Easter 2010

Thank you grandma Beth for outfitting my beautiful children! I just love it when my mom gets fixated on dressing my kids! She didn't get "best dressed" in highschool for nothin'! Wait... I just counted and that was almost 40 years ago! I guess it is true that good taste NEVER goes out of style!

Lately

I can't possibly begin to play catch up... so I'm just going to start from this weekend. And if I remember something cool that happened over this last year when we've been MIA, well, I'll just stick it in randomly... because this is my blog and I can do what ever I want! Ok, ready? Here I go!

My baby turned 1! Happy Birthday Allie!

(ok- so her birthday was February 15th but we finally got around to celebrating it the day after Bear turned 3. But he doesn't know he's 3 yet because I haven't got around to celebrating his birthday yet. Shhhh. Don't tell him.)

Thank you Grandma Liz and Grandpa Mark for letting us party at your place!

There is no place like home!

And thank you Grandma Beth for the awesome pinata (among other things).

It was a hit! (ha, ha)

Are these really all my children?

2009 so far!

January

February
Claudia turned 11!

March

We attempt church with 5 kids!

Bear turned 2!

April

Seems like yesterday.

2 months ago!

Another Girl!

Alaina (Ali) Francis Hatch

February 15th 2009

8lbs 5oz 21"

Yes - that is red hair! Finally - a red-head!

Georgia Sunshine

How can you not just love this girl!

Seriously?

Everyone is always telling us we look alike. I just don't see it. Do you?

Disneyland in June

Grandma Liz retired from 100 years of teaching this year and to celebrate, she and Grandpa Mark treated the ENTIRE family (7 of their children plus spouses and children) to 3 days at Disneyland! Does that lady know how to party or what! It was so much fun seeing all the cousins reconnect! Thanks Liz and Mark for some wonderful memories!

Race Time!

In June I ran the Ragnar Wasatch Back relay with my adorable sisters Jessica, Sam and Melissa and can I just say it seriously kicked my bootie! After running the AZ Marathon with Alli I thought it would be a piece of cake! My logic: A 24 hour relay... 12 people each running 3 legs... I'd been training for over a year... The reality: A 24hr relay where you sleep in a van with 5 other people... 12 people running 3 legs of uphill hell while sleeping in a van with 5 other people... I'd been training for over a year at sea level not 3700 ft above on dirt paths with unstable rocks and pot holes! Finishing my 1st leg which was 7.2 miles uphill the entire time! So hard but THE most beautiful scenery I have EVER seen!Sam had just gotten engaged so with each leg we added another piece of "bridal wear"!
Finally some rest time! Which I have to say was especially deserved after finding out the night before the race that I was pregnant with my 5th baby! Poor Sam was with me in the parking lot at the Orem, UT Walmart when the both lines showed up on the stick! To say I was in shock and utter disbelief would be an incredible understatement! I think Sam thought she might have to call an ambulance cause I was freaking out!

It's Hot!

I don't know why I picked the hottest day of June to walk to the park!

Does Bear's face say it all or what! Having fun cooling off in the sprinklers!Not having fun cooling off in the sprinklers!