Update from April til Now!!!

I am in New Mexico on vacation right now and since my parents have internet, I can actually BLOG!!!! Yay!!! So here is a SUPER LONG update. I have pix from my Utah trip for General Conferenc, pix for Kylie, Matthew's Birthday, and a new hobby of mine. I am in New Mexico because my baby sister Kathleen is graduating this Saturday and I suprised her with visit. I will be here for two weeks, and hopefuly, I will have more updates while I am here. :) Soooo, shall we?

This is the view of Salt Lake City, Utah..... lots of Mountains and snow. It was breathtakeingly beautiful!!!

More beauty

Even more beauty.... Oh I was in heaven. We had so much fun

This is the view from the doorstep of where we were staying (Kylie, Matthew, and I).

We went to "The Aquarium," while we were there also and they had some neat things I've never seen up close before... like this sting ray (we were allowed to pet it... I didn't, got a little grossed out).

We also saw some penguins, these were Matthews favorite, he loved watching them dive in and out of the water.

We also saw "Nemo," the clown fish, "Finding Nemo" isn't one of Matthew's favorite movies so he didn't know who I was talking about, but....

He still enjoyed them1 :) He just kept saying, "pish pish pish" (that's how he says fish, hehe)

And, the highlight of the trip...... General Conference!!! I sat super close, and I almost didn't get to go at all, it was trully a miracle! I'll tell you why. My father in-law (Gary), sister in-law (Karri), her husband (Jared) and I , were going to go to the Saturday morning session. The night before, we learned that Gary forgot to get tickets for us from his bishop, so no tickets, but he said we'll just wait in the stand-by line for ticket. So, the next morning, we went to stand in line, but to astonishment there was no line. We asked the person in charge of the stand by line and he told us, "For the first time ever we have decided to cancel the stand by line because some people did not have the right spirit and were being irreverent." "Great!" We thought, "now what?" I was still suprisingly optimistic. I mean I was in Utah for the first time and Temple Square for the first time, so I was going to enjoy it dang it! Well, Karri and Jared took of sprinting down Temple Square asking everyone in sight for tickets. Meanwhile, I went to the visitor center to look around and soak in everything, I mean, I was still SUPER excited to be where I was (General Conference or not). Suddenly, I felt my phone vibrate. It was Karri, she told me that Jared and her said a little prayer and instantly found some women that gave them a ticket. Well, it doesn't end there. I felt sad that I was the only one going in but at the same time I was the only one out of our group that has never been. So, I dashed in and took my seat on the second floor balcony, right in the middle. I started talking to a really nice lady next to me and she wanted to hear my story (why I was by myself, etc.). After I told her, she said, "Well, my husband has a seat for the floor seating and wants to sit with us, so do you want his ticket? WHAT?!?!!! So, I said, "YES" immediately and dashed downstairs and, now I had an EXTREMELY close seat. And, to top it off, this session I went to seamed to be all about motherhood! I could not ask for a more awesome experience!!!!

And, here was my view....

M.O.T.A.B.! Another Awesome experience, they also sang my favorite childrens hymn, "He Sent His Son!!!!!!" IT COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT!!!

Motab, part of the 70, and the twelve appostles...

And, of course, I couldn't leave out the ridiculous and crazy protestors. This guy was pretty funny (and when I say funny, I mean CCRRAZY).

SLC Temple, it was absolutely beautiful. It's a lot smaller in person, I didn't expect that. I also didn't know there were constallations engraved on the temple, pretty neat.

Angel Moroni....

Proof I was there, lol! Here is the sign.

Here are some pix of Kyli....my beautiful baby girl :)

WHOA, close up!

Ah, that's better. Oh, she's so cute.

This is her first bite of solid food at six months old (She is eight months old now if you were wondering.... I knew you were, hehe).

Yay, bathtime. She loves, loves bathtime;)

And, now on to Matthew's 2nd birthday which was May 1st. We threw him a "Toy Story" theme party. Because, he just looovvvvves "uzz-ight-ear" (Buzz Lightyear). Not one bakery in town had a Toy Story cake, so I improvised. I did the best I could (my little brother Seth helped with the face). Here is a made from scratch, Buzz, cake.

"Pin the badge on the character," game. The kids had so much fun with this game, they didn't want to stop!

Now time for PRESENTS!!! He loved everything he got!

He was so excited he wouldn't sit still, so sorry about the blurry pictures. LOL!

This is what mommy and daddy got him (it will be great for Halloween also).

And, now for my new hobby..... Fruit Bouques! I tried it for the first time at a Sentsy Party I threw a few months ago. A friend of mine asked me to do this for a party she was throwing for her sisters graduation. So, I did 3 different arrangements, and I think they came out great (even better then the first time I attempted it). Those are black grapes by the way, not olives:)

It looks delicious.

Yummy, I am getting hungry now. Oh, and those are melon balls in the vase.

Top views....

And that's that.

Well I hope you enjoyed that extremely long post, and hopefully I will be able to blog again soon. Take care everyone, I am going to relax now, CAUSE I'M ON VACATION!!! LOL!

Zoo trip

Well we went to the zoo today and had so much fun. We stayed for a full three hours. The only bad part was Nathan losing his hoody :( But besides that it was super fun. And Nathan was in a really funny mood. He drove all the way to the zoo with four wheeler goggles on. I had a video to posy with it but it wouldn't upload sorry. Here are some pics though.

Here are the goggles I was talking about.

This was in the new Children's Zoo they just opened yesterday.

They had this tiny teepee that was the perfect size for Matthew.

And, here is Nathan showin off on the Red Rider wagon. Some random kids watching got a kick out this.

That's all of the pictures I have. But we really had some good family quality time. Which I am trying to take advantage of until Nathan starts school.

Super long post coming up........

So so sorry, I am really bad at this. I made a New Years resolution that I would blog every other week. I guess that one has gone out the window. I also made other resolutions though that are going really well. Like read my scriptures every night, pray every night, start my geneology, lose four to eight pounds, learn to sew, start and finish an art project, and love myself. I know it's a lot but I have already accomplished tons and it's only March! I have read my scriptures and prayed every night diligently. I have started the ball rolling on geneology. I have lost about ten pounds and I think as a result of all these things combined I have learned to love myself. I also have finished my first sewing project, which wasn't as disasterious as I thought it would be. the only thing left for me is the art project...we'll see how that goes.

As for other news, for those that do not know.... Nathan is starting his Aviation mechanics courses on the 22 of March. The course is 18 months long, and he will be doing that full time, long with working 40+ hours a week. So I will only be seeing him at church on Sunday's. Hopefully the time will fly by like I hope it will, and I will be trying my hardest to keep as busy as possible. Well now on with the show, here are some pictures of what has been going on since December.... Here we are on the way to a date! It was fun!

...Matthew shootin some hoops! Slam dunk!

cheezy milk mustache grin

Kylie.... anyone want to guess on who she looks like... cause I'd like to know.

mister cool found his pockets...haha

Uncle Nick came for a visit... and yes he was on the computer almost the whole time. Kylie seemed to like the computer though.

This is an edible craft I found online. It's Kyro corn syrup and food coloring. Matthew loved it!

Delicious.

Here is Mattew trying to catch a snowflake:)

It was kind of his first snow... he had a blast!

This is my nephew look (my brother Micheals' son.... if you know Mike this is a spittin image of him).

His daughter Emily and my neice... don't you just love that bedhead?

Matthew and Emily together, they are only a month apart.

Well that's all folks... hope you enjoyed!

It's been way, way too long!

Well....Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!!!!! I know it's been FOREVER, but I have been extremely busy. Now that the holidays are pretty much over, I finally have time to sit down and blog. So...here it goes. I have tons of pics a tons to talk about. First off this first pic. is my homemade apple cinnamon pie, from scratch that I made for our first Thanksgiving feast (we went to to dinners by the way).

This is Nathan for some yummy turkey....not sure what he's doing here....

Granny's oh so delicious homemade rolls these always go first.
....mmmmmmm....turkey..........
.........and all the fixins :)
So that was November, and now comes December and all its glory. Ev

en though Nathan and I are going on three years of marriage, this is actually the first time we really got to celebrate together with our kids. So I am trying to start some of our own family traditions. First we made some sugar cookies (trains of course...that is Matthew's favorite).

Matthew had lots of fun and definately enjoyed these cookies. We made a huge mess and had great laughs.

Kylie sittin up and watching. She has grown so much. She laughs and is super ticklish (gets that from her mama).

Well after making sugar cookies, I had to put the traditions aside and focus on our ward Christmas activity. My calling in the ward is assistant ward activities director. I felt we needed to bring the spirit of Christmas to our ward (especially since our wards were combined)....so I decided to bring Bethlehem to Midwest City. And our Activities director decided to give the whole activity plan and conducting to me. Well, with an 18 month old and a 2 month old, that is a rather hard task to perform...but I succeeded (with LOTS of help from my visiting teachers and friends from our playgroup, Nathan and his Dad). Still, I was way stressed out, I wanted to pull my hair out (all 14 inches or so). Yes, it had been almost TWO whole years since cutting sheers had touched my long long hair. So, having the most awesome husband ever, he told me to go cut it off. And so, FOUR hours and EIGHT inches later.... this is what happened.

Don't you just LOVE LOVE LOVE it? Cause I do!!!!!!!!!!! And just a quick cute story about my hair cute adventure......I decided to donate my thick mop to "Locks of Love." Well it took my hairdresser three rubber bands to bind my long thick, rope of hair. After she did so, she set it on the counter to donate later...well another hairdresser walked by and just screamed and then started laughing histerically and asked her what happened. She pointed at my ponytale on the counter and said through laughs and giggles, "I thought it was a dead squirrel on your counter." I was a little embarrassed but at the situation but at the same time thrilled that, that dead squirrel was off my head. Moving on.... so the activity I planned for our ward was "A Night in Bethlehem." Basically we made the gym into a market place and had everyone buy there food with fake money and sit on the floor to eat (because there was no room in the inn). After everyone ate, we had a live nativity (so that it felt like you were present at Christ's birth). 15 years or so ago my ward in New Mexico did this activity and it was so spiritual and awesome, I had to do it again the first chance I got. I didn't get enough pictures (I was too busy), but Nathan snapped these of us setting up the gym and stage for everything. Oh, and to make it more realistic, everyone dressed up in biblical attire, and we ate some "Jewish" and biblical type food.... Here are a couple booths for the market and a palm tree....

setting up the stage and manger...........

I was very glad when the activities were over so I could consentrate on my family.

Here is our first Christmas tree with our many gifts to give eachother.

And, the best gift ever...... A WHITE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! I think it was my first white Christmas but I could be wrong. This is the only one I remember though.

Midwest City got a good 14 inches or so....

It got much higher than this

This is a Christmas tradition my mother did every Christmas morning....Cinnamon Toast and homemade hot chocolate...YUMMMMMM OOOO!!!!! (We were too excited as kids to eat more than this, smart thinkin mom :)

Here is Matthew opening his presents...he got trains, planes, and......a motorcyle.

Kylie chillin out and watching us make a mess of the living room.

Some of my gifts, a movie, Ross gift card, mixing bowls, a cutting board....and the most important...a SEWING MACHINE (of course I did not get a picture of it...sorry).

And the rest are of Matthew being cute and happy! Hope you enjoy.

The Blog You've All Been Waiting for....

Here she is folks!!!! Kylie Eloysa Dill was born on October 2, 2009 at 3:30 in the afternoon. She weighed a huge 6 pounds and 8 ounces...I know, I have tiny babies (definately not complaining since I got her out in two pushes)! We are very excited to have her here finally. Sorry It has taken me so long to announce her home coming but I have been busy and tired.



Well, I downloaded these next pictures out of order but whatever, I don't have time to fix it....This is the most recent picture of Kylie holding her head up already...kind of. She is about five weeks in this picture......

.....here is my lady in red...this skirt is soooo cute (thanks Christine)....

Here is November 1st when Kylie was blessed, Granny Fisher made the dress for her, it's so beautiful (doesn't she look great in purple).....

And here is her first halloween, she was a kitten but I think the costume kind of looked like a skunk after I put it on her. LOL!!! Oh well......

.....and last but not least, I couldn't leave Matthew out, here is his Halloween costume. If you can't tell, he is a dalmation puppy. He was super cute. We had a blast and Matthew couldn't get enough candy. Well that's all I have time for folks. I will try to post again soon but I'm not making any promises...enjoy.

Short and sweet

Just to let everyone know.... I am going to be induced in one week!!!!!! Yay, little Kylie will be joining us soon. I am about 38 weeks along and feel miserable as usual, but only a few more days.

BELATED post

This post is a week late but at least I am getting it done. Last week was Nathan's 31st Birthday, and since we are pressed for money I had to get creative. First, I sent him on a scavenger hunt in the house. I had 31 clues for him and inside every clue was a heart, and on that heart was a reason I loved him. While he was doing this, Matthew and I went to Little Ceasars and picked up some pizza and a Mountain Dew (both his favorite).... and met Nathan at the park across the street from our house (which is where the last clue led him). I had a picnic table set up with wine glasses (for the Mountain Dew), table cloth, place mats, and napkins. And waiting for him there besides us and the pizza was this picture of Matthew and I we took at Boomer Lake while visiting Stillwater for the weekend (thanks James for distracting Nathan while we took this, and thank you Shawnee for taking the picture and printing it out, and thank you Dina for helping me touch up the photo). We had an awesome time and Nathan loved every part of it. Happy very Belated Birthday Nathan and Christine. :)