I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

Well I hope no one missed me too much!! I will be honest with you. Doing 2 posts a week burned me out pretty quickly. I am a busy lady with a job, a child, a house, a Steve, and a blog. I needed a little break to read some books and relax and stuff. I also wanted to take the summer and just spend it with my family without taking pictures of our dinner preparation every night. Also, my camera broke so I needed to get a new one. I recently celebrated my 28th birthday and guess what one of my presents was? A new camera!!! So you all can thank my husband for this blog coming back into fruition. Here is a picture of Brady and me celebrating the new camera on my birthday.




Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

 Ok. So I am hoping everyone who reads this enjoyed their summer. Since I was gone from here most of the summer, I thought I would catch everyone up on what has been going on in the life of the Millers!

In July, we spent a week in Alpena Michigan, which is where my parents are from originally and they own a little house on Lake Huron. Along with my family and my parents, my sister who lives in Washington DC joined us with her family. It was a blast!!! I think the best part was when the kids would nap and my sister, my mom, my aunt and myself would sit out in a 4 person raft on the lake and just lounge in the sun and drink beer. It's not very often that I get to do that these days. It was a relaxing trip and everyone had a great time! Here are a few pictures from the trip:



Brady and his adorable cousin Taylor. They love each other!




Steve and the first of many fish he caught!



Fishing off the dock

My jet ski that got stuck in the seaweed



The kiddies on the beach!



Brady and his cousin Nicholas playing on the beach

My sister and I at the 4th of July parade

My sister and her adorable family

The kids waiting for the parade!

Papa taking the kids for a ride! John Deere Style!

Sour Cream Art!

In August, Brady had surgery to put tubes in his ears since he was getting so many ear infections. It was so hard to sit and hold him while they put him to sleep and it was probably harder on us than it was him, but this kid was a ROCKSTAR!! The procedure only lasted about 15 minutes and he was a little groggy and pukey after the surgery, but when we got him home and got some food in his tummy, it was as if nothing ever happened. He did great and so far, no more ear infections!!


Steve and I celebrated 1 year of marriage in Nashville Indiana. Don't be fooled. It's nothing like Nashville Tennessee and I would not reccommend the night life because frankly, there is none! We did however, have a great time during the day, ziplining and enjoying eachother's company, and at night when all the shops shut down at 6 PM (WTF?) we drank beer and just hung out with each other, which is something we do not get to do very often.



Zip On!!!!

Being Us...

My sister and her family visited a few weeks ago and we took the kids to see Thomas the Tank Engine and ride him! They loved it! It was so fun to see Brady react to seeing Thomas up close and personal! He loved it!!

And finally, I decided I hate how plain the front entryway of our house looks. There is a front room that is completely bare because we have yet to put any furniture in it. We will eventually, but in the mean time, I decided there is no reason the front entryway can't use a little work right away. Here is the before pic:

Not too exciting huh?

I purchased a few floating shelves from Bed Bath and Beyond, a bulletin board, a calendar, some hooks from Home Depot and some decorations from Hobby Lobby and Michaels. I also crafted some blocks with our names on them and made a sign to hang with some wood and chalk board paint and Voila:

Not perfect, but definitely better than before!!

So there ya have it! That was the Reader's Digest version of our summer! I am one of those people with Obsessive FALL Disorder so I am excited for the change of season and for all the fun things (decorations, crafts, recipes) that come with this time of year, especially celebrating Brady's 2nd birthday! I also have more rants to stick in here as well! And by popular demand, I may end up recapping a few episodes of The Bachelor and other stupid reality TV fluff. So stick around! Much more to come!!

Meghan