Hatch Family Reunion

The drive to Oceanside was long, but fun with the lions/t-rexes/bears/scary monsters in the backseat.

We "enjoyed" going to the pier by crying the entire way and being dragged.  Lizzy's second cousin kept wanting to hold her hand, but Eliza was feeling too independent at the moment to have any of it. 

 It was so fun to see the fish that the fishermen caught.  Annette was impressed with how long the fish kept moving after being out of the water.  Pretty impressive.

The ocean was magnificent!  Annette can still smell the salt in the air, the wind in her face, and the sound of the crashing water when looking at this picture.  She can also hear her children crying about being tired, too :)

 Once we found some shade the kids had endless energy.  How odd?

Charlie hung with Annette's college cousins who he knew well and also ran in groups with the boys a little older than him.

Evan trapped Elizabeth under a basket.  She didn't even realize she was trapped, but thought it was a fun house.

We ate one night at the Sunset Market which had lots of delicious food to try.

We wrote our names on leaves for a family tree.  I ended up changing all of ours after this so they looked better.

Puppy Dog was how Elizabeth introduced herself as to everyone.  At one point Puppy Dog sat under a table to read good book.  She ended up getting a benched pushed into her by everyone that walked by.

One of Elizabeth's lenses popped out and so Annette walked down to Rite-Aid and got a glasses screwdriver to fix it.  It took her a while to put it back together again, but she did it!  She was pretty proud of myself.  Since then she has had to fix it almost weekly.

Evan was quite a tease to the kids.  They loved it while at the same time feared him and the tickles that might befall them.

Here are our family photos.

We sure missed Charles for the reunion!

We enjoyed the beach immensely.  I didn't take my phone down there for fear of sand getting in the cracked screen.  The boys enjoyed the sand and were constantly digging.  Lizzy constantly wanted to be in the water swimming.  Annette did get to go swimming in the water which seemed much warmer this year than ever before.  Annette got sunburned despite sunblock and Lizzy was on the other end of the spectrum with an incredible tan despite sunblock.  This is a picture of Annette's arm (tannest ever in her life) next to Lizzy's legs.  She got Charles' genes for sure.

After being home the kids wanted to be like Annette's cousin and wrap their shirts around their head.

We had a wonderful time at Oceanside and enjoyed all of the familial relations.