Daily January Fun

Handsome watched our babies while I went out with friends. While I was gone he built this sweet fort for them. They played in it all night. He's the coolest!!!

Our big shopping trips are usually at the beginning of the month. The babies were so sweet, I decided to reward them by taking them to the dollar tree to pick up some fun toys. I unknowingly dressed my little boy as one of the village people when we got home. ;0)

Kid-pile on Daddy. Awesome picture. Wesley's so funny. We didn't pose the kids or plan this, they just like him A LOT! ;0)

The babies went down for their nap at their usual time, but then I heard something on their monitor. I went to investigate and found no little boy in his bed, under his bed, behind the chair. Not even in the closet. I felt panic starting to build. I opened the bathroom door and there he was tossing blocks of toilet paper down the laundry chute. He jumped up and bolted out the door and down the stairs to see his handy work. Until this moment, we didn't know he could open the door. Scary, but so funny!!!

Daddy made another sweet fort for the babies while I went out for one of my birthday dinners. The dogs even found a spot to relax.

I had to run outside while the babies were sleeping for these shots. By the time they woke up, the snow was gone. I wish they could have played in it. Oh well!

Fun times with these two. I love that Wes caught this reading moment with Max. I was going through the paper looking for coupons and Max joined me. He LOVES reading time. Maggie tried to get in on it too. 

Our indoor fun on a rainy day.

We took a very long family walk to the Rhododendron gardens because it was a BEAUTIFUL day!!! We had so much fun. The babies were super adorable and funny!

When we got home from our walk we still had enough daylight to play in our yard. Our little girl is walking! Everywhere. They really do grow super fast! She now has a fascination with sticks. Our babies now have that in common. ;0)

This is how we ended January. Super cute, but baby girl was sleeping because it was the beginning of her 'super sick & sad' week. Magnus was there to comfort her every day as we all were. I'm sure glad she's feeling better!

December Fun

The end of December all jumbled together. That's what you get when there's not enough hours in the day. LOL!!!

Top left: I fell to the floor from exhaustion after church and the babies decided to join me. ;0) Top right: Babies playing under the computer desk together. Bottom left: Hatch family caroling pic under the Zeller's hanging Christmas tree. So cool!!! Bottom middle: Cutie baby girl posing in her rocking chair. Bottom right: Max in his favorite santa hat being silly. ;0)

Family Beach Trip 2011

I love that we have the opportunity to stay at the beach every year. It's so relaxing at fun. We usually get the best family pictures while we're there too. Bonus!!!

This was Maggie's first time walking on the beach and playing in the sand. I hope we're able to take them when it's warm. We have sandcastle buckets and tools Max got from their awesome Aunt Sam that we haven't used yet.

I love these shot's off Max walking in the clouds!

We also found out that he floats in mid-air. Cool!!! Baby girl did NOT like falling in the cold water. Poor thing!

Best part of all... We were able to have our super wonderful friends Todd, Erin & Ryker stay with us the last 2 nights. This is our second year to have them share our tradition of going to the beach house and I hope it continues. ;0)

We went out for a late stroll the night before we left. When we came in from the cold, the Daddy's bathed all the babies. Let me just say, us Mommy's really appreciated the help!

Beautiful November

I have a couple models on my hands. I just click the pictures and they pose. We're such a team. Such great memories!!!

I was lucky enough to catch a couple silly ones too. I was chasing Max with the camera and Maggie totally got caught getting into Dad's stuff. The scissors you see next to her have since been moved to a different locations thankfully. Yikes! I can't get enough of their sweetness!

We had our annual Hatch Family Thanksgiving brunch. This year Cline & Alli were sweet enough to host. We had lots of fun and yummy food. Charlie got this great pic of us before everyone took off. I'm so glad he did. These are really difficult to get with smiles. :0)

Time to Read

I started reading 'The Real George Washington over a year ago, and then stopped after 70 short pages. I really loved the book, but I was in the difficult last couple months of pregnancy with Maggie. I was having a hard time sitting in one position for long periods of time and had no patience to read. Since then I haven't been able to make much time to read for myself. I read to the babies every night though. Wes mounted this sweet shelf for them in their room recently that he and a friend made. I posted this in my 'Honey Do Project' post. I'm quite proud of him if you can't tell. I love just staring at it.

My sweet husband challenged me to read The Book of Mormon before the end of the year. It's a goal that we're trying to accomplish together. So, instead of the usual 3 month challenge, it'll be 2 months. I'm determined and I know that I'll not only be able to meet this challenge, but that it will enrich our whole family with the spirit that it inevitably brings into our home. When I began the other day, I remembered my George Washington book. I decided that I needed to accomplish that goal as well. Today I found that taking these both on at the same time actually helps. When I get to the point of needing to stop, I get revived by switching to the next book. Who knew?! The only catch here is, I have to get up early to read. I've also found time when the babies nap.

So tonight when the babies woke from their naps and dinner was complete, we put on a movie for the family to watch together. I read my George Washington book instead. Max saw that I had a book in my hand and climbed into my lap. Unfortunately I've failed in the part that this was one of the first times my boy has watched me reading to myself. But the part I love is that he insisted that I read to him. He grabbed his favorite blanket and climbed into my lap.

Such a fun memory that I hope happens over and over again in the future. I so want my children to have a love for reading and this is how to get it done I think. Read good books often and as a family.



Such a wonderful ending to my exhausting day. Now to sleep a couple hours and do it again.

Church Halloween Party

We invited our friends from across the street to our church Halloween party. It was crazy busy and super fun!!! The pictures of the babies with Daddy are priceless.

October Fun

We had so much fun this month as we usually do. Max moved from his crib to a toddler bed, then tried to claim Magnus's kennel. I can't resist a good family pic or sweet sleeping babies. What can I say. ;0)

We were outside every chance we got so baby girl could practice walking. She's getting pretty good and we're having a blast!