Happy 4th of July!!!!

The day after the 4th we had a great time just playing around. The kids played in the water, Rob attempted to touch the ground (was pretty close) and cooked hot dogs and smore's. Rylin loved the smores. We also saw how Aunt Jena created a water slide with the kiddie pool. Jason took the kids for a ride in the lawnmower wagon and on the dune buggy. It was a great weekend.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Rob and Jena came for a visit. We took them to Crowley's Ridge for the fourth and had a picnic with a few friends. The kids loved playing on the trails and riding the paddle boats. Rob even got the dune buggy running-miracle of all miracles, well I must give proper credit to Jena who really talked them through the checks to see what wasn't working. It was pretty funny. We also found a new friend "Buckey" on the Wii and enjoyed playing with everyone. Robby and Luke were so cute together and Sarah kept calling Rylin "Baby" as though she is so grown up. We were eaten alive by the mosquito's and well after Jason and Robs synchronized fireworks found a few tips of things not to try with fireworks. Fortunately no one lost a limb, just a few burned hairs and maybe some skinned knees. Over all we had a really great time.

Look who's two...

Sarah is now officially two. She was so cute eating her ice cream. She licked it instead of taking bites. She also had a great time playing with her new toys. Of course it had to be the worst birthday ever (according to Colton and Whitney). We attended a baptism that afternoon and so I sent the kids into the nursery. How awful of me to want to enjoy a convert baptism. Anyhow, I had to remind them that to a two year old, nursery is fun!! Toys, food, stories who could argue? Anyhow they all survived and I got to see half the baptism, the other half was spent trying to keep my kids and a few others from disrupting the service. Oh well, I tried. It was a nice birthday.

Father's Day!

Jason got a special Father's Day tie this year. I downloaded a photo to Walmart and had it put on a tie. It turned out cute. This week was quite busy as I had to finish some other church gifts for a few local churches. I did a box pyramid with window. Filled with candy and a golf pen attached down one side. I ended up having to add some extra tape due to high humidity which made it hard for the scrapbook tape to hold well. Whitney gave this one to her dad and added another golf pen down the other side. She likes to follow after her mom. We have a good time creating things together. In our ward the primary colored King Size candybar wrappers, I must say that each one was very unique.

Winter or Summer?

Ok, by the look of the TV show and Luke's winter hat I bet you'd think this was still winter! Nope, took this picture last week when I saw Luke trying to find his hat so he could match the characters. Ya just gotta love 'em! Update on his diabetes...last check he was over 9 in his 3 month ratio, up from the last visit. He needed some adjustments to his insulin and he seems to be doing better now. We are hoping to see a 7 next time which would put him at a great zone. The three month test lets you see and average of his sugars over that period of time. When he was diagnosed he was off the chart over 13. His range should be around a 7. Lower and we'd be asked to give him more carb/sugars per unit of insulin. It's a balancing act I guess. He's doing well though.

Sarah or Melanie?

She's my girl. Finally the Miller mold has been broken and we get an Erickson. I do love my Miller kids though, just glad someone looks like they came from me. If you couldn't tell Sarah is the pink background. I'm in the blue background. Of course, you should be able to tell by the dated dress that it's me.

Memorial Day at Crowley's Ridge, AR

For Memorial Day we went to Crowley's Ridge, about an hour away. A few families we know joined us at the small lake where they have a swimming area, fishing, paddle boats, camping and picnicking. We waited out a rain storm and then had a beautiful day picnicking and swimming. The highlight was watching the swimmers freak out when some snakes were discovered in the water. The rumors were flying around at first it was one poisonous cotton tail snake and then it was up to six. When the park ranger removed them she announced to every one that they were not poisonous, they were yellow bellied water snakes and there were only three. It was funny.

Thanks to the Rich and Davis families, we had a great time.