Life Is Busy But Good!

Well it seems the one thing that the Millers know how to do is stay busy! I guess that comes with the territory when you have a wife and 3 kids and we all have "stuff" we are involved with. Most days I am only home to sleep and the rest of my time is at work or at one of the kids activities. I must say that it keeps this journey called life a whirlwind adventure.

Kylie is loving her dance classes which are on Monday nights and she says they have mostly been working on the stuff that will be in her recital at the end of the class. I haven't really seen her dance but if she is just an ounce as good as she is beautiful in her outfits she will knock us dead! Ky is also playing soccer on a U6 coed team that had their first practice tonight. She continues to surprise me in that arena too and I think that we will get her into the academy program next season so she can get some more one-on-one instruction from some coaches other than her dad. Rodgers is playing t-ball for the first time and is loving it so far. He is pretty good for only having played in the backyard in Charlotte. He is continually getting better at catching, hitting, fielding, and especially moving his feet to get his body in front of the ball. His team name is the Braves which I am excited about because it is my favorite major league team! However, Angie and her family of Pirates fans are not too happy about the choice! I believe that it is all still resentment from when the slowest man on the planet, Sid Bream, made it home safe to win the game and send the Braves to the world series and the Pirates to their couches. These 2 busy bees are also doing AWANA on Wednesday nights and it has been so amazing to watch both of them thirst for memorizing scripture while learning what it means to be a light in a dark world. WHAT A BLESSING!

Couple all of that with church, small group, work, family time, and time with new found friends and you have a full week, every week. As you can see life is busy and at some times it can seem too hectic but I know that I would have it no other way. As Angie's dad, Fred, would say, "life is about the joy in the journey"!

Below are some of the first pics that I snapped with the new toy I got as an early birthday present. Hope to see your faces soon!

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I Know It's Been Too Long!

I am sorry that it has been so long since I have posted anything on here and to be truthful it is not due to a lack of things to right about. I have simply been lazy and I guess a little busy too!?!? My biggest problem right now is where to begin and how to condense this post so it is not a short story.

I guess I will start with this; if you haven't heard the news yet the Millers are now Florida residents. We are living in Jacksonville and trying to adjust to all the changes as smoothly as we can. Angie and I are official though! We have FL license tags, drivers licenses and are registered to vote in the state of FL. I am really enjoying working here and I fell like I am learning something new just about every day right now. We are in a 3BR apartment which has been and continue to be interesting as we were definitely used to our 2100 square foot house. Needless to say we are seeing a lot more of each other. We feel incredibly bless to have sold our house in Charlotte and I realized even more so today, as I was reading an article in Forbes magazine that listed Charlotte as the city with the 3rd highest drop in home prices in the nation over the past 3 months, how blessed we are to have sold our house!

The kids are finally starting to adjust to this being their new home. They are getting involved in several things and making new friends seemingly every day. Rodgers is going to play t-ball this season so he is excited about that new adventure. Kylie's new adventure started today with her first ballet/tap class and she absolutely loved it. She is also going to play soccer so it seems as though I will have a well round young lady on my hands. They are also both doing AWANA at a local church on Wednesday so their schedules are already full. Elijah is tagging along to everything and starting to wonder why he doesn't get to do any of there things. He is growing like crazy and making a lot of new friends too while trying to keep up with his two older siblings.

We have found a church that we like called Eastside Community Church and we are getting involved already. Angie got her ESL (English as a Second Language) certification the other week and is helping with that ministry at church which uses the Bible to help others learn to speak, read and write English. We are also already involved in a small group with 4 other couples from church and are already feeling the blessings of sharing life with them! I am hoping to find a niche to fit into as well so we will see what God has in store.

Well I guess that about catches you up on what is going on with us. We are truly amaze at how faithful God is to us when we deserve nothing! I hope that you are seeing and experiencing Him in a new way today. Rest on this verse from 1 Peter 2:9, But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Please call if you are in Jacksonville or coming through! We would love to see you!