Lord Stanley is back in town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well we have been a bit busy.... Our hockey team the Boston Bruins have been in a championship the last couple of weeks.....

AND THEY WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the teams logo.......

And this is the Stanley Cup. Each year it goes to the team that has won and they keep it until the next championship.....The whole team gets their names on it..Each player gets to keep it for one day and they do all kinds of fun things with it( like take it to the hospitals so the kids can see it and they take it all over town to different places. The cup itself has a lot of mystique and is most beloved here in the USA and in Canada

It is called The Stanley Cup because of Lord Stanley a Governor General in Canada in1892 He donated it as a hockey award and VOILA the beginning of the Stanley Cup!

AND NOW WE GET TO KEEP IT FOR A YEAR!!!! We were not really supposed to win and were a bit of the underdog so that makes it even more special!

This is Timmy Thomas the Goal tender( I have a little crush on him and so does Lacie hee hee)

So we have these cool Duck Boats that take tourists all around the city and then convert into boats and go into the water! And they put the team into these boats and had a parade all over the city!!!

Pl2 FLEW out to get shirts this morning but they didn't have bandannas for us ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Archie loves this player Chara because he is 6 foot 9 which is really big for a hockey player and Archie thinks that is cool. Now you know we are an avid sports town and an avid sports family.And since 2002 we have won SEVEN championships amongst all of our sports teams!!!!

Our beloved Celtics basketball won one( I have a little crush on Kevin Garnett who is holding the trophy hee hee)

Our beloved Red Sox won 2( of course with a lot of our help)

Our football team the Patriots have won three( and everyone knows Archie played a BIG hand in that)This coach Belichik with Tom Brady the quarterback( I have a little crush on him too )

Tommy in action

It is exhausting to be sports fan here...........

What we do best Part Two

Isn't this great? This has been the best day....... so much to do here That is why we NEVER get tired of it
The next movie is what I have been waiting ALL WINTER for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess whose feet these are

Yep ARCHIES He is not really much of a swimmer like I am

He would rather sit with PL1 and watch stuff(like my Esther WIlliam moves in the water)

A lovely rhodidendrum

Archie always takes time to smell the flowers

A lot of time....

This one is such a pretty color...

This move is not easy.. a half sidewalk half grass roach.........

We were really tired.. I am just resting my eyes a little.......... 

ON THESE STICKS TO MUNCH ON!!!!!

Arch just checking out that all is well....

Munching on sticks......

Turn up the sound really loud.. While we were sitting munching and watching this is what we were listening to....

Look at the color of this!!!!!

on our way out we saw these little teeny yellow flowers...........And then we slept for HOURS !!!(Pl2 says that is an extra bonus... hmmmph)

What we do the best Part One

We have been naughty...no not our usual naughtiness but we have not been here for such a long time so here we are..... we will spend some time catching up with all of you as we miss you!! We are all very sad about Butchy so we thought we needed  cheering up and do the thing we do the best..

GO TO THE ARBORETUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everything is so lush( IT HAS BEEN RAINING FOR 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS THAT IS WHY)

The boys were ahead of the girls

Don't worry we caught up

A DOUBLE DIG

We has a very bad winter and we saw a lot of trees down
Here is the action shot first of the season.

PL2 and I love rhodies......

Another double dig.......I am not fat just have to get a hair cut...(just saying)

MY TREE STUMP FROM LAST YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY BROTHER  trying to worm his way INTO MY TREE STUMP at the same time.....(no we didn't get stuck)

KING OF THE HILL( I think he looks loaded....)

We have a million more pictures and didn't want to overload you( Archie was worried that because you haven't seen us in awhile it might push you over the edge) so they will be part two

For our darling Butchy

Our darling boy Butchy is crossing over the Bridge today. He will be met by his darling sister Snickers and all of our pals and friends that are there. He knows we will take care his Mama and Papa and Katy. So at 5 pm today send a kiss up to help Butchy feel all of our love and to help give his Mama strength. We have very very sad and heavy hearts today and words can not adequately day what we feel, but we think this Navajo prayer says it all....... God speed little buddy.....

Do not stand at my grave and weep,

I am not there, I do not sleep. 

I am in a thousand winds that blow, 

I am the softly falling snow.

I am the gentle showers of rain, 

I am the fields of ripening grain.

I am in the morning hush, 

I am in the graceful rush 

Of beautiful birds in circling flight, 

I am the starshine of the night. 

I am in the flowers that bloom, 

I am in a quiet room. 

I am in the birds that sing,

I am in each lovely thing. 

Do not stand at my grave and cry, 

I am not there. I do not die.

The Royal Wedding

Archie here....Listen we are all abuzz over the Royal Wedding as we are going to be attending...We being a large fox terrier delegation and some friends........ And our pal Eric is planning the whole thing for us.... You will be able to see pictures HOT OFF OF THE PRESS at Astas........... Our pal Eric has set the whole thing up(even where our tent is going to be on route.) WE are so excited we can't wait!! Archie of course with his amazing skills was asked by Prince Charles to do a little music so he is going to play both the tuba and accordion at the same time( Aunt Ami did this picture of him She is the only one he will sit still for)Really he has been practicing this for MONTHS......

Agatha is not writing( like she usually does  and hogs it all the time) as she simply can not decide what to wear... and here is a little secret.. She was asked to help design THE GOWN!! All Iknow is that it has real dog bones sewn into it all over the dress. She was a little worried because it has been a bit rainy here and she may have gotten a little bit of mud on the dress but really who will see it...

Yes of course I will be wearing my Prince outfit to one of the twelve thousand events......

Well of COURSE i will be wearing this...

She thought her Princess outfit would fit right in......

She has to get her Chanel dress in somewhere

A boy can't go wrong with a bow tie...........