Merry Christmas!
We like to have a nice dinner Christmas Eve so we can relax on Christmas Day. This year we made Beef Wellington, it turned out absolutely delicious! There is a photo below of Hunter brushing the egg wash on the puff pastry. Everyone helped! Gma & Gpa Hill came over for Christmas Eve dinner and spent the night to have Christmas morning with us. We opened gifts at 7:45am and then had happy pancakes with pear syrup for breakfast. Got Gma & Gpa out the door by 10am so they could run home and get ready for their church at noon. It was a lovely Christmas morning. We are very lucky to have them living so close. Ella was excited with all the commotion and new toys, that she would not go down for her 9am nap until almost 11am! Hunter and Daddy are playing in Hunter’s room as I type this. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with memories to cherish forever!
Nativity 2011
Christmas started with the Nativity re-enactment at Gma & Gpa Hills on Dec 23rd. They always have the grandchildren and great-grandchildren act out the nativity. Aunt Carole plays the piano while everyone sings Christmas songs, then a couple of grandchildren read aloud the birth of Jesus from the Bible. At each appropriate time children enter as they participate in welcoming Baby Jesus. Hunter was a shepherd this year and kept his costume on.
Hunter with cousin Tasha and Maya:
Grandma and Grandpa Hill are so happy to have everyone around!
Sweet baby Ella under the tree…
I love PEARS and more portraits!
Ella is beginning to enjoy some food…
Daddy took some portraits of Ella age 8 months and Hunter age 4….
Quick trip
I had meetings in Reno, so I brought Ella as “infant in arms”. And we got upgraded to first class. It was an early morning flight and Ella was an angel! She ate little pieces of banana in first class. Everyone was waving at her and she waved back using an open hand like a beauty queen pageant. I received many comments from the other first class passengers (mostly business men) that she was well behaved. Ella even let one of the flight attendants hold her for a few minutes. And for those of you who know Ella, she is extremely particular with who she will go to. Gma Gibby and Aunt Lisa met us at baggage claim and Ella spent the day with them. Ella was a bit grumpy at Gma’s due to the fact she is cutting four teeth on the top. Very soon she’ll have the perfect matching set! What a fun little overnight trip for Ella! Hunter told Daddy that he was missing Ella. It’s the first time they were separated for more than a few hours.
The Hill Connection 
