Rain

April Rain Song

Let the rain kiss you.
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.

The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.
The rain makes running pools in the gutter.
The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night-

And I love the rain.

Langston Hughes

This poem was going through my head last night when it was raining. I went outside for a while to listen to it. It reminds me of my childhood and living in Oregon. The sound and smell of rain is such a comfort to me. It makes me happy.

And I love the rain. And Langston Hughes :)

Boo!

Me and the kids made some Halloween cookies tonight. Fun city! They all got to help. Which means they all got covered in chocolate. But thats the best part right?? If anyone remembers, these are the same kind of cookies that we made for Valentines Day. Just Halloween style. :) They are super easy. Just oreos dipped in chocolate...Mmm....

Gama Jeanne & Papa Bob

My parents are swell. OK, I know, I've mentioned them in the last 2 posts, but really, they are swell. My mom is constantly taking care of me. Always looking for something to do that would make my life easier. I LOVE it. I don't think she knows how nice it was to not have to do a single dish the whole weekend. She's also always saying things that make me feel like I am succeeding as parent and a person. So sweet... Olivia helped Gma make and bottle chili sauce (I helped about 2% of the time)from all of my tomatoes.

My dad is swell also. I love being around him. He is always making me laugh! He is also always helping to better my home, even when I don't ask him! I showed him a picture of a bookshelf I wanted to build (from walmart.com), so off Jake and Dad went to the home depot. I headed off to women's conference, and when I came home it was done! Yes, yes, he's amazing. I love it!
Thanks Mom and Dad. You are wonderful parents and grandparents. I sure love and appreciate you guys... wanna move in?!

B-O-W-L-I-N-G

Isaac in NINE! We went bowling while my parents were here and Isaac had a few friends come too. Good times! These pics aren't the best, but it was a lot of fun! Jake won, but Gma was a close second only 2 points behind! We won't even mention what MY score was. I think Wii bowling ruined me!

Soccer Season

Grandma and grandpa got to come see Isaac's last soccer game.
Grandpa and Logan made a robot costume for Halloween!

Kailey Rose loving on Grandma.

Isaac booting it out of the goal box.

Logan going for the ball.

Us girlies

Randomness

Olivia somehow got skipped over when I was putting school pics up. This is her first day of preschool. So here she is in all her cutie patootie glory!



This is a picture of our newly refinished wood floor that Jake and I worked our watooskies off on! It turned our beautifully, but man did it take a lot of time!





Me: Kailey Rose get your finger out of your nose!
Rosey: (in an authoritative tone) Mom, I'm tired. I nuggle my nose!

As you can imagine, this has become a favorite phrase in our house. So Kailey, now we have proof that you like to 'nuggle' your nose :)

Da Moon

Rosey: Mom! Moon!
Me: Ya, theres the moon!
Rosey: Mom I'na hode it. I'na hode da moon.
Me: (heart melting)you can't honey, its too far away.
Rosey: look mom one more moon!
Me: thats a star
Rosey: Oh. Twinkle twinkle little star?
Me: Yes, thats right.

Man oh man do I love this little girl. (yes, I am copying Lisa's conversation theme post :)

Navajo Lake 2009

So we went camping up at Navajo Lake up our beautiful Cedar Mountain. It is one of our favorite places to go because it is so quiet and beautiful and has an AMAZING hike! The last couple times (as my family will remember!) the path was covered with trees, but they cleaned it all up and it was splendid. LOVE the view. So breathtaking. We stayed the last weekend it was open for the season and it was free! I am ALWAYS a fan of free.:)
We had such a fun time camping in grandpa Joe's 5th wheel trailer. We will definitely do it again! It was so nice to get out of town and away from all the busy-ness of the day to day stuff. We laughed, played and relaxed a lot. Good times!


We have carved the year every time we come up here. So far we have 04,06,07,09.

Parowan Gap

This amazing place is only about a 30 minute drive from our home, and I had never been there! It was an amazing display of petroglyphs. Petroglyphs are pictures carved in rock, a hieroglyph is a picture that means a word, these are just pictures. These carvings are dated from at least 1,000 years ago. The artwork was done by "Prehistoric Fremont and southern Piute cultures."



This pass was NOT created by modern man. It was created a long time ago during or before these petroglyphs were created.
click on this picture to get a great view of the petroglyphs!
The kids think this is a little camping spot for an Indian to hide when he was hunting.

Some old school graffiti. Over 100 yrs old! I thought is was cool.

Garden 2009

Yesterday I wandered out to my garden to check how everything was growing, and hiding down under the leaves were a lot of tiny tomatoes! The package said cherry tomatoes, but these are the tiniest cherry tomatoes I've ever seen! So cute and delicious though! We have already been harvesting zucchini, yellow crookneck, sugarsnap peas, and about 3 green beans. :) The carrots and I were not friends this year... but thats ok. I am excited to build our new house someday and have a bigger garden and have room to plant corn and be able to grow enough stuff to actually can it! Also on my list is planting a peach tree or 2, and a couple golden delicious apple trees. Apparently they make the best applesauce. Not to mention RASPBERRIES (my FAVE) and strawberries for jam. Yay gardening! It is so gratifying to reap the fruits of my labors.

D-land 07

Bring it on!!! I am SO ready to go back again! I love that Lisa and I are laughing so hard we're crying. And don't forget Jake pretending to be a little kid and Tyler shooting the camera. :) Good times! Too bad fritz will be too little to go in the spring :( But my mom and dad get to go! Woohoo!

Our herd of children

I just LOVE that my kids are so close the their cousins. Seriously, it makes my heart so happy. I hope they continue to be close for a long long time. They are so blessed to have each other! I love these kids...

Silly girl

Does she really not notice the bubbles covering her eye?? She just kept playing in the tub like there wasn't anything different... like bubbles covering half her face! So funny...

Batter up!

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Isaac really enjoyed baseball this summer! It was a lot of fun to watch a real game where the kids really know what their doing! SO much different than T-ball. It was great seeing him enjoying himself and really getting quite good too!

Me vs. The Bathroom

Dunt Dunt Duunnn....
Oh yes, I won the battle with the bathroom. Even if I had to tile in the tub, I still got it done! woo hoo! And I guess Jake helped a little... :) (actually LOTS thanks honey!)

Tyla and Eesa

On our way home from helping the Holbrooks move into their new home, we stopped at the Lewis home. I thought this picture was hilarious. This is Kailey "wearing" tylers little wooden shoes key chain. :)
This is Tyler showing my boys some cool places on his mission on google earth.
Kailey LOVES her Lisa. Even if she doesn't always (ok, rarely)remember her name.

Little Rexy

So today our little Rexy went back to live with Heavenly Father. He was a sweet little puppy and was a wonderful member of our family. He will be missed... he had an accident while playing outside.While no one was around, he jumped off the top of a playset and forgot he was attached to a leash and never made it to the ground. :( Poor little guy. The kids are coping ok. We had a little funeral so I think they are getting some good closure. It makes it easier for them to know that hes running around up in heaven..

Bryce Canyon 5K / half marathon

Pictured: Dani Sorensen, Anna Geddes, Desi Holbrook, Bitty Miner, April Miner (ME!), and Sierra Miner

So Des and Bitty had just finished the race in the 1st 2 pics, so I thought I would put one up of them not about to fall over. :)

So the 5K was a lot of fun! Dani, Anna, Me and Sierra did that race, and Bitty and Desi did the half marathon. It was a great experience one that I highly recommend! We stayed the night at "Harolds" which had AWFUL food and freaky weird service! But the cabin we stayed in was just dandy. The run was fun and SO beautiful. Lisa next year you should come do it with us. And anyone else that would like to! Desi was trying to get me to do the half marathon next year, but hey, I know my limits! :)