Thankful!

Sorry I haven't posted for awhile. I need to post Logan's basketball video. I keep meaning to post it but wanted to wait for video of Connor's game but we forgot the camera again this week. He is getting so close to making his first shot. He just can't get the ball to drop. Logan gets so excited when his teammates score that you would think he scored. He is a very cute basketball player. He tries to fake passes--Maybe he has watched too many basketball games on t.v. He already thinks he has skills. He is such a funny kid. We have known since he was a baby that he would be a clown. What would we do without our always happy Logan.
I haven't had anything interesting to write about, but, I am very greatful for our boring life. Some families around us are really suffering right now. A teenager that lived across the street was killed in a car accident last week. It is the second child that they have lost to a car accident. I can't imagine the pain that they are going through. I couldn't be more thankful for a healthy, happy family. I feel so blessed to have life going along so smoothly. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We love you all!

Connor's Birthday

I can't believe Connor is 8! He has been so excited for his birthday. He is excited to be baptized next month and he was really excited to start cub scouts. We started celebrating the night before when Chad and I took him to the Utah vs. TCU game. I wanted to go to the last 2 games so I decided we would take Connor to the TCU game and Logan to the BYU game. It was a great game. Connor couldn't believe that they pulled it off. I kept telling him that he had to believe. The Ute's like to put excitement into the games this year. He asked if he could rush the field after the game. We gave in as a birthday gift to him--It was just two hours away. He couldn't believe how big the players were. They didn't usually even notice him standing next to them and he was too shy to say anything. When he was standing by Hensel some girls talking to him noticed Connor standing there and told him. He talked to Connor for a minute. He was very nice and Connor loved every second of it. Chad took Connor's picture when he was standing be Mack but it is on our phone so we'll have to figure out how to get it to the computer--I slacked with the camera for a lot of the important birthday pictures.
We decided to go to the ever other year plan for friend birthday parties. That is what most of his friends do. I wouldn't mind having a party if he could narrow down his friend list. Last year's near fiasco with 18 kids who wouldn't watch the movie--thank goodness for good weather and a football. We decided to do some activities as a family instead. We went to see Madagascar II it was really cute. Ashlyn is still singing "move it". Then we let the boys go rock climbing at IRock. Connor has done it before and that was his main request. He likes to do it but it makes him nervous. He would get 3/4 of the way up and then ask to be let down. We finally convinced him that it was safe and he made it to the top. He was really proud of himself. Logan almost refused to go but we talked him into it and he had a lot of fun. We finished off with a dinner at Iggy's and then went home for ice cream cake. It was fun spending the day together. We all had a good time.

Connor's Birthday

Halloween

The kids had a fun Halloween. The boys had the day off from school. It was a little wild around the house so we rented movies and had a pizza party for lunch. Luckily Logan had basketball practice in the afternoon--that help get some energy out. We went to Grandpa and Grandma Hatch's to see all the Utah cousins. They had fun seeing all the costumes. We had dinner and headed home. The kids had a blast trick-or-treating. The weather was so nice that Connor wore shorts. It sprinkled on us a little towards the end of the night but it was really warm. Ashlyn loved it. They went out with Chad for about 45 minutes then they came home for a drink and I took them for another hour or so. We walked pretty far but she never gave up. The boys wore out before she did. When they were ready to go home she yelled at us for passing houses. Her only complaint was that her bag was too heavy. She was good at saying trick-or-treat most of the time but sometimes she would say "I need candy!" They got a lot of candy!!
Ashlyn has been limping all day because her muscles are so sore. It's a good thing the boys got tired or she may not have been able to walk today.

Utah Cheerleader, Indiana Jones and Tony Hawk

Ashlyn's Halloween Program

Ashlyn had a Halloween program on Thursday. She did a really good job. She has been singing the songs to us all week. The program is divided into the 3 classes and then they sing a couple of songs all together. Ashlyn participated in 2 of the classes--she was on the edge of one class and didn't realize it wasn't her class so she stood up and sang along. She knew all of their songs too. When she sang with her class the teacher made the mistake of saying "sing loud" boy did she ever. I think it is the second video.

Ashlyn Cheering

The other night the boys were playing football downstairs and Ashlyn was cheering. They play football downstairs constantly. Pretty much every decoration we have downstairs has suffered because of it. I knew it looked like a bowling alley before we finished it, but, I didn't realize that it would be a football stadium after. The second Chad is around, they beg him to play football with them. Logan can hold his own. The only problem is that our ceilings are a little low for high passes that Connor can't intercept.

Downstairs Football