Miller Family Reunion 2008

The Miller Family Reunion was last week, Tues - Thurs. The boys had a blast playing with their cousins and getting dirty. It was great to see everyone, but...I am so glad it is over!! I only took pictures of the skits the kids did, I totally forgot to take pictures of the rest of the fun!

Isaac is the crazy hair man.....I don't remember what the skit was about...

Noah is in the blue hat, yes Isaac is hitting him, all part of the skit!

Gimpy....

I went to YW's last night. We went for a hike to get ready for Trek. We were going to go to one spot and when we got there some other ward beat us there (ok, really like 3 wards). This place had pretty wide trails so I brought Luke along. But since the trail was full of other people we went to another trail. This one was not so wide and after pushing Luke in the stroller for about 5 minutes I realized that we were not going to be able to take the stroller. So we stashed the stroller in the trees and I got to carry Luke the rest of the way. That rest of the way was really about an hour or longer. We crossed 4 bridges, one of which I missed and stepped in the water soaking my right shoe. On the way back instead of using the bridges I just walked through the streams. It was actually pretty fun despite the wet shoes and carrying 25 extra pounds, oh yeah and Luke throwing up on me.

As I was dropping the girls off, one of them needed to get her shoes in the back, so I hopped out and opened the back. As she was getting her shoes out she knocked one of the stroller wheels and it fell hitting my now bare toes. I almost started crying then and there but I kept my composure. What are the odds that I would survive a hike, carrying my 25 lb. 18 month old, and then get wounded by my #@$* stroller wheel??

It is the toe next to my big toe, you can kind of see the bruising. It's not broken but it hurts like a mother. I won't be running anymore this week. To tell you the truth, I am kind of relieved. I am loving having an excuse to sit down!

Say Cheese....

This is Luke's outfit of choice today. He spilled yogart on his shirt today and he isn't dressed yet. What a slacker..... I especially love the size 11 Mater slippers. They are his favorite things to wear lately.

Laundry.....

Ok, so I am totally lame but I am so excited. I have been using the delay button on my washing machine and it is fabulous! I realize you may have already discovered this miracle button....why have you not shared?? So I load my laundry in the night before, then I put the soap in and set my cycle and delay it 8 hours. It starts at 8 in the morning and my laundry is all washed by the time we are done with breakfast. I AM LOVING THIS!!

Just wanted to share.....

Final count down....

The Miller Family reunion is coming, oh yes, it is one of my favorite scheduled vacations every year. Ok, so not really. Don't get me wrong, I love Jason's family, they are great.....I just don't love their choice of family reunion things to do. We are going camping. I don't love camping... I don't even kind of like camping. I am allergic to everything that lives and breathes in the mountains, I don't love dirt, cooking outdoors, smelling like campfire, sleeping on an air mattress with a man that weighs more than me, raccoons, bugs, need I say more....oh yeah...having to use the restroom at 2 am....
This year I am in charge of the whole thing with Jason's mom. No, I don't get to choose where we go, I just get to plan all the activities that we will do during the time we are there. Yes, I am totally stressed out at this moment......I just have a million things to do before I get up there.......time is running out......sob...sob....

Silly kids.....

I am making passports for our Miller family reunion. We decided to have fun with the boys pictures. They were so funny I thought I would share.

Who could this be?

And this little man with so much hair is?? Hans....Olaf...maybe Napolean?

Of course, no family reunion is complete without Batman.....


p.s. I don't want to hear any smart comments about all the laundry in the background of the batman picture....sadly, this is a common occurance at our house lately!

Father's Day!

On Father's Day I decided to make Jason a cake. Now I can cook, occasionally I make things that tase and look good. This was NOT one of those days. I can't bake cakes....I ruin them every time.....

So I made Jason a bundt cake, it was all working out fine until I tried to get the cake out of the pan. You can see how that went......it looks pretty gross, but luckly it tasted pretty good!


Aside from the cake, I think Jason's favorite gift was the shirt from the boys... :) We love you honey, thanks for being such a great Hubby and Dad!