Family FUN & ... Food!!!!

I know everyone says this, but...I have the best families in the world!!! But it's TRUE!!!!

Now you're aksing yourself..."why did he pluralize the word 'family'?!" It's because I've not only been born into an AMAZING family, but I've been "adopted" into many other families as well!! I'll have to talk about my "adopted" families in another blog, because this one's "all about the Miller's"!!!

These last several weeks I've been spending time with my family in Bountiful. As you'll see from the pics below it's been some GRRRREAT fun!!! When my family gets together we don't only like to play & just be together, but we like to eat!!! We don't eat at the fanciest restaurants, but we DO eat well!!!

This first pic is from our family dinner celebrating Father's (04/20) & Mic's (04/25) b-days!! Mic chose to eat at Tepanyaki Sushi Bar & Restaurant in SL!! I've eaten at their location in Provo several times and had good experiences, but this last visit at the SL location has been the BESTEST so far!!! Chef Ping was HIL-AR-IOUS!!! He was TRULY entertaining & made the visit SOOO much fun!! The sad part about it being such an AWESOME experience is that all other visits will pale in comparison!! It's gonna be VERY hard to top Chef Ping!! I regret not taking more pictures, but this one will have to spark memories for all of us!!

This next group of pics is from the "surprise" party Mother put together for Father. It was the Old Man's "60th" this year & he didn't want anything special done to celebrate his tenure here with us. But as is common in our family...when someone mentions that they don't want something done, we know their true intentions & tend to do the opposite!!

It is VERY tough to find presents for members of my family!! I struggle EVERY b-day trying to come up something to get. This year Jodi & I were trying to think of things to get or places to even look when Mother mentioned just going to the DI & getting a tie. What a GRRRREAT idea!!! We went with the only intention of getting a tie, but then we decided to walk thru the "nick-nacks" & as Jodi was explaining to me what she was looking for she turned &...BAM...there it was!! What could be more appropriate for our Father then a "Best Father Ever" nick-nack!!

Mic, Jared, Taylor & Rachel got Father a card that...if you know us Miller's...brought tears to his eyes (picture not included). Haley, Charlie & Kannon put together a collage of recent family photos that Haley took up Mueller Park Canyon!! (Check out Haley's blog here!!)

Whilst Jodi & I were wandering thru Wal*Mart after our trip to the DI, I's gots to thinking that I should probably get Pops a gift. Since we were back in the DVD area looking for GRRRREAT deals in the bargain bin, I decided to jump over to the TV section & look for a TV DVD that Father might like...I chose the good ole "Get Smart" Season 1. I'm excited to watch the infamous Don Adams play the blunderous Maxwell Smart. He did a MUCH better job than Steve Carell, but no one will EVER play a better Michael Scott!! Everyone's got their own niche in life!!

Mother has been aksing me for weeks to look into getting Father a program that will assist him in converting his old LPs & cassette tapes into MP3s/CDs. Around Christmas time I remember seeing something at Costco, so I checked it out on a lunch break from Foundations & was able to pick it up!! Now we just gotta get the computer at home functioning well enough to run the program!! I'm excited to get this functioning so I can re-live some fond memories with the music he's got!!

These next couple of pics show what happens when we get together. Lots of sittin around chattin...and oh yeah...Mic studyin!!! I'm SOO excited for her to be done with skool!! Then she can enjoy our times doin...well...nothing much!!! GOOD TIMES!!!!

I LOVE how much fun kids have with my friend, Mator!! Let me share a little story with y'all...a couple of weeks ago I left Mator at the Parents because Jare & Mic were going to borrow it to play at the Little Sahara. Whilst it was at my Parents, Taylor & Rachel spent some time there. Jodi went out to check on the kids because they had been outside for about an hour. She discovered them taking turns sitting on Mator pretending they were driving him. I took the following picture after Father's b-day party. The kids were playing "camping". You can see on the back of Mator the "firewood" & camping equipment they were hauling around. I sure miss having the imagination of a child!!! I don't EVER wanna grow up!!!!

Okay...this next picture is really just for me, but I had to post it. This is my ALL-TIME favoritist dish that my Mother makes for me!!! It's called "Creamed Eggs on Toast" or also know by the armed services as SOS (Shi* on Sandpaper)!!! Trust me...it's heaven on a plate!!!

LYB!!!!!