Miner Family News

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Introducing Brynn!

Well now that it has been over two years since I've posted on my blog I decided it is about time to update everyone and add Brynn to our family. Brynn was born on June 30, 2011 and had a little surprise for us. Brynn was born with Down Syndrome and had a heart defect called a VSD. Surprise! It was quite the surprise. She spent four days in the NICU before she got to come home because her oxygen levels kept dropping. She ended up coming home on oxygen and stayed on it for about a month. Despite the few health challenges we have faced, tubes in her ears and open heart surgery to repair her VSD, she has been a very happy, healthy baby. She has been a complete joy to have in our home and we all absolutely adore her.

Friday, February 12, 2010

February 2010

I can't believe it has been more than a year since I last posted on our blog. 2009 just flew by so quickly and life got really really busy around the Miner house. To catch everyone up to speed, Rich lost his job with Hamlet Homes in January and got his general contractors license in March starting up his own construction company. So, for anyone out there that wants to do any remodeling or even build a new home Rich would love to help you out. His company is Hidden Peak Construction and his cell is 801-979-7882. The next big event was the birth of our beautiful daughter Kylie Jane Miner on May 7, 2009. It has been so much fun to have a girl in our home. She has been such an easy baby and so sweet.

I have been busy working from home and trying to take care of 3 kids! Needless to say life has been busy for me. Logan is now 4 going on 5 in April and will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. I can't believe I will have a kindergartener! He is in preschool now and loves it but is so excited to go to Kindergarten. Chase just turned 3 and thinks he is big enough to do everything Logan does. He will be starting preschool in the fall and can't wait to call Mrs. Eggett his teacher just like Logan. Kylie is 9 months old and jabbers all day long. She loves to sit and play with her toys and watch her big brothers make fools of themselves as they try to make her laugh. Never a dull day at our house.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Halloween parties and more!

This year Halloween was a week long process. We had parties all week and every day Logan would ask which parties he got to go to that day. Finally when all the fun was over Logan still wanted to talk about the parties and find out if there were any more that I had been hiding from him.

The week started out at a fun filled evening at the Miner house. JJ had yummy food and fun games for all of us to enjoy. It was fun to see all our cousins in their costumes this year even though the costumes only lasted for the first five minutes and then it was time to eat. Costumes were stripped and makeup was smeared as we enjoyed the meal. Making Rich and Erik mummies out of toilet paper was the first fun activity. Rich made a great mummy. Then bobbing for apples was the highlight for the older cousins and even Matt got into the fun of it. I was impressed that Logan even snagged an apple by finding the stem of the apple. I think all the kids enjoyed dipping marshmellows in carmel and sprinkles. Eating them was the best part though. We had a great time.

Next was the Poulson Halloween party on Wednesday at my mom's house. The games and activites didn't stop all day and by about 4:00PM I was pooped. I took advantage of having other adults around to keep an eye on my kids and crashed on the couch for an hour or so. We had a great time and again the costumes only lasted a short while and then it was time to hunt for eyeballs in green slime and eat witches hands and skeleton cheetoes for lunch. After carving pumpkins, making spiders, and decorating cookies with as much candy as one could fit on a single cookie (Logan's strategy) we were finally worn out. Both Logan and Chase sacked out on the way home.

Thursday Logan got to dress up in his costume for preschool and take a treat. He came home with a sack full of goodies and a huge smile on his face. (He always comes home from preschool happpy.) That night our ward had a huge Halloween bash with food, fun and games. The best part was the trunk or treat where the boys scored all their candy.

Finally we get to Friday which was thankfully for me a mellow day with trick or treating at a few houses on our street and a visit to the Thomas family to play with cousins for a short while. Halloween was fun and I'm glad we got such good use out of our cute costumes but boy was it an exhausting week for mom.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Coyote Gulch

I'm seeing a theme with our blog. I only manage to post on our blog when I have pictures from a recent Southern Utah trip. I guess this is our Southern Utah blog. I'll try and do better about recording other events in our lives as well. But for now here are a few pictures of my (Heidi's) trip with my family to hike Coyote Gulch. The boys (Logan and Chase) got to stay at Papa and JoJo's house and Rich unfortunately had to work. The hike was lots of fun and filled with the beautiful red rocks of Southern Utah that I've grown up loving. We hiked the 12-13 mile hike in one day and drove home that same day. The 7 hour drive put me home at 2:00 AM. The crazy things you'll do to get to church on Sunday and teach a lesson! Hope you all enjoy the pictures.

Monday, June 9, 2008

Moab Fun!

The annual Memorial Day weekend trip was in Moab again this year so of course we weren't going to miss it even though my parents decided Italy was much more exciting. I still can't believe they chose Italy over Moab. We had a great time and finally took the jeep out after sitting on the side of our house for the past 3 years. I think Rich has been hesitant to take it out because our last attempt to take the jeep to Moab ended in complete and utter disaster. First the truck broke down pulling the jeep down there and we ended up driving the jeep anyway. Then Rich hurt his back and ended up in the Moab hospital which was quite an experience. So we overcame the jinx that was placed on us and made it to Moab with the jeep in tow, had a great trip wheeling (although a bit rusty, both the jeep and the driver), and successfully made it home without any major injury. Logan managed to get two red ant bites which was quite a crisis at the time but all in all we were injury free.

We did get some rain and some hail and the weather was much cooler than we are use to for Memorial Day weekend but it was a fun trip. We arrived on Thursday evening and luckily set up camp under clear skies. Friday however, we weren't so lucky. We decided to do the Steel Bender trail and got rained on most of the day. The rain didn't bother us too much though because we were in vehicles. It was a good trail to get our feet wet again wheeling. The jeep has quite a few more noises than we remembered but we still made it through the trail. I was amazed how both Logan and Chase were able to take their naps through all the bumping and rocking around. We did get a few dirty looks from Logan while he was trying to sleep and we hit a hard bump.

Saturday was a clear day but the storm the day before brought much cooler temperatures. We decided to try the Porcupine Rim trail, one we've never attempted before. It was lucky we ran into Dan Mick at the beginning of the trail so he could bail Dan Durham out of a tough spot he managed to get himself into. Dan Mick was able to safely winch him across the obstacle he fell off of with both Sydnie and Kaitlyn in the back asleep. The Porcupine Rim trail was fun but I didn't like the cliff on my side of the jeep the whole time. It definitely made me more nervous with Logan and Chase in the jeep but Rich is a good driver so we were never in any real danger.

Sunday was spent at camp mainly. We spent about an hour at the Moab Arts Festival that was going on in town at the park. The kids liked the band and danced and ran around to the music. The pot luck dinner/lunch was at 1:00 PM so we didn't have much time to play in the morning. After lunch it was nap time. Our kids weren't about to settle down in the tent for naps so Rich and I drove through Arches while our kids slept. That evening is titled dirty time! The kids got themselves completely filthy in the dirt at camp so we had a line up for the bath in a rubbermaid food container. All the kids seemed to enjoy it except for Chase. He had a fit. The shower the night before was worse for him though. Logan definitely preferred the rubbermaid bath to the shower.

Monday it was pack up and go. We couldn't leave Moab without at least one problem with the jeep. Rich tried to fire up the jeep to pull it onto the trailer to take it home and it wouldn't start. We ended up having to winch it onto the trailer to take home. Yea! We finally got to use the expensive winch we bought 3 years ago. We had a fun time!!

Monday, March 10, 2008

February St. George Trip

Snow Canyon (the first day)

Our first day in St. George we went over to Snow Canyon because Logan was anxious to do some hiking. Little did we know he would turn out to be such an awesome hiker. He hiked the whole weekend long since Chase has now taken over the backpack. It took some convincing at first to let Chase use "Logan's backpack" but when he realized he got to hike and walk with mom he was ok with the idea. Here are a few pictures of Snow Canyon. Playing in the rocks. Up like a bug. Cute Chase. Mom and Chase in an arch. Mom and Logan in an arch. Dad and his boys.

Bryce Canyon (the second day)

We made the long drive up to Bryce Canyon on Saturday because neither Rich nor I had seen it in the snow. We also made good use of the driving time and planned it around nap time. The only way to get the boys to nap was to drive since sleeping was the last thing either of them wanted to do in the motel room even at night time. Needless to say we didn't get much sleep on our trip but we still had fun. Bryce Canyon in the snow was absolutely gorgeous! We had so much fun hiking the Navajo Loop trail. The snow made for an interesting challenge but our little hiker didn't seem to mind. In fact Logan got a big kick out of pulling mommy down the trail while mommy tried to make sure both of us stayed on our feet. It was quite comical. Here are some of the beautiful pictures. Beautiful Bryce Canyon in the snow. Mommy and Logan hiking in the snow. Mommy and Logan venturing down the canyon. Logan showing us how much fun we are having. Chase in the snow. Daddy and the boys in the canyon. The beautiful canyon again.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Chase's Birthday Bash

I'm a bit slow at posting and keeping everyone updated. It has been almost a month since Chase's one year old birthday party and I'm finally going to post a few pictures from the fun night. I just can't believe that Chase is one. This past year has flown by for me. I do remember the first month after Chase was born very vividly. Mostly I just remember how hard it was to adjust to two kids. I remember wishing Chase was older and past the newborn phase that was so much harder this time than with Logan. Now that I look back and a whole year has gone by in the blink of an eye I'm sorry that I wished Chase's life away so quickly. We are at a fun stage now though. Logan and Chase play well together for the most part. Chase absolutely adores his big brother and wants to do everything Logan does. It is great for me too that they can entertain each other so I can get things done that I need to.

Anyway, here are a few pictures of Chase with his lamby cake that is tradition in my family. I had a lamby cake when I turned one and I think it even goes back as far as my dad having a lamby cake when he turned one. Anyway, Chase didn't get into mashing it into pieces but he did manage to make a big mess.