The Hildreth Family

Life!

2010-12-03T12:18:00.000-08:00

Excited for the first snow of the year!!
Hailey and Daddy
Oh, did I forget to mention we got to go on a cruise! My mom watched Hailey and we had a whole week in the tropics. Heavenly!
Cruise again
My beautiful girl

I have decided to do a little update in case anyone still even looks at my blog! Right after I tried to get started again in June, we had a little surprise. I am pregnant! Exciting, yes, but I was very sick until October and then time just passes so quickly. We are expecting a little girl on February 9th. Her and Hailey will be exactly two years apart. It is a fun and exciting time of life, but exhausting chasing a toddler and being pregnant. Kellen is teching for Edge Pest Control for the winter and in the spring we have another big event. We are moving to Kansas City, Missouri to open a branch of Edge Pest Control. Kellen will be part-owner and branch manager. We are excited to be moving on in the career aspect of life. We will miss Colorado and be way too far from family, but it is a great opportunity. I will post a few pictures so you can see how big and how cute my little girl is! We are looking forward to Christmas and Kellen's brother's wedding in Vegas in a couple of weeks. Can't wait to be pregnant for all the lasting family pictures at the wedding!

A year!

2010-06-15T19:07:00.000-07:00

Easter Egg Hunt
Us and Grandma Jones, she just turned 91 last week.
On a tractor in Dillon. Where else can you sit on a tractor?
Relaxing on the patio.

I guess it has been almost a year since my last post. Wow the time did fly. So I thought I would give an update since our little girl in now 16 months old!! We are still in Colorado and Kellen is still working for the pest control company. Hailey and I spend a lot of time together and she is loving the summer. She loves running around outside and looking at the bunnies that live wild around our apartment. She also loves playing out on the deck. She sits in her princess lawn chair and eats her snacks or helps me water the tomato plant with water from her little pool. We live right by the club house and she is always waving at the staff and maintenance people. She is just starting to talk and can say, "Dad," "Mom," "go," "up," "all done," "dog," "cat," "no," and a few more. She also is very smart and knows what most animals say or do. Her favorite is elephant and she puts her arm up by her head and makes an elephant noise. It is funny because we ask her what a bunny says and she sniffs her nose.
She is not too much of a troublemaker yet, but I always know when she is doing something she isn't supposed to because she is saying "no, no" and shaking her head while she is doing it. Hailey is still a tall and skinny thing, barely weighing in at 20 pounds. But anyone that knows her knows that she NEVER stops moving and burns more calories in a day than a normal person would in a month! I have lost 15 pounds since she started walking! Not bad I suppose, but I am exhausted by the time she goes to bed at night.
Well, enough about Hailey for now! Kellen and I are doing the same old thing again this summer and when you get a kid, basically your whole life revolves around what they are doing. I did get a new sewing machine and am attempting a few basic projects. And I mean really basic. I don't have that Grandma Jones talent for sewing! So that is about all for now!!!

First Father's Day

2009-06-22T16:57:00.000-07:00

It was Kellen's first Father's Day this year. Hailey had a special Father's Day dress and she looked so cute. It was a good day! Sorry my entries are few and far between. We don't have internet right now so I have to go to the library to use the internet. Let's just say with a four month old baby I don't get much posted!

Colorado

2009-06-08T15:38:00.000-07:00

A little Nintendo time

Visiting with Grandma Jones, who just turned 90.

My sweet girl

It has been a while since I have posted anything. Well, in the last month we have moved to Colorado. We are living in Parker, Colorado, a southeast suburb of Denver. Kellen is selling pest control again, but for a different company. It is called Edge Pest Control and was started by two of his friends from the other company he worked for. There is more opportunity to move up with this company. So we will be in Colorado for a few years. It is going really well and I am even making some friends! Hailey is getting so big and is still really cute. She is almost four months old. I can't even believe it. She is rolling over and loves to sit up with our help. Lately she has been fascinated with her feet and she just sits there and holds them. Just this morning I looked over and she had her feet in her mouth and was sucking on her big toe. I cracked up! So I will post a few pictures of Hailey and then take some of where we live so you can see that.

Hailey

2009-04-22T09:14:00.000-07:00

Hailey has been so cute lately. She is starting to have such a fun personality. She just loves to lie on the floor and wiggle and smile. She is also getting so strong and every time you lay her down she pulls her head up and wants to try to sit up. I know every mom says this, but she is growing up so fast!

More Blessing Day Pictures

2009-03-31T14:35:00.001-07:00

Blessing Day

2009-03-31T14:20:00.001-07:00

Me and Hailey

She wasn't too happy when we were taking these.

Kellen, Hailey and I

On Sunday, we blessed Hailey in sacrament meeting at our church. She wore an old dress made by my great-grandma Williams. She looked beautiful and was such a good girl for it. All the men in the circle said she was wide awake just looking around at them. We had support from all our wonderful relatives and friends. After church we had a big dinner at Christine's house. The freeway to Utah ended up closing that afternoon and there were quite a few people stranded here for another night. It just made it more fun and we all sat around talking and playing games for the entire evening. It was a very fun weekend and we thank everyone for their love and support of our family.

Baby Shower

2009-03-31T14:13:00.000-07:00

Hailey gave her guests a few good smiles.

Jaclyn and her girls and Brittny came up from Utah for the weekend.

On Saturday, my friends up here in Dillon threw me and Hailey a baby shower. It was a lot of fun. Hailey is spoiled, she got many fun and cute things. One fun thing we did it instead of a card is we asked guests to bring a children's book signed with their message. So now Hailey has a library of books started and we can remember who was at the shower.

First Sunday at church

2009-03-22T18:44:00.000-07:00

Today was Hailey's first Sunday going to church. She looked very cute in her puffy red dress even though she was pretty ready to get it off by the time we got home. She was a good girl and all the church ladies thought she was adorable. We are going to bless her next week and everyone is invited that would like to come!

Thanks Aunt Heidi!

2009-03-22T18:40:00.000-07:00

So here are some pictures of Hailey in the cutest outfit that Aunt Heidi gave her at my shower. She looked very pretty in purple.

Relief Society Dinner

2009-03-19T16:28:00.001-07:00

So I was asked to do the tables for the Relief Socity birthday dinner for my ward. I called my craftiest sister Natalie and we came up with these cute pinwheel centerpieces. They were a big hit and very cute colors for spring.

More Pictures of Hailey

2009-03-13T12:12:00.000-07:00

Kids are so sweet when they sleep.

Enjoying a little swing time.

So it seems that when ever someone has kids that all the pictures from then on out are of the kids. Well, I have already fallen into that trap. I have so many pictures of Hailey that I will never be able to scrapbook them all. So I just keep putting them up here for you all to see.

One month old

2009-03-11T13:18:00.000-07:00

She is starting to put on some weight, as you can see by her chubby cheeks. She is one month old today!!

Happy Birthday Kellen!

2009-03-11T13:11:00.000-07:00

The big 27!

So excited!

Kellen's birthday was on Sunday. Kyle and Troy came up for the weekend and they had a boys outing to the cabin on Friday and Saturday. Then on Sunday we had a dinner at Christine's. It was a fun time. Kellen was a little disappointed that the new scriptures we got him was not a new gun, but I think he'll be okay.

More pictures of Hailey

2009-03-06T12:46:00.000-08:00

She hates to have her hands covered and is always flailing them around. We call her "Flailey Hailey." The other day she looked so funny, sound asleep with her hands like that.

One of the best fitting pajamas she has are these little long johns. She looks a little like a boy but so cute because she is long and skinny.

Our first family picture.

Hailey posing for her camera-happy mother.

One day my mom and I played "dress up" with Hailey and put her in this cute pink dress for a photo shoot. She looks so pretty in pink!

Her cute, but very unpractical pink dress.

So here I am to post some new pictures of Hailey. She is changing as the days go by. All is still going well. She is healthy and a really good baby. She sleeps pretty well and we are finally starting to feel adjusted to the sleeping schedule. Kellen is a good help and has spent a few nights rocking her when I am just too tired.

2009-02-17T19:04:00.000-08:00

She is so tiny I only have a few things that fit her!

Getting her first bath

Hailey Michelle Hildreth

2009-02-17T18:49:00.000-08:00

Dad and Hailey having some quality Nintendo time

On the way home from the hospital

The new family

Only hours old

Proud new daddy

She is here!!!!!

2009-02-17T18:31:00.000-08:00

We are so excited to welcome sweet baby Hailey Michelle Hildreth to our family! She was born on Wednesday, February 11th at 4:57 a.m. She weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was 20 inches long. She is a good baby and we already love her so much. Her and I are both doing healthy and gettting stronger each day. The labor wasn't too bad and Kellen and I joke that I must have been born to breed. Contractions started around 10:30 on Tuesday night. Around 12:30 a.m. they were coming about 4 minutes apart for the last hour and we decide that it was the real thing and headed to the hospital in Butte, about 1 hour away. Things were progressing nicely and around 2:30 a.m. I got my epidural. Thank heavens for modern medicine!!! Kellen and I just hung out for a few more hours and after about 30 minutes of pushing, she was here! Our doctor and the hospital staff were wonderful. We were very tired though. We only had about 1 hour of sleep in 48 hours. We came home on Thursday afternoon and have spent the last week adjusting to having a new baby in our home. She is very happy and content and is even pretty good at night. My mom has been here to keep me company and help us out. It is nice to have someone else do the dishes and cook! Kellen is a very good dad and a proud father!

Almost here!

2009-02-05T12:37:00.000-08:00

Super fans preparing for a Utah Jazz game. We got on the Jumbotron 3 times with me dancing with my big belly! It was so much fun!

At my cousin Brittny's wedding reception the first of January.

It has been quite a while since I have put up a new post. The time is coming soon for our baby girl to arrive. She is due on February 14th, but could come at anytime. We are excited and nervous too! Just waiting. Here are a few pictures from the past month or so. Enjoy! We will let you know when the baby comes.

Our Little Christmas Tree

2008-12-08T16:12:00.001-08:00

We decorated our little Christmas tree this week. We needed a little one to fit in our little house. To follow tradition, it is once again a "Pepsi" tree, decorated in red, blue and silver and topped with a Pepsi can star. I wonder if you can guess who's idea that was!

Okay, here's my big belly!

2008-12-08T16:01:00.001-08:00

We took these pictures out at Uncle Gerald's.

Some of you are probably noticing that I strategically put all the picture of me on the blog where you can't see my belly. So here are a few where I look pregnant! Everything is going great with the pregnancy and I am feeling good. I am not even too big yet!

Next Thanksgiving

2008-12-08T15:42:00.001-08:00

Me looking tough holding the chainsaw

Cutting down a Christmas tree

An action shot of the Turkey bowl

Kellen and I at the cabin

Some of the crew gabbing at the cabin

After Utah, we came back to Dillon to spend Thanksgiving with Kellen's family. We spent a couple of days at the family cabin where we got to see many of Kellen's extended family. Kellen and the rest of the men about killed themselves playing in the tradional "Turkey Bowl" football game. I don't think they realize they are getting older and were so sore they could barely walk for a few days after. It was a good time! Then we headed back to Dillon for the rest of the weekend. We cut down our Christmas tree, went swimming at Elkhorn Hot Springs, and did a Saturday afternoon craft. A very fun but exhausting holiday!

Early Thanksgiving

2008-12-08T15:24:00.000-08:00

Big blue eyes, my neice Brooke

Conner, Kylee, and Dylan-my niece and nephews

Kellen and I relaxing after dinner

We went down to Utah the week before Thanksgiving to spend some time with my family. It was very fun. There was Christmas shopping and baby shopping and early Thanksgiving dinner. Too bad there was no snow! It was fun to see the family and we ate good food. My family was eager to see my pregnant belly and they were not disappointed!

Filling the Freezer

2008-11-11T10:52:00.000-08:00

Kellen and his brother Troy have been out earnestly trying to "provide" for the family by shooting an elk. They have had many days of no actual killing, just many stories of the big ones that just got away or they didn't want to shoot. So my confidence was waning. But on Friday, my cousins and Kellen and Troy set out at 4:45 am for what they said would finally be the day to get an elk. From my nice warm bed I thought about how crazy they are and figured there would be many more stories but no meat. To my surprise I got a phone call at 8 am saying that my mighty hunter had finally got an elk. We spent the evening butchering the elk, a very enlightening experience from which I will spare you the details and pictures. Troy got an elk on Saturday and that is a whole other story. So our freezer is filled for the winter thanks to my husband the mighty, mighty hunter. Oh, and Troy too.

Grandma's Leaves

2008-11-11T10:16:00.000-08:00

Kellen and Braden playing rake air guitars. They are such hard workers!

Check out the sweet hat and gloves from Grandma's collection.

Montana way to rake leaves...a ride-on lawn mower, a tractor, and a dump truck.

My Grandma Jones has a huge yard with many trees. She is 89 years old and though she would be out there herself outworking everyone else, we decided to get all her leaves raked before she got back from vacation. My aunt and uncle, my cousin and his wife, and Kellen and I all settled in for a long afternoon raking. They have a leaf rake on the lawn mower, so we just raked leaves away from the edges of stuff and my uncle zoomed around picking up the leaves. The pile started growing and I look up and here comes my other uncle with the dump truck to put the leaves in and a tractor to help get them in there! Only in Montana! Needless to say, 4 hours later the lawn was relatively free of leaves and we were exhausted. But boy did we have a good time! After a good dinner at Pizza Hut and a good night's rest I felt better. A little stiff, but happy I could help my grandma and spend some quality time with my relatives (though sometimes I hate to even admit we are related)!

Hunting Season

2008-11-05T10:00:00.000-08:00

Well, hunting season is in full swing here in Montana. Not only big game hunting, but ducks and geese too. One day last week Kellen and my cousin Braden were "working" on building a new fence and I looked out the window and they were spray painting something. So I walked over to investigate and lo and behold it was a giant cow blind for goose hunting. See picture. That night at dusk they drove to this field right by our house and, using the cow as cover, walked within 20 feet of a whole flock of geese eating in the field. They shot and got 3 geese! No one, including them, could belive that it had worked so well. They are still in shock and anxious to try it out again. Leave it to those two to do something like this!

Helga the Heifer

The mighty hunters and their prize

Kellen's "Job"

2008-11-05T09:44:00.000-08:00

"Working"

The Yellowstone River

Kellen and the boat

So Kellen spent the month of October across the state in Laurel, Montana. He was working with my cousin spraying trees for the county. Sounds hard right? Hard work, yes. Hard working conditions, I think not. They spent the days floating the river and walking around with a backpack sprayer in the great outdoors. I think it was Kellen's ideal job. Oh, except for being away from his wonderful wife. The weather stayed nice for most of the month and they only had a few really cold days. I missed him like crazy and never want him to leave again, but it was worth the sacrifice. He even got a little fishing time in!

Labor Day

2008-10-22T10:54:00.001-07:00

Three very manly hunks! Yes, that is two months of growth!
Digging for crystals at Crystal Park
The big contest!

The other big event of the summer was Labor Day Weekend. For those of you unfamiler with the traditions of Labor Day in Dillon, Montana, let me fill you in. It is affectionatly known as "Montana's Biggest Weekend." There is a fair, rodeos, a country concert, a parade with lots of candy and of course many rednecks and hicks, both drunk and sober. Kellen's entire family made the voyage up for a family reunion that weekend. Well, Kellen and his brothers decided to have a mustache growing contest. The funny thing with these guys is their lack of abilty to actually grow facial hair. So for two long months they grew and grew their very scrawny facial hair, shaved it into mustaches of different varieties and had the contest. As you can see, no one really deserved an award at all! Kellen and Troy were also growing their hair to cut into mullets so they would fit in with all the rednecks. Let's just say they fit in too well and Kellen's mullet looked too good! In addition to the good fun of the mustache contest, we also had fun digging for crystals at Crystal Park, eating good "salads", swimming, and making fun of each other. A good Hildreth weekend. Part of my family also came up and spent time riding the four-wheeler and being enthralled with the many animals at the Jones "zoo." Us girls entered a float into the parade, but that is a whole other story! The weekend was so much fun and went by too quickly!

Pictures of Peru

2008-10-22T10:37:00.000-07:00

The countryside of Cuzco The ruins at Ollyantatambo
Our group
Kellen feeding an alpaca
Us on the train to Machu Picchu

Peru Trip

2008-10-22T10:30:00.000-07:00

In June we had the opportunity to spend a week in Peru. Kellen's mom teaches high school Spanish and takes a group of students every couple of years. We got lucky enough to go along as chaperones. It was an amazing trip and quite unbelievable. I will post a few pictures but it doesn't do it justice. We are glad we got to take the trip before the baby comes along. This is a picture of us at Machu Picchu.

Pregnant

2008-10-22T10:17:00.001-07:00

So for those of you who don't know and if you couldn't tell from the other picture, I am pregnant! I am due on February 14th, Valentine's Day. And it's a girl! We are very excited. Kellen is a little nervous to have a girl and is already worrying about her marrying a jerk. I think it is a natural dad response. I am finally feeling good after 4 months of being really, really sick. I mean barely getting anything down, throwing it back up again, losing 15 pounds sick. I did learn that my poor husband can make his own food (anything that didn't make the house smell) and he even did a load of laundry (out of necessity). He was very loving and patient. Getting me Sprite, saltines, and the occasional flowers and yelling from the hallway "Are you alive?" when I was sick in the bathroom. So now I am enjoying the second trimester and I feel pretty good. It was a long road to get here, but Heavenly Father has blessed us and we are anxious to have our new sweet girl in our home.

2008-10-22T10:08:00.001-07:00

So this is my first attempt at "blogging." I love looking at other peoples blogs so I hope people will enjoy looking at mine! Well, we just moved to Dillon, Montana about a month ago. We live in a cute little house right next door to my cousin Braden. It is cozy and nice. Kellen is working in eastern Montana spraying trees for the month so he has been gone a lot. I have just been trying to get the house set up and stay busy. I am substitute teaching at the elementary and high school. I really enjoy it. Especially the elemetary kids. They are so eager to learn and very accepting. Well, I will try to post a few more things to update everyone on what we have been doing the past few months.