post #3 from the road...

as we prepare to leave the great state of minnesota, we pause to reflect on the last few days... we are so amazed at the way God has blessed us and taken care of us... not just in the traveling mercies He granted but also the fellowship we have had with family and friends...

the first picture is of mark (gwens cousin), janine (his wife), travis and hayden...and buster too(dog)... we stayed with them the first two nights here in minnesota and had a great time swimming, talking, seeing llamas, eating, and just relaxing in their beautiful home...

the next picture is of ethan at the zoo... eating his highly anticipated snow cone...(it was actually de-lish he wanted me to have the same... so i did... we also shared with mom...)

then we got abby posing as a grizzly bear outside the zoo gift shop... ( the zoo excursion with our friends the aldridges from chicago)... the miller kids pose with kate and tom ouside the zoo foodcourt...

next pictured is abby and noah standing with a stormtrooper at the science museum of minnesota... they were having a star wars exhibit... so of course we had to go...(also with the aldridges)


the last photo for today is of me and cole with our mad faces on... but hey... what do you expect... we were standing next to darth vader...

anyways...

off to iowa in the morning so i better get to bed...

sweet dreams to all who peruse this blog...

I am your father . . .

Do any of your kids have this Darth Vader voice-changing mask thing? Noah saved up his money quite awhile ago and bought it for himself, but I think he's now kind of outgrown using it. But Cole loves to wear it and I get such a charge out of listening to him talk into it! Today, Noah thought it would look even better if he dressed up Cole in his ninja costume to add to the effect!

One week from today our kids go back to school. We will have the three oldest all in school full time this year. Cole is gonna be one lonely little guy :-(

what do i do first?

the pressure of a first blog... what if no one reads it?... what if they do and wish they hadnt?... why treks? why triumphs? why trials?... why?... i think... i think that is life... we all have them... so why not share them... thats it... a place to share... give AND recieve... this is not just our blog... its a snapshot of our lives... thanks for visiting...

why darth tater?

not sure, but the kids liked it...