Hill Family: October 2015

October was a fun and busy month! We started the month (as we usually do) by celebrating Alora's birthday. She turned 9 years old this year! I am so proud of what a lovely young lady she is becoming. She is smart, funny, beautiful, full of love for others, and just a joy to have in our family. We were lucky enough this year to have Grandma April come and visit us and spend that special day with Alora. For dinner Alora requested we go to Texas Roadhouse (mainly so they could sing to her). I think she had a pretty awesome day!

We really enjoyed having Grandma April spend a whole week with us! We didn't do a lot but it was nice to have her with us! We definitely miss our family and appreciate what time we can spend together!

Caleb was just classified at school as being on the Autism Spectrum Disorder. That doesn't really surprise us and we feel like that's an accurate diagnosis. We know that more resources will be made available to him and we know that he can continue to progress! We love Caleb and are so very proud of him for all of his achievements! We know he is a special spirit and will continue to help him overcome these obstacles. He is so smart and is especially fantastic at reading and continues to make major improvements in math. We are so grateful for all of the teachers and staff that have taken an interest in Caleb and teach him everyday!

Alora and Emily love going to school and learning. They are each doing well in their classes and are making friends every day. We are so proud of them and how smart they are!

Lydia is starting to talk. She says "hi" and "buhby" and entertains us everyday!

Here is our month of October:

Happy 9th Birthday, Alora!

Daddy surprised her with flowers for her birthday. She was so excited!!

Daddy's girl!

Just call them Anna and Elsa...sisters and best of friends!

School picture day!

Just watching tv!

The cutest cowgirl around!

Emily went with Daddy to the golf course and loved it!

Our future golfer!

Grandma April and Lydia

We had a great visit with Grandma April

Birthday dinner at Texas Roadhouse

This is us!

Me and my boy!

Grandma and her girls!

Alora and Mommy

Enjoying an ice cream cone!

Alora and Daddy built a hole for the miniature golf course at the Henry Ford Museum.

Emily colored a picture while waiting for Daddy and Alora

A miniature Anna

Cute girl before school!

Grandma April did a french braid in her hair. She was excited about that!

Lydia playing with trucks...reminds me of someone else!

Emily is learning how to read. She loves it!

Caleb earned a toy by filling his marble jar and all he could talk about was a Monster Truck names El Toro Loco. When it finally came he was super excited!

Lydia was excited for the box that Caleb's toy came in!

We went to Erie Apple Orchards and picked out pumpkins. It was a cold day but we still had fun!

Emily is super excited to ride the black stallion!

Alora was excited, too! Caleb was disappointed that he couldn't ride the black horse.

Enjoying a sucker while waiting for the kids at school!

October 15, 2015 was Back to the Future Day. We had a Back to the Future marathon and the kids loved it!

Lydia thinks it's pretty funny to wear her brother's underwear! (don't worry...they are clean)!

Emily had a fieldtrip to Erie Apple Orchards and I was able to go with her. She picked apples and we had fun on the hayride!

A bag of apples just for her!

She loves Oreos!

Our friend, Mirlene, had sent Halloween cards to the kids so I wanted to take their pictures with the cards. Lydia thought she should be in the picture too and so the next few pictures is what happened when she showed up!