Funny old facebook pics

this was in 4th or 5th grade at my friend Keri's birthday party
YIKES!! Mom, you shouldn't have let me wear those stripes.
Just kidding, I LOVED this outfit for some reason. And, the hair...wow!
This was in 9th grade at Band Camp.

This was my Junior year as drum major.
Check out that young, handsome guy on my right!
Who is that??


These pictures were published on facebook by different friends from the past. Isn't that crazy that ANYONE can post a pic of you and if they "tag" you in it (attach it to your Facebook name) it's there forever...and you can't delete it! Great, huh??!! I thought these were pretty funny even though I wouldn't have chosen my 9th grade one...that was an awkward year!! :)

The Blessing

The Blessing is a big deal at our house. Rachel and Bradley love to say it before meals. Even Trent likes to get in on it...he squints his eyes and then waits for us to say "Amen". Rachel and Bradley have both had the same pre-k teachers and thus have learned the same prayer. It goes like this:
God our father, God our father,
thank you lord, thank you lord,
for our many blessings, for our many blessings,
A-men, A-men.

Rachel had it down pat when she was in pre-k and still says this sometimes. Bradley's version is a little different. It goes like this:
God our father,
thank you for our blessings, thank you for our blessings,
a-men, a-men, A-Men!
He loves saying it and is so proud of himself.

Recently, Rachel started saying, "oh my God" for things she was surprised about or whatever. We had a couple of discussions with her about how saying, "oh my God" is taking the Lord's name in vain and that it hurts his feelings and makes him mad, and we shouldn't do it, etc...etc... So, last night she was in the tub and she was asking me if we're NEVER supposed to say, "oh my God" for anything. And I told her we could use it when we were praising him and praying with passion and excitement or sadness or whatever...as long as we were speaking to him and wanted to praise him and give him respect...then it was okay. I told her a couple of examples and she seemed satisfied. So, tonight at dinner, first Bradley said his blessing. Then, Rachel wanted to say hers. It went something like this:
"Oh my God! I praise you and am glad I get to pray and praise and thank you for our supper and for praise." Amen
It was hilarious and precious and took all my control to not change my expression or open my eyes.
Precious, sweet kids!

the way we were...

...a year ago!

It's amazing how much the kids change each year.

The top 2 pics are from our visit last October to Bainbridge.

Obviously, it was still VERY warm in B-town in October.

The bottom pic of Trent is at home in his crib.

In Loving Memory...

Heaven is not a resting place,

Where men may sleep out an

Eternity; There they rest not day

nor night, but their work is their

rest and continual recreation,

and toil and weariness have no

place there. They rest there in

God, who is the center of their

souls. Here they find the

completion or satisfaction of all

their desires, having the full

enjoyment of God and

uniterrupted communion

with him.

~Thomas Boston, 1676-1732

(taken from a book: Love Notes for mom)

I still think about her all the time. Every time I pull out one of her dishes to eat on, or wear her pearl earrings. I still think about all the wonderful, fun times we shared together...how much she loved being a grandmother and great-grandmother. Rachel still talks about her often. I wish she was still here. I'm reminded of her when I look at my baby boy. I miss you, Gramma! Love you.

12/30/20-10/03/09

http://milliganfamilynews.blogspot.com/2009/10/gramma-123020-100309.html

(the original entry on 10/03/09)

We love to read!!

big brother reading to little brother
sweet boys!

"natural" hug!

All my kids LOVE to read books. Rachel is starting to read some of her own stuff and is so proud of herself when she does. All 3 of them want to be read to every night. But, Trent has become a little bit obsessed with books. He LOVES looking at pictures and waiting for us to make the sound of the animal/person/vehicle. He enjoys reading the large picture books with no words. We read them over and over and over! His faves are peek-a-boo style where you lift the flap to see what's behind it or the Roger Priddy ones. I hope they continue to love reading!

"kid versions"

Rachel likes to sing her hymn from school: All creatures of our God and King. It's precious how she sings it and the words are sometimes slightly different than they read when she's singing from memory. The cutest part is the "alleluia" part. She sings: "alleyuya". I've told her that it's "all-lay-lu-ya" but she insists that the way she sings it is right and if it's not, she likes her way better. Hilarious. I love how she loves to sing! Also, Rachel has a kid in her Sunday night TeamKid class at church. She told us her name is: Victorious. I said, are you sure it's not "VictoriA"? She said, "no, it's Victorious." I'm sure I'm right, but it's too funny to fight about. There's a show on Nick TV that is called Victorious, which is why it sounds so right to her. :)



Bradley has several Star Wars character skateboards from McDonald's. (Due to his obsession with McDonald's happy meals and the toys that are in them!) On each skateboard is a StarWars charater. One is Annikan and another is Obi Wan. Of course, both are very difficult and weird names. He just can't seem to remember Annikan. For awhile it was: Addica or something and then it was "Mannikan", which I thought was real funny. For Obi Wan, it's usually: Kobi one or Obi Kon. Silly Star Wars creators and their weird names!

mmm...banana!

Trent is lovingly referred to as our "garbage can" because he is such a good eater, he'll eat just about everything! Thankfully, he also enjoys most fruits, and here he is enjoying a banana! He was hamming it up pretty good and thought he was pretty funny. This was the same day he had visited the doctor for his check-up, so he needed a nutritious snack after all that trauma!