Rivers Ripple

It's that time again!  Time for an update from the Rivers family...

Time with Grandma!

We have had a busy summer (I am amazed at how quickly a summer can pass these days!) and are now enjoying settling into a fall/winter routine.
Our house has been on the market since beginning of July with lots of lookers, but no takers yet.  Sarah now has a new cleaning schedule/routine (neatly posted in her kitchen cabinet for those curious), which will transfer to other homes in the future.  We've managed to keep the house "show ready" most days.
No summer vacation--we visited Mary and Kurtis in March instead.  We are hoping to take a weekday/weekend trip down to the OK area to return some lights to one of Dan's friends.
Sarah worked extra at ViaChristi this summer, found time to sit down some days, and explored several new recipes related to dairy-soy-egg free.  The favorites are: Simple Beef Casserole and some delicious Vegan Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.  Two and Three year old Sunday School is back in the swing of things--today was God Made Water.  Yes, we played with water and also made some water paintings (blue paint in baggies--a BIG hit!).  Tomorrow evening starts a new adventure...a Mom's Meet Up group at church (just mom's, no kids).

Listening to Dan

Dan has continued to run over his lunch hour and any evening he can escape for a bit.  Work has gone very well for Dan the past few months with several recognitions.  He down-graded his phone for a bit this summer and got his new iphone 5S Friday morning.  He continues to illustrate Brisco's comic.

Digging in the dirt-a current fav.

Olivia has matured again over the past few weeks and grown a lot this summer.  She is a busy, active toddler who loves to have you play with her.  Recently we've flown on an airplane, gone to the pool, played a version of house, played with her rabbit house, and built oodles of towers and trains all in our house.  She enjoys singing, messy painting, and watching Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.

Kinley playing in the dog dish.

Kinley is now 9 months old.  She is busy exploring the world by crawling.  She is content to play on her own, but enjoys playing with you and having you look at texture books with her.  We've got her gaining weight (finally)--after multiple visits to the gastroenterologist, expensive formula, and a reflux med. She's enjoying solid foods twice a day.

Brisco is battling seasonal allergies, sneaking snacks when he can, and trying to be non- chalant about the whole house thing(it's stressing him out). 

Apologies for a tardy post...things came up that had to be completed this past week. I had started this Sunday! 

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The butter sculpture at the fair--a fav.  She's probably dreaming of eating it ALL!