Logan!

Me and Annistyn have been pretty antsy lately since Chris has been out of town for almost 5 weeks straight now....so we needed a little change of pace! So we decided we would take a little road trip to Visit Dani and Tyson! It was so fun to just hang out with my sister! We didn't do much but it was so fun just to sit around and talk and laugh like we used to when we lived together! She is my best friend...oh man can she make me laugh! Annistyn loves both of them so much! The picture of Annistyn and Tyson looks pretty normal....but the reason we took it was because Annistyn was just kinda sittin in Tyson's lap and just RELAXING! Umm.....I don't think she has ever sat still in someone's lap for more than 10 seconds in her whole life! So congrats to Tyson! I would love to know how it feels to cuddle with Annistyn!

Christmas Day!

Christmas was a little different this year! Chris was supposed to be home this year but work has been a little crazy so he had to stay out in Wyoming over Chritmas. I was so sad cuz we were so excited for Christmas with Annistyn! Anyway I hated thinking of Chris being alone for Christmas so I thought I would drive up there the day after and open Presents with him then!......But my amazing family decided we would ALL drive up to Wyoming on Christmas to be with Chris! So we contacted the Bishop up there and he let us spend Christmas morning in a church up there!
It was crazy we were watching the weather every hour and we planned out the time that we would miss the storms! So we left at 2 AM on Christmas Eve and drove through the night! The weather was good but scary at times. We got there at about 7:30 in the morning. We went in and laid out a lot of sleeping bags and broughT in the presents. My mom had cooked her yummy cinnamon rolls earlier and she warmed them up in the oven and we had Hot Chocolate ready! Chris had no idea we were coming and I called and told him I was here and to come to the church! Then when he drove up he saw three cars and our WHOLE family waiting there for him! It was so amazing! He was speechless! How grateful we are to have an amazing family that will do anything to make sure everyone in our family was happy on Christmas Day! Love you guys!
I love this time of year! I love that everyone is focused on serving others and giving! And how lucky we are to have such a big event and day set a side to celebrate our Savior! We spent two hours with Chris and then we had to get on the road to beat the next storm home! I can't believe we made it! The weather was pretty scary in some spots! Thanks to all who drove and stayed awake for 24 Hours! Well pretty much all of us!

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TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS........

Christmas Eve is always the funnest at the Hatch House! It's way funner than the actual Christmas Day! This year Marcus went all out! He brought out this HUGE box for the Grandkids to unwrap! We opened up the box and it was filled to the TOP with a new Wii and tons of new games and gadgets to go with it! He said he had been collecting and buying since July! So needless to say we played Wii all night long! And of course Marcus and Cindy bought everyone matching PJ's and we were so surprised that they were Red Sox PJ's NOT! DIE HARDS even in the off season! haha





FAMILY PJ PICTURES!
Me and my cute little Annistyn!

Cindy-Lu and Nate!

Dani and Tyson!

Nikki, Derek and Corey!

Grandpa and Grandma and the little Kidlets!

HATCH FAMILY CHRISTMAS PARTY!

We had a Gingerbread House contest! It was so fun! Our family is so competitive! This was Tyson's first Christmas with us! He was a little freaked out about how intense it was! My Mom went and bought those big card board things that you use for Science Fair Projects in like 5th grade to put around each house so NO ONE would cheat or steal any ideas!
Dani and Tyson's House! Their's won First Place!

Nate and Ani's House!

This was Nikki and Corey's house! It started out as a log cabin but it got too heavy and ended up being a Hawaiin Hut!

This was our Gingerbread House complete with Pool and Water Feature!



TEAM GAMBLING! We were the only totally cool family that came prepared with our Christmas Attire!

We had a White Elephant Gift Exchange and I came out of it with these BEAUTIES! Nate bought them as a joke but I really LOVED them! They sure were a FIND!

BINGO! Christmas Bingo with prizes was so much fun! Marcus had the cool bingo with the wheel that the balls come out of! It was the best!