White Elephant

We played "Celestial Companions" and Jen and Kara were a "couple" and they WON.

Good food, fun games, and great company.

I love the annual Christmas parties with the White Elephant gift exchange. This year some of the gifts included: a "spice" kit (to spice up your life), chocolate mixed with exercise videos, a "Male Urinal" (you'd have to see it to believe they exist), a half used roll of T.P., a wooden Boodah, a home waxing kit (Garrett secretly LOVED getting it). hehe, and lots more.

Just the 7 of Us.

The 7 brides for the 7 brothers. If you ask me I think they are the lucky ones. hehe.

too funny...

I am sorry. I couldnt' pass this opportunity to post this one:

Tori came up to me and said, "we need more asses." I freaked out, of course, and said WHAT?! did you just say? She said, "yes we need more asses." I asked her what she was talking about and she said, " you know...the stuff to make gingerbread with."

OH...MOLASSES! It all makes sense now. We then had a little enunciation lesson.

Family Picture and Thanksgiving

This year we had the whole Hatch Batch down for Thanksgiving. We were able to get a decent family picture, a first in 5 years. We've had a fun week of "controversial subjects," games, football, lots of food, and horses. These times call for great memories in the making. Happy Holidays.

Betrothed

Hayden and Benton

Trips to El Paso

To be able to survive in another country we have to be able to escape to the "states" every once in awhile. Trips like this one entails malls, dining out, movies, ice cream, WalMart, more malls, mail and post offices, bank and gas stations. By the time we are done (shopping for 4 families) the vehicle usually looks like that! Thank Heaven Michele has a 12 passenger van. We were all packed in TIGHT on the way home. Viva Mexico!

Kid's quotes

Last night: Tori said, " Dad, I will start to obey you when it gets Christmas time."

She doesn't want to get stuck on the NAUGHTY LIST and has got all her bases covered.

Alex decided to show me how she learned how to count...in front of our HOME TEACHERS. Alex said, "Mommy has one...two...boobies. Yea, mommy!"

What would we do without children???