HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYDNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
May there be a great many more to come. We all love you.
Happy B-Day
Save The Date: Saturday, June 25th
Putting it out there- this year's Santa Monica fireworks show, Celebrate America, will be held on Saturday, June 25th. Mark your calendars! I hear rumor we may have a few Arizona and Utah attendees. I hope so. Please spread the word to those of the family who may not look at the blog and/or facebook. Would be fun to make this a big reunion. More later.
Until then, here's a few pictures from last year. I apologize for those of you who attended and pictures aren't here (Toni and boys, Stephen R. Fairbanks and clan, Ben and Leigh). I tried to post pictures of everyone who attended but the ones I picked just wouldn't post. It seems some of my pictures were saved as photoshop and not jpeg. Don't know how that happened and don't know how to change it back. Help anyone?
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
So - we're a couple of days behind, but what's new? Roll Call....
01 Whitney & Cameron's Anniversary (Don Kasch's daughter)
03 Cali Risser
08 Kyle Risser
18 Sydney (Aunt Sydney)
29 Gordon K. Risser, Jr.
And please add any others that may have been missed:D
In Memory Always
05 Aunt Bobbie Jo
17 Aunt Caroline
Let's hope March goes out like a lamb because I, for one, have had enough Lion Weather!
Love to all:D
A (Rainy) Day at Disneyland
Before you confuse me with Kayla, this is Sydney posting. I spent a rather wet day at the Magic Kingdom with Nathan, Suzanne and kids as did Aunt Nena. I'm posting pictures to see if we can entice Toni back to the family blog.
Must start with this one. We pinched it off Disneyland's display using my camera. That's Sariah and me in the second row, Nena with Hannah in the front. Despite what Hannah looks like, she kept insisting she loved the roller coasters. That said, she'd put her head down, cover her ears and look a little terrified. We caught a little glimpse of the reaction here. She made us all smile.
Proof that old auntie Sydney was there! L to R: Sariah, Sydney, Hannah, Nathan, Paul. We had just crawled out of our rain gear and hoods.
The Fairbanks Abbey Road moment...
Aunt Nena showing Eva gum tricks.
Hannah is so small she looked like a floating poncho. 
Suzanne, Eva and Aaron. Aaron has the sweetest slightly raspy voice. It reminded me of Carlie's voice when she was little.
Paul and his Papa.
Sariah and her new boyfriend.
Trapped in Walmart.
Sit Down Folks- It's a New Entry!
If it wasn't for Becky, nothing would be done and this blog would be officially removed from Aimee's list. So this will be a little tidbit. I'm going to alter this blog to a family bulletin board. I'm going to try to update details for the month from each family, so let me start with what I do have. Feel free to edit.
Grandma: my spies tell me she took a little spill from a ladder. Sore shoulder for several days but now reports back to her feisty independent self. However, it seems to be theme with the Risser Clan this month. Read on.
Gordon's Clan- Kayla's wedding coming up next month. I heard through the grapevine that little Van had another little accident. I heard it was a fractured tibia but I'm not positive and have no details. Gordon, details please and add any other bits of info.
Toni- I'm sure most of you have heard that Nebs Fairbanks (Stephen's dad) passed away on 2/14. The funeral was yesterday in Santa Clarita. It was a lovely ceremony and full of many familiar faces from LONG ago.
Nathan and Suzanne stayed at mom's while up for the service. The old building blocks were well utilized by the kids. Here's a clip of Paul and Hannah working on one of several projects.
Stephen Randall and Kristin welcomed their newest little bundle- Josie Kate. I tried pinching a picture off Kristin's facebook page but the pixels are too low I believe. Pictures were fuzzy so I'll have to wait for a decent one from them.
Amanda's father-in-law passed away unexpectedly in an accident. Our love and condolences. I didn't know Alain, but by all accounts he was a very special and highly regarded man.
Becky- Another grandbaby for Becky: McKay Douglas Baumann born to Rheanna and Doug. Doug has also been accepted into several graduate programs but hasn't yet decided which one to grace with his presence and keen intellect. Way to go Doug! Anything else new Beck?
Sydney- Nothing exciting but wait for next month. LA Marathon here I come!
April- Little Avelon had her surgery Monday. Went well until her lung collapsed. Then as she was stabilizing, she pulled out her feeding tube and was rushed back to surgery. Anything to keep her parents on their toes! April is staying with Aaron allowing Daniel and Jenni time to spend with Avalon at the hospital. Aimee is helping Don keep the homefront with Jett and Enola. Keeping with the Risser Accident Prone Manner for the Month (read on to Jeff's entry), April misstepped on the bottom step of her stairwell and sprained her ankle and spent some time in ER. We all know how much fun that is.
Jeff- I think most of you may know that Jeff took his kids skiing last month and in a classic fashion on the last run of the day, fell and injured his knee (it really is an established trend in the medical sense of course ). He's been tentatively diagnosed as likely ligament/meniscus tear and just waiting to see a specialist. sidenote: you gotta love Kaiser, his insurance company. Originally they wanted him to wait over 50 days just to see the specialist for a concrete diagnosis and advice on how to manage it. Pathetic! Our squeaky wheel got a little grease and the date was moved up a little. Keep squeaking Jeff.
Once again, please add and correct at will. I'm going to try to do this every month. If any of you have news that you would like to share, please contact me (or if there's news you'd rather not share, do the same).
Love to all!
February 2011
Well, thought I'd blog a bit. Let's see - the weather! Yes it is cold here in the East and we have been hit with a bit of nasty weather, but for Erie (so far) I haven't found it too out of the norm. Ice?!? Well, none of us like that much. We had the house resided with new gutters put in this past summer; however, the way the ice is melting off the roof appears that something wasn't done right. Too hard to explain, but I suppose we'll take care of it soon. At any rate, I'm recovering from cold / flu / sinus problem (take your pick). Tis the season.
Doug (Rheanna's hubby) flew out to State College for an interview at Penn State. Am I excited??? Cautiously so. He is also interviewing at U of U and WSU (in Pullman). As he said, "You want us in PA, Chelsea wants us in Washington and my mom wants us to stay here in Utah!" Ah decisions, decisions!!!
I'm taking birthday dates from previous years so please update if you happen to read this and notice any errors.
February B-DAYS
01 Michele Risser
02 Sydney Risser (Little Syd - Jeff & Michele's daughter)
03 Brandon Wood (Amanda's honey)
04 Susanna Risser (GK's sweetie)
11 Jett Kasch (aka Calvin)
18 April Kasch (Jett's long suffering mother) [you know we love you Jett]
23 Aimee & Chris Mahana's anniversary (It's Mahana Time)
24 Jacob Jennings (Mike's boy)
26 Leslie Jennings (Mike's wife)
For those unaware - Jeff Sr. took some of his kids out skiing the beginning of this week (or weekend) and tore a ligament and messed up his knee. The doctor said he is down for two weeks! Give him a call - he's not goin' anywhere:)
SLACKERS!!! (and January Birthdays)
Okay - so with very few exceptions, blogging has taken a back seat. So I shall attempt to get things going. As for November and December birthdays... we offer heart felt (although very belated) birthday wishes. There have been many babies added this past year and I, for one, am not sure who they all are. So as this year progresses let's get those additions added and recognized. Our family is growing in leaps and bounds and while it's exciting it also creates more space (distance) between us. I personally think there should be another Risser family reunion SOON. Suggestions people, suggestions.
As for January - it may be almost over, but I still want the January B-days to know I love them and wish them a happy year. Here we go:
January Birthday People
3rd - McKay Douglas Baumann - 0 (newest arrival to Rheanna [ashley] & Doug Baumann
4th - Sariah Fairbanks - 12 (Nathan & Suzanne)
4th - Daniel Baxter - ? (Jenni's [benson] sweetie)
7th - Glory Bainbridge - 10 (Carlie [fairbanks] & Joey)
15th - Aaron Fairbanks - 10 (Nathan & Suzanne)
16th - Gideon Bainbridge - 12 (Carlie & Joey)
20th - Chelsea Kasch - ? (DJ's wife; Don & April's)
24th - Isaiah Wood - 9 (Amanda [fairbanks] & Brandon)
24th - Paul Fairbanks - ?
30th - Devon Risser - 11 (Jeff & Michele)
