Happy Birthday Meg!

22 years ago on this date Dr. Crouch asked me if I wanted the New Years Baby or a Tax Deduction, I said definitely a Tax Deduction and at 6:30 pm a sweet little 7lb 3oz beautiful baby girl joined out family and has been a joy ever since!! We love you so much and we are so proud of the beautiful woman you have grown into! Happy Birthday!

We hope you had a Merry Christmas, We did!

Riggin at 4 days old he was getting into the Christmas Spirit

I seemed like time was in speed up mode before Christmas and I was wondering if I would get all the things done that I planned, well maybe I didn't but we had a really nice Christmas and enjoyed all of the family and friends that came to visit! and that is what it is all about! here are some pictures of our Christmas fun!

I'm usually the one taking the pictures but Bart decided it was his turn to take the photo

Ha Ha! got em!

Santa brought Taylor a new friend! her name is Belle

we had a great time sledding with the family

Bart made the girls a cute little school desk, they just loved it

Bostyn's funny face, love this girl

Riggin Jax Miller 12-14-12

We received the best Christmas present that a Grandparent can receive last friday! a new grandson!

what a little bundle of joy! we are so happy for Katie and Wade, he is just wonderful and really handsome of course i'm a little prejudice, but I think he is just about the cutest little boy I've ever seen! here are some pictures to back me up!

Paige turns 18

OurDear Paigy Poo turned 18! can't believe that she is grown up! don't know where the time goes!

I wish I could time travel back to days gone by and visit my little kids! even though I love my grownup kids too! Paige has really turned into a beautiful young lady and we are very proud of her accomplishments, which are many, we love her dearly!! 

Here are the top 10 reasons why we love our Paigy

1. She keeps us very entertained with her writings

2. She has a great sense of humor

3. She is very kind

4. She is very helpful around the house and will do 

anything you ask

5. She is a good cook

6. She is smart and is not afraid to take hard classes

7. She is beautiful 

8. She loves her family

9. She gives us good movie and book reviews

10. She is a good friend

Sweet Sixteen!!

Our little Elvira turned 16 today! what a wonderful girl she is! and what a joy she has always been! she invited a few friends over and we invited all the tricker treaters in for spud nuts and root beer, it was

 fun !  here are the top 10 reasons why we LOVE our Taylor:

1. She always tries hard no matter what she is doing

2. She listens to her mom and dad

3. She is always happy in the morning

4. She loves her family

5. She gets good grades and is very smart!

6. She doesn't whine

7. She can do anything when she puts her mind to it

8. She is a hard worker

9. She is a lot of fun to be with

10. She has a beautiful smile even with braces!

Jentri and Bostyn I love my little Witches!

My not so little boys

When my sons were little their Dad would taken them fishing…. they lived for it….. they still do!

Love this picture and so did Field and Stream they sent it in and it was picked to be in the running for a new IPhone ! I dont know if they need a new phone cuz they both have Suri on their phones and Chad makes Suri refer to him as Big Daddy… tee hee so funny to hear her say it in her business voice! 

but if you want to read all about it and see some nice Fishy shots here is the link-

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/fishing/2012/10/win-iphone-5-best-catchbook-photos?photo=8#node-1001477700

Yellowstone 2012

 We traveled to Yellowstone last weekend with some of our kids and the grandkids. I love Yellowstone in the Fall ! it is so peaceful to me. The weather was beautiful, just a little smoke from one of the fires that was burning in the park. We saw the usual wildlife but not as much as normal :( bummer, but we had a great time even though Cody and Jessie's Denali had the water pump go out as we were finishing up Sunday afternoon so Bart and Cody had to make a trip back on Monday to put the car on the trailer and bring it home. That all went well and they had the car fixed by that evening.

My family LOVES magnification!! 

had to laugh at that Cow with her baby nursing, that baby was not so little anymore!

we camped on the Madison River

We thought that this guy had a lot of class! love that truck!

For someone who hates heights :( it seemed like i was always looking over the edge}!

we had  tail gate party in Mammoth with the Elk
 and then ate Ice Cream with a wooden spoon ! my favorite!

I Love Big Buff's

We walked down to the lower falls at the grand canyon of yellowstone .
not to bad going down, took me a bit to get back out!

You can see where we hiked to on the right where the people are
standing! breathtaking!

Four Wheel'in Fun

Finally got to go on a four wheeler ride last weekend. We went with Clint and Lori and two of their kids, Curt and Kenzie Kate they rode their motorcycles. We had a great time and covered a lot of ground…… about 30 miles to be exact, it was beautiful even though the trail was dusty! I love to be in the mountains, especially  this time of year! here are a few pictures from my iphone:

I was diggin dirt out of my ears for a few days! gross!