Zach at the bank making a deposit to his savings account. He mentioned that he is now a responsible person with a bank account!
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Trish and Anna on fieldtrip to Jamestown on 11/24/09.
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First day of school started out raining but spirits were still high to start the year and see their friends again.
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team puppy! This is a new picture taken by our animal photographer, Cheryl Somers.
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remember when kids actually ran around to play. This Zach and his cousin Jamie playing together. we asked them to go and run and play but they said no way. Lego star wars for the wii won.
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Pictured above are a few of the winners for the July 4th 2009 Fun Run in Sharon Hill, PA. Pictured are Thomas, Zach, Kevin Paul and his brother, and Gary.

creepin' the peeps in PA.

2008

some of my stuff got mixed into 2007...still gotta figure out how to fix it.

ain't she pretty? I like this candid shot.

Got to love good children. I just had to capture this... we may never see it again!

getting ready to clean...

Ward Service Day at The Bishop's Storehouse

We love to serve at the storehouse. The whole family gets involved, except for the dogs. They are not allowed in. But am sure they would love it too!

Zach's new haircut.

26 & 28 pounds at 17 weeks

Not such little puppies any more! Allie & Bella are growing so fast and doing well with obedience training.

Oh and by the way, Tom built the bookcase behind me. Such a craftsmans...I love carpenters!

Bowling for Free

We are so thrilled with the AMF Company right now. We joined a program where the kids can bowl for free, and for a little extra, 4 adults can bowl with them up to two games a day for the whole summer. I can afford free! Plus our family really enjoys bowling and not to mention the competition of the best score.

May Birthdays

May is birthday month for the boys.

Gary turned 18 on May 8th, 2009.

Gary had his favorite Butterscotch Krimpet Cake

Then Zachary turned 7 on May 29th with

a family tradition of a Pepperidge Farm Cake.

Triple Chocolate, of course!

The month of May was filled with puddles and piles to clean and training to get under way. All very exhausting work as you can see.

Don't you know we got a pair of wrastlers!

But atleast we got them to learn to sit!

I am way into the puppies and loving it.
~Trish Riley

Welcome Allie and Bella!

Our new puppies joined us on April 3rd, which was just in time for spring break 2009. May the training begin! We named this one Alagaesia (with the white), but we just call her Allie. Those who like fantasy YA Novels may recognize her name.

For those of you Harry Potter fans out there you will recogzine the all black dog named Bellatrix, which we call Bella, which happens to throw a nod Stephenie Meyers way as well for her character in Twilight.

Anna's Baptism

Anna procrastinated until the day before she turned nine to get baptized.

Our family from Pennsylvania traveled to celebrate this special day with us.

Then we promptly partied in the normal Riley style with tons of friends!

2009 New Additions

We are currently awaiting our new additions to our family. We are getting 2 lab/sheppard mix puppies from a friend who had a litter of 8. We are so excited to have our puppies join us on April 2, 2009. They are probably 4-5 weeks old in this picture. These two are being called "the buddies" by the owner because they are always together.

The reason we are getting two is because Trish can't bare to seperate them from their mother and their sister and only take one. So she rationalizes that two is better than one, that they won't be lonley, and will still feel like part of the pack with their sister along for the ride. Picking out names is going to be the hard part along with the waiting. oh...I wonder...what kind of forboding is there since these adorable little girls were born on Friday the 13th. **whaaaaa** crazy spooky laugh**