WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER BOY!!

I was more than excited to find out this morning that we're having another boy! We can't wait for the little guy to get here...Miles will finally have a hoop-shooting, block-building, tractor-scooping buddy to hang out with 24/7. HOORAY!!

Whoa Nelly! Time for an Update!!

It's high time for an update, I'd say. Summer always gets so busy that I get overwhelmed with the amount of pictures I have from various vacations. The result is I don't keep the old blog updated like I should! So here are pictures starting from our trip to Jackson Lake way back in July, down to the most recent! Some are kind of random, but cute, so I had to throw them in.

At Jackson Lake, Neil and I had to do our annual bike ride up signal mountain...always has a great view.

A few stormy days kept us inside the cabin, so we spent the extra time eating popcorn and making forts.

The BEACH with Neil's fam

Say NO to crack

I love this one.

Fly Fishing at a little pond not far from our house- we didn't catch anything, probably because Miles kept throwing rocks in the water!

Bubble Bath!

The ZOO (random pic)

The Splash Pad: One of Miles' favorites...he even liked it more than going to the pool!

First day of Playschool with friend Tate

Trip to Dallas, in which we went to the Texas State Fair and an awesome pumpkin patch that Miles couldn't get enough of.

My little elephant!!

Trick or Treat!

Now that the chilly fall weather is here, Miles can't be seen outside without his beanie :)

Miller family party in Tremonton, which just happens to be a toddler's paradise.

...not to mention a husband's paradise, too!

Miles is into "buildin' blocks" on his firetruck. This is his latest masterpiece!

Well that's about it for now....Oh and did I mention we're expecting baby number two in April?! Wish I had a good pic to go along with it, but I will in a few weeks when we find out what we're having! HOORAY!!! Consider yourself updated :)

TWO MILES!

Well, I can't believe I have a full-blown, energetic, hyper, smiley, loving, tantrum-throwing two-year-old! Miles had a great birthday....

Hank and Sally flew in from Dallas for the occasion, which made it even more special. The day started off with us all going to Cars 2 in the morning, which was Miles' first movie in a theater. He loved sitting in the big seats and munching on popcorn.

In the evening, we had a big party planned at a nearby park where Miles could "shoot hoops" and play on the grass and playground. My whole family came, along with Hank and Sally, but before we knew it, we were caught in an out-of-nowhere summer thunderstorm that forced us indoors!

Miles didn't let that ruin his special day. Although he was in the beginning stage of what would soon be a major cold that would wipe us all out, he stayed happy and had an awesome time opening presents and eating cake inside!

When the storm cleared a bit, we went out front and lit some fireworks to celebrate the day. Miles is all about those popper things that you throw on the ground (so was everyone else). We plan to make it a tradition to light fireworks every year on Miles' birthday.

Happy birthday, little Munchkin!

At the park, right before the clouds rolled in! Miles insisted he hold the Cars 2 cake-toppers.

Shootin' some hoops with Pops

Playing in the sweet sandbox Gram and Grandpa gave him

Checking out the neighborhood on his new big wheel from Nan and Pops

I love this one of my dad and Neil playing cars with Miles on the floor!

Happy 4th

We had a great 4th of July weekend! Here's a quick play-by-play:

Saturday afternoon we headed up to my parents' lot in Huntsville. We took the 4-wheelers up towards Monte Cristo and rode around for a few hours, then came back to the lot for some grilled hot dogs!

Miles has his own camp chair. What a stud...

My parents' cabin will sit right on this lot! We can't wait for it to be built...this place will hold many memories for us in the future :)

Sunday night we had a little fireworks show of our own...complete with Flowers and those loud snap things that you throw on the ground. Neil and Brad were our pyro-techs. If you think Washington D.C.'s got a good show, you haven't been to ours...hahahahaha

We spent Sunday night at my parents' house so that we could make it to the Granite Community Parade that their stake puts on every year. Miles loved it, because it's mostly filled with people riding 4-wheelers, tractors, motorcycles...anything that makes a loud noise!

This guy was hilarious!

People are constantly throwing candy to the spectators, which Miles thought was pretty awesome. His little pockets on his cargo shorts were bursting at the seams by the time the parade ended. Here he is going to town on a sucker...

That evening, we went to the Bees game with my folks and Les. It was Miles' first baseball game! The weather was PERFECT...the clouds kept us covered the entire game, and it never rained. We didn't see the fireworks afterwards because Miles was too tired. But we still had a great time!

Go Bees!

HAPPY 4TH!!

THIS IS A VENTING POST

I don't know the exact reason for this post, other than it's mostly just to blow off some steam. For those of you who can't stand bloggers who only blog about the "good" things in life, you'll enjoy this one...

Nothing makes me more frustrated than car maintenance. As far as the engine goes, the only work I'm familiar with is popping the hood to get a good view. As luck would have it, the ac on the Xterra went out just before the 4th of July weekend. Perfect. We decided to wait and take it in after the busy holiday to get looked at. So today I waited for over an hour at an auto repair shop only to have the guy tell me he doesn't know why it's not working...more tests are going to need to get done, which will only cost MORE STINKING MONEY!!!! I'm ticked. Why couldn't he just say, "Yeah, here's the problem...we can fix it in five minutes, and your total out of pocket will be about $10"? It's never that simple with cars. And that's why I hate car maintenance so dang much.

So until we figure out how to come up with some large, unknown amount of money, I get to drive around in a dark leather interior SUV with no air conditioning in July. I know you're all jealous!

I'm gladly accepting snow cones, Slurpees, fruit smoothies and the like as a token of your sympathy.

My Little Photographer

This is what I found on my camera after I came downstairs and caught Miles in the act of taking some great pics-

What a funny munchkin! I had to delete about ten random blurry pics of objects of which I couldn't decipher. These ones of him, however, are total keepers.

He loves the camera, and I'm constantly having to keep it out of sight. Maybe he's got a little bit of his dad in him... :)