Scott and Julie

Christmas 2011

2012-01-15T17:59:00.000-08:00

Christmas 2011 was a lot of fun!

We booked a little cabin in the Smokies for a little weekend get-a-way for our 3 year anniversary. Our cabin was really awesome! It had a fireplace, hot tub, jacuzzi, pool table-just a nice retreat from school and work. It was in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, birthplace of Dolly Parton. We went to a Ripley's museum, did a fun/funny tour bus around the town and had our guide show us all the lights that were set up to attract tourists like ourselves (and we got to sing the whole "12 Days of Christmas" song as a bus). Fun. We went on a hike, went shopping, relaxed, and had a great time.

Christmas at the Hill's. Let the pictures speak for themselves, right? It was a lot of fun. Our pseudo Christmas Eve on the 22nd (which ended up making Christmas seem like a never ending season, excellent). Nativity reenactment. Pajama party. Electronics. Christmas treats. Boise State football. Big family party with cousins. We Bought a Zoo. Time with Jeff. Curtis and Mellissa came up from Vegas. Brody and Ansley werea ton of fun! We got to meet our cousin Lisa's new husband. We got to see Matt and Dewey at Denning's Showcase. Moved Karlee out of her apartment and visited one of Scott's best friend Ryan at his apartment in Rexburg. Lots of fun family hanging out, playing games (the Ungame was a real hit on New years Eve :)), laughing, eating, and just enjoying being together.

Christmas at the Lawson's. Christmas morning at the Moore's. Found out they're pregnant with their 5th, and it's a BOY! BYU basketball game for the guys. Sealing session at the temple with the fam. Addie and MaryAnn came out from L.A. Family day at Lowes Extreme Air Sports (a trampoline and rock climbing wall with foam pits to fall into). Addie took us all out to a Lawson family favorite Indian restaurant, Bombay House. We went out to Tin Tin, which was so fun to see. We made a really fun trip to Temple Square to see the lights and the church history museum. Late night game night playing Setters Of Catan and staying up so late we got pretty slap happy. Running by the Provo River and swinging on the big swing. Baptism photo shoot for Emeri. Scott was incredible and digitized all of the Lawson family scrapbooks from the last 30 years (almost 2300 pages).We got to go see the triplets Lovey used to nanny for. We got to see some of our best friends Catherine and Brad. Lovey got to go to breakfast with two of her best friends Brook and Katie.

Flying home was a long experience, but profitable. Our flight was full so we volunteered to get delayed and receive flight vouchers. It was pretty great because we each got $400 worth of flights. So we made $800 in under 5 hours. WOO hoo! Now we can go see our families whenever a special event might happen :)!

2012 Resolutions Print Off

2012-01-04T17:42:00.000-08:00

Here is a little page I designed to put my 2012 resolutions on. Anyone can use it if you like!

Hill Family Pictures

2011-12-08T16:49:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the family pictures my mother-in-law, Sonia had taken of the family this summer. We had a lot of fun getting them done.

the babies

2011-09-12T11:16:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures and a little bit about the sweet triplets I nanny for. They are all so adorable and sweet. They are my little cuddle buddies and friends and my oh my do I love them! We just have so much fun all together. We are like a little team that does everything together. It is going to be so hard saying goodbye when they move this Friday. I am dreading it!

Josh is so funny and loooves to make people laugh! He is pretty gutsy and is friendly with new people. He is my little entertainer!

This is what Matt does while we swing at the park - closes his eyes, leans his head back, and sings passionately at the top of his lungs. It is soo fun! Who knows he might be a rock star someday. Matt loves affection and figuring out new tasks.

Oh and he is very ticklish.

Kate is super playful, eats like a speed demon, and looooves to chat and be held.

Isn't she just pretty and sweet?! Don't worry she's got spunk too!

Scott has had a lot of fun helping me with the babies on weekends. The babies love when he comes over because he always makes them laugh and throws them up in the air and they just love it! SO my life is really fun taking care of these kids. I have learned so much. I am so thankful that I have been able to have this experience for the last 6 months!

DC

2011-04-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

The Lincoln memorial. And us. and other visitors. :)

We got to visit a good friend and convert from Scott's mission, Rae Carol! It was so fun to talk with her and see how much she loves Scotty!

We got to visit Kerry Harding, the ward mission leader from when Scott was out in Bethesda, that Scott became great friends with. It was so fun and he took us out to an amazing restaurant that he used to take to missionaries to all the time.

We got to go inside Scott's old apartment in Bethesda. It was attached to the Church building. It was so fun to see where he lived.

Washington Monument baby, woo hoo!

The beautiful capitol and reflecting pool.
We spent sooo much time the walking from place to place at the national mall.

Christmas with the Lawson family!

2011-03-26T17:54:00.000-07:00

My sweet beautiful sister Charity and her amazing husband TJ whom we love so much!

Scotty with cute little Josie - Oh how we miss those Moore kids!

Scott and I were Mary and Joseph in our family nativity skit.

Josie was a shepherd, I think, or just a crazy person.

My awesome brother Addie and our cute nieces Emeri and Anabelle. They adore their uncle Addie, can't wait for him to be the best uncle in the world to our future kids.

Addie and Josie just being adorable.

My wonderful parents. This was the night we celebrated Christmas, but it was also my Daddy's birthday. They are so sweet to us and we love being in their home and with them. I am so incredibly thankful for them!

The girly girls.

My Daddy-o opening his birthday gifts. He is the sweetest man alive truly!

Our Christmas dinner that my sweet devoted mama made for us! Yummy.

Girls day out - the rec center. It was so fun, we did some running on the treadmills, some strength training in the gym, and swam laps in the pool. We spent soo much time at this place throughout my childhood. It was fun to go back. Lots of family memories.

My good friend Steben came by and had breakfast with us. It was really good to see him.

It was so unbelievably good to see one of my closest friends, Katie. We were only there for such a short time we had to meet at Target to talk. It was just so fun to be with her. I miss her so much and wish she was my next door neighbor.

OVERALL this was just a really good trip. We got to spend time with so many people that mean so much to us! We are very thankful that we got to go see all of them.

Christmas with the Hill family! Karlee is home from her mission!

2011-02-04T06:46:00.000-08:00

Sonia and Randy have still got it!

Ugly sweater party and lots of family love!

Christmas Morning!

Aren't they so cute!

Karlee's homecoming party - a bunch of her companions from her mission came up to see her.

So much food!

Karlee and her MTC companion Sister Lasley.

Scott's good friend Dewey came by to visit and it was so fun to catch up!

Hey family - my life lately... getting crafty

2011-01-16T06:22:00.001-08:00

I have officially developed a very strong desire to create a HOME out of our little townhouse and just for our happy life.

This is where some of the magic happens.

Scotty's Duathlon - BAD to the BONE!

2011-01-14T13:38:00.000-08:00

So, wayyy back in September Scott decided to run and bike in this duathlon happening about an hour away from Lexington.

The distances ended up being run 4 miles, bike 25, then run 4. It was a little tougher than he thought with the running. He was expecting two runs a little under 3 miles. So, he ended up running 2-2.5 miles longer than he thought he was going to and they weren't just any 8 miles they were some serious trails.

He had been biking 1 -2 times a week for a couple months leading up to this doing 25 mile rides. So let's just say he killed it on the biking.

on the other hand he had only ran about 3 times in the two months leading up to this and only about 1-3 mile runs. He did pretty good on the first run, but on the last run he pooped out.

He did a good job pushing through! Next year we are going to do it together - him biking and me doing the running. Way more fun right?

Our little Christmas at home before our big Christmas

2011-01-12T04:47:00.000-08:00

We borrowed a little tree from Bart and Emily, but we didn't really have any ornaments so it's a little bare. HAH! ....................... What might that huge mystery present be???

I made us some fun little stockings with this vintage Christmas fabric that I have had around forever.

Scott filled my stocking with all kinds of useful things that I have been needing and an extra surprise... baby binkies for ages 3-6 months. Awesome, just what I needed most! I filled his with his favorite snacks and some other fun things!

I made Scott a UK blanket as one of his gifts, which were fun, but not near as exciting as what he got me.....

A VIOLIN!!! Scott totally surprised me and got me this violin! He found it used for an amazingly good deal! I have been wanting to learn how to play and now I can. So, I am now on the search for someone who will trade violin lessons for sewing lessons or something of that nature.

New Years Resolutions print off for me and you

2011-01-05T07:40:00.000-08:00

If anyone wants to use this feel free to print it off!

Monumental Half-Marathon

2010-11-11T08:13:00.000-08:00

From the end to the beginning. We ran a good hard run and reached our goal time, THANKS to Wade! We were all right around 1 hour 57 mins! YAY 13.4 miles (for us)!

Remnants from this summer

2010-08-24T05:56:00.000-07:00

So June 29th came like we knew it would and we had to say goodbye to our families that we love sooo much! This was the night before we left. We have grown so close with the Moores (my sister Charity, her hubby TJ, and their 4 girls Emeri, Anabelle, Josie, and Charlotte).

We had beautiful fireside and lakeside picnic for memorial day. It was so beautiful and fun just US time. I love my man!

We had a great time at the Hill family reunion in SLC. We got to spend time with Randy, Sonia, Austin, and the Skifton family. We were hoping to see Curtis, Mellissa, and Brody, but we hopefully will this December!

We had a way fun time hiking Stuart Falls with Catherine and Brad. We had a weekend of fun staying at Catherine's cabin which has the most amazing view of the falls, hiking, doing wave runners on Utah Lake, campfires, and hot tubbing. Catherine and Brad are such good friends to us!

Scott just loves golfing with the guys.

We spent a day in SLC enjoying the sites before we left Utah to make the big move to Lexington.

We got a scooter! We traded in one of Scott's old scooters, paid a little money, and got ourselves a powerful used scooter that is a little too big for me, but perfect for Scott. Oh and it was stolen once so far, right off our back patio here in Lexington. A towing company found it a block away from our house and took it away then made us pay them a bucket load before they would give it back to us. so fun.

Scott sold pest control in San Antonio for 5 weeks while I did summer classes and finished up my degree. He love to send me pictures of him holding or touching scary creatures like snakes, spider, bugs, lizards, geckos, and such.

fun recent stuff

2010-05-26T20:17:00.000-07:00

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Scott's First Post...a milestone.

2010-04-04T12:42:00.000-07:00

The bird and where it...landed.
It probably had over a 4 feet wingspan. It was pretty heavy for a bird.

Us on a plane ride flying around AZ

Uncle Tom's Cessna 4 passenger plane

camping at the grand canyon

Picture of us at the Grand Canyon at the end of a hike.

So...we went on a little adventure for spring break. First stop, Lawson Home. We had a great visit with Nama and Papa Law and Sarah and Ash-smash-con-dilly-dash. It was way fun to visit! Next stop, the Grand Canyon. We got there late our first night, around 11pm. We set up our tent amidst all the snow and slept with cold feet. The next morning we went to pay for our stay and the Ranger for some reason decided to give us a deal and we only had to pay for the next night, so we had two nights at the Grand Canyon for $18. Normally, it would be $25 to get into the park, and $18/night for the tent site. Oh, and the canyon was cool.

After that we went to Gilbert/Mesa area and stayed with our relatives the Kokaliares family.
We:
1) went flying with Uncle Tom twice in his little 4 passenger Cessna.
2) rode bikes with Uncle Tom
3) went golfing with Tom
4) went to Alice and Wonderland with Cory
5) attended Catherine and Ben's wedding and reception
6) rode go-carts at F1 in Phoenix (Julie almost won!)
7) ran into a hawk or a falcon on our drive back to L-town. (it was big and pretty, before it got wedged into the hole in our car for the fog light)

Christmas and New Years

2010-01-12T11:04:00.000-08:00

So, our Christmas was incredibly fun!
*Our break started on Dec.11 with me going to "The Best Christmas Ever part 2" an all girls party with a bunch of my girlfriends at my old house, the boat house.
*Then Scott and I went up to I.F. to celebrate my mother in law, Sonia's birthday with her and Randy on the 12th. That was fun and we loved spending time with them before our Christmas apart. We also celebrated an early Hill family Christmas with them.
*Dec.13th was our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! which we celebrated in I.F. with Randy and Sonia
*Dec. 14th we drove to SLC and spent the night at Scott's aunt Dal's so we could get to the Airport early enought to make our flight to Pittsburgh.
*Dec.15 fly to Pittsburgh to see Sarah, Micah, and Ash bash. So fun! We went to the science museum, worked out at Carnegie Mellon fitness center while Scott and Micah played some B-BALL with the bros, went to the Carnegie Art museum, and played loads of Settlers! We had great bonding time with the Keiths!
*Dec.18 we attempted to drive the supposed 7 hours from Pittsburgh to Raleigh, North Carolina but got stuck in one of the most serious snow storms I have ever witnessed, which is crazy for a Utah girl. So we were so lucky to get a room at a motel in Virginia and waited out the storm.
*Dec.19th arrive in North Carolina and spent the day at Ala's house with the whole family sledding, hugging, talking, and loving every minute with the family!
Highlights from Christmas in North Carolina:
-home church with testimony meeting and great lesson given by Addy
- sledding in Ala's and her neighbors front yard which was a huge hill
- rockband at Lisa's
- Amish farm
- ice skating (especially with the little kids and Micah John, hah)
- bowling
- Raleigh Temple with Addy,charity and T.J, Sarah and Micah, and Scott and I
- Lisa nearly burning her house down 3 times
- Christmas morning with the kids... Lily loved her scooter!...Addy can film even while asleep on the couch... Eden and Faith scampering to see the piles of cutely wrapped presents under the tree...Eden and Faith waking up Lily so early that she could barely see or walk...
- Mom surprising everyone with amazingly cute aprons (mine was the cutest)
- Asher starting to walk alone
- Duke gardens
- Glee musical numbers
- the kids playing D and D
- family nativity scene, Scott as the donkey and Julie as the Angel

New years Was a blast for Scott and I too. We went up to Sundance with some of our friends Catherine and Brad. A bunch of my good friends came up as well and it was just a party. We had dinner and games then went sledding and snowshoeing on the Sundance resort to bring in the new year. It was a great time and the little bum sleds were the best because with the two person sled I got blasted with snow in the face and my hair froze in a nest on top my head. It was so good to spend time with Katie, Cambri, and Taryn who I love and wish I saw much more often!

Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!

Love life.

Our little summer

2009-09-14T14:06:00.000-07:00

Bike races with the Lawson family in Orem! We won! woo hoo for the Hills!

Vegas in May with the Hill family!

We went to Arches on our way from Texas back home to Logan. It was very picturesque and so were we!

Mamma and Pappa Hill came to visit us in S.A. and it was so fun!

Our primary class in San Antonio!

Primary is the coolest!

2009-07-28T09:47:00.000-07:00

So, here is a fun story..... Scott and I are teaching in primary for our calling and we teach the 6-7 year old kids. We have some smart and fun kids in our class and there in one in particular who is extra fun. Here is a little taste of the fun he brings. It's our second Sunday teaching the class and as the lesson in coming to a close every kids starts NEEDING the bathroom, and a drink, and cheerios from their mom's bag, so us being little pushovers let them go one at a time. Luckily they are all good and returned to our fun and amazing class quickly. SO, then this particular boy gets his turn. I ask him to hurry back after using the bathroom because we are going to have treats. Well, he takes a little bit and I ask a little girl to say the prayer, she is new to the gospel and her mom was very recently baptized so praying is new for her. Well, she starts her prayer and I notice this kid peek in our classroom an shut the door again. About 10 second later he kicks open the door with his two hands making guns and screams, "GET DOWN ON THE GROUND! PUT YOUR HANDS UP! POW POW POW!" By now everyone should definitely be dead, luckily they were hands, not guns. In the midst of this the little girl rushes to the end of her prayer heads for her seat, but because no one hear more that 3 words of the prayer we ask her to say it again. OH MY. What a fun class. So I had a chance to talk to him a little after class about how happy we are that he is in our class, but that it is important to not take away from the class and the spirit. HA. I am excited for next weeks lesson!

2009-07-24T18:28:00.001-07:00

My first post! Woo HOO!