Miller Family Vacation!

Before the vacation, however, we've got some random pics Halloween photo's to share. Luke looked so cute this day for some reason! I just had to take a lot of pics.

Here's Luke's super cheesy grin

"I'm ready for my close-up!"

This has been one of his favorite toys ever. Kevin is trying to interpret this to mean he is going to play basketball when he gets older. :)

Gregg found him one morning like this. Must have been a wild night!

Here's Luke in his last minute Batman costume. We thought he looked pretty cute.

Now on to to the Miller vacation!!

Packed in the van leaving the Long Beach Airport.

 We went to a pier in Oceanside and ate at a great restaurant called Ruby's Diner. Look's like Luke wants to swim with the fish.

Luke and Jade loved playing together on the trip. One of their favorite spots to play was on the steps in the house we rented.

Our first full day there was spent relaxing at the house and going to the beach. 

Luke practicing his walking skills at the beach.

Gregg and Tom are ridiculous!! They went super far into the freezing cold ocean.

The next day we were at Sea World!

About to ride the Manta roller coaster! We had no idea they would have roller coasters there!

Jade having fun on one of the playgrounds in the park.

The next day we headed to the San Diego Zoo. For some reason I was so fascinated with the giraffe's. We had to get a photo in front of them.

If you look closely you can see Luke trying to eat the button on top of Gregg's hat. He really enjoyed that activity. :)

Hanging out in the hot tub at the house after the zoo.

And now... Legoland! This was probably our favorite part of the whole trip!

It was amazing what they were able to do with Lego's!

DUPLO Playtown was the best for Luke's age. They had these foam blocks that Luke loved! There was hardly anyone at the park so Luke had the place to himself.

Gregg's dream car! :)

"Luke, I am your father."

How appropriate for Luke :)

The family standing in front of the New York skyline made completely out of Lego's!!

The next day we did a boat tour of the San Diego harbor.

Luke with Grandpa Miller. Luke's doing his favorite surprised face. :)

We also stopped by the USS Midway.

And the last day there was another relaxing day where we hung around the house, went to the beach, and in the evening we went and saw the San Diego Temple.  We didn't take any pictures of the San Diego Temple, but that really was the perfect ending to our vacation!  It was absolutely gorgeous all lit up at night, especially with all the Christmas lights.  Thank you SO MUCH Mom and Dad for making this all happen for us.  The vacation was wonderful.  We really loved the time to spend together, and all the fun things you provided for us.  And I know Luke loved spending time with Gammy and Gampy, Uncle Tom, Aunt Amanda, and cousin Jade!  We love you guys!

The slackers finally create a post!

This is Luke's first time going to a water park. It was back in mid-August and we had our wonderful friends, the Turners, come with us. It was really fun to see Luke in the open water. He's really only ever taken a bath. This was a lot more for him. By the time we were done he was so tired!

 Here's some of the Turners that came with us.

Ahh yes, the chocolate syrup incident. Luke has been enjoying playing with random containers of food items we've had. I thought the chocolate syrup container would be fun for him because it was a different shape and color than he had played with before. The lid wasn't on as tight as I thought. Clearly, I was wrong.

Amazingly enough all of this came out in the wash!

Here's some photo's from our September trip to Delta.

Luke teaching Conlan some piano skills.

 He loves his vitamin bottle!

We helped to watch the Grant kids from our ward so their parents could have a night out together. It was very crazy, though. We went from one kid to six kids! We survived, though. We even convinced Amy to come and helping us. 

This is Ginny, Luke's girlfriend :)

Almost everyone hanging out in the family room watching Lion King.

Luke's favorite pastime lately, getting into the tupperware drawers.

After us girls met up for the Relief Society Broadcast we all came to our house afterwards for dessert. This is us hanging out!

Gregg's proud moment: our pumpkin patch. There's even more of them that either are buried in the garden or given to kids in the neighborhood.

Cute pic of Luke!

A not-so-cute pic of Luke. He was using the piano bench for support and he fell. Then the bench fell on top of him. It gave him a pretty good black eye and a cut across his eyelid. Gregg almost had to call DCFS on himself. :)

Our Trip to Omaha!!

At the end of July we took a trip to Omaha, Nebraska. We decided to fly out there which made this the first time Luke flew on an airplane. The moments when he was asleep were the best. :)

Those moments, however, were few and far between. On the way out was the worst. We had a layover in Denver which made it even worse. He cried all the way from Denver to Omaha. His crankiness wasn't all his fault, though. We missed our flight on the way out. We knew that we were cutting it close getting to our flight. We thought we could still make it until we saw that they closed the ticket desk 45 minutes before departure. We were there 35 minutes before and they would NOT let us get our tickets. We were SO mad!  They made us re-book, and the next available flight was 10 hours later!  So instead of flying out in the morning like we planned, we had to fly out in the evening when Luke is typically his crankiest. We did NOT miss our flight on the way back and thankfully he was a lot more manageable. 

The rest of the trip was a lot less dramatic. We got to see a lot of extended family on Gregg's side. His Mom is from Omaha, and her 4 sisters, brother, and Mom live there with their families.  Susan is the only one who moved out to Utah!  So it was awesome seeing all of them, and her sister Nancy was gracious enough to take us in for those 4 nights we were there :)  While we were there we went to Collin and Judy's belated wedding reception/baby shower. They're expecting a baby boy mid-September and got some practice with Luke :)  We also spent time on Mike and Robin's boat out on the Missouri River.  Their pontoon was so fun! Luke did really well on the boat.  We also had a fun dinner party at Nancy's one night. We filled the rest of our time up with shopping, eating, and spending time with the family!  Here's some pics of the trip!

Luke with Great-Grandma Dykes

This is too funny! Ryan is with the other twins in the family and they look like triplets. Gregg feels like the odd one out compared to them.

Cousin Lindsay with Sharice and the two newest babies in the family.

The happy couple Collin and Judy

Out on the pontoon!

Here's Aunt Nancy and Cousin Terry in the back chillin on the sand bar

Luke with his make-shift head covering (Aunt Trisha's underwear) because it was colder than expected. :)

Luke playing with Grandma Julian on the pontoon

Trisha and Sharice hanging on the golf cart at the cabin

The cousins hanging around at the cabin

Keep working that tan, Sara!

Amy with cousins Olivia and Zoey

Luke sporting his first swimsuit

Luke bathing at Aunt Nancy's

Luke's 6 Month Photos!

We got a chance to take Luke's 6 month photos not too long ago and we love them! We met up with our cousin Mandi Jones who was willing to take the pics. She did a fantastic job, especially as Luke got grumpier as the photos went on. We appreciated her sharing her talents in keeping Luke looking toward the camera, for the most part. :) We took the photos at the same place we took our engagement photos. It was nice to see the place again and especially now that there's more green. Here are some of our faves...