At the Maughan's Cabin

We saw three moose on our Rhino ride that first night!  SO COOL!!  Totally took me back to AK.  They are such incredible animals!

THE MAUGHAN'S CABIN
The Maughan's invited us up to their cabin in Heber for UEA weekend.  We had such a great time!! Everyone's favorite parts were:
Charity: Rhino rides and seeing the moose.  And the big slide and the huge teeter totter.
Kelly:
Bradley: Rhino rides and all the birds and chipmunks and squirrels and stuff like that.  And the hike.
Luke: I liked going on the hike and seeing Jack pick up the poop.
Noah: Rhino rides and catching the chipmunk.
Erika: Going on the slide with Kate and going on the hike and watching the movie with Kate.
Jack: Blue one.  And the big slide.
Molly: Sleeping a lot during the day.
Dad:
Mom: Relaxing.  Not having to cook every meal.  Being away from life.  The fresh air.  Hanging out with the Maughans.

We stopped at the Maughan's traditional lunch stop at Dairy Keen in Heber then headed on up to the cabin.  Rhino rides were a highlight that evening, we got to see three moose!  The next day we went down to the neighbor's to play on their slide, teeter totter and swing.  That was a lot of fun.  Everyone walked away with a few battle wounds which is always fun :).  We all enjoyed the hike that day as well.  I think it's awesome that some of my kids actually like to hike.  Makes me happy.  I think I did pretty good considering, but I sure wish I was in better shape and didn't have so many pains to deal with still.  Hopefully as time goes I will be able to strengthen the areas that hurt and feel dislocated and they will stop :).  Rhino rides, Harry Potter II, and yummy popcorn that evening.  We all got a kick out of the boys' traps to catch a squirrel or chipmunk.  Saturday was our pack up and go day.  We hurried and ate, played games, road the Rhino one last time (not much wild life to see though) and then headed home.  It was a lot of fun.  It's been a while since we got away.  I loved the Cafe Rio on the way home :).  10-17-15

Here's the big  slide!  SO COOL!

\And the giant teeter totter was pretty fun too.

Don't ask me what's up with all these pictures.  I'm pretty sure the camera was still on the night setting from the night before.  Lame.  

These two were so much fun to watch.  I love that Erika has Kate.

As usual it took a while to get Jack excited about most of this, but once he felt comfortable... 

While we were out there playing in the quiet outdoors, I realized just how loud our family really is.  Definitely some Hatch blood there...

Trying to level out the teeter totter..  pretty good, Nate!

Cute Kate!  I wish I knew he had the camera during this part...

The big train down the slide

Luke had to go back to the cabin and change into his basketball shorts so he could experience the amazing speed that you get with very little friction.

And whoever had the camera reallllllly loved the scenery!  There were about a million shots of the trees :).  Had to post a couple.

Miss Molly

Molly in Purple

I took these the morning of Bradley's friend party.  I think I loved how she looked in purple, because I still do!  Look how cute she is!!  And next to the blanket Nate's mom crocheted for Kelly.  I love this color on baby girls.

pre-sneeze pictures are always good :)

BRADLEY'S BIRTHDAY

I think Bradley had a good birthday this year.  He woke up to streamers all over his room and up the stairs, a beautiful sign that Kelly made for him (cute story: in the store when we were buying posters Kelly whispered to me- but loud enough that Bradley could hear (not sure if that was intentional or not)- "Can I make Brad's sign?"  The look on Bradley's face was priceless.  Meant a lot to me because for some reason those two have been butting heads a lot lately.  Makes me happy to know that they are still friends deep down.  We had French Toast for breakfast- Bradley's choice.  Nate had brought home a giant Texas donut to surprise Brad with.  He snacked on it all day :).  He had asked me if he could open a present before school since I usually let the kids do that- but this time- there weren't any!!  We had been waiting for the perfect gift to fall in our laps... slackers... he was disappointed, but I think it was okay.  He got to be the Star Citizen (or whatever he called it) for the day at school.  That sounded like fun.  We had planned his family party for that evening so that family could come to his flag football game.  So we all headed over to the park to watch the birthday boy play.  Their team kind of got creamed which was a total bummer, but we all had fun.  Came home for the rest of the party- donuts and ice cream, presents and lots of visiting.  We had both sets of grandparents there!  Bradley was spoiled rotten with gifts :).  It was a nice fun evening.  Happy Birthday to Bradley!  It's crazy to think that Bradley is 11 now!  That seems so old.  I'm so proud of who he is though.  He really is such a great kid.  So helpful around the house- he really is one of my go to kids when I need something done right away.  He's such a fun big brother to his younger siblings.  Always so fun and happy with them, and never afraid to hang out with someone smaller than him.  Which would be anyone in this house :).  He's the tallest!  And he's not done growing I don't think!  He seems to enjoy school.  I love getting his no missing work emails- he is a GREAT student.  I love how passionate he has become about fishing.  He LOVES to take one of his little sibs and walk over to the ponds.  He and Erika reeled in about 37 fish on one trip!  It's cool that he takes Noah or Erika with him.  He asked me the other day when he will be able to take Jack :).  He's an amazing basketball player and keeps getting better and better.  He spends a LOT of his time shooting hoops in the front.  He has been enjoying Flag Football this season.  I think he would like it more if his coach was less flaky and if the assistant coach wasn't so mean.  But he's been doing great!  I love his confidence and I love hearing about his games and all the drama between the boys :).  At recess too.  I love that Bradley talks to me!  He's a good friend.  I'm so glad that Heavenly Father let me be his mom.  I know that he's a special spirit and that he will do big things in this life.  I hope I can help point him in the right directions.  10-7-15

I loved these pictures of the wrapping paper charity and kelly created for him

Kelly danced for us all toward the end of Brad's party

One Month

This isn't the best picture and I really wasn't going to do the monthly updates for Molly because I can hardly stand that she is growing so fast!  But I don't want to deprive us of these pictures or the information of her development.  So here she is :).  One month old!  She's such a good baby!!  Even at one month, she was already so good at everything!  Her biggest talent: nursing.  She wasn't sleeping through the night yet, but we were getting up fewer times most nights.  That helps.  She was still spending most of her time in someone's arms.  Usually mine, just because I can't get enough of her.  Her sibs fight over her when they get home.  She really hasn't had any big concerns.  It was a very uneventful month!