Sunday, April 28, 2013

What we have been up to for the last few months...

Casen Misty and Colby, 

Maisley, and the great outdoors

Colby's baptism... 

Great to be 8

Great grandma Bonnie Hutchins at Colby's baptism

Family photo
Pops and Vovo

Super star in the making

Going somewhere, Maisley?

This is serious... Casen

Grandma Marlene and Casen

Grandma Marlene and Misty

riding their bikes,Maisley and Misty

Did you know that sleeping bags are great horsey's?

Giddy up horsey!!

Pine wood derby time...first year

Can I help? Please....?

How was dinner Misty?

That good huh?

pine wood derby... taking shape... 

Go Colby!!

Vovo, Maisley, Misty... go Colby go!!!

Reading a book...


We love branding time...

Hi mom, I made it up on the fence.

Branding the calves

You are doing what???

Yes Mom, I love this

The man in charge.

Casen on his horse Speedy... ridem cowboy!!

Colby and his buddy Tucker

Misty Rene'

Colby Skip

Casen Hutch

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Hi there... great day! Soaking up some sun!!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Over all update

Hello there, so it has been a really long time since I have posted anything so here is an over view of where life is for us..
Cord is busy roping and his new thing is putting on Ranch Rodeos to help make a little extra money and he really enjoys it. He is busy checking cows and running here and there and every where.
Colby is 7 and has lost many teeth, he is 4'4" tall and weighs about 54 lbs. He loves to be the bossy older brother but he is good help and loves to go with Cord and ride his horse Boone. He will be in 1st grade here in a couple weeks and loves to ask questions and learn about the world around him. He is a great kid and loves life. He is caring and wants to help. Colby Skip is a super kid.
Colby played his first year of coach pitch. Natalia was on his team and I think enjoyed that more than anything. They are good friends now. His progress through out the season was awesome to witness. He was not too bad by the last game. His little team won 3rd place at the year end tournament and I believe they only lost 1 game for sure and we missed one game and I am not sure how that one turned out. He may play next year, he is not sure yet.
Casen is 5 and will be in pre-k in a couple weeks.He is 3'8" and weighs about 42 lbs. I think that he is ready to try a little time with out mom and dad and have something of his own. He is a happy little man, always smiling and singing. He loves the dirt and likes to tease anyone and everyone. He is not the most gentle little boy, he likes to be rough and tough and laugh. He is progressing and doing really well. His progress is a real blessing and it is great to see how far he has come.
Casen played t-ball this year and liked it okay. He was not too sad when it was all over. It was a great learning activity for all of us. I was his coach and I don't know anything more challenging than trying to entertain 12 kids, 4-6 years old on a game that they really don't understand or even care about...lol some days and games were quite interesting.. lol
Misty is a whirl-wind. She is 2 1/2 and is loud and into EVERYTHING and tries to keep up with her brothers. She can't get enough of her daddy, and wants to be with him when he is home. She is finally getting some hair and it is super cute short. I am going to leave it short for a while. Lisa shaped it when we were at her house so we will see what happens. Thanks Lisa! She weighs about 26lbs, I don't remember how tall she is..
Maisley is amazing. She is 8 months, 16.5 lbs and 26" long. She is now crawling and has 8 teeth. She has the most hair of any of my kiddos and is darker than the others. She definitively has her own look. She looks A LOT like her cousin Ethan Amata, I don't know how but that is who she looks like. Thanks Ethan, she has a great role model to look after...lol A real joy to the kayos that is around here.
I-Mandy am busy being a mom, I am a Zumba junkie and love to be fit and active. I wish we had one more month of summer before the kids go back but what do we do... right. I am starting to work on some new sewing projects and finish up some old ones. I am a mom doing mom things, enjoying the journey of life. Some days are better than others. I love life and my children and Cord. I am truly blessed.
We had a Hutchins family reunion in Corona California in June and that was just awesome. We were all there, all 42 1/2 of us. Teija was 8 months pregnant and made the journey and was quite the trooper. I believe it will be the last that we are all there. We have young men going on a mission in a year and missions for a while after that. It was great. Lisa and Steve did a fabulous job in all the activities and food and all staying in her house was the icing on the cake. It was WONDERFUL! Thanks again Lisa and all those involved there. Pops and Vovo.
We have had a wonderful year. We are happy, healthy and we are a family. We have the gospel and are so richly blessed. 
Pictures of our year to follow. 

Monday, March 12, 2012

Misty


                                        Misty looking more girlie.

Colby Skip #7

Colby had a great birthday. Jeff and Tyla were down in New Mexico at the temple and so we celebrated with out them. Pops and Vovo came over and spent the day. We went to the Sanford church and played ball, ate lunch and then had cupcakes for dessert. Jeff and Tyla were so kind to let their children come the church and play with us and hang out for a few hours. Later that evening, we had birthday dinner and a home made ice cream cake with our little family and Pops and Vovo and opened some presents. Weavers gave him a rubber band gun that is pretty cool, Pops and Vovo gave him some money and Grand dad and Grandma Crowther gave him some passes for he and a friend to go to the movie with money for the concession. It was a great birthday, pretty low key really and he had a great day with family! Happy birthday Colby. Here are some pictures of his day.

Saturday, December 3, 2011





Here she is.... Maisley Ann Crowther... she came into our family November 22, 2011 @ 2:51 am. She came in weighing 6lbs 15oz and 20"
She is a content little one... she really is... the kids love her and want to help always... I hope as she gets older that she will be able to sleep through the noise... I hope she is getting used to the noise... some days.... most days it is pretty crazy here... She had the cord wrapped around her neck twice but our Doc was great and handled everything great! She was on oxygen for about 5 min and that was all. She is great...Truthfully, I was pretty shocked it was a girl, the Doc said a little girl, and I looked at Cord and asked him if that was really true and he said yes. I just knew it was a boy but nope, she was a girl. It is great, we are even now and everyone is happy.
I am adjusting to having 4 little ones demanding my time and attention... some days are better than others... it is better when Cord is home to help (obviously)