IT'S A DOGS LIFE

This is "Gracie" the wonder dog waiting for a call to duty.  Occasionally she wakes long enough to eat, steal socks, and chase Sofie. 

These are the best action shots I could get.

Why I love New England

When it is cold and snowing on the outside and I'm warm and cuddly on the inside

That is the best. 

And when mom is waiting for me on the inside

That is even better.

IT'S A GIRL!

(guest posting by Becky who has been officially replaced as youngest girl in the family line-up)

 Meet the proud Mother

and her NEW daughter, Gracie.
She's a 9 weeks old Corgi.

She's a feisty, holds her own, sheep herding kind of gal.

Congratulations Mom!
She's CUTE!!!

Any volunteers to bring dinner to this brand new mother?  She'll need all the help she can get because she'll be busy chasing, training, playing, feeding and nurturing her furry new sidekick.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! (belated)

I think THIS chick is cuter than the chickens.

Love, Dad

A Pictorial visit to the Hutchins chicken ranch

For everyone who has been clammoring to see pictures of our newly arrived chickens, I provide the following. Mind you, it was very difficult getting these things to hold still. Some of the action shots are a little blurry.

This is "Turkish bath" chicken

This is "Sadie" chicken

This is "workout" chicken

This is "go to prom" chicken

This is "go to McDonald's" chicken

This is "Cleanlieness" chicken

This is "racetrack" chicken

This is chicken "McCool:

All are living very happily at our chicken ranch and the future is as they say, "Eggilishish".

A couple of things we did on July 4th - 2009

"My Dad said that this was the best seat for the fireworks show that would happen at dark"

Now follows a most handsome 14 year old, born on the fourth of July 1995 - Isn't he cute?

And now Hunter is taking the "traditional" bite out of the apple pie and icecream "cake"

that he requested him mom bake him.
What would the fourth be without a patriotic bunt cake???


Here is Alana reading to Gabe about Nascar racing

And now, the actual nascar races - held in Belmont at the temple home

Yes, she smoked him

Coming down the backstretch after a couple of pit stops

IT'S A PHOTO FINISH!!

THE "COUSIN-HOOD" OF THE TRAVELING SKIRT, PART DEUX

Ah, the lovely Hannah
on the left and Anna on
the right

Sara of Brigham Gables

Emily of clan Whitcomb on the left and

Emma of clan Hutchins on the right

Abigail of Lunnenburg Village on left

Sarah, maid in waiting, of Houghton Mill on the right

Naomi, fair maiden of Gales Ferry on the left

Hannah of Hogwort on the right, learning the wizards knitting trick

Abby, teaching Nana how to knit one and pearl two

Some of us went wii, wii, wii, all the way home

STRIKE THREE, YER OUT!!!!!

SISTERS OF THE Wii-Jii

What??? could this possibly be??

Ah, yes, the transformation is almost complete









I AM "MANN" OF GREEN GABLES !!

We learned a lot about genealogy and all of the "hood" went home with a 4 generation genealogy chart starting with themselves and ending with their great grandparents

This family tree chart starts with my Aunt Jessie and her husband Richard Sprague and goes back to the 1500's

Sleep? What? No way. Just hide in the blankets and giggle all night

Ah, we do know how to eat. The potatoe bar was a fav of everyone's

There were more pics but I still don't know how to arrange them without losing some of them. Sorry. My blogging is like my singing. Off key, out of style, but very enthusiastic.