Life of the Riley Family

Author: Barb

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      We headed back home today. We had originally planned to go back tomorrow, but we thought it would be better to travel in the afternoon/evening like we did on the way up so we left a day early so we didn’t pull in late on night on Sunday with school/work the next day. I…

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      We met Scott’s Dad for lunch. The kids were a bit wild, but it was a good visit.  Afterwards, we went over to Scott’s cousin’s place to visit with them. The kids had fun drinking hot chocolate and playing together. After that, we stopped over at Jenny’s place, but we didn’t get to chat…

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    Happy Thanksgiving! I love spending the holidays with family. We rarely get to celebrate with our families so when we do, it is all the more special.  The meal was delicious and like always, we ate too much.    

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    We left ND to head back to SD to finish out our visit with Scott’ family. Cooper was an amazing traveler today!!!! It started off a little rocky, but he fell asleep and slept most of the trip. I started to wonder if we left he somewhere along the route because it was so quiet.…

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      Total photo overload I know, but today was our last day in ND. We live a wee bit closer now (only 15 hours) but it is still too long a drive for a quick visit. We let the girls stay up later than normal so they could spend extra time with their grandparents before…

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    My parents had to run to Grand Forks today, so Scott and I were in charge of 5 kids! It was a little crazy, but I thought it was going to be worse than it was. We even managed to bathe 4 out of 5 of the kids and they all went to bed without…

  • 24/365 Baptism

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    Cooper was baptized today at my church in ND.  I love that even though we move around, our children have all been baptized at the same church. It was a beautiful ceremony and my Dad sang for Cooper just like he did for Mckenzie and Abby. Not all of Cooper’s Godparents could make the trip,…

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      Mckenzie was showing Grandpa Hietala a game on the iPad. From the looks of it, I’d say Grandpa was REALLY into it 😉 We headed to ND for Cooper’s baptism. The trip took a little longer than anticipated because we had to stop and secure the carrier on top of the car. We left…

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      Scott’s Grandparents were eager to see the kids and they couldn’t get enough loves in.

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      Cooper was helping me pack while everyone else was at school/work today. I’m not sure how much help he really was, but he sure is a cutie pie 🙂 We headed out for our trip after school. The weather wasn’t the greatest and the roads were a little messy for a bit, but nothing…