Onion Days.

Just thought I would brag about how well I did at onion days...I did SO good I more than doubled what I made last year! My soda pop can jewelry was the biggest seller and I had no problem stealing peoples cans as they walked by. I also sold a lot of my kid stuff ( rings and bracelets mostly). It was awesome. Jessica's did really well for her first time. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of anything like I should have. I am working on putting instructions for the soda can jewelry on Ruth's crafting blog that she SO nicely let me be a part of. It might take a while though, I have just received about two yard size garbage bags full of cans that I need to clean(thanks Kristi!). I also have a ton of other ideas to try out that I am SO excited about(after I post instructions of course). All my left over soda can jewelry is now at Gitalia Boutique. If you can you should really check the boutique out. It has so much cute stuff whenever I make money there I almost always never come out with it. It is by the purple turtle in the parking lot that the dominoes used to be in. It is really worth checking out. I promise.

Happy Birthday Tana!!!

Tana is a girl from work(the red head in the blue dress). Her family wasn't going to do anything for her birthday, so I decided that I needed some Princess Party throwing practice. Tana and her friends came dressed as princesses and I dressed Avah up as belle. Avah had a ton of fun talking to Snow White. We had dinner outside, broke open a castle shaped pinata, and then went inside to watch a princess movie, and eat cake.
I think It went pretty good. I thought dinner tasted great. I made chicken Alfredo, salad, and garlic bread. The only problem we had with the pinata is all the candy I now have left over.

This is the fun cake I made. It looks a lot better than it tasted. There was just too much frosting and candy. If you ate a big piece you would definitely get sick. It was a lot of fun though, and great practice for when I let Avah have a party.
(I really hope Tana had fun as it was all for her. She is such a sweet and funny girl.)

Oh by the way Andy is going to join the Army. He needs to do some college to be able to start where he wants to, but he will have that done in a semester. I'll blog more as it develops I'm sure.

Our 2010 trip to the Zoo

Hey, all, Andy here. Hope you like the updates to the blog. The old one reminded me of old people, (no offense) and I like the new design. And the name change of our blog to plain old Hilton Family cuz, lets face it, we aint ever gonna live at a chateau.

Anyway, so today we went to the zoo. I like the zoo. Especially when it's not crowded. We showed up almost right when it opened, around 9, and had a good time looking at monkeys, penguins, tigers, and the baby elephant. We even went to the bird show they have and Avah really liked the big hawks flying right over people's heads. The birds grazed peoples hair and they were only a few feet from where we were sitting, so not too close to freak out the kids, but close enough to see really well.

Of course, no trip is complete without a ride on the carousel. They went twice. I was gonna let Avah go three times and Sarah just one, but it's so much easier to have em both on at the same time. (plus favoritism issues) I snuck some pictures of Rachel too. (rather forced her to pose) She was a good sport, so I didn't torment her too much. We left around noon, (it was getting hot) and Sarah was out like a light as soon as we started driving home. It was a lot of fun.

Finally a Post!

Yes it has been a very long time since I posted something, so on this random night that I could not sleep I thought, "hey I should finally post something.". Please be aware that it is one o'clock in the morning so if I don't make sense at any point blame it on that.
So updates: my friend that had me make her wedding jewelry picked out a simple chain of small pearls, crystals, and rose quarts, and had me put a pendant on it. Unfortunately out of the four necklaces I made it was the only one I didn't take a picture of. However she did say that she would try to get me one, and if she remembers I will post it.
Avah turned 3 on January 14th. She had tons of fun opening presents, eating cake and telling everyone "Happy Birthday!!" We started to potty train her last week and after the first couple of days she did really good. But this morning, just kidding yesterday morning, she insisted to be put in a diaper. so I did but I still kept asking her if she need to go. her most common answers were, "no, mommy, I done." or " Its stuck, mommy." She got candy land for Christmas and alphabet flashcards for her birthday which have both become her favorite games to play. In case you are wondering the flashcard game is me asking her what the letter is and getting really excited when she gets it right.
Sarah is getting really big really fast. at 8 months she was only eight pounds lighter than Avah. She is allot more adventurous than Avah was and gets into trouble the second you take your eyes of her. She took her first couple of steps yesterday. I have also discovered how adorable she looks with a half Mohawk thing.
Well I hate to abruptly end this exciting post but, I am falling asleep at the computer now. hopefully it wont take me so long to post again. I might even have pictures next time. keep your fingers crossed.