Happy 3rd Birthday Brayden!!

Today is Brayden Edward Miller's birthday!!!! Have a Happy Birthday Little Man!!!! I love you and we miss you very very much!!! :)


Riley misses Brayden very much! She talks about him constantly and thinks everyone should know her cousin Brayden! :)

So glad this weekend is over!!

Oh my goodness!!! It has been a weekend I never care to repeat! It was Homecoming weekend here in Hesston and way too busy! Of course it was my weekend to work.

I was scheduled to be at work at 7:00am this morning and guess what time I woke up????? 6:55am!!! I never set my alarm last night. But being the super woman that I am was at work at 7:05am. I don't know how I did it but I woke up and was at work in 10 minutes! Am I amazing or what? I felt disgusting all morning and half of the afternoon, but I get to come home from 2-4 so I got to take a nice long shower!

Thank goodness I have tomorrow off!

Ups and Downs

I can't believe how one day can be so bad and the next day and be so good!

Yesterday I just had a bad day. Stuff went wrong at work and I was rushing all day trying to get things done before our staff meeting...I was stressed out, annoyed, and therefore emotional. Of course it leaked into my evening and I was just ready to put the kids to bed.

So then this morning I was not looking forward to go to work afraid of a repeat of the day before. At first things seemed like they would go the same way...but things started to turn around and the day itself wasn't as busy. Dan came in for lunch with the other PM students. I gave him my phone so he could listen to my voicemail for me and there was a message from Barb Opel. She was in Hutch visiting her family and wanted to stop by on her way to the airport!!!! YAY!!! I was so excited!!! To see someone I've known longer than 2 months!

After that the drink machine at work that I had to take apart yesterday because it stopped working...stopped working again....but before I left it started working again without me taking it apart!!! Whoo Hoo!!! I was so excited!

The day in general at work was just good and much much better. We had a lot of fun at break time and that always helps.

Now if only I can make it through the weekend! I have to work and it's homecoming weekend...yikes! It's going to be busy!

Hayrides and Campfires

Tonight the PM students and families were invited to a picnic and hayride. The couple who invited us is actually a co-worker of mine and her husband. They own this really neat farm and have this perfect place to have cook outs. We had a really good time visiting and laughing and having a good time! It was a nice break from everything! So we all thank Don and Rachel for having us, it was a good time.




Madisyn caught a fish that she is so proud of!!!!! She was so excited!

Some more pictures...

We had a lot of rain last week!


The girls were out there playing in it!! :)

Pictures...finally! :)

Here are a few pictures for you! The first one here is Maddie with here new bike! The next is Riley riding her bike...unfortunately Dan backed the car over her bike a couple of days ago and one of the back wheels is now smooshed!


Next is Maddie with chicken pox! Her back was the worst and even that wasn't too bad. It did look worse than this picture is portraying though. She was very lucky to only have a very mild case and was able to go back to school Monday already.
This picture is a bit blurry and was easier to see the pox in the regular size than on here, but I think you can make out some!

Update.

Maddie did really well today! She has not been sick at all other than a stuffy nose. She does itch and some of the spots are sore. I didn't notice any new ones today either. So I'm assuming that the vaccine really did help! Yay! Now hopefully the other two don't get it.

It has been raining a lot today! Water has been running everywhere. There was even a flash flood warning in our county and surrounding counties! I think it's supposed to rain all day tomorrow too. Fun Fun!

It's a epidemic!!

We woke up this morning to find out that Madisyn has chicken pox. If I had the cord for my camera I'd post pictures. (sidenote: I ordered one on ebay and should get it in the next week...so that means more pictures and not so much of my crazy rambling)

She doesn't feel too bad yet. I'm hoping maybe the vaccine she got as a baby will keep her from getting it too bad. (she never got the booster at age 5 because it wasn't required for school at the time and some how got overlooked I think) I had to go to work late today at 10 rather than 8:30, because that is what time Dan got home from his only class today. Tommorrow Dan doesn't have class till 10am. So I will work from 6:30-9:45. Monday and Wednesday they found someone to work for me and Tues and Thurs another PM wife will help with the girls. I sure hope she's back to school by Fri.

Please pray that she feels better, doesn't get worse, and that Alexa and Riley don't get it!!!

It's Friday!!

It's really nice that it's Friday! I worked last weekend....a split shift both Saturday and Sunday. Both went really well! They weren't as busy as during the week and everybody helped out alot. I had Monday off but worked the rest of the week...so I'm ready for the weekend!

I'll highlight a couple of this from our week

- Got a prank phone call Monday night that thoroughly confused me because of the number that showed up in the caller ID. It ended up being the mastermind of the youth group kids! :) So that was fun to hear from them.

-Got a nice box in the mail from Megan full of stuff from the 100th anniversary celebration at Glade...she sent mugs, pens, candy for the girls, the booklet of the history of the church, and like 5 different CD's with pictures, power point presentation, the morning service (2), and the afternoon program! That was a lot of fun to open. Looking at all the pictures made me miss everyone though! :(

-The girls had Monday and Tuesday off school due to Labor day and an improvement day.

-Had our first weekly meal with the PM students and families last night before formation. Every week we will take turns bringing either a main dish, a lactose free main dish, salad, bread, and dessert. Plus we have a week off from bringing something every couple of weeks. That was a lot of fun and will help in getting to know everyone.

-We also had formation last night. In my group we are taking turns each week in telling "our" story. We are supposed to share about our lives from birth up...I guess hitting mostly the highlights and spiritual journey. Dan's group is doing it a little differently in that I think they are sharing their story in parts rather than a whole.

I think Dan is feeling more at ease this week and getting into a routine as far as far as school work is concerned. So that is a good thing! He did really well on the speech I mentioned last time!

Please keep us in your prayers!