Catherine Camille Hinckley

Born on September 9, 2011 at 3:34pm; 8lbs 7oz, 20.5 inches. Welcome to the world, Catherine. We are so glad you are in our family.

First Day of School

Well, not having the baby yet does have one benefit- I was able to take Owen to his first day of pre-school. He was so excited; last week we went to visit the class and meet his teachers so he knew where he was going and was only a little bit hesitant about going in when we got there. I think he will really like the school and enjoy his teachers and new friends.

"What should we name her?"

No, we do not have a new baby girl yet. Here I am at 39 weeks and the doctor says she won't be here this week, but we often talk to Owen about what we should name his new baby sister. For a while now he has been saying "Laura" after my dear friend of the same name who took pity on him at the pool and slid down the slide with him. Then he switched to "Kate," probably after his friends and cousins named "Kate." But yesterday when I asked him what we should name baby sister he said "Bob." This could be for a couple of reasons: one of his favorite stories/songs talks about all the pets being named "Bob," or Owen could be thinking of his wonderful Uncle, who he refers to as "Bobby." Either way, the point is I am 39 weeks pregnant, and apparently when she does eventually decide to come Owen will be calling her "Bob." Wish us luck!

24th of July

Every year we go to the Scipio Rodeo for the 24th of July. With Joseph studying for the bar most of the weekend, I headed down Friday morning and enjoyed the small town festivities like a parade, carnival games, kid races, a town dinner, and the Round Valley Rodeo!

Owen watching the rodeo intensely.



Owen and his cousins Will, Matt, and Nate



All the Koellikers. It's rare that we're all in Scipio at the same time, so we decided to take a quick shot.

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July with family. Saturday we headed up to the Hinckley cabin to enjoy some mountain air and walk around Silver Lake (that is about the extent of a "hike" I can do these days). The other day I went for a walk around the neighborhood and almost didn't make it up a slight incline - got to love the third trimester!



On Monday morning we went to the East Millcreek Parade, a Hinckley tradition. We had a University of Utah float; it was only slightly difficult to convince Joseph to put on a smile and show some "U" pride. It helped when I pulled out the pictures of me sporting my BYU gear our first year of marriage! We had fun being with family and Owen loved throwing candy.





Did I mention the parade route got a little long for Owen? At this point he had run out of candy and was ready to be done.



We finished out the Holiday with a family BBQ and some sparklers! Happy 4th of July!

Happy Birthday Owen

Owen had his 3rd birthday last week; it was a low key birthday. With moving and being pregnant, I didn't get a party together for him - but he didn't seem to mind. He woke up to a yummy breakfast and then we headed to the zoo with his cousins. Later that night, upon his request for pizza, we went out to eat at Litza's, of course!



We love Owen so much - he keeps us laughing and on our toes. He loves to play baseball, basketball, football, and swimming. He loves being back in Utah with his friends and family - but says he misses Kansas and wants to know when we are going back. He loves to read stories and to play with horses and cars. We are so glad he is in our family and can't imagine life with out him! Happy Birthday Owen - love you!

The Graduate

On May 21 Joseph turned 28 and got the best present he could have asked for- a diploma! We are very proud of him and even though we have been home for 2 weeks, can't believe that we are done with Law school.





We are so lucky that Holly, baby Tessa, and Spencer could come into town for the graduation, we could not have packed, gone to graduation, and left Kansas (before the tornadoes hit) with out them!