Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Hiking with the kids
I know, where is Jake you ask??? well he was at home exhausted from a night spent at his friends house. Little girls are evidently not the only ones who think trying to stay up all night is a great idea. Anyways, the rest of us, at Daddy's request went to hike up to the top of the mountain on the Berry College campus. While this is not the most difficult hike I have ever been on it was not a cakewalk either. Lucy(that's the dog) was so tired that she would simply not go forward anymore and I(MOM) had to take her back down. But the great news is that John and the kids stuck with it and made it all the way to the top. Martha Berry's House of Dreams is at the top and so they were able to see the house and enjoy the view of Rome from atop the mountain. I hope we can do it again real soon because we all had a great time.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Beans and Corn
The beans are finally getting big. They are putting off little bean shoots that I expect I will be able to pick in about a week. I was beginning to think that they were going to just give me pretty plants. You can also see in this picture that the corn is now well above my head and the silks are appearing. I think that means we are close?? I don't really know because I am a newbie. We, my mother-in-law Jane and I, canned fig preserves today. Her mother made wonderful preserves so I am looking forward to trying our batch. Some days I feel like I am turning into a little country bumpkin. I Love you all!
Connie
Connie
Harvesting Time!
I finally got food from my garden! I have been so excited about bringing in new veggies pretty much EVERY DAY! I have fought the horn worms, squash bugs, pickle beetles, and bugs in the corn, but with any luck and Sevin dust we will come out OK. I wanted so bad to keep it organic but my crop was being threatened in ways that I simply could not prevent any other way.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Garden
I thought I would share with you all my new garden. Now some of you I know have been gardening for years but this is still pretty new to me and has brought me a lot of joy. Our friend Nick came over and plowed up the grass and then he started us off by planting 2 rows of corn, 2 rows of beans, a couple of peppers and 4 cucumber mounds. When I got home from Anna Maria I added to those plantings a row of yellow and zucchini plants, some more peppers and tomatoes. I also planted watermelon and pumpkin. (All seeds except the tomatoes and watermelons.)
I was nervous nothing would come up because I have always used plants from the garden center to start the small patches I have done before. Anyway- it is growing!! All of it. I love going out each day to check on the progress. I do not have huge hopes for veggies this year because we did plant a few weeks late(like 5), however I am still feeling pretty darn good about our progress.
I am actually looking forward to getting started next year earlier so I can be harvesting in June!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Hi again. Tonight I went to Kindergarten Graduation with Emily. This is her teacher Mrs. Mull. She is nice! There was really good cookies and punch afterwords. I miss you Nicholas.
Well- keep scrolling down and I will tell you more about my trip. dont forget to read comments on the sunset picture!
Stanley
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Uncle Mike and Jake
Stanley's last known location
This is Stanley Lambchop. He came to visit our family via air-mail from Utah. Our Nephew Nicholas cleverly crafted him and sent him to visit our family. We spent a few weeks together in Georgia riding carpool, attending Jake's baseball games and even going to the airport.(He tried to get on the flight to Italy with Mrs. Elena but we restrained him) He obviously has a wild spirit. Little did we know that he was a wanderer. Unfortunatly this is his last known picture. He fell in love with the chrystal clear water and the cool summer breezes. Hi current whereabouts are unknown.....We will miss you Stanley. Maybe we can hook-up again next summer.
Jake has a mohawk. well really a fo-hawk because I was not going to shave his head bald and then expose him to a week at the beach. I know you are all shocked I did this to my boy but John promised him he could have it for the week we were at the beach. I have to admit however that he still has it because it has grown on me. Jake can just pull it off and it gives me a bit of evil satisfaction for the peeps at church to be shocked and horrified that I let him have it. heeheehee. Love you buddy- Rock on!
Friday, June 20, 2008
Ahhhhhhhhhh Anna Maria Island. A week of sunshine and Family fun. This is an indulgence that I pray I will never have to stop! The Bentti's and Hutchinsons sure do enjoy the peace and quiet of the beach and of our children playing so well together that they give us much less... hmm how do you say...whining then we ever get at home.
Cancun
John and I were very lucky to be able to go to Cancun Mexico this spring. Michael came and watched the kids so that we could go. We had a wonderful time visiting the Talum(Mayan) ruins, snorkeling, dining, golfing(of course), shopping, dancing(a little), swimming, and just enjoying the wonderful 5 diamond resort.
Monday, December 24, 2007
This summer we went to Utah to send My Mom, Sister Graves off on a mission to Scotland. We took advantage of being so close to Salt Lake City to visit the temple.
This is inside the visitor center. Kids were not so crazy about the picture taking thing
This a Picture of Michael, Mom, and I. I felt very lucky to be able to walk mom to her room at the MTC and to be able to be with her as she left to serve the Lord. I also happen to love the picture even though it appears that I am carrying baby number 5. I am not!!!! 10 Lbs down from here for those that are counting. ( I AM!!)
Saturday, December 22, 2007
John surprised me and took me to New York to celebrate our 14th anniversary and my 34th birthday. This is a view of the New York skyline from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. Yes - we did almost kill ourselves by walking up the last 6 floors. Ugg- talk about being out of shape!
This is the site of the World Trade Center. There is an obvious hole in the skyline and a reverence surrounding the area. We enjoyed our trip and I really look forward to see what he will come up with for our 15th.
Hi everyone, I am starting this page so we can all share the things we are doing and mostly to share pictures with all of you. Christmas is just around the corner(Tuesday) and so I expect many of you are still desperatly looking for the infamous Hutchinson Christmas card in the mail. Well.... it is not coming. I have not managed to pull it together enough to get a new picture of the kids. If we have time in the morning I will try then to get them all to grin at me in their fancy Christmas attire. Don't hold your breath- am not going to. Maybe I can post a few of each of the kids so you can see how they have all gotten so very big this year. I found this picture which frankly all of my family were there but is from this year at least. If I do scramble and do a card I will probably use this picture. Ahhh aren't they so sweet.
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