Kicking off the SUMMER!

Our most recent "family" picture!

This last weekend we took Benny for a walk on the firebreak road and then went jeeping! Took Benny with us and he LOVED it. His favorite part is hanging out the window and just sticking his head out as far as it will possibly go. He has kind of hard time standing up in the bumpy parts, and then he just flies all over the car if nobody is holding onto him. Luckily he hasn't fallen OUT of the car yet.

Alyssa put together a surprise birthday party for Jordan this last weekend, too. They went skydiving during the day and then came back to his friend Keate's house for his party. We had pizza, pop, and breadsticks, and just chatted. Riley and Jordan's friend Ryan Umpelby came for the party and before we left he took us for a ride in his WRX. I forget how much fun fast cars can be!

Speaking of cars...we finally got the check in the mail from the insurance company of the car that took responsibility for the accident I was involved in. Back from the FIRST of April! So the pieces for my car are being ordered and will hopefully be fixed here pretty soon.

Riley took the Jeep to have emissions and inspection done on it. It passed! Yay! We have it all re-registered, insured, titled and everything in our names! Riley just got the official license plates for it at the DMV yesterday, so you KNOW it's official. We're excited to have it for the summer, as we plan to do lots of camping!

On Sunday we went to Riley's aunt and uncle's house for a birthday party for his Grandma Wiser. She's such a cute lady! We all gathered in the backyard and ate tons of food and talked. I'm still Novali's favorite...probably because she can always count on me to give her treats. Whether it's a spoonful of frosting, or three ice cream cones...I'm always good for it! Ha! Riley spent the majority of the party with his little cousins. I think they're more on his same level...he's so cute with them though. It's obvious they love spending time and playing around with him.

To backtrack just a little bit we had an All-American day on Monday. We bought kites for a dollar at Wal-Mart and flew them around Centerville Park for awhile. We took Jordan's tandem bike and rode around on that for a bit, too. Amanda bought a frisbee so we threw it around for little Benny for awhile. He loved chasing it but wasn't too keen on bringing it back...

There is a Little Caesar's that opened on Parrish Lane right by Riley's parents house in Centerville and they were having a grand opening party thing. We stopped and got free pizza, breadsticks, wings, and drinks! Can't beat free, right?

After we returned to Riley's parents house and played catch with a football, jumped in the tramp, and played some more frisbee. Amanda left to go get Mitch and Riley helped Carolyn with a project for one of her classes. Alyssa and I went and bought slurpees while Riley was busy with that, and Jordan was busy with video games...

When Amanda and Mitch came back we all sat around the campfire and roasted hot dogs and made s'mores. Perfect way to finish off the evening. All three of us (Benny included) came home and crashed for the night. Riley said Benny slept in till like 11 the next day. Poor little buddy had just had it!