Fun at the Blexrud's beach

Today really felt like a summer day. 84 and sunny. Carter and I spent the morning at the Blexrud's, who live on a lake in Baxter. We had a great time, but I've got my first official sunburn of the summer. What was I thinking?

Hot off the press...Windows are in!

As promised, I am GOING to keep up with my blogging now.

Here are some I took today of the house. I think I opened EVERY window, just to enjoy the idea of having the windows installed. I've also included a picture of the camper. Carter napped in it today while I cleaned up all the scrap from the window install from Thursday night.

Bryan was determined to get the grade JUST right!

This is the view from our bedroom window.

Carter's bedroom.

Our living room window view...minus the big dirt pile that will be gone soon!

The window on the left is Carter's, the one on the right is for guests. I'm read for reservations!

MUD HEAVEN!

Memorial weekend was a great one, as we spent nearly the entire weekend playing in the mud. This trip marked our 2nd year of the annual Spring Mud Ride in Eveleth, MN. Carter went to Grandma and Grandpa Boege's and had a great time as well.

The weekend consisted of riding our 4-wheelers through waist deep mud, enjoying great friends, telling stories, and loving life. There were nearly 50 4-wheelers that weekend, and everyone had a great time.

Enjoy the pictures.

Wonder what was going through Bryan's mind at this moment....

Birthdays, Baptisms, First Communions, OH MY!

The month of May offered many great opportunities to be with family and friends. We were honored to attend our God-daughter Nicole's First Communion, along with our God-son Gavin's Baptism. We also were honored to attend our God-daughter Katelyn's baptism in April, but I don't have any pictures from that event to share.

We also had a great time at Carter's friend Everett's birthday in May. As you can see from the last two pictures, Carter enjoy the birthday cake thoroughly.

We are blessed with friends and family and hope all of our blog followers are blessed as well.

House progress update

Hello all devoted Miller Minute followers. I must apologize (AGAIN) for my 2 month blogging vacation. Summer vacation has started and I will try to be much better at keeping you up to date with the happenings around our hitching post.

The building of our house has been moving along nicely. Although the below pictures do not demonstrate all the work that goes into each step, it will at least give you a good idea of where we are at in the process. As of 6/19, several of the windows have been installed. I plan to take pics this weekend and post them next week. It's amazing how much excitement can come from a pane of glass. I have finalized our entire kitchen (cabinets, counter tops, etc.) and spent yesterday morning picking out our plumbing fixtures. I am trying to find a nice hardwood floor to compliment our hickory cabinets, and that has been the toughest part thus far.

Bryan is pretty much "out" of the this process, as he is focusing completely on trying to build the house. He trusts my decisions, but I'm not sure he'll be happy when he finds out I ordered a Disco Ball for our bedroom! I don't remember being so overwhelmed with decisions with our last house, but that could have been because I was just so tickled to be building a house of our own...or I was too young to really have opinions. Regardless, this time around is a bit more complicated, but I do feel blessed to have this opportunity again.

Bryan's dad was nice enough to loan us his 33 foot camper trailer for the summer. We have it set up at the land and its a great convenience, as Carter can nap, and as my projects build, it will be great to spend more time out there. We will probably spend a few nights camping out there as well. Campfires and s'mores are a few things we CANNOT live without in the Miller house.

Enjoy the pictures, and I promise, there will be more to come.