Summer happenings

Summer is flying by & sadly my camera is not capturing very much of it.:( In fact for the past few weeks the camera has been AWOL. Today after searching in all the likely places that one of us would have stashed it I found it under the seat in the suburban! Miraculously it still works inspite of all the heat it has been exposed to out there.

 May 23rd was Briana's 11th birthday. It was also during a week of revival meetings & her party was delayed for a while. A couple days after her birthday her friend Abby & Abby's little brother Gabe were here for the day. I did a small party for her then, but no party is right unless Inez & Brit can be there. We did finally have a celebration for her at Brit's house.[I forgot to take the camera along :(]

 For about a month Briana went without glasses. Her eyes keep improving & the prescription from last August was just too strong. She was hoping he would tell her she doesn't need them anymore at all. But she still needs them just 4 steps of power less then they were 10 months ago! He said at the rate she is going she will not need them in a few more years. :) That will be different! She has had glasses since she was 2.

 Cole was delighted to have Gabe here for a whole day! He did not want to go take a nap because surely Gabe will go home while he sleeps. But Gabe was still here when he woke up much to his delight!

 Gabe playing with the John Deere toys. He loved anything John Deere. :)

Next Up.... Camping!
We rented a wonderful cabin up on the other side of the grand mesa for a weekend. It was wonderful to be up in the woods where everything is green. :) The mosquito's were plentiful which was nasty, but we enjoyed our weekend.

                                                       Outside the front door. :)

 The cabin was fully stocked, all we had to take was our food & clothes.

See that bob cat up there? There were lots of animal mounts in there & Sierra was not impressed!

 Look out he is armed & dangerous!

Sierra loved sitting in this box. I would toss all the shoes in there & soon she would toss them all back out & sit in it. :)

 Saturday we had grand plans to go fishing on the Vega Reservoir. Dale bought lures, new reels etc. and had the poles all ready to go. Well the tackle box was forgotten here at home. :( :( So much for that plan. He did take the canoe out & the children took turns riding in it.Cole was begging for a boat ride until he got in it & felt how tippy it was then he couldn't scramble out of there fast enough. :) Of course Ashlyn is still as fearless as ever & would probably have paddled the canoe around out there by herself is Dale would have let her.

The beginning of July Micah started going to work with Dale everyday. I miss not having him at home, but he is loving being able to work with his dad!
 Speaking of Micah, he is 13 now. On June 18 he became a teenager. :) Dale took him out to eat & shopping for his birthday. He was flying high by the time he got home. He got to choose what restaurant he wanted to go to. Naturally he wanted to go somewhere that served steak! He has loved steak ever since he was a little boy.:)

 On July 4th we found out we will be making a trip to Bonners Ferry ID this fall. Thanks to Sean & Kelly's engagement. :) We are all excited for them & can't wait for the wedding weekend to get here!

An evening at Confluence

I can't believe we have lived here for almost 2 years & I just this summer realized what a gem we have just 15 minutes away...
 I had been to the park several times but never paid much attention to the lake. Until I went walking  with some friends one Saturday & discovered how much I love this place!

 The geese didn't hang around very long when all the children showed up. :)

 Shane is a bit disheartened here. There just weren't quite enough "working" fishing poles to go around. And taking turns is not much fun.

 Working on poles again...

 This is also where I take the children swimming now. :)

No fish were caught that night. But it was still a fun evening. :)

Happy dance

He is home!!!!! All is well, our family is complete again because Daddy is home.
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Last days of school

This post will be mostly pictures...

 Waiting till its time for the program to start...

 May I ride that when you are done? Ha, actually its more like the one that squeals the loudest wins.;)

                                                   Kindergarten class 2012-2013

                                                                     3rd -5th grades

                                                              6th - 8th grades.
Next is school picnic. They had a lot of fun even though it was a bit rainy & WINDY!

                                         Adrienne Kennell such a pretty little girl!

 Briana & Daphnee = double trouble!

An exhausted baby on the way home!

Life...

 The weekend that I was not looking forward to is almost over... This was also the week for our week long revival meetings. No, there is not a connection between the dreading & the meetings. :)
 The family fun Miller reunion was this weekend. Something that our branch of the family always anticipated for months in advance. Now we are way over here in Gods country & the reunion is still in GA like normal. Its always on this weekend, Dale's work is back in full swing this time of the year... Are you following the picture? We knew it was impossible for our family to go, costs to much for tickets & it would take way to much time off work to drive all the way there & back.
 Several months ago Mom Miller became ill, now Dale & I started talking about the fact that maybe just he should try & go. [Mom is better but still not back to normal] We found a ticket for him to fly out of Montrose [about 15 miles from here] to Atlanta for a decent price. So he went & we stayed. :(
 The best part about it all was the feeble attempt to not let anyone now he was coming. If you know the Miller's you know that "surprising everyone" is high on the list of priorities. Well the surprise slowly leaked through the family like water in a leaky bucket. :) He is having fun anyway.
 The weekend for the children & I went surprisingly fast. We went to the park on Friday for lunch & the boys fished for a while. By the time we left Micah caught 2 & Shane caught his first fish ever! If course I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!! The girls couldn't just wade in the lake up to there knees, they ended up wet up to the waist... No, Sierra was not in on it this time, she was quite happy to be in the grass, watching geese & ducks. Friday evening Briana went to Victoria's house & Anthony came here. Oh & of course we all went  to church first. Saturday was swapping children back again & going to church again... Today was church in the morning, carry in at noon & church again tonight. Tomorrow [happy dance] Dale is supposed to fly in at noon!!!
 On to other things, you can put away your hankies now from my sob story...
 School is over & summer vacation is here! The weather has become gloriously warm [& windier then I care for]. Well the mornings & late evenings are wonderful, the wind kicks up around noon & blows my poor little annuals to pieces. Hopefully the wind will soon be done for the season!

6 weeks ago today Scamper had kittens! These little creatures have become the highlight of the month. :) I am convinced that a few of them have been prayed back to life... When they were 4 weeks old Cole & a friend of his were seeing what happens when you throw kittens up in the air... Believe me they were a sad sight when we found them. Such pitiful mewings the one had bloody looking eyes... Of course the older children were furious when they found out about it. So with much weeping Briana prayed for dear Callie [she is the one that was hurt the worst] Would you believe it that 2 days later that kitten was back to normal? Now you would never know anything happened. :) Yes, we believe in prayer!!!

Of course I always have to include pictures of Sierra! She is modeling the cute dress that Brit made for her. :)