Playing at the park

We love that we live only three houses from the Park in our neighborhood, we can walk there every day...Mason asks to go twice a day mimimum.

On the way there Lissy was being slow so John and I kept telling her 'come on, Lissy, let's go'. She is SUCH a stubborn girl. She stopped and stood there doing this....

She would put her head on her shoulder and look at the ground, pretending to ignore us.

Mason earned the money to buy this car by helping mommie, doing his chores, and taking care of his sis. They both LOVE IT! As you can see from the pictures:



Elise learned from watching brother, how to 'turn' the car on and 'steer'.

This is my handsome husband, I was playing around with the camera and trying to have him teach me how to use his camera....I usually just do the turn it on, point and shoot technique, but it REALLY does make a difference when you do the other stuff...his pictures ALWAYS come out better than mine.

Mommie survey

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!Let's see how much you remember!



1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes, but we thought it would take longer to get pregnant than it did because I had been on the depo shot for six months...i was pregnant in one month.

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? of course

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? EXCITED!

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Absolutely not!

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 22

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? pregnancy test, i threw up the day after i got pregnant, but i just thought it was food posioning

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? John

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Very much

9. DUE DATE? Aug 5th

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? i didn't throw up, but i got migraines

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? chocolate and fruit

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? living in the bathroom, migraines

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? male

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? i did at the time because i have an older brother that constantly tormented me, so i wanted my girl(s) to be older so at least they would have size on their side for a few years...but Mason is the ideal big brother and i wouldn't change him for anything in the world

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 29

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? yes, my sister gave me one

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? i helped plan it

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? i dialated to a 3 three months before delivery. Every week the doctor would say, " well, i'll see you this weekend"

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Roosevelt, Ut

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 12

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? John

22. WHO WAS THERE WHEN YOU GIVE BIRTH? John and my mom, my dad and steph were in the hall

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? just tylonal

25. WHO WAS YOUR DOCTOR? Dr. Evans, the same doctor that delivered me

26. WHAT DID YOU SAY/THINK THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW HIM/HER? 'Wow, that living, beautiful baby just came out of my body!'

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 6'8

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? July 29th

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Mason Barton Hill

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?4

Tagged

I've been Photo tagged. I'm suppose to post my fourth picture, in my fourth folder, then tag four friends to do the same.

This picture is of Mason & Elise last Christmas.

I tag: Candace, Aubrey, Aurie, and Rachel.

The Cutest Kids!!! Nope, I'm not biased.

Hey, I know everyone thinks their kids are the cutest...but look how cute these two God sent me are!

Mason got the Cowboy outfit from Grandpa John and Grandma Patty-who else but Grandpa the cowboy. Mas LOVED it and wore it a couple of times every week in December. Mommie and Daddy gave him the extra stuff like the guns (I know, I know they're noisy and we swore we wouldn't buy noisy toys, but they were too cute with the outfit).

And Grandma Patty got the idea for Lissy's hat and glasses-total glam baby. Elise was SO funny, at first she didn't want to sit there and have her picture taken, but after putting her back three times she just sat there with this look on her face that said, "Fine, I'll sit here, but I don't have to be happy about it!" She sat in this pose for a couple of minutes...silly girl.

Elise has the Best Glare-I have Never seen a baby glare like she does.

The Magic Forest-Winter Wonderland

Yes! to all you Utahns...it was cold...not freezing, but it did merit coats, gloves, hats, etc etc....and no we're not just Vegasites now. We even got Snow in Vegas a couple of times in December-now it's in the 60's and 70's which is awesome-a dream come true.

We went to the local Christmas Magic Forest Park with our friends Ben, Emily and Kate. We had a GREAT time.

Mason was So cute as soon as he saw the Polar Bear he ran over and gave him a hug-I LOVE that he's not afraid of stuff, though the immense independence makes me sad sometimes.

There was a little train that Mason LOVED! He's obsessed with trains still, and all of us getting to ride one was one of the highlites of the Season. (I can't believe it, but I can't find any pictures of it....I KNOW I TOOK SOME....SORRY if i find them I'll post later)

We thought if we bundled up Elise enough and put her in the stroller she'd go to sleep....Ya, right! I don't know what we were thinking!

I love that little face! Our little sunshine.

Mason liked the Carosel, he thought the best part was going around and finding Mommie and Sis watching him. (If you noticed his socks....he picked them out himself and grandma gave them to him....so I HAD NOTHING to do with them)

Christmas Party!

We had a fun Christmas Party with a lot of our good friends-we are SO grateful for our friends here in Vegas since we have no family close.






This is the Winner of the Gingerbread House Contest-Congratulations Ben (the architect) and Emily.









Thanks everyone for coming...hope you had as much fun as we did!

So Joe...was it like a 50's Christmas Party???

Dave and Beverly made the Best gingerbread outhouse. So Creative.

My Funny Kids! Where did they come from!?

We all got new toothbrushes...Mason is showing his off...and Lissy wants them all!!

If you can't tell she has two in one hand, one in the other, and one in her mouth. She rarely doesn't have a toothbrush when we're home. Silly girl.

Mindy, the RS President wanted to visit & give a homemade treat to every sister in our ward for Christmas. So the presidency split up the names, which left us with 34 sisters each. Mason helped me make six dozen batches of sugar cookies-I even gave him his own little ball to roll out, cut, bake and eat. We had SO much fun. Daddy even helped put on the sprinkles that night.

Mason and Elise's new favorate thing is to play on the piano. They will even drag their little chairs over so they can both play. I hope this means they will practice when they get older.

Mason LOVES his harmonica and plays it incessantly...I think that should have been one of the gifts that stayed at Grandma's house...Oh well, maybe it will help him learn music because currently he has Grandma's lack of musically ability.

Halloween,

Halloween was fun. Mason was Tigger and Elise was Eyore.

They were SO cute!

I LOVED Elise's costume, the tail even came off-Mason is putting it back on for her.

Mason's friend, Landon was Pooh Bear, so we had to get a picture with the whole gang.

Our ward had a trunk-o-treat, which was the our first one. Everyone was so original in their costumes!