The Watts Family

Last weekend I had the opportunity to do some photography for a really good friend and her family, Lila.
We were able to get some really awesome photo's and they were really great to work with Garrett was a hoot! And Lila is really photogenic. We had so much fun.
Another photographer friend, Grace came along and it is always good to have someone along to catch the shots you miss, we will probably be working together a great deal in the future.
The light was great the weather co operated the photos are taken at Sandbridge Beach so far the only changes I have made is to the last photo just had to play around with at least one, the rest are pretty much as they came off the camera. Of course having a great family to work with always helps.

The Billings Farm, Vermont

This was the 2nd farm we stopped at, it was totaly different from Sugarbush this one had been donated to the State by the Billings family and was run by the state, it was $11 per person to get in and the tour took several hours. It was a dairy farm as you might have guessed from the pictures. It was very interesting but I dont think I would pay the 11 bucks for a 2nd tour. The Cow at the very bottom of this page is Sasha and she was expecting her 13th calf, poor thing. They breed the cows every year of their adult life to keep them producing milk. Something to think about next time you drink a glass of milk!

Sugarbush Farm, Vermont

We stopped at two working farms on the way home, the first was Sugarbush, they have a website, www.sugarbushfarm.com. The tour is free and you get to sample cheese that they make and Maple syrup that they also make, yum! and then of course you just have to buy some for the trip home, the post in the picture shows thier snowfall each year, the little thing at the very top is last years snowfall.........brrrrrrrrrrrr. I might had that this farm is located at the top of a mountain. It was a great farm the owners give the tour and it was all very informal and homey feeling.

Quechee Gorge, Vermont

It's hard to believe that this time last week we were on our way home, I have a lot of catching up todo! This was one of the first place's we stopped at it was really pretty place just outside of Woodstock, Vermont it's a state park with some really cool shopping in the area, there was a place I really wanted to check out but it was closed, we were there too early in the morning, it was called "Scotland by the Yard" and carried Scottish and English stuff/goodies.

This and That in Vermont

Top Charlie eating breakfast at Brian & Nicole's with a captive audience! We found this wonderful little bakery in town with the best homemade pastries & muffins.

Of course no trip anywhere with Charlie would be complete without a drive around the neighborhood to look at houses for sale!

Sharon Vermont

Brian and Nicole live about 5 minutes from Sharon, Vermont, the birthplace of Joseph Smith, it was very beautiful there, as always the Church maintains the grounds in excellent condition, the flowers were beautiful and the Spirit was strong we had a wonderful missionary give us the tour he really knew the site well and the local history.

The Church building that Brian and Nicole will be going to is on the same site and is beautiful I just wish I had taken more photos.

Covered Bridges

There were plenty of these around where Brian and Nicole lived, this one I think was in Tunbridge.

This picture is of us, well Charlie actually, I got out to take some pictures, driving through the bridge. Amazing!

South Royalton, Vermont

Friday morning we got back together with Brian and Nicole and transfered their stuff from the Pod (That was shipped from Vegas) to a U-Haul then we took off for Vermont we made a couple of stops at furniture stores, they needed some additional furniture.
South Royalton thier new home is a small Village and I mean small, the first photo is of the town square facing a church all the little towns we stopped had these little white chapels in the town square it was very picturesque, the 2nd photo is Brian, Nicole and Charlie on line in the town square, the whole town square has Wi-fi! How cool is that. The whole area is beautiful lots of hills and wild flowers, reminded me a lot of home, (England)

This is a photo taken at a place called Tunbridge, I couldent resist taking this picture it's just a few minutes down the road from Brian and Nicoles, Tunbridge has a lot of memories for me, when I was growing up in England my maternal grandparents lived at a place called Robertsbridge a very small rural village I loved it there, most of the time we would ride the train down to Robertsbridge and of course my question was always "how much longer to we get there?" One of the last train stations we stopped at before arriving at Robertsbridge was Tunbridge and I knew when we pulled into that train Station it was not very long to we arrived at Grandma's and Grandpa's so you see why I had to take this picture.

Our Trip to Vermont

By 9:00am Thursday morning we were on our way to Vermont with an over night stop at Nicole's sister's house just outside of Boston, 2 cars, Brian and Nicole's and Ours, thank goodness for cell phone's and GPS. Here's Brian, Nicole with Buddy and Bandit waiting to get on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry. No that's not the real ferry just a replica!

Here's a shot that Brian took of us loading on to the ferry, they were right behind us, it was a 90 minute crossing I think?? and got a little choppy midway across. But it was a beautiful day blue skies and low humidity.
Bandit enjoying the wind in his hair um, ears. It was a good start to what turned out to be long day! Oh almost forgot we were entertained by Dolphins during the ferry crossing. All except for Charlie who disappeared below deck for a quick nap.

The 10 hour drive ended up taking about 12 hours and we got seperated in New York City of all places, Brian's GPS rerouted him through Brooklyn and we managed to stay on the Interstate, but even with Brian's little detour they still managed to arrive a head of us in fact Charlie and I ended up checking into a hotel about 2 hours away from Boston, we were pooped, not as young as we used to be that's for sure!

Brian & Nicole

Brian, Nicole, Buddy & Bandit arrived on Monday August 11, it was so exciting to have them here, we were out walking Fitch when they pulled up the driveway.
Buddy, Bandit and Fitch soon made friends as you can see here Jordan has a captive audience!

On Tuesday night everyone joined us for dinner and later a swim in the pool even the dogs got wet. Here's Bandit and Brian giving a demo of Bandit's swimming skills.............

Wednesday was Grandma's Funeral and then Thursday it was time to load up the car for the first leg of our trip to Vermont

Grandmas Funeral

Grandmas Funeral service was held at H.D. Oliver Funeral Home in Norfolk, August 13. After the funeral we all went to Sandy's restaurant, Capt. Grooveys on Shore Drive. This first photo is of Charlie with some old school friends that came to the funeral.
This is most of Grandmas living children and their children and grandchildren

In Memory of Mary Elizabeth Landing Anderson

This photo is of Mary with her 3 oldest children, Billy on the right, Dottie and Charlie it was taken at Norfolk City Park. Sorry I posted this one twice by mistake......


I think the following is one of my favourite photos of Mary, it was taken at Chris and Kandices wedding, March 2000. Mary with two of her children, Charlie and Sandy

Sadly Grandma Anderson passed away on 10 Aug 2008, she would have been 86 on Sept 24. She had not been well for some time and so her passing while a loss for her family was a great blessing for her. Mary had five children, Billy, Dottie, Charlie, Randy and Sandy.