Short Family History

Hello world:

We are the Hatch family- Tyler, Ciara, and little Olivia. We hail from Pleasant Grove, Utah, though for now we are living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. For those of you who know Ciara & Tyler, you will already know we have a knack for. . .adventure. Yes, that's what we'll call it. Our family goal is to stampede the world, searching for whimsical adventure wherever the path might lead us. Our travels these days are perhaps slightly more responsible than adventures of the past, (enough said,) however, the whimsy is still alive and well. We're having a great time during our temporary midwestern sabbattical, though we do miss home, our families, the mountains, the Bombay House, and myriad other benefits of life in Utah Valley.

I am a bug guy. I've been told that there is something hypocritical about a vegetarian providing pest control to the masses. Perhaps. But hopefully it speaks of my character that I place the happiness of humans above the happiness of bugs. We provide a valuable community service which is much needed for the humans in this part of the country, yet I can't help but feel slight sympathy for each of the little critters which perishes by my omnipotent hand. At least I don't eat them. (Well, not that often.)

Ciara is the captain of the bug guys, the boss, the godfather. She is managing our office for the summer, and this office happens to be located within our home. It's working out pretty well for her. She can care for the offspring whilst working, and her added income has been a tremendous help during our transition. Her job basically involves handling new accounts and coordinating routes for our technicians. Each morning we have meetings with all the laborers in this vineyard, and instantly established solid friendships with each of them. Pictures are forthcoming.

Olivia is growing right up on us. She is a big five months old now. She is already striving to talk, and every once in a while we hear her say a whole sentence, though she struggles to articulate her ideas effectively. Gotta give the little rugrat credit for trying though. Ciara swears she heard Olivia say "I love you" a few days ago. Even as I type the little chatterbox is telling us a peculiar little story. I think I heard her say something about eels. Eel house? Something like that. How she knows anything about eels is news to me. Ciara must have taken her to the aquarium while I was at work. Wait, do we even have an aquarium in Tulsa? There's something fishy going on here.