Daughters !

by:

Dustin Cummins

(Riley's Godfather)

August 26, 2006

A daughter is beauty at its finest.

Heart of an angel, soul so pure, and sweet.

Daughters are one of God's most precious gifts that he has bestowed upon the world.

Angels in Heaven do not compare to thine beauty, and grace my ever so beautiful, and lovely daughter.

Having you come into my life has brought more joy to me than all the money in the world could ever do.

You are morning, bright, and shining, you are noon, you reside at the highest point in my heart, you are the dew kissed night.

You are my daughter, heart, and soul.

Our First Week!

Week one of 18 is complete. Well we made it through our first week of school and day care. Riley is working on potty training and learning to use a cup. She has made lots of new friends and we are still working on morning "Good-byes". Riley is enrolled at Just For Kids which is the same day care that she was at when we were down here before. The ladies are wonderful and work well with her.

I am working full time at Liberty Elementary with a fourth grade class. I started on their first day of school and I will be there until Decemeber. This is the first semester of school. I have a lot to learn about the school system and what takes place in the fourth grade. The team of teachers that I work with are wonderful. They are very helpful and understanding to my needs. In facted I learned that one of the teachers husbands will be return around the same time that Ben is from Iraq. I am enjoying my experience with older chilren. I do miss my young pre schoolers but look forward to working with them again after December.

Learning to Cook!!

(plop, plop)

Plop, Plop is our words for cooking.

Riley sits at her table and plop plops for her

mommy and her babies. She mixes in seasonings

and usuing her wooden spoons to taste the food that she has made.

BASEBALL ANYONE!!!! I

I look forward to playing catch with mommy and daddy.

I already have an arm on me like Jennie Finch.

Getting Ready.

Here is my game Face!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BENJAMIN!!!!!

Happy birthday from all of us at home. We only have 26 more days until you are home and we can share a birthday cake/brownies with you.

WE LOVE TO BRUSH OUR TEETH!!

Riley does all the brushing by herself and she

does a great job. Twice a day we are brushing.

She is going to have the whitest teeth, just like her dada.