Sleepy head!

Love love love this little sleepyhead!

Zion on The Drums

Zion tried hard to convince us of these drums in Costco!
He sure can drum like his daddy!

What a BLESSED little family we are....

Soooooooo sorry that it has been FOREVER since I last posted. Life has been full! God is good to the Miles-Derton family!!! :) I even found my THIRD $20 bill on the side of the road last week! :) God knows how to let me know, "Hey, I'm still here and going to provide your EVERY need!" :) The other night we walked out the back door to play frisbee golf and Brandon said, "man, I wish we had a football!" Guess what we found lodged in a tree not 100 feet later... a full sized nice football. :) Sooooo.... we are confident that when our God so blatantly meets even our wants, He is most definitely going to provide our super sized needs. Aka an amazing job for Brandon. :) Customs is still moving along and we KNOW that if that is the job that God has created to be perfect for Brandon, then he will get it no problem! :) (Just wanted to let everyone know where we're at on that!) In the mean time, our time is getting short on Kodiak Island and we're soaking in the salty air and enjoying Zion's little sandy feet! Our ferry is set to leave July 13th! And we are hoping our movers will be here before the end of THIS month! Eeeekkk!!!! It's coming up quick!!! 

Here are a couple of my FAVORITE pictures that I just had to share! :) Enjoy! There are many more to come from this day at the beach! We have NEVER seen Buskin beach  this GORGEOUS! It was just perfection. Okie dokie. Have a super blessed day!!!

Weeming!!!

Weeming. Also known as Swimming. Zion is CrAzY about it! He was SO excited to be at the base pool yesterday. In the locker room Mr. Z was going around saying "weeming, WEEMING!" He was so happy to be there. Is this not the cutest picture? He just melts my heart! Maybe he''ll take after me in the pool?!? (That would be SO awesome!) Who knows... I DO know that he will be amazing at whatever he does! :) Brandon is just positive that he's going to be in the NBA, due to the fact that he is a giant little 20 month old. Maybe we have a NBA AND swimming all star on our hands! :) "I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength!" Phil. 4:13

Dinner and New Snow

Zion LOVES snow! What are we going to do in Arizona??? I guess we'll have to make do with snow in a different form: chlorinated water! :) Until then, Zion is enjoying EVERY moment outside!!!
What a little man... I love this picture.

And Zion HATES coming inside...........................................................................................lol.

Last night I made Kapama (Greek Stew). A meal Brando and I enjoy, and apparently now a favorite of Zion's! He had a great time eating; not only was it a culinary treat, but it was a fun sensory experience as well! Hope you enjoy these pictures as much as Zion enjoyed creating the scene! :)

A Sample of His Silliness

So sorry it's sideways!!! I can't fix it. Hope you can still enjoy it!!! He is such a ham.

What a difference a year makes...

Then....

Now...



Wowza! We had fun in the snow today! Zion BEGGED to go outside this morning! :) Like pitiful begging, crying and pleading with his tear brimmed handsome eyes. So, I gave in. It is nearly impossible to resist those eyes! (The last picture was taken right when we went out, and shows his, "Haha, it worked, I'm outside!" face.) And we were surprised that it was actually a nice temperature outside. YAY!!! (My thermometer right now says 28, but it didn't feel that cold! But there is no wind and that makes such a huge difference.) We were out for an HOUR and then decided to have a picnic outside when Daddy came home. It really felt nice out with the sun shining. I have no idea when it was last this nice and sunny out. We actually brought out Zion's highchair and our lawn chairs and it was LOVELY! Brandon did point out the fact that when we soon have our Arizona picnics, we will not be seeing our breath! :)

Speaking of AZ, we will be starting our trip down in 2 weeks!!! WOOHOO!!! Brandon has an interview with T.P.D., so we're gonna make a trip of it! And we'll all see OUR house for the first time! Praise God! We are so excited!!! We will be making a pit stop in Seattle and get to see Grandma & Grandpa Miles and the Derton clan. SWEET!!! We cannot wait!!! God is so good!