You probably noticed that we didn’t spent as much time posting to “TheRieslands” in 2011. There are lots of reasons for that — most notably the ones who run around our house in Disney movie-themed pajamas every night. We also spent a good amount of time working on Stephanie’s photography business. But the new year [...]
Don’t worry. I’m not interested in boasting about myself or comparing my life with yours. I just have to point out how awesome our friends and family have been this week. First of all, I need to brag on my wife: Kharis turned 1 last week, and Steph pulled out ALL the stops for her [...]
If you find yourself “playing baseball” with Josiah these days, he’ll likely insist that you wear a hat, and you will probably want to make sure it’s your “patient hat”. This wasn’t always the case. There was a good year there where you could have a pretty good time playing baseball with Josiah, considering his [...]
My son is BEYOND awesome. Every day he makes me smile. Most days, he makes me laugh out loud. When my dad gave a speech at my wedding, he said “I feel like I won the lottery.” I think I will probably say the same thing every chance I get when it comes to both [...]
It was a different life when I had time to spend hours reading through our previous year’s blog posts, reminisce, pick out my favorites, and write a new year’s “Here’s What We Did In 2010” post. But just in case you don’t come around here very often, here are a few of my favorite posts from [...]
(warning: what began as a short reflection on 2010 became a full-fledged brain dump – continue at your own risk) 2010 was a tough year for the Rieslands. Not tough as in somebody got really sick or someone lost their job — I realize a lot of folks had those kinds of years, and I’m [...]
Seriously? Did I just write that? TWO YEARS OLD?!?!?!? Is my son really turning TWO years old today!?!? Someone please explain to me exactly when my son went from this little 7 1/2 pound cuddler: To this curious, running, jumping, talking, ball-throwing, counting, movie-watching, hide-n-seek playing, water painting, sports worshiping little boy who recognizes U2 and John [...]
