OUR LIVES TOGETHER


Thursday, December 13, 2007

It's Official........

WE'RE MOVING!!!!

After searching since the beginning of January we finally found a perfect home for us! We saw it for the very first time about a month ago and TODAY we closed, recieved our keys and it's all ours! It's been a fast process to say the least, but we couldn't be happier - especially since we will be in before Christmas!

Starting this Saturday, The Hill's will be located in Goodyear, Arizona. Yes, I said Goodyear - it's just a little bit West of Mesa - like 45 min at the most! Jordan will be closer to his work & we now have a home of our very own! We are so blessed!

To all of our family & friends that we have been surrounded by these past few years - You guys are amazing! We are going to miss all of you SO much! We truly have met some of the most incredible people! Thank you for all you have done for our little family and for always being there for us when times were tough and especially when times were great! What great support we have received from all of you! Please keep in touch and we will do the same. We love you guys!

Our family's last week in our current house! It's been a great 4 years living here in Mesa! (2 years at our house right now) - WOW how time flies by!

Here is our NEW house! We are so excited!


Just a few more pics of the front of our house!

Here is a picture of our backyard. We are SO excited! Especially for Trigger who is a true outdoor dog that has been raised indoors his whole life!

Bentley in her new room!

Taylor already playing in her new room with her Daddy!

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA SUSIE!

HI MOM - WE JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! YOU DON'T LOOK A DAY OVER 25! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH! YOU ARE SUCH A WONDERFUL MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER! WE MISS YOU EVERYDAY! HOPE YOUR DAY IS AN EXTRA SPECIAL ONE! LOVE YOU - JORD, MEG, TAY, BENT & TRIG

MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER!

MY MOM WITH TAYLOR THE DAY SHE WAS BORN!

OUR FAM IN HAWAII 2006

MY MOM, ME & PAIGEY

JUST THE GIRLS!

GRANDMA SUSIE & NOT SO LITTLE TAYLOR

THREE GENERATIONS

THIS IS TAYLOR WISHING YOU A "HAPPY HAPPY" (THAT'S WHAT SHE CALLS IT)

BENTLEY WISHES YOU A WONDERFUL DAY TOO! WE LOVE YOU MOM! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Monday, December 10, 2007

GO DEVILS!!!

We finally attended our first ASU game as a WHOLE family! We went to the ASU vs. UofA game last weekend with both of our girls! Of course Taylor and I went to all the games last season to watch Jordan, but obviously that meant we never got to go to the games with him. Jordan & I went to the Colorado game earlier this year, but we didn't take Taylor and Bentley was in my tummy! It was really fun to go as a family and get our girls all dressed upin ASU gear! So we bundled everyone up nice & warm (it was really cold that night) and headed off to the big rivalry game at Sun Devil stadium! We sure miss seeing the BIG #1 on the field, but it was still a blast to cheer on the Devils to an awesome victory!

Bentley smiling at her Sparky stuff - she's got Sun Devil blood!

Bentley all ready to go!

Taylor was SO excited!

She couldn't wait to see Sparky & the cheerleaders!

Our Sun Devil girls!

These are the shoes that Taylor wanted to wear to the game, but I convinced her to pick a different pair!



Our family @ the game!

Friday, November 30, 2007

PRIVATE BLOG TIME

Hi all - I've decided to make my blog private. Please email me @ jmtth143@cox.net with your email address or just post a comment here if you would like to be added. I'm planning to switch over to a private blog next Saturday 12/8/07. Hope everyone is doing good!

Hill Family Update.....

A lot has happened in our lives the past few months - crazy things, but also very good things! I just wanted to give an update on what's going on with each of us lately!

BENTLEY - We took the girls to the doctor on Monday for their shots (Bentley's 2 month shots & Taylor's 2 year shots) Yes, Bentley is already 2 months old! CRAZY! She currently weighs 10 lbs. 4 oz & is 24 inches long. That puts her in the 25% - 50% for her weight and 95% for her height! Just like Taylor was when she was that age. I guess our girls are going to get their height from their daddy, which is a good thing!

FAVORITE THING: One of my favorite things about Bentley is her smiling & cooing at us a ton these past few weeks! It is SO cute! I love that she knows who I am - I can tell that she recognizes my voice and even when it's me holding her, that's a pretty special feeling!

INTERESTING FACT: She has the most beautiful & alert eyes, but they are actually different colors. One is blue & the other is brown. It's pretty interesting!

TAYLOR - After taking Taylor to the doctor, she weighs 26 lbs and is 36 inches long. She's about the same percentile as Bentley is, but for her age group. We have tall children so far! Taylor is a fun little girl! We definitely laugh every day! She is talking a ton - most of it doesn't make sense, but she seems to think that it does, because her eye contact when she is talking to you is so intense! We love her so much!

FAVORITE THING: My favorite thing about Taylor right now is her sweet little voice! I wake up in the morning to her singing a little song downstairs in her room. It makes me smile & want to get out of bed (except when she is doing that at 6:00 in the morning)

INTERESTING FACT: For the past month or so, Taylor's favorite movie has been Transformers. No joke - this kid can find it anywhere on the shelf and ask us to watch it! It's such a good movie, but I never thought she would like it so much! I even tried hiding it from her, but she ended up finding it & we had to watch it. Her new favorite movie since Wednesday is The Polar Express (which is actually playing at this exact moment) , but we will see how long that will last.

MEGAN - Not too much is new with me. I'm just a busy mom that loves her girls! Basically my family is my life! I am taking more initiative with learning to cook. I want to be able to cook as many good meals for my family as I possibly can! So far I think I'm at like 2 or 3 so I have a long ways to go!

FAVORITE THING: I guess my favorite thing about myself right now is how much I have learned lately. I feel like I can handle more and take more on in my life. It definitely makes sense when they say that trials are blessings hidden in disguise!

INTERESTING FACT: I don't really have one for me - I just wanted to tell things about the girls so I will remember what they were doing at this time. I guess that is something interesting about me - I have to write EVERYTHING down or else I forget. I have a terrible memory!

JORDAN - He is doing great! But really how else can Jordan be? He is the most positive person I have met in my entire life! His foot is continuing to heal and he only has a week & a 1/2 more of having an I.V. to take his medicine. That's pretty exciting! It will be so nice to have him back to normal again.

FAVORITE THING: I don't really have just one favorite thing about Jordan right now, I just love everything about him! He is a pretty amazing guy!

INTERESTING FACT: He cooks us dinner almost every night (like 6 out of the 7 nights). This is yet another reason why I really want to learn to cook!

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Here are a few recent videos of the girls:

Bentley is about 6 weeks old in this video

Taylor back in October when Grandma Susie came to visit (That's who gave her this dress)

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL! We truly have so much to be thankful for! This year we went out to Joe & Natalie's (my aunt and uncle) for Thanksgiving dinner and it was nothing less than delicious! It's always fun being able to eat tons of great food and be with your family at the same time! I was very grateful to have my parents and sister and in-laws there with us! They made it that much more special!

Taylor's first black eye - she got it by jumping on our bed and hitting her head on the foot board! Ouch!

Bentley resting peacefully - We LOVE those times!

Taylor helping me get organized at my desk!


Spider Taylor - Jordan likes to play this game with Taylor called "Spider Taylor" where he sticks her on the ceiling and sings the Spiderman song to her. For those of you who have seen Spiderman or The Simpsons Movie, you will understand. Anyways, she just loves it!

Flying Taylor - She sure loves her Daddy!

Look at those skinny long legs!

Taylor eating a Thanksgiving turkey cupcake - YUMMY!

Taylor & her cousin Parker climbing & playing on Thanksgiving Day!

Taylor needing to be a little more gentle - she just knocked her cousin off the car! She can definitely hold her own when it comes to the boys!

My cousin Amanda & sister Paige - Aren't they lovely?!!?


This is my sister's little car, we call it a little car from Europe! It's super cute just super small. My dad, Jordan and his dad all rode in it that night to go to the ASU vs. USC game. It was pretty funny to see three grown men in this tiny little chick car!



Me & Taylor testing out the off road vehicles at Bass Pro Shop. I couldn't get her off of them. She loves going there to see all the animals and especially the fish! We've actually been there quite a bit, but since Grandpa Hill had never been we were lucky to be able to go again!

This was one of Taylor's favorites, but we had to tell her that we couldn't buy it. She was okay with that.

Taylor petting and talking to an antelope - She really liked it even though it wasn't real

Bentley's Blessing

We blessed our beautiful little Bentley on the night of Wednesday 11/21/07 at our home. It was a very special occasion and I loved that all of our family was able to attend! Especially my mom & dad and Paige (my sister) and Jordan's parents who came in from out of town to be with us! I really have the most wonderful family! Jordan gave an amazing blessing to our little girl! I'm so thankful for the church and for my husband being able to give our children such powerful blessings - it really is such an amazing feeling!

Thank you to everyone that was able to come - it meant so much to us to have all of you there! I can't wait to see Bentley Reese Hill added to the church records under our names! I remember when Taylor was added I just couldn't believe it! I'm sure I will have the feeling all over again! I LOVE that I have two little girls!

Our wonderful family!

Bentley Reese Hill - After her blessing (she really wanted her dress off)

Jordan & Bentley after her blessing

Bentley and her mother (me)

Our little family of four!

Jordan, Bentley, Me, Jord's mom, Taylor & Jord's dad

Jordan, Bentley, Me & Taylor, Paige, My mom & dad

Grandma Great, Me & Bentley and Grandma Susie - 4 generations

Taylor, Parker, Carley, Haley & Olivia - All Tay's little friends playing in her princess castle! She had an absolute ball playing with them!

Bentley's blessing day!