oh well

Well I am going to have to just start from now and go on. Maybe someday I can go back to the last few months including Stellars Birthday, and all the other many activities we have done.Perhaps on a day when I feel really productive. But for now- I am just going to share what has happened in the last few days.

First of all Rainy had a Barbie testimony meeting- everyone sat in line and everyone took turns bearing their testimony. There was plenty of emotion and it made me chuckle! Ken was first, then Barbie, and a few others. Funny!

Stellar got his hair cut at the barber shop down the street. Before Josh or I would cut it, but it was not worth the fight. I would straddle him, Josh would go at him with the clippers. Not fun! So I splurged and spent five bucks on a hair cut. The lady that cut his hair gave him a dum dum sucker and he was PERFECT! He held completely still in the chair. It was AMAZING! SO worth five bucks.

I am growing my hair out- it is starting to drive me CRAZY! Oh well, I made a goal for myself and I am trying my darndest to achieve it. I decided I wouldn't cut it until Loren got home from his mission. So yes it will be two years of no cutting for me! It has nothing to do with Loren, but I could keep track of how long it has been better if I base it around the time he left and when he gets back.It has never happened before, but I really would like to try long long hair. I have made it about 6 months so far. Now let me clarify cutting, this means I can trim and shape my hair as it grows- but no drastic cutting and no new styles.

Also I have a job! I started at working at one of the Movie theatres in Nampa. It has been pretty fun, and I have enjoyed it so far. I work a couple nights a week, after Josh gets home from work. I think it will work out perfect for our family schedule. I feel very blessed to have found and got the job at this time. There are so many people looking for jobs right now.

Josh is working like crazy to achieve a very critical goal at work before the end of the year. Prayers are definitely needed at this time for him. I am so proud of his determination to acheive his goal.

Rainy's Birthday

On May 20th Rainy's Birthday we had a pretty mellow day.I had her open up a present- which was two outfits to choose from to wear that day. Rainy went to Preschool and took some treats. We took "Gabona" bars(granola) and strawberry milk(a Rainy favorite just like Daddy). While she was Preschool I put together a little table and stool that Josh and I had got at IKEA a few weeks earlier. We also got her a thing that holds a big Roll of paper that can sit on her new table for her to draw on in her room. So Basically she has a little work desk.Rainy came back from preschool to the desk and was very excited. She had also had a birthday crown from Preschool with a BiG 3 on it. It was darling!Later that night we had Grandma and Lexie come over for dinner. We had homemade pizza(another favorite of hers) and pudding with whip cream for dessert. While Grandma and Lexie were there Rainy opened up her presents from Grandma and Grandpa and Me and Josh. She got a Littlest Pet Shop house, Tinkerbell shoes, and lots of other fun stuff and this is before she even has had her party. She had a great day! She fell asleep with her Tinkerbell costume on, in her car seat with the tinkerbell slippers on too! Way cute!It was a very nice mellow day. I will add more pictures from this day when I can get my camera to work with the computer.

I wanted to add a list of 3 reasons why I love Rainy(even though I could go on for days, but she is only3):

1. She is smart, incredibly, amazingly smart. She never ceases to amaze me or herself for that reason. She said the other day"Mom, isnt it amazing that I can turn on the light in my room all by myself?" Of course I said that is was. I was just amazed that she said the word "AMAZING."

2. She is beautiful, incredibly, amazingly beautiful! Josh and I have been stopped almost every time we have gone out in public for over 3 years and told how cute Rainy is. And I am not even trying to brag- I am just telling the truth. Josh and I still comment on how surprised we are that we have such a beautiful daughter from two average people.

3.She is funny! I can't even name all the funny things she says on a daily basis. But I will share some- lately she has come up with some great songs. She puts on her sun glasses, shakes hers hips and plays her pink electric guitar, but the best part about that is the words and names of her songs. Here are some examples of these songs "If you don't have a house then you live outside," " If you have water, you can swim,"" If you get in trouble, then you don't get a treat."Aren't those the greatest names ever!?

I am so sorry

So I am so very sorry for not blogging. I have so much to blog about and coming up in the next two weeks I have both my kids birthdays, so stay tuned, it is all coming.However I have blogged about Loren leaving which happened on Wednesday. So for all the details on that, go to his blog elderlorenmiller.blogspot.com.

Oh by the way,

I have started a new blog to document my brothers journey on his mission. I have started by posting about when he opened his call. Let me know what you think, I also want to know if anyone knows of a site with free backgrounds that are masculine. The address is elderlorenmiller.blospot.com

Family pics by Betsy

A couple of weeks ago my friend Betsy took some family pictures for us. She always does such a good job, here is just a sampling of the pictures we got.

Happy Birthday Dad!

So today is my Dad's birthday and since I did this for my Mom, I felt it appropriate to do it for him too. I am going to list 25 reasons why I love my Dad.This is not hard for me to do, for I love him very much, hence the reason why I named my son after him. He is one of my heroes.Here you go Dad ,I Love you!

1. He is Honest.
2. He is a hard worker
3. He is a totally devoted father
4. He is a totally devoted husband
5. He is one of my best friends
6. He loves me through and through
7. He is always giving
8. He is thoughtful
9. He does whatever he can to help us be successful
10. He can always make me laugh
11. He is creative
12. He is one of the funniest people I have ever met
13. He is a terrific grandpa(Stellar's most favorite person in the world!)
14. He is a great cook
15. He has been a terrific example to me of forgiveness
16. He has been a terrific example to me of lots of things in my life
17. He is happy
18. He is helpful
19. He and I have similiar music taste
20. He loves Josh
21. He has his priorities in life straight
22. He is a good man
23. He is my Dad
24. He is a good friend
25. He is the best!

I have Pictures.... Finally!

So after a long time without pictures I am now able to put some up again. Yay for me! The last time I posted pictures was Jan. 9th and so much has happened in the little worlds of my children. I haven't wanted to share any of it because I didn't have pictures to go with it. SO now here we go...

-Since I last posted Stellar has gotten teeth, two on the bottom and is working on the top ones now, they should be in this week.

-He has learned to crawl, it went from a very slow tiring army crawl, where he would drag his legs behind himself to a full on speedy all four on the floor crawl. It is VERY cute!Sometimes it is frustrating though because he gets into everything!

-He pulls himself up on just about anything, which is really funny to see because as my Mom would say he is about"knee high to a grasshopper." He is very short. He has some stubby little legs.But my children don't have any hope to be tall anyways.

-Also I have finally for sure decided who this little boy looks like. There is no denying it now. Recently he has begun to do this funny scrunchy nose face(I haven't been able to get a picture of it yet) and from the first time he did it I knew for sure I had a mini Josh on my hands. The last few weeks even when he is not doing that silly face,(that by the way makes me laugh out loud EVERY time) he looks like Josh. It has been kind of funny, EVERYBODY has had an opinion about who he looks like people would say anything from my brother, to my mom, to great uncles and second cousins. But no more, he is just all Josh.

I have also added some other cute pictures I have taken of the boy lately. The last picture melts my heart every time I see it.He has a great smile.

-ALSO, I believe he has started saying some words such as "Hi" and "Dadda" which he likes to use together a lot, accompanied by a new little wave he can now do.Lucky Josh!Does this make me a bit jealous you ask.....yes!

Now on to Miss Rainy the Great!

Rainy is SUCH a drama queen, she can go from this...

to this...

in about two seconds flat.
She loves to dress up!Even when on the potty she needs to wear her heels!:)She loves to love on her brother!(Although it looks and feels like torture for him)

She loves to play at Grandma and Grandpa's house with Lexie- Which really wears her out! This was after a five minute car ride home from their house:)!

She loves Preschool and her friends there and is learning new things all the time

And one of the coolest things to happen lately is Rainy can now spell her name. Yes at two and a half, she is Amazingly smart. Her letters are a little hard to read, but they are there! A few weeks ago we were playing are usual game of "Mommy what do you want me to draw for you" and I just out of the blue said"Write your name for me," I expected a response like"No I can't!" But after a few minutes this is what she showed me. I was ecstatic!

I will posting more things later but for now here is a good catch up!