Catch Up!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while....

Some things that have happened recently are...

McKay graduated! And he got his mission call! He is going to Resistencia(think that is how you spell it), Argentina and enters the MTC on September 28th!

Kaitlin got into Company dance for next year, which is the highest level of school dance.

I gave a speech at my Golden Scholars ceremony and ran/became President of NJHS for next year.

Mackenzie won 3 gold medals at Special Olympics! It was a while ago but it is a very big deal. Carter graduated from Kindergarten, and (I'm sure) he is sick of coming to all of the events listed above. (Oh the joys of being the youngest!)

Mom and Dad's anniversary is on Monday and that is pretty much it!

OH Wait! We also went to St.George for our Family Reunion and it was tons of fun! We hiked, swam, hung out, went to horse races, and just spent good, quality time together as the Turner Family!!!

Yesterday...

Yesterday was quite the day. In the morning I went to Oasis Orthodontics and Dr. Day put on my top braces. They hurt sooo bad! But my mom is going to get me an icee so it's all good. The killer braces are green and black to match my toes!

Then, we loaded up the boat and went to the lake. You should've seen us, Angee was skiing, Kaitlin and Jezzica were double tubing, I was driving the boat, Lilly, Carter, and Kenzie were being crazy (as usual) and Josie was sitting on my mom's lap. It was quite the trip! The water was so cold which made it even more funny when Kaitlin and Jezzica went flying off! Hehe! Then we had a picnic on the beach area, and took a few more turns tubing.

It was a very fun day!!!

Green Bows and Green Toes

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!! And to all those Irish people out there like myself...

Woah woah for the green toes!

Bow wow for the green bows!

We are festive huh!?!

They are Pretty Cute!!

These are some pictures Kaitlin and her friend Jezzica took of my darling siblings!

Cutie patootie!

HE IS A STUD!

Whisper! Whisper!

Do you think she has attitude? JK

Sad??? NO! Just great models!



There you have it! Any modeling agencies interested! Just kidding!! But they are super cute!

Merry Christmas!

Joy to the world the Lord has come! Merry Christmas to all! We had a fun Christmas and hope you did too. We got lots of presents and woke up very early! Our Main presents were.

McKay-ITouch and Web cam

Kaitlin- ITouch and Clothes

Cassie-IHome and Ukulele

Mackenzie-Bike, fun games, D'S

Carter-Bike, D'S, Games

We are going to Utah soon and I will post pictures of our 2010 Christmas later!

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

Mackenzies Baptism Pics That Mom Took

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

Umm...

Sorry i haven't posted for a while... well its the 2010-2011 school year and here are some updates. McKay is a senior at Williams Field. Kaitlin is a freshman at Higley. I am a "Sevie" at South Valley and Mackenzie(1st grade) and Carter(kindergarten) go to San Tan. On November 20th, 2010 Mackenzie got baptized after she turned eight years old on Nov. 7th. I am now 12 (September 7th) and will except late birthday gifts if you so desire... JUST KIDDING (really don't send anything). Kaitlin is still doing dance and McKay is working (constantly) at the Hay Barn. Carter won his championship soccer game on Nov.20th and Mom and Dad, well they do normal parent stuff! I feel a lot better now that I at least posted a little so bye (for another 5 months...just kidding)!
My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

Picnik

This summer Kate had been addicted to editing pictures on picnik.com. She is obsessed! Here are some of her latest creations...

NINETEEN YEARS!!

HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today is my mom and dad's 19th anniversary... They have been married a long time!!!!!!!! Well happy nineteenth anniversary Mom and Dad!!!! It started out as just the two of them and now there are 8 of us!!!!!!!(including our beloved puppy, Rocko!)

Last Day of School

Finally its over! Yay! SUMMER TIME!
We are now all going to be in school...

McKay- Senior
Kaitlin- Freshmen
Cassie- 7th Grade
MacKenzie- 2nd Grade
Carter- Kindergarten

Hello Again!!

Hey! I know I havent posted lately, but I am now! And that counts for something, right? Anyway, life has been one heck of a ride latley, hasnt it for everyone? I am so sad and so confused because Grandma and Grandpa Porter are leaving for their mission! They will be serving in Fort Lauterdale, Florida. ( I think that is how you spell it!) They were going to go to Madrid, Spain but unfortunately, they had some troubles and now have been transferred. Oh well Florida will be awesome too!!! I love you Grandma and Grandpa, have a great time! You are setting such a wonderful example to all of us!! =)

Lately...

So sorry for not posting lately. =(

Lately we have been...
Dad- Has Mckay and his friends work in the Home Depots, selling his products on Saturdays, he also loves to work in his "Square Foot Garden"
Mom- Still working on Mondays and Tuesdays at Dr. Lesuers Dental Office.
Mckay- working at both the Hay Barn and for my dad.
Kaitlin- Dances at "The Dance Loft" and just likes to chill with friends
Me- Was in the District Honor Orchestra (play the viola) and continue to play piano and many other instruments
Mackenzie- LOVES ICarly and loves to act out or repeat lines from scenes she has seen
Carter- Practices football on Mondays and Wednesdays and then has games every Saturday
Rocko- still very protective of the three youngest kids but is soo lovable
We hope you all are doing good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today is Uncle Reuben's Birthday and a few days ago was Grandma Jackee's. We are staying in a house by the river in St. George with my mom's immediate family. Some of us went hiking Snow Canyon yesterday and then Ben, his boys, Isaac, and I hiked up a volcano today. We made it all the way to the top (at least 1000 feet) and were soo proud of ourselves. It was really nice to see all our family. We even had a few volleyball and ping pong tournaments. Lots of FUN!! THANK YOU Aunt Raegen for finding this place and paying for our stay. =)

Last week was AIMS (Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards) week for Kaitlin and I. BORING!!!!!! This trip really evened out fun and boredness in our lives. LOL

Bye Bye January! Hello February!

This month has been full of adventures!
On the 7th, Carter turned 5 and today,the 31st, Kaitlin turned 14. Carter had a birthday party at Bounce U. He got to invite lots of friends and bounce with them on all the fun obstacle things.

Kaitlin got a surprise party. A whole bunch of girls from school gathered at a house down the street and then walked down to our house. They had balloons and presents and Kaitlin was completely surprised!. Then they all got in my mom's car and went go cart racing, Lazar tagging, and went out for ice cream! Kaitlin also got her braces off and is so excited about her new smile! We also had a family birthday party today with Rueben's family and Angee's family.

Throughout this month I decided some big things in school. I decided to try out for honor orchestra in March, which will help my normal viola classes and it is a great opportunity! I am really excited and practice a whole bunch. I also tried out for honors classes for 7th grade next year. I hope I make it in! The last thing I did was started practicing for auditions for our 6th grade musical! It is "Suessical the Musical" and I am so excited to try out this March or February!

Mckay is still working at the Hay Barn and going to school. He got all A's this quarter! He is contemplating about doing tennis this season and has to work out his schedule with his job. He got asked to the girls choice prom by Bailey Wright, Bishop Wright's daughter.She asked him in the most creative way. She took 7 "ice cube" (the candy) boxes and put the letters to her name in them. Then she said " Don't give me the cold shoulder. Break the ice and go to morp with me." On a peice of paper and left it on our doorstep. We took a while to figure out the name but we got it! He answered her by tying balloons to her car and wrote "yes I will got to morp with you" on the balloons.Now all he has to do is learn how to dance!

Mackenzie continues to do cheer, ride horses, do gymnastics, and watch ICarly. She had a cheer competition on the 24th at the Phoenix Convention Center. We saw Jen Arnold from "The Little Couple"series for a doctors convention there and Kurt Warner who was there for the cheer competition also. His daughter was cheering. Mackenzie is becoming an excellent reader and continuing to learn how to ride her bike.

Dad is gardening in our back yard with his new products. The Square Foot Garden and the Square Foot Garden Mix. It is making gardening a whole lot easier.

Mom has got a new job as a hygienist at Dr. Wayne Lesueur's office. She is liking it but wishes her day were spread apart. She works Monday and Tuesday.

Sorry no pictures! I will try and get some in on the next post.

Pics

Here are some pics from Christmas and vacation to Grandparents houses.

Pictures from Christmas Morning.

Mckay's big present from Santa was a shot gun. He likes it a lot even though all he gets to do with it is sit and look at it. :) He also got, from Santa, clothes and boy stuff that I can't remember.


Kaitlin's favorite present from Santa was her purse and phone.We decided they could go as one present. She is now a texting queen (her new phone has a full screen), and uses her purse as a scripture bag. :-) She also got a movie,a CD, clothes and much more.
I got a new guitar as my big and favorite present from Santa. I also got clothes, a yo yo and a Michael Jackson CD, all from Santa.

Mackenzie got lots of things from Santa. She got a CD player with earphones,A baby alive that pees and poops, an ICarly piano, and much more. The pooping part of the doll was quite the surprise.

Carter got many toys. A remote control car, a shoot out game, a digital drum set and much much more.

Rocko didn't get a present from Santa, but he got bones and a food bowl mat from Carter.

Mom and Dad enjoyed watching us open presents and enjoyed opening presents from us.



Pics from vacation to Utah.











We had tons of fun in Utah and enjoyed seeing relatives and snow. On the 18th of December we went to my dad's side of the families Christmas Party. There we did many service projects and had fun with family also. We had a wonderful Christmas and we hope you did too.

Movies From 2009

In 2009 many great films came out here are a few I liked.

Twilight Saga: New Moon
I love this movie!
It is funny romantic and full of action all at the same time.
Oh, and don't forget the vampires and werewolves!

The Blind Side

I just sat in the theater and held back tears because it was so sad how Michael had to live.

One of the best movies I have ever seen.

Then we got my main chipmunks Alvin, Theadore, and Simon.
This movie is so funny and they are quite adorable chipmunks.

UP
This movie was sad in the beggining and funny the rest of the time. HA!

Hannah Montana the Movie

I didn't think I would, but I really liked it alot.

It was a very good movie.

G-Force
I liked it, it was a good film. Very funny and very interesting.

This movie was so funny! I loved it! Saw it twice!

All these films and more, are movies I would recommend from 2009.

Looking Back On 2009

Throughout 2009 many memorable things happened.

Mckay turned 17 this year and got his eagle project done. He is in the Priest quorum too.He also began to play tennis and went on many scouting trips. Mckay also likes trips up to Malad, Idaho where Uncle Carl, my dad, and he take pictures of animals on our 640 acres. Or as we like to call it the 640. He also has 3 guns but no shooting for him yet.He is now a junior in high school and works at the hay barn throwing hay onto trucks. This winter, he also worked as a salesman, selling manure for my dads business. He is a working boy!

Kaitlin is now thirteen, birthday January 31, and has turned into a teenager. She is a beehive in young womens while my mom is the secretary over the young women.She is into fashion, dancing, traveling, texting,and hanging out with friends. This year Kaitlin became president of her schools NJHS program. She also got contacts, moved up a level in ballet and onto point. She got a new phone,the enV 3, for Christmas this year, started 8th grade volleyball and continues to get all As.

I, Cassie, turned 11 this year and for my birthday I got a motor scooter. I enjoy playing instruments such as the viola, guitar, piano, and drums. This year I went with my new school to 6th grade science camp. It was lots of fun and I even got to play the guitar during the camp fire songs. I also do dance, try hard in school and hang out with friends. This summer I played volleyball and this winter got a bone bruise in my knee at dance. I love to play sports and instruments and next year hope to play volleyball or softball for the 7th grade team.

Mackenzie,age 7, is in the 1st grade and loves it! She also loves to dance and do gymnastics just like her big sisters. She also rides horses and is on a special needs cheer squad. They are all so cute! Mackenzie is known to be a picky eater but throughout this year her food variety has grown, one food at a time.

Carter is 4 years old and growing up so fast. He to enjoys going to the "640" and looking for animals. He is into Star Wars and playing with neighborhood friends. He likes going to the park and playing football with the big boys. He also loves to visit cousins. Carter enjoys being outside and playing with toys. He is in preschool at our neighbor, Mrs. Allison's, house. He loves the feeling that he gets to go to school like the big kids, even if it's only 3 days a week.

Rocko, our dog, is a 1 year old pup. He loves to play with the kids and chew up things. He is super protective and at night, won't let anyone touch a sleeping child. We love him, even if he is a bit of a hassel. He is a good dog for the most part and my Dad even admited to loving the little guy.

This year has been all together a pretty good year for the Hancocks.From our family to yours...

Happy New Years

November Has Come and Gone

In november many things happened. Such as...

* Thanks giving in Salem, Utah with Mom's side
* Went and saw new movie" New Moon" with mom, Kaitlin ,Liz, Grandma, and Suzie
* Mackenzie had her golden birhtday on November 7th
*Kaitlin and I performed at Disneyland and had a competition
* Kaitlin joined a school sport, Volleyball, She loves it!
* Boys visited our new property in Malad, Idaho 640 acres of pure nothingness and animals

November has come and gone, now i must say ta ta to fall and say a warm hello to Winter. The season of giving.

Dance Dance Dance

Arizona State Fair is here, and we get to go in 100 degree weather and dance. Yes, it is still 100 degrees here, and it sucks. We got to the fair all ready for our first dance, and had to wait FOREVER in the hot sun. Because, the stupid other studios ran 30 minutes over finishing up their dances. Plus, both Kaitlin and me had to have our hats on that we wear for our dance and they made our heads sweaty.It was terrible, but we pulled through and danced. I had 1 tap dance and Kaitlin had 2 jazz dances. We had lots of fun and i will post videos of 1 of Kaitlin's dances and my dance. I can't at the moment because we have to finalize the disc, and my mom doesn't want to do that until she uses up the whole disc.But, i will get it on here. Grandma Jackee was down here so she came and watched. Fun Fun Fun in the sun.

Talents

I don't know why, but one day i decided i would write a book. I have gotten 3 chapters done so here they are, hope you like it.

Chapter One: Me

I can feel the bobby pins digging into my scalp. My mother drives slowly with the classical music playing softly in the background. My leotard is to tight and I feel very uncomfortable in it. Ever since I was 4 years old my mother has made me take ballet lessons. My teacher thinks I have a full potential and that I should keep taking lessons forever. I hope I don’t, everyone looks at me funny when they see me leave school with tights and a leotard on. We get out of school at 3:50 and I must get to ballet on time at 4:00. Mother doesn’t understand that I am 14 now and I don’t like to be seen as the pretty ballerina anymore.
I arrive at ballet on time, like always and start doing the exercises at the bar. I know the routines by heart, so I let my mind wander. It happens to wonder on to the topic of Johnny Meyer. He is the bad boy that everyone likes, including me. He is so gorgeous with his blue eyes and golden hair. His smile reminds me of my mother’s only necklace that has just one pearl at the end of the lace. My father had given it to her just before he died at war. Ever since this tragedy my mother has kept to her self quite a bit. She never goes out on a date even though my father died almost a year and a half ago. I miss him and I wouldn’t mind if she went on a date every once in a while.

Then that brings my mind to the topic of my mother. How she always has a cough or a headache. She has had these coughs and headaches since my father died. She has been very depressed lately and doesn’t ever seem happy about anything. Not even a good grade or moving up a level in ballet. She took lessons when she was younger, and got to level 8. Then, her parents ran out of money and made her quit. She never wanted that to happen to me so she takes on a part time job as a bagger at Mrs. Hagger’s Grocery store and a part time job at a daycare. I never can figure out how she goes to 3 hours at the daycare and then 3 hours at the grocery store all before she picks me up from school. But she does it, all by herself

Chapter Two: My Father

I was only 11 years old when my father went to fight at war. It seems like America is always at war with someone. My father went to fight for his country and I admire him for that. July 16, 2007 we got a call. My father had been killed by an Iraqi soldier. My mother and I were devastated. Our hero no longer was with us.
I can remember when I was 4 years old and I got stuck in a canal by our home. My mother was not home but my father was. Although he was in the shower at the time I fell in, he could sense something was wrong. He ran out to our small backyard and looked for me. Then he heard me screaming. He ran to the canal and pulled me out just as I was about to let go of the ledge, that was keeping me alive. My daddy is my hero, and now he is gone.
He fought for his country, and died for his country. My daddy loved America, every time it was a national holiday he would put a flag up in our front yard. Then he would gather my momma and me around it and we would say the pledge. We did that as a family every national holiday, every year. Once he was gone, momma and I continued his routines. To show our love for the nation we live in, just like daddy did.

Chapter Three: Life

Whenever I would whine my father would tell me “Life ain’t always fair bud.” Bud was my father’s nickname for me. Everything he said to me usually ended with bud. My father always used to tell me everything how it was.
One time when I was practicing my singing voice he came in to my room. I asked him if it sounded good and he said flat out no. I ran to my mom so fast, while balling my eyes out. When she asked me what on earth was wrong I said, “Daddy is a big old jerk.” My mom just laughed, while I tried to figure out what the heck she was laughing about. She was sitting there laughing, and my head was about to pop off my neck I was so mad.
But my father was right, life isn’t always fair. Sometimes we have to do things we don’t want to, just to make the ones we love happy. I have learned that from my ballet lessons. I don’t want to take them anymore but I can’t tell my mother I don’t want to anymore. It would break her heart. These days I am glad my big old jerk of a dad taught me that life isn’t always fair. He probably saved me a lot of guilt.
Whenever I am about to yell and scream that I don’t want to go to ballet anymore, I hear his voice. It whispers softly in my ear, “Life ain’t always fair Bud.” That’s when I remember that I have to do some things in life, just to make the ones I love happy.

CATCHING UP

I haven't posted for a while so i decided i would make a catching up post.McKay's birthday was on August 31, Angee and her family came over and the same with Reuben's. Then it was my birthday was September 7. We had both side of the family come over the Sunday before my birthday. We had lots of fun. We ate cake and ice cream and then just visited.


Just last week my sixth grade went to science camp. my mom went as a chaperon.We had a lot of fun aside from my annoying roommates. we did lots of different classes while we were up there like cooking class where we made ice cream, owl pellets (ewwww), and a compass course. we had tons of fun.


H1N1 virus has made its way into our lives. recently my dance teacher had it and now a class mate and her whole family has it. Guess what, we got it to. We have all had a cough since at least Saturday, and we are sick of it. Here is when everyone started having symptoms.

Saturday- Me
Sunday- Mackenzie and Mom
Monday- Kaitlin and Carter
Today- Daddio

McKay is the only lucky one, and even though mom is at a job try out, he wont take care of us. we all still have it but thank goodness mom doesn't have it to bad, or else she might not have been able to try out her new job.

I think that's all there is to catch up on.