Houston Astros honored Ivan Hepworth

Ivan won "Teacher of the Year" at Nimitz High School in May of 2008. Then he went on to win the "Teacher of the Year" at the District Level later that month. Ivan felt like he won at the district because his community service list was so long, as he was also serving as Elder's Quorum President. (Hurricane Katrina and Rita clean-ups, driving deaf people to church, after-school tutorials, and assisting who know how many people move.)
A year later, the Houston Astros honored all the "Teachers of the Year" at the district levels by treating their families to complimentary tickets to the game. The outstanding teachers and doctors stood on the 3rd base line as their names were announced. The crowd gave them a round of applause and we were all so proud of Daddy. (May 2009)

11 months on the 11th

We took Ashlyn's pictures on April 11th and we realized she was exactly 11 months old that day. She had a smile for everyone that day. It's been 11 super wonderful months and we can't believe she'll have her first birthday soon. She's quite the mover now. She loves to crawl away from me at full speed sqealing all the way down the hall. She loves to empty toy bins and fill them up again. She loves to pull herself up to standing...especially on the dishwasher and "help" us with dishes. She loves to feed herself little petite things like peas and carrots. She loves her super soft blankie that puts her to sleep, but she especially loves to giggle at her brothers and sister's funny faces. She's been a gem.