Round Two... The girls visit!

It was Natilee's and Ramsay's turn to visit! And we definitely had some adventures...


We went up Mt. Lemmon for a cook out! Look at these cute, dirty faced girls!


The girls loved cooking burgers and roasting "Smarshmallows" for s'mores!
We hiked around Rose Canyon Lake... fed ducks, and fished for crayfish!
The girls didn't know what crayfish were and thought this claw was so cool! Nat wanted to keep it, but I told her we would just keep a picture of it instead!

We were out there pretty late!

What cuties!
Crafts done while here... Shirts, handbags, and signs for their rooms! They had a lot of fun making them!

We also went to the zoo!

The kids all had a ton of fun with these silly props! Tank, Jill, and Nixon all came with us!

Ramsay's best "turtle face"
Adorable Nixon!


Roo thought these big fish were so cool!
The other "Hatch" girls

After the zoo we were going to go see the new Harry Potter... but got in an accident! Luckily no one was seriously injured... they girls were like now we have to post it on facebook and blogs, etc. GREAT! So we missed the showing we had planned on seeing and walked 2 miles to the theatre and back in the middle of the day! Talk about hot and sunburnt! But we had a good time still!
Thanks mom and dad for coming to get them and thank you girls for coming to stay with me! I had a lot of fun! OH and I guess I should say sorry Kendon that it happened in your car! I love you all!

Trip To See My Josh

Last weekend I made a trip up to Utah to hang out with Josh! We had so much fun! It was kind of surreal seeing him at first... It was very strange getting to hug and kiss someone again!
The first night I got there (Thursday) we spent the evening at home. Josh has been living with Heidi and Ryan Allred (one of Josh's mission comps and his wife), but they were gone to the lake! Seriously about 20 min. after I got to their house, we heard the doorbell! It was Kris and Emily Holliday (another comp and wife) from San Diego. They were in town and stopped by to say hi to the Allred's but found us instead! Its was great getting to see them!

The next day Josh surprised my when he showed up with a rental car so we could go have some fun! But first things first, I went to a doctor appointment with him and then grocery shopping. After that we went up to Snowbird, ski resort!
It was so beautiful and green! We did a lot of fun things including... the ski lift, zip-line, mini bobsled slide, and the ski tram which took us up to the top of the mountain! It was gorgeous!
Us up at the top! It was windy and nice a cool up there! After we spent most of the day at Snowbird, Josh took me on a tour! We drove up to the U (university of Utah) where he showed me where most of his research is done and most of his time is spent! He works up at the Hutsman Cancer Center and of course down at the hospital! He has got to do many amazing things such as follow the doctor on clincals, stand in on all different types of intense surgeries and do write ups and drawings for different research projects! He has definately been staying busy! After that we drove his bike ride home! WOW! It was pretty far and a lot of up hill! He rides through beautiful neighborhoods and near the Salt Lake Temple and then up the hill to the capital, those are just a couple of the cool things he gets to see every day! I have to say I was impressed with how difficult the ride looks! Good Job, Babe!
That night Josh and I took Heidi and Allred to see Transformers 2 at the Imax! It was awesome!

On Saturday, we had a BBQ at the Allred's and Jamie, Trevor and Kendra Mattson came to hang out too (yet another mission comp and his family.) Chef Josh grilled steaks and bacon wrapped scallops! It was so good! After some delicious food we went to the lake on Allred's boat!

The Mattson Family
Captain Allred
Heidi tearin' it up!
We had a blast, wakeboarding and just relaxing on the boat! Thanks Allred's for everything!
Sunday we went to church and then just relaxed the rest of the day! I flew out the next morning and now have my sisters with me! Pictures of that later!

I was so glad I got to visit my Josh and can't wait to have him living with me again! We had so much fun together and I am so very proud of him and all the hard work he is doing up there!