brotherly love and outdoor play

shep lives to be outside he can stay busy for a really long time. and he loves it whenever grandma is outside in her garden. he knows exactly what to do when she is planting something knew. We planted a few vegetables and he always remembers to go check on them and make sure they have enough water. give this kid a bucket and a hose and he is set.

one of the sweetest things to watch as it develops is the brotherly love. shep can get brennan laughing like no other. and if shep is anywhere around brennan's eyes are fixated on him. it is precious to watch them interact with one another. i pray that they will always be best friends. they will get to learn valuable lessons of sharing, being considerate and kind to one another and ultimately learn the value of true friendship. it is so sweet to watch.

i wouldn't have it any other way

my boys are thumb suckers and i love it. not only do you not have any of those middle of the night wake ups because they lost their paci, but they just look so darn cute.

cuteness on wheels

brennan's first bike ride

Shep and swimming

I knew it was way past time to get Shep into the water to learn how to swim. He is not really fond of swimming (read he screamed his way through swim lessons). But it only took four weeks and our little guy is a swimmer. He can jump in and float to the top of the water, swim to the steps or side and hold on and float on his back. I am trying to get him in the water once a week this summer to help him get over his phobia. One day I know he will enjoy it, but I have a feeling it isn't going to be this summer. Below are some pics from the lessons.

you can see he is really enjoying himself in the picture above

At least that is one thing I can mark off my list.

keep on keeping on

I promise I didn't forget I had a blog, well I kinda did, but nonetheless, here are a few updates on life in the Riddle house over the last two months.

Easter pics

Atlanta trip to Katie's wedding

One of my good friends from high school got married in April. Props to Hannah for driving up there with me. I don't think she knew what she was in for, but all in all the boys did fabulous. We started our trip out rather early on Friday morning by leaving at 3:30am in order to make sure we had enough time to arrive at the bridal luncheon which was scheduled at 11:00. One benefit of leaving so early is that the first half of the car ride was done in complete silence. While in Atlanta we took a quick trip to the Georgia Aquarium. It was pretty amazing!

Katie was a beautiful bride and the wedding was a blast. It was awesome seeing some friends that I hadn't seen in years. We spent most of the night on the dance floor.

biggest sting ray I have ever seen

precious Zoe and her beautiful momma