It Snowed Today!

It's snowing today! If you look really closely you can see it.

Kisses

Brigham has recently started giving kisses, you know the open mouth and rub slobber all over your face kind of kisses. I wasn't quite ready to get out of bed this morning when Brigham woke up and I was dragging my feet. I grabbed Brigham out of his crib and he gave me a few kisses. It made it all worthwhile.

Mace Saves the Day!

Yesterday my mom and I were setting up our Christmas village and we heard some interesting noises. We live next to a bird sanctuary and thought maybe it was just some birds up on the roof. We heard it a few more times and then were heard crying coming from the garage.

We went out into the garage and realized it was a cat meowing, but we couldn't figure out where it was coming from. I haven't had good experiences with cats in the past. We apprehensively started opening cupboard doors expecting the cat to jump out with all paws up, ready to claw the first thing it came in contact with. I was probably quite humorous and entertaining to watch.

He wasn't in any of the cupboards so we finally pulled out a ladder and I climbed up to look on top of the cupboards. Between the garage wall and the cupboards was a small four inch gap that the cat had fallen into about 7 feet down. We tried draping blankets tied together down the hole to see if the cat would grab hold but it wouldn't, so I called Mace, my father-in-law.

We ended up having to cut a hole in the back of the cupboard to retrieve it. We started with a small hole and ended up cutting about an 8 to 10 inch hole in order to retrieve it. It came out with tear filled eyes and was so happy to finally be free. It was one large cat and we still can't figure out how he got up on top of the cupboards in the first place.

(I tried to grab my camera and take pictures, but the battery was dead.)

7 Tag

7 Things I Can Do:

1. Take a nap every day, time permitting (I love naps).
2. Play the piano (not even close to as good as Brian).
3. Arrange flowers.
4. Love my family.
5. Do my job willingly.
6. Change stinky diapers.
7. Laugh.

7 Things I Cannot Do:

1. Diet.
2. Carry on adult conversations (at least not without trying real hard).
3. Skip breakfast.
4. Say no.
5. Be consciously mean.
6. Go a day without smiling.
7. Listen to music without singing or dancing.

7 Things That Attracted Me To Brian:

1. He made me feel special.
2. His motorcycle (at least he thinks so).
3. His musical talents.
4. He has a plan.
5. His gospel knowledge.
6. He is driven.
7. He loves me.

7 Things I Say Most Often:

1. I love you!
2. You're so cute!
3. What are you doing?
4. Don't forget your lunch.
5. Sorry the house is a mess.
6. That's okay.
7. I was going to...

7 Celebrity Admirations:

I don't really follow the celebrity scene. I thought about listing my real life celebrities, but there are too many to list.

7 Favorite Foods:

1. Chocolate
2. Roast Beef
3. Chicken Rolls
4. Turkey Sandwiches
5. Mashed Potatoes
6. Chips and Salsa
7. Ice Cream

7 People To Tag:

Anyone who feels like it. Although I should say Sherri and Alex and Laura just to see if they are alive.

Our week

Well, last week was a very busy but fun week. Tuesday I drove across town with Brian's grandma and sang at a mission zone conference. It was incredible. It made me wish I could have served a mission, but I wouldn't want to give up what I have right now.

Friday I went to the mall and bought a new skirt!

Saturday we attended a convert baptism, went to the elder's quorum baseball game, Brian hit a home run. Then we attended a dinner with the BYU Management Society. I used to serve as secretary of the board and it was nice to see old acquaintances. Brian and I provided the entertainment. Brian did great.

Sunday we went to church, had lunch with Brian's home teaching families, I went and sang for our old ward's young women, we had ward choir and then stake choir. Sundays are always busy days for us. I used to make sure it was a day of rest but that doesn't happen for me anymore. I enjoy it though.

Halloween

I'm a little behind in posting my halloween pictures. We went to our old ward's Trunk or Treat since our ward didn't hold one this year. Brigham was a horse.


Our nephew and niece Mason and Kaitlyn were Mickey and Minnie Mouse.


And Spencer was Freddy Krueger

Proposition 8 follow-up

Well, the phone calling for proposition 8 was canceled, which I must admit makes me a little relieved. Brian was really looking forward to it though. Maybe we'll receive blessings for our willingness to serve when called. I like that idea.

Scary Man

Brian brought home a goodie bag from a work party that had a little finger puppet in it. He pulled it out and told Brigham he had a toy for him. When he went to hand it to him this is what happened. (the quality isn't very good, sorry)



I really wonder why he is so afraid of things sometimes. He's afraid of the vacuum and loud noises which makes sense, but this one perplexes me somewhat.

Tuesday's Ten

1. We caught up with some old friends and had dinner.

2. Teresa's Mom, brother and his family came to visit.

3. We participated in a pie eating contest Saturday (neither of us won).

4. We had a great ward choir practice Sunday.

5. Teresa substituted in Relief Society and taught the lesson (it stresses her out).

6. We had family home evening with Brian's family.

7. We learned to line dance at our ward party.

8. We went to a community yard sale and found some good finds.

9. We bought Brigham a Halloween costume (he's going to be a horse. If I had been thinking I would've tried to find a duck since he does such a good impression).

10. ....

Proposition 8

Well, it's been too long since my last post. I don't really have anything new to report except for we are doing well.

Brian and I were just called and asked to to make phone calls in support of Proposition 8. To be honest, I sometimes feel like I live in my own little world because I had no idea about this issue. So for those of you who are like me, here is a link to an introduction from the Newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (I don't know how to link it so you'll have to copy and paste.)

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/the-divine-institution-of-marriage

Bye-bye heat

I am so excited for the temperature to be cooling down again. It's been nice to be able to want to get outside more. Brigham loves being outside too. If he's ever being really fussy and I don't know what to do for him, we just go for a walk. He loves it.

(my title reminds me of a Sea-bond commercial that is pretty funny. These old ladies sing a song "Bye-bye paste, bye-bye yuckiness.." It makes me laugh every time. I found the commercial on youtube, but I couldn't post it on here for some reason.)

Celebrity Look-a-like

People often told my dad that he looked like Christopher Plummer (Captain von Trapp in "The Sound of Music"). Brian and I were watching "The Sound of Music" tonight, and it was uncanny the resemblance. I couldn't find the greatest picture of Christopher Plummer, but what do you think?


Christopher Plummer (left); Verlin Hatch (right)

The Post Office

Yesterday I had to venture to the post office to pick up a certified letter. I swung by my mother-in-laws on the way and she agreed to watch Brigham since he loves the post office as much as I do.

As I entered the post office, the line was almost to the door. Our post office has a designated window just for pick-ups; however, no one was there, so I proceeded to take my spot in line. Well, apparently another gentleman decided my spot was his spot and pushed his way in front of me. I was going to let him stay, but the guy who was in front of me decided he didn't want me to be nice and informed the gentleman that the line should end with him instead of me.I waited patiently and was finally called to the next register. By this time, the line was past the front entrance.

The postal worker informed me that I could pick up my certified mail at the window, which was closed, and then announced to the rest of the post office that anyone with pick-ups could do the same. People began racing to the window holding their certified mail tickets in the air as if they had the winning lottery ticket. I was again shoved to the end of the line. Another postal worker opened the window and called for the owner of the ticket with the winning lotto number 8121... I pushed my way through the crowd as everyone gawked, cursed and stepped aside.

I had won! Unfortunately, my prize didn't have any monetary value. It was a notification from our home builder that our water may be turned off for 8-10 hours and we may have plumbers trapseing through our home for a week.

Another Tag

I wasn't going to do this one, but I haven't had anything to post about in a while. Life has been pretty same ol'. I also got curious to see what I could find. You're supposed to google your answer to these questions in google images and post a picture from the first page. (Just a warning if you decide to do this, some images that come up aren't very clean.)

My First Name: Teresa (Mother Teresa)


Middle Name: I don't have one, but an old friend used to call me "Teresa Jo"


Last Name: Hardy (Orville Hardy)


My Age: 21 (Good movie by the way)


My favorite color: Today it's Blue


Favorite vacation spot: Lake Powell


Where I live: Las Vegas, NV


Where I grew up: American Fork, UT


Where I'd like to travel to: Paris, France


Favorite Food: Roast Beef


Favorite treat: Ben & Jerry's Phish Food


Favorite Animal: I'm not sure if I have one, but It used to be a turtle.


Past Loves: Wendy's. They don't give frosties with the kids meals here in Vegas.

First Tooth

Brigham cut his first tooth. Brian was playing with him last night and noticed it.

Disc Golf

Brian has picked up a new hobby. It's very similar to his old hobby, only this one costs a lot less. I enjoy it too because we can take the whole family.

Hardy Look-alike Meter

I saw this on a friends blog and decided to test it out on us. I don't think it works very well, because everyone I know (including myself) says Brigham is an exact replica of Brian.

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Pedigree - Free family tree software

Watch us dance!

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My night

10:00 pm Put Brigham to bed.
10:30 pm Put myself to bed.
11:30 pm Can't sleep.
12:35 pm Still Can't sleep.
1:00 am Finally fell asleep.

2:33 am Ring..Ring..Ring.. The house phone. I'm expecting the worst. First thought, who is hurt? Second thought, is our house on fire? (although if I had been thinking clearly, which is pretty hard when you've been awoken from a deep sleep, nobody really knows our house phone number). Brian answers it, and it's a salesman. Thanks a lot buddy!

3:10 am Finally back to sleep.
4:25 am Nightmares. (I won't share what they were because they were too scary)

Brigham slept through the entire night. The last few nights I haven't heard him cry in the night, but I wasn't sure if it was just because I was too sound asleep to hear it. Now I know I wasn't being a horrible mother. I hate salesmen.

Instant Backyard

I have a love hate relationship with our HOA. They made us landscape our backyard. I love that we have a backyard, but it was definitely inconvenient. I was very impressed with the workers who did they job. They were very fast. My mother in law came over Wednesday, and they had cleared the land, but not much else. Then she came by yesterday morning and it was completed. It was insane how quickly they accomplished it.

Our first ward choir performance

Yesterday was the first performance of our ward choir since it's been under the direction of Brian and I. Normally Brian does the directing, and I do the behind the scenes work. Well, the pianist's grandma died and she wasn't going to be able to make it, so I had to direct the choir ( AHHH!) while Brian played. (Luckily Brian plays the piano so well.) It went pretty well, and the choir sounded decent. I am not nearly as talented as Brian and I was pretty nervous to think I was most likely being compared to him when I directed, but oh well. We're given callings sometimes to give us opportunities to improve our talents, and that's definitely what happened yesterday.

Memory Tag

One of our friends had this tag on her blog and I thought it would be fun to join in.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Superman Workout

Brigham has introduced me to a new exercise move. I can't hold the position as long as he can. It's pretty tough, you should give it a try.

Marriage Is What Brings Us Together Today

Saturday Brian was a groomsman at his friends wedding. The crazy part about this wedding is the bride was one of my friends in elementary school who moved away in 4th grade. We lost contact. When Brian's friend and his fiance came over for dinner he introduced his fiance as "Kristen". I took one look at her and said "Kristen Allworth"? It was kind of surreal.

The wedding was beautiful. (I also made her bouquet).

Summer Haircuts

I was sick of my long hair in this summer heat, so I did it. I went to Albertson's the other day and noticed a "Super Cuts" in the parking lot. I decided yesterday to finally have it cut. I brought in this picture and said "I want this"

This is how it turned out (it looks a little better in person and it's hard to take a picture of yourself that looks good).

Not quite what I was expecting, but I guess that's what I get for going in to a "Super Cuts". You get what you pay for.

Verlin Anson Hatch

Today marks the one year anniversary of my dad's passing from this life to the next. Last night Brian and I were enjoying music at the piano, and it hit me that at that time last year I was with my entire family (all 41 of us) saying goodbye. So many memories came back, and although there were some that brought tears, they were all good memories (except for the morning sickness that started that week).

My dad, to me, was a mentor. Most of all, he was an example and a beacon of righteous living. My last youth conference my mom and dad came along. We were in Wyoming and one of the vehicles had broken down. My dad had looked at it the night before we were to leave, but couldn't figure out the problem. He went to bed that night and said a prayer asking the Lord to show him what needed to be done. The next morning, he still couldn't figure it out. We were all loading into the bus to travel home, and the owner of the vehicle was going to have to stay behind at this ranch we were staying at. I remember sitting down with my dad, and just before we were about to leave he got off the bus and told them to go on ahead. He was pretty confident that he would be able to fix the vehicle and said they would meet up with us when we stopped for lunch. I don't know that I could have told everyone to go ahead. I'd be afraid that I would be stuck without a way to return home. We stopped at a Wal-Mart parking lot for lunch, and about twenty minutes later my dad came pulling in to the parking lot. He was so confident that he could fix it, not because of his own knowledge, but because of his faith and relationship that he had with our Heavenly Father.

I could tell countless stories of the things I learned from my earthly father, but the most important thing that I learned from him (and of course my mother) is to trust in the Lord. He also taught me to serve (sometimes it drives Brian crazy because I have a hard time knowing when it's okay to say no).

Thank You Dad!

Maestro Brigham

So Lonely.

Brian started an evening course that is held Monday through Thursday until 9:00 pm. I'm really starting to wish we had another vehicle, not that I would really go anywhere but knowing that you can't is pretty hard.

A country for every letter of the alphabet

Last night Brian and I were trying to name a country for every letter of the alphabet. Can it be done? Well, we discovered that we didn't know a country for the letter O, W or X. It turns out there isn't one for X and I don't know if the one for W really counts (West Sahara). I had never heard of the country for O. Let's see how smart you are, without searching the web. Can you name a country that starts with "O"?

Our House..In the Middle of the Street

Congratulations Graduate!

Brian received his baccalaureate degree in accounting on Saturday May 17, 2008. He's the first one to receive an undergraduate degree in his family (including his great grandparents). Congratulations Brian!

Brigham Tag

Brigham was tagged by his cousin Morgan. Today he's three months old, and it's amazing how his personality shines through anyway.

1. Brigham is a very happy baby. He often wakes up from his naps smiling and goes down for his naps still smiling.

2. He now sleeps 6-8 hours at night (which I love).

3. Brigham loves singing time. His favorite song is probably "Do As I'm Doing". At least that's the one I get the most rouse out of. He gets the biggest grin on his face, and starts kicking his legs so fast.

4. He has to be swaddled in order to go to sleep. He'll fuss and fuss, and as soon as I finish wrapping him, his eyes roll to the back of his head and he's out like a light.

5. Music calms him. Whenever we're driving in the car and can't attend to him the way he'd like, Brian and I start to sing and he calms right down.

6. He's patient. He's so patient with me. It seems I've been so busy lately, that he has to sit and play by himself all too often. Once he gets bored, he starts to make little coos but never too loudly that I can't finish my transcription work to be able to take care of him.

7. He's got a ton of hair. That's the first comment people make, "Look at all that hair."

8. He's loved. He has many people that love him, especially his daddy, and he knows it.

There's only so many things you can say about a three month old, but we got our eight things. We tag Chloe Miller!

We got a house!

Our house finally closed on Thursday April 10. It was a foreclosure and the previous owner did quite a number on it. We went to work right away and have gotten a lot accomplished. The carpet had been cut out of several of the rooms. We were able to find a carpet that matched, but had to put some more tile down in the kitchen to separate two rooms so it wasn't quite as noticeable. All the flooring is done now, but we still have a ways to go. We're excited to finally be in a place of our own and have a home to raise our family. I unfortunately am not very good at remembering to take pictures. When I think back on it, I missed out on a lot of memory making. There was one room that was painted bright blue and had sponged on stars all over. It took three coats of paint to cover it up.

BATH TIME!

Brigham's Blessing Outfit

I made Brigham's blessing outfit. I think it turned out pretty well. It only took me 5 weeks to complete :). It ended up being a little big on him, but he looked cute anyway.

STeAm RolLeR

Brigham decided he wanted to play steam roller today. He rolled over twice! It's only a month or two early. He must have got his Grandpa Hatch's strength. Next I'll work on teaching him the diamond push up.

I tried to film him after the second time but he must've been too tired, either that or camera shy, because he wouldn't do it a third time.

Thanks Alex and Laura

Brigham loves his doggy slippers that his Uncle Alex and Aunt Laura gave him. Especially this morning when it was so cold. They kept his feet nice and warm.

We're not sure if he loved the outfit from his Great Aunt Susan. We thought it was adorable, but the hat might have been cutting off his circulation.