I decided its been way too long since I blogged last.  Could be because our life has been a bit crazy!!
Im just going to dive right in..........

Kanton.... Where do we start??  He is doing so well academically!  He's learning to read, write, and add.  Its amazing how quickly he has picked it all up.  What an amazing kid!!
He is however struggling socially.  Around October Kanton started becoming aggressive to the other kids in the class, and being very deffiant.  Sadly it done nothing but get worse as the year as gone on.
So, I had a meeting with his teacher, the principle, and other counslers at the school to try to figure out a plan of action. Everything we had tried, and trust me whe tried a bunch of things, didnt work.  We all decided it was in Kantons best interest to be put into a class called a Learning Center.
In that class they focus on behavioral issues.  He would go to that class for the first half of the day and as long as he had behaved well he would go back to his kindergarten class for the last half of the day.
It has been quite an adjustment for him.  He has been doing this now for 3 weeks.
The mornings are the toughest part, cause he wants to be with all his little friends in Kindergarten.  But when we pick him up at the end of the day he's done very well.
So we feel this has been the best thing for him.
Along with the new class, Kanton has started some new therapy. Its called Cranio Sacrail Thearpy.  He's had  3 sessions and we have seen quite a change.
For those of you interested you'll have to google it. Its hard to explain what it is.
We are so proud of our sweet boy!!  This school year has been quite a struggle for him, but he is such a trooper. 
We love you Kanton!!

As for Rob and I, we've had a lot of ups and down but things are on the up and up!!
I love my sweet husband so very much!! I am extremely greatful for all the hard work at he does for us as a couple and a family. 
This life was never ment to be easy, but we both have learned and are still learning, that as long as we do our part and trust in the Lord we CAN get through the rough times!!

Well..... On Saturday we are VERY lucky to be able to take a family vacation!!! Our very first ever!!! We are SO excited!!!
We will be going to Disneyland, for a whole week!!!
I will be sure to take lots of pictures and do a big blog session when we get home.

Hope all is well in your world!!
Blog at ya Soon!

Christmas catch-up....

so here we are the end of january already!! what??? i cant believe it's 2012!!

well i wanted to post some pictures from christmas, so i'm just going to let the pictures say it all. it was great for us and we hope you enjoyed yours as well!

Family Pics 2011

So its been a while since we got family pictures taken! When we went to Cedar City to visit Robs family we had pics done of the WHOLE Miller family, it was sure a fun adventure.
I thought I'd share one of our cute family.
Hope ya like.
Happy Holidays!!

Holidays.....

as well i guess its been way too long since i blogged last, before the holidays started. so i guess id better play catch up.

we had a fun halloween, and kanton got tons of candy!!

kanton has taken an interest in the transformers, so that what he was this year. he was the cutest "bumble bee"the transformer i had ever seen.

he did great this year! i could even hear him yelling trick or treat from the side walk, while rob took him to the doors. i love experiencing the growth that he makes every year.

as for thanksgiving, we were able to celebrate it at my parents house. it was so much fun!! both of my sisters and there families, except 1 bro-in law, were there. my grammy was even able to join us. its not very often that my whole family gets to enjoy a holiday together. the adults were able to sit around visiting and playing games. its been so long since i have laughed so hard. all the kids were able to hang out and play games and of course cause mischief. :o) the picture is of my grammy and all her great grand kids, that are my nieces and nephews and of course kanton.

it was sure an awesome weekend full of fun , family €and love!

as for christmas, well its just over a week away and were not ready, but really is anyone ever ready?

weve decorated and put up the tree. i love to sit with the lights off looking at the pretty decorated tree, listening to christmas music. its something ive done since i was a kid and now kanton like to turn off the lights and just play on the floor by the light of the tree.

we were able to take a trip to cedar city to visit with robs family and to celebrate robs moms birthday. rob and kanton really enjoyed them selves, so im glad we were able to go.

we were able to experience our first school christmas program last night. kanton didnt do the best, but he did do better than i thought he would. all the kindergarten classes wore antelers and some got there nose painted red and they sang rudolph the red nosed reindeer.

as for the rest of the holiday season, you'll have to wait and see....

happy holidays to you all and i pray we all may remember the true meaning of christmas.

Autism Speaks Walk

on october 8th we were able to participate in the annual utah walks for autism speaks. it was such an amazing experience!! it was held at the rio tinto stadium this year. over 4000 people participated.

its always such a good experience to go to these community events. it really opens my eyes to the reality of how many people are affected by this horrible disorder. yet i was humbled to see all of the many people that support the autistic community.

kanton is so blessed to have so many people in his life that support him. im so grateful to my parents for be there to experience this with us.

im hoping to be able to get more people involved in the walk next year.

until next time...

Summer Fun

this summer has flown by so fast! we had lots of fun this year. we didnt go any where amazing, but we were able to come up with lots of activities to keep us busy.

we did a lot of picnics at the park, its one of kanton favorite things to do. we took a few photo shoots at the temples and joseph smith memorial building. the end of july rob and i celebrated our 7 year anniversary. we were able to go to a free concert and just have a night evening together.

this past weekend kanton and i were able to go to the annual sahara cares autism carnival. this is our 3rd year going. kanton always has so much fun and i get lots of information.

kanton was able to play with is cousin nattie mae a couple time when they came for a visit. they sure have lots of fun together.

so here you have it in pictures, hope you enjoyed it!

KINDERGARTEN.....

Holy cow! I can not believe that kanton started kindergarten, august 22nd! It is beyond me that I no longer have a baby, I now have a big boy!

so this past week has been quite the adventure. most kindergarten only go to school for half a day. well kanton is going to a charter school for kids with high functioning autism and aspergers and they has all day kindergarten! thats right all day!!

we found out in the spring that he would be attending this school and we were so extremely excited and felt so blessed! as summer break drew to an end and the day that school was to start drew closer and closer i slowly started to get more and more nervous!! lets just saw that the week before school started, i was a mess!!

i know this is the school kanton is suppose to be going to and i know that this is the best thing for him. but i know the different things he struggles with on a daily basis and my heart aches for him because of the challenges i know is will have to face!

as a mother you hate to watch your child suffer!! but, as i have learned in my few short years of parenting, you cant fix everything!! (as much as you want too!)

so the sunday before started we went to my parents so my dad and rob could give kanton and myself a blessing. i am so extremely greatful for the blessing of the priesthood in our lives!!

monday came and ready or not its time to take my baby boy to school!!

i was so proud of my boy!! i walked him into his classroom. i could tell he was nervous, but he didnt cry or even cling to me when i left!

as i walked from the school to my car, i had never felt so alone as i did at that moment!! i didnt have my sweet little shadow toddling beside me holding my hand. as the day went on i realized how lonely i was, all day and how much love i have for my sweet little miracle man.

there were only a few minor hic-ups, but over all the first week of school was a success!!

somethings are going to take some getting use too, but thats normal. somethings may always be a challenge, but i am so greatful for where kanton is in his life! hes a dang good kid, he makes us laugh and he loves us and thats all i could ever hope for!!

i thank my heavenly father everyday for this sweet boy and for all that he has taught me and continues to teach me, everyday!!

we love you kanton and have an awesome kindergarten year!!

A Day with Thomas....

Kanton and his Grammy waiting for a pic with
Thomas.


Kanton and Rob with Thomas.

Kanton waiting so patiently.

Kanton waiting for Thomas to come.

Kanton with his Grammy and Papa on the
train ride.

Since we moved to Bountiful Kanton has LOVED Thomas the tank engine. And for those of you that know Trains is his thing!! And some times his only thing. :0)

So every since then we've wanted to take him to the Day out with Thomas at the Heber Creeper.

Well over Memorial Day weekend we finally did it!! We bought tickets back in April and decided to keep it a secret from him.

So We woke up early and went to Grammy and Papas, they went with us. After getting there, we told him that we were going to take a drive to the mountains. He thought that was a great idea.

So we piled into Grammys car and headed to Heber. We brough out portable DVD player so Kanton could watch a movie while we drove there, a Thomas movie of course has to get him in the mood.

As we were pulling into the parking lot Kanton saw Thomas and was SO excited!

Kanton had a super fun day, ok we did too. I was so proud of him, he did awesome!! You see Kanton has a hard time with big groups of people and when he gets too excited it usually end up in a melt down. He did great all day.

I know it was a dream come true for Him. We hope to do it again next year.

Hope you enjoyed the pics!