KATIE.DEREK.RYLEE and TAYA MILLER

AFTER LOTS OF RUSHED HOUSE HUNTING..WE FOUND THE PERFECT PLACE...AND THEN AFTER 3 TRIPS FROM EPHRAIM TO PROVO A FEW TEARS AND LOTS OF HARD WORK AND HELP FROM FAMILY WE'RE ALL COMFY AND MOVED IN! WE'RE ABSOLUTLY LOVING ALL THIS SPACE, ESPECIALLY THE GIRLS HAVING THEIR OWN ROOMS. TAYA IS FINALLY SLEEPING BETTER AND ONLY WAKING UP 1-2 TIMES A NIGHT. WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR WARD. DEREK STARTS SCHOOL THIS MONDAY...THE 11TH AND WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THIS NEXT CHAPTER IN OUR LIVES! SO IF YA LIVE IN THE PROVO-ISH AREA THEN COME SAY HI!

US WITH OUR LAST LOAD OF STUFF LEAVING EPHRAIM. LIVING IN EPHRAIM HAS BEEN A BLESSING. SOMETIMES A BLESSING THAT BROUGHT A LITTLE HEART ACHE BUT STILL A BLESSING. I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME I HAD TO LIVE SO CLOSE TO MY PARENTS, BOTH TO REBUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MOM WHO I NOW CONSIDER ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS,AND ALSO TO BE CLOSE TO MY DAD AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE HIM IN A TIME WHERE HE IS IN SUCH NEED OF HELP. ITS HARD TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO CARING FOR MY DAD UNTIL YOU SEE HIS CIRCUMSTANCES DAY BY DAY AND HOUR BY HOUR. I HAD ALWAYS WISHED THAT DEREK COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW MY DAD BEFORE HIS HEALTH AND MIND DECLINED BUT I'M SO THANKFUL THAT HE AT LEAST WAS ABLE TO HELP CARE FOR MY DAD WHILE WE LIVED CLOSE. I KNOW THAT MY DAD ALWAYS APPRECIATED DEREKS PATIENCE AND LOVE. AT 17 I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET AWAY FROM MY PARENTS...NOW I MISS THEM AND BAWLED AS WE DROVE AWAY WITH OUR LAST LOAD. I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE TIME I HAD BEING CLOSE TO THEM AND MY BROTHER AND HIS FAMILY. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ONLY AN HOUR AWAY I'VE ALREADY CAUGHT MYSELF MISSING THEM

ANYWAY..HERES EVERYONE IN DEREKS FAMILY HELPING US WITH THE MOVE. THEY WERE SO GREAT TO JUST STEP RIGHT IN AND HELP WHERE IT WAS NEEDED. WE HAD A TON OF STUFF!

IT ONLY TOOK ME A COUPLE DAYS TO DECORATE...AND TODAY I HUNG UP THE VERY LAST BOX OF DECORATIONS. THIS IS RYLEES NEW BIG GIRL ROOM...I REPAINTED THE DRESSER WHICH WAS MINE GROWING UP AND THE BED WHICH WAS DEREKS GROWING UP. AND SENSE MY SEWING MACHINE POOPED OUT ON ME I ENDED UP HOT GLUING THE CURTAINS! OH THE THINGS HOT GLUE CAN DO! :)

RYLEES OLD STUFF TURNED INTO TAYAS NEW STUFF! I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW NICE IT IS HAVING HER IN HER OWN ROOM AND SLEEPING BETTER. WE'RE ALL A MUCH HAPPIER FAMILY WITH A LITTLE MORE SLEEP!

AND YES OUR ROOM IS...BLACK AND WHITE! (I KNOW BIG SHOCKER) COULDN'T HELP MYSELF WHEN I FOUND THIS BED SET FOR SO CHEAP!

THE GIRLS HAVE THEIR OWN "PLAY ROOM" WHICH IS REALLY JUST A BIG STORAGE CLOSET UNDER THE STAIRS BUT IT WORKS PERFECT FOR ALL THEIR TOYS...AND BEST THING OF ALL IT HAS A DOOR THAT HIDES THE MESS!

THEY'VE BOTH SETTLED RIGHT IN AND GOTTEN COMFORTABLE...

AND AS YA CAN SEE SO HAS DEREK! ANYWAY LONG POST ABOUT MOVING...AGAIN FOR MY "HISTORY" KEEPING :) THE POSTS BELOW HAVE A FEW MORE FUN PICTURES OF EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN DOING WHILE I DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET! :)