Miller Family of Four: June 2009

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Cabin

The whole gang: Corrie, Matthew, Jeff, Vikki, Chesnie, Mattie, Keely, Rhett, Dallas, Codi

Mattie on the rope swing

Ches on the rope swing

Dallas flying off the rope swing, he was the only brave one

The girls on the sandy beach at the Trinity River

Mattie B at the Trinity River

The girls and their treasure

Looking for the Geo cache

Mattie and Keely having fun

Pile of kids at the cabin

Vikki and Codi playing badminton while Mattie and Rhett drive through

Mattie loves Rhett

Chesnie kicking the soccer ball, taking after mommy

Keely driving while Mattie chats on the phone

The girls making "soup"

This last weekend we went to our family cabin in the Trinity Mtns. Matthew's best friend Jeff and his family came along for the adventure. We got up there late Friday night and it was rainy so we all piled into the cabin and slept inside. The next morning we enjoyed a big breakfast and the skies had cleared so we went outside for some fun. The kids enjoyed playing in the sand, riding in the jeep, playing ball and especially badminton. Vikki and I took the kids Geo Caching and they had a great time finding treasures while the dads did some fishing. On Sunday we all went to the Trinity River. There we enjoyed the sand, the water and we even found a rope swing. Fun was had by all! We love the cabin and were so glad that we were able to share it with good friends.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Cherry Pickin'

The girls swimming with their babies

14 lbs of cherries

Chesnie and the ranch dog

The cherry pickers

Matthew hard at work

Mommy and sticky Ches

Look at those sticky hands

Mattie B climbing up to help pick

Mommy and Mattie B

Chesnie enjoying a juicy cherry

Mattie loves it

The girls perfecting the art of spitting the pits

They like to hide in the dryer

Mattie made an catapiller with a bananna, apples, raisins and pretzels

We love our fruit around here! We went and picked some cherries this last weekend. The girls enjoyed seeing goats and a few friendly dogs. Matthew picked most of the cherries. Everything I picked the girls ate. At one point I looked at Matthew's bin and said that we probably had enough. He didn't seem to think so. So I went to the van with the girls because they were tired of being sticky. Not to mention they decided to pet the dog after getting cherry juice all over their hands so not only were they sticky but they were hairy too! When we came back to Matthew Mattie said, "Dad that is enough, let's go!" He weighed the cherries and we had 14lbs! Yes, a little excessive. At least they were only $1.50/lb. We have been to this ranch quite a few times and have thus befriended the old man that lives there. He wanted to show Matthew his garden. The girls and I waited in the cool air conditioned car while Matthew checked out the garden. He came back with a bag full of chard, an arm full of bok choy and a elephant garlic the size of a softball! We were blessed.

Favorite Mattieisms

When taking her to her first Choir practice, "But I don't know what instrument I want to play."
"Chesnie, maybe you love John the Baptist?"
"I am ilarious" (hilarious)
When asked if she wanted another brother or sister, "Not really but I only like sisters, they are better."
She calls a trampoline a jumpoline.
After eating soup, "All that I have left is soup juice."
After we took our Christmas decorations down Mattie asked, "Do we have to take our tree back now?"
While watching TV-"This isn't the show, this is a commotion (aka commercial)."
"I want a turn to be the mom"
When passing a McDonald's sign she says, "M for Mattie!"
"I married Jesus"

Favorite Chesnieisms

"How big is Jesus?" Me: As big as the whole world. "That can't be. Then He would be fat and round like a ball."
"I wish I could fly but God made me a person."
She asks Matthew and me, "Do you guys cuddle like a sandwhich in bed?"
"I have been waiting my whole life for this zucchini!" (age 5)
"My fur sticks up when I am cold."
"My teeth are snapping together." (She is cold and her teeth are chattering.)
"My nose gets as hot and minty as this toothpaste when I brush my teeth."
"I like being 5 better than 4 cuz I'm so much older."
"The devil made weeds and he just keeps making them!"
"I wish that mosquitos would fly to hell and bite the devil so then he would die."
"Mom, please let me do whatever I want." She is four!
"My nose is miserable."
"I am going to miss you and mom when you die. Matthew asks if she will remember us and Ches says, "Well I will need to have a picture to remember."
Matthew is putting Chesnie to bed and she says, "Dad I like it when you lay with me because when you leave then my pillow smells like you."
"Why do geese poop?" Matthew says, "We all poop, everyone poops." Ches responds, "I don't think Jesus poops."
As she is on the potty going poop and Mattie is watching, "Watch out Mattie! Move back, you might get splashed!"
In the middle of the night, "I don't like this cough. Where did I get it? I want it to go away."
When asked if she wanted mommy to have another baby, "No, I want to be the baby."
"My hair is crazy, how does my hair get crazy?"
"I want to get married with my binkie."
"Mom, I want to fly. You need to buy some wings so that I can fly."
"Now you need to listen to your heart. It's speaking." I asked her what it was saying and she said, "It's saying thump, thump."
Ches was talking to herself at the dinner table and Matthew asked who she was talking to. "I am talking to Jesus."
After taking down our Christmas tree Ches says, "Can we go to Mt. Lassen tomorrow and get another tree?"
We tried for one night to take Chesnie's binkie away from her. We didn't get any sleep so we gave it back to her. She said, "It wasn't nice that you and mommy took my binkie away, it wasn't nice."
"I want long hair like Pocahantas"
"Something scares me, I think it was a storm."
She calls a flashlight-flashnight
"I want to kiss a boy"