Christmas in Va

Auntie Shannon and Cousin Sandy

The Sling: the lifesaver

my little drummer boy!

lifesaver #2: bouncy seat.

"Wessie" with Grandpop

Good things come in moose-y packages

ending a long day with a bath Va style: in a bucket!

Thanksgiving 2008 (Thankswessing, Moosegiving, Thankmoosing)

Thanksgiving, Ryker Style.


he's always examining things


Wes & Grandpop


"No more ice cream?!"


Wes Ryker... aka "Lil' Stinker"


words to a song I sing about him:
"I'm so cute, look at me, I'm so
cute, 1,2,3!" Yeah, I know, I've
written more insightful songs

Halloween 2008

Princess and the Pirate... too bad they are cousins...

a fresh tattoo....

Talbott 40th Wedding Anniversary...and more Wes pictures!

The Happy Couple- 40 years and a few days in the making






Uncle Tom


Auntie Mimi












"Naked Time!" a crazy way to calm gas pains... I should write a book.


Auntie Shannon!!

Riley's First Birthday Party

The Mills' residence was transformed into a Fall Wonderland for Riley's party

























Riley with her betrothed, Jude





Ricky, Jude & Corinne Sawkopf


The usual September day: sweating in the afternoon, freezing in the evening.

Careful... you are about to witness incredible amounts of glitter.









Obviously, Wes was doing something cute... like always


Ricky to Tammy: "Get off Tammy! This ride is only for kids" "You first Ricky" "No way, I'm not missing this!!"








no caption necessary here.. we all know what REALLY happened


















(photos by the Great Mark)

Wesley Charles Ryker, 4 weeks old

a little bit about the nursery first...


now to the main event...




some of Wes's many faces...









He loved the photo shoot!

I love these two-- it's like he's conducting music

All photos by Mark Talbott

Wesley Charles Ryker

Insert sanitized version of childbirth here. No one needs to know the truth.







Rick is cute. Wesley is even cuter. Discuss.






Proud granddads can't wait to teach Wes about fishing and radios.