A Walker

Take a look at our little walker!  Riley took some of his first steps today walking between Mom and Dad and then between his brothers.  Everyone was so excited. 

National History Day

Alec and his friend were sent by their school to the Island-wide History Day competition.  They had written a script about the Apollo 11 landing on the moon where the crew was interviewed by a reporter.  Don't you just love the props?  It was pretty funny and a neat experience for them to go and see other school performances.  

Slip Sliding Away

It was a beautiful day and it had been a while since we have used our water slide.  So, we broke the water slide out of the box and set it up for the boys.  The boys had so much fun.  

Take a look at a few pictures.

Wheee!  Can you slide like me?

Skyler caught some air on this one.

 Micah flies down the slide.

Riley wasn't so sure about sliding so Jason held onto his hand as he gave it a try.

Alec was going so fast he slid right off the slide and kept on going.  

Riley's Birthday

Happy 1st Birthday Riley Owen!

I can't believe it has been a year already!  Riley seems to be so young still.  I think that is because he doesn't have much hair!   Riley has been a blessing to our family.  His older brothers just love him (sometimes a little too much) and he brightens my day with his smile.  He is such a fun little boy.

We had a little celebration for this little boy.  It was just us and the boys and one of the things we did with him was bubbles.  I truly believe this was the first time he had ever experienced bubbles.  He was just looking at them not sure what to make of them.

Food, of course, was on the menu.  Riley chowed down on some chicken nuggets and steamed carrots. Then for the best part of a birthday.............CAKE!

The boys wanted to more than just one candle on but then I was scared to have Riley sit down in front of it.  Then he just wasn't sure what everyone was doing when it came time to blow the candles out.

He knew exactly what to do next though!  The ice cream was the first to go!

The cake was not far behind.  That boy finished the entire thing!

After a little bath he opened a couple presents.  He liked the Thomas the Train pillow from Grammy and Grandpa.  It was a nice day to turn one!  Happy Birthday Riley!