Continued...

December
Of course, December was a busy month. Dusty and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on the 4th. I love that guy more than anything!!
Myles has found a new love - the Dinosaur Museum. Or, as he says it - dinsor seam. I took him twice this month - once for his birthday. He just loves it!

We also were able to spend time with our good friend Pancho. He came the week before Christmas. We always love spending time with him and wished he was closer!

We had our 2nd annual Miller Family Progressive Dinner on the 18th. It was fun - and Pancho was able to be here again for it. We had the main course at our house - lasagna, yummy!

We were able to spend time with our dearest friends the Smith's a few days before Christmas. We went over and had pizza at their house and played games. Dusty and I are both so thankful for this family who has done so much for our family! This is Dusty and Kelsey playing air hockey.

And of course we celebrated Myles 3rd birthday. He turned 3 on the 23rd, but we celebrated on the 22nd. Anything we can do to make it not so close to Christmas! I sure love my little guy. He is such a smart, loving boy.

We spent Christmas Eve over at our house with my sisters family and my mom. We had a great time eating yummy food and making sugar cookies for Santa. The kids got to open a present from Grandma (and Grandpa) Rupp.

And Christmas was also wonderful. The kids got pretty much what they wanted and needed. I got a lot of stuff for the kitchen, and Dusty got a lot of clothes. We had lunch with Miller's and saw my mom that night. It was a fun day with family!

And, to end the year, Bree and I went to California (I'll post later) and Dusty took the boys to his friends cabin and had a great time.

Long Needed Update

Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted anything. Life certainly took over, I guess. I think the easiest thing to do is give a month to month update on what's been going on in our family.

September
This was the beginning of my field show competitions. We had another great show titled "Shades of Conflict". It had to do with dealing with anxiety, etc. The girls had a really good season again and I was proud of them.
The kids started school the end of August. Bree likes it - Jack does not! I wish I could get him to enjoy school more!
Myles is growing up. It's just him and I at home now during the day. We sure have fun.
We celebrated Grandpa Miller's birthday.
Nothing new happening in September.

October
I finished up marching band. We won state again - it's such a great feeling after all the hard work the kids put into the show. Here is a picture of my staff and I:

I really do work with great people and they make my job a lot easier!
Dusty and I bottled more applesauce from apples on our tree. That's always an adventure!
We celebrated my mom and dad's birthday:

My dad would have been 70 on the 22nd. I still miss him everyday!
We carved pumpkins for Halloween and the kids had fun dressing up. Jack was Captain Jack Sparrow, Bree was the girl pirate from the new movie, and Myles was a dinosaur.

November
My sister-in-law Mallory took some pictures of the kids for me. They turned out really cute.

Bree turned 7 this year - so crazy!! We celebrated her birthday and Thanksgiving with the Miller's. It was a lot of fun.

We also had Thanksgiving at our house with my mom and sisters family. Talk about a crazy few days! But it was great spending time with family.
We also took the kids to Provo Beach Resort over the break. It is a really fun, clean place we like to go to. Jack was with Steve and didn't get to go with us.

My good friend Chase also cut and dyed my hair. I love it!

Dusty also enjoyed taking the kids up the canyon while I had winter guard auditions or camps. I'm glad he does that while I'm busy... :)

The last thing that happened in November was our family friend Jordyn moved in with us. We love her so much and she is so helpful with the kids. They sure love her!

I will post December in another post. This is a pretty long update already.