Some Family Pics

The Giller Family

Our fish family is complete. The Fish Nazi's allowed us to bring home two more fish. (See previous blogs for Fish Nazi information.) We now have Gordan, Ilene, Nathan, Niles (A.K.A Great Sharky Shark) and Lance. Miles's fish got a longer name because it's a little shark, and Miles's favorite book right now is called Great Sharky Shark.
I have to admit that even though fish don't do much of anything, it's still been fun to have them. At last, our pet quest is complete.

Mason's Field Trip

Today, Mason went bowling for the first time with his preschool class. He had a blast. It was so funny to watch him bowl. He'd walk up to the top of the lane, and just kind of drop the ball. It sounded like he was going to break the floor! Then, the ball would slowly make it's way down the lane until it would hit the pins, then stop. He felt victorious with every pin he knocked down. It was so cute! He's so funny to watch because he has no hips, and his pants kept falling down and you can always see the top of his underwear. So he'd bowl, then grab his belt loops, then hop up and down to pull up his pants.
Mason has also been taking swin lessons. He has had issues with water before, but has been very brave during his lessons. I am so proud of him.

Oh, the lady in the picture is Mrs. Grabow, Mason's teacher.

News from the Weekend

Yesterday in church, I was released from Young Women's. The whole presidency was released. With Jordan in the bishopric, I just was not able to help as much as I wanted to. I will really miss working with the girls. They are awesome. I did get called to be the Sunday School teacher for the 14 and 15 year olds. It's mostly a class of boys, so that will be interesting! At least there is one girl in there. I get to team teach, so I don't have to teach every week.
On Saturday, I got to go on a shopping spree with some of our tax money. It was so much fun! I got $500 dollars worth of clothes for $250 at Younkers. Jordan went with me and he was a great personal shopper. He gave really good opinions, and I think he had a good time too. I hope I can do that again some day soon! I got a pair of simple blank(pointy)heels, three pairs of jeans, dress capri's, the cutest pair of shorts, and four new shirts.
In other news, I am going under the knife again. Okay, it's not really that dramatic, it just sounds cool. Last March I had half of my thyroid removed because there was a golf size tumor in it(non-cancerous, thank goodness). The surgery went perfect, but the scar from the surgery hasn't healed to great. So, on the 19th of April, the doctor is going to cut out the old scar, and restitch it. Hopefully the results will be worth it.

Another Funny Line from Miles

The other day we were watching TV and a Victoria's Secret commercial came on. Scantily clad women started walking across the screen. And Miles exclaimed, "Tummies!" This has happened a few times now. We were in the checkout line in the store on Monday, and one of the magazines on display had a lady in a bikini. Miles again said "A tummy!" At least he's not looking somewhere else yet!

Miles's Third Birthday

Friday was Miles 3rd birthday. We had Grandma and Grandpa Miller over for pizza, and went to the church to so Miles could ride his new bike. I forgot about the fact that he does not know how to pedal yet, so he did not get very far! We'll work on it. The best part of the day was the Link cake. Miles was so excited. (For those of you who don't know, Miles really likes the character Link from the video game Zelda. He watched his uncles play it while we were in Utah.) Miles has also enjoyed the Leapfrog notebook he received from Grandma and Grandpa Miller, and the Little Einsteins video from Grandma and Grandpa Bryson.

A Small Miracle

A small miracle has happened. For the first time since he was born, almost seven months ago, Vance slept through the night. I am so happy!! He was still getting up two or three times a night, and I was about to go crazy. So, on Tuesday, we took Miles out of Vance's room and put him in with Mason. Then on Tuesday and Wednesday night, I just let Vance cry himself to sleep when he woke up. I know that sounds so mean, but that's what you have to do sometimes. Well, it seems to have worked!! Hopefully it sticks.
Today is Miles 3rd birthday, so I will post some pictures from his birthday celebration later this evening.