I've Been Tagged........................

THE FIVE....

10 years ago I:
1. Was younger!
2. Was preparing to have my second child.
3. Bought our first "New" car.
4. Had my first child start Kindergarten!
5. Was clueless that 10 years later I would have 5 children.

5 things on today's "to do" list:
1. Work on Sharing Time for next Sunday.
2. Go to the grocery store.
3. Pick up the boys from school.
4. Get some stuff around the house done.
5. Make some Primary birthday deliveries.

5 Snacks I enjoy:
1. Really good HOMEMADE Rice Krispy treats!!! (mmmmmmmmmm)
2. Tricia's Almond Crunch! (Yummy)
3. Krispy Kreme donuts!!!
4. Haagen Dazs Zesty Lemon Sorbet
5. D.Q. Chocolate Covered Strawberry Blizzard

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Pay off our house's.
2. Vacation, Vacation, Vacation!!!
3. Help out others.
4. Put money in a "rainy day fund" (savings)
5. Get whatever car I WANT not whatever is practical and efficient!!

5 places I have lived:
1. Mesa AZ.
2. Safford AZ.
3. Mesa AZ. (with my parents and without)
4. Mesa AZ. (with Rob)
5. Queen Creek AZ.
(P.S. All 4 of the different Mesa houses I lived in were in the general area of each other like 5 minutes away from each other)

5 jobs I have had:
1. Stocker- American Greetings
2. Sales Associate- Fashion Gal
3. Sales Associate- Millers Outpost
4. Caregiver at a nursing home
5. Mother ( the longest and hardest one) also very rewarding!

Seriously so stressed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This picture has nothing to do with this post. I just liked it.

****WARNING SUPER LONG RAMBLING POST AHEAD****
Ok so it has been awhile since I last posted but I have been so stressed that I just couldn't think!! Ok so to make a SUPER LONG story short we are not getting the house we have been working on getting for a year now!!!! There are so many details that go back for a few months but in a lil nutshell the home builder is pulling out of this subdivision and sold out all the empty lots awhile back. So we quickly went to work on getting a spec home of the same model but 7 days before we were to close they pulled our last three months of bank deposits and because business has been slow and because our company is one of the types of fields that the economy has hit pretty hard it made us a risky canidate so they said we would need 20% down instead of the 10% we had. Are you kidding me there was no way we could come up with another 32K in 7 days!!! They just are not taking the gamble anymore like they use too of people getting into one house and dumping the other house they have so our Mesa house not selling didn't help in all of this either. So I was quite sad for a few days. I have been stressing about the whole thing for several weeks. This has made me learn somethings about myself. I found out that panic attacks are scary, that I throw up when I am so totally overwhelmed that my body just can't function or even think straight! I got the flu from the two little kids who each kicked it in one day only throwing up 3 times between the two of them. I on the other hand threw up for a straight 7 hours every half hour and couldn't kick the bug entirely for almost 4 days! Even with all this we know the Lord has another plan for us. He will take care of us as He always has. I am just having a very hard time with the waiting to see what his plan is and WHEN???? I am not a patient person. Let me give you the defination of patience:
pa·tient [ páysh'nt ]
adjective
Definition:
1. capable of waiting: able to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset
2. capable of persevering: able to persevere calmly, especially when faced with difficulties
Does this sound like me?? Uh......... no! Now I really don't want to hear that I need to learn to be patient(Rob) because if it has not happened yet then I am not gonna hold my breathe waiting!! I am the type that likes to know what I am getting for Christmas or my Birthday(hint-hint Rob). I have always been that way. Like the year my mom got me the Bionic Women Barbie doll for my birthday. It was in the top of the closet wrapped in a bag "secretly" waiting for my birthday. I climbed up there and peeked because I could not wait. I got caught!!! So that kinda sucked cuz I didn't get it for my birthday I had to wait 4 months till Christmas came. Did I learn anything then.... NOPE still no patience!

So we have been looking at other homes and we put 2 offers on homes and the first one the bank came back and said oh yeah we have that listed wrong the price is 15K more. So we said no thanks! The other was on the market for 4 days and we were the first offer and when they turned in all the offers we were out bidded. So we shall see.
So today we had a scary 15-20 minutes!! My little brother Cody came over for a lil while and he was teasing Kenna cuz she is scared of him and he is just a butt and thinks it is funny to tease her. So I had to leave and go to Costco. I get a call from Rob 15 minutes after I left asking if I took Kenna with me. I said no look for her and he is saying I am. So I turn around and head home. I call back 2 times and they are still looking for her. I am sick and crying. I get 5 minutes from home before he calls back that they had just found her! She had went in our room and locked the door and hid in the back corner by our tv unit and pulled a blanket on top of her. She was hiding from Uncle Cody!! After putting stuff away from Costco quite a bit later I go to the garage cuz I felt I should and yeah one of the freezers wasn't closed all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No this couldn't have happened before I went and restocked it!! This is just another day in the Milius household lately.

Carter's Kindergarten Graduation!!

Well today Carter had Kindergarten Graduation!! The school had a little program where they introduced the teachers and had the children sing three songs. The songs they sung were really cute and the children were so excited of course! It was cute.

Then they went back to the classroom and got their certificate. Rob and I have not figured out yet why they didn't give them out then in the gym during the little ceremony. It didn't make sense but most things don't at this school. Anywho here is Carter's class.


This is Carter and his AWESOME teacher Miss Olson.

Of course Carter wanted pictures with his parents. It won't be often you see my photo on here!!



We are so proud of Carter. He received all A's the whole year and was on the Principal's honor roll. We are also proud of Tanner who of course was on honor roll and had a GPA of 3.5 or higher all year long too. Cooper has done a 180 turn around since returning to Taft. He had all A's in the behavior category on his report card and his grades were almost all A's and B's. He is academically almost back to where he was before his short time out here at the Florence school. Him and Carter are both going to be going to the Mesa school again in the Fall. It is just "home" to them and us too.

Kenna-loo is now 2!!

We celebrated Kenna's 2nd birthday a few weeks ago. Her birthday was on a Sunday. So the Friday before we went to Makutus Island to have fun. My mom and dad and Jessie and her boyfriend Brandon came too. The kids all had fun running all over enjoy every inch of the place from top to bottom. They enjoyed all the different climbing, crawling, sliding, and running around. It is totally a place for kids to be kids and with it being indoor that is a bonus!







Walker was so busy I couldn't really get a picture of him. My mom followed around the two little ones and they had fun. Walker liked having grandma's attention. Thanks mom! Tanner and Jessie even had fun too! We can't wait until we all can go again for a fun FHE or afternoon trip!!












We then went to Barro's for dinner because it's our family's favorite family place to eat out at. We all enjoyed the evening and were glad that our family could join us. Then on Sunday everyone came over after the afternoon session of General Conference (which was enjoyable to hear from our beloved Prophet and his Apostles). I made for dinner chicken & steak & vege. kabobs over rice and a green salad. It was delicious. We then had the cake!! My multi talented friend Heidi made the beautiful and delicious cake!! (Thanks Heidi!!) It was three layers. One layer of chocolate then a layer of white then another layer of chocolate cake. Kenna got some fun gifts that she has enjoyed and we all had a great evening and enjoyed cake for the next few days! YUM!!

Amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do...............

Well we still have not sold our Mesa home yet but we have finally gotten the inside and outside repainted new RV gate and new carpet in too!! WAHOOOOOOO!!!! We still have a few details left like putting up the new light fixtures and outlet plates and Rob still has to paint the front door. I like the new paint color for the outside it has a Arizona look to it. The new tan carpet is neutral so it can go with any color scheme a buyer would want unlike my emerald green carpet that I got 13 years ago and I liked it but I guess it was a personal taste type thing!! It looks like a completely different house to me!! I am pleased at how it all came together and am hoping that it will finally sale now with the fresh new look! See what you think. If this doesn't sale it then we might just have to take interested buyers door to door to do a meet and greet with the neighbors so they will know what great neighbors they could have!!!! We really do miss all of our old neighbors:)

KENNA AT THE PARK

So here are pics of Kenna at the park. I wish I could say she was dressed up but as those of you that know her (or me I guess) know this is just the way it is for our lil sweetie. So I had to get some photos since I have been slackin at that. How fun is her "fish" purse, sunglasses, shirt and pants!! Who doesn't love Gymbo!!! Yeah she's a "KEEPER"!! So a lot of photos lately but hey I was on a roll and who knows when I will get back to this again.

Playing at the Park

The kids have been on Spring Break this week and last week. Tanner and Cooper were off from the 17th-21st(Mesa Schools) and Carter is off from the 17th-28th(Florence Schools). Tanner was busy most of the time with the Pioneer Trek and the rest of us just bummed around and went to the park that is here in our subdivision. We went with some of our friends a few different times. I took some pictures of the kids and Carter kept trying to be in every one of them and he always has to pose so it is nothing natural unless he is unaware he is being photographed. He is a total HAM!! Walker just does not photo that well I guess. He is so very cute in person but if he sees the camera he tries to smile and it is ALWAYS CHEESY!!! Kenna's attitude can come through and show on camera sometimes but yeah that is ALL HER!! They of course love to go to the park and it is good bribery and motivation to get things done or to get them to behave. Sometimes a mom has to do whatever she has to do get the chores done and bribery isn't to bad!!