Rile' This And Rile' That

Smiley Rile'...This past week, she got her two front teeth, and another one on the bottom. She already had her top "fangs" as we call them and two bottom teeth. Teeth don't come easy for her...or the rest of us! On top of that, she got five immunizations! Poor baby!! It's been a rough week! (This was before!)

One of Rile's favorite things to do is play with her Auntie Boo's hair and giving her kisses and hugs. Brittany doesn't mind it too much either!

Rile' had fun hanging around the garden gate. She liked looking at the Black-Eyed Susan Vine twisting its way up through everything it could find.







Our next door neighbors came by with their twins, Ashley and Dillon, to have some play time with Rile'. She liked having someone around her own size...even if they are a year older!

Happy 50th Lamar!

One of the highlights of Lamar's birthday was getting the present that Andy, Vanessa (and lots of help from Rile'!)...a t-shirt that the three of them made. It has one of Lamar's favorite pictures (in his papa role) and Rile's handprints underneath it. This was her contribution...and you can tell she had a lot of fun doing it too!

Brittany's Sweet Sixteen!

Ahh, my baby is sixteen! We had a little celebration just with family, like Brittany wanted it. Time is going by too fast!

If At First You Don't Succeed...

We decided to head out to Seaside...an early birthday present for Lamar's 50th since he had this weekend off...and not next. We threw in some clothes "just in case" we decided to stay and actually find something overnight.
Seaside ended up being freezing and socked-in with fog. Bummed, we decided to head on home after looking around at the outlets and having lunch. When we got to Astoria, we thought about crossing the bridge to the Washington side, and so we did...and low and behold...blue skies!
So, we drove a little further to Long Beach and found a comfortable room to stay the night! Yeah!!

Lewis and Clark??

Along the boardwalk, we discovered a Sturgeon that had washed up...OK, so it was Lewis and Clark who saw it first! Lamar had a good chat with one of the guys (Lamar wasn't sure if it was Lewis or Clark). Anyway, it was ONE of them! He learned much from that whole experience.

Sunset...the perfect ending to a not-so-perfect day.

We almost missed this...we were driving up and down the streets of town trying to find a place that would satisfy our craving for....we couldn't quite put our finger on it...food. You know how that goes! Ended up at Subway of all places...but we did order something completely different! That's big for me!!
We then ran to the grocery store to supplement our dinner and when we came out, we realized that we may have missed the whole thing! But we didn't! Yeah!! 

Happy 1st Birthday, Rile'!!

Hard to believe it's been a whole year since Rile' was born. It has been a year full of emotions and firsts. We all have a new role and we are trying to do our best. We love being grandparents, but you probably already knew that!!