The Riley Family

Camping Fun

We went camping during Spring Break at Eisenhower State Park. This was the first time we had taken the youngest two kids...and it had been a while for the rest of us! The kids and grown-ups had a blast...even in a tent...even in the cold! I think we will be doing a lot of this in the future!

I love this! My kids loving each other!

Setting up camp...everyone helps

Even the youngest!

Trying to play a new card game with Granny

Campfire cooking

Sliding! Whee!

Climbing on the cliffs

They spent a lot of time doing this...supervised, of course!

But it still made Mommy NERVOUS!

They loved skipping rocks and throwing them in the lake!

It was also a Flat Stanley adventure!

Hiking on the rocks and through the trees

Nothing like camping at "home"...love most of the state parks, but this is always our favorite!

A Few Pictures from E's B-day (a month ago!!)

Our beautiful 5 year old had a great party surrounded by her family, friends, and godparents. She had a great time playing, eating cake, and of course opening her many gifts. She received books, bath tub paints, money, hair stuff, Littlest Petshop toys, a stuffed kitten that walks and meows, clothes, and her "puppy luv" toys. That is all any of us heard about for a month before her big day. I'm not even sure what the real name of the toys are: just a Barbie type doll that comes with a puppy. She was so excited when she got 2 of them. Luckily, she is a sweetie and shares with her sister...because it is more fun than playing alone!

She even wanted Littlest Petshop on her cake.

Wow! Thank you everyone!

HAPPY EASTER!

Well, I have fallen behind in my posts again! And I forgot to take my camera to Denison this past weekend! So I took no pictures of our Easter fun. It's a shame too because we had a lot of fun, and everyone looked grreat dressed up for Easter. Maybe I can take pix next Sunday and pretend they were from Easter. It will still be the Easter season. ;)

We actually made it to the Easter vigil for the first time in 8 years. It was beautiful, and the kids did ok. Well...we did a little entertaining as Chad wanted to sit close so the kids could see what was going on. We ended up on the FRONT ROW! But at least the kids looked handsome and lovely...even if they were a little active while celebrating the risen Christ!

We spent the weekend in Denison with our families. We had a great time visiting with everyone and hunting eggs! The pictures below my brother took. Now I've got to try to do a month's worth of catching up!