My Poor Boy

Monday night at football John was tackled and broke his leg. He did a doosie as you can see. He broke his tibia and fibula about three inches above his ankle. He spent three hours in surgery and now has a screw that will permanently be in his tibia. The external fixture will be in his leg for at least six weeks. We are counting this as a blessing though. When they did the x-ray they found that John has a benign tumor just below where the break occurred in his tibia. This tumor weakened the bone and is likely the cause of the break happening in the first place and certainly the cause of the break being as severe as it is. John's orthopedic surgeon said that tumor may heal itself along with the broken leg, but they are going to keep a very close eye on it over the next couple of months. His football career is done though as the doctor does not recommend him playing contact sports ever again.

John has really amazed us with how high his spirits have been these past couple of days. He has been very good as Matt and I figure out how to be nurses and take care of him. Matt has been doing a great job at giving him bathes, but we have told John not to get to use to being treated like a King.

A Day in The Life of The Hatch Family

I have recently felt like a chicken with its head cut off due to our busy schedule. I thought it would be fun to post what a typical day is like in our household.

• Wake up for Matt and I is 5:30
• Matt goes on the base and works out with his squadron and I work out at home
• 6:15 I head upstairs to get in the shower and ready for work
• 6:45 wake up girls and get them ready for school
• 7:00 John gets in the shower and gets ready for school
• 7:15 Matt returns from his work out and gets in the shower
• 7:30 we all eat breakfast
• 7:50 we are all out the door, Matt off to work, I take the kids to school
• 8:00 I leave the school and go to work
• 2:00 I get off of work and pick up Abbi
• 2:55 John and Jessica get out of school
• 3:00 do any homework that John and Jessica might have
• 3:30 snack time
• 4:45 John gets ready for football
• 5:00 make dinner
• 5:15 Leave for football practice or game
• 5:30 the girls and I eat dinner, Matt and John are off at football and eat when they get home
• 6:00 on Tuesday and Thursday we all go to John's football games
• 7:00 Mon. Tue. and Wed. school for mommy starts
• 8:15 Bedtime for the kids, Matt has this duty by himself three nights a week now
• 8:30 free time for Matt every night and for myself on the nights that I don't have school
• 10:00 I arrive home from school on the nights that I have class
• 10:30 bedtime for mommy and daddy

This is a typical weekday in our household. Just typing it out is enough to make my head spin. I also have a very busy church schedule as I was just called to be the First Counselor in the Relief Society. With this busy schedule I feel very blessed to have such a wonderful husband and three wonderful children. If it were not for them I would not be able to manage my life as well as I do.

Ahh!! Football

John is playing football for the first time. He really did not want to play, but I thought it would be good for him. He kind of needed some roughing up and learning how to be a boy. He was not to happy at first, but after the first practice he decided that he loves it.
Here is John in his practice jersey. He practices two nights a week for an hour and a half. After the first full week of football he came home really sore, but with a huge smile on his face as he was telling me all about the fun things they do at football practice. He loves doing the drills.
Here is John at his first game, he is number 25. He is a striper and for those of you that don't know what that means he is a defense man. They classify you by your weight and he made the weight requirement by one pound. He plays right guard.
For those of you that don't know John that well, he is the most kind hearted, gentle boy that I have ever known. For about the first two weeks of football he would apologize every time he tackled someone. He now thinks that it is great that he can go out there and tackle someone and take out some of his frustrations and not get in trouble for it, he actually gets told good job. I believe that football is quickly becoming one of his favorite sports.