a new blog for us

so I guess I have used up all my free blog space so I have created a new site, the rills #2. You will see that I have added it to my links so go over there to see more, thanks for visiting the rills, Tammy

a few from grays birthday

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our photo session with miss J

I didn 't include our real portrait you'll have to wait for it! Since this was still Grays birthday we had a special portrait to high light him click on it to see some pure joy smiles

then we stayed to watch the sunset

liv wanted to take this one for aunt betty, GO BEARS

the end result the most amazing sunset I've ever seen. Happy Birthday little man!

our first day here

after we got in late the next morning we slept in and enjoyed miss janets beautiful beach house
even the out doors, nice

a little hot tub

yummy breakfast

then it was out to the camp ground, Grayton beach state park site 28

we brought our hammocks and they were a hit

miss janet made spaghetti dinner

the fire started and never went out

grays last night of being 3!

Chris' sister jenny has a dog, buster, and liv showed her new fondness of dogs

our last race of the season

today was the regional meet which is all of IL and IN.
don't let those boys fool you it was COLD!

he finished a respectable 22nd, 20 go to nationals. and cut almost a minute off last weeks time. David looked at the times from the rest of the nation and we are one of the fastest states, which we knew, but in any other state his time would have finished in the top 10 some even top 5!

we had a bunch of loving (very loving it was cold) cheerers today

the loudest one right here

then we celebrated Gairettes birthday with some cupcakes

warming up

aunt lynn and uncle Gladdy never waisting a single minute

and then the feast after. Brooke called an old friend who lives near by the race and she told us of a good burger place and even came to join us, Thanks Kelly

and on the ride home Gray and liv gave us a little concert of worship songs in to their deluxe microphones

decorating the first tree this year

the kids helped grandma and grandpa put up their Christmas decorations on Friday. while I got to shop alone at the mall, very nice.
then we came back for dinner and to see the finished product

I guess they worked sky hard

oooh an and they made fudge, a Rill tradition

bonus, aunt Nancy even stopped over, I think to admire the tree

grandma let the kids decorate but this is a little much

picture #1, nice

can't you just see the "ok if I have to" look on his face