Miller Family

Sunday, October 30, 2016

William and Aunt Nori

P.S. Yay for Nori's birthday and an excuse to eat chocolate cake!

LeiLani

Emily's best friend from high school came over for a visit:

First Airplane Ride

He did great! He only cried for about 5 minutes and then slept the rest of the time, both times.

College Shirt Wednesdays

The kids are encouraged to wear college shirts to school on Wednesdays, so here they all are, decked out in their Sun Devils shirts:

(Alex went back to his family on Friday of this week.)

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Ward Halloween Party

Last night was our ward's Halloween party, with a chili dinner and Trunk or Treat:

Friday, October 21, 2016

Changing

This kid is growing and changing so fast!

William got his 2 bottom teeth a little bit ago, and now his top teeth are coming in. (He's been extra fussy and needy because of it. And he isn't sleeping through the night anymore.) :(

At the start of the week, William was sitting like this--leaning on one arm for support...

...And yesterday he learned how to go from lying to sitting without any help or support. (It still kinda freaks me out when I find him sitting up in his crib because I'm not used to it yet.)

Mosaic

The art teacher put up this mosaic in the halls at school this week. We had fun finding Lizzie's and Heidi's contributions.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

School Pictures

Scott doesn't like the hair, but here they are anyway:

Alex, 5th Grade

Heidi, Kindergarten

Elizabeth, 1st Grade

Monday, October 17, 2016

Heidi came home today with a birthday crown. Her teacher thought that her birthday was October 17 instead of November 17. (Apparently, her teacher got mixed up and wrote it down wrong on their classroom calendar. For weeks now, they've been counting down to Heidi's "birthday" every morning during circle time.) So for the past month, Heidi has been asserting at home that it's almost her birthday. We kept correcting her, but I guess she didn't believe us. (Her teacher knows more about these kinds of things than we do, I guess.) She even convinced her Primary leaders that it's her birthday this week. We finally cleared it all up, but still... kinda funny.

Rodent problem?

...Nope. An Owen problem. (I went to the bathroom and was gone for just a minute, and Owen managed to take the cheese out of the fridge, unwrap it, carve out two really big bites, and leave it on the couch.)

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Pflugerville Pfall Chili Pfest

This kid was WIPED OUT for the entire second half of the day. Maybe he's coming down with something.

They had bouncy houses and a petting zoo.

Austin Humane Society

Today the AHS was having a "100 Happy Homes Challenge." Their goal was to adopt out 100 pets, so they threw a big party. We went and checked it out.

The highlight for the kids was meeting the firefighters and getting a tour of the fire truck. Heidi even got to turn on the lights.

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Learning to Crawl

William has been extra frustrated lately. He really wants to eat big people food, and he really wants to be mobile. And he wants it right now!

Columbus Day

We had the day off for Columbus Day, so we took our bikes and scooters to the park:

Trying to eat sand

Afterwards we went to Lego Lab at the library. They even had robotics Legos that you can hook up to your computer and make them move; Alex and Heidi enjoyed experimenting with that.

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Stake Service Project

Today was our annual stake service project. For at least the last 3 years, our stake has picked a run-down school campus in Austin to revitalize. The stake was hoping to get 1,000 volunteers. (Not sure what the final count was.) Some of the projects included landscaping, gardening, general clean up, building a pergola to be used as an outdoor classroom / picnic area, refurbishing an existing outdoor stage, laminating and helping teachers with other projects, and painting. We also conducted a used book drive so that each of the students could take home a few books to keep. It was a neat project.

Here are the kids making wildflower seed balls for a big grassy area behind the portables:

Oh, that hair. Can you tell we were in a hurry to get out the door this morning? The girls' hair was totally overlooked. #momfail

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Our Budding Scientist

Liz has taken a special interest in science. After school yesterday, she wanted to recreate the baking soda / vinegar experiment that she did in school that day.