This past weekend we went up to my parents for fun. Spencer likes to play in my parent's blinds so we had to sit in time out a couple of times. Mark was out running errands with our brother in law so Spencer really wanted dad. One time when I was talking to him about what he did and why he was in time out this is what happened.
Me: "Spencer, do you know why you are in time out?"
Spencer: "Dad."
Me: "No, dad didn't get you in trouble. You got in trouble for playing with the blinds. Can you say sorry to Nanny?"
Spencer: "No, No, No. Dad."
What do you do for a little boy who loves his dad and wants to blame dad for all of his problems? Me, I just love that little guy!
Monday, February 22, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
So, I am one of those people who loves to look at my friends blogs. Some of you are great about updating (Thanks Michelle for all of the great stories) other are not so good (I am not going to point fingers because you know who you are). I was looking at all of my favorite blogs and realized I hadn't updated my own in a long time. In the words of Spencer, Oattt OWHHH! So, here is my catch up post with hopefully more frequent posts to follow.
Christmas was wonderful! We were spoiled way too much, ate way too much and had a nice break from work. Spencer loved unwrapping and playing with the paper more than his presents. We were so thankful to have time to celebrate with family and friends the birth of our Savior and just to have fun. New Years was also fun. Spencer and I went back up north to play with my family and get together with my mom's side of the family (which we don't do often enough). This picture is of all the presents for my parents, siblings, neices, nephews etc. (enough for 16 people). They are not all Spencers!!!
Other things we have been up to: work. Lots of work. We were really worried that work would be as slow as it was last year but we have stayed busy. I count my blessings each day at work when a customer comes into the store. Spencer is still a good helper at work but now that we live upstairs he also loves to go watch ELMO! He is obsessed with Elmo. After a couple of weeks of teething (by the way, we are now up to 14 teeth) and not sleeping good Mark bought this stuffed Elmo for Spencer to sleep with and he has been doing much better. Mark and I are still busy with our callings in church but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Spencer has discovered "Snee" as he likes to call it. Mark took him sledding (I stayed at work) and they both loved it! Spencer has also been spoiled seeing so much family the last few weeks. Nanny and Papa have come down a couple times. Spencer loves them! He also has seen his cousins a lot with all the birthdays, Superbowl and moving Mark's mom into a new house that we have done (Mary's house will have to be a post in and of itself).
Well, if you are still reading up to this point, you must really love us or something of that nature. So, I will reveal our big news now for those that endure to the end. I am pregnant! Wahoo! Yep, I am due September 15. We went to the doctor yesterday and everything looked great! I have been super sick but we are so excited to have another little one. Our two will be almost exactly two years apart which I think is perfect. This means that I will have to quit working at the store but I will probably start pushing our internet sales and stuff like that from home.
So, that is the update. Thanks for tuning in and I will try to be better (no promises from the sick one though).
Christmas was wonderful! We were spoiled way too much, ate way too much and had a nice break from work. Spencer loved unwrapping and playing with the paper more than his presents. We were so thankful to have time to celebrate with family and friends the birth of our Savior and just to have fun. New Years was also fun. Spencer and I went back up north to play with my family and get together with my mom's side of the family (which we don't do often enough). This picture is of all the presents for my parents, siblings, neices, nephews etc. (enough for 16 people). They are not all Spencers!!!
Other things we have been up to: work. Lots of work. We were really worried that work would be as slow as it was last year but we have stayed busy. I count my blessings each day at work when a customer comes into the store. Spencer is still a good helper at work but now that we live upstairs he also loves to go watch ELMO! He is obsessed with Elmo. After a couple of weeks of teething (by the way, we are now up to 14 teeth) and not sleeping good Mark bought this stuffed Elmo for Spencer to sleep with and he has been doing much better. Mark and I are still busy with our callings in church but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Spencer has discovered "Snee" as he likes to call it. Mark took him sledding (I stayed at work) and they both loved it! Spencer has also been spoiled seeing so much family the last few weeks. Nanny and Papa have come down a couple times. Spencer loves them! He also has seen his cousins a lot with all the birthdays, Superbowl and moving Mark's mom into a new house that we have done (Mary's house will have to be a post in and of itself).
Well, if you are still reading up to this point, you must really love us or something of that nature. So, I will reveal our big news now for those that endure to the end. I am pregnant! Wahoo! Yep, I am due September 15. We went to the doctor yesterday and everything looked great! I have been super sick but we are so excited to have another little one. Our two will be almost exactly two years apart which I think is perfect. This means that I will have to quit working at the store but I will probably start pushing our internet sales and stuff like that from home.
So, that is the update. Thanks for tuning in and I will try to be better (no promises from the sick one though).
Monday, January 11, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Scrapbooking Giveaway
I am really starting to push my scrapbooking company online. To start my big push I am giving away a free gift. Ckeck out my blog to enter. I will post a picture of the giveaway by tomorrow. The link is just to the right "Fast Simple Easy Stamping." Thanks everyone! I promise to do a big update on life for the Millers very soon.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
I Need It
Mark and I are blessed with the opportunity to sit with Mark's brother Ben and his family (Toni, Mason, and McKay) as well as Mark's mom (Mary) at church each week as they are in our ward. It is great to think that I am part of a family that takes up a whole big pew at church.
This morning Mason said something that really was so cute. He always says "I need" whatever he is wanting at that point in time. So, today in sacrament this is how it went.
The bread was getting past the pew in front of us.
Mason: "I need that bread."
Mark: "No, Mason. You don't need that."
Me: "Actually Mark he does need it as we all do."
Isn't it amazing how a child's excitment for "snack time" in sacrament really does have a deeper meaning? During Christmas time I always try to find deeper meaning in our Savior's ministry and this morning was what I was looking for. Jesus Christ was born in such a special way. But what he did for each of us is the true and ultimate gift. How thankful I am to know that Jesus and Heavenly Father love me so that I could have a way to be forgiven for all the stupid things I do. I hope we each can have a peaceful Christmas full of love, true peace and happiness.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Well, I have been a total slacker the past couple of months on my blog for a couple of reasons.
1. We renovated our lighting store. We added some more wall space and sections to showcase families of lights (chandeliers that match bathroom lights that match entry lights, etc). We also took out a wall and combined our back and front office space.
2. We added an apartment to our lighting store. While we were at it we converted our office space upstairs to an apartment. We added a full kitchen and bathroom.
3. We moved into the apartment at the lighting store. We did this to simplify our life a little bit. Cleaning my house never got done because there was too much to do. Now I can clean my apartment in a couple of hours.
4. We are renting out our house. Thus, I had lots of cleaning, organizing, storing and moving to do. We did most of it the week of Thanksgiving. The family renting from us is super nice and I trust them completely.
5. Spencer has been sick as have I. We both got the flu after our trip to Portland (I think we got it from traveling). Since then both of us have not recovered completely.
6. Young Womens has been crazy!!! With the end of the year comes big parties, events, and activities that I have helped with. I should really learn to say no sometimes but I can't help myself. I love the girls in my ward.
So, there is my excuse list. Of course there are a lot of things I have left out for the sake of not boring anybody. Below are some pictures of some of the things mentioned above.
This is a picture of Spencer's bedroom/Laundry room. He doesn't need closet space so the closet is the laundry closet. It works well except no running laundry while he sleeps. Spencer has adjusted well to the move. The only problem is that now, while at work he wants to be upstairs watching ELMO. He loves that little red furry friend.
This is a picture of the kitchen. Mark and I had never done plumbing before. We haven't had any problems though so we are both proud of the work we did (ok, the work Mark did while I stood in the background with Spencer and watched).
This is my room. I am still looking for curtains for the closet but other than that I love it.
This is Spencer being cuddled by dad while he was sick. He didn't want anything except loving from Mama and Det (as Spencer calls him).
Some of the new walls we built.
1. We renovated our lighting store. We added some more wall space and sections to showcase families of lights (chandeliers that match bathroom lights that match entry lights, etc). We also took out a wall and combined our back and front office space.
2. We added an apartment to our lighting store. While we were at it we converted our office space upstairs to an apartment. We added a full kitchen and bathroom.
3. We moved into the apartment at the lighting store. We did this to simplify our life a little bit. Cleaning my house never got done because there was too much to do. Now I can clean my apartment in a couple of hours.
4. We are renting out our house. Thus, I had lots of cleaning, organizing, storing and moving to do. We did most of it the week of Thanksgiving. The family renting from us is super nice and I trust them completely.
5. Spencer has been sick as have I. We both got the flu after our trip to Portland (I think we got it from traveling). Since then both of us have not recovered completely.
6. Young Womens has been crazy!!! With the end of the year comes big parties, events, and activities that I have helped with. I should really learn to say no sometimes but I can't help myself. I love the girls in my ward.
So, there is my excuse list. Of course there are a lot of things I have left out for the sake of not boring anybody. Below are some pictures of some of the things mentioned above.
This is a picture of Spencer's bedroom/Laundry room. He doesn't need closet space so the closet is the laundry closet. It works well except no running laundry while he sleeps. Spencer has adjusted well to the move. The only problem is that now, while at work he wants to be upstairs watching ELMO. He loves that little red furry friend.
This is a picture of the kitchen. Mark and I had never done plumbing before. We haven't had any problems though so we are both proud of the work we did (ok, the work Mark did while I stood in the background with Spencer and watched).
This is my room. I am still looking for curtains for the closet but other than that I love it.
This is Spencer being cuddled by dad while he was sick. He didn't want anything except loving from Mama and Det (as Spencer calls him).
Some of the new walls we built.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Our Trip to Portland
For our Miller Family Vacation 2009 Mark took Spencer and I to Portland, Oregon. It was beautiful! We spent three and a half days there, all three days it rained though. Our first day we drove up the Gorge and saw about 20 waterfalls. These pictures are of our favorite. I loved the fall leaves with the beautiful and lush green. It was so pretty. We also took Spencer downtown and did some window shopping, and some playing in a great toy store. Of course Spencer made out with some awesome toys!
We also took a drive to the Portland Temple. Seeing this temple makes seven temples Spencer has gotten his picture taken at in a year! I love being able to teach Spencer about being a child of God and how he can visit Heavenly Father when he goes to the temple. The last two days Mark and Spencer toured without me while I was at a scrapbooking convention. They went to the zoo, the beach, Tilamok cheese factory, and lots of other fun things. I think they had a lot of fun without mommy but it was great when they came to visit me.
I had such a blast at the Close to my Heart Regional Celebration that I went to. We took master classes on a variety of subjects from blogging to games to play at gatherings. I got to create lots of cards and 2- 2 page layouts for our family scrapbook (pictures coming). I made some great friends who would go early to save our special seats (Thanks sweetheart!). The most rewarding part was meeting Jeanette Lynton, the founder of Close to my Heart. She is so sweet and inspirational! I am sure that I came away from the weekend a stronger more focused individual and I am so excited to be a part of it all.
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