Hatch Reunion

We went to California for a Hatch Reunion.  It was very fun and all had lots of fun.

The shuttle from the parking lot to the airport was a huge hit with the boys.

Airplanes are always very thrilling in the beginning.

Since we had woken the kids up early Henry slept on the floor and Lizzy in Charles' arms. 

Uncle David and Aunt Laura made us wonderful breakfasts every day.  The first day was crepes and bacon.  We had bacon every day for breakfast.  It truly was a vacation with that much bacon. 

Since the Hatch family is too big to all stay at Grandma Hatch's home, our family (Grandma Sandra and down) stayed at a house we rented just down the road.  They had lots of fun toys to play with in their gorgeous backyard.

Aunt Colleen brought Eliza's next size of clothes.  Elizabeth was pretty excited and she totally posed for this photo in her new dress.

Lizzy wanted to learn like Charlie. 

They had tons of toys!

Elizabeth cuddling with Uncle David who was trying to help Mommy win Settlers of Catan.

Elizabeth and Sterling were our little twins with their same hair and frame.

 They even beg the same.  Aunt Colleen was feeding them grapes.

Charlie and Gideon had fun hoarding grapes in the corner.

Grandma Sandra gave a wonderful lesson on some of our ancestors in our family history.  Adeline, Lizzy's second cousin, found Eliza's umbilical hernia fascinating.

Our kids transitioned to PST pretty well, but were still some of the first to wake up and start on breakfast. 

Doheny Beach was fun.  The kids didn't want to get dirty at first, but kind of got over it.

Elizabeth took a bit longer than the boys.

Mommy and Grandma Sandra

Mommy and Daddy.

Charles helped the boys make sand castles, but they demolished them very fast.

Mommy and Lizzy.

Lizzy tuckered out and slept under the canopy.

We ate and played minute-to-win-it at the church in the cultural hall.

Elizabeth and Sterling had fun being together.

Lizzy being cute!

The kids played with extra cups from the games.

The first game was to get five people, hands tied together, to all eat powdered doughnuts the fastest.  Charlie did great, but Henry didn't want to eat it.  Henry told me afterwards in a very sad voice, "Mommy, I wasn't hungry."  I guess he ate too much dinner.

The second game was to stack the cups up and then take it down again.

The third was to shoot marshmallows through pvc pipes at a tower of cups to knock them all off the table.

Gideon, Charlie, and Henry spent a lot of time together.

 The boys ate a snack in Great Grandma Hatch's kitchen.

Elizabeth helped grandma Sandra play Rage.

Charles grilled hamburgers and hotdogs for everyone.

Lizzy hung out with Uncle Nathan after a nap.  That seemed to be the only time she hung with her uncles.

Charlie chatted with his cousins once removed during lunch.

Eliza scarfed fruit and soaked her shirt.

Four generation photo!

Our flight home was all night.  Henry slept on the floor, Charlie across two seats, and Lizzy in Charles' arms.  There was some bad turbulence so we put the boys in their seats to buckle them up and they just kept sleeping.

The kids were pretty messed up on Monday and Tuesday so they put themselves to sleep around the house.