Best Friends!

These girls love to play together.  Riley and Jamie are the same age but Riley adores Jamie's little sis, Chelsea too.

Wow! What happened to December?

Can't believe how I've lost track of time.  We've had a very busy holiday season this year.  We've had some sick, I've been to a worship conference, Riley spent a week in Illinois and Tim work a gozillion hours at the funeral home.  I'm pretty far behind.  Here are a few pics from the festivities.

Princess Ariel

Riley went this year as princess Ariel from the Little Mermaid.  We had some trick or treaters from down the road, too.  Teshome and Will were a fisherman and a cowboy.  I love homemade costumes.  Glad the boys were so creative this year!

Is October Really Over?

 Wow, time has flown by and we've been running like crazy trying to keep everything going.  I did catch a few pictures.  Riley is sporting her new gloves as we are getting ready to take the trash to the dump.  And I managed to catch a quick picture of her climbing a tree in Aunt Clarise's yard one afternoon.  It was on one of those really cold days and the wind must have been blowing to create that wild hair do.

Riley and Millie

 This girl loves her dog.  And Millie tolerates it pretty well.  She loves to ride on the golfcart with Riley.  She's brave!

Fall, Yard Sales and Dirty Faces

 Riley found this hat at our church yard sale.  I thought she looked like the "man in the yellow hat" from Curious George.  Riley grew some pumkins this summer and we had an abundance so we've been "decorating" for fall.  She has enjoyed putting them out.  And all that hard work tends to leave her filthy from head to toe.

Guest Photographer

Riley grabbed my camera when we went to watch some girls from the church play volleyball.  She and her friend Aiden took turns taking pictures.  I was pretty impressed at how they turned out.