Rest, Relaxation, & Riley's Farm

Let's just say, life has been quite busy since Tuesday, June 15th, the day Riley was born. Jud & I have not gotten much down time. With the school year in full swing now, Kate (Riley's babysitter) working out great, and Riley growing like a weed, Jud & I took a four-day weekend this past weekend to get a break from everything and celebrate our anniversary. We decided to simply stay home, relax, take naps with Riley, and declutter our minds so we could hear God. Adjusting to parenthood has been quite the change. It is so much fun and there truly is no better calling. God truly blessed the four days.....here it was in a nutshell.

Thursday we simply stayed in our PJs, played with Riley, did pretty much nothing while it rained outside. Our minds only began to slow down and stop thinking about work...



Then Friday Auntie Caitlin had the day off and drove up to get some needed time with Riley. We went out to lunch, walked to our local village and market, made tacos, and watched The Office with a little rocky road for dessert. It was very relaxing...



Saturday, Jud & I took Riley on a little road trip. We drove out to Yucaipa to check out this little place called Riley's Farm (ironically). =) It's an apple orchard where you can pick your own apples, berries, etc. Super fun for young kids! Riley's not quite old enough yet to enjoy it....=) We hope to go back sometime when she's a little older. Nonetheless, it was fun spending the time together, just the 3 of us, and the fresh apple cider was delicious!






It was quite cold and windy, but we still managed to hike up to their pumpkin patch...







When we got home Riley and I made daddy peanut butter cookies. Riley loves facing outward in that Baby Bjorn! She'll walk around the house with me and even go down to the laundry room with me. =)


Here's Riley enjoying the end of our 4-day weekend just relaxing on our guest bed practicing sitting up...=) She just had her 4 month shots last week and the doctor said she's off the charts for her height. She grew another 2 1/2 inches!! Crazy.....she's growing so fast!



The Lord gave Jud & I good quality time and conversation this weekend. I'm so thankful we were able to get the time off work to grow in our marriage and spend time with Riley together. Now we're both feeling a little more renewed and energized to tackle the routine of work and parenting again. =) Praise the Lord!! He is Good!