The Big Texas Hill Family

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Poopie's field trip to the Pumpkin Patch

Last week Kaleb got to go to the pumpkin patch with his preschool and I was lucky enough to be able to go along for this big milestone in his life. I made sure to bring my camera AND extra batteries but the ones I brought were DEAD so all these pics are courtesy of my dear friend Brianne who kindly took pics for me while we were there. :)

Here is his class... :)

T'was the night before Grandma left...

And we sent her off with microwave s'mores. If you have never made s'mores in the microwave before, you are missing out. They are sooo good and I think my mom is now a believer. We all got in our jammies and watched a Christmas movie then made s'mores. It was a great ending to a fun visit.

I have to add these pics of my mom playing with the baby...

She finally got her to smile. lol

Dinner out

Gramdma took us out to eat on her last night here. My kids LOVE eating at resuraunts so it was a real treat.

Music Girl

We got this awesome sit to stand piano from the Routson's and the baby LOVES it! Where were these kinds of toys when I was little? :)

McKinney Family Expo

Eric and my mom took the kids to the FREE family expo while me, the baby, and Kaleb stayed home because earlier that day Kaleb threw up at church. The kids had a good time.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pumpkin Patch 2009

The kids had a great time and loved that Grandma and Elena were able to come with us this year.

Below: the hayride...

Below: the bounce house...

Games...

The Hay Maze...

Picture posing... :)

Picking out the perfect pumpkin...

Time to go, we found "The One..."

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! :)