Happy belated fathers day!

I missed fathers day in the blogging world cuz' we were in utah and its pretty late but I just wanted to let everyone know how much i love this man! He is the best Daddy ever! Riley could not love him more or be more attached to him! He is soo patient! He is so even tempered... he is everything i could have asked for in a husband and father! Riley and I just cant get enough of him! Love you Dale

Cousins and birthday fun!

This has been an eventful weekend! We decided at the last minute to have a birthday party for Riley before we left for Utah! Its a little over a week still until her birthday but we will be out of town on her actual birthday so we did it anyway! Also we were able to watch Rileys Cousin thats just a few months younger than her! Cute little Baby H! 
Riley and her Grandma Whipple After we sang happy birthday to her
One of Rileys famous looks! She is getting better at these as time goes on! This is one of the more mild looks! 
Her Cousins Cailin and Cayden loved helping her open (and sometimes just doing it for her ha ha) Her gifts! They seemed to be more excited than she was for presents!
Heres her daddy helping her get one all to herself! Cousins were close by though! 

They all loved this huge coloring book! Especially Riley! Thanks Britt!

She loves the cards that sing to her Its so funny to watch her open the card and dance everytime!

Riley and Baby H Having fun in the "back yard" of our apartments! It was a lot of work trying to get then both inside and out of the heat! They just wanted to play out there all the time! 

Here the are having fun at the park! Riley loved having baby H to play with! They had soo much fun together! Baby H you are welcome to come over anytime!  Jamie doesnt this look like a little model picture, with her hair blowing in her face and her beautiful brown eyes! She is just too cute to handle! 

SAN DIEGO!!!!!!! * warning* PICTURE OVERLOAD!

Woo hoo! we had our first official family vacation this past weekend! We decided to go to California and relax and soak up the sun! We played on the beach and spent a day at the San Diego Zoo! All the animals were so awake and play full it was the perfect day to go!

Riley kept calling at the flamingos "birdy birdy birdy"
Riley loves "Gatatos" (alligators) She brought them up all the time after that even after we had seen a bunch of cool animals after!
The Gorillas were undoubtedly our families favorite part! we did not want to stop watching!
A family picture on a Gorilla statue
"Where is the baby gorilla Riley?"....."There it is!!!!!

This is the cute caricature we had done of Riley at the zoo! Of Course we had her drawn with a Gorilla! And of course the man Drew the gorilla as King Kong! SOOOOO perfect! Riley's First time at the beach!

Riley is naturally a very clean girl! She doesn't like it when her hands get dirty so when the sand stuck to every part of her body she freaked out! It was quite hilarious! She got used to it after a bit though and eventually loved it!!
We were a little worried about the water and her! She was a little daredevil though and once she got in she literally didn't want to get out! She loved playing in the waves with her daddy!
She loved to splash in the waves when they were done almost knocking her over!
Perfect ending to a perfect vacation!