'Nothin But Blue Skies

I've got to admit that it didn't take me very long to fall in love with Texas weather. There are a few cloudy and cool days every now and again, but there are also so many warm days...even in the middle of winter! Unfortunately, being from Utah I wasn't expecting to need t-shirts and shorts occasionally so most of them are packed away in storage.
I'm so glad I'm not stuck in a small Utah apartment everyday because it's too cold to take Riley out to play. I think we'd drive each other crazy! Riley's favorite outdoor activity is playing in a small patch of dirt just outside the door at his Grandpa and Grandma's house. The dirt patch is directly below a gutter, so when it rains the whole thing becomes a nice, choclatey, gooey mess. It actually looks rather delicious, and Riley finds it irresistible. He sticks his fingers in the dirt and licks them. He looks so disappointed and disgusted that the dirt tastes like....well dirt....but yet five minutes later he's trying to eat the stuff all over again.It's really pretty darn funny.
Here are some pics we took on one of those days when the weather was so nice.

"Don't bother me mom, I have a very delicate operation to perform! I have to move these leaves from one side of this bench to the other."


"Success is mine!!!"


"Now I"m going to look at this stick for awhile."

Thanksgiving

Here are some random pics that we took at Thanksgiving--which was great by the way. Any holiday where you can eat everything you want is fine by me. We tried to get a really cute picture with all three babies and grandma and grandpa, but as you can imagine that's pretty much an impossible task. Of all the pictures, this one turned out the best.

Hooray for Sam!!!!

I'm going to take a minute to brag in Sam's behalf, since he's far too modest to do it himself. We found out last week he's been accepted into a few different medical schools, whose names I will omit for security purposes. One of the schools where he was admitted only accepts about 12 out-of-state applicants each year, so Sam must have really impressed the admissions committee. It'll be fun to see where we end up!

Ride 'Em Cowboy

I guess we know now why little boys shouldn't play with dollhouses. For some reason, while we were visiting Sarah and Shane a few weeks ago, Riley kept trying to sit on his cousin Kathryn's dollhouse and ride it. Poor Kathryn was a little confused as to what in the world he was doing, but she was sweet enough to share all the same.


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