Double The Pleasure Double The Fun!

Of all the people in the world, why was I given twins? This is a question I ask myself often and am often asked. I have been asked things like, "Who did you piss off in the previous life?" and "What did you do so wrong to deserve that?" My answer to these are simply "nobody" and "nothing." Don't get me wrong, I also get the comments like "I have always wanted to have twins!" and "I am so jealous! To be honest I stil l do not understand completely and don't know if I ever will.

What I do know is that Brady and Easton are the best thing that have ever happened to me. They are the best boys in the world and they have been such a blessing in my life! I consider myself one of the luckiest people to have these two darling boys who make me smile every day!

So the reason for my post today is so I can say that I LOVE being a mother of TWINS and feel so blessed to be one!

 

This was tonight after they ate their dinner! (can you tell them apart?) They were being so cute and laughing at each other! This was the ending to a long and fun day. Ry had a short school day so we went swimming with daddy which they love to do! (Of course I forgot my camera, sorry) Ryan was getting his mouth full of water and then spitting it up in the air. They were laughing so hard, it was hilarious. Neither of them wanted me, they just wanted their daddy! I didn't mind because Ryan was loving it! I love my family and spending time with them!

A Night Out

We had a fun night out with our family tonight. There is a place in Henderson called The District with shops and restaraunts that has bands playing so we decided to check it out. We met a lady from Ryan's class named Debbie who is the nicest lady ever. She puts together study groups and gets everyone together to go running and on bike rides. She is amazing, she is in her 30's and does triathalons and races all the time. Tomorrow a bunch of them are running 13 miles for fun...that is a half marathon. I don't know whose idea of fun that is, not mine. She has a little girl named Sophia who is 2 and so dang cute. We hung out with them for a bit and then went and got some dinner. There was a reggae band playing in the background and all these trees with lights on it and families with little kids running around everywhere. It was such a neat atmosphere. There was a family that walked by and the dad had a BYU hat on and I almost yelled "Go Cougars!" but I didn't. It was a fun night. The kids loved the music and were clapping their hands as we stood there and listened. We are definitely going to go back there again!

Crazy Dayz!

So my kids have really cracked me up the last 2 days! Here are some funny stories for your entertainment.

1. Yesterday Easton got a toy stuck in the bottom of his walker. He crawled in after it but then could not get out because it is a tight fit for a chubby bubby! I had to take a picture before saving him. It was hard to get him out though and I hit his head and scraped his knee. It was sad but he got his toy back!

2. Later that day they were both being so fussy so I was trying to think of something to entertain them. I put them in the pool and they were so happy. I was reading Harry Potter and they were enjoying splashing. All the sudden I looked up to see Brady picking up rocks, licking them and then throwing them back on the ground. That is the joy of living in Vegas, no grass just rocks. He was so mad when I put a towel down so he couldn't get to the rocks. He threw the biggest tantrum and our swimming quickly ended.

3. This morning I was feeding my kids and Brady decided he was ready to feed himself. He was throwing the biggest fit and trying to take the spoon from me. I picked him up and that didn't help so I set the oatmeal down to get him back in his bumboo and he grabbed a fist full of oatmeal and shoved it in his mouth. I finally got his high chair out and gave him food he could feed himself. I love that picture of him, he has a runny nose, blotchy face from crying and if you enlarge it and look closely you can see the oatmeal in his fist.

4. Because of the oatmeal experience I had to give them a bath. I stuck them in and sat down on the toilet to continue to try to read Harry Potter. Pretty soon Brady fell over and kicked Easton over. They were both flailing their arms and kicking their little legs a million miles a minute. I jumped up and my book fell in the bathtub as I tried to sit them both back up. Sorry Chad! I have been spending my day trying to air it out.

Anyway, kind of a long post but I love my kids and they are always making me laugh or giving me anxiety! They are the best things in the world!

Laila Ruth Hill!

So they did it, they named her...yeah! I love it! I think it is very pretty and sounds cute with Aria. I guess Chad was partially responsible for this one as they got Laila from a book that Aleena and Chad both read. Ruth is Aleena's mother's name so they got that from her. So we now have Aria Joeen and Laila Ruth...very cute!

I talked to Aleena tonight and mom and baby are doing well. Aria spent some time at the hospital this morning and we are thinking this might take some getting used to for her. I think that is pretty much every child though. Aleena will go home from the hospital tomorrow and start packing and getting ready for the big move which they plan to make on September 4 or 5! We can't wait!

Welcome Baby Girl Hill!

Congratulations to Geoff and Aleena who had their second baby girl tonight at 7:02. She was 7 pounds 4 ounces and 20.5 inches long. She is yet to be named but as soon as she has one I will post it! She is so dang cute! I think she looks a lot like Aria but it is hard to tell right now.

Aleena is my hero! She has done both of her deliveries natural and has been amazing through both. This one came so quick the midwife was not even in her scrubs and there was no nurse in the room so Geoff, my mom, her mom and her sister ended up helping out. Kind of funny! Everything went great and as you can see from the picture Aleena looked beautiful as ever minutes after! Way to go Aleena!

I was so sad to have to leave this morning knowing the baby would most likely come today but it was time for us to get back to Ryan. We are lucky to have Geoff and Aleena moving just down the street from us in a short 2 weeks so that makes it easier (though the picture of all my sisters breaks my heart) I will get to see the baby every day! It was good to come home and Ryan was so happy to see us. The boys were fabulous in the car again, I am so lucky! They were very excited to see their daddy!

More pictures and news on the baby to come!

A Post for Ryan

Hi this is Ryan. I don't usually do this cause it's Sarah's thing. However, my good name is being associated with all this high school musical and so you think you can dance garbage. I did have that pretty funny Seinfeld post that got Sarah all sorts of bugged, HA HA.

Here is a little something that I am excited for and can't wait for it to start, FOOTBALL!!!

Im looking forward to the mighty cougars repeating as Mountain West Champs, and the 49ers are geared to have a great season with all their young talent. I'm a bigger fan of college football, but the niners are lookin good. I think I better give my team some love and watch their games.

Also included is a small tribute to

coach Bill Walsh, who in my oppinion was the

best NFL coach of all time.

The HS2 After Math...

So our party was a success. There were many in attendance sporting their red and white! Our TV struggled a bit and we were freaking out but it all ended up okay and we were able to see the whole thing.

We LOVED the movie! We thought it was a great sequel. We were impressed by the dancing, singing and acting. It was definitely a little cheesy (maybe a lot) which was much expected and thoroughly enjoyed. The break up song (gotta go my own way) was the best. Abbey and I have watched it over and over and ALMOST cried. The multiple kisses really topped off the night for me. I am mostly excited for my niece Kylee and my brother Geoff to learn all the songs and dances and start performing for me! They are the most entertaining.

We were so excited about the show that we totally forgot to take pictures. After it was over Abbey, Haley and Kelsey paused it and took these pictures which I thought were so funny. Sorry, only pictures of the three of them to show how pathetic we are. Enjoy!

Rub A Dub Dub Three Babies In A Tub!

Renee drove up and met us in Park City today. Kylee was not feeling too hot and the weather was not great so we pretty much hung out at the condo today. Abbey and I drove to Wal-Mart and bought the High School Musical 2 CD! We have been listening to it all day, we are pathetic. It is good!

Tonight we watched the finale of So You Think You Can Dance. I have to say I did not love it as much as last week and some of the dances were a little interesting but it was good! I am feeling sad that the show is coming to an end but I am excited for my other shows to be starting up again in the fall. We all voted for Sabra over and over tonight. I hope she wins! We will be watching on pins and needles tomorrow for the results.

Then we put the three babies in the tub and let them play. We were trying to take a picture and I have to say it is not an easy task. I thought this one was pretty cute. My mom kept saying "rub a dub dub three babies in a tub!" It was funny!

The other picture is just an added bonus. They pretty much ate at the same time all day and we thought this picture was kind of funny! I am sure there will be more of the three of them to come!

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL PARTY UPDATE!!!

Date: Friday, August 17th
Time: 5:30 p.m. show starts at 6:00
Place: The Hill's House
Bring: Salad or dessert to share - pizza will be provided!
RSVP: Abbey (427-0142) Renee (380-7091)
Sarah (623-0133)

We're all in this together..... again! Come join in the fun as we sing and dance the night away at East High, aka Hill basement. Wear your red and white, bring your food, rsvp, and come ready for a good time!

Happy 5th Birthday Kylee!

So today was my darling niece Kylee Jo's birthday. I have been meaning to get this post up all day long in honor of her. For her birthday she went to Seven Peaks and was supposed to have her first soccer game tonight but it got rained out. I love this girl so much. She is the best helper in the world! She is the life of the party all the time and has a fun personality and is always making us laugh. She is Kelsey's sidekick and is a mimic and will remember and recite anything and everything you say. We love her dearly and think she is the greatest cousin and so good to the twins! We hope she had a great birthday and we are excited to spend the day with her tomorrow!

Late Night DP Run!

So Abbey and I needed a Dr. Pepper tonight at midnight and Kelsey needed some serious cheering up. Abbey was a little hyper and asked the guy at the gas station to take this picture of us drinking our DP. Then she had this great idea to take this other picture. She is crazy but I love her, never a dull moment with her...seriously!

We LOVE Icecream!

So today we had so much fun in Park City. The boys slept ALL night so I was a happy momma. We went swimming and the boys loved every minute of it. We came back and they took a long nap and I worked while everyone else read. My Dad got here this afternoon so we went out to dinner tonight. Abbey, Kelsey and I ran home to watch So You Think You Can Dance and left Brady and Easton with my Mom and Dad to walk home. We were mostly excited about the results. We predicted Lauren although we were sad and we were happy about Pasha (sorry Britt). I cannot wait until Wed...it is going to be an awesome show! After relaxing for a bit we took the boys on a walk and went and got icecream. I gave Brady and Easton some and they loved it. They were making me laugh so hard. It is kind of hard to see but in the picture of both of them but they have icecream on their shirts and all over their mouths! We had a fun day!

Swimming with Aria

This was the other day when we went to seven peaks with the family. When I got my camera out Aria was posing with the boys. They were not that interested but this was the only picture I got. At least she looks cute. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of her new baby sister. I am hoping she comes before I leave for home on Sunday!

Days 2 and 3...

Sorry, I have been distracted and have not updated my blog. I also have been horrible about taking pictures and it is so much more fun to post with pictures but words will have to do for now.

I don't know why I was worried about the drive, I should have been worried about the nighttime. For some reason my kids have had a hard time adjusting to being back here and not being in their room or beds. I don't know, it has been weird. We have been sleeping in Abbey's room with her (bless her heart) and none of us have gotten too much sleep these past 2 days. We are hoping for a better night tonight.

Other than that, the visit has been fun! On Saturday I went to breakfast with some friends. It was so fun! I left the boys at home with Abbey and Kelsey which was so nice. It was great to see my friends and their kids who are all so cute.

When I got home we got ready and went to Seven Peaks! It was fun to let the kids splash in the pool and my nephew Gavin loved the waterslides.

After that I headed to Grandma White's house for a farewell BBQ for Ryan's cousin and wife who are moving away. I was super late because we had fallen asleep but I got there at the tail end and I was still able to see everyone. I even got to meet the newest member of the Brady family. His name is Joshua Bentley and he is so dang cute!

That night I just hung out with the family and played some classic card games.

Today I worked all day which was oh so fun! My kids took 2 good naps which was nice. We had dinner as a family and then my mom, Abbey, Kelsey, Brady, Easton and I headed up to Park City where we have a condo at the Marriott Summit Watch. It is right on main street and has a pool and lots of activities. Tonight we played Yhatzee (sp?) and Abbey and I read. (I am on the third Harry Potter book) We are planning on relaxing, swimming, reading and maybe doing a little bit of shopping. It will be a fun week. We are excited to be here and get away for a few days!

Now I am going to bed and hoping for a better night with the boys. Wish me luck!

We made it...

We did it! The kids were so good. I am so lucky to have such good babies. We stopped in St. George and visited with Sunny and Luke Lyman. They were so nice to let me stop and feed the boys at their house. They had fun playing with Luke's toys and Luke had fun taking everything out of my diaper bag. It made the trip so much more bearable. After they had burned some energy I put them back in the car and headed out. They slept all the way to Nephi and then were great all the way here.

We were greeted by all my neices and nephews hugging me and yelling Happy Birthday! It was a good welcome. We ordered cafe rio for dinner and took these cute pictures with all the grandkids (except for the one we are waiting on) Whitney brought River over for a visit and that was fun as always. Abbey and I went on our traditional DP run and stayed up and chatted with Michelle and Chad.

It has been a good day. We look forward to spending time with the family.

 
Kylee and Brady! 
All 8 grandkids! This is the best one.  
Kelsey with Brady and Easton!

Gymboree!

So tonight we went with some friends to Gymboree. It was really fun! It is owned by the store but it is a play group type thing. They have all these fun activities and songs they sing and at the end they give them stamps on their hands, feet and belly! We went with friends who have older kids so Brady and Easton mostly just watched but they still had fun and just crawled around. They told us that they have a group just for twins. I think it might be fun to join but I think I will wait until they are a little bit older, at least walking. After that we went to Metro Pizza and had yummy pizza. The boys had had it by the end and fell asleep in the car on the way home.

I am a little nervous about the drive tomorrow but I am hoping for the best. We are stopping in St. George at our friends house, Nick and Sunny Lyman, to let the kids have a break, get them fed and change their diapers. I am hoping that will help break it up.

Anyway, I am excited to see my family tomorrow. It will be fun!

     

I was going to take pictures of our friends cute kids but our camera battery died...soon I will. They are darling!

Mixed up...

So this morning I heard one of my babies on the monitor and went in to get them. The noise was coming from Easton's crib but when I picked up the baby I thought to myself, "this is not Easton." I carried him into our bedroom and said to Ryan, "who am I holding?" He hesitated and said Brady and then looked for a minute more and said, "yeah that is Brady." Oh my gosh, I totally mixed up my children last night and put them in the wrong crib. I never do that. Ryan worked all day yesterday and didn't get home until midnight, it was obviously a long day. I can't believe I did that. We did confuse them once when they were little in the middle of the night but for the most part we have been pretty good. Now when people ask me if I ever get them mixed up, which is a common question, I will have to answer YES!

Tag I'm It...

7 Random Things About Me...

1. Much to Ryan's dismay, I drink way more Dr. Pepper than I should and not enough water (I have been better since being in Vegas)

2. I have a very hard time making decisions about anything on my own. I am always asking for second opinions, usually from my mom or one of my sisters.

3. I wait until my gas light has been on for days to fill up my car. I know one day I am going to run out on the freeway in 115 degree weather with both my kids in the car and Ryan will be in class.

4. I love US Weekly the magazine and waste money on it. I also enjoy watching E News, Entertainment Tonight, and all those dumb celebrity news shows. Pathetic I know!

5. I love going shopping! I love it for myself, my kids, my husband, my mom, my sisters, I don't care I just love to do it. Even if I don't buy anything I just love to go! It is a bad habit because lets be honest, I usually end up buying something. In fact, I am on my way to the mall right now but just to get my friend a birthday present!

6. I am a night owl but a horrible morning person. I could stay up all night long but have a hard time waking up too early. Not too good when you have kids.

7. I do not wear any jewlery besides my wedding ring. I don't know why, I just don't. My sisters are always shopping for jewlery to wear with their outfits and have matching earrings and necklaces. I try to buy it for them for their birthdays or Christmas but I don't even know what is cute because I never wear it.

I tag...
Heather O'Brien
Kara Ford
Renee Holland
Jaime Jolley

Tim and Faith!

Okay so we had the most random day today. Ryan's work had called him and asked if he could help out at a convention they were having in Vegas. We had plans but decided we couldn't turn down the money and cancelled. We decided to go to lunch with some friends (Amy and Chris) we met a few days ago (2 to be exact)for a fun activity. We were sitting there talking and Amy asked me what kind of music I listened to. I told her country and it ended up we loved all the same people and bands. I told her I love Tim and Faith! She got all excited and said she heard they were coming in concert in January. I told her that I had seen on tv that they were coming August 4. All of the sudden Ryan was like, "it is August 4!" The next thing I know she is on her cell phone calling MGM. She got off the phone a minute later and said, "okay they have 4 tickets and we are going." About 15 minutes later after much dilemma, texting Abbey for support and hyperventilation, they had us talked into it. We left lunch with 2 tickets for a concert that started in 4 hours and no babysitter. Aleena (my sister-n-law) has a sister that lives close to us so I decided since she was the only person I knew I would call her. She said YES and we were set. I rushed home and started to work and Ryan took off to go work for a few hours.

I went and dropped the kids off and Chris and Amy came and picked me up. We met Ryan there just in time to grab a hot dog and watch the pre show. We could not have asked for better seats, they were awesome! The stage was a circle and they made good use of it. We were just a few rows up and had a perfect view of every part of the stage.

The moment finally came...Tim and Faith appeared on the stage TOGETHER singing none other than one of my current favorite songs "Chasing Cars" (it is not their song but it was so good!) They sang a few others and then Faith took to the stage. She was amazing...beautiful and very entertaining with a voice to die for! Tim came back and they sang a few more together and then it was Timmy's turn. He is fabulous...I love him! He did a great job, he always does. He is a very good performer/entertainer. And then of course, they closed singing together. It was so ROMANTIC! They even kissed at the end of It's Your Love and I Need You! They sang for about 3 hours and I could have sat there for at least another 3!

All the dilemma, hyperventilation, arguing, and the fact that I am getting absolutely no birthday presents was worth it. They are so good and it was so fun to see them in concert together! We loved every second of it and are so glad we went. It is now 2:00 a.m. and I am exhausted. My kids were perfect angels as they usually are and didn't even flinch when we moved them from bed to the car and back to bed again! A special thanks to Monica and Jeff for watching our kids so we could go and to Chris and Amy for making us go!

 

The first song they sang together...it was awesome!

 

He is hot!

 

She is beautiful!

 

Can you see how close we are?
Check out that backside!
I love them!

Crawling is overrated...

So I decided that this crawling thing is totally overrated. Yesterday I was doing the dishes and all of the sudden I could hear Easton behind me. I turned around and he had crawled onto the tile and was licking the floor. He looked like a dog. I was about to mop it so it was not exactly clean and he was just licking and laughing and happy as could be. I thought it was disgusting but I decided I had to take a picture before I moved him so I could show Ryan what his son was doing. 

New Shoes!

So we bought Brady and Easton some flip flops the other day. I have never done the shoe thing with them because I have never felt the need. I put them on the for the first time and they did not know what to do with themselves, they were so confused. They kept looking at me like I had done something to wrong them and they wanted me to save them. It was so funny. At first they tried to eat them and then they starting kicking their feet against eachother to try to get them off. I left them on for a while thinking they would get used to it and they never did. They just stared at them, ate them and tried to kick them off the whole time. I had fun watching their confusion. They make me laugh!

Oh by the way, if you can see in a few of these pictures Brady is making a really cheesy face. I can't get him to smile normal anymore. He squints his face like that and then makes this panting noise. It is really funny but I have no idea where he gets it from. Hopefully he will grow out of it because he looks really funny when he does it. For now we are enjoying the entertainment it brings us!