SADIE'S SICK
Woke up to a sick Sadie. She was throwing up a bunch and I was frantically trying to figure out how we were going to fit that into our big day!! Poor little lady. 5-1-23
ERIKA PEDIATRIC OBGYN
We got a few more answers here and it was actually kind of a relief. I wish they hadn't asked for her preferred pronouns cuz that stuff makes me crazy, but looks like things are mostly fine. PHEW! 5-1-23
LAST CHANCE MEET- BRAD AND LUKE/SOUTH END MEET- NOAH
We had our last chance meet on Monday. I got to help make the balloon arch for the Senior presentation, that was exciting and a fun to meet Kenzie's mom and visit with Brandon's again too. We watched Luke and Brad both do 110 hurdles, Brad did the 100 M dash. Then we rushed over to Farmington High for Noah's mile- he looked amazing in this one, although he said he didn't PR, I'm still shocked! Then we raced back to Davis- literally raced! We had grandpa Hatch and my mom with us, and we FLEW!! Seriously! We got there just in time for the Senior presentation, got to walk out on the field with Brad, he walked through the tunnel of players and then the balloon arch for a picture with mom and dad. So fun!! Kind of his moment! They read off his favorite memory of the season- "jumping in Farmington pond every Thursday". It was so cool!! I wish we'd been able to relax a little more that day, but we were so worried about Erika babysitting the sicky in her disabled state. It was a little crazy. Then we watched Brad and Luke do their 300 hurdles and then stayed quite a while longer to watch Luke and Brad do the long jump! This was LUke's first time doing the long jump and I think he did really awesome! He also PRed on his 110 and 300 hurdles! Very cool! Brad made it into the finals with the long jump and PRed again on his 300 hurdles. He keeps getting closer to his state qualifying time, but just barely not there yet. We're so proud of these guys! They are doing so much and working so hard!! It's really fun to witness. So cool! 5-1-23
BRAD'S FIRST ANNOINTING
We felt the need to give Sadie a blessing Monday night as she was still throwing up a little. Nate got all ready to bless him and even I wondered if I should stop him so we could go get Brad to help, but I didn't want to interrupt and be that wife, so luckily Nate was prompted the same and actually stopped mid-sentence and went and got Brad. So Brad got to anoint her head and Nate sealed it with a blessing. So cool!! Brad did great! Makes this mom so happy!! 5-1-23
TEMPLE BAPTISMS
We went for another round at the Ogden Temple for Wednesday morning baptisms. Woke up bright and early. It was Bradley, Luke, Brandon and I again, only this time we brought some of Rishelle's names so that I could get baptized!! This was so cool! My first time having Luke baptize me! Then another cool little milestone- Brad got to confirm all of us!! Newly ordained Elder! He did awesome! It was so cool!! I'm going to try to find new ways for him to practice using his Priesthood here, so he can get really comfortable with it! So fun! Such a great way to start my day! Wendy's after again :). 5-3-23
BASEBALL PARK
We spontaneously decided to go to the park tonight. Owen had just come over to play with Sadie, so we invited him and then Jack wanted Will there. I called Heidi as we left and she met up with us as well. So lots of fun! Everyone was so good there, except for Sadie! Nate was working the mid, so he brought Erika down on his way to work after Young Women's. We had a good enough time. I'll never forget Owen carrying my camp chair to the car for me- and then asking for the keys- HA! He's adorable! 5-3-23
CHARITY MOVING HOME!
Charity is moving home for the summer before her plans to move down to Orem! It's so exciting and even though Sadie was disappointed that Josh isn't moving in with us, we are all super excited to hopefully see more of Charity! She invited Steve over to meet Josh and I think they were going to eat lunch, but Steve bailed. But it was so fun to see Steve. Nate put up our new light over the kitchen table while we all chatted. Good times. 5-4-23
AWESOME FINDS
We went to the DI and then Good will for Noah's Grease costume and wasn't until we searched at Good Will that we had the blessing of finding the perfect leather jacket! So cool!! And then we found a quesadilla maker that was pretty thrilling!! Kind of a cool little miracle. 5-4-23
JOSH'S BRAKES
Nate helped Josh change his brake pads. Kinda cool that my dad taught him and now he's teaching Josh. Very cool. 5-4-23
DATE NIGHT
We had to squeeze our date night in on Thursday, went to Monster Sushi and then grocery shopping for some stuff for Nate to test out his new griddle for Cinco De Mayo :). Good times! So grateful for Nate. I seriously could not do this life on my own. 5-4-23
BYU INVITATIONAL
I got to spend the day down in Happy Valley with Bradley at the BYU Invitational. This is a big one! Every kids from Alaska were here!! So cool!! Brad was doing the long jump the 110 hurdles and the 300 hurdles. He had some awesome jumps, didn't PR, so that was disappointing, but he did awesome nonetheless. Then in his 110 hurdles the kid next to him hit his hurdle and he stumbled a little costing him his momentum. Such a bummer. He was very bummed about that but knew he still had his 300 hurdles for redemption. He did AWESOME on his 300 hurdles. He came in 3rd in his heat! We were shocked when we realized he hadn't even PRed or qualified for State. So sad! He was a very good sport and didn't get too upset. You could tell he was bummed though. I have to say, I am so proud of Bradley. He is a very cool kid. I had this cool little moment while we were at that meet where I was talking with Heavenly Father and asking him if he could please just let Brad catch a break. Please just let him have a win, ya know. It's been a long season of him barely not making things and it's been okay because he's been so gracious about it all, but I just want him to have at least one little win. And it was like Heavenly Father said, "I have bigger things planned for Braadley, just hold on, they're coming." It was so cool! I mean, I was a little bummed thinking he wasn't going to make it to state at this meet, but cool that Heavenly Father has a plan for Brad. I'm excited to see what that is. He's just awesome. We had a nice time talking in the car, although I felt like I was mostly just annoying him- HA! Good memories though. I love this kid!! 5-5-23
SATURDAY
This Saturday was pretty chill. Not a ton going on. Just two soccer games since Noah had Grease dress rehearsal all day and Erika's foot is still on the mend. It was fun to watch Molly's game- I was sitting by the woman I met at Stake Conference a week or so ago. She was telling me all about homeschooling her kids. I enjoyed hearing her story and what it has been like for her and naturally I consider doing it when I talk to people like this, but I just get stumped every time when I think about it. I think it would take a massive prompting from The Spirit or words from our Prophet to switch. I don't know. Still cool to hear about though. Her name is Lisa Stevens, in case I change my mind and need to contact her :). We got to watch Brad's soccer game as well. This was fun. It's just fun to watch him doing something new and different. I know he's not totally comfortable out there, but he really does a great job! It almost takes me back to little Bradley days, like he's still testing out ways to kick and which ways work or not. He looks so cute out there when I am thinking about this :). Fun stuff. After all the soccer games and saying goodbye to Nate, we did very little else. I can't even remember what we did. 5-6-23
SUNDAY
My lesson was not my favorite. Felt lame. Luke said that "at least the time went by fast". So there's that. We didn't do our craft and our dessert bombed. We did get to have Charity and Kelly here, as well as a couple of Kelly's friends when they dropped her off- if Ralph doesn't like her, I'm shocked! We went on a walk to take some dessert to Michelle (aka: Richelle) and Lexi. I want to get back into our conference talk studying on Sunday night! Need to do that. 5-7-23
LONGEST DAY EVER
So Monday was THE LONGEST DAY EVER!! We were all so anxious for Brad to get his call the next day! Felt like eternity! We didn't even have FHE because we were all sleeping away our anxiousness. So crazy! We did roast hotdogs for dinner and I think Molly counted that as FHE and that's why she didn't remind me. But oh man- that was tough!! 5-8-23
BRAD'S MISSION CALL!!!
This was a cool day! I am going to tell the whole long drawn out story just because it made me so happy! So I took Brad to school around 8:50 because he had home release first. Then at about 10:30 I got a text from him informing me that he got the text about his call being in his inbox!!! He was so excited! I was very excited too! He was telling me how anxious he was to open it and I told him he just had a few more hours and then he was like, "Or you could check me out so I can go read it by myself quietly and then go back to school :)" I was all for that! HA! I checked him out, picked him up, and he went down in the creek. Originally he had wanted to go hike Adam's Canyon to go read it, but then he said he realized that was pretty involved and he probably didn't really have time to do that. He's so adorable. I love that he is taking this so seriously and making it a special thing. So he read his call to himself down in the creek and then came back up to the house, just BEAMING!! He had an even brighter glow than usual! It was SO CUTE!! He seemed very happy! I was of course incredibly anxious to hear it and begged him to just tell me. He wanted to keep it a secret til he read it to the family. So I stopped begging. But then I asked him if he could just tell me if it is outside the U.S. or not. He said he couldn't tell me and then as soon as Kelly left the room, he whispered to me that it was outside!! We were both super excited for that! He had only said one thing about where he wanted to go and that was "Foreign" so I was a little relieved and thanked Heavenly Father. So he and Kelly went and got lunch, took Noah to his ortho appointment for me (I was still in my pjs and trying to get the house all cleaned up for that night). Then he went back to school. The suspense was totally building up!! It was so nuts! Finally, he came home around 3:45, very excited and anxious to read it to us all, then Nate showed up with his mom and Subway sandwiches, and everyone else who hadn't been home showed up as well. Everyone was here minus Charity who couldn't get off work til 5:00. So Brad (about a half hour earlier than planned) requested that we just do it then! So exciting!! We hurried up with our guesses on the map. Molly's original guess was China, but I had informed her that China doesn't have any missions, and gave her the option to change it. I guess Ms. Smith had just been teaching them about Peru that day, talking about eating animals while she was there, and Molly had that fresh in her mind, so she chose Peru. We all went down to the family room, Kelly said a little prayer, and Brad read us his mission call!! It was so special! The Spirit was so strong! I LOVED IT!!! Peru, Arequipa Mission- Spanish speaking! I had not thought of Peru!! Molly did, but I didn't! HA! We all got very excited and cheered, Molly was BEAMING at having guessed right! Told Brad she would have to eat animals! Everyone was hugging and wiping tears, and hugging some more!! Such a neat experience!!! For all of us! I really was just so thrilled to have this experience here for all of these younger siblings and be able to witness the beauty of a mission call. So Brad and Luke had to hurry off to their track dinner after that. They were gone for about an hour and fifteen minutes. I took Noah to his rehearsal. When I got back the house was already starting to fill up, Brad was dressed up- it was so fun! Each minute another like five or six kids came piling into the house for a good 15-20 minutes! I couldn't believe how many teenagers we could fit in here! Along with Grandma Ruthie, Grandma Hatch, Grandpa Hatch, Aunt Jen, Aunt Meg, Chris, Sierra, Matt, Jarom, Sam, Heidi, Porter, Alyssa... the house was full! I'm realizing just how small our house is going to feel when our kids are grown with children of their own! We gotta get on our remodel project soon! So pretty much the entire track team had come over- as invited by Coach Agnello- and all of them were piled in the family room to hear where Brad was going! This was so exciting! You wouldn't think you could get that many kids quiet, but they did! Brandon said a prayer as well as helped Bradley pull up the email again. We could hear Bradley so well! When he read the Peru, Arequipa part, the room erupted!! Everyone was so thrilled! Even some teary-eyed girls. There were lots of hugs and pictures, I saw him showing some people where it was on the map. So cute!! I loved having this moment for him. And it really was just a short moment. Brad made the rounds, said thanks to everyone who came, shook the Bishop and Jay's hands, hugged his mom again and headed off for Pierce's call opening. Just as fast as they all crammed in here, they were all gone! Maybe faster! But it was so neat!! I loved it so much!! Brad is such an awesome kid. I'm so beyond proud of him and who he is. This will be a really neat experience to watch him grow through this new challenge of serving a mission. He is so good at challenges and so good at growing, I think it is going to be really cool!! Now to prepare!! There's so much to do!! 5-9-23
JACK'S FIRST BASEBALL GAME OF THE SEASON
After kicking everyone out of our house- and leaving some of them here- we all piled in the van and went up to Roy for Jack's first baseball game of the season. This was a lot of fun. Even Sierra and Matt and Josh came! We had everyone but Luke and Noah. Jack played awesome! It was really fun to cheer for him and be there to support him. After the game, Kelly and I headed up to Logan for me to take her home. Nate brought everyone else home and headed off to the mid. Up in Logan, I got pulled over, for the first time in a very long time! I had turned right into the second lane instead of the close one. Horrible me. So I got pulled over. The funny part was that at Jack's game I had said to Nate, "Remind me to get my driver's license out of the van before I go. Oh, maybe it doesn't matter. I'll probably be fine. I'll have Kelly with me anyway so she can get me out if it :)." Yes, I said all of that in one breath. It was almost cool that everything happened as I had predicted. I pulled over. He told me why. Then Kelly asked him if his name was Kelly, told him hers was too. He asked how she knew, she told him she was a dispatcher and everyone told her she needed to meet him. Then he got my info and went back to his car. We talked and laughed, she could not figure out why he would pull me over for that, "they're not even trying to get a quota right now", and then sure enough, he came back, said it was just a warning and let me off the hook! I give Kelly all the credit for that one. I never get warnings!! So kinda funny, also not. I don't know. Good times. I really loved our drive home and talking with Kelly the whole way. I'm so proud of that girl! She keeps going and that, alone, is a victory!! 5-9-23
KELLY'S VIRTUAL ENDOCRINOLOGIST APPOINTMENT
So this was a huge deal! And that's why I was so bugged at myself for not making better plans ahead of time for kids to get to school. I hadn't planned on the Forerunner being out of gas, but really, I could have planned better. I was glad Kelly reminded me as I was taking Jack and Molly to school. We were running late, so it was already like 9:05 when she said something. I hurried and called Emily on my drive home, she so willingly accepted the offer to drive all the rest of my kids to school- late start! I put Sadie in front of a show and went up to my room to get on the Zoom meeting for Kelly's appointment. This has been a month in the making. So I was very anxious to get some answers. I would say it went fairly well. Not thrilled about the supposed diagnosis, hopeful, but also not, but I also feel like we don't really know enough yet. This doctor, whose name is escaping me now- she's the REI- mostly Endocrinologist- doctor. She had looked at Kelly's labs and decided that she didn't have premature menopause, it looked more like POI- Premature Ovarian Insufficiency. Not as promising as menopause because it means that she doesn't have anymore eggs, so freezing them for later would be out. But as opposed to menopause, this disease can magically reverse and she could magically have eggs and spontaneous periods. Kinda weird. But gave me a little hope after all our hopes being dashed within the first few minutes. She proceeded to tell us that they don't know much about this disease (we've heard that before- eyeroll) and that they are trying to do research on how genetic it is. So she asked if we'd be interested in getting samples from all the female relatives to test. Kinda cool- Kelly and I both liked that part. She is going to prescripe an estrogen patch for Kelly, along with getting her some progesterone for when the lining of her uterus builds up from the estrogen. She is supposed to get on some calcium and vitamin D supplements to try to fight the deterioration that will likely be caused by the lack of estrogen. She is going to go in for an ultrasound to see just how bad her ovaries are, if there are any obstructions or problems with the follicles. Hopefully see some eggs. IF there are eggs, she could have them frozen. If not, we can hope for some later. I loved how this doctor talked to Kelly about her plans. If all was well with her health, what does she want to have happen. She said she's always wanted a big family and the doctor said, that's what she wanted to do for Kelly. So that was nice. She talked a little about informing family members and to begin thinking about who she would want to use as an egg donor if things don't go a different way. She told Kelly that her body is probably healthy enough to carry a pregnancy, so she really could just do that. I was happy for her there. Who knows how it will all go. Kelly was so tough. I know it was hard news, it was for me as well, but she was really tough and continues to try to look at the positive. I'm really amazed at all that this girl has to go through. I hope she is equally blessed for it all. She deserves so many blessings. So I guess June 5th will give us some more answers, so we will baby step to June 5th. 5-10-23
REGION MEET
This was a big meet- took up a lot of space in Bradley's mind. He was very anxious to get qualifying time on his 300 hurdles. I got to go watch him do the 4X2, 110 hurdles, his 300 hurdles and tomorrow is his 4X4. Unfortunately, I guess he hurt his shoulder in his practice and did something else to it on the 110's, so he was all taped up in his 300 run. He did such a good job. I didn't notice any stuttering, looked really good! He was even ahead of most of his heat the whole time. Unfortunately, this just wasn't his day. He did not get his time he wanted. I was so devastated for him. He was super sad too. He didn't come over to hug us this time either. Just such a sad moment. I think that his 4X4 team has a chance and we are all expecting them to make it to state, but this was a huge let down for Brad. I'm glad he is good at bouncing back and will look back on Track with fond memories still, but this was not how I wanted his Senior Track season to end. I'm so SO proud of him and all the hard work he put in. He really did SO MUCH to get where he is and should be so proud of himself as well. I hope he uses what he's learned throughout the rest of his adult life and is able to push and overcome many other challenges with so much strength then too. Good job, Bradley!! We love you!! 5-10-23
BRAD'S 4X4
Day two of Region 1 track meet happened today and Brad got to run with his 4X4 team- they did incredible!! I couldn't believe the gap we were going to have to close as I watched the first kid run, but sure enough, Brad was second and he completely zapped that gap!! It was so awesome! Handed off to Brandon and he did really great too. I'm not sure who was last, but they were able to fight for second place and they not only made it to State coming in 2nd, but their time got them there as well! They got a two second PR!! He's hoping to take Victor in place of the first kid, but we'll see I guess. So cool!! Way to go Brad!! 5-11-23
MOLLY'S FIRST GRADE PROGRAM
We had a really fun time at Molly's show!! I took lots of video and pictures. It was so fun to watch Molly and hear all their hard work learning some really great songs! I loved all the things that they sang about as well. I need to get those songs on my Amazon music! Great songs. Molly knew every word and sang her little heart out. It was so great! I loved her name acrostic poem and self portrait- she really is an artist! We went to artic circle, then the Creamery and finally Dairy Queen after to celebrate- the first two were closed for some reason. But this was fun- Sadie loved it too. 5-12-23
MOLLY'S FOLLOW-UP
We went in for Molly's arm follow-up-- the brace is off! What a great relief! She's a little tender still, but I told her that's how it will be for a little bit. Hopefully that is true. 5-12-23
BRAD'S BOOK
It has been a challenge to find time to work on Brad's book this year! I should have done more of it sooner. It's been so much fun looking at his pictures and thinking about who he is and how far he's come. He really is just such an amazing kid. I'm so proud of him. So proud of who he is and excited to see what else he does with his life. I hope I can get his book done in time though :). 5-12-23
STAKE SENIOR DINNER-- I MEAN BRUNCH
I don't know why it was so frustrating to me that they did a brunch instead of dinner, but it was. It was right during soccer!! BUT doesn't change how excited I was for Brad to get to do this. I love this little thing the stake does. The food took extra long to get there, so we had the program part of the meeting first. Pres. Perry spoke. He did a little quiz thing of guessing familiar voices and then talked about hearing the Lord's voice through the scriptures, temple, and conference talks. I loved it! Great reminder! Sweet and short as well. I loved sitting by him and tricking him about the photo section of the program. They do a little slide show of the kids baby pictures and current pictures. Brad totally fell for it and so it was a surprise when his popped up on the screen :). Funny boy. We ate Cracker Barrel food, Brad didn't like Nate's cold pancakes :). It was fun to talk about his mission and all the boys' calls around us. Good stuff. 5-13-23
SOCCER
Erika played in her game for the first time this season. Her food seemed to do mostly okay. We will see how it holds up all week. I was so grateful for Luke, he took her and watched her entire game- good kid- without complaints! And it was a little early for him. Her team won. Molly scored in her game! AND she blocked a bunch of the other teams' attempts. We watched Noah's team too and he did awesome. Brad skipped out on his game this time because he's gotta protect his body for state! 5-13-23
MOTHER'S DAY!!!
Today has been so great!! It's not even time to eat Nate's homecooked dinner, and I already feel substantially spoiled! Woke up to their cute song. They each handed me a rose, so cute! Then Nate gave me the eggs, bacon and sausage he made for breakfast- so yummy! The kids all gave me gifts, youngest to oldest. Sadie gave me a gift card to Dairy Queen and a stuffed pig :). We named her "Mypig" so that we could both call her that :). She's been adorable about the name and making sure she has Mypig when she's doing everything. Molly gave me this (I was told) well thought out and shopped around for Spa Day set! It's so cute, we get to make all the things for a spa day! She really wanted to give me something different and something that would help me relax. So cute!! I can't remember if she had a gift card? Then Jack gave me his coupon book he made at school along with a shrinky-dink necklace along with a puzzle I think everyone else picked out that looks pretty impossible :). I'm pretty excited to see if we can do it. Erika gave me a mini scrabble game along with a movie gift card! We were both shocked the scrabble game has little tiles in it. Noah gave me a package of chewy chips ahoy. So good! Along with a gift card- I need them all right in front of me, I'm forgetting where it was to. Luke gave me a bag of cinnamon and sugar pretzels and a gift card to Buffalo Wild Wings. We're gonna try to go on boneless wing night. Brad gave me a note that said that he was writing his talk for five hours so he didn't have time to write me a card and then my gift of a volleyball net is coming! Super excited for that! Kelly wasn't here for the gift portion of the morning, but showed up after with a big poster of what she likes about me with cute drawings and stuff. So fun!! And she surprised me because she had told me she wasn't coming down today, but was able to get work off afterall. Charity gave me a note that said my gift is coming as well. They all gave me really thoughtful cards that made me tear up all morning! I just love these kids! I really can't be more grateful for the kids Heavenly Father put in my life. I feel very lucky and very spoiled. I am excited to go on dates and use the gift cards and use all my fun gifts. Everyone was so thoughtful!
Then at church, I got to hear a bunch of Mother's Day talks, which I love- talking about Christlike Poise and Mothers' poise. Nate picked an awesome topic! And the best part was hearing Bradley's talk!! He did an amazing job!! Even the part where he wasn't showering me with love and compliments was so great!! I just loved it!! It was hard to not be bawling the entire time! He said so many sweet things. Maybe I can get a copy of his talk and put it on here. He's such a sweet boy, such a good friend to me. I'm very very lucky to have Bradley. Then I got to sit with my big girls all through Relief Society, giggling and being irreverent the entire time- that was fun :). And then came home to making a sleeping mask with Molly as well as some lip balm! So fun! I'm just so happy I get to be a mom. I don't think I deserve this family, but I sure love them!! 5-14-23
PASSPORT FOR BRADLEY
This was a huge satisfaction for me. The past year I have been feeling like we needed to go get a passport started for Bradley. I really wish we had followed through on that and just done it, but of course we had to now. Thanks to Suzanne Wright, we scheduled an appointment and made it over to the Farmington offices and got his passport started. This felt like a huge accomplishment. I was glad Brad sacrificed his lunch to go do it. Here we go! 5-15-23
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!!
22 years!! Kinda crazy we've made it this far. Kinda crazy NATE'S made it this far!! I don't know how he does it! He pours out so much love. I don't think I ever imagined I would have this much love coming at me on a regular basis. He is amazing. I am so glad I made the choice I did to marry him and turn my life into something wonderful. It is such a blessing! 5-15-23
BRADLEY SENIOR PHOTOSHOOT
Kelly came down and we went first to H&M for some new clothes, thenn over to the Farmington trail and then the brick wall in Kaysville. I think we did a good job! Got lots of pictures! Brad was a good sport, had some fun. I loved it! It's always good to have Kelly's help and ideas too. Fun times. 5-15-23
HOGLE ZOO WITH MOLLY
Sadie and I met up with Molly and her group at the zoo for a fun few hours! We had so much fun! I think we saw everything! Molly seemed happy to have her sister and mom there and we got to enjoy the 1st grader Molly :). It was a lot of fun. I think the highlight was of course the polar bear! So much fun! He always puts on a good show. 5-16-23
ORCHESTRA CONCERT
We got to go watch Erika perform in her concert this week. That was a lot of fun. She does a great job! I love hearing those cello notes and knowing they are hers. It was a short and sweet two songs and then she went out with friend after to get ice cream at the creamery. Pretty fun- she's growing up! Great job, Erika! 5-16-23
COOL MIRACLE
Erika and I were hanging up a few State Track Kid posters on garages on Wednesday and we got up into Fruit Heights to this house that was a ways away, I don't think I even knew where I was. We got the tape on the poster, got it all ready to hang up before hopping out of the car, and then as I shut my door I remembered that the car has been locking itself occasionally, even with the keys in the ignition, so I quickly asked Erika not to shut her door. It was a quick little thought I acted on right away. So she left hers open, we went and hung up the poster, got back to the car and sure enough, my door was locked!! We would have been sort of stranded there, our phones were both in the car, the keys, the car was running! Would have been a huge mess where I would have had to knock on someone's door probably! SO INSANE!! I was SO grateful we left Erika's door open. What a huge blessing!! Oddly enough, the next house, we both shut our doors, didn't think anything of it and they didn't lock, surprisingly and we did look like idiots racing to the car to beat the locks once we realized what we had done. So funny. But kind of a cool learning experience. I was so grateful!! 5-17-23
OPEN GYM
She's back at it! Erika went to open gym this morning and then soccer practice in the evening. I think her foot is doing better. Doesn't seem 100% yet, but definitely better! 5-18-23
BEES GAME WITH JACK
This was a really fun field trip! One of my favorites for sure! This time we actually got to ride the train and trax instead of a school bus. It was so much fun! Jack and Easton were in my group- Easton didn't really talk, but Jack and I had fun talking. We watched the game pretty intently until we wanted some popcorn and snacks :). Then Jack wanted a mini bat as well. It was fun! I think we killed the Las Vegas team! Good times! Our favorite part was watching the Jazz Bear down on the field warming up with the players, in the splits! HA! Funny bear. Jack loved watching the player named Jack! 5-18-23
JACK'S WAX MUSEUM- BARNUM BROWN
I need to type up what Jack said about him, but he did an AWESOME job with this! I was so proud of him for going all out! We got him a cool fur coat that Jack actually loved wearing- HA, a hat and mustache. I was pretty glad we got to go over and push all the fun little buttons and hear about all the kids' reports. Sadie even liked it. Jack did awesome!!
"Hi, I'm Barnum Brown, I was born in 1863. And died in 1973. I was famous for being the first paleontologist to find the T-Rex remains. When I was younger I really liked studying science and I really liked laying in the grass. I faced many trials in my life but the hardest trial I faced was losing my wife." 5-19-23
PICNIC ON THE PLAYGROUND
We got to meet up with the kids on the school playground with Wendy's and Little Caesar's for picnic on the playground! So much fun!! It's a little different these days with just the two kids there! But we had fun. Sadie and Molly went and played on the playground for quite a while and I got to visit with Sis. Williams from our ward. I didn't know her very well. Erika made a guest appearance for a few seconds, we loved that! It was nice! Glad we get to do those things. Next year I'm offering to pick up pizzas for everyone! 5-19-23
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT BYU- BRADLEY 4X4
This was it!! The moment we'd all waited for!! Brad left early with Victor. We headed down after Noah's soccer game. We waited for quite a while, they had been on schedule until the 4X4s, but the excitement was building up! It was awesome that Nate made it down. We waited some more. Grandma Hatch showed up. We waited some more :). Then Brad and his team were finally up! Last section of the last division, last heat... the very last race of the meet! They ran an amazing race!! Especially Brad! I was so proud of him!! They got a 1 second PR, got 7th place overall. Very impressive!! I was so proud of him!! So glad he got to have this moment, and just so proud of him!! We went over to Brick oven afterwards, that was awesome. I loved his team's comments when they saw him sitting there with his family, eating already. "Whoa, Brad, you have a family?" HAHA! Then, "I KNEW you were 35!" HAHA!!! Funny kids. His smile was adorable. Good times!! I really don't know what to say about this amazing track career he's had so far. I hope he gets to come back and do a decathlon like he wants, or gets to do something else with it, after the mission. He really excelled and made a name for himself! Good job, Brad!! So proud of ya!! 5-20-23
SEMINARY GRADUATION- BRADLEY
We had a great time at Bradley's seminary graduation. Great speakers, great name reading :). Just kidding. I actually really loved the talks, and I loved that Brad just looked so amazing up there, getting his diploma. He's such a handsome kid! I really couldn't be more proud of him and all that he is doing right now. So much is happening! But he's doing it all with such poise. Very cool. We got pictures and cupcakes after. Good stuff! 5-21-23
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We created Brad's announcements Sunday and got them off Monday- not a moment too soon. They looked great!! I was happy Brad let us use the one with him laughing on the announcement. Grandma Hatch loved the hurdling pics too :). 5-22-23
LUNCH WITH MOM
My mom, Sadie and I met up at Penny Ann's Cafe for some lunch. It was nice to spend some time together. 5-22-23
MEMORY MOVIE WITH MOLLY
Ms. Smith has been amazing with Molly this year- it was super fun of her to have us all over to watch the class memory movie. I loved seeing Molly in her element and thinking about how much fun she's had this year! It's been a really good year!! 5-22-23
DINNER AT KENZIE'S
This ended up being a really fun night! We went over to Brad's friend Kenzie's house for dinner and fun. It was fun to meet all his friends' families and talk a little. I mostly talked with Brandon's mom about mission stuff, but it was so fun! Very relaxing time! Kenzie's parents are very nice! It was fun being there. 5-22-23
FIELD DAY
I think this was my least favorite Field Day ever. I mean, I hated it. I usually love field day! I don't know what's happened, but it was awful!! Mostly I think it was the stupid station I was at- I had to do kickball with Kindergarten and first graders! Not ideal. Even with the fifth graders, they were just mad the whole time. So that sucked. Didn't help that we had a HUGE meltdown with Molly that morning over her shoes and she ended up wearing socks and then we had to go get her some shoes at the store... crazy! But awful. It was just an awful time!! Made me sad. I miss the old field days!! 5-23-23
CHOIR CONCERT
We got to go to Noah's choir concert Tuesday- luckily Jack's game was rained out we didn't have to choose between the two- He did awesome! It was o fun to watch him! I loved the song choices and loved seeing Noah own this performance!! Fun stuff! 5-23-23
BRADLEY'S GRADUATION DAY!
This was huge!! They didn't have graduation until 5:00, so we just got to bum around a little before, but then at about 2:00, we went over to the school with his friends and got a bunch of pictures on the football field, track and in front of the yellow D. It was a lot of fun to have them together- probably the last time I get to be with all of them together. Then I got to drive them up to Weber and drop them off. They all looked so great in their caps and gowns. They looked all grown up but were still cute, nervous kids. I loved watching them. I was able to go in and get us a seat, on row 21 for Grandma Ruthie. It was an awesome graduation. Great speeches, most of them were short and sweet. I loved watching Brad. It was fun waiting for his name. We were all poised with our cameras, waiting to capture the moment. He looked great on the jumbo tron. Such a cute kid!! Charity, Kelly, Nate, Me, Grandma Ruthie, Grandma Hatch, Simon and Grandpa Hatch were all there to support him!! So great! We went over to Red Lobster to celebrate after. So much fun!! I just love this kid! I'm so excited for what he has ahead and to see what he does with his life. He got to go to the all night party at Boondocks that night. I didn't see him again til 1:00 the next day and even then, it was just to tell me he was going to keep sleeping :). 5-24-23
GAILEY PARK FIELD TRIP- JACK
This was Jack's last field trip. Sadie and Erika and I met up with his grade over at Gailey Park. It ws pretty fun to watch him pushing Sadie on the swing, he did that for a while. He passed on the pizza and then as I was getting ready to leave because I needed to go pick up Nate from work (had to have the Prius to get the tires replaced), some girls started picking on Jack. They were very rude and he was pretty hurt. He was crying a little and so we sat down to talk for a minute. I suggested that maybe he could just come home with me and he liked that idea. I felt bad just taking him away, but I couldn't bear the thought of just ditching him there in that mood. So I checked him out with Mrs. Moncur. I hope his sixth grade year is more comfortable for him. 5-25-23
JACK BASEBALL
Jack has had a really good baseball season despite it being clear up in Roy. I think he's had a good time. His team and the parents are awesome! I have loved working with Roy people. Even the kids- one of them yelled out- JUST LIKE PRACTICE JACK-KNOCK IT OUT THERE!! SO awesome! I just love it. He has scored a bunch of times, but being that it is team pitch he hasn't really been able to get a piece of the ball at practice. He's got a good eye though! 5-25-23
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
We had an awesome last day!! Molly got to walk to the ponds- we took her a jacket, Erika and I- and then Nate had to cater lunch for the junior High so we all helped with the mad dash of that! It was crazy how much he crammed into those last two hours!! Amazing!! I went over and got pictures of the kids with their teachers at their little flag ceremony and singing the national anthem- so cool! It was a great year for both Molly and Jack! I was very proud of them!! We came home and got distracted and completely missed the end of year water party at Clemenses. The kids were so mad. But we did manage to have our Projector movie. Super Mario Bros. Only watched the first half outside because of some rain. If only we'd waited a bit longer, it stopped by the time we got everyone inside. Kinda funny. But we had a good time! Here's to another year! 5-26-23
ALUMNI GAME- KELLY
We got to go over to Davis for a fun Alumni Lacrosse Game! Kelly did amazing!! If we'd been keeping stats, her seven assists and two points would have put her at the top!! Over their beloved Maci. Not sure what makes Maci so special, but for some reason she is. I was so proud of how well Kelly did! She's still got it- even having not really played for two years! Those other girls are on teams now!! And the alumni team would have killed it had Kenzie not been such a horrible goalie. I mean we won, but we would have won by a lot more if Morgan hadn't started playing on the field and turned over the goal. Still good though!! Fun stuff!! Go Kelly!!! She was pretty sore for days after- she earned that! 5-26-23
JACK SELLING SNACKS
Jack and Liam have been selling snacks at Jami's Race Cats track meets- it's been really cool! He's made a lot of money!! Kinda cool! He wants to go sell at the park during soccer games and stuff. Fun stuff. 5-27-23
SUNDAY
Charity got surprised with giving the prayer in Sacrament meeting today and then she was set apart as a primary worker after church. So excited for her! She's very excited to teach the nine year olds. This Sunday was a rough one for me. I felt SO SICK!! I came home and slept for like five hours. 5-28-23
MEMORIAL DAY
We had a great time at the ward breakfast. Brad lead the flag ceremony. We ate cold eggs, bacon, sausage and pancakes. Kinda funny that they always want to do warm food at those breakfasts, but whatever. I got to sit and talk with Bishop, Jay and then Emily and Charity. Fun times. We bummed around a bit after that, then ran some errands for Nate, picking up meat for another job. Then we headed down to visit Nana's grave with Grandpa, Steve and Heidi and kids. It was a nice time. I love giving Nana a minute. I love her so much! Still!! Then we drove down to Lynn and Ali's for barbecue. This was a lot of fun too! Talked mostly with Heather, Rachel, Nancy, Liz, Adam, Brad and Luke sat by me- I loved that! Then on the way home I got to talk with Becky. Fun stuff. It was a great time!! 5-29-23
FIRST WEEK OF SUMMER
It's been a fun first week so far. We've all had fun listening to Sadie and Owen play together. All of the times Owen has said the words, "my mom said I could", "my mom let's me do that", and my personal favorite, "I'm gonna go ask my mom if I can go ______________ with you." (when he hasn't been invited- HA! Sadie has tried out the new pool along with Molly and Jack, destroyed the game room with the styrofoam from the bean bag chairs, ridden on the wiggle cars way past the Clarks a few times, and taken a few naps completely on her own. Not to mention watching Super Mario Bros a million times and renting it for $25 after we already purchased it for $30. I think she is getting thoroughly worn out. Funny girl. Molly has spent a lot of time watching tv, playing her new Boddle account, activity days, snacking, and playing with the water. Jack has been extra helpful and in a really good mood. He has been whistling the theme to Jurassic Park for about three months straight and has not let up for summer ;). He likes the switch and computer as well. But has spent a lot of time outside too and finishing up his baseball season. Erika has spent a little time at Station Park, running, babysitting, movies, cross country, and texting friends. Noah has worked, worked, ran, worked, went to Lagoon and played with friends. Luke has spent most of his time with friends, but we love having him around and having him to laugh at reels with. He has spent some time on the switch, playing basketball, and eating ramen. Brad has been extra busy lately. He's gone fishing with the kids a few times, mowed the lawn, cleaned out his car, lots of very late nights with friends, orbeez gun fights, water fight, I can hear him practicing spanish occasionally, and having fun with Sadie. It's been a full week!! Kelly has been around a little and we catch glimpses of Charity along with Josh, but not a lot of time with them. It's been a fun time! 5-31-23
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