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Hatch Nativity

2012-01-17T13:14:00.001-08:00

At the annual Hatch Christmas party all the Great Grand kids do the nativity! Levi’s Grandma hand made all of the costumes and she makes new ones each year as they grow and new little ones come along. Avery and Mason were both Wisemen this year! They were both super cute! I thought it was hilarious when Baby Jesus started to cry Avery was so concerned as you can tell in the 4th picture!

This little gal is always on the move and really hard to take a picture of.

Santa

2012-01-11T08:59:00.001-08:00

Here is our experience with Santa so far

Mason was fine until he took one look at Santa and then…..

This happened

Gingerbread Village

2012-01-04T20:07:00.000-08:00

We attempted to make Gingerbread houses with Avery but it mostly turned into eating all the candy and licking all the frosting. Out of the five houses to make up the village I think only two maybe three of the cottages actually got decorated all the way. But we had fun and Avery was pretty excited about it.

Look at that tongue, she is hoping to get a shot of frosting!

::::Temple Lights::::

2012-01-03T19:52:00.001-08:00

We took a trip over to the temple to see the lights! They were beautiful as expected! We went in the visitors center and listened to the five min program they had going on around the statue of Christ. Avery was pretty dang excited about that statue. She kept saying that she wanted to go see it up close. Apparently the front row wasn’t close enough. When it was time to go home Avery didn’t want to leave. We had to carry her to the car!

I love that they are looking at each other in this picture!

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Mason is 6 months

2011-12-21T11:27:00.001-08:00

Mason is AMAZING!! I can’t even tell you what a good baby he is. Every where I go someone always asks,”Is he always this content?” My answer, “Yeah pretty much” He does have his moments but then again who doesn’t! I LOVE this ~~little~~ BIG guy! I could just snuggle him all day long, which I pretty much do! He definitely is a mama’s boy and I love it. Mason is already six months old. Where has the time gone? He got his two bottom teeth when he was four months and he just got his third bottom tooth.He has been eating oatmeal and rice cereal, which he loves. He can down a whole bowl in minutes. He started rolling over when he was five months old. Now he is starting to sit up on his own. Mason smiles all the time at anyone that talks to him. He has the BIGGEST and CUTEST dimples in the world. I love to tickle Mason and make him laugh and laugh and laugh! Levi is pretty good at getting Mason to roar and talk back to him. I love to see them playing together. Avery loves to play with Mason and to help him get a toy to play with. She also takes note as to when his bink is missing and she needs to find it for him or when she needs to put a blanket on him. She is mommy’s little helper(a little too much). She sure loves Mason along with the rest of us. Mason watches Avery do everything. He does get a little upset when he can’t see her but he can hear her. He has to know what is going on. Avery sure can get the best smiles out of Mason! We LOVE him!

BYE BYE BINK

2011-12-20T20:34:00.001-08:00

By the subject of the topic you probably thought I was talking about Mason,WRONG! Avery was a little addicted to her pacifier. When she turned one we told her that she could only have her bink during nap time and bed time. Then we were going to slowly take it away. Well we never took it away completely. So a couple of months ago I was talking to Avery and told her that it might be a good idea to give her bink to Santa and he would give her a special present. So for the past couple of months if you asked Avery about Santa all she would say was, “Avery give her bink to Santa”. I didn’t want Christmas day to be a disaster from not getting any sleep due to no pacifier. So at the beginning of December we wrote a special letter to Santa and mailed it off along with her pacifier. The next day Santa wrote back and left a special gift on Averys bed. Here are the pictures of the whole adventure!

Letter written and bink attached getting ready to go drop it off in the mailbox.

If she knew that she really wasn’t going to see her bink again I don’t think she would be smiling!

The next day checking to see if Santa wrote back. He did!! Santa said that his reindeer Prancer was really enjoying playing with her pacifier.

Avery opening her present that was left by Santa on her bed.

The whole transition went pretty smoothly. The first day during nap time she cried for about 45 min. Then that night at bed time she cried for about 30 min. She kept asking for her bink and we would kindly remind her that she sent it to Santa. One time she told me we needed to go get her bink out of the mailbox. The second day she cried for about 15 min. By day three she had stopped asking for it. Kids learn pretty darn quick!

Fall Leaves

2011-12-12T13:41:00.001-08:00

We the Fall in Utah!!!

Thanksgiving Point

2011-12-12T13:30:00.001-08:00

Averys first pony ride. She loved it. We went to Thanksgiving point with some family in Utah and had a great time. Avery LOVES to play with her cousins!

Masons first haircut

2011-12-08T10:55:00.001-08:00

While in Utah My sister-in-law gave Mason his first, and much needed, haircut. He had a patch of hair on the top of his head that was so long and poofy that just could not be controlled. Avery also got a little trim to control all the little scraggly hair.

Look how long it was!

After the cut. What a STUD!

Avery looking a little

nervous before her haircut.

Happy as can be when done!

Halloween 2011

2011-11-23T15:06:00.001-08:00

The kids and I were in Utah this year for Halloween (Levi had to work :( BOO!) He sure was missed, but we still managed to have a good time. Avery was Dorothy and Mason was a scarecrow. They sure were cute! My mom made Avery’s Dorothy braids to keep her head warm. I was really surprised that she actually kept it on all night long. Avery went to a couple of Halloween parties. Once she realized that Halloween was for dressing up, playing games, and getting candy she was all about it. All October long every time we left the house Avery would say, “I want to see a Spooky house” which meant that she wanted to see a house that was all decorated. So everywhere we went I had to yell out, “look a spooky house.” I loved that she was getting into Halloween and loved to see every ones decorations. After seeing the decorations all month long I thought she wouldn’t be to spooked by them on Halloween night. Nope, I was wrong! She was okay at first but once one of the houses had some noise and some things that jumped out at her it was all over. To her that meant that every house with any decorations was really scary. Even if it had a cute little pumpkin she sure wasn’t going to walk to that door alone. Thank goodness we went trick or treating with my brother Danny and His family and my brother Brad because my back definitely couldn't have taken all the carrying of Avery that Brad had to do! Thanks Brad! Aunt Elise was even nice enough to pull Avery pretty much the whole night in their wagon! Thanks again! It is always so much fun to see Avery with her cousins and to see how much she loves them. I had a great time with all of my family and even got to see a lot of old friends!

Playing with Reed and Cache

Cutest scarecrow ever!

Dorothy and the Scarecrow

The group

Buzz, Woody, Dorothy, and The Scarecrow

Thank goodness for wagons!

BOO….B

2011-11-23T14:48:00.001-08:00

I have a green wooden word that says ”BOO” out for Halloween to decorate a little bit and Avery the little smarty pants that she is brought it to me and said, “This is a B” I said, “yup it sure is”. Then I told her that the whole word said Boo. She kept looking at the word then at me. Letting her mind work. Then she said,”This says Boo (Then a short pause followed by) “B”. So all month long she has been going around with the word in hand saying, “This says Boo B”

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN

Pumpkin Patch

2011-11-23T14:41:00.001-08:00

In October we took Avery to the Pumpkin Patch. We had a really good time along with Avery. I can’t say that Mason enjoyed it but he was really content sitting in his stroller(But what’s new? He is always content). First Avery got her face painted with a cute pumpkin, then we headed over to see all the animals.

Avery loved seeing the GIGANTIC pot belly pig. She kept squealing at it. I on the other hand liked to see the little baby piglets, even though pigs are pretty DISGUSTING the babies were pretty cute!

Avery and I took a hay ride around the pumpkin patch while Levi and Mason took a little rest.

They had a little hay maze that was built short so you could see where the kids were at. It was really cute to see Avery telling Levi to follow her. She made it through the whole maze with Levi doing as told and following her.

hmmm which pumpkin should I pick?

Then Avery got to pick her very own pumpkin which she then decorated with stickers! To end the day Avery jumped and jumped and jumped in the bounce house!

ABC Sing With Me

2011-10-24T19:48:00.000-07:00

Avery LOVES to sing. This is her singing the ABC's(Super Why version). Don't mind the crazy hair and the PJ's, she just got out of the bath tub. Also please excuse Mason screaming in the background.
Every week Avery goes to a group called Music Makers which she loves! She always asks if we are going to music makers. She is a little shy each time we go but she warms up pretty fast. At music makers we sing songs, listen to a few stories, get a snack, and play time of course
Averys favorite songs right now are:
Twinkle Twinkle
Jesus wants me for a sunbeam
Popcorn popping
I am a child of God
LA LA LA
ABC'S
We are the dinosaurs
She can sing every word in all those songs. She amazes me each day with what she is saying and doing. Oh yeah one other funny thing she did we were driving in the car and the Vanilla Ice song Ice Ice Baby came on and Avery was grooving right along singing Ice Ice Baby! Then she would shout at us to raise the roof and to nod our heads! Now whenever we get in the car she says,"Lets do baby Ice" Avery is HiLaRiOuS!!!! We love her to death!

Toy Box

2011-10-24T16:45:00.001-07:00

I found this box at JoAnnes on clearance and thought I would make Avery a toy box for her room. I forgot to take a picture before I decorated the lid but you get the picture. This is the first time that I have used mod podge and let me tell you that stuff is amazing! The box wasn’t really square so it took me a while to cut the angles just right.

Finished toy box

....SpLaSh PaD....

2011-10-03T14:32:00.001-07:00

We have taken a few trips to the splash pad to cool off during the EXTREME HEAT WARNING!

Avery’s friend Jude came with us! Avery made sure we stopped for an ice cream on the way home!

Levi’s Birthday Pinetop

2011-09-05T16:00:00.001-07:00

For Levi’s birthday he took Friday off and we went to Pinetop. It is always so nice to get out of the heat!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

This is the only picture we took on Levi’s Birthday.

These two got some much needed naps and cuddle time, while Avery and I spent some time outside going for walks, finding caterpillars, spotting bears(carved wood ones) and swinging.

We walked to the lake to feed the ducks

Levi pulled Avery and Mason on quite a few wagon rides

It was so nice and relaxing to get out of Mesa for the weekend. We should have waited on more week because the day we got home started a two week extreme heat warning of temps above 110.

SMILES AND DIMPLES

2011-08-31T22:07:00.001-07:00

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Swimming lessons

2011-08-22T10:24:00.001-07:00

In July Avery took her first swimming lessons. She had so much fun going each day and learning the basics of swimming. She learned how to kick her legs, make scoops with her hands, back float, hang on to the side of the pool, and climb out of the pool all by herself. She did a great job listening to the teacher. Whenever we had a free moment she loved to climb out of the pool and jump back into me. We had a lot of fun together.

Masons blessing

2011-08-14T14:45:00.001-07:00

Levi blessed Mason on August 7th. It was wonderful! The blessing was so special. Many people in the ward commented to me of how nice it was and also how unique. I feel Levi was prompted by the spirit to say the things he said. It was very special and perfect for our little guy!

We were lucky enough to be able to have most of our family here. Hannah and Nik were here for the summer and stayed just long enough to be here for the blessing. Also most of my family were able to be in town for the weekend. It was great seeing them. Avery had a great time playing with her cousins. After they had left every morning she would say Cory Livi Dax? Cory Livi Dax? over and over again. She wanted them to come over and play some more. She had a lot of fun swimming at the hotel they were staying at. I wish we had cousins close by to play with. Here are some pictures from the weekend. I am sad that we didn’t get a picture of everyone that came!

Best cousin picture I got out of at least 15. All I can say is that they are all looking up!

Avery sure is going to miss Uncle Nik and Aunt Hannah

Avery Turned 2

2011-07-17T21:17:00.001-07:00

July 6th Avery turned the big two. We had a ton of fun on her birthday. The day started off by letting her pick out her favorite donut from Krispy Kreme. She wanted to wear a Krispy Kreme hat too. Then we went and got some balloons to play with.

We went out to eat for lunch and got her favorite hamburger and french fries from Wendy’s. We played all day long and waited for dad to get home from work. When that finally happened we had family over for cake and ice cream and Avery opened all of her presents. She loved them all. Thank you everyone!!

Avery helping make her cake in her new apron

Playing with balloons and riding her new tricycle

Opening presents

Singing Happy Birthday

Blowing out candles

What is Avery up to?

Avery is in swim lessons right now and she is loving it. Every morning she asks to go swimming.

She likes to do puzzles. She also loves to play hide and seek even though she comes out of her hiding spot before you find her.

Just about everyday she asks to watch Gabba. Which is short for Yo Gabba Gabba.

Avery can sing the ABC's and she can count to 10.

Avery is a little chatter box. No matter what I am doing she is right behind me saying,“Thanks mama”I hear this about 100 times a day. She will also keep saying it until you say “Your welcome Avery.”

She LOVES LOVES LOVES books. We read every book we have everyday and sometimes more than once. We have read some of them so much that Avery reads them to us now! Not that she can read she just has them memorized.

Avery has an amazing memory. When she asks me to do something and I tell her we can do it when dad gets home the first thing I hear when Levi comes through the door is the thing she asked for that morning. She also has a fish game/puzzle she got for her birthday and she can put it together faster than anyone else.

Avery is so loving! She loves to give out hugs and kisses to everyone. The first thing when she wakes up and the last thing before bed she wants to give Mason a kiss. This just melts my heart! We love you Avery and can’t wait to see how you learn and grow this next year!!

4th of July FIREWORKS

2011-07-10T20:55:00.001-07:00

Watching the fireworks go off.

Practicing how to hold a sparkler

Avery loved doing it all by herself, but it sure made me nervous. We would tell her to hold her arm out straight then she would get excited and start waving the sparkler around and almost catch her hair on fire!

Waiting for the BOOM!

The man in charge!

So EXCITED for the fireworks!

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays!! I love having a BBQ, swimming, and lighting off fireworks. We had a great time with our family!

Mothers Day

2011-07-03T14:13:00.001-07:00

I just got my Mothers Day gift in

the mail. It was late due to the

fact that we didn’t have a name

picked out for Mason yet. Now that

that is solved I got my mothers day

gift. I love it!

Mason update and pictures

2011-06-20T14:37:00.001-07:00

Mason A.K.A. THE SNUGGLER is the best baby ever! He is totally the opposite of Avery. If any of you remember Avery in her first six months you probably were thinking can’t they make her be quiet!!! She was very colicky and it probably didn’t help that she was born with a broken collar bone…OUCH! We had to hold her a certain way and bounce her constantly. Mason on the other hand likes to snuggle with us! He hardly cries and when he does that can be resolved by being fed or snuggling. He is a great sleeper. I love him to pieces and can’t get enough of him.

Avery also loves Mason. She asks to hold him about fifty times a day! She is constantly kissing him. Whenever I change his diaper she gets out the changing pad and his diaper and wipes. She is always asking him if he needs a pacifier. Whenever we go anywhere she makes sure that he is coming with us!!(Like we might forget him or something) It is so fun to watch Avery with Mason. She is a great big sister! I hope it stays like this forever!!!

LOVE HIS BLUE EYES!!

Introducing…………………

2011-06-06T14:26:00.001-07:00

Mason Samuel Hatch

Born on June 3rd 2011

Weight: 9lbs 6oz

Length: 21 1/4 inches

Mason a few minutes after being born

Avery meeting Mason

Eyes finally open

Masons first bath at home

Mothers Day

2011-05-08T16:49:00.001-07:00

I am the HAPPIEST mom in

the world thanks to this

GIRL!!!

I LOVE YOU AVERY!!

2011-04-30T11:45:00.001-07:00

Happy Easter

Easter is so much fun when you have kids to make it exciting! When Avery woke up she had an Easter egg trail to follow that led her to her Easter basket! She kept pointing at the next egg and running to pick it up. I am surprised she didn’t fall down the stairs with all her excitement!

The last picture she is trying to hop like the Easter Bunny!

A little update on us………

2011-04-10T17:14:00.001-07:00

AVERY

Avery is now 21 months old. She LOVES to read books, Well since she can’t read she loves to look at books or have us read them to her. She likes to point at all the pictures and tell us what they are. Every night I read her a goodnight story and every night she picks the exact same story for me to read to her. If Levi is reading the story she will pick a different book.

Avery is really SMART! She can say almost any word you ask her to say. She talks a lot and repeats everything we say (we have got to be careful around her). She can tell you her name, what color her eyes are, how old she is, she will point out any body part you ask her to.

Avery loves her dad. Each night Levi races home just to see her for one to two hours before she goes to bed. When she hears that garage door go up she gets so excited and starts yelling “dad!dad!dad!” and running around like a maniac. I just love to sit and watch them play together.

Avery doesn’t watch much TV but around 6:30 after we eat dinner she starts to say “Fortune” and we know that she wants to watch wheel of fortune. A little strange but I think she likes all the noises and the clapping and now she repeats the letters that the contestants say.

Avery Loves NURSERY!!!! After sacrament meeting she jumps off our laps and pretty much drags us to her class. If we don’t get up fast enough she walks herself there. Afterwards she tells me that they read stories, sang songs, had a snack, and blew bubbles.

There are just too many good things to say about Avery! I could go on for days and days but I guess I will leave it at that. I love her more than anything.

LEVI

Levi is always so busy at work. We have our five min conversation for the day during my lunch break if he isn’t in a meeting. He is working at a law firm with offices in Scottsdale and Peoria and then also travels to and from Downtown Phoenix on the days he is scheduled in court.

Levi has been fixing up our backyard. He cut down two oleander bushes to make room for his garden. He had to shovel all the rocks out of the way. So far in our garden he has planted zucchini, squash, and bell peppers. He also planted two banana plants. Avery loves to work on whatever project Levi is working on. Levi showed Avery how to plant the plants and how to water them. Every night when we get home she has to go check on the plants and make sure they have water with dad.

KATHY

I have been slacking on this whole blog thing. I haven’t said much about this pregnancy. It’s a boy(I am sure due to Facebook everyone already knows this) I am almost 32 weeks along. But the doctor said I am measuring about 1-2 weeks bigger. I am due June 9th but it looks like it might be pushed up a little sooner, which I am perfectly fine with. I have gained 16 pounds. I feel fine. The only thing that is bothering me is that I have this vein the size of the Nile River weaving down my leg from my groin to my ankle. It is pretty much disgusting! I bought some compression hose that will hopefully control it a little bit. When I was pregnant with Avery I had the same vein but it never got this big and it went away after the pregnancy. I am hoping it will disappear again.

About a month ago I was asked to teach Relief Society. Today was my first lesson! Can we say SCARY!!!! Levi must think that I am a nut case. I think I just about had a heart attack while preparing for it! I have to teach once a month. Today is over and I am already thinking about next month. I am going to blame my craziness and the emotions on being pregnant.

2011-03-17T14:54:00.001-07:00

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Mornings at the Hatch house

2011-02-01T20:29:00.000-08:00

This is how Avery feels about waking up early.

I don't know how in the world she gets her hair to look like this just from sleeping, but it is like this every morning.

At least I can say she looks like this when she leaves the house!

A little behind…………….

2011-01-23T21:05:00.001-08:00

Okay so I just looked at our previous blog post and it was from NOVEMEBER! Where has the time gone? When I started this blog I thought what a good way to remember the events that had taken place in our lives, because lets face it I have tried to keep a journal before but it just doesn’t work out for me. So I thought with a blog I could just do one post a week of the events that had occurred but then that one post a week became once a month and then once a month came every couple of months. So here I am, trying to make up for all the things I didn’t write about and I am way to behind to catch up. Here are a few things that have taken place. I can’t write them all or else I wouldn’t have anything to write about next week.

In December we bought our first house. It is in Mesa (east mesa). It really isn’t that far out, but sometimes it feels like forever when I have to drop off Avery in the morning.(Only a 15-20 minute drive) But in the early morning it’s a long drive. We love our new house. It is a four bedroom 2 1/2 bath house, around 2100 square feet. The first month of living here we could not get Avery off the stairs. We never had stairs before and she decided that she loved them. I guess the stairs are really fun to play on, I just don’t see it, but I guess it is a good work out for me. The other thing that Avery loves about it is the backyard. We actually have our own yard to play in. Avery loves to go outside and run around and kick her soccer ball in the yard. Good thing it doesn’t snow here. Sadly I haven’t taken any pictures of our house yet. My back went out about 2 weeks after we moved in so everything hasn’t quite made it to the place it is suppose to be. Maybe in a future post I can get a few pictures up.

Avery playing in the backyard.

For Christmas we went to Utah. We had a great time with my family. Avery was a lot of fun this year. She actually wanted to unwrap her presents and just about everyone else's too. At my parents house they have a lot of toys for the grandkids to play with and all of Avery's Christmas toys were all mixed in so when all her cousins came over to play of course they saw some new toys and wanted to play with them. Avery had realized that they were her toys so she would follow them around and when they put the toy down and weren’t looking she would grab it and bring it to me like I needed to protect her toys and not let anyone have them. I always had a pile of toys on my lap that she had brought to me. It was pretty funny because she only did it with the toys that she had unwrapped the previous day. How on earth did she already know out of all of the toys scattered around that those were hers? It amazes me to see how much little kids pick up on and how fast they learn. Christmas was great and we loved spending it with my family. We just wish they lived closer!

Christmas morning

Reed wanted to take everyone for a ride on Alivia’s new pink scooter.

Avery’s Secret

2010-11-28T19:40:00.001-08:00

Halloween

2010-11-10T19:12:00.001-08:00

While my mom was in town we hit up every Halloween store trying to find Avery a costume. I can’t wait for her to get older to tell me what she wants to be. We ended up finding this cute leopard costume that fit Avery perfectly. On Halloween we went to our wards Trunk-or-Treat. I think Avery had a good time. She was little miss independent and wanted to walk around all by herself.

She started off with her whole nose painted but she quickly rubbed her face once we put the paint on.

Avery decided she needed a break from all the trick-or-treating for a treat!

This is how she asked for candy! She would try to repeat us when we said trick-or-treat but sometimes it wasn’t very clear so she would just hold out her bag.

Painting Pumpkins

2010-11-06T11:18:00.001-07:00

We thought it might be a little hard to carve pumpkins this year with Avery so we decided to do some painting instead. Avery loved painting her pumpkin. She did not want our help at all. When we tried to put her paintbrush in different colors of paint she let us know that she didn’t want help. It was a lot of fun that is until we were done and had to take the paint brush away from Avery(she didn’t think that was fun)!!! But it all worked out and here are a few pictures of Avery’s masterpiece.

Levi helping out at first

Avery happy to be painting all by herself

Avery concentrating way to hard

And the finished pumpkin

Schnepf Farm

2010-11-01T20:53:00.001-07:00

We took a family trip to Schnepf Farm. I had know idea that this farm had so many things to do. I thought we were just going to go pick a pumpkin for Avery but man was I wrong. First there was a hayride, then a petting zoo, we played at the park, there was a giant slide and a carousel and a bunch of other rides. We got some pictures of Avery on a giant hay stack. Then on the way out Avery picked the pumpkin that was the perfect size for her.

The Train Park

2010-10-30T16:23:00.001-07:00

We have been slacking on the blog lately, there has just been too much going on. My mom came and visited us for a week at the beginning of October. We did a lot of shopping everyday. We also went to a the train park in Scottsdale where Avery got to ride a train around and she also played on the carousel.

Avery also had her 15 month check up. She now knows where we are when we walk into the doctors office. She will not let me put her down in the waiting room, which I don’t mind because who know what kind of nasty germs she will get there. Then the second we get called back she starts crying like she had just gotten her shots. She is terrified of the Doctors assistant. But her visit went well and she is doing good. She weighs around 21 pounds (she didn’t gain much from the last visit). Which kind of surprises me since she eats so much at every meal. But she did get a little taller, and is still in the 97% for height. I can’t believe how big she is getting. Everyone that sees Avery thinks she is a lot older than she really is.

Labor day get-a-way

2010-09-11T20:15:00.001-07:00

More like a get-a-way from the heat. For Labor day weekend we headed up to Pinetop to stay at the cabin. The weather was perfect. We took walks every day. Avery loved being outside. She constantly wanted to go outside but so did we so it all worked out. We took Avery for a wagon ride around the lake and feed the ducks. There were a lot of people walking their dogs around and Avery had to say Hi to all of them. Have we mentioned she LoVeS dogs!

It was so relaxing. I enjoyed sitting on the porch listening to the trees sway back and forth and watching all the little chipmunks run around. I finished two books that I had already started and I started another one while we were there.

Avery loved trying on all the flower headbands that Grandma had made and she wanted to ride the tricycle all around the house even though someone had to be pushing her since she couldn’t reach the pedals.

It was a great GET-A-WAY! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for letting us come and visit!

Avery’s 1st hair cut

2010-09-07T15:32:00.001-07:00

Avery had her very first hair cut last week. Her hair really wasn’t that long to begin with but it kind of looked like she had a mullet going on so we just had the hairstylist even it out and cut off that mullet!

Before the hair cut,

during the hair cut,

and of course after the hair cut.

Not much of a difference but up close it is all evened out and hopefully her hair will start growing more so we can do some pig tails or something!

I took a push pop to help distract her while she got her hair cut. It worked pretty well she never once reached up to her head like she does when I try to do her hair with a bow or a pony. I might have to invest in some more push pops!

We have a one year old

2010-07-21T20:51:00.001-07:00

On July 6th Avery had her first birthday! While we were in Utah we had a birthday party for her. She loves to play with the toys she got from her cousins. She got a bubble machine and we have to hide it from her because if she sees it she immediately wants to go outside and blow bubbles and we all know that it is too HOT for that right now. Another one of her favorites is a tea pot that sings and tea cups. She carries the tea cups around pretending to drink out of it makes sipping noises. Then she likes to give me a try. Grandma and Grandpa Neilsen gave her a rocking horse that she loves to ride. We also had a little party here in Arizona with Levi’s family. Avery had learned from her party in Utah by watching all her cousins open her presents that now she new what to do. She tore right into them. She loves her HUGE pink bear from Grandpa Hatch and she got some clothes and an awesome phone from Grandma Hatch. Now she can stop playing with ours! Avery loved her giant cupcake that Levi and I had made her. She ate it right up and smushed it all over her highchair. I cannot believe that we have a one year old. That is just so crazy to think about. It feels like she was born just a few months ago. She is growing up way to fast. At her 12 month check up she weighed 20lbs 11oz. The doctor said she was good on her weight and that she was the tallest out of all the babies her age!

Everyone that meets Avery tells us how smart she is. We were at the check out at the store and a lady behind us was playing peek-a-boo with Avery and she turned to me and said, “She is so cute how old is she?” and before I answered Avery was holding up her finger showing her how old she was (It was actually one day before her birthday). The lady was very impressed and asked me if I had already put her in a school or if she was just learning this at home. It is just so crazy how fast and how much little kids learn.

Things Avery is doing these days: Shows you how old she is with her fingers, claps her hands, gives you five, she says woof woof when she sees a dog, walks everywhere, folds her arms, she can say mom dad dog and baby.

Avery is so much fun and I am so glad she is our daughter! She makes our life so fun and I couldn’t imagine life without her. Thank You to everyone that called to wish Avery a happy birthday! Even though she doesn’t really talk back on the phone she loves to hold the phone up to her ear and listen to you! Also thank you for all the birthday gifts, Avery has been having so much fun with them all.

2010-07-04T20:12:00.001-07:00

Happy 4th of July

Avery thought it was pretty funny when dad put her tutu on her head!

A little vacation

2010-06-26T17:21:00.001-07:00

Avery and I went to Utah for a week to play with friends and family. Levi had a plane ticket but decided since he just recently got a new job that he would stay home and work. We sure did miss him! Avery and I both had a great time hanging out with family and friends.

Avery was on the move the whole trip exploring new places. We don’t have stairs at our place but at my parents house she was a pro she wanted to go up and down all day long. My mom keeps all the kids toys in an ottoman and Avery could have sat in there all day long playing with all the toys.

It was strawberry days while we were there so during the day we went with Elise and Reed to a park where they had a lot of games for little kids! Reed had a lot of fun climbing up the rock wall and sitting at the top of the slide and calling for me to bring “Avee” to him so he could take her down the slide. That night we also went to the strawberry days rodeo which was a lot of fun. I haven’t been to a rodeo in quite some time.

One day we met up with my sisters-in-law and their kiddos at the splash pad. My friend Ashlee and her son Parker came with us too. We had a lot of fun. It was our first trip to a splash pad and hopefully not the last time. Does anyone know if they have these in Arizona? I haven’t ever seen one around. It was a lot of fun and once Avery is walking a little bit better I am sure it will be even more fun for her.

We had a family birthday party for Avery while we were there even though her birthday is in about two weeks. We thought it would be fun to see everyone and have cake. Since Avery really didn’t care about opening presents all her cousins were happy to help.

The whole reason we planned this trip was because this is when Hannah and Nik had their wedding reception in Utah. I didn’t even get a picture of them but here is one of Avery in her cute dress!We had so much fun and can’t wait to visit again…….real soon!!

2010-05-31T11:28:00.001-07:00

Curly Hair?

Everyone that has grown up with me knows that I have never had a curly hair on my head. My hair is straighter than straight. When I was in high school I would try and curl my hair on occasion and just get fed up because it would last for about an hour then it would flatten out and look horrible. The best bet I had of having curls in my hair for a day was with a whole can of hairspray and I mean a whole can. So that is why most people have never seen me with my hair all done up in curls. It just doesn’t last long enough for all the effort.

When I was pregnant my hair got so thick. I swear I never lost a hair off my head. Then after having Avery my hormones went all haywire(I’m sure this happens to most) and I started losing all that hair I hadn’t lost for nine months. I lost hair by the handfuls, good thing I have a lot of hair. Now months later my hair is growing back and I have all these crazy fly-aways sticking straight out all over my head. It looks ridiculous!! Now I have noticed that the hair that is growing back around my ears and underneath around my neck has some curl to it! What? Where did this come from?

When my mom was in town visiting I had my hair in a pony-tail and she asked me, “Did you curl your hair?” because all the re-growth hair that didn’t fit up in my pony-tail was all curly! What am I suppose to do with this? Am I going to have to buy a flat iron? Hopefully when it grows a little more and gets a little heavier it will straighten out!

2010-05-06T20:54:00.001-07:00

Rocking it old School

When I picked up Avery one day I found this. Apparently I had forgotten to pack a spare outfit in the diaper bag for those BLOWOUT days! Grandma Hatch had dug up one of Levi or Arts old baby boy outfits for Avery to borrow.

Happy Easter

2010-04-15T19:47:00.001-07:00

The Easter Bunny stopped at our house a little bit ago. Avery loved her Easter basket. Once she saw it on the floor she crawled right for it. She got a lot of Easter eggs filled with cheerios (man that Easter bunny is so smart). She got a bunch of outfits for the summer and she also got a really soft pink fuzzy bunny that she absolutely loves. She sleeps with it just about every night and every nap. Levi and I shared a bag of dove dark chocolates, can we say YUM! Here are some pictures of our Easter.

More Avery Pics

2010-03-22T20:53:00.000-07:00

People have been asking for more pictures of Avery, so here they are:

This is a good picture of Avery's little "Monkey Toes." She doesn't have long toes, she just likes to feel things with them and grab whatever she can with her toes. Every once in a while when you pull her out of the tub to dry her off she will be holding a wash cloth with her foot. In this picture she is trying to reach the camera.

Meal time has been getting messier and messier. Even if you get the food in her mouth, Avery likes to put her hands in her mouth and then rub them all over her face. Now the bibs have to be washed after every feeding and you have to take time to wash the food out of her hair. This is also a good example of her scrunched face that she makes when she smiles.

We picked up some sunglasses for Avery because it was pretty bright when we would go out for walks. Sunglasses are hard to keep on. You have to put them on and then distract her immediately with something else to make her forget that she is wearing them.

This is Avery's first experience with a real swing, it didn't go very well. She was okay just sitting in the swing, but as soon as we gave her a push she started crying and tried to get out of it. We are sure that she will enjoy it more as she gets older.

Be MiNe!

2010-02-14T10:13:00.000-08:00

WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE?

Yet another post about Avery

2010-02-06T09:29:00.001-08:00

We are pretty boring and don't have much going on just work work work so I guess I will just have to do another post about Avery! Today Avery is 7 months old. Where does the time go? She is growing so fast. At her 6 month check up she weighed 16 pounds 2 ounces and was 27 inches tall. She can already fit into 12 month clothes, they are a pretty big around but the length is perfect! We started feeding her oatmeal and rice cereal and she loves it. She can down a lot of food quickly as long as she doesn't want to play and blow raspberries when her mouth is full. We have given her a few tastes of food here and there. The faces she makes are hilarious. She loved the mashed potatoes but when I tried her with some banana she dry heaved until it came out of her mouth. I thought kids liked bananas?
In January Avery and I went to Utah for a friend's wedding and Avery was a perfect angel there! She finally has gotten over her colic-i-ness. The last day we were in Utah she cried for four hours straight and I couldn't figure out what was bothering her until we were on the plane home and I saw two little white dots on her gums where teeth had broken through. Those four hours were rough but after that she didn't cry from teething again. Thank goodness it was before the plane ride.
Avery is so much fun to play with. She loves laying on the floor and rolling where ever she wants to go. When she is laying on the floor you can always tell when she wants to be picked up because she does crunches and puts her arms out and she can stay in that position for quite some time. She is going to have a six pack in no time! She can sit up by herself for a little bit then topples over. Avery loves to stand up, with help of course. A lot of people told me that their kids became entranced with shows like Baby Einsteins but Avery will watch a little then go on to other things. The one show she will watch pretty much all of is Wheel of Fortune, except when the commercials come on she gets distracted. She loves all the colors and all the noises that show has. Avery is just so so so much fun and we love her to death if you couldn't tell!

Happy Birthday

2010-01-12T20:09:00.000-08:00

My 26th birthday was on January 9th and we had a great time celebrating! Levi made me a great pancake breakfast while I got to play all morning with Avery! We went to lunch at my favorite sandwich shop"Neds Krazy subs" YUM! Then we visited with some family and friends! That night we got the best babysitter in town Peggy(Levi's mom) to watch Avery and we went and saw Avatar! It was full of action plus a love story. We both enjoyed the movie!
We got a giant cupcake pan at a white elephant gift exchange for Christmas so Levi made me a giant cupcake for my birthday. It was so tasty!

Merry Christmas

2010-01-12T19:21:00.000-08:00

This Christmas we stayed here and hung out with Levi's family. It was alot of fun to have his whole family in town! It was our first Christmas with Avery and it was a blast. Avery wasn't to into her gifts but she sure loved the wrapping paper. Avery was so spoiled first by her parents, then by grandparents, then by aunts and uncles, then by cousins, and you could never leave out Santa! She got a lot of fun toys and adorable clothes plus money! Here are some pictures from our awesome Christmas!

Christmas morning

Avery enjoying her play center

Avery destroying Santas beard. She sat on Santas lap at our ward party and at our family Christmas party and both times she pulled his beard off!

Hatch Family photo

Avery was a sweet angel for the nativity

All the great grandkids putting on the nativity. It sure was tough trying to get a picture of all of them together. There was always one child running back to mom and dad! Good thing Avery had her dad right behind her.

A little late but here is Thanksgiving

2009-12-09T19:08:00.000-08:00

This year we went to Utah for Thanksgiving. We were a little worried about the long drive with Avery but she was a champ and did really well in the car and there were not any freak-outs! We saw a couple of friends but mostly hung out with family! My mom makes the best Thanksgiving dinner ever. We had everything you could think of! Levi and I even contributed to the dinner by making Levi's Grandma's recipe of pomegranate salad..........DELICIOUS!

Avery had a good time seeing all of her cousins! I think they liked to see her to. All of Avery's cousins(ages 8 months to 7 years) tried out her Bumbo chair. It was pretty funny, too bad we didn't get any pictures of that.

Levi and my dad did a lot of work on my car. We are so thankful for my dad. He always checks out my car when we visit and he usually ends up doing a lot of maintenance on it. It definitely saves us a lot of money! Thanks Dad!

We saw the movie The Blindside. It was pretty good and funny. The last thing we did was get haircuts and I got my hair dyed DARK! Well dark for me. We did it twice. I wanted a slight tint of red when you saw it in the sun, but it turned out a little purple so the second time we put some more dark in it and it turned out pretty dark. It looked almost black but it has washed out some and I like it.

Reed wanted to hold Avery every chance he could get.

It was chilly in Utah so we had to keep Avery bundled up!

Avery hanging out with Grandpa

This is one of the few pictures we got of Avery smiling.

Avery rolling around with her cousin Daxton

Avery 4 months

2009-11-08T15:18:00.000-08:00

One of my friends at work is getting into photography and she took some pictures of Avery! It was kind of hard getting Avery to cooperate she either had to be held was crying or had a pacifier in her mouth. So here are a few of the pictures that turned out well. Thanks Noelle! Check out her photography blog here
There were a lot of other pictures I tried to upload but it wouldn't work so these are the two you get. We also just took Avery to her 4 month appointment and she is doing great. She now weighs 14 pounds 6 ounces and is 26 1/2 inches long! Avery just learned how to roll over onto her tummy! Every time you put her down she rolls over then she gets upset because she can't get back onto her back.

Halloween

2009-11-08T14:43:00.000-08:00

We had a great Halloween this year. I was a little sad because we didn't dress up this year like we usually do, but Avery did. Avery was a little duck! She was so cute and fun. We went to grandma's trunk-or-treat at her ward one night. Then in our ward we had a fall festival where we did a booth and all the kids came dressed in their costumes and got candy. We carved a PUMPKIN! It was a pirate ship with a skull in the middle. Then on Halloween we visited some friends and family since Avery really isn't old enough to trick-or-treat or eat candy!

Avery got a little scared when she saw Thing 1 and Thing 2

Happy Halloween

Avery at 3 months

2009-10-18T17:13:00.000-07:00

Uncle Art and Avery

All of our family doesn't get to see Avery every day, and our family in Utah and elsewhere has been bugging us to put up some updated photos of her. She has been so much fun lately. Recently she has found her hands. She loves to put her fingers in her mouth. She drools all the time and all over everything! I hope that doesn't mean that she will be getting her teeth soon. She is showing more of an interest in toys that she can hold on to. We also have a play mat that has a mirror on it and she loves to stare at herself in it (probably because she is so cute). Avery also got to meet her Uncle Art for the first time. Art seemed pretty excited to have a new baby in the family. Art seems a little baby hungry while waiting for his baby boy to arrive in February. Here are a couple photos we have taken recently.....

Bow/clip holder

2009-10-14T18:59:00.000-07:00

I recently learned how to make flower clips for Avery. So I have made a bunch of hair clips but then I had them scattered all throughout the house. I decided to gather all the clips up and store them in a box. However, I would totally forget about them and never put them on Avery. So I found a cute idea HERE! And Voila........this is how mine turned out!

Deep sleeper or light sleeper

2009-09-30T19:59:00.000-07:00

We try not to go out to eat to often but we hadn't been to pete's fish and chips in a long time and we had cause to celebrate (Levi got a job.....More to come on that later) so anyways Levi decided he wanted to go to Pete's so off we headed. Avery was awake the whole way there, while we ordered our food, also while we waited for our food. When we got our food she was dozing in and out of consciousness.
As most of you probably know that you sit outside when you go to Pete's. We were just sitting there eating our meals and we could hear a firetruck pull out of the station just up the street. It was slowly getting louder and louder. We were both watching Avery to see what she would do......Was she going to wake up and start crying or what? As we watched her the firetruck got closer and closer. Then it got to the intersection where Pete's is and of course they really turn up the siren and honk the horn to make sure the intersection is clear. We, of course, are sitting next to the wall of Pete's and the siren is echoing off the wall right to us. What do you think Avery does..........Nothing!! She didn't even blink and eye or squint her face....NOTHING! How in the world do you sleep through all that racket? Then what do you know, about five minutes after the firetruck was gone Avery's binky fell out of her mouth and she woke up screaming a second later.

What to do after a doctor appointment?

2009-09-13T19:49:00.000-07:00

Avery had her two month check up with the doctor and it went really well. The doctor said that she looked great. She just laid on the table while the doctor examined her and she didn't even make a peep, which is pretty strange for her. If you have met Avery you know that she isn't a quiet baby! The zantac must be working for her acid reflux because she has been a lot calmer lately! At her appointment she got two shots. OUCH!! She didn't like that too much, but she did pretty well. She only cried for the poke and then when I picked her up she was fine.
Avery weighs 12 pounds 2 ounces and she was around the 65%. She was 24 inches long and around the 95%. He said she was going to be tall! After seeing the doctor Avery curled up on the couch with her bear and binky and fell fast asleep.

Avery's favorite things these days: Bath time, curling her long monkey toes around your fingers, being held, getting her toes tickled, being naked(don't worry we only let her do this at home), smiling and sticking out her tongue.

We LOVE long weekends

2009-09-07T15:37:00.000-07:00

I think that every weekend should be a three day weekend. It is always nice to have one extra day to get all your stuff together or just relax after a busy week! My parents and my brother Craig and his son Cory came down for the weekend. We decided to bless Avery since it was the long weekend and some of my family could make it to Arizona. We had a great time with them. This is a short and condensed version of our fun.

Swimming and hot tubbing-----EVERY DAY

Tia Rosas Mexican Restaurant

Shop til we drop......It doesn't take long for me to drop. I am usually done after a few stores!

BYU football game....GO COUGARS!!

Neds--BEST sandwich ever

Dart gun war

Family dinner with both of our families

Scorpion hunting

Took Cory for a ride on the ATV

Watching movies and relaxing

Avery's Blessing

Levi did a wonderful job on Avery's blessing! It was a beautiful blessing and perfect for our little girl! My mom still had the dress that I was blessed in so I decided to have Avery wear it. It fit her perfect. She looked so cute! I am so glad that I have a husband that is worthy to hold the priesthood and that can give our family members blessing when we are in need. Thank you so much Levi for being the best husband ever. We had a wonderful weekend and I am really dreading going back to work, even though it will be a short week to me it is still long being away from my two favorite people!

Word Project

2009-09-02T18:42:00.000-07:00

I had some free time on my hands so I got these wood letters and decided to paint and decorate them for Avery's room. This is how they turned out.

Plus I had to add a picture of Avery with her bear.

$$$ 250 bucks richer $$$

2009-08-14T22:37:00.000-07:00

The last semester of school Levi had to write a paper for one of his classes. This paper was their only assignment and the students total grade. When all the papers were turned in his professor had all the students submit them to a national writing competition. Just the other day Levi got an email that he had won a honorable mention on his paper. He was the only one from his school to win anything. Let me remind you that this was a national competition. Then a couple of days later he received a letter and a check for two hundred and fifty dollars. SCORE!! In the email they didn't even say that he had won any money. Way to go Levi! Levi worked so hard at school. He was always studying and reading late into the night. He did really well in all of his classes and still had time to have fun with me! You are amazing Levi! I lOvE yOu!

ONE MONTH

2009-08-07T15:18:00.000-07:00

Avery is now one month old. We took her to her doctors appointment today and the doctor said she was doing great! She weighed 10 lbs 8 oz which was around the 50-60th percentile. She was 23 inches tall which was above the 90th percentile. Looks like we've got ourselves a tall little girl.

We have decided that Avery probably has colic. She likes to cry alot and nothing you can do will comfort her. My cousin who is a PA at a pediatric office suggested that I stop eating dairy products because that can affect babies through breastmilk. That seems to have helped but she still has her bad days. She seems to cry the most when she has gas. So we have tried mylicon drops and also gripe water. Once again they help but she still has her days. Today the doctor suggested we try Zantac and see if acid reflux is bothering her. So that is where we are at if anyone has had a baby with colic and has any other suggestions we would appreciate them.

Avery likes to smile and smirk in her sleep. She LOVES her baths! That is probably the one thing that will calm her cries. She just loves sitting in the warm water and she will sometimes smile a little if you use her legs to splash the water. After the bath we have to swaddle her up for bedtime and she isn't too fond of that. She wants to have her arms free when she sleeps so that she can reach up and stroke the hair on the sides and back of her head.

And lastly here is a list of some of her nicknames: munchkin, munch, chompo, squeaker, princess, The girl, and of course you cannot leave out sweetheart!

It's Official

2009-08-07T14:31:00.000-07:00

Levi finally received his diploma from law school.

He graduated,
It's official!
Legal Disclaimer: This just means that Levi has a Juris Doctor degree; he will not be a lawyer until he gets his bar results in October.

Avery's first plane ride

2009-08-07T13:33:00.000-07:00

This last week and a half we went to Utah to see my family. We had a really good time hanging out with friends and family. My grandparents even made it to Utah to see the new addition to the family.
We were a little nervous for the plane ride home because we didn't know how Avery would do. We know no one likes sitting next to a crying baby for 2 hours. Avery was a champ. She didn't cry at all. As a matter of fact she slept the whole time. It was great. She also did really well on the drive to Utah. She hardly made a peep until we got to Provo, about 5 minutes away from my parents house. Then she had had enough time in the car and wanted out!
We really enjoy seeing our nieces and nephews. They are a lot of fun to play with. Our niece Alivia kept telling me how much she loved Avery. It was so cute. She wanted to hold her and give her loves all the time. Avery started to cry one time when Alivia was holding her and Alivia said, "Could you please take her now" Then when she stopped crying she wanted to hold her again. Little kids are so fun!

Aunt Elise and cousin Reed holding Avery. Reed loved checking on Avery to see how she was doing.

After playing all day Alivia said, "Uncle Levi I really enjoyed playing with you."

Cousins: Alivia holding Avery, Cory holding Daxton, and Reed

We kept touching Alivias nose to make her go cross-eyed. She wanted to try it after Aunt Kathy did it. She thought it was so funny!

Alivia kept telling me how much she loved Avery and how cute she was.

We went to the Snow Family Reunion and Grandpa Hatch couldn't get over how peaceful Avery was with her arms folded.

2 weeks old already

2009-07-21T14:53:00.000-07:00

Does anyone know how to change a newborns sleeping schedule? This little girl thinks that she can sleep all day long and stay up all night long! The other night I was up with her from midnight until five a.m. then it was Levi's turn from five until eight when she finally fell asleep. We try and play with her all day but she won't even peek out her eyes at all. We even have to wake her up to feed her and even then I don't think that she is totally awake. HELP!!!

Besides the crazy sleeping schedule she is doing great. I took her to her two week appointment today and she weighed 9lbs 3oz. She has gained 1lbs since leaving the hospital! Her skin has cleared up from all that baby acne. When the doctor was examining her today he found a bump on her collar bone and he thinks that she may have broken it when she was being delivered. I took her for an x-ray today. The doctor's office called later and told us that her collarbone is broken and mending and that she will have a bump there for a while until it heals. We just thought she might be left handed because she always used her left hand over her right.

But other than the collarbone, the doctor said she is doing great. She is a pretty happy baby if you can keep her moving. She doesn't like to be handed off, especially if you are taking her from her dad. When she is sleeping she likes to reach up and stroke the hair on the side of her head. We will try to post more pictures when we can get pics that are awake and happy.

More Pictures

2009-07-11T12:27:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more pictures with the grandparents. I will try to get Kathy to write something soon.

Introducing Avery Hatch

2009-07-06T19:26:00.000-07:00

I left Kathy at the hospital for a little bit to come home and shower and put a few pictures up. Avery was born at 1:16 on Monday afternoon. She weighed in at 8 lbs 13oz., and was 21.5" long. I think that Kathy had a fairly easy labor, but I wasn't the one doing the pushing. Both Mom and baby are in perfect shape with no complications. Avery has a good appetite and was just opening her dark blue eyes and trying to look around before I left.
Kathy and I wanted to thank everyone for their advice and support, we couldn't have done it without you.

Everyone Keeps Asking For a Picture

2009-06-24T17:48:00.000-07:00

I saw my doctor today and everything seems to be going well. She said that I was dilated to ALMOST a three, effaced 75%, and in the -2 station. Can't this be over already!?!? I am so ready to have this baby already. I think Levi is too. Every night when we are trying to find something to do Levi says, "Can't you just have this baby already so we will have something to do." He usually says this around ten o'clock and I remind him that the baby would probably be asleep at that time and we still wouldn't have anything to do. His reply is always the same, "we could wake the baby up and play with her." I just think yeah right, when you finally get that baby to sleep you will probably want her to stay asleep! So anyways instead of having a baby the other night Levi decided to make me a Facebook page. I am still learning how all of that works but soon I will be friends with most of you I am sure!

35 1/2 Weeks

2009-06-10T19:17:00.000-07:00

On Monday I had an appointment with my doctor and I was supposed to be going every two weeks but my original appointment was canceled the week before due to an emergency C-section my doctor had to do. So really it had been three weeks since my last appointment. My doctor measured my stomach and said that I had only grown one centimeter since my last visit (3 weeks ago) when it should be growing at least one centimeter each week. So she sent me in for an ultrasound to make sure everything was okay. She also told me I was dilated to a 2. She said that she didn't think that I would deliver tomorrow, but she really didn't think that I would last until my due date of July 12th. I was excited to hear that, and now I am expecting to go early. But with my luck I will still probably go past my due date like most new moms. If I do go over, it will be ten times worse because now I am expecting to have her early! I hate this waiting game of not knowing.

At the ultrasound the next day the doctor told me that the baby was growing well, that she was in the 80th percentile on all the measurements. She also said that my amniotic fluid was still in the normal range but on the low side. So I was told to drink as much water as possible each day (at least a gallon) and to take it easy and try to stay off my feet. We will recheck the fluid next Monday with another ultrasound.

Levi and I were both relieved to hear that everything is going well, it is nerve racking to have your doctor order unplanned exams and not tell you why or what to expect. Because of that warning about the baby coming early we packed the bag to take to the hospital, and put our moms on notice that they might need to alter their travel plans. We'll keep everyone informed on the blog.

Graduation!!!

2009-05-18T20:55:00.000-07:00

This last week was very busy. My parents came into town for Levi's graduation. We had a great time seeing them. I hope they had a good time here in the heat! We did a lot of shopping, eating out, and we saw the new star trek movie! On Wednesday I worked the first half of the day and then we all went to Levi's commencement program. It was a lot of walking, sweating and standing in lines to get in. It was at ASU's football stadium and man was it hot!! The thing didn't start until seven but since there was so much security we were told we had to be there by four! There was a little pre show where we got to see Alice Cooper perform "schools out for summer." I was a little disappointed because he didn't have all his crazy makeup on! But it was still fun to see! There was so much security because The President Barack Obama came and spoke at the commencement. Its fun to say that you have seen the President in real life but it was more fun listenening to Levi and my dad make their comments about everything the president said! It was pretty funny! I think that all of us that went lost five to ten pounds just from sweating, plus the long walk to and from the stadium! Man was I pooped after that.

I took Friday off of work to go to Levi's convocation! It was a lot nicer than the commencement ceremony-----no long lines, no sweating, no long walks to and from the building. The hoods that they have to wear with the gown is pretty funky, it was maroon and gold on one side and royal blue velvet on the other. The whole program was only an hour and a half. After Levi got his diploma we had a really nice dinner at Levi's Grandparents house. It was so yummy! I am so proud of Levi. He has worked so hard at law school. He took extra classes during the summer just to learn as much as he could while he was attending school. He also worked on the law review for the last two years. Now we just need to find a job for him!

On Saturday Levi took my dad to the shooting range while my mom and I did some shopping! I think they had a good time at the range. My dad brought home his target and had to show it off to all of us. The rest of the day we did some shopping and relaxed. My parents left for home early Sunday morning. We really enjoyed them visiting! It won't be long until they come again for the new baby! We can't wait!!!!

Happy Mothers Day

2009-05-10T21:06:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day everyone! Today was a great day. Levi and I woke up early to get an elk roast started in the crock pot for dinner later. Levi then surprised me with a mothers day present even though I am not quite a mom. He got two mommy and me bracelets that match each other. He got a pink and a white set. One for me and one for the baby. And of course a chocolate bar! Any pregnant person knows you can't go wrong with chocolate. It was perfect. Levi is so thoughtful! He is the best Husband ever! I love him so much!

In the afternoon we had Levi's parents over for a mothers day dinner. It was delicious. We had a elk roast with potatoes, onions, carrots, and green peppers, steamed squash, jell-o and for dessert a double chocolate pie from Costco(of course I picked out the chocolate). It was nice to have Levi's parents over to our house for dinner. They have had us over for Sunday dinner every Sunday since we have been married--two and half years. They are so kind to have us! We didn't want to make Peggy cook for us on mothers day.

Peggy is an amazing person. She can't ever slow down. She retired last year after 26 or so years of working for mesa public schools. Now she fills up her days gardening, exercising, doing humanitarian projects for the church, and making us the cutest baby blanket ever! She is a great mother-in-law and she makes some killer meat loaf!!! I have never liked meatloaf until now!

My parents also came into town today. They are here for the week for Levi's graduation. We are so excited to have them come visit. It was so kind of them to bring down all the baby gifts from the baby shower in Utah. Maybe when they are here my mom can give me another sewing lesson. My mom is the best seamstress in the world. She can make anything. She always has a project going on. Whether it be making blankets for the grandkids, sewing Halloween costumes, or fixing a rip in a pair of jean she does an amazing job! Right now she is making receiving blankets for her humanitarian group. When they started this group they came up with the name the looney loomers! I suggested that the group should be called the happy hookers!(I make myself laugh) Their group is truly amazing. They all work really hard on helping out those in need. They meet once a month and find projects to work on.

My mom loves, loves, loves her grandkids. She would do anything for them! Whenever I talk to her on the phone she is always telling me something funny that one of them did. She would do anything for any one of her kids or grandchildren. Levi and I just wanted to tell our moms how much we love and appreciate everything you do for us. Thank you!!!

I really am pregnant and I have the pictures to prove it.

2009-04-26T17:29:00.000-07:00

The other day at work the NP that I work for asked me if Levi had gained any weight with me through the pregnancy. Of course my reply was are you crazy?!?!? Have you seen Levi. He couldn't gain a pound if he wanted to. Then she said that alot of guys eat what there wives are craving which usually isn't the healthiest snack or meal and they end up gaining a couple of pounds along with there wives. I then went on to tell her what Levi eats on a regular basis, you know like a box of cheez its, a heaping bowl of spaghetti around ten o'clock(after a normal dinner), milk shakes, double stuff oreos, and of course I can't forget the big bowl of ice cream on a regular basis. That is just a few of his regular snacks but do you think he has gained even a pound? NOPE! I don't think it is possible! I couldn't help but laugh when she asked me that. So I decided to include a picture of Levi along with myself so you can see us growing!

Today I am 29 weeks. I like to look at it the other way around, I only have 11 weeks left. It makes it seem closer for some reason. I have been feeling great. I am a little more tired than usual. The other day when it was 102 degrees outside I was really hot when I got home from work so I went and laid down in our room where there is a fan to cool off. It was 8:30 and then next thing you know I wake up and it was 11:30. I couldn't believe it. I still went back to sleep and slept the whole night. I guess I needed the extra sleep. I must have been pretty tired.

That rash I had finally went away thank goodness. The doctor said it was called PUPPS-Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy. Everything I read said that it usually lasts until a week after delivery and then goes away. I am so dang lucky that it went away. It itched more than anything I have ever experienced. I am just really hoping that it doesn't come back!

It was like that scene in the movie 'Alien'

2009-04-05T15:41:00.000-07:00

Levi came up with that title.
These last 5 weeks I have really started to feel our little girl move around inside of me. It is the weirdest thing ever. It is always at the same time everyday that I can really feel her move. I mean I feel her throughout the day but I think that I am just busy running around at work that I don't really pay that much attention to it. But when I get home I usually eat some dinner then around six thirty I lay down on the couch and put my feet up and she goes CRAZY! It is so funny. Levi always comes and puts his hand on my stomach and at first I could only feel it but within the last few weeks she has gotten stronger and stronger and Levi can feel it too. A few days ago I alerted Levi that she was moving; he was on the other couch and he could see my stomach moving from where he was!
It was so funny one day when she was moving Levi came to feel her and she stopped. He just kept his hand on my stomach, nothing happened, and then I hear him whisper to my belly the name that he likes and wants to name her (which we don't agree on quite yet) and no more than 2 seconds later I feel the biggest kick or punch ever! Levi was even surprised by how hard it was. I told Levi that she didn't like that name and was trying to kick him for saying it to her! Levi says that she likes the name and she was just responding to him, but I don't think so!

Finally done

2009-04-02T20:31:00.000-07:00

When my mom was here in October she brought me a sewing machine so I could learn to sew a little bit! When she was here she helped me get all the necessities to start sewing. We also worked on a few projects while she was here. My mom got some fabric and a pattern to sew an apron and we only had time while she was here to cut the fabric out. Well I am proud to announce that six months later I finally finished the apron all by myself! I am pretty proud of myself, as long as I don't look to close to the edges!

I don't want to wear mittens to bed

2009-03-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

I need some ideas from anyone who can help. These last three weeks my stomach has itched so bad! I don't mean that it itched and I scratched it once and it was all good to go, I am talking itchy itchy itchy all day long and to satisfy the itchiness I have to scratch my belly really really hard for a good amount of time and usually my stomach is still not satisfied, I just know that I have to stop scratching it. I will even wake up in the middle of the night and find myself scratching my stomach. I just can't stop myself. I try really really hard and still find myself scratching. I have bought all sorts of lotions with cocoa butter and vitamin E that people have recommended for me but it just doesn't seem to help. I have been putting the lotion on all day long and it isn't helping. Sometimes I put a little ice pack on my stomach to numb the area so I can't tell that it is itchy! All I can think of all day long is DON'T SCRATCH YOUR STOMACH! Just the other day I scratched my stomach so bad that it actually started to bleed and I have scratch marks all over my stomach. I can't stand it anymore. I have a doctors appointment this week that I am going to ask my doctor what she recommends I use, but if any one knows of anything that works good let me know because I am dying!! I am going to have to start wearing gloves to bed so I can't scratch my stomach!

Peep peep here, peep peep there...

2009-03-14T23:42:00.000-07:00

Levi here:
My dad finally bought the chickens that he has been talking about for months. The black ones are Barred Plymouth Rock chickens and the brown ones are Silver Ameraucanas. So far the dogs have not made any direct attempts to get at the chicks. The chicks are staying in an aquarium under a desk in the kitchen until they feather out and can stay outside. I am going to have to build a coop for them out underneath the trees before they get too big.
Today we put them outside to have a little exercise. They were running and pecking at every bug they could see, even chasing flies that would zoom by. When they went back in their cage, all of them immediately got a drink and went to sleep underneath the warming light.
I decided that I wanted to name one. Its name is Beaker, named for the Muppet who only says " meep, meep, meep" and because it has a beak. It is the lightest colored brown chick on the right of the first picture (his bum is facing out) and on the far left of the second one. I have to say "it" because some could turn out to be boys and we really have no idea even though the store said they are supposed to be hens. Beaker was always striking out from the group and exploring, its already my favorite.

Over-nighter in Payson

2009-03-10T20:23:00.000-07:00

A couple of weekends ago our friend Dave and his wife Alyona invited us to go to their cabin in Payson. We headed up after work on Friday. When we got there we got a fire going to warm us up. It was pretty chilly up there. There was still a little bit of snow on the ground. We just had a relaxing evening talking and watching movies. We also made Daves favorite pizza. Something I have never tried or even heard of. We had a frozen pizza dough that we let thaw and then for the toppings we put cheese, imitation crab meat, and tomatoes. I thought that sounds and looks disgusting but when I tried it it really wasn't that bad. I don't think Levi really liked it that much, but I didn't mind it. We also made an original pizza with pizza sauce, cheese and sausage so Levi would have something to enjoy too.
On Saturday we got up and got ready and went out for a hike. We went to a place called box canyon. It is next to the R bar C boy scout camp. We hiked down a canyon to a river. The weather was great. I even got a little to much sun and got a little burned. We had a great time. It was good to get away, even for a night, after a long week of work and school. We had a great time and hope we get to have more get-aways soon!!!!!

David and Alyona in front of the creek.

Kathy next to a series of waterfalls.

The two of us along the creek

Hiking down into the canyon. Off to the right on a cliff that overlooks the waterfalls there was a small plaque that appeared to be a tribute to someone's dog. It was a wooden plaque with a picture of a German Shepherd and the name "Bear" was written on it. It was just leaning against the base of a tree.

20 weeks half way there!

2009-02-22T17:14:00.000-08:00

That's right today I am 20 weeks to the day! I can't believe I am only 20 weeks. I feel like I have been pregnant forever already. I think it is because when people start to find out that you are pregnant that is all they ever talk to you about. So even though we didn't tell anyone that I was pregnant until I was like 12 or 13 weeks along I feel like that was a long long long time ago!!!
At work I use to get questions from co-workers or all the drug reps that come in things like, "What did you do this weekend?" "How was that movie?" "Any vacations planned?" "Has your day been busy?" Now all I get is, " How are you feeling?" "Have you been sick?" "What cravings do you have?" "Is it a boy or a girl?" "Have you felt her move?" "How far along are you?" Which
I really don't mind the questions here and there but you have to realize that at my work I see a new drug rep about every 30 minutes and I get all the questions over and over again all day long! So since it is Sunday and I haven't had to see all the drug reps here are all the answers to the questions for everyone. I feel great!! I still haven't been sick at all, well at least not sick due to pregnancy, I am just getting over a bad cold which unfortunately I gave to Levi. I haven't really had any cravings except I love salty things.
When I think about making something to eat for dinner I can never come up with anything that actually sounds good. Levi said I had to include that we made a 9x13 pan of enchiladas on Monday which I only had two that night and we were planning on eating the rest of the week, well now it is Sunday and I haven't had seconds and poor Levi has had it for dinner every night this week!! I don't think that we will make that again for a while. The only thing that really sounds good all the time is a hamburger and salty french fries. I know I know that is so unhealthy but it just sounds soooooooo good!
I am still not sure if I have felt her move. I felt a little fluttering but that is it.......nothing like a kick in the ribs though. I guess that will come later! I really don't care to share with everyone how fat I look but I promised my sister in law Elise that I would put a picture up since every time we talk she bugs me about it!! So here it is!

It's a....

2009-02-13T20:13:00.000-08:00

This morning we went for an ultrasound to check up on our baby. The office is called Phoenix Perinatal Associates, and it was very nice. The woman that did the ultrasound was super polite and everybody was happy and kind, it was probably the best doctor's office I have ever been to because of how nice and helpful everyone was.
Levi was really impressed with the ultrasound machine. It recorded in real time and then the operator would pause, rewind and play forward in slow motion to make sure that she captured the correct shot for making the measurements of the baby. Then it would just snap back to real time for her to do it again. She also flipped it into a 3D rendering mode to get images of the baby in the womb. She said that based on the measurements the baby was 19 weeks along, and I will be 19 weeks on Sunday so it looks like everything is coming along on schedule. The baby is healthy and normal, and they couldn't detect any problems from the ultrasound.
I don't think that I have felt the baby moving but it was sure squirming during the ultrasound. From the very beginning the baby was moving it's arms and legs all over, and was moving pretty quick. It even rolled over and the doctor had a hard time looking at the heart because the spine was then in the way.
And finally, its a GIRL! We are so excited and can't wait till she is finally here. To tell you the truth I really wanted it to be a boy. Not for any reason in particular, I think it is because I am the only girl in my family and loved having older brothers. Also I was the little girl that told my mom, "No more PINK!" I told everyone at work that I wanted a boy but I thought it was going to be a girl because I was getting the ultrasound on Friday the 13th, and I was right! But we are really looking forward to having a little girl. There is something about a little girl that is so sweet. Our Niece Alivia is the sweetest little girl. She will come up to you and sit on your lap and cuddle with you and tell you all about everything that was going on. When the newest Nephew was born Alivia was all about it. She always wanted to sit by Reed and touch him and play with him. It was so cute! Thats the part that I am excited for. Please don't expect all the bows and dresses though because I am not that creative!

Little baby toes!

Our little girl squirming and covering her face.

Yes, its a girl. Thats just the umbilical cord.

Food by the sweat of your brow.

2009-02-09T20:46:00.000-08:00

Levi here. Since Kathy is spending her time growing a baby I have decided to get started on my garden this year and start growing some fruits and vegetables. That's not really true; I would be gardening whether or not Kathy was pregnant, I just thought that it sounded clever.
This year I have decided to focus my efforts on growing some quality plants. In the past I have grown many different kinds of veggies at a time just to see what works and to have some interesting plants. But this year I am only going to grow three vegetables: yellow crookneck squash, pickling cucumbers, and okra. I will also be growing some cantaloupe, and some watermelon. I have already sprouted some yellow watermelon and I hope they survive this storm we just had. I might return back to my old ways and grow a few different types of watermelon.
Growing your own food is pretty amazing. Kathy and I like to go out and see how much has changed each day and then come up with creative ways to use up our fruits. Last fall I had more than a few pumpkins so we roasted seeds, made pumpkin breads and muffins, carved some for Halloween, and still had some to give away.
We're hoping to have a good haul this summer because we want to try to pickle some cukes and okra (two of Kathy's favorite snacks) and we will probably need extras to perfect the process. I am also going to need to figure out a new fence to keep out the dogs. Shaka found out where carrots come from and now I find paw prints in the garden once in a while.
I will keep the blog updated with garden news and pictures of our harvests.

You look like you are glowing!

2009-01-20T19:21:00.000-08:00

Today at work I was taking a patient back into the exam room to get his vitals and get him ready for the doctor to see and his wife was with him. His wife is also a patient there and I usually see her about once every three months because she comes in for her own appointments, her husbands, and she brings her mom for her appointments, so I have gotten to know her a little bit. Plus I talk to her on the phone with lab/xray results or whatever else I might need to discuss with her. Anyways we were in the exam room and I was asking her husband about his medications and out of no where she said, "Kathy there is something different about you!" I just kind of laughed and said really you think so? She said, "I don't know what it is but there is something diffferent about you." So I told her that over Christmas break I got a haircut, some new highlights, plus I got a cut with bangs that I have never had before and that that was probably what looked different about me. Then she said, "You know your hair does look different but there is something else. You just look like you are glowing! Your face is glowing! I really don't know what it is but you look like you are glowing!" She just kept saying it over and over. So I told her, "Yeah it might just be my new hair-do or maybe because I am pregnant!" And she freaked out!!! It was so funny! I couldn't stop laughing! She told me that the last time she came in she walked past me while I was at my desk and she thought the same thing about my face glowing but didn't say anything because I was on the phone. It is just so weird how people notice things like that. I really don't think I look different in any way. Well, except for a little gut but you wouldn't be able to see that in scrubs! Yesterday I weighed myself at work and thought I finally gained a pound but I weighed myself again today and I was down back to my original weight! I don't know what is going on I thought I was suppose to gain weight!?!?!?! The book said that I was suppose to gain atleasty 5-10 pounds by week 17 and on sunday I will be in week 16 and still haven't gained anything!

Happy New Year!!! Oh yeah, I am pregnant!

2009-01-03T20:44:00.000-08:00

We spent the New Year holiday in Las Vegas visiting Levi's brother Art and Sister in law Jamie and their daughter Addison. It is always fun to see them because we don't get to see them much. We spent most of our time watching movies and playing boom blox on the wii. It was very relaxing! Just what we needed before we start the new year and have to get back to work and school. Plus our niece Addison is so fun to play with. When we were getting ready to come home Levi told her we were leaving and she took off her pj's got herself dressed and put on her boots and was ready to come home with us. We would have loved for her to come with us but I think her parents would have missed her too much!
2008 has just flown by us. We have been married for two and a half years now and it doesn't even feel like it. We are so excited to see what this new year will bring us. Levi will be finishing law school in may. Then he has to take the bar exam in July and just about that time I will be giving birth to our first child. Great planning huh?!?!?! We found out I was pregnant the end of October but decided to tell our families over the christmas holiday. I think we finally got the news to all our family so here is the announcement for all our friends! Now I am 13 weeks pregnant and feeling great. I haven't been sick at all. The only thing that really bothers me is the smell of different food, especially taquitos cooking. I haven't gained any weight and don't even feel pregnant, but we got to hear the babies heartbeat last week so I guess there is no denying that I am really pregnant. We are so excited to find out if it is a boy or girl in February!

Merry Late Christmas

2008-12-30T17:04:00.000-08:00

This year we went to Utah for Christmas. It was the first time we have been to Utah for Christmas since we have been married. We were both really excited to have a white Christmas. I was so happy that it snowed! We didn't do too much just a bunch of shopping and hanging out with friends and family. We had a great time seeing everyone and catching up with everyone. Here are a few of the pictures we took.

Kathy with our newest nephew Reed! Soon he will be demoted to second newest when our sister in law Lisa has a baby boy in the spring! He took a while to warm up to us but by the end of the week we were having lots of fun playing together.

Alivia showing off her new digital camera. She took over 300 pictures on Christmas day of everyone. Cory got a Nintendo DS that he couldn't put down.

IT'S SNOWING YIPPEEEEEEE!

Levi was such a trooper, every time it snowed he went outside a shoveled the walks! I think he enjoyed the snow too!

Christmas morning in front of the tree. We ended up leaving most of our presents for each other at home because we didn't want to haul them up in our luggage on the plane and on the way back too.

Overall we had a great trip and it was fun to see our friends and family. We also got our fill of winter weather so we won't need any more for a while.

The Elk freaks my dog out

2008-12-09T18:35:00.000-08:00

I could only do a picture with the head because the rest of it is already at the meat cutter's. I also tried to get Shaka into the picture but she wouldn't come near the head. She might have been scarred for life when I chased her around the back yard with the head of the last elk I shot.
I should also add that I took along the single most important piece of hunting equipment on the trip: a beard. Not only does it make you look manly and rugged, but it keeps your face warm while you ride your atv and you don't have to worry about dropping it in the forest.

The Elk Hunt

2008-12-07T18:30:00.000-08:00

Levi and his dad got drawn for the elk hunt this year. He left Thursday to go set up camp with his dad. The hunt started on Friday morning and goes for a week. Unfortunately Levi had finals that start on Monday so he only had a couple of days to hunt. He went out hunting each morning around 6:00 and hunted until sun down. The first day they didn't see any elk. On Saturday they hiked over mountains and valleys and shot at a couple of elk but by the time they got to where they were the elk had disappeared. They were pretty beat on Saturday afternoon since they had hiked for so long. But Levi went back out with a friend and just before sun down he shot at an elk and was pretty sure he hit it. They hiked over to were it was and they saw all the blood but couldn't find the elk. The next morning they went to check it out and they found him on the other side of the mountain so they cleaned him all up and took it to the butcher. The elk he shot was a young one with a short 5x4 rack. The pieces they took to the butcher weighed 3oo pounds. Levi made it home tonight and I am so glad! I was lonely every night without him here. This was the first time we have been apart since we have been married. It is scary staying in an apartment all by your self. For some reason you hear all these noises that you have never heard before. And I am a freak and watch all those murder mystery shows like "48 hours: mystery" and then I really get freaked out and make sure the door is locked like twenty times. At least I had the ward Christmas party to go to on Friday night. Then on Saturday night I went to a work Christmas party! So at least I wasn't home all night every night listening to all the strange noises. I am so glad Levi was safe hunting and that he made it home safely. I can't wait to try some of the Elk meat!! Levi's dad is still out hunting and hopefully he will be able to get one before the hunt ends on Thursday. Sorry Levi didn't take the camera so we don't have any pictures of his elk.

I've got primary songs stuck in my head

2008-11-01T19:20:00.000-07:00

I looked out the window and what did I see,
Drunken drivers wearing pink undies.
The Sheriff has brought me such a nice surprise,
Crooks serving time right before my eyes

I could watch the inmates pick the weeds,
A group chained together right below the knees.
I can see the guards, but I'm glad to be,
Locking my door between them and me!

We have this empty field right in front of our apartment and Levi looked out the window and to his surprise he saw the whole chain gang cleaning up the field. And Yes, they do wear pink underwear!

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN

2008-11-01T18:50:00.000-07:00

I love Halloween! I love seeing all the little kids dressed in their costumes. They are always so cute! Plus I enjoy dressing up for Halloween too! I think I have dressed up every year since I was little. We always have some party or activity to dress up for. I was so lucky because my mom came to visit us for the whole week prior to Halloween. She sewed my Halloween costume. It was so cute. Everyone at my work dressed up. It was so much fun! Everyone looked so funny! We had a couple of witches, gypsy, skeleton, tattooed biker chicks, sleeping beauty, Minnie Mouse, cow girl, cat, and I was a ladybug! My mom sewed me a red scrub top and then she loosely sewed on black felt dots so I could take them off and actually wear the scrub top later. She did a great job! She is an amazing seamstress! Then I bought ladybug wings and a headband with antennas. I also found socks that were red with black dots. It was a great costume. Everyone at work liked it. Halloween night we went to our ward trunk-or-treat and this little girl probably around 4 or 5 kept coming up to me and saying, "you're a ladybug. That is so cute. You are so cute!" It was so funny she just kept saying it to me every time she came by. We had a good time seeing all the fun costumes.
While my mom was here we had a great time. I wish she could come visit more. Plus anyone else is more than welcome to come visit and stay with us. HINT HINT!!! It was so nice having her here. Every night when I came home from work and Levi came home from school she had a nice HOT dinner waiting for us. It was sooooo delicious! We were so spoiled while she was here. She taught me how to use my sewing machine and a lot of different things I could do. I think I might have to practice before I sew anything to big. I think I might screw up a lot on this whole sewing thing! I guess I will give it a try. If I mess up too much at least I have a mother-in-law that lives close by that is a great at sewing too! I might stop by with some questions?!?!?!?!
Levi and I also did the annual pumpkin carving! Of course with pumpkins that Levi grew. That's right he grew them in Hot Hot Arizona!! I carved the one that is a bat and Levi did the other one. We love carving pumpkins. We had a lot of fun! Thanks mom for coming to visit and spoiling us!!!

Camp-Out

2008-10-19T18:33:00.000-07:00

Levi and I were called to be on the ward activities committee which plans all the wards parties or activities. These next couple of months we are going to be pretty busy with it. This last weekend we had our ward camp out. Then we are having a little trunk or treat in the church parking lot on Halloween, a fall festival/carnival around Thanksgiving, and of course the Christmas Party at the end of the year. It seems like they push all the ward activities to the last three months of the year because after the first of the year we don't have anything to plan for quite some time, which will be a good little break from all this planning! Anyways this last weekend we went up to Camp Lomia (which is the girls camp around here). It was pretty nice up there. We had great weather. We had a good time meeting new people in the ward and even getting to know some people we didn't know very well in the ward. On Friday night we had dinner, then a talent/skit show. Two guys in our ward got up on the stage and one was playing the guitar and the other started singing a Tenacious D song. If you don't know who Tenacious D is I will just tell you the lead singer is Jack Black. Needless to say the song was very inappropriate. But of course they edited quite a bit of the song. Good thing Levi and I were the only ones there who new what the real song was and we were laughing so hard!!! After the talent show a lot of us sat around the camp fire and had smores! YUMMY! The cabins up there even had bunk beds with mattresses to sleep on. It was really nice except for the fact that the bunk beds made the worst noises every time you even thought about moving. Squeeeeeek squeeeeeek squeeeeeek all night long. Then one of the kids that was sleeping in the same cabin as us fell off his bed and knocked down a coat rack on the way down. It sounded pretty bad. So pretty much that was the worse night of sleep I have ever had. On Saturday I got out of bed really early because I was sick of laying in bed all night with no sleep. Levi helped make breakfast for everyone. It was delicious. We went on a little hike and sat around and played games and then headed home to a nice hot shower and nice squeeeeek free bed. I fell on my bed and was out for 5 hours! That was the greatest nap ever!

FINALLY

2008-10-19T18:01:00.000-07:00

Levi has been looking and looking and looking for an xbox since his birthday which was August 17th. He was looking for a newer model because apparently they were making them a little better so they wouldn't over heat as much! Every time we would go to any store that had Xbox's he would go and check out the dates of every xbox, but we couldn't ever find one with a newer date. Well I think he just got really sick of looking and since the price came down 50 bucks and I guess they are doing a holiday package where you get two free games with your purchase he caved in and bought one off of amazon. Now it is finally here! And guess what? We got one of the newer models! YES!!! Now Levi can't wait for Gears of War 2 to come out. That game is the whole reason he wanted to get an xbox. I am starting to prepare myself for the day and week to follow when it does come out because I am pretty sure I won't have a husband for that whole week!

8 Things Tag

2008-10-03T18:27:00.000-07:00

Well, it seems to be a tagging marathon lately and Jenn tagged me this 8 thingy so here it goes...

8 Favorite T.V. Shows
1: Prison break
2: The Office
3: My name is Earl
4: The Biggest Loser
5: The Hills
6: Scrubs
7: Flight of the Conchords
8: The Simpsons

8 favorite restaurants
1: Rosa's
2: Gecko Grill
3: Pete's Fish and Chips
4: Neds Krazy subs
5: Cafe Rio
6: Outback Steakhouse
7: SomeBurros
8: Barros

8 things that happened yesterday
1: I went to work
2: Went hot tubing
3: Watched my name in Earl
4: Cleaned out the fridge
5: Went grocery shopping
6: Talked on the phone with my mom who lives in Utah
7: A motorcycle ran into a car head on right in front of Levi and he had to get out and help!
8: Watered our garden (We only have green peppers, corn, beets, carrots, and pumpkins right now)

8 things to look forward to
1: My Mom is visiting us really soon for a week!
2: Levi will be graduating in May
3: Christmas in UTAH! yay finally a white Christmas, Hopefully!
4: Levi getting a job
5: Moving Closer to my best friends and family!
6: Having kids---Far FUTURE!
7: Weather being below 100 degrees
8: Paid holidays

8 things i love about fall
1: Like I said earlier weather under 100 degrees, by the way it hasn't happened yet
2: Dressing up for Halloween! I think I might be a lady bug this year!
3: Carving Pumpkins
4: Cooking new holiday recipes
5:Giving 8 billion flu shots to everyone and their dog!
6: Thanksgiving
7: All the delicious treats to eat
8: Octoberfest

8 things on my wishlist
1: A really expensive car!
2: I wish Levi would just buy his X-box already and stop looking for a special kind on the internet. So I don't have to hear about it anymore!
3: To have a cute little puppy that Levi would poop scoop after!
4: I wish we had cable and tivo.
5: I wish we owned a house
6: A big family!
7: I wish that my back never hurt again in my life!(It constantly hurts all day everyday)
8: I wish I could fall asleep the second my head hit the pillow--Like Levi does!

8 People I'm Tagging
1. Who ever wants to do it. I already tagged everyone I know on the last one!

6 Quirks

2008-09-24T20:25:00.000-07:00

I have been tagged by my friend Amanda! I need to list 6 quirks about myself but I decided since this is our blog we are going to do three quirks about me and three about Levi...

Kathy's Quirks
1. I cannot stand to touch foam pads. When we go camping that is one thing that I will not touch. Even though I LOVE sleeping on them I make someone else put them in the tent. I have to cover it with a sheet because of the fear that somehow through my sleeping bag I will end up touching it.

2. I do not like the sound of joints popping. More like I cannot stand the sound it makes. It grosses me out and I get the chills when I hear it. And of course Levi takes every opportunity to pop each of the three joints in each finger along with his wrists/neck/back/feet/ well lets just say everything! EWWW!
P.S. He just did it when I was writing this!!

3. Levi teases me because I watch infomercials! I wouldn't say that I like to watch them but I just get sucked in. The infomercial could be for the dumbest thing in the world but for some reason the channel stops. I think it is mostly due to the part that we only have 8 channels to choose from and probably about 5 of them have a infomercial on at the same time. I think I have seen the one for the cricut machine like 20 times. But I have to admit the cricut machine looks rad!

Levi's Quirks
1. When ever Levi locks a door no matter where he is or what door it is that he locks he takes about five steps away from the door then says "did I lock the door?" then he has to turn around and check to see if the door is locked. Even if I say you locked it most the time he still has to check it. I don't know if this is a quirk or OCD! He says this only started when he got a truck that doesn't have key less entry!

2. He doesn't like chocolate flavored ice cream but he loves vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup. He says that chocolate ice cream has a weird burnt taste to it so instead he would like to make his own.

3. The TWO MAN Hatch rule! Levi and his brother made a rule that no two male hatch's can work on the same project at the same time. For some weird reason if they do end up working on the same project they get in arguments about how the project should be done. Sometimes I think one of them is going to punch the other one in the face! They all think that their way is the best way. This rule applies to Levi, his brother, his dad, and his grandpa!

We want to tag EliseN., Romi R., Jenn H., and Jamie H.

SLIDE ROCK

2008-08-31T18:02:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we went up to Sedona and went to slide rock. We both have never been there but we had a great time. On Friday night we stayed up late talking to family and when we got home at one in the morning we threw some things together for slide rock and went to bed. We then woke up at six in the morning so we could get to slide rock early before it got really busy and we managed to leave the house without sunscreen and towels(two of the most essential items for the day)
We got to slide rock around 8:30 and we were able to beat the crowd. We staked out a spot to put all of our stuff and we headed down the slide. It was so much fun but my shorts road up a little and I got a little rock burn on the back of my leg/butt. Of course on the first run down the slide Levi had made it down with success but getting out of the water was a different story. The rocks are very very slippery and Levi was almost out of the water and he slipped and he tried to catch himself with his hands on the rock and of course his hands slid right out from under him and he nailed his forehead on the rock. Then he rolled over to make sure his head wasn't bleeding and he rolled the wrong way(back into the slide instead of towards the dry rock) and it was so slippery that he slide part way down the rock again with a huge goose egg on his forehead. Needless to say Levi didn't want to try it again. I wish we had a video camera because you can sit there a watch person after person fall on their butts. It was pretty entertaining. There was also a little cliff that I jumped off into the water. The water was pretty cold. When you got in it took your breath away. A sign on the way in said the water temp was 66. It felt pretty good after you have been sitting out in the sun for awhile.
It was so beautiful in Sedona. We hiked around a bit and took alot of pictures of the scenery. There were a lot of morning glory flowers all around that were blooming. As we were leaving there were crowds and crowds of people walking up to the slide. I think we left right at the right time. We ate some lunch and did a little bit of shopping. By the time we were shopping we were both pooped and weren't to interested in the shopping so we headed home!

Fun with the webcam

2008-08-24T21:52:00.000-07:00

We bought a webcam so that we could do video calls with Art and Jamie, but as you can see it has some cool other features. We will probably put up a post with a video soon if we can come up with a shot that doesn't embarrass us too much. The one picture is Kathy playing guitar hero in the living room, if you couldn't tell. The only thing that stinks is that it can only do effects at low resolutions, so no high quality shots with effects.
Later
Levi

Oh yeah,
Video calls are rad. We got to play peek-a-boo with Addison. We were talking and then all of the sudden Art's video feed changed to a baby with Art's eyes and mouth, just like on the Conan O'Brien show. It was pretty hilarious. The upcoming videos will probably involve mustaches, mullets, unibrows and eye patches. Now we need to convince relatives in other places to buy cameras so that we can chat with them over Skype.

Two years down............many more to go!

2008-08-03T19:41:00.000-07:00

August 2nd was our two year anniversary and we wanted to get out of town and away from the heat so I took Thursday and Friday off of work and we headed up to Pinetop. We had a great weekend away. We stayed at Levi's grandparent's cabin. It was a relaxing trip. Levi's grandparents were up there for the summer so we spent some time with them and also Levi's brother Art and his family were there. It was great to see them. We had a great time with all of them. We went fishing at Sunrise Lake on the Apache reservation. We kept catching little rainbow trout while we were trolling and throwing them back. Right before we left the lake Levi's grandpa caught a decent sized trout that we took home. We also went to the driving range and hit a bucket of balls. I am really not that great at it. Most of the time I miss the ball but it is still fun to try. Everyone else hit the ball all the way to the end of the range. The weather was perfect not to hot and not to cold. There are some old school bikes up at the cabin that we took cruising around the forest roads. We also took alot of walks around the block and watched all the chipmunks and squirells scamper around. We love it in Pinetop. We wish we could go more often!

Art, Grandpa Hatch, Kathy and the one good size trout
Hitting some balls at the driving range.

Our niece Addison hanging out with her favorite aunt "Kah-ty" and uncle "wah-bi".

If you want to be a liar(lawyer) you have to look like one!

2008-07-29T20:11:00.001-07:00

Levi went on a shopping spree a couple weeks ago in anticipation of getting a job this summer. He got a new suit, plenty of shirts and ties, slacks, belts, and even socks. Oh yeah I forgot even three pairs of shoes! Then he shaved and got a haircut. Well good thing he did because he had an interview in phoenix and he got the job. It was only temporary but at least he is doing something. I don't really know all them terms of what he does so I will let him tell you about it..... I have to find out the current mood of the Second Court of Appeals in AZ to give the firm an idea of how an appeal might come out in a case for millions of dollars that were awarded to a family in a products liability case. It is kind of tedious but at least I get paid for it. This is my "We'll fight for you!" pose.Now it is my turn to go on a shopping spree for cute lawyer's wife clothes. As you can see my wardrobe is fairly limited to what I wear to work. All I can say is at least they are comfy!!

Camera Problems

2008-07-09T20:03:00.000-07:00

Word to the wise: if your camera goes crazy on you, check the manufacturer's web page for a repair notice. My dad's Nikon showed distorted images on the viewfinder with white lines and we thought it was trashed. But Nikon had a notice that the ccd was bad and that they would fix it for free if that turned out to be the problem. They fixed it and had it back to me in a week even though it was three years old and the warranty had run out long ago.
A couple of weeks ago Kathy's Canon camera showed some of the same problems and I found out that they had a repair notice on their web page too. I guess that the camera companies get their parts from the same suppliers and so they can have the same problems. I am sending her camera in tomorrow. I just thought that I should let others know that if your camera goes goofy on you, check to see if the supplier will fix it even if the warranty is up. Later, Levi.

An Excursion to Utah Valley

2008-07-09T17:47:00.000-07:00

After our trip to Lake Powell we headed on up the interstate to Orem to hang out with my family for the week. We got to see a lot of friends and family that we haven't seen for a while. We love seeing our niece Alivia, and nephews Cory and Reed; they are so fun to play with!
One day my mom took the girls out for a shopping trip while Levi fixed up my mountain bike to bring back to Arizona. We also went with some friends and family to Get Smart. We both really liked the movie. It was pretty funny! In my spare time I made a skirt. Can you believe it!?!?! I actually sewed a skirt all by myself, well actually my mom told me what to sew and where to sew, but I did it. Thanks mom!!. It's a really cute skirt. Elise cut my hair and highlighted it. It's pretty short for me but I really like it. I Decided it was to hot in Arizona for long hair. Thanks Elise for the hair cut I really really like it and I have gotten alot of compliments on it!
We had a bunch of BBQ's that we went to. I love the 4th of July and all the yummy food! At one family BBQ our niece and nephew had Levi pretty busy making paper airplanes and throwing them off the deck to see how far they would go. They had a lot of fun! We also took them to the park to feed the ducks and play around. They had such a good time playing in the the fountian at the park that it was difficult to get them to go back to my parents house. By the time we left we had been there for two hours and Levi and I were pooped.
While we were in Utah during the 4th of july there were a bunch of events going on. One morning we woke up at 6:00 and went and watched 25 hot air balloons fill up and launch off. That was pretty cool to see. There were hot air balloons everywhere. One balloon was Smokey the bear and there was another one that was a bright pink pig but the rest were the normal shape. After we saw the balloons we went home and went back to sleep!
In Utah they have a huge firework show at the BYU stadium called The Stadium Of Fire. My brother and sister-in-law go every year with their family and they had two extra tickets available and offered them to us. We had an awesome time there. The Blue Man group played pvc pipe and drums, and Miley Cirus performed. We didn't know any of her songs but man those little girls were sure freaking out around us. They were so excited to see her. When the concert was over they had a huge firework show. It was so good! Thanks Craig and Lisa for the tickets, we had a great time. I love fireworks! Levi thought it was the best firework show he had ever seen, but then again he is from Arizona where fireworks are not allowed. We had a great time seeing all of our friends and family. Now we are just waiting for them to come see us in HOT HOT HOT Arizona!

LAKE POWELL

2008-07-01T12:11:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went up to Lake Powell. Levi's grandparents have a houseboat and a ski boat up there so we planned a trip to the lake with his family. We had a great time hanging out together! On Saturday we went on a long boat ride up the Lake and ended up at Rainbow Bridge. There is a little dock there to park your boat and you can take a really short hike to see rainbow bridge. It was really neat to see. Also when you are at rainbow bridge there was a park ranger up there and he showed us a dinosaur track. You could even see its claws in the rock. It was from a Dilophosaurus. That is the dinosaur that eats Newman in Jurassic Park. On that long boat ride we all got the chance to ride the tube behind the boat it was a lot of fun. Levi and I tried riding together but it didn't work out that great. We kept bouncing up and down and landing on each other, but it was still a lot of fun! During the evenings we sat around and played cards! On Sunday we took a little boat ride and parked next to some cliff walls and went swimming to cool off. It sure was HOT!!! That afternoon we cleaned up and Levi and I headed up to Utah to see my family for the Fourth of July weekend. I am excited because it seems like there is never really anything going on in Arizona for the fourth because fireworks are not allowed! In Utah there a bunch of different firework shows going on that we will definitely be watching. I was a little upset at Lake Powell because my camera has been acting up and it didn't work the whole time we were there. Sorry no pics. Then I turned it on when we got to Utah and it turned right on so hopefully it will continue to work while we are here so we can get some pictures of our trip.

More Ginormous Zucchini

2008-06-21T14:25:00.000-07:00

This is the big one that I mentioned in the update to the previous post. I put a pineapple and a peach in the picture for comparison. The heat is affecting the plants, and they were out of production for a little bit, but now I am back to trying to find friends to take them off our hands.

Mutant Vegetables

2008-06-05T20:36:00.000-07:00

That thing I am holding there is a zucchini, probably the biggest I have grown but most of them get larger than anything you can ever buy in a store. I don't think that the picture really does it justice, it is a beauty to behold. It was about 15 inches long and weighed in at 3.25 lbs. They come out of the grow box garden we have at my parents house. There were some radishes that were 4" in diameter that were produced in there but the pictures are on a different camera, I will put those up later. So far we have grown carrots, cilantro, three types of bell peppers, green onions, bulb onions, tomatillos, two kinds of lettuce, broccoli, and cauliflower. The garden is only 5' by 7' but it produces way more than we can eat because of the special soil and fertilizers. Kathy takes zucchini to work and has a raffle to give it away. We try to give away as much as we can but a lot of it ends up being fed to Shaka ( the labrador who loves carrots and anything that falls off the fruit trees), and to the rabbits next door.

Outside of the garden we have some watermelons, zucchini, berries, and pumpkins; but the garden produces the best fruits. For any gardeners out there, you should get any of the Mittleider Method books and give it a try. You wouldn't believe what you can grow out of a frame filled with sand and sawdust.

Update: Right after this post I pulled out a 4 lb 9oz zucchini, and within a week my personal best is now 5 lbs 5 oz, which is coincidentally what I weighed when I was born.

Our weekend get-away to San Diego

2008-05-28T20:26:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went to San Diego for a little vacation to get out of town. We left Friday afternoon and got there around seven. We stayed at a doubletree hotel, it was pretty nice! We kind of had a good view we could see the bay and the airport was just a couple miles out and it was fun to see all the airplanes fly past the window and to watch them land. The first night we were there we walked downtown and checked out the city and went to the gaslamp district which is a huge outdoor shopping mall during the day and changes to clubs and bars during the night. There were a bunch of crazy people yelling everywhere there so we didn't stay out to late.

On Saturday we met up with Aaron, his wife Natalie, their son Daniel, and their sister in law Garin. Aaron is one of Levi's friends that lives in California. We met them at Balboa Park and we drove around the park until we decided to go to the San Diego Zoo. We had a great time walking around seeing all of the animals. Levi Liked the otters the best and now I think he wants to have some. Aside from the fact that it would probably be illegal, it is kind of like his idea of keeping chipmunks and chickens, a dream that will NEVER happen!! We saw a show with a couple of seals. They did a really good job they danced around the floor and gave kisses to people and did a bunch of tricks. I think I liked that the best at the Zoo.

When we were done at the zoo we went and got our swimsuits on and went down to the beach. Aaron bought some body boards and we rode them on the waves. The water was a little cold at first but once you got in all the way it felt great. The hard part was getting out and sitting in the wind, that was COLD!!!!

On Sunday we got up and went to the The Birch Aquarium at Scripps. It was a pretty good aquarium we saw alot of different kind of fish and Levi could name just about every one of them with out looking at the pictures with the names. For you that don't know Levi likes to do Salt water aquariums. We also saw an octopus, sharks, stingrays, seahorses and all sorts of other things. I was a little upset that we missed the penguins at the zoo so we found a stuffed one at the aquarium that I got a picture of Levi with it. When we were done checking out all the fish we headed down to the beach and we laid out there for awhile and we watched the surfers surf the waves. It was a little cloudy and windy so we didn't get in the water. We decided to check out some of the shops by the beach and we found a little mexican restaurant that we ate at. It was pretty good!! Then we went back to our hotel and had a power nap, well more like Levi had a nap while I sat around. Then we walked down to the pier and checked out all the old boats and the USS Midway. That thing is huge. I never imagined those ships were that long. I don't know how anyone could drive that thing let alone trying to park it. CRAZY!!! On our way back to the hotel we were in Little Italy and all the restaurants were pretty empty except this one called Fillipi's which had a line out the door and around the block. we decided it had to be pretty good since it was packed so we waited in the line to be seated. The line went pretty quick. Levi ordered the sausage lasagna and I had half ravioli and half lasagna. You couldn't even imagine how much food was on each of our plates. I don't think either of us ate even half or our meal. It was really good and is was only 7-8 dollars for each dinner!

On Monday we got ready to head home but first we went over to Coronado Island and checked out some of the shops over there. It had some pretty neat stores but we didn't stay long enough to see much because we wanted to start the drive home. Oh by the way can you believe that gas in downtown San Diego is $4.25 now that is crazy!

Baseball butts drive me NUTS!!!!

2008-05-05T20:10:00.001-07:00

This last weekend Levi and I went to the Diamondbacks baseball game. I scored free tickets from a drug rep at work. He gave me the option of a bunch of different games but I had know idea who would be good to see so I had to call Levi and see who he would like to see. He picked a game against the New York Mets. Even though we lost it was a really good game! We had a great time. Our seats were right above the owner of the diamondbacks and Senator John McCain came to the game and was sitting right next to him. It was pretty funny even though they are on the front row of the game they have a flat screen TV that plays all the replays up close and personal, just in case they missed it. So after going to the game I decided something, I don't know if on airlines if your are to big for the seat if you have to pay for two seats, but after sitting next to the guy at the baseball game I decided that should be a rule for all public spaces. At first I thought that making big people buy two tickets was a really rude thing to do but once you have the experience of having some total stranger sit next to you and rub their total right side of their body to your whole left side for three and half hours, forcing them to buy two tickets doesn't sound that bad. He kept reaching in his pockets for snacks and I would get elbowed in the ribs. It was pretty uncomfortable! Lose some weight or pay up!
Anyways the next picture is of Levi's favorite player Eric Brynes. He is a great player! The picture is from the HD screen at the field and it is enormous. He almost got a triple due to errors from the other team but didn't quite make it all the way and got thrown out at third. We would have won if he was just a 1/2 a second quicker!

ABC Tag

2008-04-18T18:37:00.000-07:00

ABC's "getting to know you" TAG ABC's of you. Each player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

A- Attached or single: Attached

B- Best Friend: Alece/Chelsea/Mercedes/Ashlee (it counts as one if you don't use spaces in between)

C-Cake or Pie: Cake (Texas sheet that is)

D-Day: Saturday

E- Essential Item: Chapstick

F- Favorite Color: Purple

G-Gummi Bears or Worms: Neither, they hurt my teeth

H-Home town: Orem, UT

I- Indulgences: Chocolate, Mexican Food, Dr. Pepper

J- January or July?: July for the fireworks

K-Kids: Sometime in the future, definitely not right now

L-Life is incomplete without: Levi

M- Marriage Date: Aug. 2, 2006

N- Number of Siblings: 3 Brothers

O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges fresh off the tree

P- Phobias or Fears: Someone stealing me

Q- Quote(s): We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.

R- Reason To Smile: Getting flowers, and I don't get to smile much

S- Season: Summer in Utah, Winter/Spring in AZ

T- Tag Three: Mercedes, Jennifer, Jamie

U- Unknown Fact About Me: Left foot is bigger than the right one

V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Gimme a Heffer with Cheese

W- Worst Habit: Nail biting

X-Rays or Ultrasounds: X ray, that means you're not pregnant

Y-Your favorite food: Peanut Butter M&M's

Z: Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Kathy-Levi-Avery-Mason

Hatch Nativity

Santa

Gingerbread Village

*:*:*:*:*Temple Lights*:*:*:*:*

Mason is 6 months

BYE BYE BINK

Fall Leaves

Thanksgiving Point

Masons first haircut

Halloween 2011

BOO….B

Pumpkin Patch

ABC Sing With Me

Toy Box

*.*.*.*.*SpLaSh PaD*.*.*.*.*

Levi’s Birthday Pinetop

SMILES AND DIMPLES

Swimming lessons

Masons blessing

Avery Turned 2

4th of July FIREWORKS

Mothers Day

Mason update and pictures

Introducing…………………

Mothers Day

A little update on us………

Mornings at the Hatch house

A little behind…………….

Avery’s Secret

Halloween

Painting Pumpkins

Schnepf Farm

The Train Park

Labor day get-a-way

Avery’s 1st hair cut

We have a one year old

A little vacation

Happy Easter

More Avery Pics

Be MiNe!

Yet another post about Avery

Happy Birthday

Merry Christmas

A little late but here is Thanksgiving

Avery 4 months

Halloween

Avery at 3 months

Bow/clip holder

Deep sleeper or light sleeper

What to do after a doctor appointment?

We LOVE long weekends

Word Project

$$$ 250 bucks richer $$$

ONE MONTH

It's Official

Avery's first plane ride

2 weeks old already

More Pictures

Introducing Avery Hatch

Everyone Keeps Asking For a Picture

35 1/2 Weeks

Graduation!!!

Happy Mothers Day

I really am pregnant and I have the pictures to prove it.

It was like that scene in the movie 'Alien'

Finally done

I don't want to wear mittens to bed

Peep peep here, peep peep there...

Over-nighter in Payson

20 weeks half way there!

It's a....

Food by the sweat of your brow.

You look like you are glowing!

Happy New Year!!! Oh yeah, I am pregnant!

Merry Late Christmas

The Elk freaks my dog out

The Elk Hunt

I've got primary songs stuck in my head

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN

::::Temple Lights::::

....SpLaSh PaD....