Tess' first day of preschool 2011

I had such a hard time deciding which preschool to put Tess in.  She loved her teacher Janice last year but I really wanted to try something different for this year.  I finally decided on a new school and broke up with Janice.  Janice if you ever happen to stumble upon this post I just want to say Tess and I love you and "it's not you it's me."

Her poses sometimes... I mean seriously

Shae getting excited to have Tess' room all to herself

Uncle Marvin's Funeral

My dad's sister Carol with my sister Lisa

 My father's only brother Marvin Miller passed away a few weeks ago.  He was a great support to our family when my father died.  He loved my father unconditionally.

Lisa and I with our cousin Mary

Carol and Margaret (right) dad's sisters

Willow Park Zoo 2011

Willow Park Zoo is this awesome little zoo that has the "honor system" payment method.  It's not too long and not too short.  Just right for little ones to be entertained without getting bored.  We went this summer with Nat's sister Mary's little girl Vanessa and Nat's brother Jon's little ones Aydan and Amelia. 

Fun with cousins!

Pioneer Day 2011 Hyrum Dam

My brother Greg with his son Luke 8

Greg with his son Alec 6

Cheers Mom

My stylish sista Lisa with Shae and her daughter Morgan 8

32 weeks

Loving Lauren with Tess Bear

Double rainbow; view from my driveway

Holfeltz Family Campout Flaming George July 2011

Brettlyn and Chase Nat's oldest brothers kids

Tess Bear and Shae Shae BFF's

Grandpa Holfeltz w/the only grandkids that would pose for a pic

Nat and I, our kids, and Jr's kids went on a hike up to the top of this mountain where someone had built a rock marker

Dino Museum

Nat after painting the basement (not part of the museum visit but needed to throw it in somewhere)

Tess 4 and Shae 2 at the Dinosaur museum

Tess with cousin Eli

Shae and daddy so cute

We went with Nat's brother Will and his family.

Millville Parade

Tess and Shae got to dress up like princesses and ride in the back of our neighbors truck in the Millville parade with all their neighborhood friends. Didn't get a picture of the whole crew dang it!

















































Sadly this is a normal occurrence

Summer Fest 2011

My mother, sister and I have been going to Logan's Summerfest for about the past 10 or more years. It's kind of like Swiss Days but way better! It has less crafts and the art is way better. We usually always go home with a painting or a piece of pottery.

Mair Mair







Tess with her balloon animal that she just had to have.

Cache Valley Tri

Against my better judgement I'm posting this glamor shot of me and my friends Rachel and Brian Child.

We did the Cache Valley Tri. I think it was in June. They did the Olympic distance and I did the sprint. It was a ton of fun. The water was an astounding 58 degrees!

CHINA!

Nat had this AMAZING opportunity to go to China for work with his boss and long time friend Sam and his wife Kacie. I was so excited to hear they were going to bring me along for the ride. Wow! What an opportunity. I can't thank them enough for taking me with them. I will never ever forget this experience. I had such a blast! Sam and Kacie are truly a crack up to be around.

I had some wicked awesome photo captions, however when I went to post them alongside the pics they were not syncing up with the correct pic. I'll try and figure out how to use a computer and hopefully add them later.

I was facinated with factory machinery advertising

The bullet train. Everyone's ears were going crazy except mine for some reason

Nat, Sam and Shirley. Shirley is so adorable. She negotiates with the factory owners and does quality control among many other things for Malouf Fine Linens.
Okay...so Kacie told me about these "squatter" toilets while flying over the pacific. I had no idea these toilets even existed and then to find out they were the norm? Oh my... I was in complete shock and horror. When I had to use one of these I actually shed tears. What a baby I know. I begged Nat to come in with me and hold me up so I wouldn't fall in or dampen my drawers. He wouldn't of course.