strutting their respective stuff on the balance beam 

written directions clearly aren't riley's strong suit. 

riley takes a cautious approach to getting in the sandbox. 

hi kolya! 

our little browser. 

if you let riley turn the pages on this book he just skips the whole thing and goes right to the end where the buterflies pop up. 

riley is very excited that rev. billy and the church of stop shopping are coming back to town. he studied that flyer until he'd memorized all their tour dates. 

there's no gel in that baby's hair. amazing right. 

greta and rania hurry to catch up with everyone else after stopping to smell (and pick) the flowers. 

we had to borrow a couple of extra kids to get this many adults on to the playground. 

the dino puppet is a lot of fun. apparently it also tastes great. 

riley spent a lot of time during family brunch going from person to person asking for delish tidbits. 

greta and riley are second cousins. you can tell they're related because they both love the shoulder sit. 

riley shared some qt with his doll today. 

riley has been practicing his bees lately. 

taking a walk in the spacious backyard. what's this green stuff? 

peekaboo! 

the network ministries crew. 

happy birthday to salena! thomas, what a pretty mom you have. 

thomas doesn't realize that his nose will be picked in t-minus 3 seconds. 

first thing in the morning we take riley out for some exercise. a little mini bee ball on the old tennis courts...niiiiiiice. 

what are these big kid shoes doing on our tiny poopchick's feet? 

matt stopped by for a surprise jam session, julius joined in via speakerphone. 

goodbye til next time, special craig. 

riley has a posse.