The Rieslands » photos http://www.therieslands.com 2 Big Kids And 2 Little Ones Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:27:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 These Two… http://www.therieslands.com/2011/12/12/these-two/ http://www.therieslands.com/2011/12/12/these-two/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:45:00 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=5445

These two are on track to put me in an empty grave.

But man… what a life it will have been!

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Gorgeous good looks courtesy of her momma.

]]> http://www.therieslands.com/2011/09/22/all-together-now-aaaaaaaaah/feed/ 0 A Day In The Life… http://www.therieslands.com/2011/03/22/a-day-in-the-life/ http://www.therieslands.com/2011/03/22/a-day-in-the-life/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:35:57 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=5307 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 of my babies.

But Josiah recently entered a new stage…

I suppose we could call it the “I just realized that I can learn more about the world by asking questions” phase.

Or maybe IJRTICLMATWBAQ for short.

Here is the conversation we had over breakfast Saturday:

J: What’s that?!!?

Me: I don’t know. What is it?

J: It’s peanut butter!

Me: That’s right!

J: What kind?

Me: What kind of peanut butter?

J: Yeah! What kind?!?

Me: I don’t know. You tell me.

J: I don’t know either!

Me: It’s creamy peanut butter.

J: What kind?

Me: Um… it’s just creamy.

J: What kind?

Me: CREAMY! Creamy peanut butter. Made from peanuts.

J: Peanut butter is made from peanuts!

Me: Yep.

J: What kind….

If Stephanie or look totally exhausted next time you see us, it’s because we have 100 conversations like that every day.

It’s amazing to watch Josiah grow up right before our eyes and to see those little wheels in his head spinning as he pieces together his understanding of the universe.

But man…. the kid has a LOT of questions.

]]> http://www.therieslands.com/2011/03/22/a-day-in-the-life/feed/ 0 Kharis http://www.therieslands.com/2011/02/04/kharis/ http://www.therieslands.com/2011/02/04/kharis/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:16:10 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=5256 Right up until the day that Kharis was born, we were sure she was going to be an extremely needy, grumpy baby.

The theory was: most babies are hard work, and Josiah was the happiest, easiest baby we’d ever seen, so our next one was going to be payback.

Nope.

This is my daughter :

(oh, and feel free to start trying to sweet-talk / bribe my wife into taking some pictures for you)

]]> http://www.therieslands.com/2011/02/04/kharis/feed/ 1 Kharis Says Hi http://www.therieslands.com/2011/01/26/kharis-says-hi/ http://www.therieslands.com/2011/01/26/kharis-says-hi/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:24:15 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=5247 That’s all…

]]> http://www.therieslands.com/2011/01/26/kharis-says-hi/feed/ 0 Nine Posts From 2010 http://www.therieslands.com/2011/01/20/favorite-posts-from-2010/ http://www.therieslands.com/2011/01/20/favorite-posts-from-2010/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 13:09:25 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=5242 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 2010.

In no particular order:

Kharis Laughing

Josiah Turned Two

The Orange Chair : Kharis Version

Kharis’ First Video

Josiah Video

Kharis’ Baby Shower

Josiah Toddling Around Southpoint Mall

A Couple Of Josiah’s First Steps

My Thoughts Going In To 2010

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This was about half-way in.

More photos coming, eventually….

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3….

2…

1…

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]]> http://www.therieslands.com/2010/11/17/heart-stolen/feed/ 0 A boat-load of photos http://www.therieslands.com/2010/11/09/a-boat-load-of-photos/ http://www.therieslands.com/2010/11/09/a-boat-load-of-photos/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:16:55 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=5060 Last week, I mentioned that we had some fun with the camera at Hill Ridge Farm in Youngsville.

Here are a few of the photos:

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]]> http://www.therieslands.com/2010/11/09/a-boat-load-of-photos/feed/ 0 Can you tell that they’re related? http://www.therieslands.com/2010/11/08/can-you-tell-that-theyre-related/ http://www.therieslands.com/2010/11/08/can-you-tell-that-theyre-related/#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:01:22 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=5051 hat2

]]> http://www.therieslands.com/2010/11/08/can-you-tell-that-theyre-related/feed/ 2 Pumpkin Patch: Preview http://www.therieslands.com/2010/10/30/pumpkin-patch-preview/ http://www.therieslands.com/2010/10/30/pumpkin-patch-preview/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:53:42 +0000 Zack http://www.therieslands.com/?p=5029 DSC_0240We spent yesterday morning at “Hill Ridge Farm” in Youngsville.

We googled for places where we could take Josiah to get a pumpkin and a hayride, and we got a lot more than we bargained for.

When it was all said and done, we were there for THREE hours and took enough pictures to sink a… tractor.

Here’s one of my favorites.

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