Update from the Hill Family!

So I realized I have not updated our Blog since the Halloween Party so I thought I'd just write a quick update.

Shaun's EMT classes are going great and he loves every minute of them! His class ends the second week in December which will definitly be bittersweet. After he is certified he will begin his search for a job as an EMT. After a year of that he wants to go to Paramedic school. I think this is so awesome for him. He loves everything he is learning and he will be a great EMT.

As for me, I am just keeping busy at work and loving every minute of it. I love my jobs so much! There are always new challenges and I am learning so much. I don't neccessarily have an official title, but I do lots of fun things! I was recently promoted I guess you could call it. I went from being the receptionist to having my own office and I have taken on a few more responsibilities that I am thrilled about. I also start school at BYU in January, which I am very nervous about but excited at the same time.

Shaun and I both look forward to Thanksgiving and spending time with some of his family! I love the holidays and I love family. This is such a great time of year and I love every minute of it.

Things we love:

Snuggling up in a warm blanket

The cold crisp fall smelling air

The look of leaves scattered on the ground and snow on the mountains

A nice cup of Hot Chocolate with a bowl of popcorn

The smell of a new soup I have tried

The smell of fresh bread baking

Having family all around especially for the holidays!

Halloween Party!!!

On Friday night Shaun and I hosted a Halloween Party at my Grandparents house (they were out of town and nice enough to let us use their house). It was a BLAST! Everyone brought yummy food, and everyone had stunning costumes! There were fun games, and a costume contest with prizes. Shaun and I had a great time, and loved being with great friends. Thanks everyone for coming and being willing to share the night with us! We loved every minute of it!

This was the awesome drink there. I found this recipe while I was just looking at different recipes for drinks. It is super easy and yummy! It is a mixture of ginger ale, and sparkling apple cider. You also make a hand to stand up in the drink out of raspberries, cranberry juice, and gelatin. The standing up part didn't really work out so I just threw the hand in there and luckily we had an extra so it looked like two hands floating around. The recipe also said to throw in a guymmy worms....so I did, however I also threw in gummy body parts because there was a shortage of gummy worms at the store...go figure. Then we added dry ice and ta daa!

The completed snack table!

Aunt Heather showing off her sexy pants she made!

Shaun and I dressed as Jailhouse Rock Elvis, and me as his Jailhouse Babe

Jake and Caroline Shillig Family dressed up as Noahs Ark! They were SOOO CUTE!

Audrey as Wayne from Waynes World, she won funniest costume

Larkie dressed up as Juno (her husband, Seth dressed up as Bleaker)

Yay for the Shilligs!

Most of the group at the Party!

Costume Making and Game Playing

Last Sunday Shaun and I were invited by my Aunt Heather (my mom's sister) to come over for dinner. After eating a very yummy dinner my Aunt helped me create my Halloween costume and by help I mean all I did was pin a little here and cut a little there....and she did the rest. Sewing is not something I learned, #1 because my mother doesn't like to sew and #2 I DO NOT have the patience for it (which is probably why my mother doesn't sew, she lacks the patience too...). Thank goodness for two Aunts and a Grandma that can sew and are all pretty darn good at it. A while back Shaun and I were searching for Halloween Costumes and we found a "Jailhouse Rock Elvis" Costume that Shaun really liked and it was decently priced, and we did find a costume I really liked, a "Prison Princess," only downside was that it cost 50 dollars, so we decided finding a pattern and fabric would be a better choice. It turned out to be easier then I thought...we found a great pattern at Walmart, and my Aunt already had fabric that was black and white striped! SUCESS! So after a long night of cutting patterns, pinning, then cutting some more, and then sewing everything together it all came together! Afterwards we decided it would be fun to play Apples to Apples! This proved to be fun and interesting all at the same time. You could tell the more rounds we played the more tired and goofy we got.

So thank you Heather and Burton for inviting us over for dinner and a game! Thanks Burton and Shaun for making the game that much interesting, and THANK YOU Aunt Heather for making my amazing costume for me!

The Start

The Finished

Oh dear....what to do when this is what you have to work with for 'Shy'!?????

The Men concentrating pretty hard

Heather wondering if she put the perfect card down...or NOT!

And there he is folks...Mr. Sexy himself! :)