Springtime Happenings

Just an update on what's been going on in the Ryle house this spring.

We traveled down to Foley for my Mamaw's 80th birthday. A lot of family was able to come, and it was great to catch up with those we don't see often! We got a photo of Mamaw with all five of her children, which hasn't happened in probably decades. Happy birthday, Mamaw!

While down on the coast, we also got to visit with the Ryles. Caroline had never met Philip's Aunt Shannon, Uncle Bill, and cousin Lauren (first time I was abel to meet Lauren as well!), so we enjoyed spending some time with them at Bebe's house. Caroline loves Bebe (Philip's grandmother) - she just laughs and laughs at her!

Here is Callie in her beautiful Easter dress with her beautiful Easter basket (both made by Mimi - thanks, Mom!). We were able to celebrate Easter by having my parents and Erin over for lunch.


Philip's family came in April to visit with us and to go to the Bama spring practice game (A-Day). We enjoyed visiting with Nana, Grumpa, and Tio Daniel. Hopefully they can one day come to a real fall game!

(The Ryle boys look so goofy in this pic because they have a tradition of all standing on their toes to appear taller. However, when they all stand on their toes at once, it doesn't have the desired effect!)

We also went down to the neighborhood lake to attempt to catch a "giant" catfish that they saw when they were visiting last August when Caroline was born. The catfish was either sleeping, avoiding us, or has been caught, as all we saw were turtles. Next time, maybe, we will have better luck.


Thanks, Ryle fam, for coming to see us! We can't wait to see you in Miami in a couple of weeks.

We also have been enjoying having my parents so close by (and the fact that they now live on a lake)! Dad's new boat is awesome. We've been out on it several times, and I even took the jet ski out for a test ride a few weeks ago. Caroline is not super thrilled with riding on the boat. The life jacket she has to wear is so big on her! She looks very uncomfortable. I think that she is just going to have to tolerate it this summer, and maybe next summer she will enjoy boating more. But I can't wait for it to warm up so we can really enjoy the lake! I hope Caroline doesn't take for granted the fact that she has one set of grandparents with a lake house and another set of grandparents who live near a beautiful beach. I foresee a lot of swimming in her future.

Philip's birthday was last weekend, and we went to the Birmingham Zoo together to celebrate. It was Philip's (and Caroline's) first trip there. It was a beautiful day (not too hot), and most of the animals were out and about. We even got to see the new rhinos that live there! We enjoyed spending the day together to celebrate Philip. Happy birthday, Sweetie!