August 2007

Pictures from Lindsey's vacation in Cabo San Lucas Mexico. Arial photo of our hotel the Pueblo Bonito Rose (Note that the titles to the photos are a little out of place. For some reason when we publish the blog everything is out of whack and when we look at our draft everything is perfect. Can't make sense of it. Anyways most titles refer to the picture below them)












Our hotel


















Our room was a smaller version of this














The Pool~~~~


















The pool at sunset!!



















Our hotel


















Eating dinner with a view of the Hard Rock cafe
















In front of the Mall (left) Kyler, Crista, tourist lady, Mom, Cherise, Jan, Lindsey
























Inside the mall plaza by the pier















The Mall















The main court behind the mall on the pier















The back entrance to the mall























Lindsey and Fernanado
















The pier
















Mexican band at restaurant - several of them walk along the strip and go from restaurant to restaurant looking to sing for tourists























Picture taken from taxi (some cool restaurant)
















The road to the 5 star diamond hotel (time share presentation)
















Entry to hotel
















Bathroom inside one of the time share condos























Endless pool on balcony of condo - eye level to ocean
















Lindsey and sisters by hot tub on balcony of condo
















view of property of 5 star hotel - We go to swim there and eat since our hotel is owned by same company




















Bill Gates' home is on that hill in the background along with Tom Cruise, Jack Black and a few other stars.
















On the beach right after giant free breakfast buffet

The beach of our hotel (vendors)

Our favorite restaurant!! Look at the size of that salsa bowl! We all drank the "Miami Vice" of course with NO alcohol. It's a mix of strawberry and pina coloda. Crista had an eye infection the entire vacation and had to wear her glasses.

The front entrance of our hotel (Cherise and Lindsey) Behind us is the spa where we went and had free massauges and were pampered. Lindsey had a horrible encounter with an enormous neud lady.

The waiters dancing in our favorite restaurant. They had a show every hour and would do all kinds of dances like the YMCA and line dances and would pull people from their seats to come and dance.

Jan and Cherise doing the YMCA - The waiter in the green shirt had a crush on Cherise and asked her to slowdance with him before we left. He was very shy about it.

The place where we went snorkeling during our lunch cruise. So much fun!

Kyler, Crista, Cherise, Lindsey on the lunch cruise

Lindsey and waiter doing the Macarena on the lunch cruise

View from the lunch cruise of the Baja Tip

Cherise posing outside of the bank

Lindsey and Cherise posing in front of Lover's Beach where the arch is

Cherise, Kyler and Crista with the Mango man

After breakfast Lindsey posing in front of a Mexican shoe shiner. Lindsey had a crab omlet which was an omlet with fresh crab, avacados, artichokes, olives, tomatoes, onions, rolled up inside and creamy lobster sauce smothered on top. We had pancakes and fancy hashbrowns.

The backside of our hotel right outside of our patio. Notice the exotic birds walking behind Lindsey. They lived by the pool and wandered all over the hotel property. There were also large bird cages everywhere with pretty birds inside.

Posing in front of the pirate ship where we went and sailed into the sunset with pirates on baord and a fun pirate show with special effects, food and drinks. We seemed to always get free mango, strawberry and lime margaritas everywhere we went (with no alcohol) and pina colodas. We had at least 3 a day.

Jan and Lindsey standing the courtyard of the famous "Hotel California" Yes, this was the very hotel that inspired the Eagle's to write their famous hit.

Lindsye next to dead lady - (From Mexican holiday "Day of the Dead") They had skeletons everywhere even though it wasn't near the actual holiday.

Lindsey and Cherise parasailing!!!!!

Lindsey, Jan and Cherise on board the pirate ship! Aye Mayte!

All of us on the pirate ship in front of Lover's Beach

Gabe back in May 2007. The day he learned to walk!

Gabey Baby!

Manuel, Lindsey and gabe inside of the crater in Midway, Utah. Back in June 2007

Manuel on balcony of condo in Midway.

Gabe and Lindsey by fish pond next to condo

Gabe in May 2007 after he sliced his head open

The aquarium jello that Lindsey made for gabe's under the sea party. There are toy fish and candy fish in the jello for the kids to keep. May 2007

Gabe and all of his birthday gifts!

Gabe, Lucas, and Tanner in the kiddie pool ay Gabe's party.

Gabe at his birthday party

Gabe and Lindsey after church.

The Rietzsch Family as Simpson Characters

Yes, we Simpsonized ourselves! Does it look convincing?

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