The Last 8 Months

To Friends and Family,

We know we have done a poor job at keeping our blog updated, so here are the highlights of the last 8 months.

The day after Christmas we moved from Murrieta, CA to Rexburg for Seth to finish school. On the way we stopped in Utah for a few days and had Kayla's baby blessing.
































Great Grandma Hall made the blessing dress.

The day we were suppose to move into our new apartment in Idaho, they called us to tell us that they did not have an apartment for us. This came as quite a surprise because we had already paid our deposit. We called as many apartment complexes as we could, and no one had openings, but we did get on several waiting lists. After a few days and many prayers one of the complexes called us to say they had an opening.

It had been a snowy winter. This was the view out our front window:














This is after a bit of a thaw.
Kayla did not seem to mind the cold as long as we bundled her up.














Here are some of our favorite pictures. Mostly they are pictures of Kayla growing up, because that is pretty much the most exciting thing that happened.































Grandma and Grandpa Earnshaw visited us in March.

Kayla (4 1/2 months) with cousin Will (1 1/2 weeks).

Kayla with Grandma and Grandpa Hutchings and Kayla with Great-Grandma and Great-Grandpa Hutchings. Can you tell which picture is which?

...soaking in the hot tub at Grandma Earnshaw's house

Kayla with cousins Ammon and Coleson.

First solid foods. Kayla did not like it so much.

...but later changed her mind...












...sort of.










Rexburg has a great splash park that we thought it would be fun to take Kayla to. Notice the chubby baby thighs!

































































We went to Utah for 4th of July weekend and got to meet the newest member of the family, baby Brynn.














Kayla (7 months) with cousin Brynn (5 days).
















Cousins Ammon, Kayla, Jayna and Coleson.

These are a couple pictures taken by my cousin Tara.





























And here is Kayla with Tara.








In July Seth graduated with a degree in Business, emphasizing in marketing, with a minor in Mandarin Chinese. Amanda also graduated, finishing her last few classes through independent study. Neither of us walked for graduation, so we don't have any pictures.

In July we had an Earnshaw family reunion where we spent a few days in Yellowstone and a few days in Jackson Hole. The trip was full of...

...fun people..

...wildlife......and picnics in the woods.

All the kids had a good time.

Even Kayla.

We were told this hike would be paved......but we all made it to the top anyway.

And that, is what the Hutchings family has been doing for the last 8 months!
Upon graduation, Seth accepted a job offer in Washington state, in a town called Bothell, about 20 miles out of Seattle. We are excited to start this new chapter in our lives.