Rich quit Media Play shortly after their first date. He always said he worked there just long enough to find what he was looking for and when he found her it was time to return to construction working with Kevin. They continued to date and were married nearly a year later on Jan. 12, 1996. They are looking forward to celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary in Hawaii.
Today Rich and Angela have 5 beautiful girls. Yes ALL GIRLS! Can you imagine Richie in a house full of girls (even the dog is a girl)? Somebody once told him that nature likes to be balanced. Since he has so much testosterone nature had to balance him out by sending him a house full of estorgen. Though it is a house full of energy and emotion, as you can well imagine, Rich and Angela wouldn't trade it for the world. Their children are:
Aubrie (age 9 nearly 10)- Aubrie is a very happy and helpful girl. She is very friendly and makes friends everywhere she goes. She is always willing to help her mom with whatever is needed. She loves school and does very well. She is a straight A student. She just tried out for the fifth grade cheerleading squad and made it. She is looking forward to a summer full of cheerleading activities.
Ashlynn (age 8)- is in second grade and also does very well. She is a math wiz. She continues to amaze her teacher with her abilities to do math problems in her head before the rest of the class can work them out on paper. ( She must be her daddy's daughter). She is also quite the artist. She loves doing crafts and can make just about anything out of paper. Anything from swingsets for her barbies or candy dispensing machines, all with moving and working parts. Her ability to conceptualize something and bring it to fruition never ceases to amaze her parents. Her parents wonder if she will become an architect or engineer when she grows up.
Amanda (age 5)-Is the little princess. She always wants to wear a skirt but is always the first to play in the dirt or collect bugs. She is a tomboy disguised as a princess. She is a very energetic and happy little girl. She loves to be in front of the camera posing and has the cutest smile with dimples that you have ever seen. She is also quite a little daredevil. Last summer at the age of 4 she learned to ride a two-wheeler bike without ever using training wheels and she also got up on a wakeboard behind the family boat. She loves to be outside playing with her friends and little sister. She is very excited to start Kindergarten this fall.
Autumn (age 3)-is a spitfire red head. She too is full of energy. She loves to follow her big sister Amanda around the neighborhood. She also loves being the big sister to Abigail. On Sundays in nursery when Abigail is sad she will sit down on the floor and hold her baby sister until she calms down. She is mommy's little helper. She loves to be wherever mommy is and doing whatever mommy is doing. She is a great little helper. She is excited about starting pre-school this fall.
Abigail (age 18 months)- is the perfect caboose to the family. Her smile is too cute and her curly hair makes her absolutely irresistable. She is a very happy and busy busy little girl. She doesn't walk anywhere she RUNS. She loves to climb onto and into everything. If we don't keep a close eye on her we can find her dancing on top of the kitchen table, climbing into cupboards or playing splish splash in the toilet. She loves to follow her sisters around and is convinced she is as big as they are. She loves to play outside. She is also quite the little jabberbox. She is always jabbering or singing songs as she goes. She brings so much joy into the home.
Rich and Angela currently live in Lehi, Utah. They enjoy the small town feel. They moved to Lehi in 2004 after 3 years of living all over the country. Though they love being settled down they also truly loved the years of living all over the country. Rich's job at that time was as a superintendant for Jacobsen Construction which had a partnership with the Church to build chapels. So from the year 2001 till 2004 they had the opportunity to build chapels all over. They lived in Upstate NY, just outside Fayette, NY where the Church was first organized. 9 months later they moved to Portland, OR and again 9 months later they moved to Wasilla, Alaska, then again 8 months later they moved to St. Louis, MO and after a short 4 month stay they moved back home to Utah and settled in Lehi.
No surprise that Rich chose to work in Construction. He developed a great love for construction through the years of working with dad and Kevin. He went to BYU and earned a degree in Construction Management and Business Management. Rich now works for Big-D Construction, a local commercial construction compay, as a Project Manager. He loves his job and is very successful. Last year he was the number 2 money maker for the entire company. He currently is managing two projects at Hill Air Force base in Ogden, UT. He is overseeing the construction of a new firestation on base and a F-22 service hanger. He loves his work and the ability to see a project through from conception to completion. He is also grateful for the ability to stay local and be with is family.
Angela also is a BYU graduate in Business Management with an emphasis in Organizational Behavior. She worked for 4 years as a Human Resource manager for Target. She quit her job in 2001 to be a stay at home mom and travel with Rich as he began his career. She loved all of the places they lived and above all else loves and is grateful for the opportunity to be a stay at home mom. She is very busy keeping up with her very busy and fun brood of girls. She enjoys reading and participating in book clubs. She also enjoys scrapbooking when she has time. Most of all she loves being with her family.
As a family , they love to go boating. Rich is quite the wakeboarder. It is a lot of fun to watch him get some serious air as he jumps both wakes. The girls all love to ride on the tube behind the boat. They also love to swim and play in the water. So far, Amanda, is the only one to successfully wakeboard but all are determined to do so this year.
We also love to hook up to the travel trailer and go on long camping road trips. Some of our favorite have been to Red Fish Lake in Idaho, Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone. This May we are looking forward to a trip down the Oregan-California coast on HWY 101. Angela's brother will be blessing his new baby girl in Portland, OR. So they will start their trip there and then venture down the Oregon coast, through the Redwood Forest and on down through California to San Fancisco where they will visit Steve and Taunya and then return home to Utah.
As you can see with all of the places we have lived and the places we have visited it would be hard to choose a favorite vacation. We love being together as a family and having new adventures. However, one of our hopes is to return to Upstate NY every 5-7 years or so to let our girls visit all of the wonderful church history sites that we were blessed to live amongst for a short time. Our last visit there was about 4 years ago.
As for favorite sports teams....Is it any surprise that we are die hard BYU fans? We even have our youngest girls chanting "Go Cougars!" Rich is sure to keep up on the season Football tickets. When she can, Angela enjoys going to the games, Ashlynn especially enjoys going to the games with her daddy. On the professional football level Rich also is a fan of the BROWNS, though no one can quite figure out why since they have such a great record ( I believe it is related to childhood nostalgia).
Favorite Family Memory- Rich enjoys the memories of trips with the family to Lake Powell. Some of the most fun and having everyone together and eating Dad's sand cakes was the trips to Lake Powell. Maybe that is why we have a boat to make some great memories of our own. Some of the highlights that stick out on the Lake Powell trips are: Hal falling on his head out the motorhome window, chasing lizards around the camp site, Ken with the biggest blisters ever on the top of his feet, our own little island, riding on Scott's shoulders while he water ski'd, visiting Rainbow Bridge and the time Steve and Scott were paddling the little boat back to the marina and Dad did a sharp turn in the boat right in front of them and almost sank them right there. (Steve is not so fond of that memory from what I hear)
As for what trait was inherited from Mom or Dad, Rich loves long road trips. Last year he drove to a project in Montana every week, leaving at 3am Monday and returning aroung 10pm Tuesday with 4 hours of meeting in Montana in between. Angela says Rich got Dad's stubborness, we all know that is not true (ha ha).
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