The All Aboard DIner

This past weekend we went and visited Rachel and Dave in Chicago and we had tonz of fun. They spoiled us and took us to the All Aboard Diner. Our food was brought to us on a train, there was a train going round and round the room, Thomas the train movie was playing and Miranda LOVED it, as you can imagine.

Thanks so much for having us Rachel and Dave, we had lots of fun and it was great to see you guys and meet Daphne.

Climbing Stairs

Jacob loves to climb stairs. There is something horrible about watching a young child climb stairs, the thought of them tumbling all the way to the bottom. He has done great so far but I get nervous for him. I am one of those mothers that does not believe in gates, he needs to learn where he can go and where he can't go without a gate. I know he will learn fast because he has already learned that it is not time to come down from the top. He is a cutie and we love him, who wouldn't love that face.

Saying Farewell

For any of you who know me well and know how I cook you will know that this is a tragedy. This last week my sandwich maker died. I received that sandwich maker from my mother for my 18th birthday right before I moved out of the house, so it has served me for a good 6 years.

Now for those of you know don't know I do use my sandwich maker a lot.(at least once a week) When I need a quick meal I usually will use it for something. Some of my favorite things to do is make muffins for breakfast in it or make pizza pocket sandwiches for lunch. It will be missed very much. Steven said that I have to wait until Christmas before I get a new one but I don't think that I will survive.

The First Day of School

Okay I know this might be cheesy to do for Steven's first day of school but I am going to do it anyway because this is a very big semester for Steven. In approximately 9 weeks Steven will take his exit exams for his PHD program. He has been studying and working up to this point for a very long time now and it is a huge deal. After he takes his exams and passes (because he will of course pass he is great) he will then have his dissertation to write, after which I will refer to his as Dr. Steve (for maybe a day).

I just want to tell him how great he is. Graduate programs are hard enough to complete on there own but when you add in a wife, two children, a home, a job, and all his responsibilities for church calling and service, I respect how hard that can be and how much he does.

Good luck honey, We love you and we support you 110%.

Swimming Fun

At the mills family reunion we were able to do lots of swimming and the kids loved it. We had so much fun, and I just think they are so cute while they swim.

Jacob had so much fun swimming with Aunt Pam, he is a little fish in the water.

Look DaeLene went swimming. This is an almost never so I just had to take a picture so I could prove it. :)

Family Reunion Fun

We are in Phoenix and having fun. I don't have any pictures to show yet but just wanted to give an update. We went to the Mills family reuion this past weekend and had so much fun, swimming, hiking, playing, and most of all eating. Thanks grandma and grandpa for getting us all together we had a great time.

Our Adventures in Utah

At the beginning of July I went to Utah with Miranda and Jacob, and we had so much fun. While we were there we were able to go down to lake Powell for a few days, celebrate the 4th of July with my family and the most important (and real) reason for going was to celebrate the wedding of my SIL Tiffany and her new hubby Cameron.

There really is too much to tell so I will just throw in some highlights. I was so proud of Miranda for being so adventurous while we were down at Lake Powell, she was a little fish in the water and loved to hike all around on the rocks, Jacob also loved the water and I am sure he will be right along side his sister wanting to swim and splash.

We were also able to so see the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house. It was so fun to take Miranda to that. She loved the sealing rooms.

For the wedding Miranda got to be one of the Flower girls, she did such a great job and my kids looked so great in the cute outfits. Thanks for having us mom and dad, We had a wonderful time.

Also Congratulations Tiffany and Cameron, we are so excited for you and are so glad we were able to be there.