The Big Texas Hill Family

Friday, June 4, 2010

Andi's 5th grade graduation

We are so proud today. This morning Andi graduated from 5th grade and is moving on to Jr. High. The night before she insisted that I put curlers in her hair and she chose every detail of her outfit down to her nail polish. lol Andi got over 6 awards, two medals, and a once of a kind award for having perfect attendance for FIVE years. :) We hope you enjoy the pics and videos of her graduation. Now, we are getting ready for her pool party and sleepover for tonight.

We love you Andi. You continue to work to overcome such a past and still manage to come out on top. Dad and I are so proud of you and hope you continue on this path to success.

Below: Teacher & Principal pics

Below: On the way to the auditorium for their graduation, the 5th graders were met by the other kids in the school lining the halls to make a "hall of fame" to congratulate them and bid them goodbye for next year. Such a sweet idea... :)

Below: graduating and getting her awards

Below: Receiving her attendance award...

Below: Part of the slide show showing Andi's baby pic. :) (short) I love that you can hear the audience say "awww" when it was her picture. :)

CONGRATS ANDI!

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

End of season t-ball party

I know I have said it before, but I LOVE LOVE LOVE the park we have in our development. It is a block away and has a great play area, shade and a splash pad. this year we were lucky enough to have Kaleb's "End of the Season" party there and it was a lot of fun. The kids played, the parents chatted and Poopie was THRILLED to get his first ever sports trophy so he could be like Brother and Daddy. Miguel was not able to go because he had a cub scout activity.

Below: Poopie getting his trophy and certificate from his coach...

Game fun

Last week we were able to enjoy a Roughrider game with our friends.

As always it was great fun.

Below: there is a playground in far left field.

Sweet Goosey

I just wanted to share some pics of the baby. She just learned how to say "no" so we are all suffering. lol Angelina climbs over EVERYTHING, sings all the time especially in places where we are supposed to be quiet like the Dr or church, bosses everyone around and is a true Diva. BUT, she still has stranger issues and freezes when someone other than us talks or looks at her. haha :)

WTG Miguel!

Yesterday Miguel received a medal from school for getting "commended" on his Texas State Assessment test. He scored a 96%. We are very proud of him.

Curls are gone!

Kaleb went for his summer cut. I miss running my hands through his hair!

About Our Family...

Eric and I married in Dec. of 2003 and we are the parents of 5 beautiful adopted children. Our two oldest children were placed with us through foster care at ages 5 and 6. We knew someone from our church who was adopting them and she could not continue with the adoption so we took them in and their adoptions were final one year later. Our youngest son was placed with us at 3 days old through private adoption. His birth mom had him in her high school restroom on the toilet. She said she didn't know she was pg. We are SO grateful that her and the birthfather chose adoption even at their young age. Our friend worked at the hospital where he was taken and she helped facilitate a private adoption. We had no idea of him until 5 hours before we brought him home! No bottles, no baby items, no car seat, nothing! :) Our middle daughter came to us through our church adoption agency. Her birth mom picked us out of a bunch of profiles after getting to know our family when she was about 20 weeks along. We were so blessed to bring her home straight from the hospital when she was three days old. Our youngest baby came home at 3 days old. Her birth mom is a close friend whom we have known for two years. She is SUCH A DOLL! We are sooo grateful to have her join our family. We moved from So.California to N.Texas in Dec.of 2006. We love it here and are glad to have an affordable home! :)