Happy Easter!

  We LOVE using the self-timer on our camera.  Happy Easter!

Start of the Easter egg hunt.  There is STILL SNOW outside in our backyard so we decided to do our egg hunt inside this year.  It was fun!

I was so proud of Benson!! He was organizing the contents in his eggs!  Glad to pass on the gene--good job buddy!

So we had a wonderful Easter here in Minnesota.  I played the organ and accompanied a girl on the flute.  Our ward is CRAZY and was super loud today.  I think all the children were wired on sugar. But my usual stay in the nursing lounge with the ladies during sunday school was fun and entertaining as always, and then it was the 5th sunday so I got to sit with Spencer----so fun!

We came home, ate lunch, and took a nap.  Well, the rest of the family did--I made some bread, jello jigglers, angel food cake, and got everything ready for the party at Cassi and Nick Ormes house.  The boys were of course thrilled to spend Easter night at Adam's house.  It was crazy and fun.

Oh, before we went to the Orme's house we had an Easter egg hunt and then took family pictures with our self timer.  That's always fun!  After the Orme's house we told the kids to go downstairs and get their pj's on.  While they were doing that Tanner got super hyper and was running around the upstairs being so dang cute!! He is in the best stage--he's happy, funny, and just plain adorable.  The boys are turning into boys.  They tease, talk potty-talk (which I HATE and am trying to get rid of), say funny things that make us laugh, and are just plain awesome.  Anyway, the boys are in bed and we are exhausted!  Happy Easter!

Snow, Hospital visit, and more snow

FIRST OFF....SNOW

We have yet to reach 40 degrees and it's March 17th!  

These pictures were taken last week.

 And this one was a blizzard last week when I picked Reece up from school.

Welcome to Minnesota!

 For Benson's preschool, I have to take these parenting classes.  They provide childcare while I take these classes (they are in the room next to ours so I can hear them playing the whole time!).  This time Tanner fell asleep on the floor.  They said, "you must have a loud home because they playing loud with legos and cars all around him and he never woke up!".  Welcome to the Miller home!

 Tanner was back in the Hospital this week.  He had an anaphylactic reaction--we aren't sure what he reacted to so we will get further testing in three weeks.  It ended up being a good experience because I got to give him the Epi-Pen in the ER so now I feel very comfortable with it.  It was a great learning experience and Tanner is now doing well.

 We are getting a little stir crazy in our home so yesterday we found some snow hills and let the boys play on them.

 Dance party with home-made maracas!

 Benson is always giving Tanner loves!

 And yes, HE'S EATING!!! Well, at least 5 different foods! Yea!

IPhone memories--(Jan.-Feb.)

Spencer got me an IPhone and one of the best things about it is the camera!  It's so easy to take pictures.  I finally downloaded them onto our computer and thought i'd give a little history of the last two months through pictures off my IPhone.

BREAD! This is my Grandma Lloyds famous bread.  I've perfected her recipe and our family is loving the fresh bread--we easily eat both these loaves within a day. 

This picture of Tanner is HILARIOUS (pic. on left)!  He kind of looks homeless--but it captures him in January.  The only food we could always count on him eating was cereal.  His hair has a weird texture because he doesn't get all the nutrition he needs and his excema on his face was super bad last month.  We are happy to report he is doing much better as of today--March 3rd!

(pic. oAnd this was Tanner to a "T" in January.  Wouldn't eat anything--would throw massive fits in his chair--all I would have to do it show him food and he would freak out.  It's so funny looking at these pictures because I never thought we'd get food in him.  But, after 2 months of therapy we can now get at least 1-2 jars of baby food, lots of cereal, and about an ounce of formula each day! Slow and steady wins the race! 

                                   

We are happy to report he is doing much better as of today--March 3rd!

The boys have pen-pals so we sent them "Bee Mine" valentine packages!  Reece's pen-pal is Isobel Estaban, a girl from his kindergarten class at Maple Grove Elementary.  Benon's pen-pal is Lauren Weston, the daughter of our friends from medical school.  

And yes...Reece is still in his snow bibs.  He has to wear them to and from school--he likes to keep them on in the house because it keeps him warm. On our way to church today the kids were so excited because it felt like spring--it was 34 degrees!!  Welcome to Minnesota!

BENSON:

Pic on left: him picking out a pencil after registering for Kindergarten! He is so excited to attend Elementary school.  He does homework every day to get ready for next year! He's pretty cute about it.  

Pic on right: He LOVES his froggy pillow pet.  Sleeps on it every night.

Tanner is a major Daddy's boy.  He follows him around the house whenever he is home.  Spencer has to sneak inside the house when he gets home so he can change his clothes and use the restroom before Tanner freaks out about him being home!

But Tanner still loves his mommy--of course he does--I'm his main food source! :)

We went to a hill in our neighborhood and watched the boys sled while we stayed warm in the car.  It was hilarious because Reece and Benson's best buddy Adam came with us and whenever they are together they talk non-stop--literally.  Except, after we visit the bookmobile!  We ran to the bookmobile before sledding and on the way they were talking non-stop and after the bookmobile it was silent. Classic Reece and Adam.

I'm pretty sure Reece's diet includes Noodles, Rice and Beans, and ice cream.  That's all folks!

So one fine day after we got dumped on with tons of snow--I decided to use the snow blower!  I started out looking cute with curly hair and literally ended up ringing water out of my hair at the end.  The wind was crazy and I was quite incompetent with the snow blower and so I literally blew snow all over the place--my neighbors yard on both sides, the street, back onto my driveway, inside my garage...you name it--I got it!  I looked so ridiculous that my neighbor across the street said she was laughing out loud watching me and her daycare kids asked why she was laughing and she replied, "oh, I'm just watching my neighbor try to snow blow her driveway"!  I told her next time she should pull out the popcorn and I'll give her kids a good show!

I'm loving the Tie!

IPHONE pics part 2

We've been going to a therapist once a week and what seems like a whole bunch of doctors appointments as well...so Tanner has gotten use to the drill.  (Pic. on left) is him in the elevator entertaining the old people and (Pic on right) is him in his hair chair during his therapy session.

 For Valentines Day Spencer totally SCORED and gave me the best present ever.  He got me a gift certificate for a pedicure and a hair cut.  It was super fun to go have a spa day while he watched the kids.  My last hair cut was in July so I was long over due.

 Benson is hilarious when he goes to sleep.  He always looks like he's been on an adventure--which I'm sure he has.  He's got his neck light in one hand, his sword & ninjago alarm clock in the over. Love that kid!

Tanner is in that great stage where they go through all your stuff and carry all kinds of fun things around the house.  His favorite things are my purple and black stilettos, his inhaler, my root lifter for my hair, a ball, and books.  He leaves a trail wherever he goes.  Oh yes, and he is super loud so the binky is our best friend!  You would understand if you spent some time with him--he only has one volume level and it's crazy loud.

 A couple weeks ago we hit 4 grocery stores while Benson and Reece were at school.  By the 4th store Tanner was done.  So cute!

 Reece and Tanner.  Hmmm...I think they are brothers! They look a lot alike!

 Benson and his friend Carson having a picnic in our basement.

 Family sledding trip.  They cancel school all the time for weather.  This particular day they had a late start--meaning they don't go to school until 11am.  I decided to keep Reece home for the day because Spencer got home early and so we took a fun sledding trip.  Good times.

 OH MY GOODNESS!!! Look he's happy in his chair! I know, it's a miracle.

 Reece's waiting for his carpool to take him to school.  Yes, he has to get dressed up every day for school.  Snow bibs, coat, snow boots, hat, gloves, and then has his tennis shoes in his backpack to change into once he gets to school.