Entertainment...Miller Style

Here's how the Miller boys entertain themselves on a rainy day. They built a tower out of glasses and knives. A miracle occured as well! Only one glass broke during the creation of this project!

It's actually pretty ingenious. The glasses are balanced only on knives, and the knives hold each other up.

Daniel shows off his accomplishment.





Psssst...Daniel and Benny, I wouldn't be offended at all if you wanted to put the piles of laundry away before you started taking pictures in the house to show to the blogging world!

Samuel tries his hand at it. He's wearing his classiest outfit... a pajama top with un-matching shorts. Only the best for my kids!

The end result.
(Yes, he is wearing a Zip Lock bag as a hat. Do you think they would give me compensation for this ringing endorsement of their product?)

Going On an Adventure

Yesterday was Joey's birthday, and (cousin) Savannah came over to visit, so I thought I'd take some pictures. I noticed that Joey was dressed, um, oddly, and asked him what was up. He said he was going on an adventure. Well, then Savannah and Samuel wanted to "go on a venture, too", so I found them some hats and various objects to sling around their necks, and off they went.

Living in the Ozarks hasn't changed these Florida babies at all.

Nooooo, not a bit!

(They look like Ma and Pa Kettle!)

Here are the adventurers!

Joey, their fearless leader.

Showing off his adventure equipment.

"Farewell, mother. Farewell, Aunt Katie. We know not when, or IF, we will return."

I loved this picture!

Our first discovery! Joey snitched some garlic from the kitchen a few weeks back, and planted it in the woods. It seems to be growing. At least the adventurers will have food!

Our adventurers come across their first obstacle, so they decide to build a bridge.

On to the next adventure...flower picking! Joey, the fearless leader, opts out of such frivolous activity. He has more important things to do, so he leaves this job to his underlings.


I thought this was a sweet picture.

Sweet Sammy.

As the day wore on, the adventurers slowly shed their equipment.

Water... we've found a spring of cool, clear water (water, water)!

Cooling off tired feet!

When my sister-in-law Ashley came to pick up Savannah, Savannah told her mama that she went swimming. Technically, only her toes went swimming, cause that spring water is coooold!

Sometimes, being the big boy isn't all it's cracked up to be. You get stuck hauling around all the stuff the little kids drop.

Finally, the adventurers make it back to Base Camp! I'm not sure what Andrew is doing, maybe playing the part of Big Foot? Or Pestery Older Brother? He's very good at playing that part!


The End!

Out Of Season

According to Weather.com, it's supposed to be 9o degrees in our hometown of Alturas, Florida, today, so I thought I would post a refreshing, cool-you-down sort of post from January up here in Arkansas.

These are videos taken of "The Great Ice Storm of 2009." I am just now figuring out how to get them to play. I'm sure y'all are very impressed by my computer prowess.

The Millers are always on the cutting edge of technology, like posting videos-can you believe it-on their blog, but our high-tech sled outshines all the rest of those new-fangled inventions!

Can anyone guess what they are actually sliding down the driveway in? If you guessed a wheelbarrow without the wheel, you, dear reader, are correct! Only in Arkansas, my friends...only in Arkansas.

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Spring Additions!

Our "faithful" chickens...at least they're not eating the broccoli! If you look carefully, you might be able to spot a broiler or two. Those are our new chicken additions.

Some wild hogs were trapped at the ranch where R.G. and Matthew work, and the owner of the ranch asked the boys if they wanted to take them home. The boys were glad to take him up on the offer, so we are now the proud? owners of two wild hogs. They may not look like much now, but they'll look great at about 240 lbs, neatly wrapped in white butcher paper!

Little wild piggies learning to be tamed.

They're gradually getting less skittish.

We are really farmin' now! Today we got our first two heifers: they are pregnant and will calve this fall. The boys worked so hard to get the fence finished so we could finally get some cattle! One of them is R.G.'s. and one is the family's. R.G. said he'll choose his after they calve. I think he's hoping for another heifer!

Here is the first of our herd starters, #23.

And joining her in the field is #78.

We haven't considered naming them yet. The older boys are adamant that they don't need names, they say real farmers just call them by their numbers. We'll see about that. Miss Rachel and Mama might just take a walk out to the field and start calling them "Bossy" or "Bessie" or maybe even (gasp) Oreo!!!

Hey, where did these little monkeys come from? I don't remember buying them!

Well, that's all the news from Lake Woebegon...oops, wrong sign off!

Thanks for stopping by and catching up with us!

THE BIRDS!!!

You know the saying, "Birds of a feather flock together?" Well, if that saying has any truth to it, then we've got problems! We've had a few encounters with birds today. It was really pretty enjoyable, you know, all that nature stuff!

THE BIRDS PART I

Joey came running up the driveway yelling, "I found a chick, I found a chick!" At first, I thought one of our hens had hatched a clutch of eggs (Wishful thinking. My hens are too busy eating all the broccoli out of the garden to do anything else. But I digress.)

Upon closer inspection, we saw that Joey had a baby killdeer. The fact that both the mother and father were frantically calling and pretending to have broken wings about thirty feet away might have helped with the identification!

Of course, we made Joey put it back where he found it. We're sensitive, earth-loving, people...after we took these pictures. I'm sure that the chick is now happily re-united with its parents, warning all of its siblings about the dangers of the great world beyond the nest.


THE BIRDS STRIKE BACK
(Not really. I just thought that sounded like a good second title)

Daniel is holding a hummingbird. I'm not sure what type it is. I'm hoping the family's resident expert on all things hummingbird (Abby) will leave us a comment and tell us what kind it is. We took such a great picture, I'm sure she'll have NO problem identifying it!

Here is a better picture. They are amazing little creatures. Beautiful, teensy-weensy things. They also have quite a bit of audacity and spunk! And they don't like to hold still, thus the not-so-clear pictures. This is the second time we've caught one in our cabins in the past week!

Well, those were our encounters with our feathered friends today. I guess I could throw in a few pictures of the chickens to go with the bird theme, but I'm holding a grudge against them right now. In fact, I'd better go check the garden and make sure the broccoli is still standing.



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