Free Stuff = Happy Mom

In my attempts to make this summer as memorable and epic as possible, I am always looking for cheap/free deals.  A friend told me the Huntsmans sponsor a free day at Heritage Park. (She had me at free) I took my kids last year and my kids had a blast! Who knew learning about Utah history and pioneer life could be so much fun! So when I heard I could get in for free I jumped at the opportunity! I called up my friend Natalie to brave the crowds with me and we headed up there. Here are some pics:

Poor Mason had to sit next to the Crazy Milner kids. LOL

Im not going to lie. It wasn't the easiest adventure ever. Six kids, two moms, walking around a recreated pioneer town, on the busiest day of the year. Im sure we might be a little crazy.  But the kids had so much fun and its always fun to hand out with Nat. Plus how can you pass up FREE!

The Milner Family Epic Summer Adventures

..........And so begins summer of 2012.  You can look at the next 3 months as a prison sentence or as a time to reconnect with you kids. I personally dont think  prison sounds very fun so I am going to opt for the latter. I have two goals this summer, first to not allow my kids to spend more time on the t.v. then they do with me. And second, to not end up praying for the day school starts again.
We started off this epic summer with a trip to Manti to visit my sister and her kids. I left the hubby at home and as much as I am sure he enjoyed the quiet time, he really did look happy for us to come home. :)
Here is a pic of us getting started:

When we got there we immediately headed up to mountains for a hotdog/ marshmallow roast

Dallin picked me wild flowers. LOVE THIS BOY!

Me and my amazing sister Carmen :)

Carmen and Keeley

Joe-Joe's face cracks me up. And I love that Aaliyah is resting her head on my shoulders. She is growing up so much and I love these little times when she still wants to be my friend. :)





The next day we set off for Palisade Lake.  It cost us 6 bucks to get in and other than the sunburns/mosquito bites  we received while we were there we loved it!

I was also able to do a session at the Manti Temple, I had actually never been.

They recently built a reflection pool across the street from the temple. Absolutely beautiful at night.













So there it is, our brief visit to Manti. We had a lot of fun and cant wait to go back, hopefully for the pageant. Much love to my sister for making this trip economical for us. 

Started School

For some reason I didn't think my life was crazy enough so I decided to go back to school. Yup that's me full time mom, part time job and student at good old Salt Lake Community College....Go Bruins! Im thinking about going into the RAD TECH program but from what I hear the medical field is flooded. So now I am not so sure. For now I will work on my Generals and see where in the heck life takes me. Maybe, just maybe, I will figure this out before little Joe graduates High School.

Home Made Yumminess(its word, I promise)

I Went over to Deja's house tonight and made home made Salsa. I know what your thinking yummy right? Well it is.
We made a lot more than three bottles but I let her keep most of it, since all the ingredients came from her garden. I know , I know I'm a nice sister.

I know I never post on here. I almost feel bad. Almost. I would like to say that its because I have a really busy life, but now that I am only working part time I don't really have that excuse. HaHa.

Tonight we went to the Spruces and had a wienie roast. It got cold. But it was a lot of fun. I love the Spruces. I have a lot of great memories there.


I also realized this was probably the last time this year we will have one of these summer type activities. And while I love summer I am also excited for the fall. I love the change of the colors and the crisp air. Im not excited for winter but I am going to love every minute of fall. :)

Friday Confesional

I really haven't done this in a while but heck why not!

I confess:

• I have spent a lot of time complaining about all those people who talk in "text"
• you know: OMG, FML, WTF, LOL
• I am now officially one of "those people".
• I have stopped complaining about those people
• I'm addicted to reality shows
• I love the drama.
  
• I just hate drama in my own life.
• Some of my top favorites are
• Biggest Loser
• The real Desperate housewives.....
• Americas Next top Model
• Project Runway
• (I DO NOT watch Jersey Shore)
• (I did try it once but I ended up with a headache and decided it wasn't worth it.)
• I know most reality shows are trash but I am HOOKED!
  
• I publicly want to thank my husband for putting up with this addiction and not leaving me.

And that's all for this Friday! Thanks Glamazon for hosting this wonderful Friday confessional!

New Year, New Intentions.

I was reading a blog that Alison Sweeney writes. (Biggest Loser, Days of Our lives) I don't read it all that often.....In fact this was the first blog of hers I read and I really liked it. In this particular blog, she wrote that she doesn't like new years resolutions. She says "I like to put more of a work-in-progress spin on it." So instead she has New Years Intentions. I think I am going to adopt this more positive approach. Resolutions seem so final. This way if I start to fail I don't feel like I have to give up. Its not and "all or nothing" attitude.

I'm not going to get really personal here and list ALL of my intentions this year, however I will let you know that I do intend to write on my blog more often. I usually only write whenever I feel like I have something to say.......and that isn't very often. Another one of my intentions is to read the news more often. And by news I do not mean what/who the Kardashians are doing, and by news I do not mean what teen mom is going to Jail. (Yes I do watch all the trashy reality shows, its one of my guilty pleasures.) But I do mean what is ACTUALLY going on in this world so I can understand what everyone (and by that I mean my husband) is talking about when they complain about the economy, or North Korea, or that guy in Australia who leaked a bunch of government secrets.(I had no idea that happened, and felt like a total idiot when people at work were talking about it.)

This is just a couple of things that I "intend" do this year. Hopefully I can keep my self motivated and work hard on making these things part of my daily life.

If you want to read Ali Sweeney's blog that was my inspiration click here.