Ben's Gonna Be a Doctor!

About three weeks ago I received an acceptance to The School of Osteopathic Medicine at A.T. Still University in Mesa, AZ! The school is on Recker & Baseline. This is the first year for the D.O. program at A.T Still -Mesa. So, I will be part of the very first class! Yessss!

We've already moved from Tucson to Queen Creek and have been very busy getting ready to begin school. Orientation starts on July 30th and we still have a lot of stuff to do before then.

Briana and I will keep the blog up to date on how things are going with school.

-Ben

Working with Grandpa Reed

Ashton is watching Grandpa work on the tractor and waiting his turn.
Each one of the boy took turns helping Grandpa drive the tractor. This was Calvin's turn.
Even Devin had to have his turn.
Ashton finally got his turn and loved it!
Carson and Caleb had individual turns and then they both got on at the same time. (Isn't Grandpa a trooper!) Their favorite parts was when Grandpa asked who was driving and then lifted his hands in the air. That's when the boys realized that they were driving all by themselves. I guess they didn't realize that they were so big!
Calvin, Ashton and Devin spent alot of time in the pen with the calf. Calvin would let the calf suck on his fingers, but sometimes that anxious calf would suck up his whole hand! And calves really have rough tongues! You could ask Calvin!

Richardson Family Campout

Every year, Ben's Grandparents' having their Reunion with all of their children and grandchildren. We look forward to it every year. We campout at Cedar Ranch, the land that Grandma and Grandpa Richardson own between Heber and Holbrook, for a few days and get really dirty. We love every minute!

I think I have monkeys for children!
Ben, Caleb and Devin
Caleb
Ashton
Carson

John's Graduation

Me and John at Queen Creek High School's Graduation. I graduated from that high school 9 years ago. Wow! I'm getting to be an old sister!
Brooke, Bridget, me and Brittany all holding up John. Doesn't he have some strong sisters?!
Jared, Brittany, me, John, Brooke, Bridget and James. All of the brothers and sisters are together again.
My nephew Tillison and Devin (my youngest) absolutely love my dad. The whole night they would not leave his side. And on a side note, both Devin and Tillison were born on my birthday, September 19. There must be something special about that day!
This is the whole Reed family. Ben and the twins, Caleb and Carson, are the only ones missing. They weren't there because Ben's brother, Jordan, had his high school graduation the same night at a different school.

Devin's Mess

This is a normal day at our house. If it's not one boy and a mess, it's another boy and another mess. Isn't life great!?!

Talent Show

Caleb and Carson entered their school's talent show and played their fiddles and sang. Everyone said that they were the best in the whole show! Their trademark phrase is now "Yeehaw". They had a great time. Briana played the guitar with them. They are good musicans and they are confident and don't get nervous at all! I think that Briana was more nervous than they were!

Devin's Favorite Things

Things are some of Devin's favorite things to do...

He loves helping Ben do everything, even if it means getting inside the toolbox!

Everyday he practices the piano, he has some dedicated brothers who are good examples for him to learn by.

Crazy Hair Day

The last week of school is Spirit Week and everyday has a different theme. Wednesday's theme was crazy hair day. The boys were so excited to be able to comb their hair crazy! They were also looking forward to not wearing their uniforms.

Keith's Graduation Party

Ben's best friend, Keith Newman, graduated from ASU and had a graduation party at our favorite restaurant, Matta's, so of course, we had to go.

The food and company were great!

Blizzard on Mt. Graham

Ben was installing Mark and Maleah's air conditioning unit in Safford at the end of March, so the whole family decided to go and visit with all the cousins. All of us moms: Maleah, Brittany and myself, decided to go up to Mt. Graham and see if we could find some snow. We drove up a little way and before we knew it, we were in a little blizzard. Pretty soon, there was snow everywhere and we only stayed about five minutes. We had a great time and everyone froze, but it was fun! I don't think anyone believed us when we told them!

Look at all of our little mountain goats!
Ashton was freezing!
Max, Briley and Calvin are all bundled up in the car (the only place to get warm).

Davis-Monthan Air Show

We went to the Davis-Monthan Air Show. It was awesome! This was only one of the planes that went inside. I think the boys' favorite part of the airshow was watching a Navy Seal guy swim around in a huge tank with SCUBA gear on. They were mesmerized my it. My favorite part was watching an F-16 show off it's amazing power and maneuverability. At one point the pilot flew over the crowd and then did a vertical climb. It literally shook the ground! I loved it. Briana and I would have liked to have stayed longer, but the boys were too tired after four hours. Believe it or not we didn't even see all the planes and stuff on display. After we had been home for a while, I went outside and saw one of the Blue Angels fly overhead. So, we all jumped in the car and drove to the side of the road near the air force base to watch them.

-Ben