The Tree

Over this past weekend, we had an ice storm that was pretty nasty. The big excitement was the fall of our Bradford pear tree. This tree is enormous and takes up a lot of space in our front yard. Steve and I have contemplated taking the tree down but always felt guilty because it is not exactly the most "green" to do. Not to mention the fact that the tree is beautiful, just huge. The tree succumbed to the ice early Saturday afternoon. One part of hit fell between our house and the neighbor's house and the other limb fell into the street. We are so lucky it did not hit the house! The picture above shows what the storm did to the tree.

Thanksgiving

We spent our Thanksgiving in Galesburg. It was a great weekend. Steve and i have so much to be thankful for. We got to visit, eat, shop, eat, visit, shop, and attend my dad's hall of fame induction. Meg took great pictures so check them out at her blog. Thanks Mo, for being the official photographer.

The Pumpkin Picture- Cole

The tradition of taking a picture by their carved pumpkin started with Kane and we have continued that tradition with Cole.

Cole- 2007- 19 months


Cole -2006- 7 months ( Check out how chubby he was!)

The Pumpkin Picture- Kane

It has been a tradition since Kane's first Halloween to get a picture of him sitting next to his carved pumpkin on the countertop. I wonder how he will feel about that when he is sixteen?! I posted all of his pictures from his six Halloweens. It is incredible to see how he changes each year.

Kane Miller- Halloween 2007- 5 and a half years old

Kane's 1st Halloween-2002- 7 months old

Kane- 2003- 19 months old


Kane- 2004- 2 and a half

Kane- 2005- 3 and a half

Kane- 2006- 4 and a half

Siblings, Silliness, and Skittles

I love these pictures of the boys. They were very happy and being very silly. I think it could have been the Skittles they were eating. My carpet has some lingering color stains from Cole's pack of Skittles.

The boys are looking at their Daddy. They both light up when Steve is around. Daddy is the best.

Pumpkin Carving

In our house, the carving of the pumpkin is a yearly tradition. My role has always been to design the layout of the jack-o-lantern. Steve has always taken care of cleaning and carving the pumpkin. (I definitely have the better of the two jobs!) This year, being that Kane is a Kindergartner and all, he decided he should draw the design. He took his job very seriously and his jack-o-lantern turned out great!

Kane Miller, jack-o-lantern designer.

Cole was interested in what was inside the pumpkin but did not want to get too close.

Cole squealed when Steve got the pumpkin pulp anywhere near him!

Kane does a very nice job making sure Daddy does his job correctly.

Kane's impression of what his pumpkin looks like.

Halloween Warm-up

We went into the cities on Sunday before Halloween to go trick or treating at Steve's aunt and uncle's house. Here are a few pictures outside Steve's parents house before we left. Notice the large inflatable blow up cat as well as the blow up Frankenstein. Papa and Nana have become members of the inflatable blow up society at the request of their oldest grandson. They are such good sports to put these giant creatures in their yard for the entertainment of Kane and Cole!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Raphael, AKA Kane Miller.

Posing in front of the Frankenstein blow up. Kane is making his best pose as a ninja turtle, while Cole, a turtle in training, can barely move at all!

Cole and Papa posing for the camera.