Chris Millard's World

Our air conditioning broke down so we had to hold the July birthdays at Dennis's house. Our house was like an oven and we couldn't get anyone to fix it until Monday.

Megan is 7 years old now. Note the little dress that Sophie is wearing. I bought that dress for Abby the day that Megan was born. I love the little cousin clothes-sharing.

Jeff is 36

Michele is 42

Grandma is 62 (yikes)

This is a badly done self portrait of me in my purple cowboy hat which I wore to the WSU picnic today. Can I just stop and say how much I love my job? I have to pinch myself to know that this is real and I'm getting up thrilled to come to work every day! Go Wildcats!

Grandpa took the Hoferitza girls boating. Here are Meg and Abby in the water.

This is a pain in the neck! It started a couple of weeks ago. As pains go, this was pretty bad. On a scale of one to ten, I was hitting an eight, so off to the doctor. An MRI showed damage in C3 and C4, with resulting bone growth pressing on the spinal column and causing swelling, hence the pain. Now I am on Prednisone, which has its own challenges. It is a wicked drug!!!! I have until Wednesday and then if it isn't better, I will have to see a neurosurgeon. Yikes! I'm operating on a wing and a prayer!

This little picture shows inflamation at C3 so this is sort of what it looks like.

Rick showed his Corvette at the Logan Cruise In Car Show over July 3rd and 4th. He had lots of fun.

It was 17 1/2 years ago that my friend, John Caine, came to my house to get me to type something for him since his computer was down. As I was typing I realized it was a relinquishment of parental rights for a newborn. John had a client who was placing a baby for adoption, and it happened that I had a friend, Mike Lewis, who needed a grandchild. John had a very long list of people who wanted this special baby. Mike and Claudia's son Tom and Eileen wanted to adopt a baby. John, being my best friend, could not deny me. John's wife, Sally, and I went to the hospital and kissed every little finger and toe of the new baby boy, dressed him, put him in a car seat, and promptly went to Wendy's for dinner. We brought him to my house where Tom and Eileen picked him up. What a happy day.

Rick, Ryan, Chris

We have watched him grow up and now that he is a senior in high school we are very proud. He is planning to go to college and serve an LDS mission. It was fun to see him yesterday. We haven't seen him for at least a year and he has really grown up in the last little while.

Eileen, Grandpa Mike, Ryan

Ryan knows how much he is loved. I am lucky to have played a part in his life. I can't wait to see what he does in life. You can see he is a babe-magnet! But, best of all, he is a great young man. He has connected us to the Lewis's forever.

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. Things go wrong so that you can appreciate them when they're right. And sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together." (author unknown)