Catching up on photos and events...

We wanted to catch you up on a couple of photos of late as it's been a while since our last posting. We sent several of you pictures via email, but still wanted to post a few. The most recent trip involved Marcie and the boys making the trek to Arkansas to see Grandma Threlkeld and the cousins. The lady looks good to be in her 80's! I had a guys retreat and was unable to make the trip, but that didn't stop Marcie from taking all four on the 8 hour trip. This picture alone shows why it was worth it for her.

Big Daddy had a Go-kart given to him that he had to fix up and the boys had a great time driving it. They had their helmet on Mom, aren't you proud of us!

Don't let the intense focus of Andrew below fool you...after driving around successfully for a while, he ended up nailing a tree and bending the front of the Go-kart. Big Daddy will have to fix it again to make it driveable. Maybe we can change the name Zeus to Jesus on the helmet so He can be a better co-pilot for Andrew next time...ha! (Andrew was fine by the way.)

Thanks for the Easter clothes Mom! Isaac is still perfecting the "no teeth" smile...got a little ways to go there.

Mark and Cole had to stay in Nashville as the rest of the Meador gang came down to visit us for a couple of days. We had a great time with them as the boys have always looked up to and enjoyed the Meador kids. We took them to "Firehouse" subs and got to show them a little bit of Montgomery. They have great kids and Chase was really sweet to little Owen. Owen isn't showing it here, but he loved Chase.

Marcie went upstairs and found Isaac and Madison reading different Bibles together. Nothing really to say here, but to keep it up.

While Chase, Isaac, and I were at the ballpark, the rest of the cousins made colorful Easter eggs...and ate ice cream as you can tell from Madison's mouth!

We have made some new friends in Montgomery who do youth ministry at another c of C. They have 3 kids and we have enjoyed getting to know the Rogers. This is their oldest, Reese. The Rogers brought back these Mexico soccer jersey's from their spring break mission trip.

Lee and Becky left tonight after a 4 day visit. Lee was our handyman doing odd jobs around the house. I invite the emasculation as he loves to help. We enjoyed our time with them and look forward to Nana and Papaw coming soon. May God bless all of you abundantly! The Miller's

Spring Break

Needless to say we had a lot of fun with the cousins in Arkansas as you see in the picture above. Uncle Dane made one wall in the upstairs playroom into a rock-climbing wall. When you build your own house, with the help of Big Daddy, you can do what you want and our boys loved it.

Before we move on to more pictures in Arkansas, we wanted to give props to our friends the Lansdells who visited us right before we made the trek to Arkansas on their way to Gulf Shores. Notice Andrew has the Carson smile going. By the way, we transported our 3 chicks we hatched to Searcy to give to Lee and Becky...they did make it chirping all the way.

Before you see the goat picture below, I wanted you to see the dog Jackson which guards the goats. They have 6 adult goats and 9 kids...I think. The main breeder goat is Abraham (father of many...ha). Jackson is huge as coyotes and mountain lions draw an interest to these goats, but Jackson keeps them at bay. Remember, Big Daddy is 6 foot 3 inches tall. Below are our boys with some of the goats Grandma and Big Daddy take care of.

Dane and Hannah recently got Big Daddy a new dog named Dutchess. She is a border collie and was a lot of feisty fun for the boys. Here she is below warming up Easton after they had been playing in the water for several hours with their cousins. Hey, it was 75 degrees...I didn't get in!

The Fouts kids play well with our kids and had a great time together. It's always fun for Easton to have someone his age to play with and their girls are so sweet. Always a blessing to be together with them.

This is Isaac and his sweet little cousin Allie Kate. Dane and Hannah have chickens at their house that lay eggs for them. As you can tell, our kids get exposed to life in the country on these 180 acres and it's a lot of fun. Thanks for buying the land Uncle Joe!

Yep, that's Big Daddy helping Andrew shoot a real pistol. Don't worry, it was very safe and the boys thought it was very cool. Marcie and I shot it too and got to do some skeet shooting with shotguns later that day on the bluff. For some reason I'm feeling the hankering to go buy some camo about right now.

Our spring break trip came to a close with Nana, Papaw, and Grandma Stracke coming down to see us after we got back from Arkansas. This is the only picture we got when they came down (sorry mom and dad) as we really enjoyed our visit with them. So glad my 85 year old Grandma accepted my parents invitation to see us. She is still spunky giving a good sermon on Exodus 20 and how it still applys to today! See, I'm listening Grandma. We love our family and the different experiences we have with both sides. We look forward to having the Meador and Miller families coming down to L.A. to see us. We'll leave the light on for you!