The Big Texas Hill Family: September 2012

Friday, September 28, 2012

Poopie football team meet and greet - August

At the beginning of August we hosted Poopie's football team at our neighborhood pool for the team "meet and greet." It was nice to get to know the parents and fun for the boys to swim. :)

Goosey's hair :)

While in the hotel, Goosey enjoyed her down time playing video games and getting her hair done by Andi. :)

Poopie's first football clinic - end of July

House flood - July

At the end of July Andi flooded our house by stopping up her sink and letting the water run all day. It resulted in almost every part of our house needing repair. We were in a hotel for over a month.

NOT a good experience.

There were a lot of trips to home deopt over that month...

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Austin Mini Summer Vacation :)

On the way to Austin... Goosey wanted to paint her nails orange for the Longhorns. :)

Arrived! First stop... UT!

Next stop... Lake Travis - Mud Cove

On the way back we saw a deer. I have NEVER before seen a deer in the wild.

Goosey named it Sandy. :)

Hotel living...

Visit to Barton Springs

Andi and Miguel on the diving board...

Barton Springs is located in Zilker Park which has a train ride and play area. Such good, cheap fun for the family! If you are ever in Austin, this is a great place to visit.

Texas History Museum - GREAT place for kid and for adults like me who think museums are boring. :) Very interactive! We saw a interactive movie where your seats moved and there was wind, it was awesome.

Below: The first thing we did was see their Texas Star show. It was great! The seats moved, there was wind and lots of special effects in the theater.

I like that music players from the 80's and 90's are now in a museum... lol

Out to dinner... We tried to save money so we only went out to dinner once. They had a stage and the littles were dancing.

It was a good time.

Below: I needed to take a pics of this McDonald's...

Only in Texas is a Longhorn part of the McDonald's lawn decore... lol

Texas State Capital Visitors Center...

Then we walked to the actual Capital Building for the tour...

Below: This is where I sang on a choir trip to Texas when I was 16. Almost 20 years ago. :)

This was a great mini vacation for the Hill family. As we left we ran in to a pretty big storm which made for some SLOW driving and cool pics. :)

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! :)

The Big Texas Hill Family