The Park by Oakway

On Memorial Day, we went to another park with the Greens. We went to the park behind Oakway. I realize now that I have no idea what the name of the park is. :-) It's a great park for little kids because there are a few things to play on and a big, grass field for running...sooo fun. We had a blast playing and taking pictures :-) We actually did get pictures of more of us than just the kids....but these are my favorite.

Addi loves to chew on her shoes

Adalie really loves to grab Emma's face. Emma generally
doesn't seem to mind. I think having two year old
twin siblings helps a bit.

Our happy girls

Adalie grabbed the back of Emma's shirt, "bit" her head
(which means, licked her head)
and muscled her down to the ground.

Down she goes....

Two happy girls

The Victor.....for now...

Can I bite you head again?

Emma was alright. She decided to eat grass

After we sat Emma back up, she thought she'd take a turn
and grab Addi's hair.

Adalie looks at her and gives her "the look."

Emma is unphased by "the look" and grabs again.

Addi can dish it, but would prefer if you not pull
her hair, thank you very much :-)

Taking comfort with Mama

The day ended well. Adalie and Emma are still friends...all is well.

Alton Baker

During the last week of May ( I think :-), we went to Alton-Baker with the Greens. We walked from Autzen to the park, had dinner and fed some geese. I (Nicole) have finally conquered my fear of geese and had fun without having to run away :-) We had a great time just being outside. and the kids loved being together. Addi and Emma love to grab each other's faces. They're just so funny.

Adalie ready to picnic

Nose-to-Nose with Papa

New Family Photo

Day in the Park

So I have some great pictures that Amy Green took - of us at a few parks. They are currently stuck on my external hard drive and I'll post them when I can figure out how to. These are a few pictures of the Miller family shortly before our big move. Hopefully, I'll be able to post about our big adventure sometime this weekend.

Here is our sweet girl - just talking away!
She's really quite chatty.

Adalie and Papa

We were trying to show Addi how to smell
a flower, but she just kept trying to eat them.

Just plain an awesome video...

Tim's Graduation

Sandy, Adalie and I were fortunate enough to be able to go up to Bellingham for my brother, Tim's college graduation. It was quite a weekend. We took off from Eugene at about 10:30 and got to Tim and Heather's apartment at about 6:30 (Seattle traffic). The whole weekend was a back and forth - celebrating Tim's graduation and Adalie's first birthday. This is a long blog, so I'll just narrate it through the pictures. These pictures were borrowed from my parent's snapfish site. Cami has some more, so I'll probably post those too. She says, "they're the bomb!"

Four generations picture
Nicole, Adalie, Steve (grandad)
Pappy (Steve's dad) and Nana (Steve's mom)

This picture is dark, but so sweet.

Pappy and Adalie

Nana and Adalie
Nana wants all of you to know
that Addi is "so smart"

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It turns out that Addi sort of enjoys being
the center of attention.....hmmm, I
wonder where she gets that?

On graduation day, we got to go see the clinic Tim
has been working out of - and meet some of his professors.
Pappy, Heather, Tim, Mom and Dad

Tim's picture now hangs in the new Audiology clinic
at Western..Yeah, he's famous like that.

The new building has bare concrete walls. So,
this year's class got to do a little 'hands on' project
to fancy it up a bit.

Dad, Tim, Heather and Mom

Cami, Tim and Nicole

The fam (minus to husbands) Dave was finishing up his school
year and Sandy graciously agreed to stay at the hotel with Addi.
One-year old nap times and graduation are not best friends.

We do this all time time....I don't know :-)

Yup, he did it.

Mom and Dad got these pictures from in the gym where graduation
took place. Nana, Pappy and I were comfortably situated in
an overflow auditorium (read: air conditioned, comfy seats
and we didn't have to stand when all the graduates walked in...
sorry Tim.)

Fancy-schmancy dinner after graduation

Ok, coolest fountain ever - apparently there is one of these at Disney Land. That ball is solid rock. It's being held up by a fountain of water that comes up underneath it. Because of the water pressure, you can move the rock around. And because of the way the ball is set in there, you can't squish your fingers...super fun. Sandy and I found it at a community college on one of our morning walks. We stopped by on our way to breakfast to show the fam....cool, moving rock fountain :-) (notice it was so cool, the guys stayed in the car.)

Sunday morning, we all went out to breakfast to celebrate Adalie's birthday.
She got a little talkative (i.e. loud)

Tim, Heather, Addi and Cami

Nana (Nicole's grandma) and Pappy got Addi this
super-soft bear. She loves it.

Snuggles
Birthday girl and .....graduation boy?

"Ooh, yes, shoes! Let me look..."
"Where's Addi?" "There she is."

Looking at the farm puzzle

After birthday breakfast, we drove back to Eugene (by way of Ikea :-) We had a great time and look forward to seeing the fam again this summer before Tim and Heather move to Tennessee (which I still am not sure how to spell). Thanks for a great weekend all.