Christmas music concerts

Nathan and Crystal had their Christmas concerts at the beginning of December, 2008. Nathan was in band and Crystal was in Choir. They have a fantastic music teacher at their school, and we were impressed with the progress they had made since the beginning of the school year, especially Nathan who had never played the trumpet before.

Update at long last

OK, I'm finally updating this blog. It's been over 6 months, and it will take me a while, but over the next few days I'm going to try to get completely up to day.

Wish me luck on remembering everything!

Maren at 2 months

Maren is now 2 months old. Even better, she slept for 8 hours straight last night!

Lisa's 7th birthday

Lisa really enjoyed all of her gifts. This one was a paint-it-yourself butterfly suncatcher.

One of her favorites was the butterfly/flower afghan Grandma Miller made for her.

She also got a huge pink butterfly cake.

House for Sale!

Most of you already know, but our house in Missouri is up for sale. Here's a picture and some details, so if you know anyone who's moving to Missouri, is looking to buy a house in Maryville or simply would like to see a beautiful four over four Colonial style home, please pass the link on. The perfect home for a family, whether your children are young and need bedrooms near their parents, whether you have teenagers who need hang out space in the large basement rec room, or whether you need plenty of guest space for visiting children, grandchildren, and friends.
We've reduced the price to $209,000. Definitely a bargain on a home like this.

• 3500 finished square feet
• 5 bedrooms
• 4 bathrooms
• formal dining room
• large kitchen with spacious breakfast nook
• roomy basement rec room with wet bar
• storage room with water hook ups in basement
• huge bonus room over garage--currently decorated as a playroom
• unfinished walk up floored attic with storage shelves--over 1000 sq ft
• recently refinished beautiful hardwood flooring through majority the main floor
• formal parlor w/damask drapes
• built in bookshelves, fireplace and mantle in family room/den with French door to large deck
• beautifully landscaped with sprinkler system, utility building, deck, picnic table and mature trees
• oversized 2 car garage with additional work area
• laundry room off of kitchen with built in ironing board and cabinetry
• New fiber cement siding--an excellent lifetime product

It's listed by Janet Moss at Shirley's Realty in Maryville. The virtual tour, along with the realtor contact info is at http://www.visualtour.com/applets/flashviewer2/viewer.asp?t=1599251&sk=36.

Maren's blessing day

Here's Maren in her blessing dress. She was blessed on September 21, when she was just over a week old. Her father, Ben, gave her a beautiful blessing.

Maren arrives!

Maren arrived on September 13 at 3:43 pm. She was 7 lbs 13 ozs and 20 inches long. Her siblings were so excited to come see her!



Ben with his two youngest.



The Muir family with all six children a couple of days after Maren's birth. You can tell Mom's a bit sleep deprived! : p



Maren and Daddy.