Missing: Tooth

Jacob lost his first tooth on Mother's Day 2011!

It was so shocking because no one really knew his tooth was even loose. Then, all of the sudden, he was standing there, holding a tooth: "Hey, my tooth came out!" And, there you have it. The Tooth Fairy Committee had to quickly decide how much a tooth was worth in the Rickey Family, since that had never been discussed before. The Committee settled on $1.00

Hooray for Jacob's milestone!

Happy April!

This is the April blog posting! I've decided that once a month is the frequency lately... we are WAY too busy. April brought us Jacob's 6th birthday and Easter. We actually had an "April Shower" rainstorm too, which is pretty rare for the desert.

Here is Jacob and his best friend, Megan. She is quite a cutie, but also athletic and spunky which bodes well with Jacob. They are truly best buds.

Here's Josh getting into the birthday celebration action.

Cousin Maddy joined in with the family and friends - she turned 1 in April!!

The kids had a blast at the party. We had "open gym" with basketball, frisbee, football and a giant soccer ball. And when we say giant, we mean giant:

Here are the traditional Easter pictures:

The May posting will be coming next! We're winding down with school, including the Kindergarten graduation - more to come...

This picture slideshow made with Smilebox

This Is Us

Well, this is what we feel like, anyway.

Everyone has progressively passed along a horrible virus in our house. Jacob, Jon, Angela and now Josh. We're finally feeling a little bit better tonight which is the first in the past couple weeks. A few new toothbrushes and air filters later and we're hoping this is the last of this season's bug!!

We Heart Sports

Not that this is shocking news, but our family loves sports! Here's a few sports updates to kick off the new year.

Jacob started his 'Upward Sports' basketball league. It's hard not to brag, but he scored 16 points at his first game! Lookout Amare Stoudemire.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime day, but here we are enjoying the BCS Championship Game in Glendale, AZ. Goooo Ducks! It was a heart-breaking loss, but we still had the time of our lives. Here's the crew that got to go.

So, is bathtime a sport? Maybe not, but we thought the three cousins looked super cute taking a bath together recently :) This photo will only surface again at graduations and weddings. We promise.