Potty Training Fun

Well I don't have a whole lot to update, but here is some exciting news.  The other day I was in the kitchen, but I could hear Eliza in the bathroom flushing the toilet and just rustling around in there.  Next thing I hear is, "mom I go potty."  And sure enough I heard the "tinkle." I went running in there only to confirm that she had actually gone on the potty for the very first time, without any prompting from me.  WEll, of course I praised her like no other, and she has been going on the potty for about 5 days now.  I still leave pull ups on her for naps and night.  She has 3 accidents.  But yesterday we were in the car going to this great park, and she said that she had to go potty.  We then pleaded with her to try and wait until we got to the park so she could go potty there.  ONce we got there she didn't want to go anymore, well she ended up "holding it" or forgetting it for like 2 1/2 hours, then when we got home she went potty in the toilet.

Its so weird because I will be honest, with both of my girls I didn't have to do any "training."  They both just kinda decided on their own.  I mean, I have been encouraging her for the last 6 months or so to go on the potty, but she would always sit for two seconds then say all done.  Same thing with Madilyn.  So In the world of being a mommy, this is some pretty cool stuff!!  I promise I will have a more exciting update in probably the next 3 weeks (no I am not pregnant).  So stayed tuned....

And I leave you with a few pictures of what we have been up to in this dry hot land we call home.

Superstition Springs Farm

Eliza, being Eliza.  She told me that they are "dancing"

Painting pigs

A lot of this going on...

Taylor had his second final, so after he was able to come home a little early for the very first time since he started school over 3 months ago.  So we went to this great park called Freestone park.

Utah Trip!

The girls were so excited to go to Utah and see baby Tanno and all the other aunties and uncles!  They packed their own bags, and let me tell you...there was absolutely nothing of use in those bags, but thats okay!

Stopping for a break at the dam at Lake Powell, we walked across the bridge and it gave me the heebie geebies.

Another pit stop, some random river, I can't recall where because we were in the middle of no where!

We spent some time with Cami's inlaws in mount pleasant, Ut.  Josh was kind enough to give Madilyn some lessons in shooting!

The main purpose of this trip was to see my grandma.  My grandpa passed away last November and since my grandma has had to move into a rest home.  She is extremely lonely, so we tried to visit and spend as much time with her as possible.

One thing I didn't get any pictures of was our adventures at Cherry Hill water park.  It was SO fun, tons of extended family was able to come and it was so good to catch up with lots of my cousins that I love and miss so much!

We also went to castle park, this picture does not do it justice.  It was HUGE, you can kind of see how far back it goes if you look closely.  But the girls LOVED it.

But the real hit of the park was this awesome swing!

Maren loved it especially!

We also went to a park in Mt. Pleasant, and they had this great tire swing, you better believe we all took turns on it!

A sad attempt at re enacting our "quad" ride.  a few days before we took the girls out, and it was a hit!

On our way home to Arizona, we stopped in St. George for the night, and went to pizza factory, the red rocks, and of course we did some swimming!

St. George Temple

Eliza just kept stopping to play, it was hard getting her back into the car.

Now a few instagrams, sorry if you have already seen these pictures!

I so wish we could have spent more time in Utah, it was so so fun to see family again.  It is nice knowing I am a tad closer now so I can visit more often.  Coming from Canada and Hawaii was definitely more difficult!  So here is to hopefully another trip in the future!

A little bit of lately....

So I don't really have a specific event to talk about, so I will just show in pictures what we have been up to.  A couple of weeks ago both of my sisters came to visit, we stayed at our place in Mesa for a few days, and also went to my moms up in Prescott for a few days.  It is always so nice spending time with my family, and I wish I could more often!!

 All the Hiller Cousins together at my mom and Jim's...Hillier's like girls I guess, sorry Tanner.

The angelic and adorable Ellie.

The fiery adorable Maren.

I seriously wish so bad this wasn't fuzzy, she honestly hit a perfect line drive.  I can't believe how good she is at hitting!

Putting around the golf green at my mom and Jim's house.

Taylor introducing himself at the White Coat ceremony.  For those of you that don't know, a White coat ceremony is them showing their commitment to help and serve as they become doctors.  Kinda an initiation of sorts.

My cute little doctor to be!

We finally took the girls to see the Mesa Temple.  when we lived in Hawaii we were a block away front the temple, so honestly every Sunday we walked to the temple, walk around the grounds, and spend time in the visitor center.  The girls love it there.  In fact, for father's day I was asking Madilyn some questions, and said where is your favorite place to go with daddy...her response was the temple.  So cute!

We bought a pool....then returned it.  Haha.  Well the girls actually loved and adored the pool, but you have to do the same maintenance on this small pool as you would a big pool.  Plus I would worry everyday that my children would drown.  So we downsized!

Taylor finally got a motorcycle, he has been begging for one since we got married.  It was most logical with our finances, but I am not okay with it...

See our downsized pool? The girls love it just as much, and I don't have to do chlorine and shock treatments!

Our family of course! She is getting so good at coloring and drawing.

Taylor went on a fishing trip in Montana a couple of weeks after we got here, so Cortni came up to hang out so I didn't have to be alone in a place I was very unfamiliar with.  So we drove out to Tempe, and took the girls to the aquarium.

Madilyn started Dance.  She LOVES it, seriously she can't wait for wednesdays to roll around so we can go to dance.  She is doing quite well if I do say so myself.  Especially since she comes from a mother that knows NOTHING about dancing.

We have gone to the watermark in Chandler quite a bit.  $1 for a water park= best thing ever!

Practicing being doctors.

Enduring excruciating heats...seriously cannot wait for the winter...

This past week we have been to the doctors office once, urgent care once, and emergency room once.  Eliza has croup and was having troubles breathing, thank goodness for steroids because the was extremely stressful. So now both girls are finally on the mend, and I couldn't be happier.  I hate seeing my poor girls sick.  Not to mention not being able to go out much for a week is really starting to take a toll on all of us.  So here is to kids getting healthy and having some fun this week!!!