Mother's Day

Matt took me out to dinner for Mother's Day on Saturday night. I didn't know he had plans until I asked him what he wanted for dinner earlier in the day.

 

 On Sunday, we spent the afternoon/evening at my mom's house. It was a small group this year due to sickness and other engagements. We also went by and visited with Matt's mom later in the evening.

 

Riley really wasn't in the mood for pictures on Sunday evening, but we still got a few of him and I together. We found a beautiful spot along side the road where the phlox are in full bloom.

I love my little baby boy so much and am thankful to be his mommy. He is growing up too fast! Some days I wish he was a little newborn again that just loved to be cuddled all day, but I do love seeing him change and learn new things.

Graduation

It's hard for me to believe my oldest niece graduated from high school this year. She graduated along with four other young people from the church. Also one other guy graduated who was not able to attend.

 

Three different groups sang or played specials for the day.

 

And the speeches...

Somehow I missed getting a picture of Simeon doing his speech. :( 

 

Tim and Jen's family with Charity

 

Some of Hannah's children with their cousin Charity...

and us with the graduate.



I didn't get a great picture of all of the graduates together, but I still like this one since they're all in it.



Instagrams -- April

Riley swinging at the park... silly kid... he learned to sit up in bed...

finishing up clutches for a wedding... riding a carousel at the fair... I had gotten my hair done...

hanging out with dad at work... pulling up for the first time... practicing for the canoe race...

sporting his new shades... mowing the yard with our redneck mower... happy baby... Brandon got a ride with the guys... morning of the canoe race... our little garden...

Krispy Kreme

Recently we made a trip to Krispy Kreme. I had never been inside of one and seen how they make the doughnuts. It was neat to see how the process works. The hot doughnuts did not disappoint and were amazing!

 

Riley loves food and was so excited when he saw the doughnuts. He got to try a couple of bites.

He wasn't so sure about the first bite, but then he wanted more.

Sun n' Fun

Finally getting around to posting pictures from Sun n' Fun. We had a fun time even though it was a super hot day!

 

Standing in front of the Geico race car.

 

Enjoying a snack...

This was a crazy stunt done with a real plane and an RC. The bottom one is the RC plane. You totally couldn't tell that the RC wasn't a real plane, minus the fact that the real plane was much faster.

The Geico Skytypers were there...

This year they didn't have any current military planes performing. A local jet team took the place of the Blue Angels. They of course weren't as good as the Blue Angels, but still put on a great show.

8 months...the fair...& more

Riley is 8 months old today! He started getting himself into a sitting position and pulling up last week. He is working on cutting his first tooth. He hasn't started crawling on his knees yet but he uses his arms and legs to do an army crawl and can get around quite fast. He loves to see himself in mirrors and he likes taking a bath. He likes eating and goes crazy when you have a drink with a straw or a frappe cause he likes to try to drink out of straws.

 

This is how I found him this morning...

 

 On Thursday night, we went to a fair they had in Williston this weekend. They have the fair every year, but this was our first year to go.

Riding the Ferris wheel.

 

We met up with two guys from church. They did some of the crazy rides with Matt.

They didn't have very many animals at the fair yet since we went on the first night. They did have these hilarious stuck up llamas.

This was not only Riley's first time to ride a carousel, but mine too. They were missing the carousel music though. :(

Riley also likes to play the piano. I actually don't know what he likes better -- the book or the piano.

He likes to play in his new walker...

We went to Sun n' Fun this past weekend so I'll get those pictures up sometime. I've got a lot of sewing and picture editing going on these days so blogging doesn't usually make it to the top of the "to do" list.

Phone Shots--March

Riley got his face painted, just waking from a nap, yummy Cajun chicken pasta, tuckered out, ready for nap time, "driving" dad's semi...

chillin' at a rehearsal, us after a wedding, he's going to be a Ford guy, his first time to sleep through the night, enjoying a sweet tea while editing pictures, hanging out on the hammock, our new stove, enjoying puffs, helping fold clothes...

attempting to crawl, out on a date, the little dude, out for a walk on a beautiful evening, waking up happy, two cousins hanging out...