15 days...

2006: A spot in the shade before getting in line for Grizzly River Run

28 days...

2006: The family poses for a picture before heading to California Adventure.

30 days...

2007: I was lucky enough to go to Disneyland with my brother Mark, his wife Gwen, their 4 kids: Noah, Ethan, Abby and Cole, Gwen's brother Greg and my other brother Daniel.


Good times!

Our Last L.E.S.T.

Justin's school Concordia Lutheran, is involved in a tournament in Portland, Or. every year. It involves schools from 6 states and includes basketball, cheer, music, knowledge, math, drama etc.


Justin is in the Marimba group. They are very talented and have a wonderful teacher.

They played on 2 different days and were also judged on their performance.

Justin and his buddy Kramer. The group won a "blue ribbon" !!!

Justin also plays on the AAA basketball team. Here Coach Hagen had just pulled him out of the game after falling wrong on his already sprained ankle.

#30~my boy!

They lost both games and were out of the tournament- but had a great time anyway!

CLS AAA girls basketball took 1st place so that kinda eased the pain on the boys loss.

Justin with the Marimba award plaque.

We decorated our car for the long drive down to Portland!

What will we do without LEST next year?

Home safely after the long trip. My Valentine's Day roses from James next to my birthday (last week) flowers from my girls at work.

Warrior Basketball Team Now 4-1

Last minute instructions from Coach Hagen. Awesome coach. Very positive always. He is also Justin's 8th grade teacher.


Justin going up for a 3 pointer...nothing but net!

Much needed break on the bench. #30.

Defense!!

Fouled on a shot and made one of the two free throws.

Warriors are victorious!

Uncle Daniel made it to the game! Last quarter but at least he made it!

James sporting his team shirt.

Holly too! Justin made 7 of the 30 points tonite. 2 were beautiful 3 point shots and then the 1 free throw.

GO RAINBOWS!

James cousin Gina is the assistant coach for the University of Hawaii's women's soccer team...the Rainbows. They were in town this past weekend to play UW's women. We all went to the game and Tyler brought his friend Daniel. They play together on the MRLH soccer team.


Justin and James...

Tyler and Holly...

This is the whole gang that came to watch and cheer on the "Bows" and Gina!!! Gina is kneeling in the front row with the dark shirt and green shorts.

On the ride home Justin fell asleep. So precious when they sleep!

Tyler made me post this picture of my sunburn. It is almost October...so I was not even thinking about the sun! (Sorry I don't know how to turn the picture.) The rest of my family with the Hawaiian blood had no trouble with the sun- they just get nice and dark!

Lazy Island Weekend...

Island life is soo relaxing...swimming at the swimming hole...Justin and James up on top and Tyler cannonballing off to the right...


James and Tyler up on top...Justin jumping off to the left...me on the shore taking pictures.



Could Justin's putt have been any closer without going in???

What a Couple

This picture was taken on the 4th of July on a disposable camera so it was not on the disc with our other 4th pictures! Had to post it late...

Just Killin' Time

Have you ever tried to hold the camera out in front of you and take a picture of yourself? As we were waiting for one of Justin's LEST games to start I thought I would try to get a nice picture of Tyler and me...






This is not a particularly easy thing to do with a teenager who doesn't want his picture taken.

His goal then became to mess up every picture I took!

I tried...

And tried...

And tried again...

With finally a couple decent shots at the end...

Gotta love him!!!

Happy Super Bowl Birthday!

Yesterday was not only the Super Bowl- it was my birthday! Justin volunteered to make my cake. He worked very hard and it turned out wonderfully!


Isn't it beautiful? He made my favorite kind-cherry chip! It was very tasty too...nice and moist! Grandma Carol said she wants Justin to make her cake on her birthday. I guess I've lost my job as "official Miller cake maker"!!!



We brought it to Grandpa Clyde & Grandma Carol's house to enjoy before the Super Bowl.




Justin even served the cake to everyone!





Tyler also helped out by serving the ice cream!
Thanks boys it was great! If I have to be another year older, it was a perfect way to celebrate!

We were treated to a snow day this past week. The boys sure were happy that there was no school. Justin wanted to take this picture of me because he thought it was pretty funny that I got covered with snowflakes while trying to capture pictures of him in the snow!



The beginning of the snow fall. Justin enjoyed trying to catch snowflakes on his tongue!



We eventually got about 2 inches of snow on the ground, but it didn't last too long! Maybe next year...