there's never a dull moment with riley

i think you can guess what's about to happen...


after trying to encourage riley to help swing the baby...she kindly shared all her stuffed animals with the pretend baby doll(there isn't an actual baby under there so don't worry)


helping daddy at work...

taking a bath with good friend anna

learning my alphabet at the library

reading the paper with mom

scratching while enjoying my movie

whoaa! that's a big bear...

20 minutes after we put her down for a nap we heard a noise and...we found her like this! it's kind of hard not to smile when you tell her that she needs to stay in her bed during naptime!

riley at 18 months old...she's growing fast

Seeing that it had been since January since we posted last, we thought we should at least post some pictures to prove we are still here. Riley is growing fast and we are excited (I'm not sure if Riley really knows yet) about the arrival of her little sister Ella Katherine in October!

riley loves to eat!

she loves to explore outside

1 Year Old!

riley's favorite activities at 10.5 months...

climbing into my toy box...


walking with momma and dadda.

pulling things out of baskets


wrestling lilly


pulling the dvd's off the shelf

brushing her teeth...or just eating the toothpaste

first sled ride!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love,

Daniel, Virginia, Riley, Dakota and Lilly

More Pics...

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!