Iowa Trip

Well, as some of you may know, I went to Iowa for the first 2 weeks in May to help my sister La Donna while the Forsgrens bring their third baby into the world. We had lots of fun: Mariah and Piper {not quite} getting along, sightseeing Decorah, and of course, waiting for baby!

Here are some picture highlights of the trip:

Spring Break 2011: Oregon Day 2

We started off the day with breakfast/lunch at my mom's house in Independence. Here is Brian cooking in the kitchen. We went through way too much bacon :)

Spring Break 2011: Oregon Day 1

Because our schedule will be crazy this year with new baby, we thought we would make a trip to Oregon during Brian's spring break from school. And luckily, it fell on Easter weekend! We initially planned the trip to take two driving days (LA to Salem is 15 hours), stopping in northern California. But last minute, we decided to just wake up early and see how far we could drive before Mariah goes crazy. She was SOOO good in the car! we only stopped twice for gas/food, and she kept herself entertained with movies on the iPad.

On the first full day of our trip, we went with my sister Tina to the Salem Riverfront Carousel. It was so fun.

Christmas in Boston 2010

For Christmas time we went to Boston to visit Brian's parents. What fun!

Christmas Break 2010

Most of you know that Brian's school has gotten out already. What have we been doing with our time?

Mini Christmas 2010

Because we are going to Boston for Christmas day, we decided to open up presents a little early this year. Santa was good to us!

Brian got an Xbox (which looked a lot like the one I won from Ellen... wink wink), and a video game. I got a donut cook book and donut cutter (remember when we made donuts??) and an iPhone case that's on the way. Mariah got some Mickey Mouse figurines and a play kitchen. I had a cool video of us all opening presents, but due to technical difficulties, I couldn't get it on here, sorry!

Here are a few of our decorations this year:

Grandparents Come to Visit

Sorry for my hiatus, folks! It's been a month since I have blogged. We have been super busy (with work stuff, not fun stuff) and sick so I had to put blogging on hold. Here's what has been happening.

In the first weekend of October, Claude and Marlena came to visit us. We went to Disneyland for Marlena's birthday, which was a lot of fun! We got Brian to go on the Thunder Mountain Railroad ride (in the back of the train too!), which was pretty awesome. And he didn't get sick!

Mariah's Birthday Visit to Disneyland

Mariah is becoming such a little kid. We tell her we're going to Disneyland and she gets excited! She knows what we're talking about when we say we're going to go on rides. Her favorites: carousel, Pirates (because it's Brian's favorite), and the train.

Scott Visits Disneyland 2010

Scott Parks (Brian's childhood friend from Pleasanton) came to visit us in August. We went to Disneyland for three days straight!

Hawaii Trip 2010

 In mid-August, Brian and I got to go to Hawaii with his family. It was tons of fun! Here are the highlights of the trip.

La Donna Comes to Visit

My sister La Donna came to LA this past week to present her paper at a theatre conference. While here, She got to experience the highlights of So-Cal living.

This Past Month: Dodger's Game

A few weeks ago, our friends Jeff and Annalise got married here in LA and as part of the weekend festivities, we got to go to a Dodgers game.

Oregon Trip 2010

Last week I got back from my trip to Oregon. It was the first time in FIVE years that the bottom six sisters (my siblings I actually grew up with) could all get together. We had so much fun!

Star's HS Graduation Pictures

I have uploaded photos from my niece Star's graduation (unedited). You can find them on Flickr here. Congrats Star!

Coming to Oregon, Need a place to stay

I'm going to be in the Monmouth area June 3-7 for graduation. Can anyone put Mariah and me up?? Email me if you have room: veronicacmiller@gmail.com

Thanks!

Day at the Beach with Uncle Pat and Aunt Barbara

Today we got to hang out with Uncle Pat and Aunt Barbara, Brian's mom's brother and sister, and their families down at Doheny. They are so awesome!

May Happenings

Instead of doing individual posts on these, I just decided to put them all in to a mega post of things we have been up to.

Veronica's Utah Trip

 This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go to Utah for the wedding of  Rachel, my good friend from Oregon. While there, I tried to visit as many friends as possible!

Christie's Baby Shower

Last weekend I went to Pleasanton for a baby shower for Brian's sister Chrisie. She's the cutest prego, you can't even tell she's pregnant!

The Millers go to Disneyland

Last Thursday we went to Disneyland (why yes, we are Annual Passholders). We didn't do too many rides, we did the usual Pirates. We also checked out Indiana Jones, the petting zoo (the cleanest animals I've ever seen!), and the treehouse.