that tell me I am a smart cookie and bake apple pies and mashed potatoes to take home... just to name a few!
...amazing friends that invite us over to experience new ways to eat yams, introduce new learning tools like african dwarf frogs and text from 1500 miles to say they are thinking of us!
...a new church family that is both honest and welcoming and makes me feel like I am a part of something bigger than myself (which is often easy to forget!)
Each and every day no matter where we are or what we are doing something or someone is there to remind us how blessed we are. We hope everyone in our life realizes how thankful we are to have this life and every single person in it.
Have a happy and blessed thanksgiving! We hope this finds everyone as stuffed and sleepy as we are!
Love,
your oh-so-very-thankful richmond rices.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
from the rice cache...
Rick and his coho salmon he caught when we went salmon fishing in Seattle. Less than 5 hours later we grilled this and 4 others with some corn on the cob and asparagus at our hotel... It was warm and beautiful out, perfect day for a shelton-boston-rice family picnic.
You can't plan memories like this!
Love,
us.
Monday, November 23, 2009
a place to call our own...
...like house would be great. I have the house-itch like I have never had it before. I am so ready to settle in somewhere, to paint, decorate and invest in furniture to carry us through a family. I want to do home improvement projects on the weekends that I learn about on HGTV and plant a garden in the backyard where Fletch has plenty of space to run, a craft room with space to scrapbook and house the cricut when I have it (my mil and I share one!!) and a place to set up a sewing machine (when I actually buy one). A room or 2 for some family growth since the next big step will be babies...but until then, our apartment will have to do. We have talked about maybe renting a house... but I am just soooo tired of moving. I want my next move to be into a house I will start my family in!
Anyway, so since we don't have a place to call our own as in a house... we have found a church! Rick and I went to pick out a pumpkin a few weeks ago at a place he had seen while driving around... there was a pumpkin patch at a place called Good Shepard United Methodist Church. When we got out of the car, Rick realized he knew a guy that went there. So we decided we should try it. After about 12 or 13 churches this is the first place we left after a service agreeing to go back. Rick had noticed they needed a guitar player in their worship band so he met up for a practice last week and is now playing with them on Sunday mornings. We met the Pastor last night for coffee and realized that we have a lot more in common (with him and the church) than we ever imagined. We are so very happy to have found some place (even if not a house) to call our own! Who knows if this is going to be the place for us forever, but right now all the signs say it is for us, at least for now!
So see why I have the house itch? I think everyone who knows me has always known my obsession with doing things in the proper order. I know that it isn't up to me, to make sure things happen the way I think they should, but so far they have sooo I feel like the house is supposed to be next, I am so ready!!
I guess in the meantime, I will keep myself busy with my usual things and now getting involved in a church community can be a house-itch distraction as well.
And when all is said and done, the important thing is that I have a warm place to sleep each night.
Hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and getting into the holiday spirit!
Love,
your blessed-to-be-sheltered richmond rices.
Anyway, so since we don't have a place to call our own as in a house... we have found a church! Rick and I went to pick out a pumpkin a few weeks ago at a place he had seen while driving around... there was a pumpkin patch at a place called Good Shepard United Methodist Church. When we got out of the car, Rick realized he knew a guy that went there. So we decided we should try it. After about 12 or 13 churches this is the first place we left after a service agreeing to go back. Rick had noticed they needed a guitar player in their worship band so he met up for a practice last week and is now playing with them on Sunday mornings. We met the Pastor last night for coffee and realized that we have a lot more in common (with him and the church) than we ever imagined. We are so very happy to have found some place (even if not a house) to call our own! Who knows if this is going to be the place for us forever, but right now all the signs say it is for us, at least for now!
So see why I have the house itch? I think everyone who knows me has always known my obsession with doing things in the proper order. I know that it isn't up to me, to make sure things happen the way I think they should, but so far they have sooo I feel like the house is supposed to be next, I am so ready!!
I guess in the meantime, I will keep myself busy with my usual things and now getting involved in a church community can be a house-itch distraction as well.
And when all is said and done, the important thing is that I have a warm place to sleep each night.
Hope this finds everyone happy, healthy and getting into the holiday spirit!
Love,
your blessed-to-be-sheltered richmond rices.
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