2 MORE OUT!!

MY HONDURAS BOYS, SHANE NELSON AND JADE RICKER ARE OFF FOR TWO YEARS ON A MISSION FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. MAN WILL I MISS THESE TWO, THEY BOTH HAVE VERY UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT THEM THAT WILL HELP THEM  THROUGH ANYTHING THEY WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH. I KNOW THAT THEY WILL BOTH MAKE THE DAMASCUS WARD PROUD TO HAVE RAISED SUCH STRONG FAITHFUL MEN. GOOD LUCK OUT THERE I WILL DEFINITELY MISS YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MI-MI AND BECK

20 YEARS APART AND LOVING LIFE. I LOVE THESE TWO!

OREGON MUSEUM SCIENCE INDUSTRIES

THIS WEEKEND OMSI WAS OFFERING FREE ADMISSION SPONSORED BY FRED MEYER AN OFFER ME AND NICHOLAS ANDERSON COULD NOT PASS UP.THIS MONTH THE SHOWCASE EXHIBIT WAS ON ALBERT EINSTEIN. IT COMPLETELY BLEW MY MIND BUT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AT THE SAME TIME. THE REST OF THE TIME WE PLAYED MIND GAMES. SAW OUR SELVES IN 40 YEARS. TOURED THE LIFE OF AN EMBRYO. AND MUCH MUCH MORE. HERE ARE SOME PICTURES FROM THE ADVENTURE.

FROM EUGENE TO SALEM

REMEMBER WHEN I SAID THAT I WAS WORKING FOR MY DAD THIS SUMMER? WELL WHEN I SAY WORKING IT REALLY MEANS BROCK MILLER COMING UP WITH RANDOM PROJECTS FOR US TO KEEP US BUSY. BUT THIS PROJECT WAS CRUCIAL FOR THE BUSINESS. MEGAN AND I WERE DELEGATED TO DRIVE TO EUGENE BY 2 PM AND DELIVER A LARGE BUISNESS PROPOSAL FOR A 2 MILLION PAGE SCANNING PROJECT. AT FIRST WE WERE HESITANT FOR EUGENE IS ABOUT 2 HOURS AWAY AND IT WAS ALREADY 11 PM.. BUT WE PERSEVERED AND GOT THE PROPOSAL IN THE HANDS OF DAVID BAR SOMETHING WITH 5 MINUTES TO SPARE. AFTER THIS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS JONT MEGAN AND I DECIDED THAT WE DESERVED A LITTLE FREE TIME AND THOUGHT SINCE WE WERE ALREADY SO FAR FROM HOME THAT WE WOULD VISIT THE OREGON STATE CAPITL ON OUR WAY BACK. CHECK IT OUT.

FUGITIVE BEACH RETREAT

THE ANDERSON AND MILLER SISTERS HAVE DREAMED TO SPEND A WEEKEND TOGETHER AT THE BEACH HOUSE FOR 5 YEARS NOW AND ONCE WE GOT THE SLIGHT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO WE PACKED UP AND LEFT RIGHT AWAY FOR A WEEKEND OF SEASIDE FUN.

WE VISITED CANNON BEACH, BOUGHT PASTRIES AND HAD LUNCH AND MO'S THE FAMOUS FAMILY CHOWDER PLACE. 

GAZED AT HAYSTACK ROCK- LANDMARK MADE FAMOUS BY "THE GOONIES"

WE PLAYED ON THE BEACH

HAD A CRAZY DANCE PARTY INITIATED BY THE EARLY MORNING PASTRIES

ATE BREAKFAST AT OUR FAVORITE- PIG N' PAN

VISITED THE HAT STORE

BOUGHT MATCHING SWEATSHIRTS

AND VISITED THE CANDY MAN MORE THAN ONCE OVER THE WEEKEND

"SATURDAY IN THE PARK"

SUMMER TIME JUST WOULDN'T BE SUMMER IN OREGON WITHOUT A DAY AT SATURDAYS MARKET. WITH A LITTLE OREGON WEIRD THIS PLACE NEVER DISAPPOINTS.

FIRST OFF JACK AND I FOUND PERFECT WINTER HATS FOR THE BELOW FREEZING WINTERS IN IDAHO AND UTAH

THE ENTERTAINMENT WAS MOST ENJOYABLE WITH DRUMMER CAN MAN

AND RANDOM BAND STAND

LIKE ALWAYS PORTLAND OREGON DID NOT DISAPPOINT. THE SUN WAS SHINING WE MET INTERESTING CHARACTERS ON THE MAX AND HAD SOME EXPERIENCES AND EMBLEMS TO MAKE LONG LASTING MEMORIES FOR A LIFETIME.

FLYING PIES

I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE THINGS WE HAVE COME UP WITH THIS SUMMER IS OUR PIZZA MAKING CONTEST. FOUR TEAMS WITH 5 DIFFERENT PIZZA'S.. WE HAD A DELICIOUS MEXICAN, ALFREDO DELIGHT, RAVIOLI, AND CLASSIC PEP. DEFINATELY THE MOST DELICIOUS IDEA OF THE SUMMER. WE HAD A BLAST! I WILL DEFIANTELY BRING THIS ACTIVITY TO SCHOOL WITH ME NEXT YEAR.

WILD WAVES

THE WATER PARK OF LOVE DID NOT LET US DOWN

WATER SLIDES, A WAVE POOL, AND ROLLER COASTERS UP THE YING YANG 

KEPT US COMING BACK FOR MORE

THOUGH WE DID GET A LITTLE SICK ON THE RING OF FIRE RIDE

WE HELD OUR STOMACHES FOR A WONDERFUL LUNCH ON THE SIDEWALK NEXT TO A LARGE FAMILY IN A VAN WITH LAWN CHAIRS AND A 16 FOOT TABLE TOPPED OFF WITH BARBECUED BURGERS CHIPS AND DRANKS.. BASICALLY OUR MEASLY TURKEY SANDWICHES WERE PUT TO SHAME MAYBE NEXT TIME WE WILL THINK TWICE BEFORE GOING TO A WATER PARK AND BRINGING A SACK LUNCH

AFTER WILD WAVES WE DECIDED TO SOJOURN TO SEATTLE WITH 20 MINUTES AWAY FOR SOME RED ROBIN DINNER ON THE WATER FRONT WHICH WAS DEFINITELY WORTH THE LATE NIGHT DRIVE HOME

SPEAKING OF LATE DRIVES.. THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE LATE NIGHT CONSTRUCTION ON THE FREEWAY SO OUR 3 HOUR DRIVE TURNED INTO A 5 HOUR JONT WHICH BRINGS US TO A WHOPPING 1:30 ARRIVAL TIME BACK HOME.. WHEW

SO IT WAS MY JOB TO KEEP THE DRIVER AWAKE

MY SUMMER LOVE

FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS CASCADE ATHLETIC CLUB HAS BEEN OFFERING ZUMBA FITNESS EVERY MONDAY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. I HAD GONE A COUPLE TIMES DURING THE YEAR BUT IT WASNT UNTILL MY FAVORITE TEACHER ALICIA STARTED TEACHING IT WHEN IT TOOK FIRE IN MY SOUL. THIS IS THE ONLY GYM CLASS I HAVE ATTENDED RELIGIOUSLY FOR 2 MONTHS STRAIGHT. I LOVE IT! IT IS A PERFECT MIX BETWEEN HIP HOP AND SALSA. THE MUSIC AND DANCE MOVES ARE THE BEST AND IT IS DEFINITELY THE FUNNEST WORK OUT I HAVE EVER DONE. THANK GOODNESS FOR ZUMBA THIS SUMMER!

NEW JOB

FOR THE PAST MONTH MEGAN AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT OUR DADS OFFICE MOSTLY SCANNING AND INDEXING FOR THE NEW BRANCH- ACUSHRED NORTHWEST. WHEN THAT JOB WAS OVER WE GOT TRANSFERRED INTO A NEW PROJECT. 

ORGANIZING THE JUNK YARD

THE FIRST DAY WAS BAD. BUT IT GOT BETTER. WE BECAME VERY CLOSE WITH A VARIETY OF CREATURES AND CAN FELT OUR CHARACTERS BUILDING WITH EACH BOX WE LIFTED. I GOTTA SAY THIS IS THE KIND OF JOB THAT ONLY BRINGS A SMILE WHEN PAY DAY COMES AROUND. CHECK IT OUT...

BUT THE FINISHING PROJECT WAS BEAUTIFUL

IN THE END IT WASNT ALL BAD.. MEG AND I HAD SOME TENDER TIMES. WE BECAME FRIENDS WITH THE LOVELY GARBAGE MEN AND HAD SPORADIC DANCE PARTIES TO PASS THE TIME. ON GOOD DAYS WE GOT TO TAKE A BREAK AND DESTROY HARD DRIVES..