My Guys!!

I never know when my possessed computer will let me download a picture! Today for some reason, the stars must be aligned, it did! I love this picture. It is hard to tell but David's tie is purple! Luke did not get to be in the picture because he does not own a pretty colorful tie! Are they not a good looking bunch of guys. And I love them lots! Millie

Headed to Weiser!!

So, my computer has gone back to not letting me upload a picture to my blog! (My cell phone is also acting up, I am beginning to think something is possessing my electronics! Of course it could be that my cell phone fell into the toilet. Ya think?) Anyway, it is that time of year and we are headed to Weiser in the morning. Every year it is the same. We have school right up until we leave and everything is super hectic. To add to the fun I began a new job this week working as a home care aid. So, now it is Friday night and I am scrambling to get laundry done and bags packed. Why do the boys always want to take the oldest clothes they own when we go somewhere? I know they have some nicer shirts, I bought them!! But I digress. We are off in the morning and will be gone 10 days. Sam and David are in charge at home, David because he has finals (yes we are technically still in school) and Sam because he has to work. Can it be called a family vacation if not all your family goes? Hannah is going to meet us there on Wednesday, Yay!!
Maybe I will share some pictures when I get back and then again who knows what my tempermental computer will have to say about it! Millie

Me and Hannah

This picture is not much better of me than the one Hannah posted but here it is. It must have been after a soccer game because I am wearing my orange go to soccer games shirt (bought it off the clearance rack at old navy for $1.98!). And we are at my mom's (that is her back patio in the background) so it must be the easter egg hunt. But I digress! I love this girl!! I miss her and look forward to seeing her in Weiser in 2 weeks!! Millie

A boy and his tire swing.

Isaac and Luke built this tire swing on the big maple tree. Everything went well until the old rope they found in the barn broke!! But it was fun for a while! Millie

Finally!!!!

Yes, I finally got some pictures of Hannah's graduation to down load! So, here they are. Hannah waiting to walk! (She does not have those scary eyes in real life.)

Hannah and Marissa outside the new BYU-I building. Yes it snowed while we were there! Ya gotta love Rexburg!

Hannah walking across the stage.

Hannah with her diploma!

Actually there is no diploma, just a diploma holder!! The actual diploma came in the mail later. We love you Hannah and we are very proud of you! Mom

Cooking mini cupcakes

While Hannah and Marissa were here we threw a bridal shower. For refreshments we made the cutest little cupcakes (I have been watching way too many cupcake wars!). So Hannah and Marissa donned some cute aprons and went to work.

Do you know how many mini cupcakes a cake mix will make? About 90!! And we made two batches! So, we had a few cupcakes! Marissa did the most work on them and they came out so cute.

We made a lemon cake with raspberry jam in the middle and lemon frosting with a blackberry on top (could not find any raspberries). And our second cupcake was a dark chocolate cake with a chocolate mousse in the middle and a chocolate mousse frosting with mini chocolate chips. (Also had a fruit platter and a cheese ball!) It was really fun. Don't think we are ready for cupcake wars just yet but plan to keep practicing! Millie

I know it does not look like much.....

Okay, so how many of you out there have been to Wendell, Idaho, you know,the Hub of Magic Valley? It may not look like much but every time I head to Rexburg or Provo I go by these signs. And a flood of memories come to me. Wendell is where my mom and dad grew up and where they met working in a grocery store owned by both of my grandfathers at some time. It is where we went for every Christmas and Easter and Thanksgiving until I was 6 and we moved to Alaska. It is where I made a quilt with my grandmother, ate crabapples with salt and corn on the cob with Maudie and played under the weeping willow tree. Where I would walk down to meet grandpa on his way home from work and get an ice cream cone (don't tell grandma!). It is where I tried to ride a unicycle and played for hours up stairs in the little kitchen. At one time my grandparents lived next door to each other and I would go over to the store and always get a treat from grandpa Doc (don't tell mom!). Wendell is where Rob and I would pull off the visit the Mechams and grandpa would fix us tacos. And it is where we would go to visit Maudie and Rick and family (some of our favorite people in the whole world). One day at work I opened a check from a business in Wendell. My employer asked if I knew where Wendell was. I said you mean the Hub of Magic Valley? Of course I know where it is. Recently at Cub scouts my fellow wolf den leader showed up in a sweatshirt that said Bliss HS. I said the Bliss by Wendell? She said how do you know Wendell? It is a small world and amazing how much a small town can mean to someone! Millie