Pre-School Graduation!

Hayden's cute Pre-School had their
graduation on Monday, May 24, 2010.
It was really cute. They sang songs,
received their diploma, and special awards
were given out. Hayden received the
"Most Improved Award". It's amazing
how far he has come. Socially and academically.
He was so shy when he first started. This has
been such a great experience for him.
Can't wait for next year.


Diploma


They had it decorated really cute. Tons of
"graduation" signs all around.


They called each of the kids one by one
as they came out.


Most Improved. YAY Hayden.


This is his special prize he got for getting the Most
Improved Award. She first gave these bunnies out
to the kids who got perfect attendance. As soon
As he saw one he said "how come those kids get
a bunny and I don't" He was so excited when
she called his name to come down and get one.


Grandma Miller & Grandma Vickie
came to show their support.


Way to go Hayden. We love you and are so
proud of you.

Happy Birthday Peyton!

Peyton turned two on May 14, 2010.
WOW. Where has the time gone. She is getting
so big so fast. She talks so much. She can pretty
much say anything and everything. She is already
talking in sentences and has been for a while now.
We kept it pretty low key this year and just had
family over for cake and ice cream.


Peyton loves Dora. She wanted a Dora cake for
her birthday.





She loves, loves, loves books. All day long that's
all she wants to do is have you read her a book.

A true testament of life after death.

Earl Miller
1933-2010

My grandpa "Papa" passed away on May 1, 2010. I got to be there with him as he took his last breath. It was a bitter/sweet moment. I am sad because we will all miss him so much, especially my kids, but I know that he is in a better place and is no longer in pain.
They loved going over to papa's and Grandma's house. During the last few months of his life, he would always say that It was the Grand Kids that kept him going. He adored them.

It was about 4 days after Papa died. About 8:00 a.m. I heard Peyton talking in her room. I laid there for a minute and she stopped. About 9:00 a.m I thought "I better go and check on her". I opened the door to her room a little to peak in and she was just laying there as content as can be looking around. As soon as she saw me come in she jumped up and kept saying "Papa, Papa, Papa".
I said "Papa"? and Peyton said "Yeah Papa's biting". I said "he's biting" and she said "yeah he's biting my fingers".
(Papa would always act like he was biting her fingers when she would go over there).
So I called my mom and said "either Earl is here with Peyton or she is dreaming about him" and proceeded to tell my mom what Peyton had said.
When I was on the phone telling my mom, Peyton kept saying "Papa, Papa" and pointing to her room.
I said where is Papa Peyton and she said "in my bed, he's biting my fingers".
I truly believe that he was there with her that morning in her room. I've always heard people say that the Veil between Heaven and a child is very thin, and that they can see/sense things that we as adults cannot.
He is our guarding angel now.
We love you Papa!

Blog overload.

It has been months since I have posted about anything, but my computer has not been working right and I just got it fixed. So here are a few of the things that we have been up to since my last post in December:

Boats & Gators!

While in Florida we went on an Air Boat
ride through the swamps.












If you look closely you can see its head popping
out of the water.


Just one of the many gators we saw.


This sucker was huge. We probably saw at
least 50+ gators. They would just hang out
and bask on the banks or swim around in the
water.

Florida

Shawn got nominated by his work to go to
Florida to see the Space Shuttle launch.
We got an all expense paid trip to Florida.
We stayed in Cocoa Beach, and the weather
was amazing. 85 degrees the whole time we were
there.
It was so much fun, and a once in a lifetime
experience. We got to spend the day at the
Kennedy Space Center and see all the cool
exhibits they had, and then the next day we
had to get up at 3:00 am to see the shuttle
launch.
We were gone for 4 days over Easter. We got
to see some cool things, eat some really good
food and SLEEP IN. It was great to get some
alone time without the kids.
Thanks again mom for watching them.


Kennedy Space Center










Shawn touching a moon rock they had on display


Moon Rock

This is the shuttle just after it took off.
It was just like a huge ball of fire going up into
the air. It was so loud.


This is the shuttle sitting on the pad just before
take off. We were about 6 miles away across the
water, so this is the best pic we could get with our
camera.

eAsTeR

Ryan and Christy & the girls all came over
for dinner and to dye Easter eggs!










Happy Easter!

Birthdays!!!

We've celebrated two birthdays!
Shawn's was on February 26.
Here Parker is blowing out the candles for Shawn.



Shawn wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese for
his birthday dinner. (I know sick hu)
Here are a few pics of the kiddos.


Shawn, Hayden & Parker


Giddy up




I love Hayden's face in this picture. Can you say
CHEESE!

Parker turned the BIG 13 on March 18.
He is now officially a TEENAGER!
Happy Birthday Parker!