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!