In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
-Albert Schweitzer

Friday, April 2, 2010

VACATION

FIRST THING.. go to the bottom and work up or else you can just read it backward!
ALL of the Hills(Clalks family and kids, Grandparents, and one uncle) went to California to KnottsBerry Farms and then on a cruise to Ensenada Mexico the end of Feb. for a vacation! It was a BLAST! All 21 of us had a WONDERFUL time!

Lily had RSV and an ear infection when we got home! To much fun and not enough rest I guess!



Painter slept in the stroller for 3 hours he was so tired but it made getting through the airport and sitting around easy!

He loved his funny thing!

The kids favorite ride!




Long Beach board walk


Painter Climbing the tree like Clark!

Clark Climbing some random tree!

Long beach CA Cutest little boardwalk!

Getting off the boat, sad yet exciting day!



Painter LOVED the animals on the beds at night! He would carry them around hugging them and kissing them! Saying "Look they gave this to me!"


Last nights dinner!
Lily being all tricky!

Painter playing "gumballs" he LOVED this!


Taking in some sun on our WHITE bodies!


The boys at the COOL pool!


Heading out to the pool!


Painter would have spent all of his time in the little arcade! He knew how to get there! And Yes he is in PJ's, he wanted to play and it was late so we said fine we are on vacation!

Windy night on the ship


"Yummy dinner, now its bed time!"~lily





So windy and the kids did not want to take a picture but I won!


Heading back to the boat! Look Close Paint fell asleep and used the visor on the stroller as a place to prop his head up! So funny looking, people looked at us a little crazy for a while!

Shopping in Ensenada Mexico!


Lily and Painter in Lily's crib



Dinner was GREAT


First night on the boat and First time looking off the deck! Crazy!



Getting ready to pack up and head to the ship!

Long beach, CA so pretty! Clark really liked the equipment tracks on the beach, made him feel right at home! :) Painter LOVED the water, we stripped him right down to his underwear(we didn't bring a swimsuit with us that day)! He played in the water and even peed right in his underware while standing in the water!

Painter and Broc sharing treats while the adults are riding the roller coaster!






Fastest Farris wheel ever!


Train Ride, Knotts Berry Farms

Kids First Plane Ride, they did really good too!


Painter Helping out at the Airport!


The night before the trip was spent in the ER with Painter. He woke up and his tongue was swollen again really big so we took him in at 2am. They had a SUPER hard time finding a vein so that they could get the iv going so after three different trys (his elbow and both hands) they finally got it in, sort of, so that it would work. They got the meds going and it kicked in and started to help out! Luckily, poor kid! His tongue was swollen and sore for the first 4-5 days of the trip and then it went down! He was a trooper though and barely ever complained! Me and Painter went out sick and Clark and Lily came home sick, but it was such a fun time that I did not really care!
He is trying to smile and be happy in the picture but he really didn't like the band-aids, he links them to the needles. He still tells me "Mom I dont need a shot anymore!"

Saturday, March 27, 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARK!!!
We love you!

Friday, March 5, 2010

What?

I was reading through my comments on my last post and there was new one that I noticed... who is this crasy person! Kinda strange! Now that you are curious, I guess you should feel free to read it and try to understand why in the world it is a comment!? Who knows! :)

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Its still christmas posting time right???

Well it has been a while! So sorry... well not really! Its been a fun, busy, crazy, wonderful last few months! We made it through Thanksgiving and Christmas, and are still awake to talk about it!

Jenny(my sister) took some family pictures for us and we LOVE them!





Little Miss Blue Eyes! (we love that dimple too)
Painter just being fun little him!



She is such a HAPPY baby, who unfortunately does not require much sleep!







He is such a funny little ball of personality!


Typical Painter



Lily loves to Cruise in her new walker...
...that is if Painter is not in it!
Clark found Paint some of the old tonka trucks that are actually made out of metal and not the plastic! Score they might last awhile with a rough tough boy!


Dirt bikes... Sweet!


Lily sporting the cute skirt that Grandma Nichols made her!
~Love it!


Painter at work with dad trying to get the plow ready to go on the beautiful, luscious orange dump truck... its a real looker! ;)
it gets the job done though
I took Lily in for her 6 month but it she was really 7 months..
she is 16.9 lbs 52%
height 27.5 88%
So she is tall and thin!
She has two teeth on top(the ones next to the middle ones) and the two middle on the bottom! She is going to have a FUN smile for a while!
Painter is being potty trained and has been for a while...NIGHTMARE! Some day he will not be so stubborn and it will click! His tongue is looking OK, other than the bumps are already back. We have him in speech therapy, even thought he is a wonderful little talker he compensates with his tongue in the wrong spot, so we are teaching him to say things with it in the right spot! He is one SMART little man!
Clark went to Mesquite with the boys already this winter and had a BLAST!
And I just doing the mom thing, teaching piano and doing hair!
There is the update.. we are alive and kickin!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Family Picture Preview

Here is a quick update of our family, I will post our recent adventures soon...