Gabes 12 month pictures taken in May

More Summer Pictures

More Summer Pictures

Summer Pictures

Midway, UT









Syracuse - Gabe is pointing at an airplane










Gabe playing rough with Dad




Layton Park - Gabe pulling his "strong face" which he does on command.



Syracuse at sunset
Oma (Manuel's mom Christa) Gabe and mom

July 2007

Gabe's Birthday Party

Hello everyone!

We appologize that it has been so long since our last post. Summer feels like a vacation from everything including our blog! Nevertheless we've had a busy and fun summer thus far and have some fun pictures to share.

In June Lindsey went on the Stake pionner trek with the youth. We'll share pictures of that as soon as they are developed. In July Manuel's mom came over. She will be here until the 29th of July. Also, Lindsey went to Mexico with her mom and sisters (Cabo San Lucas) for 1 week. It was fun but Gabe got terribly sick while she was gone. That was hard.

We hope to go to Bear Lake before the month is over so we can show Manuel's mom how beautiful it is and taste the ripe raspberries.

Our business is going well. We have something big in the works (with another comapny) with our tool business and it should be finalized by December. We are keeping our fingers crossed. If all goes well this may become our full time job instead of a side business. Needless to say business has been getting stronger and better each month.

We also have been dabbling in some small scale business internet ventures that should pay out rather well by the end of the year. Our minds are always working on new ideas for added income. Lindsey also has a new hobby-turned-business that she is working on. She is very excited and passionate about it. Luckily it is very simple, inexpensive and easy to do since we are fairly busy as it is. When it is ready to launch we will share more details.

Gabe is quite the little character. He is so happy and and always looking to make us laugh. He babbles quite a bit now. We are slowly picking up on what he is really trying to say. He is scared of the vaccum and the jets in the bathtub, other than that he is fearless. He is lots of fun and very much trying to be just like an adult. It's cute.

We hope everyhting is well with all of you and we will try harder updating or blog each month.

Love the Rietzsch Family

More Easter Picts

check out Gabe's "Game Face" right before the egg hunt
Gabe fishing
Tired after a long day
Easter Sunday

Gabe's Easter basket

Check out our May Post below!!!!!

Easter Picts

Gabe loves to stuff his mouth
2 1/2 inch round cup
Gabe's first egg hunt at Thanksgiving Point
First pony ride Thanksgiving Point

Family Egg Hunt

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

March Post

Springtime is almost here! Wow time goes by fast. Since our last posting, Gabe is now crawling, has a tooth and pulls himself up in an attempt to walk. He weighs almost 20 lbs and is in the 80th percentile for his height. Looks like he might be a goaley after all.

Manuel is still working at UCN in Bluffdale. There has been some restructuring in his department and he now has a better position that puts him in line for a great promotion. He gets to work from home a couple days a week and it works well for us and our business. The business is doing great and we now have an experienced sales team. We really enjoy buildng our company even though the work is often times demanding.

Lindsey turns 26 on the 5th. She now looks at aging as a positive thing. "I find that as each year passes my life feels a bit more fullfilling as I count the many blessings I've received since my last birthday".

We hope everyone is doing well. Here are the latest pictures we've had devopled. Enjoy!!

Rietzsch Family

February Post

Happy Valentines Day!!

We had a wonderful time in Germany over Christmas break. We are still working hard at building up our business and you can view our website at www.foamcuttingtools.com
We've already had sales success in Utah during the month of January. Roger (Lindsey's dad) has been doing a great job as our Utah sales rep! Now that we have the ball rolling there we are getting back to work on our 2nd business Samurai ATV.... comming soon!! We'll keep everyone posted.

We've really enjoyed building up our business but something we enjoy even more is our son, Gabe! He is such a sweet boy. Always smiling and trying to win over anyone's heart. He's a charmer, and at times very silly but also very respectful and caring for those around him. Sounds crazy in regards to an 8 month old, but he truly is very grown-up yet at the same time, very much a baby. We love him! No teeth yet and no crawling, however he loves to be on his feet. He can balance on his own and seems to be very anxious to walk.

We hope you enjoy these latest pictures of him. Check in for March's post!

Lindsey, Manuel and Gabe