Heritage Homestead

09/04/2026

My beautiful children ❤️ God heard my brokenhearted prayers and blessed me with six perfect people. I love being their mom.

Derick is in high school. We started back a month ago, and I haven't been great about first-day pictures, sadly. I take tons of life pictures, though.

James is in 8th grade.

Mika and Oakley are in 5th grade.

Lena and Rosie Gene are living their best sister lives.

08/22/2026

Miller’s are currently learning guitar together. ♥️ We also added a cajon drum to our collection. They all love it! Such a cool sound.

Pictures from the last few days.

It’s been a rough few weeks. Things have been shifting from severe anxiety to depression as well. After admitting it to myself, I’ve been getting help again. I need a lot of help right now. I’m doing it, though. Every hard day.

08/21/2026

Rosie Gene is seven months old! She crawls, eats everything, and loves music, momma, and everyone else too. Girl makes friends everywhere we go. She smiles all the time. Dances, laughs, loves to play.

She says mom-mom, brothers, boo-boo; we hear these a lot. Dad has been said, but she’s stingy with that one; she's said Lena but won’t say it consistently either. Lots of other sounds I haven’t figured out what she’s communicating.

Babies are always a good thing, and timing, life changes, and hard seasons don't make having a baby any less wonderful. Life isn’t easy right now, but it’s so much better with Rosie Gene! Sometimes it hits hard how different this year is from the one I wanted us to have. I journal the good moments for us to read together one day and keep going.

08/18/2026

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08/17/2026

I was dressed and ready for evening church, fighting a headache, when I saw the first kiddo and asked why he was squinting; he said he had a headache. Then I saw the next one; he, too, was fighting a headache. I went to Scott and said a couch and a movie might be a good plan for the evening. It must be the storms; everyone is feeling better now.

I watched Camp Rock 1 & 2 with Lena in the last year; she was so excited about Camp Rock 3. Rosie Gene and Lena LOVED Camp Rock 3. Rosie Gene wore me out; she danced the whole movie. She already “sings” when she hears music, and man, can she dance. She is my girl. We have music in our veins and a song in our hearts. I can't wait to hear her sing praise and worship music in a couple of years! 🙌

08/16/2026

Rosie Gene saw her first movie yesterday. She thought the theater was great. Lena isn’t pictured because she was seeing Spider Man with friends at another theater. Despite all the difficulties right now, my kiddos are thriving, making friends, going on adventures, learning new things. I’m so happy God is continuing to pour into them in so many ways.

Today was a friend's baby shower and Rosie Gene’s future buddy. She’s right in the middle of the babies at church. The baby boy is nine months older than her, and she is so smitten with him; the new baby girl will be nine months younger than her. Friends! One of my fears about having a baby ten years younger than the last was that she wouldn't have close-in-age siblings. God had it all worked out. ❤️

08/11/2026

Happy Birthday, Alton Bobby! He would have been 45 today.

This year's ridiculous AB pancake. I had to do something silly for Derick and James; they love their dad, and it's always going to be heavy that he’s not here. So I started the annual AB pancake to make them all laugh. I tried a mustache this year.

This year is extra hard. I miss him. I hope he’s proud. His sons, my babies, are magnificent.

08/11/2026

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08/10/2026

We canned tomatoes yesterday. It felt so good doing something normal. I fought a ton of panic attacks but made it through them! Last night's panic attack was epic. One day my nervous system will regulate, and I can’t wait!

All the kids helped one way or another to ensure this round of tomatoes was canned. I love working as a family. I love my big, loud, beautiful family.

Rosie Gene loved playing with the tomatoes and eating her boiled egg and grass-fed butter this morning with a smidge of Redmond real salt. She’s such a good eater!

Non-scale win! I’m wearing my favorite workout pants. I almost moved them on last year. It’s been a rough six years, and my mental health took such a hit. There is profound good in those years but also great battles no one saw. I never could get back to where I was with strength training. I’m so glad it’s back. I won’t let anyone trip me up this time. I am carrying a ton of insecurities right now. I don’t care; this is for me. For the body I love and the goals I plan on achieving in it. God can use me far better, healthy and strong. So healthy and strong I shall be!

I had a lot of wins like that today. All my jeans fit. My smaller dresses. I took all my clothes out that I had packed away and was thrilled with each win. My workout clothes were at the bottom of the tote and the ultimate win.