Ben at the hospital...

more Bday pics...

oTis Birthday!!

Happy Fifth Birthday to our son oTis....
we love you!!

Tumbridge World's Fair!!

We had a grand time at Tumbridge, and G'ma Judy was visiting, so all the better! Weather was perfect, and the boys had a great time!

First day of school!! 2009 (preschool)

Brothers

Waiting for a fire...

Happy 3rd Birthday to our boy Ben!!

Cute as pie, holding his cake!

Good Friends

Otis and Ben had a grand time when Sylvie and Frost came to town!!

Don't you just hate junk mail?

Return to sender!

Big Rig Boys

The boys loved Montpelier's annual
Touch A Truck event....

Sun and Mud

First real warm day this spring...

the boys decided to make mud pies!

Two new videos posted

a couple of links to new videos....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOAZixp0iEA will get you to about 4 minutes of beach footage of the boys in NC a couple of weeks ago... and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acJZAJd9Dls is just a minute and half of cute boys, with their cousins in NC.

YouTube has begun to monitor in earnest the music selections folks are attaching to their videos, and mutes anything with copyright issues. So my great Jimmy Buffet tune to the beach video is not permitted, and instead I have had to substitute some harmless elevator music instead... sheesh.

Spring at the Capital

The boys had a grand time at the annual "All Species Day" celebration in downtown

Montpelier today.... a parade, skits, music and may pole all to mark the arrival of spring!

Otis and his first horse ride!!!

Otis had his first try at theraputic riding last weekend, and loved it!

here is a short video... Originally it had a really nice soundtrack

(Lyle Lovett: If I had a Pony...) but YouTube deleted the soundtrack

for copyright issues... shoot. So the elevator music is YouTube approved,

but not so great....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0lRmaXdOfc&feature=channel_page

Giddy Up!!

Otis had his first experience today doing theraputic horseback riding... he loved it and did
just great! The horse was an older Apaloosa named Holly, very sweet and gentle. O especially liked going around the cones and over the poles laying on the ground... we will be trying it again soon. Yee Haw!

See a video short at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0lRmaXdOfc

goofy boys!

Horsing around with oTis...

Winter Play

The boys going outside to play.....

a pretty boring new video, but Ben is cute!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdlfAoQ5UoE

(not sure why the video quality is so lousy....?)

Winter Wood

Trying to keep warm in Vermont during the winter can be a full time job, especially when you live in a big ole drafty house.... we have two wood stoves, one upstairs and one downstairs, and between the 2 of 'em we keep it pretty decent in here. This year, for the first time in 8 years, I have had to buy some cord-wood, since I wasn't around last year to keep my supply stocked. As much as it pains me to pay money for firewood, it is nice to have a good supply on hand. Yesterday the boys were excited to watch a huge lumber truck pull up and drop about 7 or more cords of logs, which i will now have to buck up, split, haul and stack..... nobody said it was easy playing at woodchuck :)

Check it out!

My new absolute favorite web link:
http://www.playingforchange.com/

go there or search Youtube for some really
nice music/video peace vibes :)

Christmas Video

Here is a link to our latest video, Xmas in Vermont

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRco5RtbKg&feature=channel_page

Here's hoping this finds you and yours enjoying a healthy and happy new year. We wish you all the best...