April Fun

Good times have been had by all this April. First, we had a fabulous Easter full of egg hunts, pretty dresses for church, and lots of family time.
Next, we celebrated Sean's 30th Birthday. He is such and old fart. The two of us got to go to the Jazz game the weekend before, which was awesome, even though our poor team lost. We went to dinner at Marcello's and out for ice cream on the actual day and then the next day had a birthday extravaganza with plenty of candy, cake, ice cream, pop, and smores. We love him so much and are so grateful to have him for our husband and daddy. Each day with you gets better and better babe.
Finally, we kicked of Spring with the first Miller Family hike of the year! It was so fun to get outside together with the girls finally. Izzy was in heaven (along with Mom and Dad) and Lucy loved getting to ride in the piggyback (after some initial protesting). We both got giddy talking about all the hiking and camping we will get to do this summer because there will not be any school standing in the way this year.
We've had a busy month and with all the great stuff going on I was constantly reminded of how blessed I am to have such and amazing family. They are so fun, I can't wait for all our warm weather adventures!

Wishing I was back here....

...baking in the sun, barefoot, in a little boat with the love of my life, nothing to do but relax.

Bull Pics

Bull Fight

So a lot of people have asked about the bull fight that we went to in Spain so I thought I would give it a post of it's own. Altogether it was a cool experience, do I need to ever do it again? Probably not. So first all the matadors come out with their pink capes and basically taunt the bull to make it mad, then a guy on a horse comes out and stabs the bull with a huge spear. The first fight we saw the bull rammed the horse and lifted it clear up and tipped it over with the rider still on; it was pretty intense, all the matadors are trying to distract the bull while all these other guys are trying to make this poor blindfolded horse stand up and get off the guy riding him. Amazingly the rider got up and rode the horse out of the ring, hardcore. Then a couple matadors take turns stabbing the bull with the two colorful stick things (somewhere some bull fight enthusiast is having a heart attack at my lack of proper terminology). Then one matador comes out with the red cape and does all the fancy bull fighting. We really had no idea when he was doing something really cool but the old guys that sat in back of us knew what they were doing and would shout "ole" when something cool would happen. Then the matador would stab the bull until it died (I think if they get it on the first stab it means they are cool). Then the horse comes and drags the bull away. So that's a bull fight, it sounds even worse writing about it. It really was neat. It was interesting to see this old Spanish tradition, the older men in the crowd were so into it, and the matadors were all really young guys that must work really hard at what they do. I'm glad I went and got to see it but like I said before, I probably won't be going again anytime soon.

Spain

Spain

So I typed out this big long travel log about our trip to Spain but before I was finished Lucy pulled the plug to the computer out of the wall, so I lost it all. So Spain was fun, if you want details then give me a call. We had so much fun sightseeing, eating ice cream, and being in love. See the slide show above for all the pics. Thanks again to everyone that helped out with the girls while we were gone.

27 Highlights From the Last 27 Years...

1. My 5th B-day party. It was the party of all parties, the whole neighborhood was invited, I got to wear a rockin' peach dress, and Brock Anderson gave me my first "fancy" necklace.

2. Singing on the weird banister things in our old living room with Rachel in my Star Wars tank top and tights.

3. The many visits to the Bradley Scout Camp with cousins. My favorite is when we got the Dirty Dancing soundtrack tape and sang along to all the songs on the front porch of the "Big Fish" cabin.

4. My 6th grade teacher Ms. Draper, she was awesome. I also had two awesome 6th grade friends that hung out with me even though I was weird!

5. Growing up in the 20th ward. Best. Neighborhood. Ever.

6. Night Games, Fashion Shows, The Price is Right (thanks Hannah), Covered Wagons, etc.

7. Girls camp at Piuta. Good times girls.

8. Shopping for school clothes every year with Mom.

9. Family Christmas's and Thanksgiving's. Thanks for all the great family traditions Mom.

10. My whole 9th grade year of school. I had the most fun with all my crazy friends!

11. Forcing my friends to ditch school with me just about everyday then riding into Salt Lake in Sherman.

12. Working at Cutler's. This was probably the best job I ever had, I worked with so many great girls. I'm not sure any of them realized what an influence they had on me. (p.s. if any of you Cutler girls know where Emily Taggart is these days, I'd love to get a hold of her).

13. Graduating from High School (barely).

14. The first night that Sean held my hand. I knew that he kind of liked me because Matt had told me but it took me by surprise. I don't think we stopped holding hands that whole night!

15. Being Sean's "groupie for 5+ years". I have a lot of good memories of shows and standing around waiting for gear to be loaded. You're a rock star baby.

16. Sunday afternoon naps with Sean while we were dating.

17. Sean proposing to me in the perfect way. A grueling hike followed by a steep climb up the side of the mountain and ending at a beautiful overlook with "Will you marry me Boo?" spelled out in little pebbles.

18. Getting married in the Salt Lake Temple, my way.

19. Road trip to Mexico. Sean and I seriously drove our little Sentra all the way to Mexico. So much fun but looking back it probably was not the safest idea we have ever had.

20. Having a miscarriage. A strange highlight but on of the most important of the last 7 years. I learned early on in my life and marriage to trust in the Lord and trust in his plan for me. I haven't ever forgotten this lesson.

21. Having my sweet little Izzy put into my arms after the most grueling 24 hours of my life.

22. Seeing my awesome husband help me through the most painful 18 hours of my life. I would not have made it without him. Seriously, I think I might have died.

23. Having my perfect little Lucy. Easy labor, easy baby.

24. Living as poor, stressed out, college students the past 7 years. It's just getting to the point where I can look back on those times and smile instead of cringe.

25. Graduating from college. Seriously, I am a college graduate. I did that.

26. Seeing Paris and Rome with my sweetheart.

27. Waking up today to the most beautiful family. They are mine and I am so grateful to have them.