Ten Years at the Job

I have decided I am married to the luckiest man alive! Last Friday Shan went to work and his dad took him and Kelly to Sportsmans and told them to pick out any gun they wanted. I guess it was their bonus for working for D. Miller for ten years. Shan picked out a new kind of 22 and brought it home today. It was really nice of David and I'm proud of Shan for sticking with it for ten years. Way to go!

We can't wait!

Every other year my parents throw a really fun, creative new years eve party. Every year is something new a different. In the past we have done a murder mystery dinner, around the world in 6 hours, a casino night and now it's looking like a cowboy dinner! They are so stinkin' creative and we have so much fun together. My boys can hardly wait, especially since they get to dress up and it's not even Halloween(Carsons words). I just thought I would share the fun invitations. Since I can't post a scan, I had to take a picture and their fuzzy, sorry!

Wanted for indecent exposure. Michael "Muscle Man" Miller
Wanted for Stirrin' the pot. "Shameless Shan" Miller
Wanted for excessive cuteness. Blake "Chubby Cheeks" Miller
Wanted for Burnin' Rubber. Jenifer "Get-Away" Miller
Wanted for Grave Robbin. Carson "T-Rex" Miller

When they took our pictures they told us to try to look really mean - I think Carson pulled that off the best!

Warning, Stay clear of our house!

What a bummer! Just in time for Christmas our boys came down with Pink Eye. Wednesday night the red eyes and gunk started. So Carson had to miss his preschool Christmas party and we all have a bad case of cabin fever. I took them to the doctor and they should be un-contagious by tomorrow. At least they will be able to enjoy all the rest of the Christmas festivities. I didn't get a picture, but I am sure you can all imagine!

Ms. Clause comes for a Visit

Every other year, when we have Christmas with the Millers, my parents come down to bring our gifts and visit. This year just my mom came down (my dad was working). Since everyone seems to be getting married, including my brother, weekends are really busy. So my mom came down Wednesday night and left Thursday morning. It was a short visit, but the boys loved having her. She brought tons of gifts with her and now our tree looks like Santa already came! Thanks for coming all that way mom, your the best!

A Christmas Miracle

Shan and I have now slept through the night two nights in a row! At our house that definitely counts as a miracle.

For the last couple weeks all three of our boys have been waking up multiple times in the night. Sometimes even thinking they were ready for the day at three in the morning. So I finally bribed Carson with a fire truck if he would stay in his bed all night long for three nights. And it worked! Lucky enough for us the other two boys followed suite and Shan and I are now feeling much more rested! Thank you boys. This is a picture of the boys with their reward! It was well worth the ten bucks!

I don't think this is the REAL Santa!

Saturday was the Carter Christmas party. It was fun like always. We ate a delicious dinner, heard a Christmas story and hit a pinata. But the funnest part was the annual visit from Santa! Michael was SO excited! He was all wide eyed and could hardly wait for his turn on the big mans lap. When he got off Santa's lap we asked him what he had asked for (since as you can see everyone was all whispers this year.) He told us he asked Santa to bring him a present. Sounds like he'll be easy to please this year!

Carson was also super excited to see Santa. He jumped right up on his lap and let him hear a whole list of things he wanted. This year he has definitely started hoping for things! After he jumped off Santa's lap he turned to his cousin and said "I don't think this is the real Santa." We couldn't stop laughing! Looks like he knows that Santa has helpers!

Blake was super cute with Jolly Ol' Saint Nick. He just kept staring at him, trying to figure out who was holding him. He wasn't scared at all at first, but after a minute he decided he needed a familiar face.

It was a fun party and something our family looks forward to all year long!

Carsons Preschool Christmas Program

Today was Carsons preschool Christmas program. So Shan, Michael, Blake, Grandma Miller and I all went to watch him sing.

The program was really cute. Carson got to hold up a light bulb sign during rudolph the red nosed reindeer. He did a great job.


Most of the time he was happy watching all the other kids sing, but every once in a while he really got into it.

This program was so fun for me to go watch. It was fun to see Carson playing with his classmates and singing the songs he had learned! He is such a good boy and we sure love him!

Dinosaur Museum

Carson had to go to the dentist and have some dental work done on Thursday. So as a bribe I told him that if he was super good I would take him to the Dinosaur Museum(we drive past it all the time and he is always asking me to take him). So after giving him some Brave medicine(benedryl - as prescribed by the dentist) he headed to the dentist. He ended up being super brave and not making a peep for the dentist. I was so proud.

So today we headed to the dinosaur museum. The boys had a ton of fun looking at all the fossils. They especially loved the t-rex footprint and watching the movie. They got to color dinosaur pictures and they each got to pick something out from the gift shop.

Michael picked a toy dinosaur and Carson picked an excavating kit. He's been working on it all afternoon and has still only got out one bone. We had a fun time and it was definately a great bribe!

Blake's New Trick

Blake learned this new trick on Wednesday. He is so proud of himself and so are we!

Hot Tubbing

The boys have been wanting to go to Grandpa Millers house forever to swim in the hot tub. So Monday we finally went. They both are little fish and love swimming at Grandma and Grandpa's house. They had a blast and totally wore themselves out. It was great!

Both boys woke up the next morning asking to go back. They just can never get enough. Blake and I hung out inside since it was super cold!

Bowlin'!

Since it was rainy and cold outside on Saturday we took the boys bowling.

We have been before and they always love it. Carson is even a good bowler - he got a strike and scored 100.

He's been talking about it all week. Way to go bud!