FINALLY, THE FINAL FOUR

Read them and weep (many of you will be very sad)

Thomas with inspired picks from Dad (Thomas still hasn't learned humility even on his mission)
is in first place by a comanding margin - 91 points!!

Our basketball expert, Eryn is in second with 82 points

David in third with 78 points

Ken has 75

Kate has 74 (As you can see the field is spreading out)

72 for Adam and Penny (how cute) however, I'll get back to Adam in a minute

Anna has 71 points and still in the hunt

Dave has 69 and will stay at 69

Elizabeth has 68

Mason shares 66 points with Grandpa Gary and Gale

Morgan close to Mom with 65 points

Emily, barely holding on with 64 points

James, are you kidding me, done with 62 points

Brittany lastly with 59 points

Okay, lets talk about Adam. Last week we were so proud, Thomas and Adam were the only 2 to have all 8 teams picked correctly. Thomas ended up with 3 in the final four. Adam missed every pick. No teams in the final four he is DONE. I definately do not stand with Adam!!!
Thomas is the only one with Michigan State in the final four.
Eryn also has 3 of the 4
I am also sorry to say that many of you WILL be standing with Adam and are completely done!
Here is the list: Adam (we can't point that out enough), Dave (I see a loser son-in-law trend), Elizabeth, next time don't take any advice from your father or mother for that matter. as usual, the Prophet, Gale (of last year's winner fame), Morgan, and James. It's a good thing the Johnson's have so many children they are still in with Kate and Anna.
Good news for Brittany, if Uconn wins, you can get out of last place and leave it to James.

Good luck everyone still in and better luck next year for all the losers!!!!!!!!!

Elite Eight

Here it is, just a quick blog so everyone can see how they are doing before the next round:

Thomas is in first with 79 points
Adam is second with 72 points
Eryn and David each have 70 points
Anna and Ken have 67 points
Kate has 66
Morgan is right behind with 65 points along with Dave
Elizabeth and Penny rock with 64 points, however, this is as good as it gets for Elizabeth, which parent encouraged her to pick Memphis in the championship?
Gale (what has happened to last year's winner?) is tied with James with 62 (how cute)
Emily has 60
Mason and Gary have 58
Last and Least, Brittany has 55

Good luck during the next two days!!!

It's sweet 16 dancing time:

Alone at the bottom of the pack: Sorry Brittany you are all alone with 40 points
Next is Morgan and "the Prophet" with 43 points
Gale with 44 points
Elizabeth, Mason, and Me with 46 points
James, better picks during the second round all the way up to 47 points
Adam and Emily together with 48 points (how cute)
Anna and Ken with 49 points
Dave, who finally sent his picks with 50 points
Kate and David (yes you heard right, David resurrected his picks when he realized he wasn't in last place with the basketball prophet) With a few strips of tape he is almost in the lead!
Eryn in second place with 52 points
Thomas also know as Elder Hutchison is in first with 55 points!!!

Notable Picks: Thomas has 15 of 16 teams in the Sweet 16
Eryn and James have 14 of 16 teams in the Dance
David, Kate, Dave, Ken, Anna, Emily, Penny, Mason have 13 teams in the Sweet
16

For Future reference: 7 people have UConn winning it all, 3 have North Carolina, 4 people have Pittsburgh, 1 person has each of the following teams: Oklahoma, Louisville, and Memphis

Good luck guys, Let's go dancing!!!!

March Madness 2009

Hello fellow family bracketeers:

As you can see I am sending this under Emily's name because I can't figure out how to post this with my own name. OK without further comment here are the results:

The bottom of the pack: James and Gary (The basketball prophet) with 19 correct picks
James, although admirable to follow the prophet - in this case, as the rest of us have learned, never a good idea to be in the same place as Gary (The basketball prophet.)

Hanging on with 20 points are: Mason, Brittany, and Penny

Standing alone with 21 points is: Morgan

In the middle of the pack, a three way tie: Emily, Gale, and Elizabeth

With 23 points: Anna and Ken

Nipping at the heels of the leaders with 24 points are: Eryn and Adam

Currently in the lead with 25 points are: Kate and Thomas (just so you know that Thomas didn't break any mission rules, his bracket was picked by Gary, the Dad, not Gary, the basketball prophet. Buddy, the doll, will be celebrating in his absence.

OK, some notable standout picks: Props to Ken for being the only one to pick Wisconsin over Florida State

Adam, Emily, Ken and Gale: for picking Siena over Ohio State

Adam, Gale, James and Gary for picking Western Kentucky over Illinois

And lastly, a moment of silence for David's bracket which was unfortunately destroyed after the first day of the competition. Ususally he waits for the 2nd or 3rd round to execute his bracket. I guess you could say that it is just David being David.

Good luck everyone for round 2 which will start soon!!!

Eckersley Pumpkin Magic...The Vomiting Pumpkin

First Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest!!

Pumpkins are orange
and candy is good
I dare you to enter this contest
you already know you should.....

You are formally invited to compete in the first annual...

 Hutchison Pumpkin Carving Contest!!!

1. Carve your best jack-o-lantern and post the image on the blog before Halloween. It can be funny, scary, whatever you want... 

2. Check back regularly to check out your competition and vote for your favorite pumpkin!

Now, you may be asking yourself, why should I put the time into posting my picture??? I'm busy!! I'll tell you why....our wonderful wonderful and generous parents have offered to sponsor the prize! The winning entry will receive a gift certificate at a place of Penny and Gary's choosing.

Good Luck....and Happy Haunting!!

Fall into the Gap

Hola Tanneritos!!

Don't worry, I don't expect anyone except Eryn and Emily to get that opening....

Anyways, GapKids is having an annual casting call for models! At first I thought of submitting the photos from Dave and Buster's of Dave and my future children... but then I read they were looking for cute children and not alien lifeforms, so I quickly changed my plan to Katelyn, Mason, Hailey, and Brooklyn.



After spending some time scoping out the competition at:

http://gap.eprize.net/castingcall/index.tbapp?page=gallery

I realized that this contest is basically in the bag.

Email me any photos that you would like to submit and I will post them all to the blog for the family to vote on. To start us off, here is a link to some photos I already had in a web album.

http://picasaweb.google.com/brittanyeckersley/KatelynHaileyMason#


Lets get to work!

Hutchison's Sweet 16

Latest round:

Thomas is still in the lead (alone) with: 47
Morgan and Cocoa: 46
Eryn, Mason, and Brittany: 44
Elizabeth, Anna, and The Basketball Prophet (Gary): 43
Brooklyn, James, and Adam: 42
Dave, Penny (I wanted to keep my score the same as my age), David, Katelyn: 41
Gale: 40 (who rode the San Diego pick too long)
Emily (falling fast and hard) and Hailey: 39
Ken (who is no longer all alone), and Kate (who thankfully doesn't understand)

Hope everyone had a great Easter!!!
Have a great week!!!!!

Hutchison NCAA Bracketology:

OK! Here is the first round!!
Brooklyn (aka David) 26
Thomas 25
Adam, Morgan, Cocoa (chalk) 24
Anna, Emily (Enjoy it while it lasts), The Basketball Prophet, Penny(bracket master) 23
Mason, Eryn, James 22
David, Hailey, Katelyn, Elizabeth, Dave, Kate 21
Gale, Brittany 20
Ken 19

Exceptional picks: Dave was the only one that picked Siena over Vanderbilt
Gale was the only one to pick San Diego over Connecticut
Hailey, Eryn, Brooklyn and Penny picked Villanova over Clemson
Brooklyn, Gary and David picked Western KY over Drake
Brittany and Brooklyn picked Kansas over USC
James, Mason and Thomas (need to repent) picked Texas A&M over BYU

Scoring is as follows: First round 1 pt for every correct pick
2nd round 2 pts
3rd round 3 pts
4th round 4 pts
5th round 5 pts
national champion pick 10 pts