DAVE & DEBBI MILLER

2012-01-01T16:18:00.006-07:00

I have not been the best at blogging this past year so I am going to finish off 2011 with a assortment of pictures starting in September. All kinds of events took place and it was fun having Nate, Lori and Reese around along with Ben, Caitlin and in Nov. Wyatt. Sorry there are so many pictures but I was not sure how else to show them.

Lori ran a half marathon in Sept. and we were able

to go and support her.

Grandpa & Reese waiting for the race to start.

Reese practicing her running skills.
One day maybe they will run a race together?

Finally the end after almost 14 miles?

Next was the baby shower for Caitlin and Wyatt!

Later that night we all got together. Katie & Kevin

were able to be here that weekend.

This is the site of the new Gilbert Az. Temple.

I still has a long ways to go but it is exciting to see it going up.

Just think, her driving in 14 years, scary!

The new site of the North Phoenix Temple.

We are so excited, it will only be 45 min. away!

WELCOME WYATT BENJAMIN MILLER

He is finally here, Caitlin you look so happy!

SO PRESCIOUS !!

PROUD DADDY!!

wELCOME TO OUR FAMILY WYATT!!

After watching Lori run I got the bug to run so I

started training and on so I ran a 5K over in Cottonwood.

Me and Susan Holm, silly picture.
Finishing 2nd in my age division, 36min. 45 sec.

Next Thanksgiving... and this was our little Turkey!

Our annual shooting time, this was Reeses first outing!

Safe on Daddy's shoulders.
Pumpkin shooting anyone?

Reese just couldn't get close enough to Elmo so she

tried to get in the show with him.

I will do a seperate post for Christmas.

North Carolina (Finally a real Vacation)

2011-08-22T17:27:00.011-07:00

We finally were able to take a real, full 9 day vacation. We started out in Baltimore for Nathan's graduation, (Lori already did a great post on that) and then we got in Nathan/Lori's car and drove six hours to Katies house in North Carolina to see Rylee get baptized. After the baptism we saw little Ben play baseball, we went to a museum called, I think, Marbles... it was amazing and then we took everyone to a special ice cream place and it was great. As you can see the car was packed with all the grandchildren, Katie, Grandma and Grandpa Miller. It was a great adventure and I have lots more pictures that I did not post. Sorry the post is so long but I hope you enjoy it. This was what it was like when we had all 5 grandchildren in Katies car going to get Ice Cream.

The Raleigh North Carolina Temple.

The visitors center on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Ashville, NC. We went north on this road on Wed. and then we went south on the same parkway on Thursday. The following pictures are of the northern parkway.

Everything along the parkway was kept groomed and green, green... we saw this Turkey and several others as we got started.

Water was seeping out of the rocks all along the parkway and there was water everywhere.

This is the highest point east of the Mississippi... After not seeing any hills or mountains when we got up to this high point we thought we were so high, only to find that we were only at about 6900 feet or so. The area was still breath taking.

These tunnels were througout the parkway, there had to have been at least 30 or more.

This river, the French Broad , was the first stop on our southern route.

As you can see there was green everywhere and as the day started we were in the sun with clear blue skies... but as you will see as the day progressed we wound up in a rain storm and fog and got soaked to the bone going up to another high spot. Sorry I can not remember the name:(

This rocker was on the porch of the visitor center of the Great Smokey Mountain National Park...It was huge and it overlooked a small river and and old homesteade.

Water running along the side of the road... this was through the whole parkway.

The temperature dropped about 30 degrees and we got a soaking.

We both can now say that we hiked the Appalachian trail... so it was only a few feet:)

This tower use to be outlook for fires and they have redone it into all cement...they said that you could see all of the smoky mountains from the top, but we were covered in cloulds and a rain storm so we will have to see next time we are in the Great smoky mountains.

As you can see we felt like we were on the top of the world... and this was the only place that we had cell phone reception. Yes Caitlin we were talking to you when this picture was taken.

Smoke in the Great Smoky Mountains...really just clouds.
We came to North Carolina to see and be apart of Rylee's Baptism. She was absolutely beautiful. We are so proud of her and the example she has set for her sister and brother's. We are so happy for the Mayberry family.

We Love you Rylee and are so very proud of you. Love Grandma and Grandpa Miller.

Isaac Baptism!!!

2011-04-03T18:21:00.001-07:00

Last weekend we went up to Cortez for Isaac's Baptism. We arrived Sat. morning and spent some time with him and the family. Then it was time to get ready for the Baptism. We got him a white shirt, new CTR tie and a CTR soccer tie tack. So off we went to the church and it was a great Baptism. Grandpa Griffin gave the talk on Baptism and then Jake baptized him and then Nathan gave the talk on the Holy Ghost. Jake, Grandpa Griffin, Grandpa Miller, Nathan and the Bishop confirmed Isaac and gave him the Gift of the Holy Ghost. Jake gave Isaac a beautiful blessing. We went home and Mary came over and we spent the evening together. Isaac your Grandma and Grandpa Miller love you so very much and are so very proud of you and your decision to be Baptized. Stay close to Heavenly Father, follow the commandments and HE will always be with you and bless you.

What a beautiful family:)

Isaac's Birthday!!

2011-04-03T17:25:00.003-07:00

Jake and Isaac came down the week before his birthday to go to a Suns game. David got tickets five rows up from the court and we sat right behind the Magic's team. Before we went in the arena, Isaac was able to shoot some hoops and was really good at putting the ball in the hoop. He received a string backpack.

Isaac taking in the opening announcements of the team

in his new Suns hat...

Dwight Howard just before he took off his sleeves

and shoes and threw them into the crowd..Jake was

about 3 feet from getting one of the shoes and sleeves.

What a great picture and a fun time, even

though the Suns lost:(

When we got home Jake and Isaac had some one on

one time on the ATV.... They love making dust!

Grandpa dicided to join them and they went on

a ride down to the Verde River under the underpass

on the freeway. I was a great end to a fun weekend.

CHRISTMAS AT GRANDMA & GRANDPA'S HOUSE!

2011-04-03T14:43:00.011-07:00

Christmas was great this past year. Everyone was here except for Katie and Sam and their families. We sure did miss them. We can hardly wait until we can all be together again in the year 20?? We started off the season with trip to Anthem and the 100 foot tree there. Deanne and the children came early in the week and so we made cookies, dipped pretzels and set out Luminairos(spelling?) Jake came on Christmas Eve and we did the Night Before Christmas reading, goodies for Santa. Nate, Lori and Reese came on Christmas Day, along with Josh and Chani(spelling,sorry)and their children. Colton Finch and Jacob Hall, also part of the family, came over. Here are some pictures of the whole weekend....

We had more chocolate on them than the pretzels.

Making luminarios and setting them out... The night time picture

was a blur...Jake and David helped the grandchildren light them all,

66 total.

New pajamas on Christmas Eve...

The story of Christ's birth.

Grandpa and Lacie just relaxing after a long day.

Twas the Night Before Christmas and all through the house....

Christmas Morning....what fun!

Such a Happy Baby!!

Family Match game on Christmas Day.

Nathan, Lori and Reese opening presents... Nathan wearing

his shot gun bag as a diaper/hand warmer. We got these for all

the boys.

Reese loved her little soft and cuddly lion.

Cotlon Finch came over and showed everyone how

to do reverse push ups and so everyone had to try.

Isaac was getting a little help from Uncle Ben. I have

all of the boys trying it on Video, I will make a CD and

get it to everyone.

Colton did it but then would not do it again so I

could get a picture of him, so Ben tried and you

can see how hard it really is. Colton, Ben, Nate and

I think Jake were able to do it, Lori and Caitlin tried

but could not come all the way up. They tried really hard.

Shot gun and clay shooting, a Miller tradition

that is always fun and surprising things always

happen, as the pictures will show....

Great shooting form David and Caitlin!!!

"Hurry up and pull, I am ready...."

Josh was a good shot all afternoon...

Nate making sure Lori was doing it right, she hit

the clay rabbits along the ground... Lori you remind

me of "Annie Oakley". That is a complement...

After all the shooting the boys started talking

about catching some of the clays....so David let the

clays fly as the boys tried to catch them... the first one

just about took off Caitlins head so he raised the thrower

and the fun really started. I also have a video of this....

Great style Benjamin.... Yes they were trying

to catch them and then Nate thought he would

try to hit one with a stick and when he hit it, it

shattered and cut his face....Lori posted a picture

that already.

Hitting clays with a stick is like shattering glass...

just ask Nathan!

Bike riding time for Aubree and Emilee...

Of course we had to have a Friendly game of Horse shoes.

Caitlin just chilling by the fire and crocheting her

hats for anyone that wanted one. She has really

taken to this and does and excellent job. They are

the neatest hats. So all in all we had a great Christmas

celebration and it was sad that it went so fast..

Hopefully...back to blogging....Thanksgiving 2010

2011-04-03T09:46:00.007-07:00

Sorry it has been so long since I blog....no excuses just lazy and busy. At Thanksgiving we had Sam, Rachel, Jett, Pepper,Ben and Caitlin. It was a great time and we really missed everyone else. Here are a few of the pictures that were taken. Like father like son...or something like that.

Jett fell in love with these two trucks and would wake up wanting to play with them.

Your never to young to play with cars!

Sam and Rachel were playing with Jett...

Thanksgiving dinner!

A Miller family tradition, bathtime in the kitchen sink.

Each grandchild has been bathed in this sink.....

Thanksgiving tradition......Clay and shotgun shooting, no matter how windy or cold...

Gotta protect those tiny ears....

Great form for duck hunting, but where is the water?

Like father like son?

Rachel and Pepper waiting it out in the car with great seats and warmth.

Bundled up and taking it all in....We had a great time

and can hardly wait till the whole Miller gang can go

shooting together again.

Alumni Game, Pepper Lee and Lacie Renae

2010-10-24T17:03:00.014-07:00

It has been awhile since I did any blogging. I will put a lot of pictures from the Alumni game, Reese's birthday, and the arrival of Pepper Lee and Lacie Renae. Sorry it is kind of out of order but at least I am trying to get caught up. By the way David's soccer team did qualify for state and we play next Friday at 7pm. Katie and Nathan and Lore recently completed their half marathon races and did quite well. Congratulations to them on and awesome performance.
Jett loves playing outside.

Jett loves to be with his dad.

Great Grandma Brady and Reese.
Rachel is carrying a little ball of her own.
Reese playing peek a boo!

Alumni 2010!!!

All Jett needs is sand to keep him happy!

All ready for church, Emilee.

Cool Dude!!

What do you want me to do with this?

Jett trying to play with the puppy.

Another successful Alumni Game. We had about 150 people.
Let the game begin!!

Ben could not be here so Caitlin took his place and
did a great job. Thanks Cait for coming.
Out of breath, Jake? How old are you now?

Nathan waiting patiently for the ball.

Sam directing the defense.

Uncle Javier?

Wiped out after playing hard all day long.....

You want me to do what in these shoes?

OK, How do I get these off??

I would rather play with the paper dad!

Happy Birthday Reese!!
Thanks for helping Grandpa... this is really good.
Ok, I am done, get me down!!

Pepper Lee Miller

I had a great time helping Sam and Rachel with Jett and Pepper. She is so sweet and cute.

Daddy's little girl.

Jett loves his little sister.

All ready for Church, what handsome guys.

What a beautiful little family.

Lacie Renae Miller

Isaac is such a good helper.

Aubree wants to hold her all the time.

Emilee is not to sure about being the big sister now.

Deanne you will have your hands full. I was able to go and watch Isaac play one of his soccer games. I was so much fun to watch
him and it reminded me of when Jake played many, many years ago. I really is going to be

a great soccer player.

Daddy's baby girl....

Tour of Canyon De Chelly

2010-06-25T18:40:00.009-07:00

On the weekend of the dediction to the Gila Valley Temple, David and I decided we would go up to Canyon De Chelly and spend the night in Chinle and go to the Dedication at that Stake Center on Sunday. We got up at 3am Sat. morning and by 9am or so we were in Canyon De Chelly. On the way we went to the Chinle Elementary school where David went to school. Next we went to the visitors center for Canyon De Chelly and started our days adventure...... by the way the wind that day and weekend was blowing up to 70 miles and hour gusts....

Chinle Elementary School

1st Overlook

Just a small part of the Canyon.

You can take a Jeep tour that goes through the bottom of the Canyon.

The wall that I am sitting on is right on the edge of the 600ft. canyon. The wind, as you can see, was doing its best to blow me over the edge.

You could also take horseback rides through the bottom.

I was right on the edge of the 600 ft. drop, hanging on for dear life and staying low so as not to blow over the edge.

This is one of the first indian ruins that you see and the next stop we took we were able to take the two hour hike down to it. The hike was unique in that the trail was carved out of the solid rock face of the canyon in certain places.

This is at the very beginning of the trail and it is carved/blasted out of the solid rock face.

This is a second tunnel as come out down at the bottom of the trail. Behind me is a hogan that as far as we could tell is still being used.

These next few pictures are of the ruin that we hiked down to . You can also get to them by riding in a jeep tour or on horseback. It is fenced so you can not go into them. These pictures are pretty amazing.
This sign was at the top of the canyon and the walk ways and fences are right up to the edge of the sheer rock drop offs.

We were at the bottom, and I took this of David looking up from the front of the ruin. It is an amazing sight. Very scary from the top side.

This was one of the last overlooks on the south side of the canyon.

This rock formation was called Spider Womans Rock, and it has a story behind it but I can't remember the exact story, but it was a really neat formation.

Our last stop was on the north end of the Canyon, and this was where the wind was blowing the worst. I would take a step and the wind would hold me there and I would have to fight to put my foot down and not loose my footing. It really was kind of scary. David was near the edge looking and taking pictures and a gust of wind almost knocked him off his feet. If he had been right on the edge of the canyon...........................
These last two ruins were tucked up under the canyon walls. It is amazing how they Indians were able to build such structures with out any real tools, machines, dymamite, etc.....

After we got done we decided we needed to go back to Chinle and find a hotel to stay in so that we could clean out our ears from all the sand and get rested up for the dedication of the Temple. As we got into town and was trying to find a hotel the wind was literally blowing 70 to 80 miles and hour and as you can see this is what we were seeing. So we decided we did not want to spend another day in the wind so, going very slow we pointed the BMW toward home. When we finally got to Holbrook we stopped to eat at the local Pizza Hut and were told we would have to stay for awhile because I-40 was closed due to the high winds. So we ate and by the time we were done they had opened the freeway and home we came. We got home at about 9:30 pm after getting up a 3am. Needless to say it had been a very long day. But we awoke the next morning and got dressed and went to the Temple Dedication at the Cottonwood Stake Center. It was very special and we were glad that we were at home for this special occasion. We plan someday to go back to Canyon De Chelly, but we will definitly make sure that the wind is not blowing!!!!

Home is out there somewhere??

Time to get back to blogging!!

2010-06-25T17:12:00.009-07:00

Sorry I have not blogged in awhile. There is only one excuse, busy, busy, and busy or really just to lazy. In May we had some of the family home and we enjoyed every minute. Unfortunately they were not here all at the same time. Katie was here, then Sam and then Jake and Nate. Ben could not make it. Katie was first and so we spent some time with her and we went up to Sunset crater and then out to Wupatki National Monument. It was a great time. Sorry that the pictures are out of order but I forgot and just randomly picked them. Enjoy...... Isaac and Aubree watching the guys play horseshoes.

The ladies catching up on each others pregnancy stories.

Sam and Jacob Hall trying to beat Jake and Nate at horseshoes.

Jake trying to get a ringer with Nate giving advice.

Grandpa keeping the grandkids in the shade.

Great grandma's Miller and Brady with 5 of the great-grandchildren.

Reese and Jett getting to know each other.

Jett loved the Shrek ears and the blue ball.

Ethan trying to give Jett a big kiss or just wrestling.

It is more fun to wrestle with Uncle Sam.

Wupatki National Monument.

This is a blow hole at Wupatki and sometimes it
blows air and sometimes it sucks air. When David
and I went there it was sucking, this time The air was

blowing. Ben and Ryley had fun putting their heads

over the hole to see what would happen. First we did

water, then Ben's hat and then Ryley's head.

This was one of the ruins on the way out of the park.

This was the room at the top of the ruin.

Walking bridge at beginning of Sunset Crater Trail.

Ice caves. You could feel the cold air and there

were noises from below and Grandpa told them

they had it blocked off to keep the Dragons inside.

What a great group of hikers!!
It is not a visit to Grandpa's house if you can't roast marshmellows...

Now that's what we call a roaring fire.

10 April 2010 Grand Falls & Grand Canyon

2010-04-12T05:55:00.010-07:00

Saturday, April 10th, we picked up Carol and decided to go to a place just outside of Flagstaff, near Leupp Az. to see a sight that is not known by a lot of people. It is like Niagra Falls and has that much or more water when it is flowing full force. It was not flowing full force but it was and awesome sight. David and I had not been there in 32 years. We went there after we had gotten engaged. The place is called Grand Falls. We will never call the Verde river muddy or dirty again. The Grand Falls is surely the muddiest.

This is at the top of the falls with the San Francisco Peaks in the back. Looking back to the top of the falls from below. The falls are part of the Little Colorado River and this eventually runs into the Colorado River near the Grand Canyon.

We had a great time looking at the falls and would have walked down by them but it was to muddy.

There were some that decided to kyak down the river and it comes out at Wupatki National park, 16 miles down river.

Our next stop was to go to Cameron and go up to the Grand Canyon through the East enterance. We had not been there in many years and they had made several changes.

This several miles down from where Grand Falls is and several miles before you get to the Grand Canyon.
It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed having Carol come with us. She had not been to the Grand Canyon in a long, long time.

They have redone the road and it no longer goes right along the Canyon and this is the old bridge that you use to go across.
We finally got to the Canyon and the first stop is called Desert View. They are in the process of fixing the top of the tower. The inside has five different levels that you climb stone stairs to get to the top of it. The drawings on the inside of the tower are really neat. The view from the top is amazing.This picture below was taken from the Tusayan Ruin pull out. It is a pretty picture of the Peaks.
This is at Grandview Point and trailhead. We want to go back and hike this trail. They mined copper off of Horseshoe Mesa in the early 1900's but it became to expensive to keep it up. We did not know about this trail. It only goes out to the Mesa, which is about a 6 mile hike.

As we were leaving the Canyon there was a herd of elk right in the middle of the main park are and the cars were stopped all over the place. We had to go aroung them to finally leave. It was a great day trip and it was so much fun having Carol come with us. We will be going back to do some hiking. The Canyon kind of calls to you when ever you go to visit it. If you like hiking then you know what we mean. It was a great adventure and there will be more to come as the weather gets nicer.

27 March 2010 Springtime FInally!!

2010-04-12T05:08:00.007-07:00

A few weeks ago we went down to Mesa to go to the Temple, it was closed because of the Easter Pagent and cleaning, and on the road we took this picture of a traveling dentist and we immediately thought of Nathan. You will need to make the picture bigger to see the writing on the trailer. What a great way to see the country or state! Who knows, Nate, this could be in your future? We just hung out in Phoenix and the next day we decided to go and see some of the local parks right around Camp Verde.

Our first stop was Montezuma's Castle. We had not actually been there since we had moved here so it was lots of fun. It still amazes us how people could have lived in these dwellings.

It was nice to see the creek running and the beginnings of spring. Some of the trees were beginning to bud and it was great to just have nice weather and be out enjoying it.

We love to take pictures of trees. They can be so unique and this one was no exception.

Next we went down the road a little ways and went to Montezuma's Well. This should bring back some memories for Katie and Nate. They both had field trips here. Sam and Ben went with me and Aunt Doe just after we had moved down here. Do you all remember? Jake I am not sure you ever went but I hope you did. If not it would be a great place to take your family sometime.

This is the trail that goes down below the well.

We had a great time and hope to start doing more adventures as the weather gets warmer.

55 and still alive!!

2010-02-21T16:13:00.005-07:00

So I finally was able to load my pictures and now I can catch up!! I have some random pictures.

We traveled up to Cortez, Colorado for Christmas and we went sledding with the grandchildren.
It had been years since we had done that and we had a blast, even though it was 9 degrees.

Sam, Rachel and Jett came to visit just before he had to go back to Missouri to finish his Army training.

We got to go to a Phoenix Suns game in December and Mario Lopez just happened to be there judging a dance contest. Unfortuantely the Suns lost but it was a great time and we stayed the night and went to the Temple the next day.

For David's Birthday/Christmas I made him a denium quilt with camoflauge backing and also made him a pillow. He was totally surprised. Next I will try to make a large denium quilt for our bedroom.

We traveled up to Cedar City over the Valentines Day weekend to take Sam and Rachel some much needed furniture. We had a great time and we even went bowling. I won the first game with 146 and Sam kick our butts in the second game with 217 points and 7 strikes, 6 in a row.

Sam has such a great spin on the ball, it was just amazing to watch him throw the ball.

The rest of us just did the best we could, Rachel had a style of her own and tried several different ways, backward, left handed, pushing with both hands, holding Jett and even kicking the ball.

David did the regular bowling and did good. We all had a great time.

Jett wanted to play but he could only watch and keep us entertained and ate a lot of mini goldfish.

Such a cute little man.

I have been working out at Snap fitness every morning at 4:30 am since September and have really been enjoying it. The middle of January after talkin to Katie and her telling me she wanted to run a half marathon with Lori, I got to thinking about running. No! not a half marathon, just a little 5k. I had been told after my knee surgery that I should not run races, but I have had no problems and so after talking to David I though it would be fun. He called me one morning and said that Sedona would be holding their 5th Marathon, Half marathon and 5k on Feb. 6th. So I started running more at the gym and finally convinced myself that I was going to enter the race. So I did and I think I did really good. Funny thing is it must have been what I needed to do, because when I went and got my number I looked at it and got the feeling that I needed to do this race. My number was 1522 (55) add the 2+2+1. Since I turned 55 this year I figured it was a great way to start the year. I was really excited about the race and I only have a few pictures to show because David could not come, he had a church meeting in Phoenix, so I was by myself. There were some ladies from David's store that walked and ran. It was about 45 degrees when the race started at 8:30 am and I could not believe how many people were doing just the 5k. Their were 497 people that had leg timers plus another 100 that did not. So the race started and I must say it was exilerating to be running with all of these people, their were even little kids, 6 years old running. All said and done, I ran and walked( just the hills) the 3.1 miles in 39 minutes and 44 seconds. I finished 356 out of 497 runners. I thought it would take me at least and hour and so I was very happy with my accomplishment. Am I ready for a half marathon, heck no! I will just enjoy what I have done and maybe start riding a bike for the next 5k.

Ready to start the race, not knowing what to expect.

This was right behind the area of where the race started. It was a beautiful area to run in.

These next pictures I took just before the run, everyone trying to go to the bathroom.

At least I had a good view while waiting my turn to go to the port o potty.

Feeling good and very proud of myself after running the race.

"Duck, Duck, Goose"

2009-11-01T18:49:00.004-07:00

Ben and Ryley playing in the leaves and rolling down the hill.

After lunch on Sunday the guys were on the porch and played a game of Duck, Duck, Goose with Ryley, Ben and Olivia. It was hilarious.

Reese's Blessing/Fall Colors of the East!!

2009-11-01T13:36:00.009-07:00

Last weekend we went back to Maryland for Reese's Blessing. We got lots of Grandpa and Grandma time. We arrived on Friday afternoon and had some alone time until everyone else
there. It was a very qucik trip but was well worth it. We loved the rain on Saturday and the
leaves were outstanding. Katie, Kevin and the kids got there on Friday night and then Jake
and Deanne arrived on Saturday evening. We had a great time just being around each other
and passing little Reese around. She is so beautiful and Ryley, Ben, Olivia and Ethan were
great. We went sightseeing on Saturday, in the rain, to see the leaves changing and all the
horse farms and green, green, grass. We had to go to Wegmans and to a nursery filled with
large pumpkins. Lori already posted the pictures of the blessing and they were great. Sunday
afternoon after lunch we all went to a local park, we were going to go to a resvoir but it was closed so we went to the park. We had a great time playing soccer, football, and just talking
and enjoying each others company. There are several pictures but they were even more, so
I picked out just a few.

Grandpa Time!!! Grandma Time!!!

After bath time, wrapped up like a burrito!

Playtime with Uncle Ben!

Leaves right in front of Nate's house. Amazing!

Ryley and Ben could not resist collecting leaves!

Walking in the rain with Grandpa!

Hanging out with Grandma!!

Nate and Ben's Jack-O-Lanterns!!!

Ethan ready to go for a ride!

The colors were amazing.
So much greeeeen!!!!!!!!!
Leaves galore!!!!
What a beautiful drive!!!!

That's one big Pumpkin!

Which way do we go??
Little Ben, Caitlin, Olivia, Ethan and Ryley.
Cute Couple!
So we decided to go to a resevoir to walk out

by the water and when we got there it was closed.

We decided to turn around and go to a park that

was close by. Everyone was turning on the pavement

and Kevin decided to pull in the grass off the pavement

to turn around and with the rain we had gotten the day

before and no 4 wheel drive he was stuck!! He tried to

back up but just kept spinning his tires. So Nate and Ben

come to the rescue, they just happen to have a tow rope

in one of their cars. So they hook it up to the back of the

Suburban and pull him back onto the pavement. It is

always an adventure with the Miller Family. Thanks for

the fun time Kevin.

Olivia having fun on the jungle gym.
Girl Talk!!

Playing football with little Ben and everyone else.
Huddling up to make a play. We had a great time and as the sun went down

we got on the plane and came home. All was good

until we got to Phoenix and David's bag did not

show up. It was lost and we did not get it back until

Tuesday. It had been left in Baltimore and it came in

Tuesday and they brought it to our doorstep. How's

that for service.

"Woodcutting"

2009-10-18T21:43:00.004-07:00

After more than 20 years, David and I decided we wanted to go out and cut a load of firewood. We use to take all of the kids out with us to do this years ago and we always had lots of little hands to help. So this time it was just David and I and we had a great time. It brought back a lot of memories and some very good times. We went up by the peaks near Flagstaff out by Kendrick park and got a load of Aspen. I have always liked Aspen because it burns hot and it does not leave very much ash. We took that home and unloaded and stacked it and then went up towards Clints Well to get another load of Aspen. By the time we got done it was dark and we stopped and ate dinner at the cafe at Clints Well. It was a great day!!
The old saw was as good as ever.

First load almost done.

There is nothing prettier than the Aspen turning colors.

Playtime with dad!!

2009-10-07T20:12:00.003-07:00

Jett loves to play with Daddy's hair and like to be tickled. His laugh is so funny!!

Catch up Time!!!!!

2009-10-07T18:43:00.006-07:00

It has been almost 2 months since my last post. So I am going to get caught up. With school, soccer, doctors appts. and life in general we, like everyone have been busy, and I could not get my pictures to upload, a little check mark had been unchecked and I did not know it. So here goes with the tour of Jett, Rachel and Sam before Sam went into basic training. Jett chilling in the swing.

Daddy's little man.

Jett"s first hair cut!!
The finished product of moms careful trimming.
Play time at the pool.

Ah! Mom, do hI have to eat this mush(rice cereal).

Bath time!!
Shampoo baby! HE is a star!!
Jett the Court Jester!!

Spending time with grandpa.
Playtime with mom!!

Cowboy Golf at Munds Park!

2009-08-02T21:59:00.005-07:00

Today we went up north, 27 miles towards Flagstaff,
to visit Tim Barmetler at his cabin in Munds Park.
We had no idea how large Munds Park was or how
pretty it was. We went to Tim's cabin and wound up
playing golf in a large meadow below his cabin. It was
a lot of fun and cooler than playing horseshoes in Camp
Verde.

This was hole # 3, I think.

Trying to find your ball was a bit of a challenge.

David trying to hit the ball off of clumps of grass.

Jacob, Tim's son, and I trying to dig out a ball.

What a swing, Tiger Woods look out! Ha! Ha!

What form and no need to worry about divet out

of a well groomed course.

Where oh where did the golf balls go???

Are you sure this is how Tiger got started??
Tim and David discussing hitting strategies.

Keep your eye on the ball and hope a gopher

does not steal or eat your ball.

After golfing we went to the lake at Munds Park, which we

knew nothing about. It has fish in it and it was so cool and

pleasant there. We will be coming back here for sure to fish.

Where in Arizona are we?? Munds Park Lake.....

Alumni Game 2009

2009-08-02T20:23:00.005-07:00

This year the Alumni game was played at Butler Park,
and the games did not start until 6pm. It was a lot cooler,
more people and lots of Alumni. To start the games we
had everyone meet in the middle of the field to give a
moment of silence for Trevor Hammon, who passed away
in May. He was a starter on David's State Championship
Team. After that the festivities began. We had lots of hot
dogs, water, watermelon and chips.

Moment of silence for Trevor.

Megan Wright in great shape as always, and she
several goals, along with Nicki Finch, Angel Allen

and others.

The Alumni bench at half time. Just taking it easy.

Discussing how many more goals they would score.
For the girls game the Alumni won 6-0. The high school
team played hard and are a young team that will improve
through out the year.

Alumni 2009 Champions. Anna Bassous, Kim Reddell,
Katelyn Baker, Tasha Williams, Lauren Clausen, Alicia Wagner,

Angel Allen, Kristi Williams, Rochelle Williams, Megan Wright,

Bethany Wright, Amy McElhaney, and others that I was not sure of.

On to the boys game..............

Warm ups for the Alumni.... Josh Baker , Seth Padilla

Colton Finch, Jake Hall, and Steve Strickland.

Manuel Guzman and Daniel Cameron, no they did

not play.

Zack Davis and Isaac Orellana.............

Pregame instructions for all to have a good time
and be kind to each other so no one gets hurt.
PLAY BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alumni trying to get motivated to play...... just

kidding, we wanted some pictures before the game.

Alumni team 2009: Javier Pineada, Juan and Augustine

Romero, Josh Baker, Zeb Dickinson, Manual Guzman, Isaac
Orellana, Kevin & Ian Borchers, Mike Wales, Seth McCabe,

Steve Strickland, Jake Hall, Colton Finch, Zack Davis, Austin

Beeler, Seth Padilla, Kippy Proper, Alfonso Pisqueria and

Ryan Betz.

Cowboys Varsity Soccer 2009

Even though the Alumni got beat this year (1-2)

the teams got together in the middle of the field

for the traditional yell of COWBOYS!!!!!!!!!

Coach giving praises to his team after the win.

Sunshine to Dark Clouds and Rain! The Adventure Continues!

2009-07-16T19:43:00.008-07:00

This last weekend we went north to the cool pines to enjoy
cooler weather. We started with Walnut Canyon, sunshine
and blue skys to tall pine trees, ferns and dark clouds and rain.

Top of the canyon, 240 steps to go until we get
back to the top.

Dwelling across the canyon on the far wall.

One of the local residents of the canyon.

How does a tree grow right out of solid rock............ amazing!!

This was the living room of this dwelling.

More ruins on the other side of the canyon.

Steps, Steps and more Steps. Nate does this

remind you of anything???

Half way out, only 120 steps to go.

Last 50 steps!!!

From sunny and blue skies to Snow Bowl

road with wind and rain. It sure did smell good.

Snow Bowl Lodge with no snow.

Looking up the chair lift line to the top.
Next stop, 11,500 feet, highest spot in AZ.

Tried to get a picture of the trees growing under the deck

of the midway chair lift landing. The signs were kind of

interesting, "Don't let poles drag" and " Keep tips up".

They loose their meaning without all the snow.

We tried to take a picture of ourselves, I know it is not

the best, Ben and Caitlin seem to have a talent for taking

these kinds of shots. Wish you would have been with us.

Highest peaks in Arizona, Mt. Agaizz and Mt. Humphreys.

Top of Arizona!!!

Mother Nature in all her glory!

Going up the chair lift we were in the sunshine with no

coats and coming down we got caught in the rain.

We went down into Hart Prairie next and the ferns

at least 3 to 4 feet tall. We were looking for the tree

that David carved our names in many, many years ago.

It was there last year, but so many tree have fallen down

that we could not find it.

This is why we love to go up to the San Francisco Peaks.

Surprise!!! We're Here To Visit!!

2009-07-11T05:23:00.004-07:00

We had a huge surprise this last weekend! David was able to go down and pick up
Deanne and the grandchildren in Phoenix and then Jake came down on Saturday to
pick them up. They stayed the night and went home on Sunday. We just relaxed and
enjoyed each others company. Enjoy the pictures. Emily was so excited after she started jumping by herself.

Aubree loved the pink noodle. That is all she cared about.

One big step for Emilee.

One giant leap for Emilee!

Jake took Emilee under the lap lane. She was a little

hesitant at first, but then she loved it.
Aubree with some one on one time with dad!

Isaac was showing us all of his swimming skills.
He is like a fish when it comes to the water.

Goggles for Emilee.

Some family time at the pool.

Throwing poppers for 4th of July!
Sitting around the camp fire. I know you can't see

the fire but it was there.

Ballcourts and Blowholes!!!!

2009-06-30T21:17:00.008-07:00

Saturday, we decided to go on a National Park adventure.
Destination, Wupatki and Sunset Crater. We started at
Wupatki, with Indian ruins and worked our way back
towards Sunset Crater. Some of the things we saw
were really amazing, some we had never seen or heard
of before.

June 27, yes there is still snow on the back side
of the peaks.

Entering Wupatki National Monument.
These ruins were built on the edge of a canyon.

The canyon the ruins were on the edge of, and
where the indians planted their crops and got
their water.

We just happened to catch this gecko sunning
itself instead of selling insurance.

This was the next ruin up the trail, much larger.

This guy had just had a fight with another lizard.
He was running away I guess.

Arizona desert Lily.

David really likes to take pictures of dead trees.

This was a big sink hole behind one of the ruins.
The back side is all volcanic rock.

Wapatki Ruins!!

The big cirlce enclosure is called the ballcourt.
There are over 900 of these throughout Arizona.
These were the very first indoor soccer arena's.
These were built specically for different ball games.

All dad needed was a soccer ball and all of his
sons to play. It is 100 feet long and 70 feet wide.
Do these deminsions sound familiar?

This rock has been carved out the weather.
This ruin sat on top of a very large rock.

This is out in front of the ruin in a large gathering area.

This picture was taken from inside one of the small
rooms at the top of the ruin. At one time the ruin was
at least three stories high.
Making the transition from the desert to the trees.
This is looking back down at where Wupatki is from

Sunset Crater.

The backside of Sunset Crater.
One more odd shaped, dead tree.

This trail leads you on a walk along some of the Lava
flow at the bottom of Sunset Crater. You are no longer
allowed to hike to the top of the crater. David and I both
have actually hiked to the top of the crater. That was a

long time ago before they stopped people from hiking on
the crater.

We were amazed at how trees and plants could
just prow through the hard lava rock. This is an
Aspen tree.

The lave flow and I am trying to hold up one large rock!

This is a cone hole where the lava would blow out of.

This is part of Bonito lava flow, the largest lava flow.

Hope you have enjoyed our little adventure. The

pictures capture alot, but it is much better actually

being there and hiking all of it. Next adventure for the

Miller's is Walnut Canyon. To be continued...........

33 Years & Still going strong!!!

2009-06-21T21:27:00.003-07:00

Where did those 33years go. It seems like yesterday we were just dating and going down Oak Creek Canyon on a date was the thing to do. We took our bikes for a long ride, boy how times have changed, we now climb into the Beamer and away we go. Sunday was our anniversary and so we decided to drive up Oak Creek Canyon. The air was nice and cool and fresh and it was beautiful.

David loves to drive the BMW along the winding road.

And away we go down Oak Creek Canyon!

Yes, that is where we are going!

Beauty beyond belief that can only be found in Arizona!!

Does this bring back memories? This is the orchard that we use to take all the kids to pick apples.

More of the apple orchard that we use to pick apples from with a homemade apple pole.

Red Rock State Park, we use to come here for free and at any time of the day. It was closed when we got there, so all we could do was take a picture.

The Sunsets in Arizona are hard to beat. On the way home we captured these, on the longest day of the year, the first day of summer.

This pull over is across from where me and grandma Brady would take the kids to Midgley Bridge. Remember the fun times there and the tree limb switch that Grandma used on you kids that day? So many fun memories from Oak Creek Canyon. It has been a great 33 years and we are looking forward to another 50. Love to all our children and grandchildren.

Maxwell Trail- West Clear Creek

2009-06-01T12:44:00.008-07:00

Saturday David and I hiked down the Maxwell Trail in West Clear Creek. It started out sunny and bright and when we came out, as you will see, it was raining. It was a great adventure.

Nice and warm on the way down.

The clouds are beginning to build.

What a neat rock formation. Looks like it would be fun to climb.

Hoping to find some fish.
We saw a lot of fish mostly small but a few were
six to eight inches long. Lots of Arizona Lobsters.

What we found was an Arizona Lobster(Crawdad)
We crossed the creek several times.
Is this what I think it is? Maryjane or could it be wild mint? What do you think?
Everything is so green!

This is one long bug. We are not sure what it was doing.

This is where we stopped to eat lunch, and then start back.

Waiting under a tree while it is raining.

The canyon looked so pretty with all the rain. It was thundering and lightening.

We got a good soaking coming out of the canyon.

One more successful and fun hike, even though we were soaked.

"STATE CHAMPIONS"

2009-05-25T20:20:00.005-07:00

Words cannot express the feelings of winning a State Championship. The pictures tell part of the story. After 12 years as the Varsity Coach at Camp Verde High School, my team, did what all the other teams in our conference could not do. The girls success comes from playing great defense and hitting the ball when we needed to and above all we had that little bit of LUCK that goes into any game. After all the hard work, attitudes, emotions and all the other stuff that goes with coaching a girls team, we overcame it all and won the State Championship for 2A Softball.

After being down 0-2 in the first inning, the team rallied and started getting on base so that we could score. We tied the score 2-2 and never looked back. Next thing you know we were ahead 3-2.

The short game became a large part of how we were able to come back and get some much needed runs.

Being ahead just gave us the energy that we needed to go ahead and score again making the score 4-2, going into the bottom of the sixth inning. We held them, getting three up and three down. We did not score in the top of the seventh and all we needed to do was get three outs. But we had to work for it and that made it more special. With no out they got runners on 1st and 2nd. We were able to hold those runners and get two outs. Next a ball was hit down the 3rd base line and hit the dirt/chalk line and I thought they were going to score 2 runs and have the winning run on 2nd. But that is where the luck comes into play. The ball hit dirt but not chalk and the official was right on the line and calleed the ball foul. So with tow outs and the winning run at the plate, the batterwas the girl that hit the double that scored their two runs in the first inning. My pitcher did her job ans she hit a grounder between third and short and my short stop fielded the ball and tossed it to third base and the bench went nuts as we became 2A State Champions.

Yes, I got the water cooler dumped on me and it was well worth it.

Still in shock we congratulate the other team, who is in shock that we had beaten them.

Tears all the way around, and the team is still speechless and cannot believe that we are State Champions.

Holding the Championship Trophy helped us believe that we really did win.

Try talking with reporter when you are speechless and are so overwhelmed that you can't think straight. I really had to catch my breath before I could talk.

Without these two coaches we could not have done what we did. Thanks!!!!

Did they put up this sign just for us????? What a great picture. We got a full page in the Arizona Republic and made the front page of the Sports section. We made front page of the local newspaper and then we also were asked to be on the local radion station. We are also being honored at a Diamonbacks game this Thursday during the pre-game show.... It can't get any better than this. I am so proud of my team and my coaches! Oh, by the way, God does answer prayers, sometimes it takes 12 years, but the wait was well worth it.

"STATE CHAMPIONS"

2009-05-25T20:20:00.000-07:00

Jett Aaron Blessing!!!

2009-05-03T21:11:00.007-07:00

We traveled to Cedar City last weekend to attend
Jett's Blessing. We had a great time and it was a
very special weekend. Jake and Deanne came to

the blessing and we had a lot of fun with them and

Sam and Rachel.

Grandma and Grandma time.

Tummy time with Grandpa!!

Hanging out at the pool and spa Sat. night.

Jake enjoying time with the grandkids!!!
Jett in his little white tuxedo!!

What a special little family!!!
Going through the tunnel in Zion Nat. Park.
Taken from the sun roof of the BMW. That
is Jake and Deanne behind us.

What a fun trip this was. Isaac and Aubree

excited to climb the rocks.
Millers at Zions National Park

Trip to Texas

2009-03-29T18:02:00.006-07:00

Our newest addition to the Miller family, Ethan Alexander, born Wed. March 25. His older brother and sister are very proud and anxious to play with him.

We decided to take the grand kids down to the little creek that is by their house. It was hard trying to keep them out of the water.

On Saturday, Kevin took us down to the San Antonio River walk or boat ride and then we went to the Alamo. Ryley and Ben just had to get on the cannon for a picture.

Grandma Brady and I were getting ready to put Olivia to bed and she was playing with the laundry basket. She got to laughing so hard and giggling that I just had to get it on video.

We are still in San Antonio. We leave to come home on Wed. I will post more pictures when I get back. Enjoy.

No. 7 Jett Aaron

2009-03-15T18:37:00.008-07:00

The Miller family welcome's it's newest grandchild,
Jett Aaron Miller. We went up to Cedar City this
weekend to see him and Sam and Rachel. He is

beautiful and we enjoyed every minute we had

with him. We went to the St. George Temple and
Then went to play indoor, black light mini-golf.
We had a great time. Enjoy the pictures.

Grandma and Grandpa enjoying some snuggle time.

Relaxing on mom's lap.

Mom, Dad and Jett at the St. George Temple.

St. George Temple.

Visitor Center of St. George Temple.

We went and played a round of black light mini-golf.
The fish tank was in the arcade after we played golf.

Sam, of course won the game.
Grandpa had some great shots.

We all took turns holding Jett while we all played.

Sunday morning before breakfast and church.

More snuggle time before we had to leave.

Clean diaper and ready to eat.

What a great looking family!!!!

March Birthdays!!! Happy Birthday everyone!!

2009-03-06T21:11:00.009-07:00

Sorry that these are late, softball got in the way. I hope everyone has a great birthday. These are just a few of the pictures of all our special birthdays for the month of March. CONGRATUALATIONS!!!!! Sam and Rachel and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jett Aaron. Enjoy this journey down memory lane!!!

A very loving mother.

Always having fun.

Mother/Daughter moment.

Shotgunning a Miller family tradition!!!

Queen of Horseshoes, except Ben beat her this time.

Keeping Emilee still while everyone played horseshoes.

Watching Grandpa fish at Foy Lake in Monticello.

You always have a child in arms. We love you!
Hope you had a great day.

Benjamin David Mayberry!!!!
Three days old.

1st Birthday!!! He loves that cake.

Playing in the water at Grandma Millers!

How many more wedding to I
have to go to?????

Ben's Namesake. Life time Buddies!!!!

He loves to be outside.

Roasting marshmellows at Grandma Millers house.
It was raining outside.

Always on the Run!!!!!!
Hope you have a very Happy Birthday!!!!!!!

ISAAC JACOB MILLER!!!!!!!

Just before his first haircut.

Hanging out with dad.

Playing at the park!!!!!!

March Birthdays. Ben 1 and Isaac 3

After bath time.
A fun day at the Fair in Camp Verde .

Favorite Cousins. What are they up to????

Wearing Grandpa Millers hat.
Isaac, we love you and wish you a

very Happy Birthday.

February/march catch-up!

2009-02-28T06:39:00.002-07:00

I am trying to stay on top of my blogging, but as you can see I am behind. The following pictures are from Super Bowl weekend up in Colorado with Jake and his family, when Nate came out to help with the cabinets. David and I went up to help. The others are of Valentines day!

Dad Valentines present, a new boat! Just kidding!
He had to go into Bass Pro and look after our trip to
the Temple.

February in Arizona! The Temple grounds are
beautiful! This is why we live in Arizona!!!

The flowers are just amazing!!

What a beautiful day it was!

Grandpa relaxing with the grandchildren super

bowl weekend.

We took all the grandkids out for ice cream.

Aubree enjoying her dilly bar!

Isaac inhaled his dilly bar.

Emilee's was bigger than she was but she ate the whole thing!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!- Jacob, Aubree, Kevin & Olivia!

2009-01-19T15:40:00.008-07:00

I decided to do the birthdays a little different this year. So here goes. I took pictures of all that have birthdays in January and picked some random pictures. Happy Birthday to all and we miss all of you and hope you had a great day. Love Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa Miller.

Jacob (30) is a loving husband and father and son!!
Helping Isaac climb a rock.

Dad and son trying to get ready to catch a fish.
What an awesome picture!!

He always has fun!!!

A loving and caring father!!!!!
Aubree Nicole Sweet, sweet girl........ 4 years old

Aubree loves to be outside!!!!
Aubree ready to play with the boys.

Olivia Lynn Little Angel..... 2years old

How do I get out of this?????

Grandpa's Little girl!!!!!!!!!!!

Daddy's Little girl!!!
I love to make a mess!!!

(31) Kevin- A loving husband!!!!!!!

Still a big kid at heart!!!!!!

A caring father and future Doctor!!!

Catch-up Time!!!!

2009-01-18T13:40:00.005-07:00

Sorry I have taken so long to get caught up from Christmas but I have been a little busy. All of our children were at the in-laws this year so it was just Dave and I. Katie and Kevin were able to come up the Wed. before Christmas so some of the pictures are of them and the others are when they were in Phoenix for Caitlin's graduation. The last ones are of dad and I going to Flagstaff to see the snow and then we went on an excursion up to Sqaw Peak, up above Camp Verde. We had a very quiet Christmas and missed everyone! Thanks to all that sent us gifts and called. We love you and hope to see each of you soon. Love Mom and Dad

Grandma and Olivia reading together.

Ryley rolling down the green, green grass in Dec.

Ben playing at the park.

Olivia trying to keep up with the big kids.

Congrats on graduating, use the lap top carrier wisely.

Mingling on the beautiful grass.

Can you say 3x's pregnant!!!!

Hanging out in Grandpa's truck.
A little brother/sister huggggggggg!!!!!!

San Francisco Peaks after the snow storm.

This is a new sledding area by the new road out
by the mall in Flagstaff. Looks like a lot of fun!!

Christmas morning without all the family.

New Years Day up on top of Squaw Peak.

Looking down on Camp Verde from Squaw Peak.

Verde Valley with SF peaks in the background.

It was freezing cold on top of the peak.

When Katie and Keving were up we wanted to build

a fire in the fire pit so that the grandkids could roast

marshmellows. Mother Nature would not give us any

dry weather so the last night that they were all here

we decided we would roast marshmellows over Grandma;s

stove. The video is what took place. Hopefully the next

time we can actually do it outside.

Thankgiving!! Birthdays for Caitlin and Rachel!!!

2008-12-10T18:51:00.002-07:00

This year we only had three of our children
home for thanksgiving. So we wanted to have
a place that we could be outside and roast
marshmellows. Dad and I put this fire ring to-
gether. Pretty Cool! Of course on Thanksgiving morning in the rain
soaked ground the boys, Jake, Ben and Sam went
up to Butler and played football. Sorry the pictures
were not better. But the guys had a great time.
Dad and the boys helped but the stepping stones
around the fire pit so we would not be standing in
the mud. Thanks guys for all the help!!

Isaac helped by picking up the little rocks around
the yard.

Happy Birthday Caitlin and Rachel. It was delicious!!

Emily as usual found a hat to put on.

On saturday we all went out shotgun shooting.
We put ear headphones on the grandkids to protect
their ears. A little big on them but they did the job.

Jake and Deanne and below is Jake and Ben.

Ben and Caitlin!
Sorry about the blur.

Dad went fishing and shotguning this past Sat. We hope everyone had a fun and happy Thanksgiving. We missed Nathan, Lori, Katie, Kevin and Ryley, Ben and Olivia. We love all of you and hope that we can ALL get together again soon. Love Mom and Dad

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Katherine Ann (Katie)

2008-12-01T07:57:00.006-07:00

Katherine Ann, born at 1:12am on Nov. 25, 1980.

She weighed 7lbs. 6ozs.

Baby Katie in Red!!

Jake and Katie.

She really looked good in red!
Good Old Bathtime!!!
Grandma Brady's dishwasher, and Katie and her Binkie!

Her first birthday cake. Does this remind

you of someone else on their first birthday?

Katie just bouncing around at our house in Cheshire.

Katie using her head to get around. She loved

to do this instead of actually crawling.
Jake, Katie and Great-Grandad Kennedy.

Her sixth birthday. She loved her Barbie Dolls.

Katie, Dad and I love you so very much and we

are so proud of the mother and wife that you are.

Sorry this is a little late but at least I got it done.

We hope you had a great day, even though you were

trying to get ready to move, again, and being pregnant

added to all the fun we hope you had. We miss you

so much and can hardly wait until the new baby comes

and maybe we can go bird hunting again. LOVE you

so much. Mom and Dad......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! BENJAMIN RAY

2008-11-02T12:05:00.005-07:00

Ben, dad and I hope that you have a very Happy
Birthday! We wish that we could be there to celebrate
with you. We love you so much and are so very proud
of you. Here are some looks back down memory lane.
We hope you enjoy them. Love Mom and Dad

Benjamin Ray Miller (9lbs.6oz.) Big Boy

2 weeks old

Ben has always like jumping around and getting into

things since he was little.
Was not happy with what I tried to feed him.

Loved to build things even at a young age!
His first motorcycle or close to it.
Exploring the rocks and the water at Lake Powell.

All moms have a picture like this of their little boy.
Ben loved playing in boxes.
Nothing more fun than playing in the rain water.
Who would have guessed this little soldier would

become a real one some day.

He has always been full of energy and still is.

We love you bunches Ben. Mom and Dad.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

2008-10-26T18:51:00.005-07:00

Happy Halloween!! My visiting teachers came
by and shared a little message that is so good I
wanted to share it with all of you and then you
can share it with you children. It is about Christians
and Halloween.
Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin. Our Heavenly
Father lifts up up, takes us in and washes all the dirt off.
He opens us up, touches us deep inside and scoops all the
yucky stuff our (like seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc.) Then
He carves us a new smile and puts His light inside of us to
shine for all the world to see. (Matthew 5:14-16)
We can let ur light shine by being a good example. When we
keep the commandments we are showing others our love for
Heavenly Father, and they will have a desire to honor Him as
well. We should follow Jesus. If we do, we will be able to live
happy lives and return to Heavenly Father someday.
I hope you like this and I have shown some of the past Halloween's
that my children had. I hope you enjoy!

As you can see we had some great times and lots

of different and re-used costumes. I hope everyone

has a fun and Happy Halloween!! Love Mom and Dad/

Grandma and Grandpa Miller........

Grandma and Gr-grandma visit Cortez!!

2008-10-21T19:54:00.001-07:00

Grandma Brady and I went up to Cortez this last
weekend to help out Deanne and Jake get caught
up and spend some Grandma time with the grandkids.
We had a great time and did not want to come home.

The Miller crew ready to help clean the house.

Aubree not sure if she wanted to help.
Let's play with the toys that G. Brady gave us.
Isaac actually eating meatloaf. Way to go!

The house on the hill that the Miller's live in for now.
We had a race down the road to the big tree and

Isaac won. What a great picture.

We all had to throw rocks in the pond.
Emiy would only keep looking at the leaves on the
ground.

Emilee with her hair up out of her face.
Puppy dog Emilee. She wore this hat around

all weekend.

This cupboard could be an extra bedroom for
Emilee. She loved to hide in there and turn the
lazy susan round and round as it squeeked!!

Emilee spent a good thirty minutes putting cookie cutters.

We had a great time and can hardly wait until Thanksgiving.

Katie, Ryley, Ben and Olivia Mexico Trip

2008-10-13T10:19:00.004-07:00

On Sunday, Oct. 5, Grandma Brady and I went down to Phoenix and met with Katie and went out to Caitlin's Aunts house to watch conference and just hang out together. Katie and the kids and Brent, Kevins brother, were going to Rocky Point on Monday, so we went down to visit. We had a great time and lots of great food, thanks Caitlin's Aunt, I can not remember her name, sorry. It was fun to see how much the grandkids had grown since we have not seen them since July. Grandma and I had a great time and so did everyone else as the pictures show.

Brother and sister moment.
Brent and Ben putting together a puzzle.

Ben and Ben deep in conversation.
Little Ben posing and Katie hiding.
Olivia enjoying Uncle Ben's company, Caitlin snoozing.
Olivia is getting taller and taller.

Ryley's hair is getting long.
Do they look like sisters or what?
Olivia posing and I finally got a picture of Katie.
Two beautiful girls. We had so much fun and hope that Katie and the kids had a good time in Mexico and will hopefully update her blog when she gets back.

We're Back!!

2008-10-13T09:57:00.003-07:00

Sorry I have not blogged in awhile. With school , and socccer and foot surgeries we have been busy. We did get to go up to Cortez and see Jake and Deanne and the grandkids. Grandma Brady and Grandma Miller went with us and we had a great time. Jake and Deanne are living on a 43 acre place and it is beautiful, the kids have lots of room to run and play. We went out to Jake and Deanne's land and saw the house that is being started. We went to church on Sunday and basically just hung out and relaxed at the big house.

Grandpa and the grandkids ready to go to church.

The Miller gang as we left on Sunday.
Aubrey hiding under the covers to stay warm.
Emilee with static hair.

Jake and Deanne's house in beginning stage.
Emilee, not sure if she should smile or frown.
Peeking through from upstairs.
Playing on the bed that they slept on while we were there.

We had a great time and really did not want to come back home.

SOCCER ALUMNI GAME 2008

2008-08-17T19:58:00.003-07:00

This year we only had one alumni home for the game.
Ben was home and Caitlin played with the girls.

Best Goalie on the field and on the teams.
Getting control and kicking the ball down field!
What a great group of guys. Way to go Cowboys!!!
Ben and Colton wondering what to do next!!
We finally got some rain the day after the Alumni game. We sat out on the front porch and just enjoyed the rain
and the cool air. Next day it was back up in the 100's.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMUEL AARON

2008-08-17T17:29:00.007-07:00

Sam, Dad and I want to wish you a Happy Birthday. I know that it is a little late but at least I have something on the blog. The following pictures are just a few of you when you were little. We want you to know how proud we are of you and that we love you. You have turned into a great young man and we know that you will do great things. Enjoy the trip back down memory lane.

Samuel Aaron Miller 8lbs.15ozs. 22" long

August 13,1985 12:38am

The newest member of the Miller Gang!

Our little sailor boy!

Sam and his big brothers!
Visiting Grandma Miller before going to church.

Not old enough to ride the ATV's with Uncle Steve.

Learning how to crawl.

Is this fun or what?
Katie thought it was.

Just playing with Ben in a cardboard box.

Playing in Grandma Brady's kitchen drawers!

Exercising with Jack be nimble bouncer!

Grandma Brady's little cutie pie!
Our little family outing to Walnut Canyon while
Jake was in school.

Boy, that water is cold!!
Christensen School's jump rope for heart day.
Who would have known that one day Sam would
actually be a Cowboy at Camp Verde High School.
This was his 4th birthday. Check out those shorts!
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller!!!! Sam we hope you have enjoyed the little look
at your life. We love you bunches and hope you
had a great birthday!

BYE,BYE BUNIONS!!!

2008-07-26T08:29:00.003-07:00

I had what they called a right Austin Bunionectomy.

Basically they took of the bunion and a bone spur on
my right foot. In 6-8 weeks they will do the left foot.

The following pictures show before and after and the

boot I will have to wear for at least 3 weeks. The

surgery went fine and as you can see I will have a

nice bumpless foot when it is all done. Finally I can

have a cute, almost, looking foot.

Up Up and away to Maryland!!!

2008-07-24T18:56:00.005-07:00

We had a great time in Maryland. Lori showed
some of the sights and so I had a few I want to
share. The clouds are like another world and I
just had to take some pictures. They look so
light and fluffy and Heavenly.

So starting at Arlington we saw all of the sights!!!!
Anyone want to look for a National Treasure.

The stairs you saw in the movie National Treasure.

We must have walked over 30 miles, but

it was really worth it. Next time we will get

to visit all of the Museums. I was trying to

load a video of Dad and Nate boxing on the

Wii, but I guess it was to large to load, so

next time you come over I will show it to you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATHAN WILLIAM MILLER

2008-07-24T18:02:00.006-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! NATHAN WILLIAM MILLER
Born July 24, 1982. Weighed 8lbs. 13 oz.

What a cutie! He loved his beets. Not sure if he still does.

Nate loved to play with his toys.

Sorry, but I just had to add this picture!!
It speaks for itself.....Love you Nate!

Nathan's first steps! Sure do like those
short shorts and high tube socks. That was
the style in 1983.

Christmas 1983!

Great Grandpa Kennedy in 1984.

Nathan with a broken foot.

On the road to San Antonio

2008-07-15T18:11:00.004-07:00

This past weekend David and I went down to Marana to see Katie and Kevin and the grandkids. They are moving to San Antonio Texas. We picked Ben up in Chandler and took him with us. As you can see Uncle Ben was the big hit. So I took a couple of pictures. The real reason that Ben came with us, he was going to drive the volkswagon bus back up to Phoenix to Aaron's house. Katie and Kevin were selling it to a guy that was coming down from Colorado to look at it. As you can see from the next few pictures Kevin was having a hard time letting go of his prize possession. Its ok Kevin you can buy another one when you get to Texas.
Ben trying to get it started and put into reverse.

Kevin trying to help get the bus going.
One last hug and good bye! And away we go! Have fun Ben! Olivia helping take down the beds ! Do I have to get off of it? She wanted to play instead of take down the beds.
Ryley and Ben were over at a friends house while we were
loading the U-Haul truck and so we did not get any pictures
of them. We got the truck loaded in about an hour and then
it was time to go back to Camp Verde. Katie and Kevin made
it to San Antonio on Monday and now are trying to get everything
out of the boxes and begin another chapter in their life. Good
luck and we love you bunches. Mom and Dad.......Sorry we did
not have more pictures. Hopefully you guys took some on the way!

REUNION ON THE MOUNTAIN

2008-07-13T21:29:00.008-07:00

Can you see the horses' head on the Blue mountain?
We always tried to find this when we use to come
up here for family reunions when everyone was little.
Grandpa can rub my back all day!
Oreo cookie break!
Strolling up the trail with Grandma and Grandpa.
Taking a hike, looking for the bear that was in the area.
No bear but the grass is almost as tall as Isaac.

Horseshoe tournament. Way to go Grandpa!
Nice technique Deanne, she took second place.
Caitlin with a double ringer. She still lost.

Great style grandma. Jake and Ben were trying to go into the championship

game. Ben won and he had to play Deanne for

Champioship. It was really close, but Ben won!!

What a great picture.
Isaac will be a great fisherman someday, he can
already carry the pole the right way. He looks
so grownup. Way to go Isaac!!

Hey! Where's the water. She did not want to walk
all the way up to the water. She was in the water
the whole weekend.

Jake's first fish. He caught it on his first cast. Is that luck or skill?
How many does it take to remove one small hook?
Grandpa's first fish. Way to go Grandpa!

Ben showing Caitlin how to cast.
Ben's first fish. Caitlin warmed the fish up!
They were unhappy because we would not let them throw rocks into the water.

Putting hooks on the line for Isaac.

I can throw the frisbee too! Just watch.
Grandpa taking a long awaited nap.
Riding indian style up to Foy Lake. We saw lots of cows.
Trying to lay still in the hammock was a challenge!

Watching Peter Pan just before dinner on Sat. night.
Corn on the cobb from Hauser farms. Aubree really got into it.
Is this the life or what? We could have stayed for another week!
On the way home we stopped by Gouldings trading post.

This also had a small museum on John Wayne and all the

movies that he made in Monument Valley. It was really neat.

We had a great time and only wish that all of the family could

have been there. Next year we hope everyone will be able to

get together for a reunion on the weekend closest to the 24th

of July. We have decided that will be the yearly date of the

Miller reunions. Hope to see everyone next year.

"TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME......!

2008-06-15T08:51:00.007-07:00

Chase ballpark D-Backs vs KC Royals. What a
great evening we had. Dave got tickets to the
ball game, except we had four tickets in a suite
(Budwieser) and then four tickets behind 3rd
base. The picture is taken from our seats that we
shared with Ben and Caitlin. Katie, Kevin and the
grandkids were up in the suite with all the food and
goodies. That way they could run around and play
instead of having to sit still.

Ben and Caitlin enjoying the game.
If you look real hard you can see Olivia and Ryley
with Kevin holding Olivia. This was the Budweiser suite.
Olivia having fun in the suite. The highlight of the evening, Ryley and Ben getting

to meet Baxter the Bobcat. Ballpark food and the crowd trying to do the wave.

We switched and took Ryley and Ben with us.

So much for the ballgame, it was much more fun

to wrestle with Uncle Ben. We had a great evening.

After the ballgame we went to a McDonald's for ice

cream for everyone. The grandkids were playing in the

Jungle gym and Katie had to go up and get Olivia because

she could not climb some of the inclines. All in all it was a great

evening and we wish we could do more before Katie and Kevin

leave for San Antonio. We love you guys. Mom and Dad

NO EXCUSES!!

2008-06-01T16:41:00.008-07:00

No excuses, I really do like blogging except for the fact that I have to sit down and put the pictures on and then try to get them in the right order and then explain each picture. Dad and I have been busy as I am sure all of you have. We try to go places other than work and sleep whenever we can. The following pictures are an assortment of places, people and things we have done since my last blog in March, WoW, has it been that long since the last blog I did? David trip up to Lee's Ferry to go fly fishing.
Colorado river at Lee's Ferry
Dad and the guy he went fishing with. At least
dad looks like a fisherman and not a clown.
Glen Canyon dam from the Lee's Ferry side.

Visitors center at Marble Canyon bridge.

Condors that live around the Marble Canyon area.
Looking at the Colorado River from top of bridge.

Little Ben helping clean house. Hope he will keep it

up when he gets older.

Bath time at the Mayberry home. Are they

sister's and a brother, or What?

Dad and I hanging out at a Phoenix Suns game.

Yes, that is Shaque. I tried to get a close up but
he is big no matter how far away you are.

Small family reunion when Nate and Lori were

home for her sister's wedding.
Nate and Lori as we were eating.

oops! Extra picture, not sure how to get rid of it.

Lake Mary! Full!
2 feet away from the top of the dam!

Upper Lake Mary!
Dad down by the dam of upper Lake Mary!

Mormon Lake. We have not seen this much

water in this lake for over 16 years.
Mormon Lake

As you can see we have been doing a lot of things. You can also see that I still do not have this blogging down to a science, so please bare with me and try not to laugh to hard. I really did try to get rid of the extra picture. Dad and I have a lot of things coming up, so I hope to take lots of pictures so I can let you be a part of our adventures. In June we hope to get a suite at a Diamondbacks game and take the Mayberrys before they leave for Texas, Ben and Caitlin are coming, we hope. End of June dad and I are taking the YW 4th years on their overnight hike like we did lat year. In July we are going to go up to the Blue mountains, Monticello, and go camping with Jake and Deanne and Ben and Caitlin. If any of you can come you are welcome, but we do understand that Katie, Nate and Sam are either moving, finishing school or are working 24/7. We will definitley be thinking about you and take lots of pictures for you all to see. Then in July, dad and I are going to fly back to Maryland and see Nate, Lori, Sam and Rachel. I can hardly wait, although I am not real excited about the plane ride. I will just get a good book or watch a long movie. Well that is all for now. One of these days I will learn how to make my blog have some personality with color and backgrounds, until then just look at the pictures and pretend that you were there with us. Love all of you, Mom and Dad Miller

We are still alive!

2008-03-20T06:15:00.003-07:00

I just wanted to let everyone know that dad and I are still alive and kicking. We have been very busy with tournament soccer and softball. Dad has had one tourmament and I spent last weekend in the wind blowing-cold Winslow Arizona at a softball tournament. My team did really good, we won 5 games and only lost 3. We took 4th in the tournament and had three girls chosen for all tournament team. The season is going good and I feel we will be competitive. I have been on spring break this week, although it has not been much of a break, I have had two games and three practices. But at least I have not had any students. It is hard to believe that Isaac is five

years old. I found some pictures of him and thought I would share. Isaac, you grandpa and I love you very much and miss you! We hope you had a great birthday and hope to see you soon. Love Grandpa and Grandma Miller

"A Little Heaven on Earth"

2008-02-23T10:44:00.003-07:00

Last Friday on the long four day weekend, David and I were in Phoenix. I had to have some surgery on my right leg and after that we went our to dinner with Ben and Caitlin and then went to the movies. It was a great time and we enjoyed being out with Ben and Caitlin. My leg is fine and I will have the other leg done on March 3. After the movies we went home but before we did we went by a new soccer complex, unfortunately I did not take the pictures that night with all the fog on the fields, it was really cool and did look a little like Heaven. But on Saturday we went back down to Phoenix to watch the girls basketball team play the second round of state, and we went to the fields and took the following pictures. David was in Heaven, he could not believe how nice and how many fields there were. Eleven in all with one field as the premier field, it was done with astro turf, very nice. David wants to see if he can get next years state soccer play offs at this complex. The grass was not bermuda but good, nice grass as you can see.

After we watched our girls team loose in the second round to Pusch Ridge we decided that we would go to Prescott Valley and watch a movie. I guess that was not to be the case. We turned off at Cordes Junction and started towards Prescott Valley and I was on the phone talking to Nathan and I hear a sound like we hit something and then a swishing sound and then we were pulling over with a flat tire. The right rear passenger side tire was totally flat. Of course Dave knows how to change a tire, it is just that we had not had to do it on a 3/4 ton 4x4 truck. Luckily we had a spotlight, because the flashlight we had was basically dead. So as I am freezing and shaking and holding the light Dave and I began the 45 minute ordeal of changing the tire on the side of the road with traffic whizzing by. At least it was not raining or snowing just the wind blowing and about 40 degrees. Just as we were finishing a man stopped behind us and asked if he could help, I had been silently praying for some help. He had a 4 way tire iron and that helped and he lifted the flat tire into the truck. By the time we got over to the theatre the next showing of Jumper was not until 10:30pm and so we just went to Pizza Hut and had a nice dinner. I gues we were just tryint to do to much in one day. So while I was holding the light and freezing I also took the following pictures, David of course did all the work. I am sure glad he was there because I could not have even lifted the tire to get it on or off the truck. It had to of weighed at least 200lbs., or so it seemed. David is up coaching his tournament soccer team in a friendly game with a team from Sedona. He is sick but you know how much he loves soccer. The weather today is clear and blue, blue skies, but cold. We had rain on Wednesday night. Hope everyone enjoys the pictures. Sam and Rachel you need to update your blog, please. Love mom and dad.

"The Calm Before the Storm"

2008-01-28T19:18:00.000-07:00

Saturday David and I decided to get out of the house
while the weather was good. We went up on the mountains
that are to the left of I-17 called Copper Canyon to go ATV
riding. We took some awesome pictures from the trip going
up and coming down. The very next day, Sunday, we woke
up to a drizzling rain, so we got our ride in just before the storm
hit.

First time wearing my helmet.

San Francisco Peaks with Camp Verde in the
foreground.

A bridge we had to cross half way up!

Looking down on the truck.

On top of a ridge, with Peaks in background.

Matezel mountains by Payson.

Area out where we did Jake's Eagle project.

Trail cutting across the side of hill.

Peaks from a higher view!

Loaded up and ready to go home. What a great
afternoon. The weather was great!!

2008-01-24T22:49:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

KEVIN MAYBERRY

JANUARY 25, 1978 !!

We would like to wish you a very happy birthday

and hope that you have a great day! I did not

have any baby or early years pictures of you

so I picked out some that have been taken over

the years that you have been apart of our family.

You have been a blessing to our family and

especially to our daughter Katie. We love you

and appreciate the husband, father and son-in-law

that you are. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

A day at the pool with Ryley.

Shotgunning with the family.

Some one on one time with Katie!

What a wonderful and beautiful family!

Hanging out at Sam's wedding reception.

Soccer Alumni game 2007!

Relaxing in Sierra Vista with Ryley.

Kevin we love you so very much and are proud to have in our family. Have a great day!

Love David and Debbi

Happy Birthday Jacob

2008-01-21T10:09:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

JACOB DAVID

JANUARY 21, 1979

Jacob, your dad and I would like to wish you a very Happy Birthday! We want you to know how much we love you and how proud we are of you and the man, husband and father you have become. We hope you enjoy the little surprise we sent you in your birthday card. Below are some pictures of you. Thanks for all the memories. We loved the little video of Emilee that you put on your blogg. Enjoy!!!

I know it is not a bear skin rug, butt, what a cutie!!

Always a jokester!!

You always wanted to help!

You didn't always get your way!

Your first Christmas!

Your first pumpkin and Halloween!

You were not to sure about the whole thing.

You always wanted to smile and play!

This was your favorite past time! You loved to bounce!

My little sailor. Yes, that is Grandma Brady!

Jacob, Have a great day. We love you!! Mom and Dad