Time Will Heal

Sports Injuries of the Week!
Injury #1 - Mesa High's Volleyball team went to a team camp at Glendale college the last week in July. Jennifer dove for a ball and felt something snap in her "good" knee. The trainer iced it and said that she sprained it. She kept playing on it, icing it, taking ibuprofen, etc, it wasn't getting any better. The Mesa High trainer taped her up good before every game. The trainer, along with Jennifer, noticed it wasn't getting any better. The trainer examined it and did some test's and thought maybe Jen had a torn her meniscus in her knee. Kenny took her to the orthopedic Dr. on Friday and he confirmed it is probably a torn meniscus - now an MRI will tell us for sure if that is what it is. It's always good to know what the problem is so that you can fix it.

Injury #2 - Tyler is playing on a Fall Ball baseball team in Gilbert. He's enjoying it and the coaches are really nice. Tyler played catcher for a couple of season's about 3 years ago, and the coaches every since then have never played him there. Well, at Fall Ball he is getting a chance to play catcher again. (He likes it for some reason - it always scared me with the person swinging the bat so close to me) He was catching for an older kid during their batting practice - this kid was throwing some heat (so Tyler says). One of the pitches he caught bent his thumb back quite a bit. He wouldn't tell his coach that he hurt his thumb, but he couldn't squeeze the glove anymore, hence not catching the pitches. The coach noticed something wrong after a while and took care of him. A sprained Left Thumb.
Nothing serious thank goodness.
Saying for the week - "Time will Heal".

I also had fun on the Woman's retreat up to Claysprings. We stayed at an old LDS church building that someone had turned into a lodge. Lots of rooms, bathrooms, a big recreation room, kitchen, dining area, and a big family room with a big screen TV. Most of the individual rooms had TV's and DVD players. We had great food! (Thanks to Renee Hatch and the other RS leaders) We played lots of games from the past: jacks, jump rope, four square, & ping pong. Sounds weird, but we really had a lot of fun. (My legs are quite sore from 4 square, I think we got a little too competitive for old woman )
I stayed up talking until 3:00 AM, then I couldn't sleep (major snoring going on in my room). At 4:00 I got my blanket and pillow and found the only open place to sleep in the whole building, a love seat in the family room . (Well, the only place I could find at 4 AM). I slept until some ladies got up at 7:30 to make us a wonderful breakfast. We had a hilarious, yet spiritual speaker come and talk to us, cleaned up traveled home.
Sorry I didn't take any pictures.
Somebody that went has to post some hilarious pictures. I'm waiting to see them!!!!!

This morn-ing Kenny woke up to this.....

the ceiling caved in in the hall bathroom again!!!!

I woke up to this......

Kenny had cleaned up almost all of the mess with the broom!

What a wonderful husband

When I came home from work today I found this.....

Jessica's All-American Athlete Award on the front doorstep.

Today when my family comes home they will come home to this......

Crockpot Chicken Italliano.

Cookie Recipe

As promised, here is the recipe of the cookies I took to the cabin this weekend - enjoy!
Oatmeal/Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 lb butter
2 C. Brown Sugar
2 C. Sugar
3 C. Oatmeal (old fashioned)
4 C. flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp cinnamon
4 C. choc. chips or 2 bags See's choc. chips
1 bag shredded coconut
3 C chopped pecans
4 eggs (2 whole/2 egg whites)
2 tsp vanilla

Melt butter on defrost in microwave, let cool, add eggs & vanilla.

In very large bowl - mix all dry ingredients, pour butter mixture over dry ingredients. Mixture will be dry - it's o.k. Use ice cream scoop to make round balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Dip bottom of glass cup in sugar and press down on cookie dough til dough is smashed 1/2 way down. Bake 350 for 12 minutes.

PS - this is really good used as a pazookie - Put hot cookie on bottom of bowl, add ice cream and fudge - Yummy!

Vision Screening

I'm back to doing this

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For 56 Elementary Schools in Mesa.

FYI

K, 1st, 3rd & 5th graders

are tested in the MPS district.

The school Nurses screen the children we can't get to.

The Kindergarten and 1st Graders use a chart with pictures - but I couldn't find one to display. The older kids use the above letter chart. We also do near vision screening, and a color blindness test on the 3rd Graders.

The end of Vision Screening 101.

Happy Screening in 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shout Out to a Good Week!

Kids back in school.

Michael Phelps winning 8th Gold.

Beach VB teams still winning!

Gymnastics til 12:10 AM.

Love Shawn Johnson - so cute

Lunch at Cheesecake Factory

Jennifer making the varsity VB team.

Jessica being called as YW Secretary.

?Question on this next one?

Getting pulled off my treadmill by a trainer at Fitness Works to take her "Group Active" class.

It was a good class, but the people in there were a little over the hill - so should I be offended? JK, I was sore the next couple of days, sad!

GO USA!!!

Jessica's Wedding

The Wedding photos are posted on Auburnjonesphotography.com.

Click on client and password - Jessica.

We love them. Thanks Auburn.

Wichita Trip!

This blog is about our trip moving Graham and Jessica to Wichita, Kansas.

The following pictures will give you a better idea of the place where Graham and Jessica moved to.

Question????

How many states do you visit going from

Mesa to Wichita???

If you said "5" - you're absolutely right!

We saw field after field of

"Amber Waves of Grain"

thus the need for every town to have these huge

Grain Silo's

Do you remember when a tornado recently visited Kansas?

We went through the little town of Greensburg, KS

that that recent tornado wiped out.
The destruction was sad.

Graham and Jessica pulled all of their "stuff" in this.

Do you think in a couple of years they will be able to take ALL their "stuff" in this U-haul?

Their new home. (Apt)

Poolside View - Bottom Floor
A beautiful Green park across the street from their place.

I don't think you can see how green things are from my pictures.

Cooking their 1st Sunday Meal.

(chicken pillows)

The in-laws enjoying their 1st Sunday Dinner.

(lucky newlyweds?!?!)

Koch Arena

The arena where Graham will be playing

Basketball.

Graham gave us a tour through it. It was really nice inside.

Big flat screens on the walls w/black leather couches

where the players can play video games,

or just chill and watch TV.

If you look carefully, you can see a river,

aka the River Walk in downtown Wichita.

We had such a fun trip. It was fun getting to see where
the new "Hatch" couple will live for the next 3 years or so.
We're glad we could make the trip, and it was a trip!!!!!
We met a lot of nice, friendly people at their church.
I introduced myself in RS and after the meeting
a lady ran up to me and said that she had
recently moved to Wichita (she had been there a month).

She said that she and her husband were both from Mesa. She was a Stradling that graduated from MTV a year after me, and He was a Johnson who graduated from WHS in 1976.
She said she would take care of them for us. What a blessing!!
We felt like they are in good hands in Wichita.
Good Luck Hatch's!!!!!

THE END!!!!