Drew at the talent show

Drew played his trumpet at the Highland Hills Elementary school talent show. He has only had 4 months of lessons and made up his own version of the "Star Spangled Banner."

Brenner at the talent show

Brenner and two of his friends sang along with the Back Eyed Peas at the Highland Hills Elementary talent show. (Brenner is the boy on the left in the blue t-shirt)

Rawlins Outlaw Spring Soccer

This spring was the Rawlins Outlaws first year to have a soccer team. Quite a few of their games got cancelled due to bad weather. And many times they played in the pouring rain. They had a great first season as a team with a 2-2-2. Cameron did an awesome job and got the "Most Valuable Defensive Player" award.

Pentathalon Swim Meet

Brenner and Drew swam in the Rawlins Pentathalon. They each swam 5 events: Backstroke, Butterfly, Breaststroke, Freestyle and the IM (individual Medley). Drew took 8th place overall in his age group and Brenner took 5th place overall in his age group.

Drew getting ready to swim in an event

Brenner on the block ready to dive in

Drew took 8th place in his age group

Brenner took 12th place in his age group

Dad is so proud of his boys

Drew, Brenner, Challen & Kysa


The Rawlins Rebels Swim Team

Pinewood Derby

We had such a great time this year building pinewood derby cars. The boys picked their designs, dad cut them out, the boys sanded them, and then we all had a great time painting them. Dalin, who is only 6 and not quite in Cub Scouts, insisted that he have a car too and that it needed to be Lightening McQueen. So mom obliged. It took me 5 hours to paint all the detail on his car. I am usually artistically challenged and so felt very proud that his car indeed looked like Lightening McQueen. On the day of the event the boys were extra excited. Dalin kept wanting to know if he was going to win a medal. There were 12 Cub Scout cars and 10 non-scout cars in the competition. In the end, Brenner took 1st and Drew 3rd overall and Dalin took 1st out of the non-scouters.

Brenner's car is the yellow, Dalin's is Lightening
McQueen, and Drew's is black & red with the lightening bolt & flames.

Brenner lining up his car for a race

Brenner took 1st place overall

Drew took 3rd place overall

Dalin took 1st place of the non-scouters.
He was happy to finally get his medal.

Pheasant hunting

The Miller boys went pheasant hunting the first weekend in November. It was Brenner's first official pheasant hunt (where he actually got to shoot at the pheasants). It was a great day and they got quite a few pheasants.

Halloween 2009

Dalin insisted that he be an "Incredible" for Halloween again this year. He had outgrown his old "Super Suit" so we had to get him a new one.

Drew decided to be a red Ninja this year. His class had a jack-o-lantern competition. He took 1st place for in the meanest division. His pumpkin is the one painted white.

Brenner wanted to be Harry Potter for the third year in a row. Brenner hopes that next year, on his 11th birthday, he'll get his letter to attend Hogwarts.