Snap shots

When I was going through pictures on the computer, I found some snap shots that Ryne had taken. I thought they were so cute so I decided to share.

March Madness!

So Many things happend in March.
We were so busy, I hardly had time to write. Then one thing led to another and the posts have just continued to build up!
Most of these pictures aren't in order, but here is a small glimpse of things that happened in March!


March:
8-10: The weekend before our spring break we made a trip down to see my family. We arrived just in time to drop Riley off and go to Waco to watch some of Ryne's friends in a
a show. It was great! Thanks Mom and Dad for watching Riley so we could have a night out. Monday before we headed home, I got to go up to the school and eat lunch with Dad, Hannah, and Leah. I had such a good time. I love and miss you all so much!
10-14 Our SPRING BREAK!!!
12: Miss Riley Anne turned 3 months old!!
She enjoys her bumbo, her play mat and chewing on her hand. She is getting so big!! We think she is already teething. She is so wonderful and such a blessing. Riley, we both love love you so much.
13: We finally made a trip to Atlanta, TX to visit Pap, Debbie, Jimmy, Jamie and Krystal.
Riley made herself right at home in Pap's arms. She just snuggled right up and soaked up all the attention. This was the first time that Jamie met Riley too, so it was really exciting. Jimmy Dale made us lunch (thanks it was GREAT) and then Ryne, Riley, Pap, and I all went on a walk. Of course we couldn't leave without seeing Krystal. We stopped by her work for a minute before heading back to Longview. This was also my very first night to work! I finished up all my training the day before, and I became an official Olive Garden Waitress!
14-15: We headed down to Detroit! This was Riley's very first time, she was so excited, she dreamed about it all the way down there. When we got there she met All of Uncle Jeff's family for the first time. Later she met Uncle Bruce, Rob and Daniel for the first time too. We played lots of games and of course had GREAT food! Thanks everyone for all of the hard work that was put into the meals. (and for those chips Aunt Beth) While we were there we celebrated mine and my dad's birthday's early. Thanks G-ma for my cake. It was perfect!!! We had such a good time, I hope we can do it again soon.
16: Palm Sunday my family got to come to Longview and go to our Church. Hannah and Leah had been before, but Mom and Dad hadn't. After church, we ate lunch, then all headed home. We had a good time visiting and playing games. The time slipped away all to quickly but we were sure glad you came! Hope yall can come back soon.
17: We had to head back to school
20-23 Then on Thursday after our classes we headed down to the Bergren's house. We were so excited to see Ryne's parents but missed his sisters. Caitlin and Hannah, we hope you had great trips for spring break, but we sure did miss you both. (especially Riley) On Friday I got to go and see my good friend Shelley. Shelley, I love you so much and I had such a nice time visiting with you. I hope I get to see you again soon! Ryne got to go and hang out with his friends in the Gap and have lunch with them too! That afternoon I got to play secretary for the Bergrens at the Clifton office. Thanks again for letting me fill in for the girls. I had a great time. Saturday was busy too. That morning I got to go see another good friend, Holly. She has twins, so I enjoyed seeing them and how much they've grown. It was so good to see you Holly! Then some of our friends from Midlothian came to see us in Clifton. Steven, Rhea, and Trent. We played games, ate, and caught up, all before going on a triple date that night. We had a really good time. Thanks for comming down, hope we see you all again soon.
23: Easter!! We tried to get some pictures with all of us that morning but as you can see Riley had other plans. After church we headed down to Honey and Preacher's house. We even got to spend some time with our dear friends the Beards. We were so glad that we got to spend some time with yall. We think of you often and love you alot. Our Easter was filled with great food, good company, and most importantly, we celebrated the resurection of Jesus Christ. Once again the time passed to quickly and we finally headed home again.
29: On Thursday the 27th, Grandma Bergren from South Dakota flew down to see Ryne's family. We were thrilled when Mr. Lee, Joan, and Grandma Bergren all came to see us on Saturday! Riley just LOVED her Great Grandma Bergren! We all got to visit and of course, play with Riley. Thank you all so much for coming to Longview. We had the best time and miss you all, already. That night we had a MAJOR storm here in Longview. LeTourneau got some humungo hail. They were bigger than golf balls. I tried to get a picture but it had already melted some. Many students winshields were completly shattered. We were fortunate and only had some minor damage to our vehichles. It continued to pour down until the middle of Sunday morning. I dont have any pictures but our neighbors Maryanne, Josh, and Corban, were all sliding in the water/mud with boogie boards so Ryne and I went out to play as well. I snapped a picture of Corban waiting for us to change. He wasn't allowed to move. He had to stay right there on the towel. He just looked so cute! Later that evening, Ryne and I went to my Cornerstones party at Double Dave's Pizza. We had free, all you can eat pizza. We had a really good time and of couse, we loved the pizza.
O.K. so I tried to get everything in there, I'm sure there is stuff that I missed but all in all, we had a very busy, and a very wonderful, March.

More Recent Events

This is Ryne and I at the gig on Saturday night. Ryne's old band had a show and they even asked Ryne if he wanted to play a few of the old songs with them. He of course said yes and was so excited. He did a great job and had alot of fun.
This past weekend we got to see and visit alot of people. Riley got to see Bebe and Papa out at the Lake house after church. We were excited to see them too.
Thanks Honey and Preacher for a great weekend and for babysitting Riley on Saturday night. We had alot of fun and cant wait to see you this weekend.

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!