These are for Josh...aren't they pretty? rockin r ranch June 2008
Dropping Josh off for the summer. wow! 141/2 already? Excited and sad at the same time.
snow cones at Aspen Grove June 2008. What fun frontier night is!
Happy Father's Day, Dad! You have no idea what kind of paint mess we made trying to do handprints...but what fun!!! and you should've see Dad's face!!!
Our annual sidewalk chalk art show. The kids worked on their projects for at least an hour!

These are for you mom! someone once called this a mother's bouquet and I have to agree, there isn't anything as sweet as getting these beautiful mangled dandelions!

On to the big news! John is done working at Aspen Grove on July 6. He starts his new job at the Utah Foster Care Foundation on July 14, 2008! we are so happy as it will give us the family hours that we need. Aspen grove has been wonderful and we will all miss it terribly. Part 2 of the big news...John graduates on Aug 14/15 with his MPA (master's public administration) from Brigham Young University! That will truly be a blessing!

Adoption Day! May 9th we adopted Jacob, Andrew, Lydia and Benjamin. It was a busy day. We had to go to McDonald's (part of the tradition), then the court, where the judge gave all the kids a stuffed animal and mom and dad big candy bars. Then, it was on to the baptism of Jonathan and Jacob so that we could all attend the temple later that evening. This was followed by, a cake and ice cream party with friends at our home afterward. It was a busy day with our last guests leaving at 11:30pm. Aleceeya wasn't able to attend this day but we thought of her often and talked to her later on. By the way, she is progressing n her program and she wants to be home by the time school starts...we'll see. Meanwhile, this is the all of the kids now...officially Thill's.

This is our family on "Good Things Utah". It is a local talk show. I think I was the most excited delcalring," i can't believe i am sitting at this table with you guys!" whatever happened to play it cool?
Josh, Kodey, Ben and Zach co hosting the evening news. Just kidding...but they look good don't they?
This was the falg made up from local elementary schools including ours. This was the 2008 Hope of America pageant.
These are our three performers. Zach in 1st grade, Jonathan, Nathan and Andrew in 2nd grade. they had just got done performing in the Hope of America. What a great group of kids we have.

Jonathan and Jacob getting ready to be baptized by their Dad on Friday May 9. It was a busy day for us.
Katie Grace and her best friend Eliza. Can you believe they are the same age? Katie plays at Eliza's house every Tuesday and Eliza comes to our house on Thursday's.

Well, here we are at the Rockin R Ranch in Antimony, Utah! We had a fantastic time!
The limo ride with police escort to the "Reveal"! Yes! we all fit!
The little girl's room
The new outside! Can you believe it?!!
The new dining room and table. It still brings tears to my eyes to sit here every night. Our family loves it!

Well, it has been one week. Since my last blog and the home is starting to fit. I am not trying to be ungrateful but it takes awhile to develop ownership on something you don't own. we didn't pick anything in the house we just walked into it. It is still very surreal when we actually sit down and rethink the whole process. Again, I am amazed and overwhelmed by the generosity of those who spent 4 entire days and nights trying to do this wonderful thing for my family. On the plus side, our big give came in #2 in the country for the biggest gives. Truly amazing what a community can do when they are so inspired. But today, we are back to reality. Laundry on the couch, a fine sheen of dust, floors that need to be swept and bathrooms cleaned. Well, I guess dirt waits for no man/woman. Thank you all for your generous comments about our family. Someone suggested we write a book entitled "It Takes a Thillage". What do you think? Anyway, the truth is we wouldn't be who we are today without Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in our lives. You have all given us a base of example in which we have been able to shape our lives. Thank you for the constant support and guidance in our lives. Without some of your great examples and for us learning through YOUR teachings our lives would have taken a much different turn. There is more news to share but you will have to wait until a few times from now when I can. By the way, we have another adoption coming up on May 9 at 12:30pm in American Fork court. Then, we will have 2 baptisms: 1 for Jacob, 1 for Jonathan then a temple sealing. We will let you all know of the dates.

Well, I have to say this week has been unbelievable! The crews have left and today has been the most normal day of the last couple of weeks. We have been trying to find all of our things as they were shoved into the neighbors garage. We are so thankful for the Heart2Home foundation, Foote construction, utahmasonary.com, Lowe's, Old Navy, Kohl's, Centurion security systems, overstock.com, pottery barn and many more. It has been overwhelming and extremely generous of all the support we have been given. So many people donated their time to make our house so amazingly beautiful. There is nothing in our home that is original. We got new things from top to bottom. From new linens to furnace and central air and everything in between. It is truly remarkable. We have also been interviewed over and over. On Monday, we were on a local news program called Good Things Utah. That was really fun too. Our trip to the Rockin R Ranch in Antimony, Utah was a blast. The people were so fantastic! The horses were great too! Now, we are working on normalacy. I will post some pictures soon. We have literally had to find everything! I will download our camera as soon as I find the cords. Thank you for all of your love and support.