Friday's Funny-cousins

"Are these really my cousins", thinks Charlee.

california - Oct. 2011

Arlan and I were fortunate enough to spend last week in lovely California with friends, nature & each other! We started off flying into Orange Co. & then stayed with our dear friends Justin & Robin in the L.A. area & after attending church together at Altadena on Sunday, headed up the coast. After stopping to see some elephant seals, William Randolph Hearst's architectural wonder, & beautiful coastline we eventually ended up at Monterrey. Over to Yosemite, King's Canyon & Sequoia National Parks was next on the agenda & oh, how God's power sings through that beauty! We then headed back down to Palm Springs area to enjoy some desert heat with our friends Clint & Alesa (who were attending a Urology conference in CA) ~ we couldn't have planned it better!

Enjoy a few shots of our trip!

Friday's Funny-gotta love chocolate pudding!

in the combine with Papa

Last Friday night, Haven got royal treatment in a uh-hem, RED combine. She loved it as she sat on her Dad's lap and made a few rounds as Papa was combining beans. Thanks for letting them ride Papa...Haven had a great time!

Friday's Funny-backseat singing!

Haven's favorite song right now is "Jee-sus"...she prefers it over "bus", "happy", & even "noah".

She sings it frequently while playing, when she wakes up in the morning, while getting her diaper changed...or even in the backseat of the car! But of course, as soon as I put a video on her, she thinks I'm taking pictures so this isn't really the full chorus :)

P.S. ~ I may or may not be driving during this video :)

camp

Last weekend was spent out at East Bay camp with our college kids and approx. 50 junior high boys & girls. Usually weather is cold, rainy and/or damp so last weekend was a treat! Our theme was "Jewels in the Crown" taken from Malachi 3:16-17a. The campers had a blast & our college kids did fabulous as each cabin became one gem/metal.

I didn't get many pictures of Haven at camp, but she was a trooper coming along both Friday & Saturday...in fact, Saturday afternoon, I had barely pulled out of camp with her & she was already snoring in the backseat! It was an exhausting 24 hours but such a fun time!

the wiener roast

Each year in October, the Millers hold their annual weiner roast...it's actual in honor of Elijah & Cathy's birthdays but it has become a yearly family event. The kiddos are at fun ages right now & SUPER hard to photograph ALL together...but we tried!

We headed to a Fall get-together with our college kids after the wiener roast & thus a glimpse of Haven's gnome outfit at the end!