Go Jr. Rhinos!

Sheer excitement!

Upward season has started and it has been lots of fun this year! I have to say, I'm enjoying watching both kids play basketball! Bradley really loves it and is getting the hang of the game. He gets really excited and is proud of himself each time he does anything...from passing the ball to guarding his opponent. Sometimes it even looks like he's playing a game of chase out there! :) His games are extremely entertaining and precious to watch! We love our sweet basketball player and are so proud of him for getting on the court and trying his best!!

Love these faces

I am so blessed to have these precious faces needing me, wanting me and loving me every day! I love these little people so much!

What do you do 4 days before Christmas???

All smiles--all fun!

Before mud got in some eyes.

You can tell who was dominating this mud fight.

Poor Trenty--with mud in his eye and his first hosedown...he was very unhappy here.


Bradley--with his first chunk of mud in his eye...he was very upset here.

Before the mud in his eye, Brad was happy to toss some at Rach.

still having fun...

Rach...at the end...still looking better than her brothers and NO mud in her eyes.

Guess who threw the mud in her brother's eyes???!!!

If the weather's been rainy, warm and humid, you head outside to walk around in your rain boots to stomp in puddles ....... at least, that was the PLAN. However, the kids found a small muddy area and decided to throw mud at each other. They thought it was a blast for awhile. Until Bradley and Trent got some thrown in their eyes. Then it was tears and wails and screams when they had to get hosed off before going in to get a warm bath. They said it was worth it, even if they had to be hosed off in December.

Farewell 2011!

Fun in the snow!
this snow was thick and slick and stuck around for several days!

Trenty poo turned 2!!

Our sweet family on Easter

Rachel turned 7!

Trent was ready to use the potty!!

We had a GREAT time at PCBeach with gege and papa!!

We had a wonderful garden that gave us more veggies than we even knew what to do with!!

Bradley turned 5!

We swam LOTS with our friends all summer!!

Trenty got a new big boy bed!!

Rachel and Bradley started their year again at Learning Grove.

We have experienced our best homeschooling year yet!!

We carved pumpkins for Halloween!

We had a wonderful Christmas with our precious family!!!

2011 was filled with lots of happy memories--the happiest of which was Nick getting a job at Foundation Technologies. We are also very thankful for our good health, physical abilities and the many precious friends and family that we are surrounded by! We're praying that 2012 is full of even more happy memories and good health!

Learning Grove Christmas Party 2011

Emmaleigh, Ansleigh, Gideon, Bradley, James, Joshua:

Bradley's friends at LG
John, Josh, Rachel, Jonathan, Audrey, Ellie, Natalie Kate
Rachel's friends at LG

Gideon and Bradley

Rachel and Bradley's homeschool group puts on a precious Christmas performance and celebration at the beginning of December. It was cute and sweet and both kids loved being part of it! After the performance, they had Christmas snacks and did some cute crafts. We love our homeschool group!

Merry Christmas!!

Santa Visit at Mall of GA

The Milligans had a GREAT Christmas this year! The kids all got lots of goodies and it was such an exciting month!

Homeschool Fashion

Sometimes we dress "inappropriately" for a traditional school, but at home, we can go shirtless and don't run the risk of distracting other students.

Our little "fashionista" loves to dress herself and combine summer/winter; solids and patterns. She also loves wearing a cute shoe and lots of accessories. Hey, whatever...we can control the temps in the bonus room.

Our homeschool fashions vary from day to day. They are absolutely 100% whatever we feel like putting on. After all, most of the time we're not even leaving the house. Yet another perk to homeschooling... :)