Mark, Get Set, Go!!!!!!

(Sorry, didn't know I couldn't flip the image around)

Your Mark, Get Setty, Ready, Setty Go!!!!!!!

I have been trying to capture this for awhile now. It is so hilarious!
Just wanted to share!
:o)

Hard At Work :o)

Just noticed she does this with her tongue when she colors. So cute!!!! She was hard at work doing her homework for the night!
We are so proud of our little Kindergartner!

Been A Bit Crafty Lately!

Charlie's Name Frame Up Close (if you click on it you can read it if you want)

Matched her room quite perfectly!

Finally got Kenzie's step stool made.

Think it turned out pretty good

Love me some butterflies



I have been a bit crafty here lately. I actually made another name frame for Brady, our good friend Rick's little boy but forgot to take a picture. It turned out really cute too. Maybe I will try to get a picture of it soon. And I of course had to make my new little niece a name frame and finally got around to making Kenzie her step stool . I have had it forever and just never painted it. I felt so bad, very happy that it is done now.

Where does the time go??????

6:40 a.m. and her special plate and special bear I had when I was little.

She picked her outfit for the first day. It just happened to match her new lunch bag!

Found her locker and was pretty proud

Just being Sydni right off the bat. Aiyanna is pretty shy so hopefully Sissy will spice up her life a bit. ;O)

Picking her up after school. Went pretty smooth!!

Sydni's own words about her first day of school.


Well, everything went GREAT today. We all took her to school and walked her into her class. She was a champ and put everything where it belonged and sat right down and started coloring. She made a new friend (Aiyanna, sitting next her in the photos). She said she loved school and can't wait to go back tomorrow.

Dad asked if she was the tallest kid in the class and she animatedly said "YES" moving her hand from head to toe, "My teacher said I was the longgggest kid in class and had the biggest feet!"

What a milestone!!!!! I didn't cry at all dropping her off. I almost did driving to school but finally lost it after we got home and I was looking at the pictures. I just don't know how 5 years have already gone by!

Please enjoy sharing this wonderful day with us!

The Circus Is In Town, The Circus Is In Town!!!!

Watching every move ! (In the beginning!)

Enjoying their $12 each cotton candy that came w/ this fabulous hat.
(Yes, that's right....$24 for 2 cotton candies)

Our little clowns!

Cutie Pie!

We took the kids to the circus this afternoon. It was actually really good, now I'm not sure that they can claim "The Greatest Show On Earth" anymore, at one time maybe, but not so sure these days w/ all the great stuff you can see in Vegas. But it was really great. They had a blast and Mom & Dad were even able to enjoy it.

Could My Kid Be A Bigger Mess?

Sound asleep standing between couch and end table!

This poor kid may be a more accident prone 2 year old than her big sister was. Notice the black eye still, the skinned elbow from falling off her bike and the blister on the foot that needed a band-aid.
And she has been waking up at night and just staying awake for hours at a time. This morning she woke up at 5 am and never went back to sleep, hence...... falling asleep standing up!!!!!
What a mess my little Kenzie Cole is!!!!

Gotta Love Her!!

Kenzie's Prize Winning Shiner

Friday am

Friday am

Friday pm

Friday pm

Well, Miss Kenzie beat herself up good. She fell off our bed yesterday and landed on the corner of our nightstand. I suppose we are lucky it was only this bad. It looks even worse now. It is turning red and purple now. My poor baby!!!!

XOXO for her!

Daddy's New Toy!

Here you will find Daddy's latest toy he had to have. We ordered it online and were expecting it to be shipped assembled already. Well, were we in for a big shock. It was hardly assembled. THANK GOD for handy neighbors. I felt so bad we had to get two of our neighbors to help Chris for hours and hours and one of his friends, but they were all like a bunch of school boys excited over a new toy. It was funny. After many beers and lots of sweat, it was finished about 11 last night. It is pretty fun. We still have to break it in. ~~~ And figure out where we will use this thing ~~~ :o/

River Trip '08

Kenzie just couldn't take anymore fun!

At Gristmill in Greune. It was yummy but HOT!

Daddy and his girls!

Gigi, Sydni & Charlie

Sydni & Charlie

Sydni & Gunk

Sydni, Gunk & Katie

Sydni, Gunk, Katie, Charlie & Kenzie

The view from our balcony! GORGEOUS!
(The Guadalupe is just passed the pool)

One of the pools at our condo

The girls ready to float the Comal!

The Miller Clan

Dadda & Kenzie

We had a great time this year in New Braunfels. We stayed in some beautiful condos called Waterwheel Resort Condos. They were right by everything. Just minutes to Landa Park and to get to where you can float the comal and the guadalupe actually ran behind the property. Chris, Sydni, Kenzie, my mom and I all floated the first day. It was fun. We did the comal and the tube chute and other rapids scared me to death w/ Kenzie but she did fine, Chris held her on those and she was in my lap the rest of the time. She even fell asleep the last 30 minutes of the float. The next day Sydni, Chris, Jeff, Ryan and I all floated. It was fun too other than the few minutes I was thrown from my tube and sucked into the under current at the end of the tube chute. It was really scary. I have heard of that happening but it had never happened to me. I was directly underneath the lifeguards when I was thrown from my tube and went under. The water was only like 5 ft deep and I pushed off the bottom like 3 times and could not get to the top of the water. I somehow grabbed the thing the lifeguards threw me but have no idea how I got out of it.

Weston, Katie & Charlie came and stayed w/ the us the last night but weren't able to float. We grilled hamburgers, visited and then went to Gruene the next morning. It was lots of fun! Can't wait to go again!

Our Little Luv Bug is Gone

Well, we were out of town and had to get the sad news from Chris' mom who was feeding the animals that Luv had passed away. She had been just fine the day before when Linda checked on her and fed her. We are not sure what happened. She was the prettiest little rabbit I have ever seen and although I don't think she was too crazy about us, we loved her and will sure miss her.

:o(

Leader of the Pack No More :o(

Well, as many of you know we are HUGE Packers fans and have been going to Green Bay for a game for the last 6 or so years.

I have just been heartbroken over the chain of events that are still in limbo surrounding Brett Favre's desire to come back and continue to play. I just don't get how an organization that Favre has dedicated his career to can turn on him and publicly disrespect him so. So what if he has been wishy washy on retirement for years. Everyone has just been pressuring him to b/c he was reaching the age where it is the norm, but the man loves football and doesn't want to quit playing. I respect him for that and just hope his desire to play hasn't been too much of a negative factor in his family life and especially for his beautiful wife and daughters. But other than that, how can you fault the guy for just loving the game so much.

Just can't believe everything that is happening and I am so saddened by it all. I hope this all works out for Favre and he can come to some kind of peaceful decision. We are going to Green Bay at the end of September for the Packers vs. Cowboys game w/ our good friends the Ramseys who are die hard Cowboys fans. It should be a blast. I just hope I don't have too many feelings of resentment for the team we have supported for so long.

Just needed to rant!!!

Girls Night Out!!

My great friends Lisha, Dana and I all got together while Lisha was in town and had a wonderful Girls Night Out!!! We went to Ceramic Cellar and painted before going to dinner at Freda's Seafood Grille and then ending up at Shooters for great fun and flippy cup!!!!! We had a blast and it was so wonderful to be back w/ my girls. Oh I miss them lots. Dana is still here in Austin but we just don't get together enough. Hopefully soon I will have some awesome family pictures to share that she is going to take of us.


Me, hard at working painting my plate

Lisha & I painting

Lisha's AWESOME plate!

My plate that I wish would have turned out better. Colors ended up not really matching and specialty paint kinda clustered in certain spots but it was tons of fun and still turned out pretty fun!

The Girls!
Shae, Lisha, & Dana

THANKS FOR A GREAT TIME MY LADY FRIENDS!!!!

OUCH!!

Can anyone guess how I burned myself? If you look close enough you should be able to figure it out. It's upside down but you can clearly see C O N *** (AIR). It hurt really bad the first day and I put Aquaphor on it and it hasn't hurt at all since. It looks terrible but doesn't hurt.
Just thought my pain was amusing!!!!! ;o)