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.

COUSINS OF THE TRAVELING SKIRT!!

FROM SATURDAY TO MONDAY WE WATCHED "ANN OF GREEN GABLES" AND WE LAUGHED, CRIED AND CHEERED

SOMETIMES WE PLAYED "TWISTER"

OTHER TIMES WE ATE ICE CREAM SUNDAES

WE TRIED DANCING

WHO ARE THE WE? WHY WE ARE THE "COUSINS OF THE TRAVELING DRESS!!"

SOMETIMES WE WERE DOWNRIGHT SILLY

OTHER TIMES WE TRIED TO BE SO MATURE!

NAH, MOST OF THE TIME WE WERE SILLY.

IF ONLY GRAMPY KNEW HOW TO FORMAT PHOTOS INTO THE BLOG YOU WOULD SEE MUCH MORE TODAY. BUT ALAS AFTER ENTERING AND DELETING ACCIDENTALLY MORE PHOTOS THAN I CAN COUNT - YOU HAVE TO BE CONTENT WITH JUST THIS TODAY AND MAYBE MORE TOMORROW. I'M SUCH A COMPUTER DWEEB.

Be Careful What You

On February 2nd, 2009, a special cocktail, (shown below) was given to a mild mannered, average citizen who was happily married and living the good life. He was relaxed, happy, well fed, anxiously engaged in good works and enjoying his family and the daily activities of his life.

For visual proof of just how well-adjusted and happy this person was, please see the next picture. Recognize him? Yes, to many of you he is your dad. Notice the casual pose. Note there are no lines of stress in his face. He is relaxed and breathing in the flowers of life, even in the middle of a harsh winter with temperatures in the low teens. He is so happy there are green leaves on the trees and he only needs shirtsleeves in the middle of winter.

HOWEVER, WHEN HE WOKE ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 3RD AND LOOKED IN THE MIRROR, THIS IS WHAT WAS LOOKING BACK AT HIM!!!!!!!!

I'm promised that I will return to normal on February 10th. In the meantime I am locked in the basement of our home being fed steak, chicken, lamb, copious amounts of spaghetti, delicious salads, fruit juices, home made bread and a variety of specially made treats that only radioactive people can eat. In addition, I have to sleep in, watch plenty of movies and read favorite books.

Honestly, the look isn't that bad. I'm getting used to it.

Love Dad

THE BITE!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN AND BECKY!!!!
ALTHOUGH WE DID NOT HAVE BECKY HERE WITH US, WE CELEBRATED BEN'S BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY EVENING 10/13. BEN WAS IN TOWN TO DO SOME TRAINING IN HIS KIND OF NEW PART TIME JOB AND STAYED WITH US. WE INVITED UNCLE DAVE AND AUNT SHIRLEY OVER FOR THE FESTIVITY AND CAKE. THE PICTURES BELOW SAY IT ALL. THE PERFECT CHOCOLATE DEATH CAKE ENDED UP LOOKING LIKE A BOWL OF CHOCOLATE SOUP AFTER BEN TOOK THE "BITE".
HE OBVIOUSLY HAS SET A NEW HUTCHINS STANDARD FOR THE BIRTHDAY BITE. WE LAUGHED SO HARD WE ALL HAD TO LINE UP AT THE BATHROOM LESS WE ALL PEED OUR PANTS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HE FOUND DOWN THERE??? TRUTH BE KNOWN I TOLD HIM THERE WAS A FOLDED UP $100 BILL HIDDEN IN THE CAKE AND HE HAD TEN SECONDS TO FIND IT AND LIFT IT OUT WITH HIS MOUTH. AH, THE GOLDEN NAIL WORKS EVERY TIME!!!!

"My Food Storage Plan"

OK, I'm game to respond to my daughter's invitation to "show" our food storage. Go ahead and look. My food storage plan is sitting on that rock in our back yard. Isn't she beautiful???

Heaven, I'm in heaven, and my food storage has all the leaven it can hold
The Olympic games are over & I'm standing on the podium with my gold.

Go ahead - knock yourself our for the silver and the bronze.

Love Dad