Bear Lake 2009

The Miles clan all together


Jesson and Alec playing in the sand

Lucas trying to surf

Leslie enjoying sun

Jakob and Alec

Hallie and Crystal

Jakob and Anglee

Jesson loving the sand

Looking for more sand to eat

Looking for tadpoles and fish (Lucas, Lilly, Gracie)

The week after Lake Powell we went to Bear Lake with the Miles Family. We had a great time playing in the sand and spending time together as a family. The kids really enjoyed finding tadpoles and little fish in the marsh area. We also enjoyed going to get the famous raspberry shakes every night. Thanks to Dustin and Lauren for helping us get the cabin. It makes Bear Lake so much more enjoyable. Thanks to all the family who came and helped with meals and stayed to help clean up the cabin. To those who were not able to come, you were greatly missed.

Lake Powell 2009

Uncle Mike with Jesson

Best Cousins!!! Parker and Gracie

Lucas climbing the rocks


Gracie Bobbing in the water

Lucas and Ciel playing in sand


The Sandstrom clan in their Ti Died shirts

Just a family bobbing around in Lake Powell

The Month of July has been really busy for us. We started out the month with the Sandstrom family to Lake Powell. Though a few members were missing this year we had a great time. Lots of fun in the sun, food and ti died shirts. That makes any trip wonderful. Thank you John and Jude for giving us such a great way to spend time as a family. You were really missed.

Kindergarten Graduate

So much has happened since my last post, so I need to make up for lost time. Gracie is now done with school. Her last day was June 10th. This is a picture of Gracie and her teachers Mrs. Emily Pehrson and Mrs. Maria Garcia. She really enjoyed kindergarten but is also excited for first grade. Being a good mom (in my eyes) and a mean mom (in Gracie's eyes) I signed Gracie up for summer Spanish classes with Mrs. Maria. She has been going for a week now and has one more week to go. She tells me she really likes it and brags how much more Spanish she knows then I do. I'm glad to see someone in this family excited to know Spanish. To hear Gracie say it "Mom I'm a lot Mexican." We will work on the proper use of "Hispanic" further down the road.

I'm A Big Kid Now!!!!!

Well it has finally happened. "Jesser John" (Jesson) is walking. He was taking little steps at 10 months but now that he has hit 11 months he has taken off. He loves walking and finding out where and what he can get into. Its hard to think that he is almost a year. Time goes by so fast.

Cereal and Sesame Street

As everybody knows my children wake up way, way, way to early in the morning. I woke up this morning not hearing any children playing or fighting, so naturally I thought they were still sleeping and I would get a few extra moments in bed. To my surprise no they were in front of the T.V. Gracie who is now six is our little mother hen. This is what happened (as told to me by Lucas) "Mom we didn't want to wake you so sissy turned on the T.V. and got Jesson out of bed and put him in his walker so he wouldn't crawl away then she got me cereal and mom I ate it in the front room." As you can see in the picture Gracie took care of everything. She put Jesson in the walker and kept him quiet by giving him cereal, but Lucas of course also needed food so they all sat and watched Elmo while eating dry cereal in the front room. So no worries at my house Gracie has it all under control.

8th Wedding Anniversary

Today is our (Rory & Karen's) eighth wedding anniversary. I was so surprised to see him walk in the door tonight carrying a dozen red roses. I must say I am very lucky and blessed to have married such a great guy.

Yeah I'm Six!!!!!!!

Today is Gracie's birthday and we have had a lot of fun. She opened her gift from both sets of grandparents on Friday and had a party on Saturday. Lucas also gave his present to her on Saturday because he just couldn't hold in the excitement of giving her a gift. Our family friends the Browns also gave her, her gift on Saturday. As always we woke up early and sang happy birthday to her in bed and she opened her presents from mom and dad. The rest of the day was quiet until dinner where she ate her favorite meal, homemade Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo, steamed broccoli and salad. We then had cake and ice cream. Luckily Gracie had her brother next to her or else I don't think she could have blown out her candles. We love our "Maisey Daisy" and are so glad that she is our daughter.