Monday, October 26, 2009

Watch out, world! It was a Miller family weekend

The Millers got together this past weekend for a little outing to, where else, Lake City, Minn. Some scenes:

In this photo of a large, delicious cake, you may also notice a Miller. Yes, Elizabeth is 6! We celebrated (not for the first time). It seems like Elizabeth was just 2, and now all of a sudden she's 6, but that's how time races along, eh? In this photo of large, delicious pumpkins, you may also notice a Miller. That's Elizabeth again, pretending to be a pumpkin. Hannah gave this cleverly designed pumpkin a thumbs-up. (This was the day before the Vikings got beaten by the Steelers.) The Millers also enthusiastically trooped over to the Lake City nursing home from Pam's Lake City pad, creating quite a scene there with multiple strollers competing for hall space with walkers and wheelchairs. Not finding Anna in her room, they marched into the activities room, where she was making Halloween cards with other demure seniors, and noisily kidnapped her. Anna didn't seem to mind, partly because she got to meet the newest member of our extended family, Avamarie, age 1. Former teacher Anna was also very impressed with all that Elizabeth is learning this year in all-day kindergarten. Anna liked Avamarie so much she gave her (and proud dad Chris) an official blessing ... ... not to be outdone, Ava then blessed Anna. The oldest and youngest members of our extended family posed nicely for this snapshot.

Postscript: Another recent visitor to Anna was German cousin Britta Augustin and friend Larry.

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