The Hatch Bunch...

COMPUTERS... AAAAHHHHH

2009-11-09T07:59:00.000-08:00

It has been forever since I have posted anything, and I've been trying to post from Halloween but for some reason my computer won't allow the program to run that allows me to upload photos, and I am not bright enough to figure out how to get around it! Hopefully I can get it figured out soon or find someone to figure it out for me. It is so frustrating to find a FEW minutes to accomplish something and then not be able to! Anyways there is my complaining for the day, not really... I'm sure I'll complain more later to my husband about being prego, that's an every day occurrence around here! But he should at least have to hear about it right?! I'm still here and will post again as soon as I get my computer figured out!

2010 SeNiOr

2009-09-20T18:00:00.000-07:00

My niece Allix is a senior this year and we have been talking for awhile now about doing some senior photos for her. So this weekend we were finally able to get together to take advantage of the outdoors for some fun photos. I had such a great time with her she is such a cutie and a blast to be with. We took sooo many photos it was hard to pick my favs but here are a few of them!! Hopefully we will get a couple more chances this year to take more pics in the changing seasons.

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2009-09-20T17:34:00.000-07:00

eLeVeN

2009-09-11T07:21:00.001-07:00

Wow I can't believe that we have been married for 11 years now. How time flies when your with the one you love! I am so thankful that I have been blessed to have such a wonderful husband and father for our childeren. He is such a thoughful man that wants to always make sure that his family is taken care of and happy.

I love you Jimmy!

4-H

2009-08-10T19:58:00.000-07:00

This was our first year having a child in 4-H, and it was quite a learning experience for Abby and I! She did three different classes. She sewed pajama pants in her Sewing class. Painted, drew, and sculpted clay in her Art class. She learned how to shoot at all kinds of targets with a BB gun in her shooting class and even got a second place in their shoot out contest. So she was awarded a red ribbon for that. I think she has had a lot of fun. I'm afraid she will have to cut back on the classes next year though because Dylan will also be old enough next year and I won't be able to keep up with too many classes! We'll see if I can talk them both into doing the same classes! ;)

Abby in her finished pj pants with her matching pillow!

Abby at the shoot out contest.

Potty Training...

2009-08-06T08:30:00.000-07:00

So we have been trying to potty train our little Addalyn (her choice) I didn't think we were quite ready but she thinks she is so its lots of wet undies and thank heavens not so many dirty messes but the other day I had given her a frozen yogurt for breakfast and left the room and came back to check on the all too quiet one (expecting a HUGE mess) and when I finally found her this is what I found...
I just had to laugh and grab the camera!

So through this process I'll have to remind myself potty training isn't always bad, sometimes its good for a great laugh!

On a roll

2009-06-21T17:41:00.001-07:00

For father's day I decided that I would try and make my sister-in-laws raspberry rolls for my wonderful husband! I had never made them before so I was quite hesitant to do so. But a few days prior I made cinnamon rolls (which my family devoured in a measly 2 days) from her recipe which is partly the same recipe,so I thought I could do it. They did turn out fine not quite as pretty as Samera's turn out but taste just fine. Now I find out the majority of my children do not even like raspberry rolls! Hopefully Jimmy will be able to eat them before they get to old! prior to baking

Since I didn't get around to making the rolls 'till quite late at night Jaksen was the only one that was still awake and he was trying to be such a big helper!

And the finished product!

Happy Father's Day Sweetie!

Feeding Fish

2009-06-15T10:38:00.001-07:00

We decided to take the kids to go feed the fish yesterday. It rained on the way there and on the way back but it wasn't actually raining when we got there or the entire time we stayed! The kids love to go and feed the fish a couple times each year. There were so many fish yesterday and some of them were HUGE! Dylan is never really interested in feeding the fish he is always near the shallow water trying to catch the teenie tiny fish. He was so grumpy when I told him it was time to go and he hadn't actually caught one. I was so glad he didn't catch any, that would have been an even bigger fight telling him he couldn't keep it! Addalyn was so funny, she didn't like to walk on the little wooden platform (deck) all of the cracks scared her. She kept trying to only walk on one plank so she didn't step on the cracks! We all had a great time out as a family.

Abigail posing as usual!

Dylan ignoring the camera while he is trying to catch a baby fish and not get wet!

Jaksen posing for the camera while he is as close to the water as possible getting all muddy!

And Addalyn hanging on to the railing while she watched the fish jumping for the food!

2009-06-12T08:42:00.000-07:00

We're not done yet!

2009-06-11T08:01:00.000-07:00

Okay so I put a baby ticker up on my blog a few days ago but haven't actually said (typed) the words... "We are going to have another little baby!" I'm not very far along but the kids know because I got pretty sick from it and so we told them so I was able to get some extra help from them while I was sick. But since they know, they have told all their friends and actually total strangers. Any one I'm talking to even if I don't know them they tell them "Mommy has a baby in her tummy!" They are ALL so excited! We aren't going to find out what this one is, I've always wanted to have that surprise in the delivery room but have never gone without finding out before hand, but I'm determined to go without knowing this time! I had an ultra sound and have never had one this early in a pregnancy, It was really neat to see the baby all formed yet SOOO tiny! So I guess for those of you who have had an ultra sound yourself, you may be able to tell what is what in the picture otherwise it probably just looks like a little blob!

Field Day

2009-06-04T08:13:00.000-07:00

On Monday the kids had their field day. It was perfect weather in the morning when Abby's class was outside, but by the afternoon when Dylan's class went out it was just about to start raining. They only finished the long distance run and softball throw before it began to rain. Then it rained almost the entire time they were oustide! It didn't seem to bother any of the kids though! I was soaked as were Jak and Adda. Once the rain did stop they (Jak & Adda) decided to play in the puddles that were left behind, trying to swim in them at one point. Both Abigail and Dylan did really well and had a great time! Dylan ribboned in every event and Abigail got a ribbon for 5 out of the 9 events!

He's 3!!!!!!!

2009-04-25T13:52:00.001-07:00

Okay so he's been 3 for awhile now, but he is a whole year younger than Dylan was when we first put him on the little Honda 50. Jaksen has been dying to ride "his motorcycle" and we kept telling him that he had to learn to ride his pedal bike without training wheels and accidents! So last year before he turned 3 he was riding ALL over the place and pretty well. So today

he got to go outside with dad and try it out ! I thought I was going to have a heart attack watching him ride around the yard and the field! He did pretty good the majority of the time ~ dodging all the obstacles in the yard including all of people watching him! But he did get scared and forgot how to do the brakes and ran into the step and decided he was done with it! But Jimmy didn't want him to get off of it while he was scared so he talked him into going a little bit more!

Thanks!!! And a little chuckle for me

2009-03-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

Everything I've tried to post today is coming up backwards. I was tyring to put this at the end of my other pictures I'm posting today but it wasn't working. So I 'll remember to post things backwards next time then they will turn out the way I wanted. Right? Any way this was the end of my day, yesterday. We went on a food storage shopping spree. I wish I would have taken a picture of it all in the back of my truck. I can not tell you the amount of looks and comments I got yesterday while checking out. I guess not as many people buy food storage this way as I thought or at least not the people I ran into last night! People thought I was crazy!! I felt bad for the people waiting in line behind us so I made sure that they knew that my shopping cart was not the only items they would be waiting on... my sweet husband was waiting at the end of the check out with our OTHER cart ( the big 6 wheeled ones). And the look of pure shock was just FUNNY to me. I couldn't help but chuckle. But I'm not really chuckling now because I still need to finish organizing it all!! And to think this was just the beginning of it since our food storage has been dwindling and I've been slacking on restocking!
Anyway this was what I actually got on to post about:

Yesterday my 2 pre-school classes and I were able to go to the Driggs Fire Department. Where we were taught all about fire safety by the wonderful firemen there. It was a great day and the kids learned a lot while having a great time! So... THANK YOU TO ALL THE FIREMEN!!! We appreciate all of your hard work and for taking the time to show us around!

With great appreciation,

Miss Stephanie's Totopia Preschool classes

Here's my little guy Jaksen all suited up!

My PM class

Fireman Mark

and my Am class.

Hobby

2009-03-03T20:55:00.000-08:00

I have been having lots of fun with my newest hobby! It's so addicting though. Most (1/2) of my kids have enjoyed being my practice subjects. Dylan, and most of the time Addalyn are just not interested in having their pictures taken, but Abigail and Jaksen could spend all day playing with mommy and the camera! Abigail especially is loving the POSING. My little creative girl comes up with some pretty cute poses. Today we were out using the sun and partly overcast skies for some great picture opportunities. Then I got to edit the photos ~ I am loving black and white or sepia pictures, they make every picture just a little cuter! I am challenging myself to find some great places around the house and surrounding areas for some interesting pictures. Next I need to go for a car ride to scout out areas in the valley for future shoots! Friday I get to do my first baby shots for someone else. I am looking forward to working with a tiny one, that can't run from me ;) I figure anyone I can talk into letting me practice on is a great opportunity! So if anyone is looking for a way to spend some extra time just let me know! :)

Freebie

2009-02-26T18:13:00.000-08:00

http://sweetshotsphoto.blogspot.com/ Go here to sign up for a giveaway! Free photo shoot with Melissa. She is in the Logan/Cache Valley Ut area! Or post on yours if you have other friends that may be closer. I love photography and love to check out all kinds of phot blogs! Let me know of any others you know of! I love getting new ideas.

2009-02-17T07:43:00.000-08:00

It has been too long since I have updated, but there really hasn't been that much going on around here! We have been pretty laid back lately! But I thought I would atleast add a pic or two from the last camera session with my younger two kids who can't tell me "NO" yet! I'm sure they are going to get tired really quick, of mom playing with the camera trying to figure it out! But for now they are willing, especially if we are heading outside! I'll be heading up to the ski hill today to atleast take pictures of the other two kids. I'm not sure if I'll ski today depends on how it looks out there when I go up. I'm such a fair weather skier (my kids think I'm such a wimp) and I'll probably be too busy taking pictures anyways! Today is their last school ski day for the season so they will be having their race today, so I'm sure I'll have pictures to post later!

A little bit of s.......

2009-01-17T17:40:00.000-08:00

We were able to get up on the hill today for a little bit of sunshine, snow, skiing, and snowboarding! I didn't take my camera with me today so the cell phone video had to do! Today was Abby's 2nd day on her new board and she did awesome!! She can now do Shoshon with maybe just one fall (when someone gets in her way) I didn't even get a pic or video of Dylan he doesn't stick too close to mom anymore! I am impressed that he will wait at the bottom of the hill for me before loading onto the lift! Which is more than he would do on Tuesday after ski school! The kids are loving it, now I need to get Jaksen up there, maybe this week or next! I'm trying to prepare myself for the FUN time!! I'll try to remember a camera!

Sorry for the video quality! I'm chasing her!!

Pass it on...Puppies for Sale!

2009-01-09T10:28:00.000-08:00

Above: "Lola" laying on her brother "Matt" Lola is the only girl and is rollie pollie!

Below: "Matt" is the cuddler!

And here is "Max" the runt of the bunch!

Well it's official. The puppies are now big enough for us to find new homes for them. We just returned from the vet where they recieved their first set of shots!! Buddy (Lick) Should be going to his new home soon. The rest of the bunch are still waiting on finding a home! So if any of you are interested or know someone looking for a GREAT pet, that will be wonderful with kids and doesn't shed just let me know here or email me at jameshatch7@aol.com . We are charging

$300 for the males and $400 for the female OBO (reasonable). Here are a few pics of the puppies that haven't found a definate home! Let me know if you would like any other photos!

Paper

2008-12-12T16:37:00.000-08:00

The kids had their Christmas Program on Tuesday. They did a great job! and Dylan even ended up on the front page of the Teton Valley News. He was so excited to get home from school and show me the newspaper. His teacher had cut it out for him! I'll post pics of him and Abby from the program as soon as I locate my other memory card!!

Oh how they've grown...

2008-12-06T12:48:00.000-08:00

The puppies are now just over 3 weeks old and starting to move around al ittle more. The kids are loving having puppies in the house, and so am I!!

Doggie Pile

Puppy love

Here they all are: Junior, Lick, Max, and Lola

Photo shoot

2008-11-30T16:50:00.000-08:00

We were already late for sacrament meeting today and all dressed up so I decided to take the kids outside and get a few shots of them in their holiday outfits! Trying to get a few good shots of the kids seemed to be almost impossible. Yes, by themselves they were great but put them together and I think that I only got 2 pics of them all actually looking at the camera, but I seem to like the pictures of them all looking different directions anyways, it more naturally for my kids anyways. In real life I never have the attention of all 4 of them at the same time so why should the pictures show that?! Today made me sooo excited for my Christmas/Birthday gift that should be coming soon... A new camera. I always seem to miss the shot that I really wanted so this year Jimmy wanted to get me a better camera. I'm sure I won't be waiting for Christmas to start using it I'll more than likely have it out "playing" with it the day it arrives!! But here are a few shots from today's try!

Music & Memories

2008-11-16T20:37:00.000-08:00

So tonight we went to a piano recital of Abigail's. Even though she now feels like I'm forcing her to keep going with piano she did very well! She just wants to fight with me whenever it is time to practice. I think pretty soon she will be back into the "I love piano" phase. (hopefully soon) I have always felt guilty that I didn't stick with piano or work at it when I was taking lessons and I want my children to be able to play.
At the recital one of the older kids played a song called rockin' robin and it brought back so many memories. I know I'm not quite that old... but my parents have this old record player that we used to always crank up in the TV room when kids would come over and the songs I remember most were Rockin' Robin and The birds and the bees, so I had to add them to my playlist! I love how music always holds memories... good or bad, a song is like some kind of a trigger in my brain bringing up old or new memories. So for any of you that use to come over and listen to the record player you may recognize the 2nd song!!!

Adding to the fam

2008-11-13T16:01:00.000-08:00

So our dog Zoey has just had her first litter of puppies and they are sooo cute and she seems to be a great mom! I am ready for bed right now though we (Zoey and I) were up all night. She finally had them between 5:15 and 7:45 am. Abigail and Dylan have already given each one a name, like we are going to keep them all :( I'm sure they will all be so attached to them before the puppies are old enough to leave their mother. So now if anyone needs a cute little puppy you know where to go (in about 8-10 wks) and the best part is... no shedding!!
The other pictures that I posted are of my beautiful daughter who is ALWAYS into something. I may just be getting older ( you know I will be the big 3 0 soon) I remember the older kids getting into stuff but this one, she either breaks something or eats something (usually markers) everyday!! She keeps us all busy. Thank heavens for my mom who has the great patience and persistence to try and keep up with her two days a week while I teach pre-school. Lately she has been dragging my dad along as well to help buffer her!! Love ya mom and dad!!

Already...

2008-11-03T11:09:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it is already November the holidays are just around the corner now. Life seems to be so busy lateley I am wanting to just slow down for a while, hopefully soon. The kids had a great Halloween Abigail wanted her costume to match mine this year so we dressed up like 50's girls, Dylan was a clone trooper from star wars, Jaksen was Dale Earnhart Jr. #88 his daddy's favorite... I say go Carl Edwards #99! who won yesterday for any of you that follow Nascar. I know I know.. I have to like something Jimmy watches or we would always be at different TVs watching "our" shows. I wish we could have made it to Phoenix this weekend for the race again and to see family, but maybe next year! Any way I'm way off subject to finish Addalyn was a little lion for Halloween. The kids had a blast and came home with waaaay too much junk. Jimmy did kinda dress up ( in his 50's greaser Jacket) for the kids Halloween carnival on Thursday but didn't get back into costume for Friday. I barely took any photos though... I've been a mom long enough you would think I would be better at getting photos... oh well maybe that will be next year's goal!!

Looking back a little...

2008-10-03T10:45:00.000-07:00

So I never did figure out how to do a slide show of pics, so I just added a few from the summer. Looking at our summer pics it seems like the only time I remembered the camera was when we were on a ride, but I guess that is what we did with most of our summer weekends... camping and riding! Last weekend I forgot to take pics but we were yet again camping. This time we went camping with a purpose we needed to cut firewood for the winter. I think even though it is hard work Jimmy loves to get out in the woods and make all the trees fall that he can haul out! It was a lot of fun, I wasn't doing hardly any of the work though. I made sure they had something to eat, that's always important. I'm sure we will need to get out and get a few more loads before winter hits. I can't believe how beautiful the weather has been lately, it is October and we have still been in the 60's and 70's how nice is that!! I love fall but it is usually so short of a season before winter sets in for its 7-9 month stay. I love living in the valley but oh my the winter here is soooo long. Oh well we just keep ourselves busy during the winter months. Abby will be trying to snowboard this year and Dylan is now in the first grade so he'll be going skiing with the school this year so I'll be on my own or if I dare I'll take Jak up and start teaching him how to ski...we'll see!!! I hope talking about winter doesn't bring it on I could handle it if it didn't snow until just before Christmas ;-)

Summer's End

2008-08-28T19:10:00.000-07:00

Well I found a few minute's to sit and give an update. Jim is gone on a ride so I don't need to make dinner :) The kids wanted cheese tortillas which they basically make themselves. (Mom's night off! Ha HA)
The kids have been back to school for almost a week now, and I'll start pre-school this Wednesday!! The summer came and went soo quickly- I was always told that time flies after high school, but this is ridiculous. Addalyn just turned 1 ( a month ago) Abby turned 9, Dylan will be 7 September 7th, Jaksen will turn 3 October 20th , and Jimmy and I will celebrate our 10th anniversary September 11th. How crazy is that?!!
I was wanting to put a slide show up of some of our summer pics, but I'm still to new at this to figure it out. If I ever do figure it out I'll post some of our "summer fun" pics. Until then the pic of the first day of school will have to do.
Abby has continued her piano lessons all summer long and is now right back into the fall session. She will be going to piano festival at BYUI some time early fall. She has also been continuing with her gymnastics- they are starting a competitive team and she hopes to be part of it. Dylan has decided to play soccer this fall and is loving it!! They have only had one game so far but he is enjoying himself. I think it is great for him the only sport he has really done is T-ball, and mom was the coach (all three years) So this is something new and mom is just yelling from the sidelines.

Tears

2008-07-09T08:13:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to be able to let those of my family who read my blog know waht is happening in our Hatch family this week. We are all beside ourselves with grief for a GREAT guy who has recently passed away in our family. Our nephew Colby "Ernie" passed away on sunday. And our nephew Scott Thomas was with him when this all happened. Please keep him in your prayers he is going to have a really hard time coping with the thoughts of one of his best friends drowning and not being able to get to him! WE love you all and just ask for your prayers at this time. This is a news site with more info for you that wnt to know more. http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=8629193&nav=menu554_2

Year's End

2008-05-29T10:38:00.000-07:00

Oh my... May is such a busy month!!!! We have had softball and t-ball games, field day, spring program and Kindergarten Graduation. Not to metion my pre-school graduation. I don't know how any one with more than two kids in activities keeps up. I'm sure we'll find out soon enough but I already feel so busy I can't imagine adding more. Oh well they are only young for a short time. As I mentioned, Dylan graduated from kindergarten today!!! Yeah Dylan. We are all so ready for summer break - 3 months of playing!!!! The kids are so excitd to be going to Arizona during June. We haven't been in the summer for a LONG time. Sun here we come!!

Look Mommy

2008-05-19T20:25:00.000-07:00

Our dear baby Addalyn has decided to grow up entirely too fast. She has been walking now for a couple of weeks and getting very good at it. We keep telling Jaksen that she is going to be out of diapers before he is! We have been trying to get him to wear "big boy underwear" and telling him "not to pee on Diego" some of the time he can go almost the entire day with out an accident and the next day he'll go through 8 pairs of underwear. I wish I would of thought to grab the camera the other day when I caught him "cleaning" his dirtied underwear in the toilet as he flushed it like he had seen Grandma Thomas do. Picture that. ;-) He was so proud of himself that he didn't just take them off, but that he was also cleaning up after himself!!

These legs were made for walkin'

2008-05-19T19:58:00.000-07:00

2008-05-12T17:28:00.000-07:00

So as you can see from the pic I got to go on a field trip with Abigail's 3rd grade class. We went to West Yellow Stone, to the Grizzly and Wolf discovery center, and the IMAX to see a film about bears. It was alot of fun to be able to go with Abby and her friends. I even got yelled at by the bus driver ( not really at me, just towards me) It felt like I was in grade school again!!! And I get to go to the zoo this week with Dylan's Kindergarten class. Now that should be fun. I know you are all soooo jealous!!
This weekend I got to go get my nails done and a pedicure for Mother's day. I love the girl (Jessica) that does my nails, but I can't help but think of this video everytime I get my nails done. It is too funny. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsWrY77o77o I'm sure you have all seen it but I laugh every time I do.

I'll give it a try

2008-05-02T08:17:00.000-07:00

Okay so everyone is always talking about their blogs and blogging, and I love looking at all of the family blog sites, so I guess I am going to give it a try I'll tell anyone who does decide to read this that I know I will not be one who updates their blog daily. Though I would love to when I get on the computer I can spend my entire day there so I limit myself for my childern's sake. : )