Ok....so I haven't posted pictures in forever. Sue me. Just when we thought spring was coming to New England we get one last blast of snow but it melted quickly.

Finally Easter arrived and we celebrated with the Brulotte side of the family. We had a great Easter Egg hunt.

Nana all dressed up and surround

by good looking boys!

Funny the horses ass is next to the Brulotte Boys:) Anyway. During April vacation we took the boys to Family Day at Anheuser-Busch in Merrimack NH. The boys loved being able to see and touch those huge horses.

Now Memorial Day has arrived and its time to go camping with our extended family "The Nagles". This year we tried a new campground way up north in Crawford Notch.

Illy joined us for her first camping trip!!

She was a great camper once she got over being dirty:)

This is Illy telling us how much she likes camping. This is a happy face !!!! Really!!!

Pep showing her the river!!!

We had waterfront sites and a beautiful view of the White Mountains!!

We were all suprised by our dear friends the Bugnacki's!!! They secretly got sites just up the trail from us!!! They boys were determined to go tubing even if it was freezzzzing!!!

Here is our little bathing beauty!!! She too wanted to go in the river until she found out how old it really was!!

Mrs. Bug and Mara taking a nap!!! While the quiet lasted......20 minutes.

Oh did I mention the black flies had just hatched and they were hungry. Poor Dru was really attacked. We couldn't show pictures of Holly there was too much blood!!! Really!!!

Illy with her best bud Mara. She was so happy when Mara came into camp. She yelled MAra!! My friend Mara is here!!!

Our men prepping for the night!!!

Action Jackson hanging out for the ladies!!!

Ok without getting into great detail.... I played a

little trick on Holly and she got my husband to help her get me back by backing the truck up to the porta potty while I was taking care of business. Thank goodness I was in the porta potty.I was laughing so hard I thougth I would pee my pants.

She really does love me like a sister.







Now our latest project our vegatable garden!!! Finally I have been waiting almost 7 years...since we moved from Deerfield.

This would be our first attempt at table grapes!!!
Thanks Impa for your construction assistance and your decorative touch!!!

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OH....pictures not in complete order ...Deb wanted to see pictures of my gardens so they are mixed in too

Farmer Liz prepping the new raised beds!!

My tractor is not a sweet as yours Lisa but someday!!!!

















Robusta gusta roses..from my master gardener sister!!!

Here's what the raised beds look like!!! Soon they will have many lush vegatables growing in them!!

these are the beautiful yellow Calla lilies the boys gave me for Mother's Day!!!

Deb this is my freak white frilled bleeding heart!!

Pretty white sweet smelling flower that I can't remember the name of !!!

Our first mountain laurel finally blooming!!!

Poppies from the Nagles!!!

Thank you all for looking through our window of the world here in Gilmanton, NH. Only 7 days of school left. (not that I am counting) Then we start summer camp!! I will have lots more fun pictures in the coming months.

NewYears Eve 2010 and Ice Fishing on Manning Lake

Our yearly New Years Eve Dates!!

Don't we look fabulous and we didn't even plan our outfits!

Scott and his beautiful wife:)

Happy New Years from

The Brulotte Family

Jack patiently waiting for a bite

That lasted about 15 minutes then he taught

Mommy how to fish and left to play.

Dru and Jackson with best friend Mikey!

Drouin sifting the ice from the fishing hole.

Jackson sporting his St. Kilda shirt from Australia

Thanks Auntie Mags!!!

Jack and Mara looking for wild animals

across the lake. Nothing Yet!

Jack still hoping to catch the

"Big One"!

Sunrise over Manning Lake! Let the fishing begin!!

The Holiday Season began with the selection and cutting of the Brulotte Christmas tree.























Next we decorated the house . We always put up Mima's nativity!!!


































The next BIG Event was the boys Christmas Concert. Jackson on drums and Drouin on tenor sax. What a great evening of music and song.

Here's our beautiful tree all decorated

Nana and her boys Christmas morning.

Jackson with his hound!

Kane with his new toy. That lasted 15 minutes!

Jack and Dru with new clothes and monster truck!

Mommy knitted the styling hat to match Dru's ski jacket!!










Pappason and his boys sledding Christmas morning on new sleds:)

Ilyana taking care of her new baby from Nana!

Time for a break from opening presents to have a snack.

Izzy and Alice at Uncle Jon and Aunt Marianne's house!!

Vicki looking great with her new do!

Bubba and Beth looking so sweet.

this is a good one Bethy.















Joey and Uncle Scott playing














Jade,Will and Illy before they left.


We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and Happy New Year. I'll be updating the blog again soon. We love you all and wish we could be with you this Holiday season but the airline tickets to your house must have gotten lost in the mail. Maybe next year!!!

Jackson's finished pumpkin:)

Dru with his finished pumpkin!!

Boys exhausted from sorting their socks:(

Jack working hard at cleaning his pumpkin out.

Time in New England

Hello Everyone,

I know it has been a while but life gets busy and blogging takes a bit of time if you're slow at it. Mom and Dad have made their way back to AZ and we miss them.

We were tired of working on the house and yard...the list is endless so we decided to take a hike!

The boys, Kane and us started off to tackle Mt Belknap a short 2 mile round trip hike.

We all loved it and plan to keep it going.

We used to hike a lot with Jade and Mitch but got away from it.

So here are some shots of our lives in the past 6 months.

Fun Hiking on Belknap Mountain.

Fall in New England

If only childcare was this easy!!


Waterslide at Six Gun City this summer.

The dynamic duo!!

Cool dudes with their new shades!!

Rose Kennedy greenway in Boston on a hot summer day!

Hinking Mt Belknap!

Family time and getting a workout!
We were one tired family after this including Kane.