June

June brought on my sister Catie's wedding. I have been planning this wedding with Catie since she got engaged in December. It was a beautiful wedding in the backyard of some friends who live in Alamo. There were only a few hiccups but all in all I think it was everything that she wanted. I know that Jamie was thrilled to see it all come together. I was in the wedding and so were the girls. I could not have done all that I did without my wonderful husband who used his muscles and truck to pick up a bazillion things whenever I asked him to. We made a great team! Cousins James and Kylie were also in the wedding so we got to spend the week with them at Gma and Papa's. They all had a great time playing together and we continue to wish that we lived closer. After the wedding we went up to our cabin in the Trinity mountains with our best friends the Brownies. It was a wonderfully relaxing time with the best of friends. All the kids enjoyed the great outdoors and driving the jeep around and around. The adults enjoyed talking and laughing together. This was our first time at the cabin since Ron's death which was hard as we all missed him but we were all able to remember fond memories of him. I think we will always feel closest to him while at the cabin, his favorite place.

My Matthew and cousin Matthew loading tables

All the girls in the family doing flowers on Friday

The best of cousins: Mattie, Chesnie, Kylie and James

Gma with all her grandkids

This girl loves to dance!

Kylie, Mattie and Chesnie tuckered out after the wedding.

CABIN FUN

Story time!

Mattie trying out daddy's fly rod for the first time.

They loved the water shooters from the Brownies!

Miller family at the Cabin June 2010

Smore time, yum yum

Mattie and her future hubby, Caleb

Mattie and her favorite little one, Samaria Rae

The greatest, fuzziest catapillar ever!

March-May

Here are just a few things this Miller family has been up to in the last couple of months:

Chesnie got a slip-n-slide for her birthday from Uncle Dan. Matthew had to show the girls how to slide. He was the best at it by far. Mattie got good at sliding on her knees and Ches would just flop on her belly. But never the less, fun was had by all, including me the picture taker.

The girls picked our elephant garlic and it was huge, well at least the stem was!

Little Mermaid, oh I mean Chesnie Grace!

Chesnie celebrated her 4th birthday in the Bay with Aunts, Uncles, Grandma, Gma and Papa. She had angel food cake with yogurt and berries. She got a package of seaweed from Uncle Rick and Auntie Tanya that she asked for and was so excited to get. She also got a little mermaid nightgown that she won't take off and dress up Fancy Nancy clothes. We went to Red Robin for her actual birthday where she enjoyed cheese pizza and an ice cream sunday. The wait staff sang to her and she just beamed! She enjoyed all of her birthday celebrations and she said that she can't believe she isn't 3 anymore.

Our Walla Walla onion that grew taller than Mattie B!

This is the girls getting bored at Grandma's house and deciding to "decorate" Brian while he was napping in the back yard. They were hilarious and thought of it all by themselves. I looked out the window and there was Brian looking like a blooming bush!

Sisters, all tuckered out at Gma and Papa's.

We went strawberry pickin' in Brentwood with cousins. Mattie had a great time and picked the most strawberries. We froze some, dehydrated some, made strawberry lemonade and ate lots!

Matthew's cousin got married and the girls danced the night away. They were the first ones on the floor and the last ones to leave. They danced together, with the bride and with Aunt Barbara.

The girls love to read and will find any spot they can.

A quick visit from Kara and that always means dress up time! Here the girls are in my high school cheerleading uniforms.

Our last Easter with Matthew's dad. Here Matthew and his brother Rick and Mattie are with Ron, sharing a special moment. Since it was raining the girls had an egg hunt indoors. They also had a (blury) picture taken with some of their cousins at church.

The girls thought it would be fun to dress up in moms nighties and slippers!

Pictures of the girls at Turtle Bay museum in Redding.

March 2010

We took a walk this last weekend by Lake Shasta. It was only going to be a little walk but it turned into a three mile walk. The girls did so good, we were so proud of them. Of course Matthew carried Ches for quite a bit and I did my share of hauling both of them too but all in all we saw beautiful scenery and they trucked along with us enjoying it too.

Matthew has taught the girls all sorts of fly fishing flys through the game Go Fly Fish. He found this stone fly on his pool route and brought it home for the girls. Aren't they brave?!

Matthew and I enjoyed our 9th wedding anniversary in Mt. Shasta. It was two whole days of pure bliss. We enjoyed sleeping in at the bed and breakfast, reading by the fire and playing games, coffee at a coffee shop, lunch at a pub, antique shopping, dinner at our favorite place Lily's, wonderful organic chocolate bark with honeycomb from the health food store, talking without interruption, snowshoeing and just being together.

Short visit from best friend Kara and kids Caleb and Samaria which included story time in a fort, dress up and lots of love.