Thanksgiving 2011!!!

Heather and I spent our Thanksgiving break in Colorado! It was wonderful to be home and spend time with my family. We spent Thanksgiving day at Monte and Marsha's house. Here are a few pictures from Thanksgiving day:












1)Thanksgiving dinner! There was 18 of us and our last names were all Miller! awesome!
2) Jay's son Knox took a liking to dad. :)











Our annual Sister Thanksgiving photos!

On Friday while mom was at work, we played in the snow! Dad, Whit and Heather had fun pulling each other on a sled using the ATV. I didn't feel like finding snow gear, but I eventually came out and helped Whitney build a snowman. We even had a snowball fight!





















On Saturday we got all the Christmas decorations down from the attic above the garage. We also visited Grandma at the nursing home and decorated her room. What happened after we got back from visiting grandma is probably what we'll remember most from this Thanksgiving. As soon as we got home dad went out on the ATV while the rest of us went inside. I happened to look outside while dad was coming back into the driveway and he decided to do a 360 in the small amount of snow that was still left... well the ground had hardened from Friday's snow and the ATV flipped onto it's side and dad fell hard to the ground. We ended up having to call 911 and an ambulance took him to Conejos Hospital. Mom went with him and my sisters and I had to wait at home. Mom finally called with the news... 3 broken ribs! He was so mad that we didn't just drive him to the hospital, but we didn't know the extent of his injuries. Luckily he only had to spend one night at the hospital. Heather and I had to say good-bye to him Saturday night in his hospital room. My sisters and I did enjoy that evening to ourselves though! We headed to Alamosa to have dinner at SLV pizza (we ordered The Alamosa pizza :)). Our original plan was to see the Muppets movie and have dinner together as a family... but plans change! Heather and I drove home on Sunday. 10 hours is sooo long in the car. Heather and I can't wait till we can go home again for Christmas!!!

BOSTON!!!! Nov 3- Nov7

I just got back from Boston! It was my first time on the East Coast. My friend Amber and I visited our friend Liz, whose husband is going to school at Harvard Law. We were glad to see her and visit the sites around Boston. We got there on a Thursday afternoon and were able to do a session at the Boston Temple. On Friday we walked the Freedom Trail... it was wonderful and exhausting! :) Friday night I got to have dinner with one of my BYU roommates who's going to Harvard (Laura Taylor!). On Saturday, we drove to Plymouth, MA and went to the Plimoth Plantation. The best part was getting in for free (a benefit of being a travel agent)! We also got to go on the Mayflower replica, see the "awesome" plymouth rock and have yummy New England clam chow-"dah". Oh and I got to see the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. yeah! On Sunday Amber and I attended a singles ward at the Longfellow chapel. That afternoon Amber and I rode the T (Boston's subway) by ourselves to take a tour of Fenway park. So cool!!!! When we got back Liz had a yummy dinner for us and the 3 of us stayed up late talking. On Monday Liz drove us to Mt. Auburn cemetery where we climbed this tower that had an awesome view of Cambridge and Boston. We enjoyed a nice walk in the cemetery too... that's right, old cemeteries are awesome!! :) We also walked to Harvard Square to have lunch, do some souvenir shopping and see Harvard Memorial Hall. We walked along the Charles River on the way back before Liz had to take us to the airport. The next time we see Liz she will be a mom!!

Here are some pictures from my trip!:


1)The Boston Temple
2)our feet on The Freedom Trail! :)



1)Amber and I in front of the Paul Revere Statue
2)with our Mike's Pastries box at the Old North Church



1)On the U.S.S. Constitution aka "Old Ironsides"
2)Bunker Hill!


1)walking around Plimoth Plantation
2)Liz and I



1)on the Mayflower with a real life pilgrim! :)
2)the Atlantic ocean is behind me! (at Duxbury Beach, MA)


1)at Fenway Park! (obviously)
2)on the Green Monster!!!


1)view of downtown Boston and Harvard on the tower at Mt. Auburn Cemetery
2)I love this pic Liz took at the cemetery!!!

Halloween!

Here are some of my Halloween 2011 highlights!



*Going on the Heber Creeper and carving pumpkins with the Chambers: Heather and I had lots of fun. It was our first time on the Haunted Canyon train. The highlight was Paul howling like a werewolf when the lights went out on the train and scaring the kids half to death! They also had the scary people that we saw outside come on the train on the way back... and of course I was sitting in the aisle. Luckily I didn't get too scared! After the Heber Creeper we went back to their condo in Park City to carve pumpkins. That's a Halloween must! It was also good see Uncle Roy, Krystle and to see her baby Aiden for the first time! He's a cutie! Here are some pictures:

*We went to our Ward Halloween party on Halloween night. Heather dressed up as a blind ref and I went as a witch for the 3rd year in a row! I need to be creative or more into the Halloween spirit next year! :)

*Dancing to "This is Halloween" on Just Dance 3. That's right! Heather and I just bought a Wii. We looove it. So if anybody want to play games on our wii, come on over!

Oh and just FYI... I'm sooo excited to be going to Boston on Thursday!!!!