Kenna's 1st Volleyball Game

So yesterday 8/31/09 was McKenna's first ever volleyball game. She's really been practicing hard and because her school is new and hasn't built it's permanent facility yet they are in trailers..they do not have a gym so they have to practice outside in the blazing heat 4 days a week from 3 -5pm. I honestly thought she might want to quit because practicing for that long outside when it's 112 degrees outside just isn't fun for anyone...but not only has she not quit but she hasn't complained at all about it! We are so impressed with her desire to continue on and improve her game. When they have games they use Desert Wind Middle School's gym and so yesterday was the first time they ever played inside on a gym court. Her team is the Pathway Pumas! Yesterday she scored the first point for her team!

Kenna just after she served the first point!

This is Kenna upfront hitting it over the net she's #11

Her ponytail had fallen out

They called a timeout and she fixed the ponytail

she is standing to the very right but this is jv & varsity girls all together

Let's Go Pumas! they shouted

McKenna making sure she was in the right position

Oh yeah baby we won the 2nd game now we're going to three

And here it is the winning score...Pumas beat the Lions 15 to 8 in the 3rd game winning 2 out of 3 games and take the victory on their first ever official game! We were so proud! Kenna although she's on the JV team played the entire time and was never rotated out. Way to go Kenna Benna! No matter win or lose we were sure proud of you and winning was just icing on the cake. Love you sweetie pie!

Just for you Mom & Sis

So Friday I turned 35 years old which officially makes you old or other wise known as High Risk at the OBGYN clinic. We didn't take any pictures Friday and my Mom & Sister both being in Utah wanted to know how big my baby bump was getting these days and so Calvin snapped a couple of pictures for them today. So this is me when I outline the baby bump and you can tell I'm prego. :o) And this is without outlining the baby bump. :o) So far I can still fool those around me who don't know I'm expecting it just looks like I have a little bit of a gut I guess. It really depends on the clothes I wear too because sometimes I feel like I totally look big pregnant and other times no one can tell. Yes I'm wear maternity jeans cuz none of mine fit! After looking at pregnancy pictures tonight of me with Kenna and Calvin I'll be huge before you know it I forgot how big I get! :o) Because I've been so sick I've only gained 2 lbs so far but that's a whole pound more than 1 week ago. I'm little over 15 weeks pregnant almost 4 months along so the pounds will be packing on shortly but I love chubby babies so it's all good and after 2 c-sections always c-section so size doesn't matter. :o)
Taken today after church Aug. 23, 2009. We will find out the sex of the baby after my next Dr.'s appointment on 9/2/09 and we can't wait. I think it's a girl because of how sick I've been but we'd gladly take a boy.

ANY GUESSES????

1st Day of School 8-10-2009

I'm such a goof I forgot to take pictures of McKenna and Calvin the first day of school after they were dressed and looking cute.

Will took these pictures as he was trying to wake them up. :o) It was a bit difficult because so tired from the night before. We had gotten home at approximately 10pm from our Family Reunion in the White Mountains in northern Arizona so we were all dragging on Monday.

Gotta love all the different bedding on Calvin's bed. :o) He changes it up from time to time but does have matching I promise. :o) They both had a great 1st day and ended up having a great first week. They love their teachers and are excited to see all of their buddies again at school.

Quick update

I've been terrible at blogging lately but finally updated it a little tonight after Enrichment night at the church. It was so fun! I took some pics so I'll be posting them this weekend sometime.

Calvin is in 2nd grade but in a 2nd 3rd grade combo class which he is loving. He started piano lessons back up again this week and hasn't decided which sport he wants to do yet. He for sure wants to do a hip hop dance class...not sure why because he can hip hop dance like no other 7 year old I've ever seen. He amazed everyone at Will's brother's wedding reception last Friday night where he tore it up solo on the floor to "Tonight's gonna be a good night" by the Black Eyed Peas I think. It was so cute! All sorts of people came and asked me where he learned how to dance and if he takes lessons...he's been dancing since he was a baby and no lessons ever. HE LOVES MUSIC and is an excellent singer and has great rhythm.

McKenna is now in 6th grade! I can't believe it but she is! She is 5 feet 2 inches tall also so nice and tall for an 11 year old who wants to play volleyball, basketball and softball this year. She is in 4H again and loves it! She wants to do sewing again, cake decorating, ceramics and horse. She loves her new school Pathway Prep Academy and is doing very well. She cracked us up at the reception also because she was trying every new line dance they had which were a lot. She did great and didn't let her shyness hold her back she definitely has some stamina! Her Uncles danced with her since her Daddy went home sick. She is such a pretty girl and so helpful lately around the house....I don't know how I got so blessed to have her! I love that she knows what she wants and has the determination to succeed.

Will is doing pretty good. He's always busy which is extremely good considering these economic times with real estate. His arm/wrist has healed up visually pretty well and although he doesn't complain he finally admitted that it still hurts most of the day. He still doesn't have full mobility and doctors can't say whether or not he'll get more mobility and use out of it or not in the future just yet. He had to leave Toma's wedding last Friday night early because he wasn't feeling well thought it was bad fish he had eaten for lunch but it turned out to be kidney stones. Poor guy has had them often the past 6 years. He is still very active with Scouts and the young men for his calling in church and is so gung ho about doing genealogy on the new LDS website. He's an awesome Daddy always taking every opportunity to play with the kids and love on them. I couldn't have asked for a better guy! Our truck broke down on the way up to the reunion and so it's been in the shop ever since in Springerville about 5 hours away. We'll be going to get it this Saturday and Will is excited to drive a truck again.

As for me...well I'm 15 weeks pregnant now and just starting to feel the tiny movements of the baby for the past 2 days! It's so awesome! My doctor's appointment was delayed until 9/2 and so I won't get the ultrasound to determine the baby's sex until about a week after that. boo I am anxious to know if it is a boy or a girl. :O) Work has gone down to 8-9 hours a day instead of the crazy 11 or 12 hours and I'm beginning to do more of my new position and phase out of payroll. We moved into our new school district office about 2 weeks ago and are loving the beautiful new building. I backed into a metal pole this week and put a big dent in my bumper and cracked my tail light so that was a huge bummer. I didn't even see it after I hit it...had to get out and it was huge! I have no idea how I missed it right in the corner blind spot...man I felt dumb and probably embarrassed Kenna to death as it was at her school. I started to cry a little and she put her arm on my leg and said it was just an accident Mom, it's ok, Dad won't be mad at you. She's a sweetie. Other than that Life is Great! Feeling better these days not so sick and not quite as tired. I have tons of pictures from the past couple of months I just need some extra time to blog them. :o)

Family Reunion Here We Come!

We are heading up north to Big Lake for the Hathcock Family Reunion this afternoon and are so excited to see all of my family! My Mom is bringing my niece Adia because Brandy can't make it dang it but we are looking forward to seeing all of our cousins, aunts, uncles and my Granny! Should be a great time especially since Will's buddy is letting us barrow his beautiful toy hauler pictured below so no blow up air mattresses for us and a tent. :o) Spoiled I am! Will says this is his next purchase a toy hauler that sleeps 8-10 people comfortably.

I certainly hope to see lots of family this weekend! Last time some of the parents forgot to tell their children so we were missing a few cousins.

4D picture of Baby on the way

I had a request for this picture to be put on my blog....it's kind of hard to see where the baby is or at least it was for me but the baby is upside down in this picture in the very center of the picture. This was taken on 7/7/09 so 20 days ago so the baby was only about an inch to 1.5 inches long.

Garden Harvest...

For months this is what a typical harvest was for us from our community garden lots of cucumbers, zucchini and squash. We went again the other night and this is all that we got...
Rotten, never grew onions, carrots and pumpkins. Our watermelons didn't grow and all of our tomatoes and peppers died early on. We had one harvest of corn on the cob but that is all dead now too. It's a shame because what happened is that a lot of people in the community garden never pulled their weeds or harvested their crops so the irrigation water didn't reach a lot of us gardens further down the line thus ours all died.
You can see the actual size of this carrot next to my finger. At least we did harvest something and next year we'll have our own garden in our back yard. :o) Great experience over all and taught the kids some great garden work ethics. :o) Thanks to the farmer that let our entire community utilize his land and watered it for us.