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.

Fun With Cousins

My brother Chris came up to the Bay to visit with his kids James and Kylie. The girls love to see their cousins! There was fun on the swingset, a lot of movies, playdough, puzzles, coloring, hide-n-seek, sing alongs, and lots of giggles. What fun! We miss them all and wish we lived closer.

A Little Snow

We took a little trip to the snow. Just a little jaunt up north for a few hours of playing in the white stuff. The girls enojoyed some sledding and making a snowman. Ches wanted to take him home as always. We didn't take the snow man home but we did pack some snow in an ice chest to have snow cones at home. It was a beautiful day with fun for the whole family.