Kansas State Fair, Garages and Visitors!

This weekend was a busy weekend for us - it was the opening weekend of the Kansas State Fair, Justin's FAVORITE event of the year ! But now that Easton is here Justin has put aside his hatred for the fair traffic, fair people, the fear of seeing someone he might now and he sucked it up and we made the 35 mile trip to food haven. :) We started our fair day early and that was good since it was beautiful and breezy. Justin just knew it was going to rain on us but other than a few sprinkles we were in the clear. We walked through the livestock buildings, sure to visit the horses, chickens and cows (did you know there was an actual building you could watch animals give birth?? - I must be in the dark because this shocked me!). Easton walked his way through the petting zoo but really didn't seem to be too excited by the food hungry pigs, bulls and goats. However, he was in heaven when we made it to the chicken building. After seeing all the animals we wandered through all of the expo buildings ending up at the tractors and ATV area, quickly bypassing all the lawnmowers (see below). Easton loved being up on the Polaris that daddy said he just had to have (cough, cough) and he even knew how to drive and shift gears. He was quite a scene when we tried to pull him away though. As it got closer to lunch time we made our way to our favorite part of the fair - the FOOD! As we got in line to order, our little bubby crashed and missed the yumminess of fresh bbq, roasted corn and apple dumplings. After all that goodness we headed out - more like wobbled out but made a stop back at the horse barn to see Grandpa and Grandma Gilley. Home Sweet Home A new, well not so new love of Easton's these days is his love for the garage. He does not discriminate against garages. If your door is open he feels it's fair game. Garage items, beware - kid who loves anything mechanical on the loose. I find it funny that the other night I had to walk across the street because my son who is only 14 months, mind you turns and runs faster when I tell him to get back here. (Terrible twos must be a breeze or he's just preparing me for how bad it's going to be now...easing me into it) As I walk into Chris's garage I feel almost like an intruder...like he could come out any moment and I should throw my sons arms up in the air, or as Easton would do, just run out faster. He is on the lookout for anybody's lawnmowers - that's what he's looking for. And he'll SCREAM when you take him off! Friends and Family! This week is going to be a busy week for us - we have two of our favorite visitors - Grandma Coleen and Shelley is coming all the way from Ohio. Our days will be filled with more fair fun (daddy gets a pass), Ken's, maybe and outing to Botanica and lots of relaxing! We hope everyone enjoys the rest of their week! <3 The Mills Family

Getting back into the swing of things - one post at a time!

It's been so long and I've missed my old blog friend so I made a commitment to myself to write one of these a week. It's amazing at how busy life gets with a little one around the house. I guess at 13 months he's not so much of a little guy though!

We've had such a busy summer that we can't believe that it's almost over. One thing that Easton has been doing lots of is SWIMMING! He LOVES the pool. He is a fish! The lucky kiddo got his mommy's tanning abilities and he looks like our California surfer kid. Here's a video of Easton and daddy at the pool.



Justin and I have been just as busy this summer - what's taking up all of our time besides our bubby??? WORK! Justin has been working A LOT but the great thing is we've been putting Skype to use and Easton gets to talk to daddy...well when he isn't throwing the phone down on the floor. And I've been working a lot as well.

Here's some fun shots of our summer: