10 days...

2007: from my trip with Mark and Gwen and family.


2007: my brother Mark, his brother-in-law Greg,
Noah, Ethan and Abby!

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!

So much to be Thankful for...

I am so thankful for my family and for the fact that we are all so close to each other. The picture is kinda dark but this is Justin, Lila, Evan, Uncle Daniel, Tyler, Cole, Noah, Ethan and Abby. My 2 boys, my baby brother and my nieces and nephews.


My mom and dad and my brother Daniel...Daniel is always keeping us laughing.

We also celebrated 3 birthdays. Cole, Mark and Daniel.

Cole and Mark read his card.

Lila and Daniel and one of his gifts. His FAVORITE I'm sure...

Quality Time...

My brother Mark and his wife Gwen are celebrating their anniversary at Disneyland. This means my parents are having some quality time with their kids- Noah, Ethan, Abby and Cole.
Today Justin and I went to their house to get in on the quality time. Abby read her homework story to me and then showed off her talent of walking with a book on her head!


The boys played in the rain in the back yard and then Ethan put on a video to watch. He was momentarily joined by Cole.

Noah and Justin then played the Wii but were kind enough to pose for a picture. Crazy cousins!

Happy Birthday Tyler (and James)...Part #3

On Saturday we had our extended family birthday party for Tyler and James! The party started out in the rain with Dwight at the BBQ and James assisting him!

The cake was decorated by Justin! He was quite a good helper getting ready for the party!



WHAT A HAUL!!! What else do teenage boys want besides $$$? He got enough to buy a video iPOD and still have some left over!




James got a HAWK Soccer windbreaker that he had been wanting!

Cole dances with Uncle James...

and Noah rocks the house with the Guitar Hero game!

Calle (better late than never) ate some leftover palt! Yummy! and I was able to talk to his mother Ida when she called him from Sweden.

Cousins!!!

What a great shot of the Miller cousins! Growing up my brothers and I had no cousins. Mom and Dad were both only children, we had grandparents in the area but no COUSINS! I can remember my friends talking about going somewhere or doing something with their cousins and never experiencing that myself. I am so glad that my children have cousins and that we are all close together! (Pictured: (L to R) Tyler, Noah, Evan, Lila, Ethan, Justin, Abigail and Cole). It is also pretty special to be "Auntie Holly"!!!

Millers Know How To Party

We had quite the celebration today at the Miller's! We had gotten pretty far behind in our birthday celebrations...we had 7 to catch up on!!! The birthdays were: (as pictured L to R) my brother Tim ( Aug. 29), my cousin Calle (July 10), my mom Carol (Oct. 13), our good friend Marie (Aug.21), my sister-in-law Gwen (July 23), Justin (Oct. 11) and my nephew Noah (Sept. 14). WOW!!! We decided to have one big party! It was a lot of fun. We ended up with 22 people attending! We enjoyed a potluck dinner and lots of desserts! We had 3 different kinds of cakes, pumpkin pie, my sister-in-law Jen's chocolate no-bake cookies and ice cream! The food was good but the company was the BEST!!! It is always a good time when we all get together. We are blessed that we all live in the same area and are able to get together regularly...though sometimes not regularly enough. Time goes by so quickly...enjoy every opportunity you have to be with your loved ones! Make memories!!! Thank God for every day you have together! I know I do!!!