So Many Pictures To Show You!!

We had Liz E studios do our pictures and they turned out so great!! I have so many to show you so more to come!! I couldn't get all the kids together but I was able to have Jacob and Kelsi go ( they are the easy ones to make do something) Ben being in Reno and Jessica is always working so it was hard to do!! Richard and I were going to just have ours done but I though it would be nice to get a couple of Jacob and Kelsi too!! So more pictures to come!!

More Pictures!!

Are you feeling the Love!!

I love it!! I can just feel the love can't you!! Don't let Jacob's friends see. LOL!!

Our San Jose Modesto Visit!!

Jacob and Harry had a wonderful time it had been over a year since they had seen each other!!

We gt to visit with beautiful Kate she just has a wonderful glow to her!! I don't get to see her very often it was a nice visit with her!!

Tim is still in recovery!! He was the Marine that had the accident last year that so many of you sent cards out to!! It had been a very long time since I had seen him and we had a wonderful visit with him!!

We made a visit to San Jose and Dana was nice to host us all there. Donna and I !!!

Vicki!! We had a wonderful visit just always to short!! Just to much to talk about!!

We enjoyed a wonderful dinner with Denise, Jim and Tanner!! Again time way to short and so much to talk about!! Good thing for e-mail right Denise!! Oh and our Apples!!

Donna,Dana and I The three D's!! I love these ladies they have been there for me through my whole life and I think dearly of them!! We only had a few hours together but I enjoyed every minute with them!! Thanks Dana for opening your home for us to gather in!!

A couple of years ago we took a picture that was just like this one!! It was great to get a updated photo!! I treasure them all!!

Christmas Eve with the Missionaries

Christmas Eve was lots of fun we had out wonderful Prime Rib and watched a movie, then we opened our Dollar Store exchange which was really fun and filled with a few gag gifts.

I got the Missionaries a few toys to play with I think they enjoyed them. I enjoyed just watching them play with them!!

Jacob always says the girls at school come up to him and other guys and jokingly ask if they have any Midol so he has wanted to get some just so he can pull it out when they ask. Heres you box Jacob.

It's Done!!

And it was so delicious

Christmas Eve Dinner

I can't wait til Christmas Eve Dinner!! It is going to be good!! We are having the Missionaries over and having dollar tree exchange with everyone!! It is fun to see what people can find for you at the dollar store!! So Appetizers and Prime rib Yummy!! Just had to show off my beautiful Prime Rib!!

Dogs Weigh in!!

Well the Little puppies have doubled their weight. But still are very small.

This is Bell

This is Zack

Both weighing in a 3.8# each!! Yes the bowl has been washed and sanitized!!

Jacobs Christmas Present

Jacobs friend came up to him with this nice big package nicely wrapped gift. He was so excited to get gift until her started opening it and he saw the pink. So he stopped opening it as he was laughing. So his friend opened it the rest of the way and told him he had to carry it around all day!!

Then he goes to the next class and it is finals right now, I guess the class he went to didn't have a final so everyone wanted to play with the toy!!

So now what do we do with this!! I asked Jacob to put it in his room He tells me NO WAY!! Kelsi can have it. I had to remind him she is now 12 and doesn't play with things like that anymore!!

Our Trip Home From Reno

I know that I am a little late on the whole Reno trip that happened like almost 3 weeks ago but I do a little at a time. This was the car in front of us coming home. There was a nice size strom that came through the day after Thanksgiving in the mountains not in Reno. Well It rained pretty good but no snow in Reno.

But the storm made for a beautiful ride home except we had no chains and chains were required. Yiks good thing no one was patrolling to make sure we had them cuz we didn't and we didn't think for a while there we were going to get home.

It was kind of amazing to us that just 3 days before when we were coming to Reno there was not a drop of snow anywhere. Look how thick it is on that roof!!

Pop's Birthday Party!!

While we were in Reno it was going to be my Pop's birthday the day we left so we decided to throw him a little family surprise party. Cindy made a wonderful dinner lasagna with garlic bread and I went and got his favorite pies!!

When I went to Colorado I put together a gift bag for my sister and I to get him from Coors. So everything said COORS!! His favorite!!

It was great we forgot to use the sparkling apple cider for Thanksgiving the day before so we went and got Champaign glasses and everyone gave him a toast and said a memory or something they loved about him!! I really enjoyed this part!!

Love the new hat POP!!

Kelsi giving he toast!!

It was a great night and I am glad I was able to be there!! Your wonderful and I love you tons!! Thanks for being such a great GUY!!

I'm That Mom

I'm That MOM :

Who loves to have my kids around...

Who will make my kids reuse ziplock baggies until they are falling apart...

Who plays on her computer way to much...

Who loves to hang out with my children on my days off...

Who looks more forward to my kids being off school then in school...

Who can't stand video games and wants to hear nothing about them...

Who loves to cook with my family...

Who has major food phobias but is also a food addict ...

Who loves to go on vacation with just my husband for couple getaways!!

Who is addicted to my Blackberry...

Who loves to learn about stuff that I will never end up using...

Who loves to shop...

Who never let my kids ask twice, No is NO...

Who was a PTA President when my kids were younger...

Who now manages a Deli/Seafood department and loves what she does...

Who will fight til no end for my kids to try something new and they usually like it...

Who will wake up at 4:45a.m. to go to the gym 3-4 days a week with my son...

Who will stay in my P.J's all day on my day off...

Who likes to give all year long not just on a holiday!!

Who drives my kids crazy of all the pictures I take but one day they will be thankful...

I am that kind of mom that I have aways wanted to be and I am proud of who I am and what I do!!

Crazy Boys!!

I love them and think they are just crazy!!

Don't know which one went high but they had fun!!

On Our Way to Reno

Gosh I just love this picture of Richard!! We were freezing while waiting for our Puppies to go potty out in the cold.

See they are just taking their time while we all just freeze. Good thing I didn't have to get out of the car but to shoot a picture of everyone freezing!!

No make up all natural girls picture!! Love Ya Jessica

Thanksgiving In Reno

My four children together for the first time since Aug 2008. It was nice to get a picture of all them together. The time together was way to short we only had Thanksgiving Day before Jessica had to drive home before a good size storm came through and she had to work Saturday morning!!

Well we had to do some silly pictures we are the Miles Family!!

This is my sister and I's kids all together for the first time in many years!! It was fun to take pictures of them all together.

I was a little disappointed the next day after we took out family picture because I forgot I had my glasses on!! We haven't had a picture of the family since Nov 2007 well I guess another reason for us to get together again!!

I really liked this picture of Ben and Jessica they just look like they are having a really great time. Well they were!

Lots more Pictures to come I am so far behind!!