May Post

Gabe and Grey
St. Patrick's Day
Gabe eating green jell-o salad with sprinkles
Our interesting festive dinner

Wow right on time this month!

Still as busy as ever and doing well. We had a fun Easter spent with the family. The pictures above were taken at Thanksgiving Point. It was Gabe's first Easter egg hunt and his first pony ride. He is finally getting more teeth and has been going through some pain to get them. He rubs his gums on just about anything he can find; carpet, shoes, walls, and his crib. We joke that he is sharpening his tooth and it will soon turn it into a fang.

He is just about ready to walk. For some time now he has been standing up without any help or support and balancing while shaking toys in his hands. He starts to take a step and then realizes what he is doing and then of course sits back down. For some reason if he is distracted and not focusing on walking he starts to naturally do it. As soon as he is aware of it he sits down.

He will turn 1 year old on May 20th. We are doing a party with just the family. It's going to be an under the sea theme. Water games and fishies, should be fun. Stay tuned for those pictures.

Lindsey was released from her calling as 1st counselor in the Young Womens Presidency as the president sold her house. Currently she is waiting to see if she gets called back in or moves on to a new adventurous calling.

Manuel is still enjoying his job. Working from home 2 days a week and running our business on the side. We are looking into trading his car in for something new. The miles have really added up over the past few years. We are going to lease an SUV but at this point haven't decided on one. We need something bigger for our business and for Gabe.

We hope everyone is doing well. Warm wishes!

Rietzsch family

April Post

Sorry we are late this month!

We've had trouble downloading our pictures so we'll just add them to the May post. We had a really nice Easter. On Saturday we went to Thanksgiving Point and Gabe went on 2 Easter egg hunts with his cousins. He also went on a wagon ride, a pony ride and got to pet a baby goat. He went fishing for prizes and got a plastic bunny on the end of his fishing pole.

We had a nice pic nic and and then the adults had a money easter egg hunt. It was a nice day. On Easter Sunday Gabe got his Easter basket and went on an egg hunt in the house. By then he had the hang of it pretty well and he found every egg and put them in his basket. The eggs had baby treats inside of them (blueberry and Mango) he loved them. He got a car for Easter and he loved it! He puts his left hand on the steering wheel and his right hand on the gear shift and he shifts while steering. It's so cute. He loves to go fast in it and it plays different sound effects with the horn the key and the radio. There's a little compartment where he stores his treats and his bottle. He eats while driving yet hasn't had a car accident!

Now that the weather is warming up we've been visiting a lot of parks. Manuel works from home 2 days a week. Our favorite park is a new Utah National Park just 2 miles west of our house. There is a beautiful lake with free fishing and paved trails that wind beside cow pastures and horses with a stream and a pond. There are tadpoles and frogs, cat tails and lots of wildlife along the banks of the stream. There are beautiful birds that we've never seen before that are bright orange, red, yellow, blue and black. There are bridges that cross over the streams and lake and large grassy fields for recreation. The trail goes for about 4 miles. We go jogging there at least twice a week. It's our new secret spot that is still undiscovered as it is seldom crowded.

We hope all of you had a wonderful Easter and have a great month! We're still staying busy with lots to do. Stay tuned for May!

Lindsey, Manuel, and Gabe