Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love,

Daniel, Virginia, Riley, Dakota and Lilly

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Swinging with papa



Sunset overlooking Madrid



Green side of building

Pantheon

Coliseum...think Gladiator!

Madrid, Rome and Gelato

Sporting her new hat in the Bjorn


Teaching her the important food groups!



The family in front of St. Peters

Swinging in a local park

Riley and abuela

About a week ago, we returned from visiting Daniel's parents in Madrid, Spain. We had a wonderful trip spending time with abuela (spanish for grandmother) and pawpaw McNamee, tia (aunt) Maria and some new additions to the Spain Young Life team. We spent our time in Madrid relaxing, watching movies, going to the park, touring some gardens in the city and taking a long bike ride into the city. It was so sweet to spend time together as a family. During the middle part of our stay, we "hopped" over to Rome for 3 nights for more adventure and fun. Riley was such a trooper through it all. She loved meeting her pawpaw for the first time, traveling around in the baby bjorn for 6 hours a day and experiencing her first Italian gelato. She may have even picked up a little Spanish and Italian with all the sweet elderly people speaking to her. Thank you abuela, pawpaw and tia maria for such a wonderful stay and fun time. We can't wait to see you all soon!

7 months old already!

having fun in her jumper

thanks grandpa for my green bear!!

it doesn't take much persuading at dinnertime

It's Zoo Time!

A few weekends ago, Daniel, Riley and I headed to Columbia, SC to spend the night with some good friends, the Kellys. We had a great time seeing their new home, walking around the Columbia Zoo and catching up on life. Thank you for such a fun weekend!

Feeding the giraffe!

Snoozing lion...what a life!

Riley cruising in her jogging stroller

Daddy and Riley looking at the goats

This spider was not an exhibit...

the ladies

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Starting solids...yummy!



High Rock Lake

Riley's bean bag chair;o)

High Rock Lake Adventure

Trying out the jogging stroller for the first time!

Daniel, Riley and I spent the latter part of this past week relaxing at a near by lake called High Rock Lake. My parents rented a house for the week, so we packed up and headed up their way. We had a blast of playing games, swimming, paddling in the canoe, going on walks and of course eating yummy food. We even had a bon fire and smores one night. Riley slept quite well at night (7pm-7am), which made the time even sweeter! Thanks mom and dad for a great, restful vacation! Here are a few lake photos and some random shots from the prior week at Freedom Park.