Bowling

 Riley bowling in Murray with David (Fred) and his girlfriend Erin.  She likes to go with them.  They take her to Los Portalis and let her have lots of cheese dip!

Christmas in Illinois 2013

Here are some shots from Christmas giftings in IL with my family back in December.  Everyone seemed to be having a fun time. 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock Show, Ft. Worth Texas

We had a great time on our recent trip to Texas with my parents. We got to go to the Stock Show, visit downtown, see the museums, eat lots of great food, go to a rodeo and do lots of shopping. I put a bunch of pics in an album. Here is the link. https://plus.google.com/photos/110372157414257535153/albums/5838591163238086833?authkey=CImdjO30kNXBwAE

The Heavenly Host

 Riley was in our Christmas program at church this year.  Our little "angel" posed for the camera and tried to "fly" off the stage step multiple times during the presentation.  We were hiding under the pews.  Only the preacher's kid...

Lots of Snow in Illinois

 Riley and her cousins enjoyed the 8+ inches of snow on the day after Christmas.  There were snow angels, sledding, snow forts, snow ball fights and lots of snow drifts.

Not a fan.

So we wait in the freezing cold for 20 minutes to see Santa and Riley decides she does not love the jolly old fella.  But he was a good sport and leaned in for a pic.

Riley the Songwriter

Riley is always singing her own songs.  Songs where she makes up the tune and the words.  Sometimes it's two or three songs mashed together and sometimes we just have no idea.  In this episode, she is playing the mandolin and singing.  The first song is "Jesus was a Weather Man" to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb". 

The words are hard to hear but it is something like:
"Jesus was a weather man, weather man, weather man,
Jesus was a weather man...today."

And her second song she calls the "Number Song".  It goes:
"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...It will never end, it will never end, it will never end
You keep on doing your numbers, it will help you do it today."

Guess "today" rhymes with a lot of things.  Or not in this case.