Miner Family

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2010-04-25T17:22:00.000-07:00

well today I am feeling grateful for my wonderful life. I am grateful to be a wife, mother, sister, daughter, aunt and friend. A few days ago, my son Isaac said,

"Did you know you are at the perfect age?"

Me: "Oh really?"

Isaac: "Yes, I learned in church that 30 is the perfect age, because when we go to Heaven, we will all be 30."

Me: "Well! That sounds perfect... Thanks Isaac."

Well today I am 31 and am humbled by all the many blessings in my life. I have so much to be grateful for and am going to try to focus on all the simple beauties that surround and enrich my existence every day. Like this tiny little hand that is holding my finger as I type. :) Now she is singing a song about our fingers... ahh... life is good.

I got to spend my/our birthday weekend up at my sister Lisa's house. This is the first time Lisa and I have been together on our birthdays in many years (her birthday is the day before mine, if you didn't know). It was really fun! She is a wonderful sister and I'm glad to have her in my life and be so close to her. We have many memories of having birthdays together, so Im posting a couple pictures of when we were small (thanks Dad for hunting them down for me!)... Enjoy!

Spring has Sprung!

2010-04-20T10:47:00.001-07:00

I LOVE that spring is here! The flowers blooming, the sound and smell of fresh cut grass, the kids being able to play outside again (HALLELUJAH), trees budding, wondering what flowers to plant this year, chalk pictures, birds singing....*sigh*.... I am loving it.

"Whenever I hear the song of a bird Or look at the blue, blue sky, Whenever I feel the rain on my face Or the wind as it rushes by, Whenever I touch a velvet rose Or walk by our lilac tree, I’m glad that I live in this beautiful world Heav’nly Father created for me."

-My Heavenly Father Loves Me -Children's Songbook

Why?

2010-04-08T13:30:00.000-07:00

Why am I so bad at blogging lately? Hmm.... thoughts?! I do enjoy it, and look at all of your's all the time, but just don't take the time to update my own... HELP!

One of my favorite moments from a trip I will be blogging about soon.... hopefully.

Fun times in Provo

2010-01-30T21:15:00.000-08:00

Everyone say AARRRGGHHH! Thats right, we went to pirate Island! Mom and Dad came down for one of the nights we were in Provo, and they took us to Pirate Island. The kids were in heaven, and so were the rest of us when we got our 2 feet across pizza! Aptly named "the Krackin"

Me and my dad... ya, we're pirates...

And my lovely sister. What a dork. :)

Olivia helping give Simon a bath.I love this picture because I was just walking through the living room and found 3 of my children singing to little Simon. SO sweet!

We also got to visit the natural history museum on the BYU campus. It was really cool, and FREE! I love free. The funniest part was Lisa and Tyler giggling incessantly as they posed their sleeping little Simon up next to ferocious animals and taking his picture. It was pretty dang funny. I think that its creepy that it looks like I have my face up against the lion next to me.

Kailey was brave enough to touch a real live snake!

Simon was so brave.

Isaac and a GINORMOUS grizzly bear.

Logan with an ostrich and Rhino.

Thanks for the great memories Lisa and Tyler!

Sweet Simon

2010-01-27T21:04:00.000-08:00

A couple weeks ago, me and my kids (Jakey had to work) got to go spend the weekend with the Lewis's and I got to snuggle Simon LOTS. But I am missing him already... he is such a happy content little baby. Anyway, I just wanted to put up a couple pics of me and him loving on each other. :)

Bountiful Baskets

2010-01-21T23:05:00.000-08:00

Ok, so this is a sample of what you can get when you order from bountiful baskets! This whole pile of produce cost me on $15 dollars! I know, WOW right?! Just click on Bountiful Baskets and it will take you to the website so you can learn more about it.

Golden-crusted Brussell Sprouts from Heaven! I already loved brussell sprouts, but my friend gave me a recipe since we got some in our bountiful baskets. SSOOO yummy! Heres the recipe if you'd like to try them!

Naughty Nutcrackers

2010-01-18T22:37:00.000-08:00

So I was rounding the corner of my living room, and saw this. Can you see the one in the far corner? Our two little nutcrackers that the kids love to play with (aka hide, break, place them stratigically so I will step on them, give them a bath in the bathroom sink... you get the idea) and they were placed like this. I asked Kailey (who was on scene) and she said "nutcrackers are naughty!" I don't know what they did to offend my little 2 1/2 year old, but it was naughty enough to land them in the corner indefinitely! Anyway, I thought it was just hilarious. I love this silly girl. Shes always doing funny stuff like this.

And Logan got GLASSES! He loves them. His eyesight isn't too bad, but enough to make a difference in the classroom. I told him about when I first got glasses in 4th grade. My dad said he loved these big hurkin' pink glasses, and thats all it took. If dad thought they were great, then I thought they were great too. He thought I looked pretty. So sweet.... looking back, I'm not so sure... Ok, I have decided to post a picture of me in my "great" pink glasses.

Hot stuff right? I'm pretty sure they came from the grandma section...

Logan is Seven!

2010-01-15T22:23:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I know, he turned 7 a couple months ago, but I don't want to forget anything. Kay, here goes!

Logan wanted to have a Blue Football party.... not a blue football, but a blue theme, AND a football theme! Thus this rad homemade cake by yours truely.

Check out all the yummy blue food we had to eat! I know, the Doritos aren't REALLY blue, but the bag was and that was close enough for me :)

Here are the party animals getting their fill of blue dye.

I thought all their BLUE toungues were so stinkin funny, we had to document it!

Logans favorite gift was a remote control car from Jake and I (score! Gotta love getting 25 dollar toys for 5 bucks! Yay Walmart clearance!)

has it really been 2 months already?!

2010-01-08T13:29:00.000-08:00

Well I decided to dust off the ol' blog and browsed through my friends and family list, and was happy to see that a lot of you haven't been on here much lately either! With several faithful blogger exceptions :)

Not that I had much to say, just wanted you (if anyone even reads this) to know that I was still alive and kickin. I have quite a few things I would like to blog about, so look for more soon.... Hopefully..... Hope all is well with all of you!

Rain

2009-11-13T12:16:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-10-27T19:16:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-11T11:12:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-08T22:37:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-05T22:03:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-02T21:44:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T21:01:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-21T08:17:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-01T07:57:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-28T07:45:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-22T15:09:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-19T14:44:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-16T14:37:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-08-13T14:28:00.000-07:00

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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

2009-08-10T13:56:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-07T13:41:00.000-07:00

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

2009-08-04T19:00:00.001-07:00

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

2009-07-18T15:40:00.001-07:00

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! :)

Holbrook Campout 2009

2009-06-29T21:12:00.000-07:00

Well we had a splendid campout up at Beaver Mountain in Logan. It was beautiful, quiet, and even had showers! It was a nice relaxing time spent with people we love. Food was great, company was great, and we made some wonderful memories. You always know its a hit when your kids tell you it was "the best time of their whole life"! Pretty cute. Here are a few photos just to make you jealous that you weren't there to spend this awesome weekend with us. :)

what campout would be complete with out a round or two of Goin' on a Bear Hunt?!

Kailey and I enjoying the campfire

There was a rad fort in our campsite that was a lot of fun for the kids!

The Holbrook Boys playing a little bolo ball. (I think thats what its called...)

I debated on which photo to post of lil' Joe. I had so many great ones! From him trying to carry wood to the fire pit or blowing on the ashes to get the fire going. But I think this one takes the cake. The older kids and the dads got to go for a horse ride through the mountain and the littler ones were lead around the pasture so they could participate too. So funny! I love that the sun is shining through his adorable ears. :)

Jake leading Livy around on a beautiful white horse. So princessy!

Auntie Lisa squeezing on Kailey Rose

How cute are they?! Little BFF's!

Lily and Logan making beautiful drawings which they later sold at their art show! They had their art displayed in a gallery (grandmas clothesline) and made a handsome profit! (2 candy bars per picture!) They are so creative. I love it!

Spoon full of sugar...

2009-06-11T11:07:00.000-07:00

Okay, so Olivia is hilarious. She is the one on the far right that can't figure out where her tutu goes! Under her chin? On her hips? Who knows! I can't help but smile during this whole video. This is one of the dances she did at her Dance review for Dance Magic. Enjoy!

Some misc. pictures

2009-05-29T07:04:00.000-07:00

So this is Isaacs totally rad pine wood derby car that Grandpa Bob helped him with. He got the award for "most colorful" go figure! It was a lot of fun! He won one race, but then not the other two. It was a fun experience for all.

I got a fire bowl for mothers day! It is a lot of fun. Its nice to have a campfire experience without having to go to the woods! We have used it a lot already. We had grandma and grandpa Miner over for our first time using it. Good times!

This is a photo of Logan with his wonderful teacher Mrs. Ekker after his Kindergarten program. He did so great! Then we played on the playground. Cute kids!

I did it!

2009-05-24T21:23:00.000-07:00

So I am now officially making and selling bows and flowers! At Salon Vision where my sister in law Anna works, they were nice enough to let me put up some stuff. Its next to a wedding/prom dress shop, so its a great location. I've been selling them for a couple weeks now. I love making them and they are selling too, which is also a bonus! :) I think Jake is wondering when I will actually make a profit since I am always buying more stuff to make! I just made some way cute Patriotic flowers too. Anyway, if there is anyone out there that wants anything let me know! I have already had a custom mail order, (from my faithful sister-in-law Desi :) ) so if you're interested or want a price list just email me or comment or whatever.

This wasn't meant to be an advertisement, I was just happy to follow through with something I have been wanting to do for me and wanted to blog about it! Its so hard to find time and energy to devote to something for myself, with 4 kids are all the fun stuff that comes along with them, and this has been a lot of fun so far! Yay me for taking time to pursue my own ambitions!

Tiptoe through the tulips...

2009-05-21T21:03:00.000-07:00

Its that time of year to post pictures of my tulips again! I am so lucky they come up all on their own or they would be dead and gone for sure! Enjoy!

Hula Mania!

2009-05-21T07:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, so my ever so kind Bro.in law Luke posted some videos of us experimenting with the hula hooping game on Wii Fit. It is pretty hillarious, and yes, pretty emberassing! In my defense, this was my first attempt and now carry the high score. :) Go vote and enjoy!

Rub a dub dub silly kids in the tub!

2009-05-18T19:54:00.000-07:00

Bath time is way more fun when some Holbrook kids are around! Okay, these pictures are from like a month ago, but I am a slacker! Sorry! I love the picture with Joe in it because more often then not, he has that "what the heck are you talking about?!" look on his face. So funny! We sure love our cousins!

Little Mommy...

2009-04-20T14:43:00.000-07:00

Kailey Rose is such a little mommy! I know shes awake in the morning because I can hear her singing twinkle twinkle little star to her baby who is all wrapped up in a blankie being rocked in the corner of her crib. SO precious. She is always coming up to me with a distrought look on her face and says "Baby cying! Baby hode you winko winko! In English: Baby crying! Baby hold you, twinkle twinkle! Then I snuggle and sing to her baby, then all is right with the world once more. Sometimes she says "mommy! Baby hut!(hurt) Then she or I will kiss the make believe owie and rock the baby till shes better. She is currently sitting next to me reading a tiny board book to her baby. Man do I like her. Sheesh! So cute.

She is embarrassed that I took a picture of her singing to her baby.

Yay summer!

2009-04-07T19:17:00.000-07:00

I just bought this great swimsuit from limericki.com! I am so excited to get it in the mail. I am so glad that there are web sites out there that have modest and yet still cute swim wear. There is also this great website that has codes for getting a percentage off your purchase too! Not just lime ricki, but shade, modbe, layers, and a few others. If you are in need of a new suit, go check it out!

Zions adventure!

2009-04-03T07:45:00.001-07:00

How cute is she?!

Mommy and Kailey Rose (just after her screaming which indicated to us that "Hmm, maybe she really DID break her arm!"

This is the waterfall at the upper pool of the Emerald pools. It is so high that it came down like nothing more than rain into the pool. Breathtaking!

Super jumper! Cool shot eh?

Happy family out enjoying the wonders of this beautiful world

Waterfall above the lower pool of the Emerald Pools.

I don't know what this is called, but its SO majestic.

My cutie husband and Rosie

Olivia on some pretty rad stairs cut in the rock

Ready...set...throw!!!

Broken Arm!

2009-03-30T12:43:00.000-07:00

So Kailey Rose broke her arm the other day, but we didn't know because she just kept on playing! She fell down some of our stairs going down to the basement. Then we went to Zions over the weekend, and she had a little spill (just tripped) and screamed like crazy! So we figured there must be something wrong. I know, I am a dumby since it took me 4 days to figure it out! Anyway, she just has a small fracture, but to make sure it doesn't get worse, they put a cast on it. She didn't cry at all, she was a real trooper! They didn't have any cute girly colors, so I am going to make her a very girly sling! I don't think it should be too hard to figure out. Anyway, she has to have it on for 4 weeks, and she thinks it is cool. She shows the kids with this look on her face that says "Look what I got!" Its pretty funny.

My Jophess!

2009-03-13T10:00:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this is my little nephew Joseph. I love this weird little kid. He can be singing you a sweet song one second, then the very next pushing you off the couch! yes, he is rad. So I gave him a bath, and couldn't find his jammies. So I used some of Kaileys, and you know, since I was already putting girl jammies on him, why not go all out?! And by golly, he LOVED the little pink night gown! Who knew! I thought it was hillarious how he was strutting his stuff in this first photo. And in the second he has a death grip on some scentsy samples, he loves them! Such a character. Speaking of scentsy, I am having a party soon if anyone wants to place an online order or come to my party let me know! Here is the web site for Scentsy if you don't know what it is. I love it!

Kailey's 2! And Olivia's 4! YAY!

2009-03-10T19:53:00.000-07:00

So my girls had birthdays within the last few days and I have finally found a moment to post something! My sister (we don't use the "in-law" part anymore since we are related twice!)Desi and her kids have been down here visiting and it has been so much fun! It was a really fun birthday for them this year with their little "be fri" (best friends) down here to celebrate with them. Here are a few shots from the birthday party. And by the way, I LOVE having the miner clan around when it is time to sing Happy Birthday. It is spectacular to have 30ish people singing to you!

Then we just HAD to go get ice cream! (moment of silence for Grandees closing...) We went to Dairy Queen and got sundaes with the cousins! What fun! Can you tell these guys love the heck out of each other?!

PS Thanks for all the wonderful gifts! And for the many Happy birthday songs from loved ones over the phone! You guys are swell.

Isaac Piano Recital spring 09

2009-03-06T12:39:00.000-08:00

Isaac had another piano recital last night, it was great! he has really learned a lot in his 6 months of playing! Enjoy!

Tag! You're it!

2009-03-04T21:19:00.000-08:00

PICTURE TAG!

Here are the rules.

1. Go to my documents/pictures.
2. Go to my 6th file folder.
3. Go to my 6th picture.
4. Blog about it.
5. Tag 6 people to do the same.

This is actually a pretty good picture for having to be picked at random! I swear I didn't cheat! This is a picture of my sister Lisa, brother Jeff and me at my cousin Audrey's wedding at the Portland Oregon temple about a year ago. It was so much fun to be with them and just have fun and to only have 1 child with me was such a luxury! Good times!
Okay, I am tagging Lisa, Anna, Kim, Tyler, Amy, and Soleil. If you have already been tagged then never mind! Good luck!

Cute Rosie...

2009-02-20T13:15:00.000-08:00

So here is Kailey Rose (will be 2 in about a month) singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I thought it was precious, so I had to share. The next video is of her and the crane mobile that her auntie Lisa made for her for Christmas. She loves it! It hangs over her head in her crib and every time she takes a nap, or goes to bed for the night she says "birds! Birds Mommy! Birds!" until I give them a spin and send them into flight. Apparently it is quite mesmerizing. She loves it.

Valentines Cookies

2009-02-13T12:22:00.000-08:00

we made these fun, easy, and DELICIOUS Valentines cookies for FHE to give to our family and teachers. I actually stole this idea from another blog. :) (They are just oreos dipped in chocolate)

The kids got to do all the dipping and they had chocolate from one end of the kitchen to the other! Not to mention all over themselves.

Cute little(totally crazy) livy jane...

Kailey kept saying "Happy to you Mommy!" or "Happy to you Daddy!" She thought they looked like little birthday cakes or something because she was telling us happy birthday!

Snow Canyon

2009-02-09T21:38:00.000-08:00

So I love this picture because I think it looks like giant dinosaurs should be roaming down that valley between the hills. That would be awesome. I can see it now...

We're going on a picnic! Yay! I love that my kids (especially Isaac) have inherited my obsession with picnics! An outing with the family is so much better when we have a picnic!

Totally rad cave. Scary and dangerous (with 4 kids!) but well worth it. So fun.

This one is for you Lisa. Cute little crazy spiky cactus!

I had never seen a Lizard crossing sign before! So naturally, I had to document it.

Rex

2009-01-21T12:42:00.000-08:00

So this is our new pride and joy Rex! I know, real original name, but the kids picked it so its cute. :) He is a Yorkshire Terrier and it 8 weeks old. He is so funny. He is a ball of crazy energy one minute and then conked out for a nap in your arms the next! We have only had him for about a week, and he seems to be a really good puppy so far! Except for the whining at night, I feel like I have a newborn sometimes when I am dragging myself out of bed to take him potty outside!

Grandpa Joe's dog had puppies and he was so generous to give each family a puppy! THANKS GRANDPA! You all will have to come visit our new puppy! and I guess us too ;)

Favorite Christmas photos...

2009-01-13T14:47:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas!

We love sledding!

2009-01-10T13:10:00.001-08:00

Fun times...

2009-01-10T09:49:00.001-08:00

Jacob got me Jazz tickets for Christmas and we were able to go the other day. It was a lot of fun! Very different experience than watching it on tv! The Jazz played the Hornets and of course we won! We had a lot of fun together and we got to stay at Lisas too. Good times! Thanks for the experience Jake!

Santa Claus is coming to town!

2008-12-23T14:10:00.000-08:00

This is a video of Olivias Preschool Christmas Program. Enjoy! Merry Christmas to all! Love, the Miner Family

I have been pinned!

2008-12-21T12:54:00.000-08:00

Thats right, Isaac got his bobcat the other night! He is so excited to have something on his shirt. Its funny how self concious he was with nothing on there. But now he is official, earned his first rank. (is that the right word?) Anway, I am so proud! They stopped doing the whole hang the kid upside down stuff since I've gone to scouting stuff. Apparently too many kids were dropped on their heads. Anyway, YAY ISAAC! I am so proud...

This ones for you Dad!

2008-12-19T12:34:00.000-08:00

"Its not for eatin' its just for lookin' through."
The Outlaw Josey Wales

Cutest thing I've ever seen!

2008-12-06T21:56:00.000-08:00

Olivia had her dancing debut tonight! I am sorry if its kinda blurry, I couldn't get it to focus anymore than this. I know they all look the same, but Liv is the one just to the left of the girl waving like crazy at the beginning. Anyway, it was so precious! I kept laughing so the video is shakey, but my heart just wanted to burst I was so proud of her and she looked so stinkin' cute! And she had a blast too! I have to pry her off my leg when we go to nursery (toys, treats, friends galor) and put her on a stage in front of hundreds of people?! Piece of cake! If you enjoy this video 1/10th as much as I did, I will be happy!

Letter Boxing

2008-11-26T21:23:00.000-08:00

Okay, so those who follow Lisas blog, already know about letter boxing, but she got us hooked too! My kids think it is "totally awesome" to go look for treasure all over our cute little town of Cedar City. We found our first one at the lighthouse in Providence Center. Its such a fun thing to do with the family! Figuring out clues, finding it together, it was a really fun time. There are still 5 more in our area to discover. The best part was that the kids were having me blast the intro song to pirates of the carribean in the car on the way there because they felt like pirates finding treasure! Cute kids.

More bows!

2008-11-25T10:00:00.000-08:00

So my friend gave me a tutorial on how to make bows. I pretty much just looked at the pictures and copied. I think they turned out pretty stinkin' cute though! I am thinking about making and selling them. Hmm... What do you think? I also love the flower ones and they are fun to make too.

Twilight...

2008-11-23T20:11:00.000-08:00

Oh yes, the day finally arrived and me and some girl friends got to go see Twilight on opening night! We were as giddy as on Christmas morning! How emberassing right? Not a chance! The movie was good. Bella was kinda dry, but besides that I think they did a really good job with keeping with the story and everything.

And something awesome on the side, parts of it was filmed in my hometown of Vernonia Oregon! Crazy huh! The scenes where she is just arriving in Forks for the first time in her dads cop car and also the scene of the attack in the boat and the police station that followed. Both Vernonia! Crazy small world. I did totally think of Vernonia whenever she was discribing Forks, it sounded identical to me! And apparently they thought so too!

Anway, it was a lot of fun, in the movie theatre lobby , they had a gazebo set up that looked like the one from the prom in the movie, so we had to take our picture. :) I know we're dorks, but we know how to have a good time!

Logans 6th birthday!

2008-11-14T19:38:00.000-08:00

Logan had his batman birthday party today! It was a lot of fun. I made batman capes for each child with some $1 fabric from walmart, they had some "bats" in a blanket, (lil' smokies in a crescent roll) had a scavenger hunt for their gift bags, (Joker had stolent them!) pined the face on batman, played a game called "bat collector" where they each had 3 batman carstock cutouts on their backs, then they had 1 minute to get as many as they could 'collecting' them off others backs. It sounds kinda lame, but it was hillarious! I highly recomend it. We all had a lot of fun! Logan got a lot of fun toys and a good time was had by all. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!!!

PS Amy, if you are reading this, send me an invitation so I can see your blog too! My email is apeface98@gmail.com.

Carving pumpkins!

2008-11-05T08:00:00.000-08:00

I know, I know, halloweens over, but I never got around to posting our awesome pumpkins! So this will be a quick one. From Left to Right: Kailey with her cute pumpkin, Olivia with her Tinkerbell pumpkin, Logan with his Hulk pumpkin, and Isaac with his very scary pumpkin!

Halloween Party!

2008-11-04T12:00:00.000-08:00

Well we had a halloweens party at our house, and we had tons of people and fun! It is crazy how big our family is when we all get together! Good times. The decorations were great (thanks to Lisa!) and the company was great too! There were some very silly costumes! I loved Soleil and Trents Thing 1 and Thing 2 from cat in the hat! So funny.

also theres a pic of me and the kids (including lots of cousins!) trick or treating. Fun city!

Isaac's Baptism

2008-11-03T15:31:00.001-08:00

Isaac got baptized on Saturday. It was such a wonderful special experience! It was so great to have our family be there, you don't know how much it meant to us! Isaac is such a sweet loving boy and it has been such a blessing watching him grow into a young man. (sheesh, hes only 8, but he seems so big!). Jacob did a beautiful job on the baptism and confermation, it was an emotional experience, I was already crying during the first line of the opening song! I am so grateful to have the priesthood in our home and to have the knowledge of the true gospel. And I am so grateful for loving and supportive friends and family. Thanks to you all for being such good examples in our lives. We love you!

Leo Lionni

2008-10-29T15:59:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite childrens authors! I love his simple sweet stories that bring self confience and happiness in being who you are and to be content and happy with the world and to realize how wonderful of a place it is with you in it. I just had to give a shout out for him because I think he's great. His artwork is wonderful. He is a calcot winner and the art in Pezzittino is so simplistic and amazing. We just checked out Pezzittiono from the library (don't even get me started on how much I love the library! We are faithful visitors who go every saturday! What a wonderful resource!) Anyway, just to give you a taste, I will tell you the summary at the beginning of Pezzittino: Little Pezzettino is so small he is convinced he must be a piece of somebody else. A wise man helps him discover the truth.
Anyway, go to your local library and enjoy!

Fall Family Fotoshoot...

2008-10-18T14:07:00.000-07:00

We got our pictures done yesterday! They turned out so cute! Go check them out at http://winkfotos.blogspot.com/ Thanks Emily you did such a good job and it was a lot of fun!

only 6 weeks...

2008-10-15T17:50:00.000-07:00

So Isaac has only been playing piano for 6 weeks now, and he can already play this! I am so proud. He only has 2 measures of the song left to learn and he is so psyched to have learned it all! I still can't believe he's 8! He's going to be baptized in a couple weeks, and will be starting cub scouts soon too! He is such a wonderful boy.

Ahh the memories!

2008-10-06T09:30:00.000-07:00

This ones for you Mom! You used to think my hair was at its best when it was totally poofy and frizzy! So I took Livys hairdo out, and voila! Instant mom classic. It made my laugh so I had to post this for you. :) LOVE YOU MOM!

Autumn Outing

2008-10-02T21:23:00.000-07:00

Our family went up Cedar Mountain this afternoon to witness the beautiful fall colors. Georgous! And we all had a wonderful time. This is our second anual "autumn outing." We brought up a pot of chili, and some cornbread and had a picnic and ran around in the woods laughing. So much fun! I have like a million pictures I would like to put on here, but here are a few faves... Last year when we did this, there were like 6 hangliders circling around above us, then they landed like 50 yards away from us. It was amazing! This year we went up the the Girls Camp and the colors and serenity were perfect. Plus enjoying nature with my family is always so memorable.

This little piggy....

2008-09-17T22:08:00.001-07:00

So I apparently never sang the "this little piggy" song to my kids before because I sang it to kailey the other day and they thought it was hillarious and made me sing it over and over like 20 times. Literally. So we named all my toes and then they got to pic which color to paints "their" toe. Daddy was the red one, then Isaac was green, Logan was blue, Livy sparkley pink, then kailey hot pink. They thought it was hillarious and I even let them do it themselves. Except dad was at the fire station so I did his. and helped Kailey with hers. It makes me smile when ever I look down at my toes. Cute kids.

Bags!

2008-09-17T22:08:00.000-07:00

Isaac needed a piano bag, and I couldn't find one anywhere the right size. So I made the camo one. Then Livy needed a bag for her tap and ballet shoes, so I just made her one too! They are cute eh? And very inexpensive!

Ever so Patient.

2008-09-09T20:46:00.000-07:00

So this photo is taken outside the Bountiful temple just minutes before Lisa and Tyler came out as a married couple.
The planter box, the kids are lined up on, faces the temple. They were all waiting and watching the doors for Lisa and Tyler to emerge.
I walked by and just happened to notice this awesomely decked out entourage of cousins and had to snap a shot.
It's one of my faves from the day. Which is really saying something, because there were a lot of perfect moments captured.

Great kids...

2008-09-09T15:29:00.000-07:00

1. Isaac sings (loud) while he vaccums....

2. Livy's new friend at preschool's name is broccoli
(actually brooklyn, but its too cute to correct!)

3. Logan loves girls and boys alike. Girl stuff, boy stuff, whatever, he is totally cool with it...

4. Kailey walks around with a book open right in front of her face singing...

I adore my children......

P.S. Aren't their Lisa/Tyler wedding outfits adorable?

Flip flops....with socks?!

2008-09-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

This is one of the reasons I am in love with my little Logan boy... Out of the clear blue the other day he says:

Logan: Mom did you know that Lisa wears socks with flip flops?

Me: She does?

Logan: Ya, she puts on some socks, and then takes one off and put a different one on (because who on earth would purposely put on two NON matching socks!) and sometimes she puts flip flops on with her socks. And so I tried it and it just makes my big toes look like thumbs.

I laughed and laughed! This boy is awesome...

So today we were bringing some zuchini to a neighbor, and he could only find his flip flops. So he put them on (with his socks) and stuck up him big toes and said: "hey mom! Thumbs up!" He's so funny...

2008-09-05T20:19:00.000-07:00

Today was Livy's first day of dance class at Dance Magic from Miss Jenny. She will tell you all about it! She is thrilled that now she can dance on her tippy toes. So cute. I couldn't wipe the cheesy grin off my face while watching her through the reflective glass. So cute!

its all about the comfort...

2008-09-03T20:09:00.000-07:00

Olivia went to the pediatric dentist today for the first time, and did really well! By this picture, you wouldn't be able to tell that for the first few minutes she was refusing to open her mouth! But then she got sucked into the Barbie movie playing on the ceiling, and then she

was fine. Jake thinks it is hillarious that she is always in a comfy position. Ankles crossed in her carseat, legs tucked next to her while sitting on the couch, legs crossed when sitting on the pew in church, stuff like that. So I thought this picture was funny, because even when shes getting her teeth tickled at the dentist, she still has her little legs propped up and crossed. Not to mention the great view of ariel on her bummy for the people coming down the hall to see!

PS. Another tidbit: yes, that is logan in the background watching the barbie movie while waiting for livy. He could pick from Shreck, sponge bob, and barbie. And yes, my little boy picked barbie. What do ya do......... he is a very well rounded boy. :)

Awesomest Tree Fort EVER!!

2008-07-12T14:19:00.000-07:00

So Jake built this completly awesome tree fort in our apple tree. The kids completely love it and are up there all the time. They have already had several sleep overs out there. (the only ones that succeed are are the ones when dad sleeps with them!), and we often read our current love Fabelhaven 3 out there too. Good times and many more to come!! thanks dad for the great tree fort!

Itchy Itchy Scratchy Scratchy

2008-07-12T14:02:00.000-07:00

So aparently I had a crafty itch that needed scratched. Yesterday me and my friend made cards for hours and hours and today I made all of these flower hair clips! (except a couple that desi did to show me how) So, I am feeling pretty good. I love doing crafty stuff. I even made a couple that would coordinate with the little flower girl dresses for Lisa's upcoming wedding! Yes, I am a thinker! I now have roughly a billion little girl hair things and guess how many they are wearing today? Thats right! None! Lazy Saturday I guess. Hope all is well with all of you.....

For Cecil

2008-07-10T08:41:00.001-07:00

The kids had such a good time at lisas picking raspberries. It was really fun. We sure love you Lis!

swimming swimming, in the swimming hole...

2008-06-18T09:49:00.000-07:00

So I finally figured out how to add videos on here! So this is a video of Isaac's longest swim ever. He was beaming from ear to ear! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE22AyYOYaA

And this one is Logan being brave on the diving board! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrGOQmFhWyQ

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Yummy!

2008-06-18T09:21:00.001-07:00

So I know, I am always blogging about Kailey but I can't help it! She was so cute at grandees. the lady made her her own special cup with a straw that only stood about 2 1/2 inches high. It was awesome. Then she got a tiny little ice cream sandwich which she totally loved. It was great to see her reaction to these cute tiny things made just her size.

Swimming Lessons!

2008-06-18T07:53:00.000-07:00

So swimming lessons were a great success! Logan became a lot more confident in the water and now loves going off the diving board. Before he would stand on the edge for about 30 seconds bouncing and now he just jumps right off! Isaac also learned a lot this time too. He learned to swim!He can now swim about50 feet or so. He is so proud, and so am I! Then to reward them we HAD to go to Grandee's (50's style Ice Cream Parlor) and they all had a blast. We were able to schedule their lessons with some friends too so thats whos in the pics.

2008-05-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

Logan learned how to ride a bike! Yay! He probably could have done it a long time ago, because when we got over to the school to teach him, he was already doing it by the time I got there with the girls in the jogger stoller. Hes a pro and totally confident. Jake thinks hes gonna biff it really hard because its so fast a reckless. We'll see. Anyway congradualtions logan!

My Rosey

2008-05-30T19:22:00.000-07:00

So Kailey is now almost 15 months and is teasing me with walking. She just prefers crawling, but now she is standing up on her own and has taken several steps. I don't know if it'll last, she's sure taking her sweet time! Anyway, shes so sweet and happy. She always knows the first thing I do when I get her out of her crib is kiss her, so now she is always puckered up ready for a smacker when I come into her room. I love it.

2008-05-28T09:13:00.000-07:00

Me and the kids planted flowers the other day. I loved sharing that experience with them and the sense of pride and accomplishment they have watching them grow. So fun enjoying nature with them.

Sicko Wicko

2008-05-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

I know. Can you believe it? Completely disgusting. After about a couple hundred times pulling her finger back out of her nose completely sicked out, I began to think it was funny. So heres my questionable post for the day. Babies are so funny and I can't help laughing when I look at this picture. They discover new things every day. From their toes, crawling, belly buttons (which can be a source of entertainment for hours for them) to now the nose! Man shes cute.

2008-05-24T11:02:00.000-07:00

This is my little Livy Jane with her masses of hair! Its crazy that he hair touches her bum and shes barely 3! I wish I had taken a pic. of it the next morning cuz wow! It was insane and georgous! I love this picture because she adores herself and knows she is so beautiful. Cute little girly.

"I'm lite a Tid Artist!"

2008-05-24T10:54:00.000-07:00

Logan graduated from Preschool the other day! This is him with his teacher Miss Danielle, and also his cousins Damen and Will. They are all best friends and so cute together. Logan is growning up into such a handsome, smart, loving, fun young man. We love him so much! Our family wouldn't be complete without him... He gets to go to Kindergarten in the fall and is very excited to be going to the same school as Isaac. Its going to be great!

Spring has sprung!

2008-04-12T21:28:00.000-07:00

Spring has sprung and I have to tulips to prove it! They just came up and they make me very happy! I'll post another photo when all several hundred are in full bloom. Georgous!

I love spring! The birds chirping, the bright warm sun, sounds of lawnmowers, kids laughing outside on the swings. I love it all. What a wonderful world.

Good ol' grandpa Pete...

2008-04-09T20:10:00.000-07:00

So when we were little, we lived right next door to my grandparents. We even had a entryway in the fence to get to their house. I would say there was a gate, but there was no door! Anyway, we would wander over to their house, and they would often give us one of these delectable treats. (you know the kind, with grahm cracker, then marshmallow, then all dipped in chocolate.) I thought they were heavenly! And today in the store after at least 10 years, I saw them again! And it made my heart happy to see the same look of excitement and awe on their faces as the same as I felt when I was their age. And yes, they thought they were absolutely delicious... thanks grandma and grandpa for the lovely memory!!! Now do yourself a favor, and go buy some!

2008-03-31T21:39:00.000-07:00

So yes, these are my adorable children. You might not remember what they look like since I haven't blogged for 6 months. But there are lots of you out there that I would like to chat with more often, so I am going to really get good at this stuff. Or at least try. I have tons of spare time, so it shouldn't be a problem :) Hmm...sarcasm? Yes! Nevertheless, I will give it my best effort! (P.S. I love words that are all squished together like that )

So anyway, cute kids eh? Kailey at the bottom here, just turned 1 and is wearing an outfit crocheted (sp?) by my grandma tischler. Is she not the cutest thing? I love these kids. They are so much fun...

Soon to come, disneyland photos, audreys wedding in portland, and lots more!

Sisters...

2007-10-26T21:27:00.000-07:00

So this is my Lisa girl and me. The first pic was taken WAY too close on accident, but I love it now. Its kinda artsy. Me likey. Anyway, I just wanna say how much I love my dear dear sis lisalou. She is my be frie, asil, cecil, accomplice in unmentionable things, (we'll just say I'm glad we're still alive!), confidant, and so much more. Thank you for being so good to me. la lou...

Ode to my mother...

2007-10-26T21:15:00.000-07:00

Okay, she is the cutest Grandma ever. She is teaching the kids (yes plural) how to sew. They have a needle and thread and a piece of fabric and create whatever they wanted. Who has the patience for that? Aparently she does. I think shes absolutely wonderful.

First haircut!

2007-10-02T09:10:00.000-07:00

So yesterday Auntie Anna gave Kailey Rose her first haircut. Shes only 6 months old and we cut off THREE, yes three, inches. She was born with masses of hair, and yes, I get at least 10 comments on it every time I go to the store. I love her to death and could squish her all day long!

2007-10-02T08:57:00.001-07:00

Okay! Here goes! I am going to try to be blogspot litterate. Give me time, I'm slow.

Family

2007-09-25T10:33:00.000-07:00

Lisa is making me do this...let the fun begin...