Miller family spring update...

As of late... Had a mini vacation at Peniel Ranch in Omak area {eastern WA}, Which was GREAT! It was so nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life and just breathe in some fresh air and let the kids roam. While we were there a family "building" retreat was going on. A deck and small shed were built alongside many practical applications to building your family. We loved the environment and the people and hope to visit again soon! While we were there Thomas and I had many opportunities to just walk and talk about real things, it was so nice to be able to have such communication with out all the interruptions of daily life. We had a great talk about priorities and have recently implicated many different and new ideas into our life, to hopefully enrich our christian walk independently and as a family. We also recently attended part of a homeschooling retreat. This was a VERY overwhelming experience for me. But when we got home and were able to soak in what we found, we were also able to decide on a curriculum for Elijah!! We will be using Rod and Staff for his main curriculum and we are going to add in a separate math curriculum by Math-U-See. I am really excited for this new challenge! And so is Elijah :) As for Ethan and Lyla, they are both growing bigger by the day it seems! Ethan is such a funny little guy and Lyla is crawling all over the place and eating anything and everything in her path!! Oh, and one more biggie...Thomas broke his clavicle {collar bone} jumping for a fly ball while playing softball at a friends birthday party! Apparently the collision was pretty spectacular, flipping him all the way around and completely upside down before he slammed into the ground on the back top part of his shoulder! So now he is home from work for who knows how long {thankfully he has some PTO saved up} and I can officially add "nurse" to my list of occupations!! He is going through this whole ordeal with no pain medication. {that's my hunk} And is using supplements for inflammation and healing. The doctor from the ER wrote him a prescription for vicodin and said recovery of 6-8 weeks, Thomas is hoping he can give a good name to homeopathy, herbs and other supplements and have a faster recovery. We shall see. There is always something interesting going on in our home!