Harvest Parties

We had a few Harvest Parties to attend this year. Sean and I went to an adult costume party. We were green M&Ms for that. We had a lot of fun getting to know the people in our ward and had a lot of laughs.
Then we had a harvest party at my parents with close friends of the family and all of Katelyn and Brayden's cousins. We had cornbread and chili to keep us warm and we played some fun festive games with the kids. We had sack races, donuts on a string, a bon fire, pinata, and a hay ride. I think the kids liked the hay ride and pinata the best. Anyway, we had a great time. The weather could not have been more beautiful for it.

Then on Halloween we dressed the kids in some fun costumes and went to our Ward party with bobbing for apples, the cake walk, and trick or treating from door to door. It was nice to be someplace warm and get some good pictures of the kids. Katelyn's favorite thing to do was the cake walk. She kept going around and around all night! We got lucky that our kids liked the bobbing for apples. They ate more apples than candy I think.

Braydens First Birthday

Brayden turned one this month! We had a really fun time celebrating his birthday. He is walking really well, giving kisses, copying everything you say, loves “talking on the phone” and picking on his sister already. As a family we sang to him when he woke up and then we got ready to go to Springfield. We took them to toys R us to let him pick out his gifts and see what things he might really enjoy playing with. Then we took the kids to the Bass Pro Shop and watched a fish feeding show with a scuba diver and a huge underground tank filled with bass, catfish, and tons of others… Brayden really liked looking at all the animals in the store. Then we had dinner at a place called Lamberts where they throw you your bread rolls. The kids got a kick out of that.

The following Sunday we had the real celebration with family, dinner, cake, and presents. Here are some pictures to share with you his special day. Rachel made the cake herself and Brayden’s favorite toy was the red vacuum. He pushes that thing around all the time and if you try to take it from him he throws a fit! Thank you Uncle Jeff and Aunt Jess for sending his cute outfit with the books. He really likes the touch and feel one. Thank you Uncle Brennon and Aunt Lindsey for the Sunday outfit. As you can see, he is pretty handsome in it! We love you all and are thinking of you! Thanks for all of your love and support helping us with this move.

Move to Missouri

Well, things are going well here for us. We are settled in this beautiful home and we have become acquainted with our ward. We already have our callings. Sean is the 1st counselor in Young Men’s and Rachel is the choir pianist and Sunday School teacher for the 14 year-olds. Katelyn has been talking so much! She has been having lots of fun with her cousins and she and Brayden have been playing a lot more together. Sean is still searching for a job in Springfield, but in the meantime he is working temporarily for our Bishop doing construction. Quite a change from a plush office job.

Starting a new chapter

We have finally done it, we have made the decision to return to Zion. I know that all you infidels will soon join us there in Missouri, but until that day good luck in the lone and dreary wilderness. We will be basking close enough to the Garden of Eden in Southern Missouri.

We are leaving Arizona forever tomorrow to start the next chapter of our lives. I have resigned my job here with Eurofresh. It was a bitten sweet decision. I really enjoyed the company, but I am looking forward to the many opportunities in the future. We are moving closer to Rachel’s family. It will be a new experience for us. Up to this point in our marriage we have not lived close to family. The scariest part is that we do not have a job yet. We just felt right about moving there so we put our house up for sale and it sold.

As for the little Millers: Katelyn is really developing her little personality. She is talking an awful lot and loves to sing and dance. One of our favorite family activities is singing and dancing in the living room. Brayden is getting pretty good himself. Katelyn also loves to read her books and take care of her dolls.

Brayden is walking and stating to say basic words. He is very smart for an 11 month old. He loves to make horse sounds and play in the back of dad’s truck. When he sees dads truck he always points and says dada…

We look forward to updating this quite often, so keep checking back. We will post photos of our new house and what life is like in the Garden. Our new email is seanandrachelmiller@gmail.com Please drop us a line so that we know how everyone is doing.

Sean