Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Hill Happenings

It has been over a month and OH BOY is there a lot that has happened in the Hill Family!

First, I don't know how many got on while I had a post that said that Hill baby #3 was on it's way.. Well I went to the DR at 8 weeks for a routine ultrasound and found that there was nothing there but an empty sack. :( so I was pretty upset. David had just left for California for 3 weeks to work. I decided to not go through the whole ordeal naturally because of my history after Bree was born and hemorrhaging. So we decided that the D&C was the way to go for me. So here I am all alone with my girls with little to no help.. dadaddada..MOMMY to the rescue! I found out that my mom was trying to come to Florida from Utah to help me. I had found out that we had 2 tickets that we needed to use from our Southwest rewards card. So it all turned out PERFECT!!! It usually does. So my mom came out and helped me tons while I got ready to have surgery. She stayed with the girls at home while sweet Relief Society sisters took me to and from the hospital and brought in delicious meals for us! I am so THANKFUL for my ward in Florida! They are the best! They took good care of us!

After All that was done, we got to enjoy my mom! The girls had a blast with her! She was able to go with me to the program at Amelia's school (videos are below this post). The girls loved Story time with Grandma..especially Bree! She always wants "one more". So cute. She helped me a lot with getting the house ready for the BIG move, and getting it ready for the renters. We got lots done.
After she left I had a few days to complete the cleaning of the carpet before David's parents came for a visit for graduation! I got it all done just in time! David's parents arrived and David came home from CA the next day! It was so nice to have him home! The girls had lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa Hill! They loved playing with Grandpa..and I loved shopping and playing with Grandma. We have a blast.

Then came the LOOONGG awaited graduation weekend!! YEAH!!

David graduated for University of Florida with his MBA on December 12 2010! We are so PROUD of him! He is the best! He was so happy to have it all done and to have no more text books to read or homework! It was a great ceremony! Not too long either.. there were 55 grads in David's group and there were 3 MBA groups. The building was amazing! very beautiful and very Gothic architecture. It was great!

We went home after graduation and everything started going REALLY fast! Grandma & Grandpa went home and we stated the whole moving process! The movers came packed our stuff! I have never seen a house get packed up so fast. The next day they loaded our belongings on the moving van and they were on their way to Southern California. The renters (our really good friends, the Lowe family) started moving in right away! We had fun with them and stayed at the house the night before we left for California. On December 16th we woke up, got in the rental car, and got ready to fly to out of our lovely Florida home to our new adventure in California...I was proud of myself I only cried once..darn you Jensine Lowe.

Everyone did great on the airplanes, even our doggie Daisy! We found out that Benedryl is also good for dogs. The girls slept a little and were good when they weren't sleeping. I love hearing after the flight, "OH you have kids!?" ...." and a dog!" "I had no idea!" It makes me feel good that we did not makes others flying experience not so great. I can now say that Atlanta airport is not at all a favorite airport! SO CRAZY THERE!!!

So we landed in California safe and sound! We really like it here... but it has rained and rained and rained and RAINED since we got here.

Christmas is just around the corner and we are so excited to spend time with David's Aunt, Uncle, cousins, and Grandma Hill. (the girls Great grandma.) It will be fabulous!
Well that is about it. I can't think of anything else.. that is the last month in a nutshell and a little more.

I have added some pictures that go along with the past month. Enjoy!

Friday, November 19, 2010

Amelia's Preschool Thanksgiving Program


These are videos of Amelia in her school class Thanksgiving program. She did such a great job singing the songs and doing all the actions! We hope you enjoy them!


song 1

Song 2

song 3

song 4

TRICK or TREAT!


We had a lot of fun at the Trunk or treat!

We had the cutest little bugs ever!

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!

Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Robertson's and Aunt Jacquie came for a visit!!!

We had a blast with our visitors! My sister Jacquie and Michelle and her family came to visit! It was quite a crew but so much fun!! We hit all the parks and we visited the Church Ranch. The LDS church has a 300.00 archers of cattle a citrus ranch here in Florida.
We Just had so much fun!

helpful and silly girls!

Amelia was so excited to wash the cars with Daddy. She did such a great job!



Amelia loves to help!
While Amelia was out with Daddy,

Bree was having fun of her own..

She decided that she needed to climb in Daisy's kennel and join her for a rest. It was funny when I couldn't find her and then all the sudden I heard her try to close the door to the kennel and there she was with Daisy.


We love how much entertainment our girls give us! They are fun!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

DAISY

So after going to California and checking out what rent is going to be and how much it would be to cost to have a pet there we decided that Daisy needs a new home.. She is a sweet puppy! So we found a home for her and she was gone for the whole weekend before we got her back . We realized how much we love and want her to move with us. SO she is moving to California with us. I just hope she is good on the plane...


"A" for Amelia watching the Angels play.

David got tickets to see the Angels play at Tropicana stadium in ST. Pete. I was going to go with him but it is so far away and that would be along time for a babysitter, so Amelia and Daddy had a Daddy Daughter date! She had so much fun! They got to sit with the family of the Angels players. Amelia wanted a Angels hat cause it has and "A". The guy that got David the tickets gave her his hat. So sweet! They had lots of fun!




Giving Daisy a bath...

The girls wanted to help Mommy give Daisy a bath. They were such a good help... It is always fun to give her a bath.. A messy job and somebody has to do it..

NEW CAR

This is our new car! Since we are moving to California we thought it would be a good time to get a new car! David has a guy he works with that was looking to buy a new car and was selling his..he named it Lexy.. We thought she was a beauty and a great car for David and it was a great DEAL! And i love a great deal!So this is David's new work car...we have not named her.

She is a 2000 Honda Accord, red, as you can see and leather interior. and is as good as new!


Saturday, September 18, 2010

Amelia started Pre K. In Florida it is a state funded program. She loves school!! She loved helping my get all the supplies together and everyday she asks if she is going to school. I love that she loves it and hopes she will always love school and enjoy learning!


Pre Trip to California!

End of August thru the beginning of September we went to California for our pre trip to check out California.
Disney is great cause everything was on them!(airfare,hotel car food and relocation specialists) It was great!! So the day after we flew in David went to work and met some of his new co workers and did all the paperwork. then in the afternoon David and I met with the relocation specialist while The girls and Grandma Hill ( who flew down from Oregon) played at the parks! It was fun to go around and see different properties and cities that we could call home. We were shown Irvine and Aliso Viejo and Lake Forest. All very nice properties and cities with lots to offer. We particularly were in impressed with what we saw in Aliso Viejo. The next day the realtors focused more on the Anaheim Hills, Yorba Linda side of Orange County and we liked what we saw but still like Aliso Viejo better. The next day we focused on South western Orange county and went through Rancho Santa Margarita and Laguna hills and Aliso Viejo again and still were impressed with Aliso Viejo.It was fun to see California since i have only been there twice and do not really remember it a whole lot. I fell in love with the weather! NO HUMIDITY!! It was great! So we got A lot of information to go through and decide where we want to look for a home and we thought it through and we both really like Aliso Viejo and the feel we got there. It will be about 20 minutes form Disney and really close to the beach and not far from the temple and close to Grandma Hill (the girls great Grandma Hill)who lives in San Marcos and David's Aunt and Uncle who live in Vista. So it has bonuses!

We Had fun with the girls and David's mother at the Parks and we were able to see World OF Color. which is a new Water show at The California Adventure park.

We don't have tons of Pictures but here are a few we did take.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Update: BREAKING NEWS!!

We have some breaking news for everyone!

WE ARE MOVING! David has accepted a job at Disneyland as an Operations Manager. So in December after GRADUATION we are heading out to California for our new adventure! We are SO excited for this new change and can't wait for it all to take place. Disney is very generous to include a relocation package as part of the new job. We are going to California on the 30-Sept 4 to start the search for a new home. We have enjoyed the house and plan to keep it till the market turns around and rent it out. We are just so grateful for the opportunity to go back west where our family is and see them more. We have been truly blessed! We just can't wait!

THE GIRLS: The girls are doing good and Amelia is so excite to go to California! Amelia is starting Pre-k which is a state funded preschool program. Bree is going to miss sis when she is in school. They play so well together but then they can sure get on each others nerves too.. sisters..
I love my girls!

DAVID: David just started his LAST semester of his MBA!! We are so excited to have this almost done! Last semester was great and he did great on his finals.
David is excited to start his new position and start the new transition.

Me: Well not much is going on with just me. The girls keep me busy as usual and when they are sleeping then i keep myself busy with different hobbies such as my sewing or well..facebook..

We just can't wait till December for all our changes to take place. We will keep everyone updated with the constant changes.


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Disney DaNcE Party part 2

This batch of videos is of the girls dancing and playing with Donald and Goofy!

Disney DaNcE Party.

Monday night we went to the Contemporary Resort for a presentation about the Disney Vacation Club, and the new resort they are building in Hawaii. It was a good presentation, didn't join. It sure makes us want to go to Hawaii really bad. After they had a Party with food and dancing! The girls had a blast! They even had some special guests, with it being Disney and all...

(We had to put them in smaller videos so we could put them on cause it was too long...)

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Bree's Birthday part 2!

These are some videos from Bree's birthday. Enjoy.


Friday, July 16, 2010

BREE TURNS 2!!!

YEAH! Our Bumble Bree is 2!! We had fun with some friends and had cake and ice cream and opened presents. It was a blast! The Birthday cake was done by a lady in our ward who is amazing at decorating cakes! It turned out perfect!! So cute!

Bree had her check-up today and here are her stats,
Weight:27 LBS (50%)
Height:35 1/4inches (80%)
Head: 19 1/2inches (90%)
NO SHOTS!
They grow up so fast!


The pictures were taken with my iphone...so not the best quality..


silly girls!!

I caught my girls being silly!

I caught Bree in her highchair asleep...which she actually does all the time but this was just cute how she had her foot up. So silly!

This one is part my fault! I was doing a craft project and left the markers in reach and well the pictures say the rest!



Amelia found an old pair of sunglasses that didn't have the lens in them and she was wearing them one day and I just thought they looked so cute with glasses on!


These girls are just so fun and sIlLy! I love it!

Friday, July 9, 2010

silly daisy..

I thought this was funny! Daisy loves to chase her tail.

FIREWORKS!

The girls loved watching our own fireworks from the street and throwing pop-its.

Amelia and Bree watching fireworks.

4th of July fun!

SWIMMING!

David brought home these Nemo arm floaters and we finally tried them out! I love them! I'm not so stressed out taking two kids to the pool by myself anymore! We will be swimming alot more this summer!
Swimming
My first post from my phone... We shall see if it works...

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Eclipse

Yes I did go to the midnight showing of Eclipse. Me and the lady with the black sleeves went to the "Twilight Experience" All three movies in one night! The rest of the ladies are from our ward that met there at the theater. It was a fun night!



For the "twilight experience " we got this lanyard with our VIP pass and a gift card for food. I had to show it off..

Primary fun.

We went to a fun Primary activity. They had fun carnival games and they focused on the Articles or Faith. Amelia passed off an article of faith so she was able to put a pie in the bishoprics face!
Bree got a little bee on her check.
Amelia got her face painted like Minnie Mouse!
My silly little Bree! I found her laying on the floor with all her blankeys in the pantry, of all places!


reunited.

After about 10 years of not seeing each other, my oldest friend Katie and I were finally reunited! She and her daughter,Gracie, came for a few days to visit! It was so good to finally see her and her daughter. We did some fun things like we went to Disney and the beach. I hope it won't be 10 years till we see each other the next time!

We took this picture so many times!!! it had to be perfect!
Gracie was so tired at Animal Kingdom so we laid her on top of the stroller...it was quite a sight!
Katie and Gracie waiting for Nemo the Musical to start.
Bree playing in the sand and Coco Beach.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

FHE at The Magic Kingdom

We don't go to the parks nearly as much when family or visitors are not here. We decide to go one day and stay for the Parade and fireworks since we never actually see them.
The girls loved it! Amelia went on Splash Mountain twice..once with daddy and once with mommy! i wish i could buy one of those pictures they take for you cause you can never see Amelia cause she is always hiding in my lap! So funny!
It was a fun night!

This is Tinker Bell flying down from the castle.
FIREWORKS!!

Cinderella's Castle at night.