Ri ~ Ri's 1st Birthday

Ok, I know that you all have been patiently waiting for a long time for these pictures, and you have probably given up on me, but as you all know around the holidays things are just CRAZY!!!! Then on top of that we add in Ri~Ri's first birthday party! Happy Birthday to my precious baby girl! I can not believe that it has already been a year. Ri~Ri is absolutely blessed by all her friends and family that came to celebrate her big day, and boy was she spoiled rotten!!! Time flies when you having fun!!! Here are some pictures of her birthday party!!!

Here is the birthday girl!!! The BIG 1!!!!

Here she is ripping into her presents!!!

My dainty eater trying to figure out how to eat her cake!!!

What the heck...shove it in by the fist full!!!

Playing with her friends and cousins in the ball pit!!! Fun!! Fun!!!

Pulling Up

WOOHOO!!! We have reached another mile stone! Although we may not be crawling or walking yet.....Riley has learned to pull herself up on things. We had her sippy cup up on the coffee table, and she pulled herself up to the table so that she could get it. She did it several times, and after about the third time her muscles were just mush, and she cried because she did not have the strength to pull helself up again!! She got a good workout!!!

Sanders Deer Processing

Scott went hunting during opening gun season which was the first weekend in November, and he got a deer!!! WOOHOO!!! His grandparents have been asking him to get them a deer so that they could have the meat, and so their request was granted. They came down the Monday after Scott got back to help him process the deer right in our very own back yard!! YEEHAW!! While they processed the deer, Riley and I enjoyed playing out side and swinging in her new swing! We really enjoyed the visit although it was short!!!

Halloween 2008

Ok, I know that I am way behind, but I promise that I will get better at adding updates. So here goes....On October 31, 2008 Riley experienced her first Halloween!!! During the day Riley and I carved a pumpkin! She did NOT like sticking her hands inside the pumpkin, but she liked playing with all the slimy stuff in the bowl, she even tried to taste it a couple of times. We had a great time starting a tradition together!!! Then that evening Nana, Pappy, Aunt Angela, Uncle Allen, and baby Allen came down for some dinner and fun times at the Fall Festival!! WOOHOO!! We had Crispy Salsa Chicken, with rice and veggies for dinner, and then I made a spice pumpkin cake!! It was DELICIOUS!!! After dinner we were getting the kids dressed to go to fall festival (Riley - Minnie Mouse and Allen - Mickey Mouse) but baby Allen had had enough and fell asleep, and so they called it a night...poor baby!! It is a rough life!! LOL!!! Anyways, we got Riley ready and then our neighbors and Riley's buddy came over, Jayda, and we got some cute pictures of them together. Then we headed off to the Fall Festival at our church, and let me tell you Riley had a good time!! She bowled, bobbing for ducks, toured the fire truck, and bounced in the bounce house (her absolute FAVORITE thing to do!!!)! Then Nana and Pappy headed home, daddy headed to the deer lease to go hunting, and Riley and I came home and went to bed. What a fun filled evening!!

Riley and the pumpkin...soon to be jack-o-lantern!!

Riley playing in the slimy stuff!!!

Riley helping mommy carve the pumpkin!!

Tada...the finished product!!!

The yummy spice pumpkin cake I made for dessert!!!

Minnie Mouse and the Longhorn Cheerleader!!

Nana, Pappy & Riley

The Family!!!

Bobbing for ducks!

Bowling with Daddy!

Bouncing in the Bounce House with Mommy!! WOOHOO!!!

Nibblin on a little mouse treat!!!

I LOVED the lights on the Fire truck!!!

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday, the family went down the street to the Pumpkin Patch that was being held at a church, and we took a lot more PRECIOUS pictures, and then we picked out a bigger pumpkin for the front porch!! Riley was having the BEST time she was just hamming it up the whole time. She was smiling so big that her little chubby cheeks squeezed her eyes closed....it was so funny!!! She was having such a good time that she started crying when we were leaving, because she wanted to stay!! Here are some pictures we took!!

Going to the Pumpkin Patch.......just follow the arrow!!!

This is one of my favorites....She is so excited about the piece of hay that she found....not that she is sitting on a big stack of it!!! LOL!!!

The whole family at the pumpkin patch!!

This is my FAVORITE picture of Scott and Riley...I told you she was hamming it up!!!

Mommy and Riley.....I guess daddy is not a goofy behind the camera...lol!!!

Can I eat this???

Riley and the Scarecrow!!!

Dewberry Farm

Well there has been an awful lot going on around here, and not much time for getting our blog updated in a timely manner, but here goes. I have quite a few posts to make and so here is the first one! On Sunday we went to Dewberry Farm in Brookshire, Texas! We went with our neighbors the Paschals and there little girl, Riley's best friend Jayda, and Jayda's granparents went with us as well! This place was sooooo much fun! Here are just a few things that we participated in while we were there.......picking a pumpkin in the pumpkin patch, hay rides, corn maze, corn tractor ride, petting zoo, puppet show, pig races, and much , much more!!!!! It may have been a little more fun if Riley could walk and she could explore a little more, but she had a GREAT time, and of course, we got lots of GREAT pictures, so here they are!!

All of us on the Hayride, going to pick our pumpkin in the pumpkin patch!

Riley sitting on a pile of pumpkins in the pumpkin patch.

Riley and Jayda...trying to get them to look at the same time was impossible! LOL!

They are on the search for the perfect baby pumpkin to pick!

We picked the PERFECT PUMPKIN!!!!

Riley is a field of orange flowers!!!

Riley and Daddy going down the slide. WHEEEE!!!!

Mommy and Riley going on the Corn Tractor Ride!!! Riley had so much fun that she went a second time with daddy!!!

Doesn't it look like I had a great time!!!

Psalm 23

A Psalm of David

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul.

He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;

your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

This is the inspiration of starting this blog is to share with my friends and family what the Lord is doing in our lives and share our memories and pictures with you. May you enjoy walking through this journey with us!