Recent Events

As you can see, we got snow last Friday! It was the first snow for Riley and the first snow we have had as a family. Now I know this is nothing compared to snow that Ryne has seen, but this was a big deal for me! Below is a special message Ryne left for me and Riley :)

This is Truitt Kathy. He is the founder of Chik-Fil-A. He came to LeTourneau for Chapel on Friday. He was a great speaker and we both thought it was so cool that he could come to LeTourneau.

 So of course we had to get a picture of Riley with one of the cows. Of course she just slept the whole thing :)

Scuba Certified!

This is Tyler State Park. It was really pretty. The area that we were in and the weather were both so nice. Riley and I tagged along for his final class.
One of the 1st tests they had today for their final certification, was to walk in a strait line, there and back, using their compass. This is so when your underwater if you can't see anything but your compass, you can get to where your going. (He passed by the way)
Him getting all his gear ready to dive.
Him and Brandon.

They took the class together and are "diving buddies".

Finally in the water!

The second part to the certification was to use your diving skills to dive to the instructor and back using your compass. (Ryne is the one on the left, Brandon is on the right)

Going...
Going...
Gone!
They had such a blast and are now officially certified.

Their scuba class has been going on all semester on Tuesday nights. This was one of his P.E. electives. They had two dives in the pool on campus and two in a lake. Today was their final dive to get certified. It was a lot of fun to watch them, especially because Ryne and Brandon have so much fun together.

Our 1st train ride!

These are some pictures of Ryne and Riley playing in the train station.

She loves playing with daddy!
She has such a beautiful smile

*tickle*tickle

I know, our first train ride and we are standing in front of a bus!

Last weekend, Riley and I took a trip down to Clifton just the two of us. Ryne came on Monday. We had planned to ride the train and were both so excited but, as you can see, we did not ride the train. There were some problems with the engines and we ended up getting bussed the entire way. Even though it made for a very long day we were so glad to see all the grandparents and aunts!

We both had such a great time. Thanks Cait for picking us up from the train station and to Honey and Preacher for a great visit. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Bergren for letting us stay with you too. We can't wait to see you all again, hopefully it will be soon. Maybe we will get to ride the train some other time with daddy too!

Happy Birthday!!

Today is Great-Great Grandma Washburn's Birthday! - Riley wanted to send you birthday hugs and kisses.

Hopefully we will all get together real soon.

We love you and are thinking of you, happy birthday!

Valentines Day!

This is the Valentines bear that Mrs. Nadene and Mr. Billy, from church, gave to Riley.
These are Riley's first babysitters. They are my good friends Emily and Rebecca from school. They are so great. Thanks you guys for watching Riley for Ryne and I. Yall are the best!!
Hope you had fun.

Our friend Brandon left this for us on our doorstep. I thought it was sweet.
Corban made Riley and me Valentines and cookies. I couldn't get him to hold the cards right for a picture. Oh well. Thanks Corban (and Maryann) for our Valentine goodies.
We got dressed up for a night out. (Didn't Ryne look snazzy?)
Heres our leading lady. This is a 3month outfit. She is growing so much.

Thanks Shelley for the adorable valentines outfit. I love and miss you. Riley looked so cute.

Riley has slept through the night the past 3 nights. It has been great! So I thought I'd show you a picture of her sleeping.

We had such a nice day yesterday. I cleaned house, caught up on some homework, and made some valentine pies. It was fun to dress Riley up for her fist Valentines. She got so many different cards and gifts. Thank you all for loving on our precious girl!

Photo Shoot!

*Sisterly Love*

It was so hard for us not to smile.
Maryann told us to make silly faces. I think we couldn't stop laughing.

We loved this old wonder bread truck.
Beautiful!
I did not particularly like this one of me, but Hannah and Leah looked too cute.

Stunning!

As a surprise to Hannah and Leah, Maryann took some pictures of the three of us.

It is so much fun to do something like this, so we thought it would be a nice treat. Maryann said she likes to practice and of course we don't mind.

Maryann, thank you so much for doing this for us. Not only are your pictures wonderful, you are so much fun to be with.

We had a BLAST!

Girls, thanks for being such good sports. (especially for getting in that sticky grass)

I love you so much.

Sarah, we missed you alot! We can't wait to see you again so we can get some pictures of all the sisters!

- as you can see I had a hard time picking and choosing for the blog :)

What a weekend!

This is us trying to learn to longboard
This was the cake at my Shower on Sunday. We love our new church and they have been so good to us.
This is Riley while we all played outside on Saturday.
Leah and "moo" before we met Aunt Debbie.
Ryne was so nice to watch Riley so I could have some one-on-one sister time with the girls. :)

This weekend was wonderful as well as exhausting.

Hannah and Leah came to see Ryne, Riley and I this weekend and it was so much fun. Friday night we didn't do to much. We just got them settled in and visited. Saturday we got up early and met Aunt Debbie to give her and her friend their new puppie. "Moo", was Leah's first puppy to be sold! We came home and spent almost the rest of the day outside. It was such a nice day, so Tommy, Desi, Josh, Maryanne, Corban, Vincent, Brandon, and all of us played outside. We threw around a football, learned to longboard (o.k. more like attempt) and visited. It was a blast! That night we took the girls out to dinner at our favorite mexican resteraunt Papacitas. Oh and Brandon too since we were having mexican food :)

Sunday was a good, but long day too. First we went to church where everyone was excited to meet some of my sisters. After church we had lunch and a shower for Riley. It was so much fun and Aunt Beth and Laura even got to come. Riley got lots of great stuff. Thanks to all the ladies at Chalkhill Community Church for putting together such a wonderful shower for Ryne, Riley, and I. After the shower we came home where we got to visit with Aunt B and Laura a while longer. It was so great to catch up and talk about how things were going. Laura even held Riley and fed her. She did such a great job. It is funny because I can still remember getting to hold her and feed her. Beths kids sure are growing up fast! Corban was also excited to have a new playmate, even if it was just for the afternoon.

Aunt B and Laura, thank you both so much for coming. We love you both and we had lots of fun. Tell Bruce and the boys we said hello!

That evening Maryann invited us all over for dinner. It was GREAT. We had salad, homeade breadsticks and manacotti. Thanks Josh and Maryanne for having us all over. We had such a good time, and Hannah and Leah just loved Corban! Alas, the last day of our wonderful weekend had to come to an end. On monday Ryne watched Riley so we could go shopping in Tyler. Hopefully it was as good for Hannah and Leah as it was for me. Thanks Hannah and Leah for coming down this weekend. I knew I missed you, but I didn't realize just how much until today when yall weren't here.

Oh and thanks honey and preacher for letting them drive here all by themselves. They did a great job!

All in all, it was perfect.

p.s. Ryne and I played basketball with Hannah and Leah Sunday night

Bergrens vs. Blantons

-We totally won!

Smiley Riley

Today Riley is 2 months old! She has grown and changed so much.

Ryne loves to play with her and make her smile. These are a couple of snap shots he took while I was gone. She is such a daddy's girl! She smiles constantly when she is with Ryne. Everyone said that she would grow quickly. I just did not realize how quick. She has been such a blessing.

At 2 months...

Riley loves her swing, eating, sleeping (of course), being bounced, and diffent sounds (especially her baby einstein cd's)

She doesn't like being left alone (she wants to be where the action is) or wet diapers.

She usually lets us know pretty quick when its time for a diaper change. Also, although she did NOT like bath time at first, she has really started to like her bathtimes and splashing around in the water. She is a really good sleeper too. She slept through the night 3 times in a row last week and is back to about 1-2 times a night now. We are so close to getting her to sleep through the night. I don't think it will be much longer now. :)

*Riley*

Today I had a conference that I had to go to, so Maryanne watched Riley while Ryne and I were gone. When I got home to pick her up Maryanne had taken some snapshots of Riley. I was so excited. I love these new pictures. Thanks Maryanne for watching Riley and for these wonderful photos!