The Miller Family

Reality...

2011-03-16T08:14:00.000-07:00

Well Monday sums it all up..
Mallory is on Spring Break for 2 weeks..
Since we are having awesome weather here..I was trying to take advantage of every opportunity to let the kids be outside and play.
Let me back it up for a second.
Usually in the mornings when Mallory is at school Chase and I cruise up to the park on our bikes.
Well that's about to all change.
Monday we went to the park. As we were pulling up ready to park our bikes I was going at a pretty funky angle and didn't want to overlap wheels with Chase so I went down the cement to the woodchips and there was a dip back up onto the padded play area. Well I thought I would just do a little bunny jump to get back up onto solid ground.
That didn't work out so well.
I flew over my handlebars and luckily was going slow enough to know what I was doing, put my hand down to protect my stomach and fell completely down. I got up, luckily it was early and know one was at the park yet. I wasn't hurt, I didn't fall on my stomach but took a chunk out of my leg from my chain so it was bleeding a little. I got up completely embarrassed like it was my first time on my bike. The kids couldn't believe what I had done.
Well, the next morning I got out of bed and was so sore..my shoulders, hamstrings, back, quads and the sore on my leg hurt.
Reality check at that point said to me..oh yea I am 30 weeks pregnant. Oh my gosh..I'm gonna have a BaBY! What the heck was I doing on a bike!!

Mallory's Actual Birthday Day..

2011-03-09T14:52:00.000-08:00

In our family we like to take many days up to celebrate birthdays..

since it does only come once a year..it's just FUN like that.
So, this is Mallory's actual birthday day..she got to take a present to class for herself to leave and share with the rest of the students for the rest of the year. She brought a book..fancy nancy and the posh puppy...and got to bring cupcakes and her class sang her happy birthday..kindergarten style..with cha cha cha..

We came home and did our own little happy birthday celebration song with her.
I can't believe she is six. I just love her!

2011-03-09T14:39:00.000-08:00

Happy 6th Birthday Mallory!!

This year we thought that Mallory would love to go to this pottery store and paint a piece of pottery. It couldn't of been a better match for her. She loved it, her friends/cousins loved it. We had a really fun day!

Our News on Thanksgiving..

2011-01-29T15:48:00.000-08:00

On Thanksgiving we announced that Mallory and Chase are going to have another sibling. At that point I was a little over 4 months pregnant.
It was a fun day because we celebrated Thanksgiving with both of our families. First at the Millers and then at the Ewells. The kids each time walked in the front door of the houses to make our announcement. They were so excited to share their news.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast

2011-01-29T15:30:00.000-08:00

Mallory's Thanksgiving Feast at school

the kids each got to choose if they wanted to be a pilgrim or Indian, Mallory didn't want to be either but she managed to keep her bonnet on for a quick snapshot.

Halloween 2010

2011-01-29T15:15:00.000-08:00

Miss Fancy Fancy and the Shark..this is what they chose this year. Each of them was so into their character it was cute. Chase was trying to bite everyone because that is what sharks do.. Mallory was just being good old Fancy Nancy!

Actually Mallory was Fancy Nancy with the posh puppy...

trick or treating at the church with cousins..
more cousin shots
Dillon and Mallory
Mallory and cousin Gracie..
both Fancy Nancy..

After the party checking out the candy..

Pumpkin Carving 2010

2011-01-29T15:04:00.001-08:00

I've gotta admit that this year was a pretty fun year having a 3 and 5 year old. Every single holiday or idea turned into something pretty memorable for us.

Starting the process. Each one of them decided how they wanted their pumpkin to look. Then Daddy did the hard work.

Actually Mal's doing the hard work...she was loving every minute of this. She's facing the sliding glass door and she could see the reflection of herself. She was completely putting on a show for us...she was talking to us never making any eye contact with us and looking at herself talking to us in the glass. It was pretty funny!

Happy Halloween......their scary faces!

Mallory's Fieldtrip to the Pumpkin Patch

2011-01-29T14:56:00.000-08:00

Mallory's Class took an unofficial field trip to the pumpkin patch..which is why Chase was able to go. Like always we all had a good time...

wagon ride

feeding the animals..can't help but love the face..open mouth and all.

these caramel apples were a product of Mallory's Halloween party at school.
These two loved them...

Mallory's First Fieldtrip on a Schoolbus

2011-01-12T14:46:00.000-08:00

All of the kids in Mallory's class were excited to go on their first field trip. So, was I because I got to be a mommy helper. They went to Oak Glen to a local apple farm. This is a picture of Mallory's class in front of the bus.

I forgot how small the spaces were between the seats of the bus..

Her class had been learning about Johnny Appleseed. What do you know..he even showed up.
Some of her friends
I even got a picture with her.

Chillin In Big Bear

2011-01-12T14:34:00.000-08:00

One afternoon during the fall we decided to go to Big Bear for the day. Chase is really into boats so we wanted to show him some boats that were out on the water, which he really loved, and also we just wanted to have a relaxing afternoon. We walked around, took some pictures (I mean Mallory) and went on the slides down the ski slope.

She was really into getting the full effect in the pictures, so here she is posing..which actually turned out pretty cute.

picture with Daddy

Mallory's scenic shot

Her and I on the slides

Here we come!!!!!!!!!

Know One Invited Me To The Concert

2011-01-12T14:25:00.000-08:00

One afternoon I caught Mallory outside with her guitar singing as loud as could be
Brad Paisley song, laughing all the way to the bank. (Which BTW is her favorite song). She had her foot moving and facial expressions that looked like she was really putting on a concert.

Mallory's First Day of School

2011-01-07T15:57:00.000-08:00

The first day of school. I dreaded this day for a while. I had such real emotions of what was happening in my life. I didn't want to give my sweet little girl up 5 days a week and hardly have control of what she was doing at school...(I might have some control issues...I would assume)
I had a long year of determining where she was going to go to school..doing research upon research of schools making sure she was going to be going to school where I felt comfortable placing her, where they promoted good academics and the kind of friends she would be making. I know you are reading this and you are saying yep, I am definitely a first time mom..but in all reality I AM.
To say the least.. Mallory got into a terrific school... has an awesome teacher has learned a lot and has made friends with a lot of really fun little kids.
I couldn't be happier with her first year of school.

Mallory leaving to school.

This is what Scott and I left with...
as tears filled my eyes
This is what she brought home

And, this was a special something that came home with her.

San Elijo week with the Miller Family 2010

2011-01-02T19:25:00.000-08:00

A long time coming post...
Our family went to the beach in July with almost the whole Miller family..
We had a nice relaxing week..enjoying time with family and even celebrating our 16th year anniversary.

Some of my favorite shots of my most favorite little girl!

Chase with Daddy completely pooped out...

Why not a little bit of surfing...

Thinking...I really want to try..

Chase with one of his favorite cousins..

Mallory with her twin as she calls her.

little huz

this looks pretty easy..is this how they do it?

We were surprised with a cake and singing the night of our anniversary.
Happy 16th Anniversary hunny!

Summer Visits

2010-12-26T08:29:00.000-08:00

More Summer Favorites

December Cousins ~ Mallory, Cameron, Dillon
minus Dane

Sisters and 1 brother

And, some last minute hugs..before the departure back to Hawaii.
Until next year...

Summer Pictures

2010-12-26T08:21:00.000-08:00

Can't resist a shot of this cutie

I love this picture because it looks like they are sitting there
like two adults have a serious conversation

Matthew & Wendy's Wedding Pix

2010-08-31T15:01:00.000-07:00

My last brother to marry.

~Congratulations Matthew & Wendy~

It was truly a fun night. I know I had fun night minus Scott not feeling too well.

two of my sisters..
It was so great to see so many people that I haven't seen in forever.
This is a childhood friend..like a sister really. It was so good to see you Candice and your family also. Whenever I think back to growing up I swear your family is somehow involved in almost every story.

The happy couple making their entrance.

My little sweetie and her cousin, Dillon..

My parents

Chase and cousin Joshua

A picture of Matthew & Wendy with

Dillon and Mallory before making their appearance.

Couldn't resist another shot of them

My little lovey

A family shot..nice eyes Chase

shot of huzzy

My parents and all of my siblings

Makaela, Nicole and Mallory

I couldn't even get a picture with my own husband how did you do it Allison?

Fourth of July

2010-08-31T14:37:00.000-07:00

This year we went to the Redlands Country Club to watch fireworks. Man, I am really behind in these blog posts. We went with some of our family and it ended up turning out to be a really nice evening being with family and watching fireworks light up the sky.

Chase on Grandma's lap
Mallory sitting on Uncle Stephen's lap with his daughter Gracie.
She didn't like the fireworks too much.

Before the fireworks Chase had tons of fun rolling down the grass.

Gracie sharing her light sticks with Mallory

because we forgot ours.

Eating carmel corn

Last but not least watching fireworks with Daddy

SUMMER PARTY

2010-08-29T14:21:00.000-07:00

At the very beginning of summer Mallory asked me if she could have a swimming party on her next birthday. Well, her birthday is in December and every birthday that she has had up until now it has rained on that day. That was bad birthday planning by her parents, btw... Anyways, I told her that she could have a Summer Party instead. So, she kept asking me week after week if we could go get the invitations for the party...and everyweek it never happened. So....the week before she started school I decided that it was now or never and we got the invitations, sent them out and had a very successful fun SUMMER PARTY!! And, after it was all said and done she said to me..thanks mom for letting me have the party...which made it all worth it!!

She planned the whole party and what the kids did...riding bikes was one of the activities.
Made flip flop treats...

Made cupcakes....

Even the little Huz liked them

And she invited one of her fav. older cousins to the party..

don't know if she liked it as much as Mallory did..

Painted some great pictures...

Played in the water a bit

Random Summer Pictures

2010-08-15T14:47:00.000-07:00

Random Summer Pictures 2010

cousins....Cameron, Emily, Cooper & Mallory

More cousin fun...
William, Mal, Cameron (Alysha's kids)

More cousins....playing in the small pool

Paige, Chase, Dane and Mallory

(Mark's kids)

After the pool party.

Mallory and Cousin Paige..which is the same age as Chase.

These are two peas in a pod!

Chase, Mason (Andy's baby) and Mallory

Pipe Cleaners

2010-08-01T14:17:00.000-07:00

Mallory loves anything that has to do with an art project. One afternoon she was being pretty quite. I went to check on her and I found her rigging up pipe cleaners to open her drawers all at the same time. I thought it was pretty inventive since I am not creative at all.

Trip to Solvang

2010-07-23T14:41:00.000-07:00

FaMiLy TrIp to SoLvAnG

One afternoon we took a drive and this is what we saw. There might not be anything to do in Solvang...and I mean anything..but the area is sooo pretty. It was a very laid-back sort of living.

Relaxing..pretty much all we had to do..

Went to an ostrich farm..

these guys are nuts... if they could have touched us they probably would have fully attacked us.

Good one time experience...

And they are not too cute..

This was probably the highlight of the kids trip..

we had so much fun pedaling this surrey bike up and down the streets.

Honestly it would be pretty cool to have one

of these around the house..you know... just for cruising.

Last Day of Preschool for Mallory

2010-07-14T15:07:00.001-07:00

As this year rolled on by..I contemplated putting Mallory into preschool.
For goodness sake the child asked everyday for like a year to go..but I just couldn't let her go yet. So, I looked around and looked around some more and found the absolute best place for me that she could of went to. This may sound corny but I was being very picky and where she ended up I was 100% happy and comfortable with the decision to send her to preschool. Her teachers were great..the atmosphere was great...I couldn't of asked for a better experience..starting schooling years. But, sad as it is.. it has come to an end...And real life is about to hit me in the booty..Mallory is going to school..like next month....sooo... this lady needs to get a hold of herself...

Mallory and her teacher Mrs. Schmidt

Mallory and Ms. Aly..she loved both of her teachers..

most of Mallory's class.

Mallory singing one of her favorite songs.. for one last time

Reading one last favorite story..Mallory is sitting on her circle with her name of it.

Water party

Mallory with two of her dearest friends in school..Nikki and Ella and Eva was missing because she was in the hospital.
Silly glasses that her teacher gave her...
And, so out journey continues...

Class Trip to Oak Glen

2010-07-14T15:01:00.001-07:00

Planting pumpkins

Chase petting a rabbit..nice face :)

Mallory going on a wagon ride..

Mal petting a rabbit..

Fire Station

2010-07-14T14:51:00.000-07:00

Mallory's preschool class got to visit the fire station..Chase got to accompany her.

Kids looking up in the air for the firefighter to come down the pole..And here he is...

Getting to look around in the truck...kids were especially excited for this

Mallory and friend Ella

Cat in the Hat

2010-07-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

Mallory was chosen to bring cat in the hat home for a night.
She was so excited to bring him home.
She read to him...funny his own cat in the hat book...

Played Candyland with him...funny her favorite game.

Said a bedtime prayer with him..

Tucked him in his own bed

And, then went to sleep..funny how he got in bed with her.
Maybe he was sneaky and crawled into bed..we will never know.

Hands on Museum

2010-06-29T15:08:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we went to the Children's Museum.

Chase driving the tractor
Mallory at the grocery store...shopping!
`this store was a big hit`

More shopping.

We had alot of fun. Mallory talks about going back to the museum daily.

My Grandma

2010-06-19T15:10:00.000-07:00

Our drive to St. George for grandma's funeral

lil Huzzy Bear

Dad

Beautiful scenery

all of her grandkids minus Nicole's and Alysha's kids and a few missing

in the background of this picture.

This is a picture I promised to give grandma and never did.

I thought it was so sweet. Chase really did like to be around her.

Chase and Grandma

As I'm always saying...life goes quickly by. For my kids sake I just wish it would stop every once in a while. We were watching home videos yesterday and everytime I watch one I get sucked in...remembering every detail of those moments. Time just escapes...

This past week was one of those times were I asked this same question.

My grandma passed away at almost 93. She was so healthy and strong. I hope I can live the rest of my life taking care of my body like she did. Til the day before she broke her hip she was exercising. I will miss my grandma. And, so will my kids. Chase had a special connection with her. At her funeral he kept saying...tell them to open that box..I want to see great grandma. Once they did he kept wanting to go up and see her.

He won't remember her..but I will remember. And, I'll be able to tell him and Mallory all about her.

Mother's Day....Love Mallory

2010-05-23T15:30:00.001-07:00

I'm so lucky to have this little girl! This was my first official year to have a child in preschool. The week before Mother's Day I knew that her class had something planned, and I was so excited to see what it was going to be. She sang a song, gave me a card with her handprints and on the inside of the card it had some of my favorite things.

Name: Mom

Age: 4

Color I like: Pink

Favorite Animal: Horse

Food: Pizza

Movie or t.v show: Bachelorette

Restaurant: Quiznos

Dessert: Apple Pie

It's funny to see from the perspective of her what she really thinks that I like.

We eat at quiznos alot because it's good and kid friendly and quick

I do like bachelorette, but how did she know that I liked that..I don't know if it's my fav. show though..but I do like it.

Pink? It's her fav. color

Apple Pie? Her fav. also

Pizza, I do like pizza.

Horse? She wants a horse

During the presentation I did get teary eyed, only cause I love her so much and I'm so happy to be her mom

This was Chase at the class presentation..he was trying to climb on everything!

Helping Daddy

2010-05-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

Chase was lucky enough to get to help daddy change the brakes. This is probably one of Scotts least favorite things to do in life but since he is so handy he is able to save himself a bit of money and knows that the job is done right. Chase was loving every minute of it. In fact when I came home he told me "leave again mommy"

He had grease everywhere. It was cute!

Takin a break

Easter Sunday with Family

2010-05-14T16:51:00.001-07:00

Happy Easter! We are so lucky to live by almost all of our family

and get to celebrate every holiday with them. We are truly blessed.
Side shot I thought was cute

Some cousins on the Ewell side

Daddy and Chase

This was cute..when he gets tired this is what he does with his hands.

And, it was a long day..

Some cousins on the Miller side

Easter Sunday Morning

2010-05-14T16:42:00.000-07:00

It was so hard trying to get a pic. of these two

Silly picture

Couldn't pass this one up

Easter Morning..Finding our Eggs

2010-05-14T16:37:00.000-07:00

It was alot of fun watching Mallory and Chase waking up so excited Easter morning to look for what was in their easter baskets..these were the only two pictures that I got the rest was on video camera. They was so excited!

Coloring Easter Eggs 2010

2010-05-14T16:26:00.000-07:00

We had alot of fun coloring Easter Eggs this year.

Chase was just barely the right size to do it.
Chase had so much fun coloring the eggs. At first when he started he cracked an egg dipping it into the water and I kind of got mad at him, but then I realized who cares if all the eggs are cracked. It's all about these two having fun. And, almost every egg ended up being cracked.

Chase putting on a sticker

Mallory using her camera skills again.

This is fun...

BuNnY EaRs

Happy Birthday little Huzzy Bear

2010-05-03T15:01:00.000-07:00

Chase turned 3! Time goes by so quick I can't believe he's as big as he is. He's still my baby..he's such a sweet little guy..tough & sensitive and really loveable. I'm glad he's mine.

The balloon says it all. This describes Chase to a tee. He picked it out himself.
For Chase the pinata was all he talked about.

cousin Cole swinging at the pinata

with our bday boy!

Some presents......

The expression on his face in this pic. is awesome. I think we sang Chase happy birthday for like a month. No, actually we just did it again this weekend.

Yea...I'm Three..

Last but not least. Scott decided that our 3 year old needed a bike ramp.

I do have to admit it was a little scary watching him try it out.

2010-04-29T14:19:00.000-07:00

It was silly hat day at school last week for Mal. She picked one of Scott's cycling hats. Scott wanted her to wear his time trial helmet, but she wanted nothing to do with it.

Doing a silly face.

~Funny Comments~

2010-04-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

Mallory talking.....
I've got sores on my neck and either birds are pecking at it or Sadie (our cat) is scratching it or I'm growing sores inside my neck.

We had just pulled in our driveway and our dogs were with us.
Mallory says...open up the door Mattie (our dog) doesn't have arms to open it.
Chase says...Clifford has arms....he's asking me to open it.
(Clifford the big Red Dog)

Today on the way home from church
Mallory says....Can I throw my gum out of the window?
Chase says...I'll have it.

Mallory had just gone to the bathroom...
I always ask her if she flushed the toilet because our dogs drink out of them.
Me...Did you flush the toilet?
Mallory...I didn't flush the toilet cause it was still breathing...
(It was making noises because Chase had just used it..and it was still refilling.)

2010-04-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

This year was fun for the Redlands Bicycle Classic because not only did the kids race in it Scott got to drive the media car on Friday, which meant he got to pick up and drop off photographers and we meaning me, Chase and Mallory got to go with them. We were offical so we got to be on the race course and people were just letting us through. It was alot of fun.

So, here is Mal and Chase warming up in the underground parking in Redlands. Chase was going so fast in and out and around people it was making us nervous.

Mallory was being very safe.

Getting ready to race. She was so excited. She actually ended up getting 2nd place and would have got 1st but she was spinning out, meaning she couldn't go any faster. She actually needed a bigger bike and we knew it.
Chase at the start line...

Daddy making sure his pedal is in the right spot.

And he's off. Look at the look on his face. Pure happiness.

And crossing the finish line.

Happy 38th Birthday Sweetie....

2010-04-19T13:07:00.000-07:00

It was Scott's Birthday last Wednesday. We started out by staying down in San Diego overnight with the kids. So, technically these pictures are out of order. We ended the trip with these bday pictures. We went to the Mormon Battalion Tuesday afternoon ate at Scott's Favorite Mexican Restaurant Casa Guadalajara. Swam in the pool, sat in the hot tub... And then went to Sea World Wednesday. Came home and actually celebrated with cake and presents and Mallory made him this special birthday crown.

Happy Birthday Sweetie :)
One of Daddy's biggest fans...This was inside the polar bear exhibit..Chase loves airplanes, helicopters so it was fitting to take this picture. He wanted to get inside and fly it.This was one of the funniest shows that I've seen in a while.

We fed this guy. He was making all kinds of loud noises for more fish..

The polar bears were so fun to watch. Mallory and Gracie (Mal's cousin) and her dad Stephen and I

The wideness does nothing for us. But it was silly..the girls liked it.

Now that's what I'm talking about. Now why can't we look like this always

Scott chillin with Chase. He wasn't big enough to bounce with Mal Mal but he was big enough to crunch all the babies in here. Come-on the kid rides a bike. He was dangerous in the baby tank.

Mallory and Gracie couldn't keep their hands off of each other before they entered the park. They were both excited. It was sweet..

Pit Bull vs. Porcupine

2010-03-11T09:14:00.000-08:00

One of our clients dogs got sprayed by a porcupine and lived. They rushed him to the vet, they sedated him and removed 1347 quills.

Crazy Huh!

Right on Time!

2010-03-02T15:04:00.000-08:00

This is Mattie's Life. She looks happy, right? Mallory is always wishing that she can have a fancy dog like a standard poodle, mostly because of fancy nancy.. She's always trying to dress her up..can't you tell. Maybe one day she might get a poodle.(even though Scott says never) but until then this is her fancy dog!

Random Pictures

2010-02-20T14:26:00.001-08:00

Mallory with her friend Holly..

Mallory got to perform with this little girl at the local womens club here. Since she is 5 and missed the deadline for kindergarten she got to participate with the rest of the smaller kids for this dance recital. It was cute to see just her and Holly perform all alone on stage.

Playin in the rain..she was so excited to stand outside in the rain with her umbrella.

This is Sadie..one of our cats. I couldn't pass up this picture.

I can't believe I'm 35!

2010-01-31T15:05:00.000-08:00

My cuties on my big day
Mallory had me wear this.. "birthday princess".. hat..it was cute.
Mattie in the snow.
Draco loved the snow. He was running like a mad-man in the snow.
Our snowman

Huzz in the snow..I love his outfit. Mal,Mals cowboy boots, my gloves..

and a jacket that was way too big.

Lovey in the snow!

And, this was all on my birthday.

*Yes, this is true. I had my birthday last week..which turned out to be a very fun day. First, we got snow..and alot of it for Yucaipa. My family, meaning my sisters, sisterinlaws and mom and grandma all got together to celebrate my birthday with lunch. Then, we went to dinner, us and the kids. Mallory had so much fun baking the cake with Scott, putting the candles on, going out and picking out a present..It was alot of fun for me to see how excited she was. So, one big Happy Birthday to Me. My 30's have been fun..hope I can have 5 more good years in my 30's.*

Christmas Sunday

2010-01-27T15:27:00.000-08:00

Christmas Day 2009

2010-01-27T15:18:00.001-08:00

Christmas Eve 2009

2010-01-27T14:37:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve we spent with my family. These top two pictures were from there.
This year my kids decided that Santa's treat would be a cookie, cheese, milk and water. I'm sure Santa enjoyed his yummy treats!!!

Chase On Bike

2010-01-17T15:36:00.001-08:00

About a month ago we were riding our bikes. Mallory and Chase had training wheels on their bikes. Chase was doing so well riding his bike Scott said to me, "I think Chase could probably ride his bike without training wheels." One afternoon Scott took them off and away he went. Like nothing..just rode off. You can imagine how proud Scott was being completely into cycling and all. Scott was so excited I thought he was going to start crying. That was a big day here at our house. My 2 year old is riding a bike..can he still be classified as a baby?? I think sooo...my baby..

A few days later Mallory started riding her bike without training wheels. Our life since then has been so fun, riding to the park everyday for lunch...

Christmas Dance Performance

2010-01-17T15:27:00.000-08:00

For Christmas Mallory's Dance class went to an assisted living home to perform for them. Even though I don't have any pictures from the actual performance there was so many people I probably wouldn't even of been able to get any good ones. Here she is in her tap shoes right before it started.
Mallory and her friend Holly.

Mallory with another friend, Melia.

And Santa even came...although my kids weren't the least bit interested, can't you tell.

Poor Santa!

Mallory's School Christmas Program

2010-01-17T15:19:00.000-08:00

..I was so excited to see her performance..it was my first experience being a first time mom of a preschooler. It was awesome!

She's in the pink shirt. They sang a cute little song.

Her bday crown that her teachers made.

These are her two teachers, Miss Aly and Mrs. Schmidt. This was right after the performance.

More Birthday Fun!

2010-01-17T14:36:00.000-08:00

We took Mallory to Disneyland on her actual birthday. We decided since we have passes to use the birthday voucher that Disneyland gave to her for her birthday on something special just for her. We took her to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. From there she received the royal treatment getting all made up into a princess. The first picture is her in the dressing room getting her tinkerbell costume on. The whole setup was very cute.

Next, she got to sit in this chair and choose which hairstyle she wanted.

Chase and dad waiting.
This was up in the air of the boutique..all girlie stuff.
She got pixie dust sprayed all over her hair.

And then she got her nails painted..and a tiara put on.

Makeup

Here she is all done sash and all.

After the girl was all done she turned Mallory around in front of a curtain and then said bibbidi bobbidi boo and the curtain came opened and there was a mirror for Mallory to see herself. It was so cute.

Right after

The jewel on her face

Her hair had so much glitter in it.

With Fauna, tinkerbells friend

And here she is with tinkerbell..

She was so excited..

At the end of the night..

She had a fun day and it was a fun experience for us all to see..

Mallory's 5th Birthday Party!

2010-01-17T14:24:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday.

Her Friends..

It was raining hence the blanket on the ground...
I think every year so far it has rained on the day of her birthday party!

Chase hitting the pinata

Dillon and Mallory..(cousins)

Mallory and Eldon making binoculars at the party..

Happy 5th Birthday Lovey!!!

2009-12-29T15:22:00.000-08:00

My baby girl turned 5 years old. I really hate to look back at old pictures because it makes me realize how fast time really does move. I look back at these photos that I've posted and I wish I could just go back to the days when she was two. She was so dang adorable.

Mallory has been such a good little listener and has such a cute personality. I can't imagine life without her. God knew what he was doing when he gave me her. Happy Birthday sweet girl!

Cousin Beckett

2009-12-29T14:52:00.000-08:00

Two weeks ago we watched Beckett, Chase and Mallory's cousin for a few days. We had alot of fun with him. Chase and Beckett are 7 months apart so they had a blast together.

O.K were ready for bed!

The two boys were keeping each other company during Mallory's birthday party.

Santa Claus

2009-12-06T06:52:00.000-08:00

We saw Santa last night. It was exciting for us because this is the first year that Mallory would even get close to Santa. She was so cute..she was the only child that made Santa a christmas list.. This is her list...

Below is her giving him the list

On Santa's lap
And she even told him what she wanted. A pink scooter

Chase on Santa's lap..he had just gave him a candycane

Daddy and Chase

the picture quality stinks cause it was pictures on my phone but at least i have them

2009-12-03T15:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

We stayed at Grandma and Grandpa Millers house from 11-3:30 and Chase got out of the bouncehouse like 3 times. Only to run out and run right back in. He absolutely LOVED IT.

Mallory in the bouncehouse
Chase with Uncle Aaron in the bouncehouse..
Chase with Uncle Stephen!

And

I didn't get any pictures of it but we went to Grandpa and Grandma Ewells house at 4 and had a really nice time there also. Minus, Chase being absolutely exhausted. He said around 5:30p.m. I want to go home take bath go night night. We had a really nice Thanksgiving. Hope everyone else did also.

Our Dog Mattie

2009-11-22T20:16:00.000-08:00

This is our dog Mattie. She is a girl obviously. I love her name I wish I could of named Mallory, Mattie. But, Scott wasn't up for that. Mattie is crazy..she's like 10 and still chews on all the kids toys. But, I still love her anyways. I hope she lives forever.

So anyways...here is Mattie...mothering her stuffed animal. She would have been a great mother.
She sucks on the animals

Holds onto the animals

And, constantly licks the animals. She is serious cleaner of her animals. Like I said she would have been an awesome groomer for little babies...

And, more sucking...

I just love her.....

~Cuddling~

2009-11-10T14:55:00.000-08:00

A picture that I could not pass up. I hope Chase loves his daddy when he gets older as much as he does now. When he drives away he always has to be in the garage waving bye and Scott always has to honk. When he is at work he talks about him all day. He loves to just be with him.

Trick or Treat

2009-11-06T23:00:00.001-08:00

This year was fun. Mallory had a much better idea of what was going on than previous years. We went to Olive St. in Redlands this year. Tinkerbell and a monkey

My lil monkey

Trick or Treat..here we are

Tinkerbell trying to fly!

Carving Pumpkins

2009-11-06T22:45:00.001-08:00

Mallory actually made a picture on her pumpkin first...

BTW-she is in a tutu doing this..she got all dressed up!

She's happy

Chase loved all the guts
Is there anymore in there?

Finished product..

School Parade

2009-11-06T22:32:00.000-08:00

At Mallory's school they dressed up in their halloween costumes and had a parade. She was so excited...

Pumpkin Patch

2009-11-06T14:53:00.000-08:00

We went to the pumpkin patch..

these goats were crazy....jumpin all over everyone.

Goin on a motorcycle ride...Chase loved it

Mallory posing

Riding the tractor

Oh man Chase was in heaven

So, we got them each a candy apple. It was cute to watch them eat them.

Mallory's First Field Trip

2009-11-06T14:39:00.000-08:00

She got to choose a pumpkin..she wanted the smallest one!
Classmates

Petting some animals

(She's listening intently to the guy that's talking about bees making honey.)

Mallory started pre-school 3 months ago. She goes 2 days a week. She had been asking me to put her into school for like 2 years. Seriously! So, I did. I researched and asked around. I ended up finding the school that she goes to and so far I haven't had one complaint. I couldn't of asked for a better teacher for her.

So, she had her first field trip during halloween week to a farm. She had alot of fun. I still can't believe that she is going to be turning 5 next month. I swear, time goes by way too fast.

Conference

2009-10-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

Scott and I went to a marketing conference in Phoenix a couple of weeks ago. It was a four day conference and we learned alot. The picture below is of a speaker that was there. His name is Sean Stephenson and he has an amazing story. His book is pretty incredible too. The name of it is Get off Your 'But". If ever you thought for a minute that something was impossible for you to accomplish it's not. If you want to read a great book, read this one.
Some other speakers that were there were Hugh Downs, below. And, Matt Mullenweg the founder of WordPress, Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos.com and some others. It was a good week both Scott and I were glad that we went.

This is Hugh Downs with the guy that put this conference on.

Children's Museum in Hemet

2009-10-26T07:52:00.000-07:00

We went to a hands on kids museum a couple of weeks ago. We had a lot of fun! Here is Mallory doing what she does best...

Say Hello to Ms. Mallory Miller

She's even got the facial expression going on here. What is she saying???

Now she's doing the checkout at the grocery store.

Rock climbing..

Chase loved the fire truck and the ambulance in the background...He even fell out of the ambulance and got hurt...no really he did!
It looks like I'm pretty upset being taken away in the police car...I'm saying wassuppp!

It was a pretty fun afternoon...we'll have to do that one again...

Swimming

2009-10-17T15:19:00.000-07:00

A month ago we went to my parents to swim. It's so nice having a place to go swimming.

Chase after all the fun!

Mallory couldn't get enough of Scott throwing her up into the water. She is so fun because she can swim now so it makes the water way more enjoyable for her. I was almost a little nervous that he was doing this, but, she kept swimming back to him for more.

Yes, Chase has on purple floaties!
~this pic. turned out too cute not to post~

Chase with his Great Grandma.

Passes R Paying Off

2009-09-20T07:17:00.001-07:00

This is a "D"isneyland Post Again. Well, I got brave and two weeks ago I took the kids to "D" by myself. It wasn't too bad. We took our lunch..and ate it on a bench under the castle. The kids liked that. This time Mallory wasn't too keen on going on many rides. So we only ended up going on the teacups, small world which chase cried the whole time and wouldn't look up, alice in wonderland which actually freaked them out. Chase was screaming the whole time..oh what a joy... and oh of all rides after the screaming they wanted to go on the jungle cruise.. go figure. They actually really like that ride..and frankly every time I go on that I jump when the tour guide shoots the gun..why you might ask..because I am pretty lame..lol. All in all it was fun and I'll probably do it again..but next time only stay 3 hours instead of 4.

So Last Monday we did it again but this time went with family..Janiece and Beckett and Ashley(which is almost like family). This time it was way funner. Mallory loves Beckett so she basically overtook him instead of harassing Chase all day. I'm sure it was a nice change for him and I don't think Beckett cared too much minus a couple of times. This time we went on way more rides..small world, autotopia which was FUN..for Chase and Mal Mal. Buzz Light Year, carousel, Jungle Cruise..which was hilarious cause Janiece screamed when the Piranhas came swimming by....that was pretty funny Janiece! Pirates of the Carr. which probably wasn't a good pick for the kids..mallory is still talking about how scary that one was. and Chase was soo tense the whole ride..actually didn't I end up holding your hand Ashley cause I even got a little freaked out on the drops..seriously I am lame!LOL they played in the treehouse. And, that pretty much summed it up. We had fun. Can't wait to go back AGAIN.

this is such a cute pic.

saying BYE..

(thanks janiece for supplying the pictures)

Hard Hands!

2009-09-18T14:50:00.000-07:00

Last night I was rubbing Mallory's back after Scott had read her stories. (She was laying in her bed). She said to me:
Dad's hands are so hard when he rubs my back and your hands are so soft. Did Dad grow up with those hard hands?

Mallory & Chase's First DODGER GAME!

2009-09-07T14:24:00.000-07:00

The dates are wrong on the pictures. It was on old camera. We went to a dodger game two weeks ago. It was both kids first Dodger game. We sat up very high but it was still alot of FUN

These next three pictures are some of Chase's crazy faces.

He is such a funny little boy.

Here we are at the GaMe. They actually won too.

Chase and Daddy

Mal mal with her new finger. I actually didn't get a picture of it but Scott bought Chase a little wooden bat. We they came back from the gift store I asked him why in the world he would buy Chase a hard bat. His answer was because he wanted one. Literally 5 minutes later I was holding him and he hit me right in the bridge of my nose with that thing. Seriously come on now!

Huntington Beach

2009-09-07T14:03:00.000-07:00

Chase digging in the sand at Huntington Beach

He was a little hesitant standing in the water.

You love it, don't you?

After we were done at the beach we headed over to Balboa where we took the ferry across the water. Chase loves boats..so he was in heaven. I couldn't even get him to look at the camera he was so involved in watching other boats in the water. Afterwards he wouldn't stop talking about the boats.

Andy Got Married~

2009-09-05T14:49:00.000-07:00

Andy & Becca~

(Scott's Brother)

Brothers/Sisters/Inlaws

Nieces/Nephews

Cute Pic.

He's saying I like this punch mama!

Talk about Chaos..lovely pic.

Chase after the party. Why is his helicopter in the tub? Well, at least it used to work!

We've Gotta Do Cal. Adventure Again!

2009-08-30T15:12:00.000-07:00

(Expressions like this I love!)

California Adventure......it was fun...can't believe we've never been there.
We went to Playhouse Disney..and Chase & Mal had their jaws on the ground the whole entire time. They couldn't believe their eyes! This was Chase's expression the whole show!

Playhouse Disney..
If you've never been there and have kids this is the place to Go.

I thought Mallory was big enough now for characters like Minnie..

but she is still afraid.. I hate to say..

Chase was screaming in the background..

( Entrance of California Adventure..)

We had alot of fun..esp. on the ferris wheel..

where Scott probably said at least 50 times..I don't like this...because he is seriously afraid of heights!! (seriously Scott, didn't you use to work building cell phone towers..like 200 ft. up

in the AIR..You better Man up guy cause we're going go on that ride AGAIN!!!!

Cooking With My Girl!

2009-08-27T15:17:00.000-07:00

About a month ago I went to a Pampered Chef party. These kind of activities usually aren't my thing but I went to support my sister in law. I ended up buying a couple of things. I especially bought these things in Mallorys hands for her. Last night we tried them out and she had alot of fun. Me, being so anal was trying to help her do it so she wouldn't make a mess. But, I finally backed off and she did a great job. Thank you Pampered Chef.

2009-08-25T20:56:00.000-07:00

Mallory had a dance performance a couple of Sundays ago. She loves dancing. Everywhere she goes she's always doing some dance. That is one of the things that I love about her. She's such an outgoing little girl.

This is one of Mallory's biggest followers. Dawn is so good to Mallory. She always makes her feel very special. She came to her performance and gave her this rose. How thoughtful is that?

2009-08-21T14:43:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated my Grandma's 92nd birthday and my cousin Erin's pre wedding party. For a couple weeks I had been anticipating this day because I hadn't seen any of my first cousins on my dads side for years. It was fun getting to see my uncle and aunt and John, Erin, Casey and Brady and Erin's new husband Adam. Happy Birthday Grandma! These are some pic. of the day!

My Grandma

Us of course!
My 3 cousins on the left side and the rest are my older cute nieces and one newphew.

Hey Guys!

My Dad and Uncle

My sis and I..and her cute, cute baby...

My Darling Kaelie..hehe..this pic. turned out way cute girl

My cutie and my bro. Eric and his son Ryan

My little lovey and Elena. gosh girls you are too cute.

Water Park

2009-08-19T14:13:00.000-07:00

We went to this really cool water park with Nicole and her boys, and 2 of Mark's boys and a friend, Allison and her little girl Melia. The kids had a fun time running all around.

Jake, Chase, Mallory and Dane
Dillon, Mallory, Dane, Chase and Jake

Jake was so helpful with Chase.

Camping

2009-08-17T14:50:00.000-07:00

..I'm working on quickbooks right now..and I am totally loosing interest in what I am doing.

Man, we've been busy..and I have totally lacked in the posting dept.

We went camping at the beach a couple of weeks ago with Scott's almost entire side of the family. Actually we took our 5th wheel which made it a bit nicer for me. You see I don't really like camping. Guess I had enough of it as a child. Acutally i don't like camping cause my hair is always a mess. (Yeah yeah whatever..I'm sure ya'all are saying).

We had a fun time. Maybe even next year we'll go again.

Chase lounging in the hammock

Kissing cousins...I know it doesn't look right..but it was cute.

Hence the danger sign in back of them.

Yes that's me.

Couldn't resist this sucker picture.

Chase and Uncle Aaron..he was giving him a kiss.

And, he was throwing sand on him..

Lindsay and ChaseMallory on her bike

Mallory and Kyla had on the same pajamas. I thought it was cute...

Disneyland...Chase's First Trip

2009-08-04T13:39:00.000-07:00

We bought seasons passes a couple of weeks ago. This is our 2nd trip back to D. We went to watch the firework show. Which was pretty magical. I'm so excited to use them for the next year. In fact we are going again next week.

Chase was so cute on the teacups. Look close at his eyes.

Mallory was so excited to get mickeymouse ears. She knew exactly which ones she wanted.

At this point we had only been at D. for about 3 hours and the kids were already DONE. Thank goodness it's not too far away. We are lucky.

Finale of the Bachelorette

2009-08-01T14:55:00.000-07:00

So, I've been on vacation. When I got home I was so ready to watch the last episode of the B. I kind of knew all along that Jillian would choose Ed but I couldn't help feeling sorry for Kiptyn. Man, the look he got in his eyes was oh sooo sad. Poor guy. And, Reid, man, was he trying to get his heart stomped on all over again or what. Seriously he never even had a shot trying to comeback and get her back. Like she said she was in love. All in all, Jillian and Ed look the best together and actually look like they compliment each other. Man, I still feel bad for Kiptyn I can't get over that sad look in his eyes when she was telling him that she was in love with another man. Wow...
Scott always says...oh my gosh...is he or she serious... It's just a t.v show. For me..it oh so much more...it's true feelings..:)
So until next time...................

BackYard FUN

2009-07-23T14:31:00.000-07:00

***Can life get any better than this***

Mallory all dressed up like Fancy Nancy..singing her heart away

Food Poisioning?

2009-07-22T13:53:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday night we ate at El Pollo Loco (no surprise right). About 45 mins. after I ate I told Scott that I didn't feel right. I didn't know if I really felt sick, or if I was dehydrated or if I was still hungry..you know..sometimes it's hard to distinguish those feelings. Anyways I went to bed at 9 like normal and at 12 I woke up and threw up. At 1 I pucked again. Did that for about another 4 times. I was drained by morning. Scott came in to tell me he was leaving for work at around 7 and I told him I couldn't even sit up. I was dizzy, sick..felt horrible. Felt almost as bad as when I had mastitis. I told Scott that there was no way I could watch the kids today. He quickly got Wendy to watch the kids. (Scott's sister) and she so willingly did it. I owe her a million thank yous.. Before he left he got me a glass of ice water and another glass of sprite. Anyways after everyone left the house there I was all alone. At around 11 I went to take a drink of water and it was gone. I sat up in bed and quickly realized that I was still very dizzy, and nauseous. I put my two feet down on the ground and told myself that I could make it to the kitchen and once I was there that I could sit down. That is what I did. Made it down there and sat down on a chair. I looked at the water dispenser and finally got up the courage to get over there and fill up and immediately went back to the bed, not really feeling so hot by now. As I layed there in bed I felt helpless. By 9 that night I was sitting up in bed and by the next day I was back to normal. The reason for this post is for a couple of reasons.
First..no mom should ever have to get sick.
Second..I am so glad that I am healthy and don't have an illness that puts me in bed all the time..
Third...being sick made me realize how much I still needed my mom..or wanted my mom to look after me when I am sick. Five years ago when I was in Arkansas getting my face surgery there was only 2 people that I wanted there more than anything and that was Scott and my mom. There is nothing that feels better than your mom taking care of you and I hope I can pass that on to my own two kids.

The Bachelorette

2009-07-14T14:17:00.000-07:00

Yes, I do watch the bachelorette. I record it and watch it tuesday morning on my bike. I am a hopeless romantic. This show is right down my alley. Last week I thought for sure that Ed was going to be the final guy until something happened on their date. This week I was very sad to see Reid go. I actually (and this sounds bad) got tears in my eyes when Reid and Jillian were saying goodbye after she cut him. Oh my gosh the poor guys heart had been ripped in two. It seems to me that Jillian has feelings for all 3 of the guys from last nights show. Like she is in love with more than one person. I was kind of disappointed to see from last nights show that there were problems brewing between Ed and Jill. I really thought that he was the one for her. I like Kipton too. Who knows what will happen. As far as Reid goes..good luck..better luck next time.

4th of July!

2009-07-08T14:48:00.000-07:00

Ever since I was a kid I love 4th of July. Since I only lived in one house for my whole childhood every year the whole block would have a huge 4th of July party. So, that was all I knew as a kid. But, literally, it was huge. (As some of my fellow bloggers can attest to). It was awesome. There was food, fireworks...lawn chairs..the whole nine yards. As I got into my teenage years it became even better. This is cheesy but every year I hoped that I would hook up with someone. You know, just kiss..there is nothing more romantic than the sky all lit up. Which I don't think ever happened.. Don't laugh...Allison, Candice!

Anyhow, this year it brought back some of those great childhood memories. Since my kids are getting a little older..(i mean out of the infant stage) we decided that we were going to go over to my parents for the annual bque, swim party. (you know now the block party has just become a family party). It was fun hanging out with my family and getting to swim with my kids. Mallory and Chase love to swim.

We left around 4:30 and went home to get ready to go to the UofR to see fireworks with Scott's family. We have only been to this event one other time. We had a blast. Mallory was so cute dancing around and some of the facial expressions that the two of them would give us were priceless. I got a few in some of the pictures. Overall, this year the 4th of July was just as good as my younger years..and I even got a kiss.

Waiting for the fireworks..

Plane doing a fly by over the stadium..Chase loved it.

Mallory with her cousins and uncles.

Uncle Adam and Chase

Amazed...

She danced around the whole time..She absolutely loved it!

This was Chases expression the whole time. Mouth dropped open..Not sure what to expect.

Father's Day

2009-06-26T15:16:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist these pictures..Mal and Chase each got a book to give Scott for Father's Day. They were so excited for him to read them. Scott is a great Dad. Mallory and Chase love him.

Family Get Together

2009-06-26T14:58:00.001-07:00

It was fun having Alysha and her kids here for a couple of weeks. It allowed the family to hang out a little bit more. Today I went to visit Alysha for the last time and I was sad to be saying goodbye. I got to see Jason today (which most of the family didn't get to see). It had been 2 1/2 years since I had seen him last and he looked a little different. Definately more grown up. He had never even seen Chase. Anyways, good seeing you guys hope we see you again soon.

Mallory, Cameron, Dillon & Dane. A bunch of 4year olds

(These guys are 15 days apart. What a cool connection they have.)

Cousins......

More family

Cameron and Dillon..

Cameron and Mallory

Toilet Talk

2009-06-20T15:12:00.000-07:00

This is the conversation Mallory and I are having while I am waiting for her to finish going to the bathroom....
Mallory....Mom-have you ever had talking poopies?
Me....What do you mean?
Mallory...it flip flops in your tummy. it's saying it wants out.

To Lunch We Go!

2009-06-18T13:35:00.000-07:00

This post is mostly for Kimberly and Allison.. We got together on Tuesday for a little sister time. We missed Allison, Michelle and Kimberly. I figured since I am not going to Lake Tahoe next week with the majority of my family that we should get together before Alysha moves to Hawaii. So, that is exactly what we did. We went to lunch and had a good time visiting, laughing. Since I sat next to Nicole...it's always a good time laughing and acting like a crazy lady with her. (As Wendy and Alysha can attest too). Thanks for organizing the Sephora visit Nicole. It's always fun shopping for makeup.

Nicole and I
The Gang
Wendy and Alysha

Mom, Stephanie, Suzanne and Shelly..

Drive Thru ATM

2009-06-16T20:27:00.000-07:00

I was at the drive thru ATM yesterday with Mallory. As we were waiting our turn in line a man and a lady pulled up and parked in the handicap parking spot. The lady was driving and hurried up and got out. The man opened up the door and clearly was alot older than she was. He slowly struggled to get out of the car. (Mallory asked me who the woman was and I told her it was probably his daughter) He pulled out 2 canes and very slowly walked into the bank. While he was walking I was watching and obviously Mallory was too. She then asked me why he was walking so slow. And, I told her that he was old and that's what happens when you get older. She said, mom when you get old are you still going to be my mom?...(I got tears in my eyes) I said, yes but I might need you to help me. She said I will take care of you.

Round 5: Seriously, Isn't it Someone Elses Turn!

2009-06-09T10:24:00.000-07:00

I've been to a baby shower, the doctor, ran some errands and a couple of other places since Saturday and I'm getting the same reaction. I smell. The good news is that I'm not the only one in this family that is getting the same compliments. Scott is too. From his cycling friends, some of his clients. Yeah, we smell like skunk. And, to top it off we thought the smell in our house was getting better yesterday until last night at 3:30am when Draco killed another one. Boy, did we have high hopes. So this morning I went to Mallory's dance class and yep, I smelled. The sad thing is, it is pretty embarrassing. Literally. Anyone that wants to join the party is more than welcome to stop by and visit!

Skunk Update 2,3,4

2009-06-06T06:37:00.000-07:00

Draco normally doesn't move off of his bed at night. Mattie on the other hand patrols the backyard like she is a security guard..literally...She waits....And watches...all night long.....

Wednesday night 4am..we wake up to Mattie barking...deep barking means there is a problem...which is what she was doing. Scott and I wake up and listen for one second and then Scott says quick close all the windows and shut the door. Which is what we did. We go outside where both dogs are, it's mayhem outside. Draco had been sprayed by a skunk and killed it. So we start the whole process. Get the skunk..take care of it. Smell both dogs. Get rubber gloves, hose, soap, the dogs...(When the dogs get sprayed it's always in the face so they are rolling in the grass to try to get it out of their eyes). Mattie hadn't been sprayed but obviously Draco had. Scott gives him a bath and puts him in the garage for the rest of the night.

FRIDAY night...10pm. Same routine. We smell skunk, luckily I was just getting into bed..Close everything up..go outside. Mattie has a skunk cornered in the backyard. (Draco didn't get out there quick enough so he was locked in our bedroom.) Get the skunk out..Smell Mattie...she got skunked. Give her a bath...

FRIDAY night 4am. (This is the same night) Wake up to more chaos and mayhem in the backyard..Draco barking...going crazy....Outside he killed another skunk...Oh MY GOSH....do they ever learn...Our house smells so bad.....Seriously....it's pretty gross....That's the luxury of having 1 Initiator and 1 Finisher.

Sewage..Go Figure!

2009-06-03T14:19:00.000-07:00

This morning we went to jumpzone for a couple of hours. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a warehouse with about 8 huge jumphouses/sildes. It's alot of fun. Anyways, we were on our way home in the car and I said to Chase, do you have on poopies.(because the car smelled a little.) And Mallory said, yeah when I was playing I smelled Chase and he smelled like sewage.

Water Bottles!

2009-05-26T13:33:00.000-07:00

The second drawer down in our kitchen is filled with water bottles for cycling. I guess you can never get enough of those from what I understand:) Anyways, Chase loves getting in there and going to the refrigerator dispenser and trying to fill them up with water. Usually he only gets one but today he got one and filled it up and water was going everywhere and then he got another one and was trying to do the same thing. I was getting frustrated because I was making lunch and trying to hurry to get them to sit down to eat it so they would take a nap. So, I locked the refrigerator water button and kept making lunch. Chase then goes to get another bottle and tries to get more water but nothing was coming out. By then I had a towel on the ground because of the mess. So, I finish making lunch and go to get Chase. He wasn't in the kitchen anymore. I walk down the hall and find my bedroom door closed. I go inside and see him in the bathroom with the water bottles in the toilet trying to get water into them. He looked at me and said "water". I laughed.

This is My BOY

2009-05-20T14:27:00.001-07:00

Yup, he has on Mallory's underwear (backwards) with her shirt on his head. And, he did it all by his self.
And, there he goes

....................!

Iris Festival Dance Performance

2009-05-20T14:21:00.000-07:00

the show
Mallory and her friend Sofie

the girls..Sofie, Holly and Mallory

Chase on pony.

He loved the pony

Chase Being Dad!

2009-05-20T14:10:00.000-07:00

Chase loves his dad. He also loves anything to do with cycling. He always wants to hold water bottles, glasses, powertap (after he's done with it on a ride) etc. Here's Chase with some of Scott's cycling sunglasses upside down.

I Guess It Was TIME!

2009-04-23T20:15:00.000-07:00

So, tonight we broke down and finally let Mallory get her FIRST Happy Meal. I was driving and the drive threw worker asked me a question about the meal and it was weird but I felt kind of happy..like I was at disneyland or something.....so cheessy..I know. Whatever..!

She got chicken nuggets and apples..which I guess she eating meat now..waHoo....and a caramel sundae..which was the whole reason that we went there anyways. Anyways I had to share..How exciting huh?

Scott's Birthday!

2009-04-17T15:04:00.000-07:00

Lots of candles..
Oh,,,how cute.

Silly picture.

A big kiss....

Easter 2009

2009-04-17T14:49:00.001-07:00

This is a note to the Easter Bunny...and a cookie, glass of water and a picture that Mallory made.
We let Chase participate..his first attempt..we gave him the egg and he threw it..second attempt..he threw the egg in the dye...cracked the egg...he lasted 2 mins. if that.

But, it was lot of fun for Mallory..plus she chose the princess dye kit to color her eggs..so Chase didn't really miss out.

Right before church in their matching easter outfits..how cute is that.

At my moms

Here are most of the guys in my family

And, here are most of the girls in my family.

This is most of the grandkids on my side of the family. Actually quite a few are missing.

Chase's 2nd Birthday Party

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Presents!
Blowing out candle

The cake

A sucker from the pinata. His fav..

Looking worn out!

Chase's Second Birthday!

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Thinking back 2 years ago today I can hardly believe that I had just had Chase. He has definitely been such a blessing in my life. I can hardly believe that I was considering not having him at one point. He is such a sweet little boy with such a cute little personality. Some of the things that he loves in life right now are his blanket, sucker (pacifier), Annie (Uncle Andy), his bike (loves, loves), the book Mike and the Bike and Trains. Happy 2nd Birthday Huzzy.. I love you!

Some recent photos..

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More Racing..Redlands Classic

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Mallory was so excited to race. She did such a good job. She was excited because the race was in Redlands and Cole her cousin and her friend Sofie raced also.