Spring Break, California Leg.

After several fun days in Arizona, it was time to move our party westward.  Almost all of the Hatch family was able to make it- we rented two beach houses in Oceanside for conference weekend.  We did make a quick stop at the temple.  It was for preemptive repentance for what we were about to do: skip conference entirely so we could hang out at the beach. 

Speaking of legs, the calf on the left belongs to moi.  The calf on the right belongs to my sister-in-law.  I try not to get a complex around my petite friend and just remind myself I came by them honestly. 

The cousins bonded nicely.

Sunset our first night in Oceanside.

Thanks to a tip from my niece, Lauren, Kiki is the owner of the most perfect swimsuit ever made.

How can I possibly sum up all of the fun and sand and water and love that we fit into four short days?

It's impossible!

But we did have such an amazing time with our loved ones, and my family loves the beach, so it was quite possibly perfect in every way.

Cousins.

Hatch kids.
Cheryl, we missed you!

The ladies.

Look at the guy on the left's face.
You should have seen Bruce and James jockeying to be the captain of our rented boat.
It was getting ugly.

We celebrated Bruce's and Mark's birthdays our last night.

It was delightful.