Salaməleyküm!!! (PEACE BE UPON YOU)

Aziz mənim göyçək qohumlarım,

Nə var, nə yox?

It means in English:

Dear my beautiful relatives,

What is there, what is there not?

And in Kentuckyish:

Hey y'all,

What's up?

Bahahahaha.... I hope everyone is doing well. I myself, am drowning in Azeri words and phrases in Bloomington, IN. It is so hard!! All I do is go to class and study = MISERY. But hopefully, it will all pay off in the long run (i.e. when I meet a gorgeous Azeri man and can whisper sweet nothings in his ear - how inappropriate!!! hehehe). My midterm is this Friday (so cross your fingers for me) and then I have one more month... eek.

Obviously, I am counting down the days to Erin's wedding when I get to see everyone, get my boogie on, finally have a glass of wine, and speak english (or, perhaps more accurately, slurred english). Boy am I looking forward to it!!

After all, the wise men in Azerbaijan note that one should:

Palaza bürün, el ile sürün!! (Wrap yourself in a carpet, and roll together with your kinsmen)

Isn't this a perfect proverb for the Millers? :)

Love you!!!

no one really

checks this anymore but... i thought that it needed some attention.

mainly because our family is experiencing some really amazing milestones currently...

patrick & jennifer had kennedy & that sweet baby girl is healthy & beautiful. they also just got married! and they are planning a bigger ceremony for some time around thanksgiving!

bryan & i had finn & he's downright precious!

erin & andrew got engaged & have planned their wedding for august 22nd & we are all beyond excited for this celebration!

jackie & john just got engaged :) we can't wait to find out details about their special day!

what else...

courtney finished her internship in London & is figuring out where her life will take her.


sandy dearing gets to choose the girls trip location this time :)

we had a slew of graduations:

gus, will, kelly, danielle, patrick, aaron, erin, andrew... who else?

to all of us... keep loving your journey. miss ya.

stephi & jeff

drove down to pennsylvania to stay the night with me while i was shooting a wedding. we hit up a couple bars-toured the campus- had some of their yummy homemade ice cream... twas a lot of fun :)

a few weeks ago...

i was in atlanta for a wedding i shot in july. i of course stayed with barb & don & got to play with their grandkiddos! here are a few pics from that:

this spinny thing was throw-up worthy.

Howlin' At The Moon

So, I know it has been awhile since anybody has blogged on our site, so I wanted to share some of the pics from when a few of us cousins went out on Saturday night to 4th street. It wasn't great conditions to why Erin, Andrew and Steph came into town but it was so awesome to get to hang out with everybody and I do wish the Murray Family prayers, hugs and kisses!!! XOXO

Cute Pics!!

Megan, those are some great pics! I am gonna need you to go ahead and send those to me so I can print them off. Hugs and Kisses to Everyone!!
Special Shout Out to Stephanie, MYA!!!!

christmas time is

always an amazing time to be a part of our family. we know how to celebrate little baby jesus being born! i'm finally getting around to editing the pictures. doesn't hurt that bryan's gone for the weekend & i'm a little sick, so a movie & my laptop are my dates tonight.

before i post about christmas i wanted to let you know that i posted a few of my favorite pictures from lauren's senior shoot on my blog. they came out pretty sweet, if i do say so myself. schoogey is on her senior retreat right now, hopefully having the time of her life!

so, here are the christmas pictures, finally!!!

i will start with cousins night!

such a good night. i don't remember much of it, but i know i enjoyed it.



like this... i don't remember this.


our beautiful faces.

the handsome men.

twitterpatted. completely twitterpatted!



oliver wanted in on some of the fun!


aw. how cute!

and to prove we had a ton of fun- here is a glamour shot of erin & her hairdo the next morning.


& now christmas eve! in no particular order-


the white coat club.

the black coat club.

the murray's after sandy & gary's house... we were up until 3 or 4 opening presents!

so cute!


jackie & erin doing some kinda dance, not sure what it is... but they're working it.

the older gang hanging out.

ted is a real man. yum. i didn't know thats what he looked like under that shirt!

crowd response!

sandy trying to work bob's gun.

kate.

the noe's.

the crowd response. they loved this gift whichever one it was.

dawn finally got a miller rack!

teecee, shimmy queen.

oh good lord, when did we turn tom into a transvestite? i think he likes it.


aw. bryan & santa.

the hot mama's!

the best gift of the evening... animal ear muffs.

dr. kathy big glasses. tehee.

sheriff bob is town now folks.

aw. i miss you guys already. love you. so let's be even better about blogging this year. it's easy enough- if you have any questions feel free to ask! come on you guys- more posts!!!!