tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44160751660753565162024-03-13T09:30:56.728-07:00Keeping Up with the BurtonsKeeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-7547696842326799492013-04-07T17:07:00.000-07:002013-04-07T17:10:07.050-07:00Yikes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yikes! I've gotten really bad at this thing. I guess I never knew what busy meant until the last few months. After Halloween we began our race through the holidays, and safely landed in...what month is this...April? Double yikes!</div>
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I'll make this easy for everyone, and just scroll through the photos on my phone. Enjoy!<br />
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November 7th, we celebrated our 5th anniversary. Aunt Amy and Uncle Greg took the girls for the night and it worked out really well. Our girls are so lucky to have such wonderful family so close by. They are by far some of the girls' most favorite people! It was so nice for us :) We went to dinner at Valle Luna and saw a movie...umm...something about Prohibition and these brothers. You know that one? Ok.<br />
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The next day we picked up the girls and headed up to Fountain Hills. We went to the Art Festival and had a picnic at the park. Old Man Winter moved in that day and it was quite chilly!<br />
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Then we moved on to Thanksgiving. We spent it here and had Roast Beef :) We're continuing our tradition of "non-traditional" foods. We went and saw the movie, "Brave," and then went to my parents' for the weekend.<br />
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Moving into December, we kept ourselves busy with Christmas activities and preparing for Eddie and Devin's Engagement Party. I think I cooked almost all day, everyday for the entire month!<br />
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We did manage to get family photos taken. Here's the Christmas card...didn't get one? You are not the only one. Trust me. I thought I would get it together for at least a Valentine's Day card. Nope. Easter? Nope.<br />
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The girls have so much fun playing with Uncle Eddie and Aunt Devin. Finally, a couple that has just as much energy as they do!<br />
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We did a whole Southern/Beach theme honoring Devin's Georgia roots. They'll also be getting married on the beach in Florida.<br />
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The party turned out beautifully, but I must say my favorite part was Brooke downing 1/2 a sippy cup of Rum Punch! Woops! She slept off the hangover the next day ;) Next time we'll be sure to label the drinks!<br />
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I turned 30 the next day. 'Nuff said.<br />
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We then came back up to Chandler for Christmas.<br />
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We then celebrated our birthdays (Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve...we make quite the pair!) by going to Joe's BBQ, Joe's Farm Grill, Liberty Market, Denny's, Rubio's, and The Keg. That's quite the list! We eat out all month in December I think.<br />
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The new year rolled in and it got really chilly. I mean Really Cold. One Saturday afternoon there was a knock at the door with a boy telling us water was spraying out everywhere. Boo hoo :( I fixed it. Yep. I did! I'm pretty amazing like that.<br />
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I don't think it would have busted if it wasn't so corroded. Stupid Chandler water.<br />
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Isn't the new one so pretty? It doesn't leak either, so it won't get nasty like the other one.<br />
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I only cried once. I was messing with the valves and got shot in the face with the water. It was only like 17 degrees outside. Hey, if you were as woosy as me in the cold, you'd cry too!<br />
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On one of those chilly days I made Roast for dinner. I was searing the meat, in a hurry, and forgot to use my common sense. Hot grease in the face. I stayed in for a week, so embarrassed with those blisters. Luckily it didn't scar.<br />
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I started watching for 2 babies during the day, so we spend a lot of time at home playing during the week. The girls have gotten really close and play together pretty nicely now.<br />
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We've gotten back into our routine of getting out of the house on the weekends again though.<br />
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We went downtown for the Art Walk, but ended up playing at the Arizona Center all night. We took a picnic and just let the girls run around.<br />
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We then got some really exciting news. Kent's mom is coming to live here! Her office in Houston is relocating to a space about 10 minutes from our house. What are the odds? She came out for a weekend to get acclimated and find a place. We are beyond thrilled!<br />
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We had a few days of super nice weather, and a few days away from our little babies. It felt so nice to just play with my girls on our own schedule. We spent a day at the park.<br />
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As much as we've been having and smiling for pictures. We also have a toddler again. Woo. Hoo.<br />
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She certainly keeps me on my toes. You'll notice from this point we don't have many pictures of Brooke. Let me assure you, she is there. She's just off the side yelling, "NNNNOOOO!!!!"<br />
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For Easter we went to city's Easter celebration. They had 6 or 10 jumping castles. It was the girls' own little piece of Celestial glory. It almost turned into our worst nightmare though. Kent went to get some Kleenex from the bathroom, leaving me alone with the 2 girls. Immediately Braelynn decided she wanted to go to another Jumping Castle and hopped out. I peeked in to get Brooke, to which she replied, "NNNNOOOOO!!!!" I realized I was going to have to go in. I turned around to tell Braelynn, and she was gone. Gone. GONE. Oh my heavens. She was gone for about 5 minutes before she found us. She was balling and telling us how scared she was. Good. She hasn't left our sides since.<br />
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The next morning we went to church, and came home to find the Easter Bunny had come! He actually came at 11:30 the night before. See what I mean...so super busy here!<br />
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My parents and Greg and Amy also came over.<br />
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NNNNOOOOO!!!!<br />
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NNNNOOOOO!!!!<br />
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Mmmm...Jelly Beans. Ok, you can take a picture. Maybe 2.<br />
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NNNNOOOOO!!!!<br />
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Then this weekend we had our Block Party. More jumping castles :) The girls had so much fun jumping, riding the train, eating, playing with balloons, and doggies, and so much other fun stuff.<br />
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We finished off the weekend with General Conference. Our favorite around here!<br />
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Gotchya! Ha!<br />
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<br />Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-62971160796068834782012-11-04T21:07:00.001-07:002012-11-04T21:07:28.746-07:00Halloween 2012We had so many activities leading up to Halloween this year, really helping up get in the holiday spirit!<br />
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Earlier in the month we went to Mother Nature's Farm to "pick" some pumpkins. FYI, Pumpkin Patches in the Phoenix area are completely lame. I miss living in Tucson sometimes for a number of reasons, and Reason # (I don't know what # I'm on) is that it is closer to Wilcox. It just isn't Fall or Halloween without a trip to Wilcox. I guess until the Mister understands this nostalgia we will settle for Mother Nature's Farm.<br />
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Jeanette and Bryan informed us that if you dressed up in a Halloween costume, you could get in for free (did I mention that I think it is completely lame that you have to PAY to get into a Pumpkin Patch to then PAY for a pumpkin?). Seriously, $10! I don't get it.<br />
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The girls had fun though, and it was so nice to see our friends there. Ignore the not-so-cute outfit...we conveniently went as nerds and dressed-down as soon as we got in.<br />
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Braelynn was a kitty this year, and depending on the day and her mood, she wore different pieces of her costume. I don't believe we ever got 100% of it on! Brooke was a Sailor, and complied quite nicely.<br />
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A few weeks later we had a Trunk-or-Treat at our church. Braelynn was so excited to Trick-or-Treat, and Brooke fell right in line!<br />
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Finally Halloween came upon us. We carved pumpkins this year and then went out for Trick-or-Treating around the neighborhood. The girls had so much fun. After we made it up our street, Brooke was so tired, that she practically fell asleep on the walk back. She would wake up just enough to get up to the door, get her candy, turn around, and collapse in my arms. Kent took Brooke home, and I got to take Braelynn out for a little more. She certainly saw the scarier side of Halloween as it got later! Hopefully that won't scare her off from Trick-or-Treating next year.<br />
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By Saturday, we were all on sugar highs and had to get out to burn off the extra energy. We were invited to a BBQ event up in Mesa on Saturday, and we all had an absolute blast. Braelynn jumped in the Jumping Castle for probably close to 3 hours, only breaking for Cotton Candy and other yummy treats. Brooke enjoyed dancing on the patio and getting her fill of sugar as well.<br />
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After the BBQ we had some time to kill before Kent had a meeting, so we headed to the mall. I was certain the girls would crash in the car, but they somehow managed to not get a wink of sleep...imagine that after all their Cotton Candy!<br />
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We've certainly had our share of fun this past week! We are so excited for the week ahead of us. We will be celebrating our 5th anniversary! In another life we'll be heading out on a cruise for it...but alas...I believe we'll be getting dinner and maybe a movie. Kent's sister Amy agreed to take the girls for a night, so it will almost be like a vacation still. We also get our Anniversary Cake from the Bakery that made our wedding cake :) It's the simple things in life right?<br />
<br />Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-80879939296692169952012-10-01T13:56:00.003-07:002012-10-01T14:15:35.431-07:00Braelynn Turns 3!I can't believe Braelynn turned 3 this year! It is so fun to watch her grow up and see the world through her eyes. She has been anticipating her Birthday since Brooke had her's, which made it all the more exciting.<br />
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Every year Kent and I go to Ballet Under the Stars. It is our favorite date and we look forward to it all year. Braelynn's birthday happened to be the same night, so this year we made it a family outing. We grabbed dinner from Joe's BBQ and Joe's Grill, and headed to Tempe Town Lake to watch the show. It was so much fun with the girls. They are both really into music and dancing, so they were just in awe! Braelynn also got to meet Miss Jr. Arizona and Miss Sweetheart and have her picture taken with them. They just adored her and Braelynn was captivated by their tiaras (like mother like daughter).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here she is bustin' a move with Arizona Ballet's performance of Balanchine. So proud ;)<br /></td></tr>
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The next day my parents came up to celebrate a little more. We decided to go to McCormick Stillman Railroad Park. It is Braelynn's most favorite place, especially the Carousel. We last went in May and everyday since then she has told us, "My birthday, Carousel, September, my birthday!"<br />
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We came home and had Chinese Food, birthday cake, and presents.<br />
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Her celebration was yet to be over though. During the week she had some friends from her Nursery class come over to play and have cupcakes. They were so cute! I had a candle and Braelynn's and we sang her Happy Birthday...all the kids then wanted to be sure they had their own candles. Braelynn has since refused to eat any cake without a candle and a song. She told me, "I want cake, and a 'WHHOOO', and a 'Haaappy Birthday to Yooouuu!'." She cracks me up.<br />
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We took her in for her 3 year check up. She's 40th percentile for height and 60th for weight. She also has...a 3rd nipple! Haha! It may not be so appropriate to blog about it, but I think it's so funny. I would have never known she had one and Kent still doesn't believe me. The doctor said it's totally normal, a lot of people have them, and it shouldn't ever bother her. So there you go. That's her quirk I guess :)<br />
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Putting the birthday aside we have also been pretty busy around here. Kent went on a 3 day backpacking trip with his siblings to Havasupai Falls in the Grand Canyon. When they got back to their car they had a message from their mom that their Grandmother had died. A few days later they were all on a plane to Houston for the funeral. Kent said it was just beautiful and a fitting event for his lovely Grandmother. I so wish that I could have gotten to know her better. Kent strives to keep our home filled with the feelings and traditions of her home.<br />
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I was asked to help with our Stake's dinner before Women's Conference. I got to be in charge of 32 dozen homemade rolls. I so badly wish I got a picture of my kitchen packed full of women and kitchenaids and Bosch mixers! It was quite an event. I am still wiping flour off my counters...and cupboards...and walls...and floors. We did it though. Learning new things all the time :)<br />
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On the economic/employment side of things, still nothing. Kent might be shifting gears here soon, as we haven't been able to purchase anything in over a year. He has a partner he's working with now, who has really been encouraging and Kent really enjoys working with him. The Lord has certainly blessed us over the past year in so many other ways though...it would just be so nice to have something come in soon. We have a "shopping list" a mile long that is needing some attention once we get some income :)<br />
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In the meantime we'll just stay busy making memories! We are looking forward to Fall being upon us and so many holidays coming up.<br />
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<br />Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-70919471648136242852012-07-30T21:50:00.002-07:002012-07-30T21:50:31.185-07:00Random Ramblings About the SummerThis summer has been unlike any other. It has been so crazy-busy-chaotic, stressful, and quick as ever! It seems just like yesterday Kent's family was here, but that was almost 3 months ago.<br />
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We started off on a camping trip with my family in the White Mountains. We go every summer for a few days and it's usually a nice break from the heat. This year it was over 90 degrees though! Upon arriving, we discovered that the dates of our reservations were wrong, so after a night we packed up and headed home. We had orchestrated this grand plan, coordinating with Kent's help at AP camp a few miles away, a few days later. Unfortunately it didn't work out that way, but at least Kent got a few nights of good sleep before heading back :)<br />
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This is when the chaos really ensued. We've been involved in this tangled-mess-of-a-lawsuit for the past year. Somehow the universe aligned itself perfectly, because as we decided to take on the lawsuit without a lawyer, we were notified that we were being audited by the IRS! I know. Really. What fun.<br />
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The following month was spent by Kent and/or me up until the wee hours of the morning. We were each putting in 12-15 hour days trying to get everything done. I have never been so tired in my life.<br />
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We were scheduled to leave again July 3rd, for San Diego. We got our legal paperwork submitted at 4 am, and were on the road by noon! Let me tell you, I don't think I have EVER been more ready for a vacation in my entire life. Kent and I were on a total sleep deprivation rush that day, we were so giddy, and had a great kick-off to our trip! We may have possibly terrified the teller at the bank as we rocked out in our car, but we so deserved to!<br />
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We spent that week with all of my family. Eddie and his FIANCE, Devin, even flew in from Georgia! We got to see the most spectacular 15 second 4th of July fireworks show (way to go San Diego!). We went kayaking, bike riding, walked the beach, went swimming, and stayed outside 24/7. It was just what we needed. It was so fantastic to just be lazy-busy. I didn't take a single picture or make a single phone call. I am serious. I was THAT lazy. Cassie, I know we had "plans" and I totally flaked...I am so sorry. You know I wanted to, I just couldn't. I owe you big time!<br />
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We got back Sunday night, and Monday morning we were back at work, putting in a few more 12-15 hour days. The audit was well-prepared for and went well. We're pretty much done with it.<br />
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Don't worry though, just as we completed the audit stuff, the lawsuit stuff picked back up, so we have plenty to keep us busy with again.<br />
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Even though nothing is completely over, I am so glad we've had this experience. It has brought us closer as a couple, challenged us, and taught us so much.<br />
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The girls have been such blessings during this time too. They are playing so well together, Braelynn loves helping with so many different things, and Brooke is just growing up so nicely too.<br />
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Braelynn has so many cute sayings now:<br />
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"Oh. My. GWAAASH!" She says this anytime she sees something amazing or if Kent and I are saying it, she chimes in too.<br />
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"C'mmooonn!" She says this when she is frustrated with something. She says it in a deep voice and bulges out her eyes too!<br />
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"Bwooke, no! I sayd (said) 3! NO!" Anytime Brooke does something Braelynn doesn't like.<br />
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"Bwooke, no cwying k? No Bwooke! Stop cwying! NO CWYING!" She starts off nice, but by the end of it she is yelling and crying herself. It's so hard not to laugh!<br />
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"My birthday. Carousel. September. Carousel. Birthday. Carousel." She reminds us EVERYDAY. No joke.<br />
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"Member? Scoy-un (scorpion). Hurt bad. Member?" or "Member? Stove. Hurt bad. Member?" She can tell you every injury she has had.<br />
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"Yep."<br />
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She also knows all 3 verses of "I am a Child of God."<br />
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Brooke has really transitioned from Baby to Toddler these last few weeks. She started walking mid-June. She also shakes her head yes, and shakes her arms for no. She has also started copying Braelynn. She carries her blanket all around the house like Braelynn. It's so cute, because she is just so little and the blanket is so big!<br />
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She loves to snuggle, she'll play in her crib quietly for a long time after a nap. She's also really good at laughing. Whenever we're talking, if we start laughing, she lets out a gut-busting laugh like it's the funniest thing she has heard.<br />
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I took her in for her 15 month check-up today. She is just over 18 pounds and back on the chart in the 1st percentile :) She's finally liking foods...PB&J, blueberries, turkey, mac & cheese, and just recently Chow Mein, go figure.<br />
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So, this is what we've been up to. Did I mention our washing machine broke, and we had to get a new fridge too? Just trying to paint an accurate picture of our summer ;)<br />
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Nothing really blog worthy, and no pictures. Sorry. Hopefully the crazy stuff will settle down, and the better stuff with pick back up! I think we're ready for a change from these last few months.<br />
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On a positive note, we are all alive, in love, and together. What more can you ask for right?<br />
<br />Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-23714930334429614082012-05-27T15:12:00.000-07:002012-05-27T15:12:08.731-07:00Millions of PeachesEvery year I want to go to the Peach festival at Schnepff farms. Without saying "I don't want to go," Kent always is able to talk us out of going...I know what he's really saying though!<div>
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Lucky for me, it was Mother's Week (yes, in my house I get a whole week)! That meant we were going and he couldn't complain.</div>
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It was...alright...I guess. I don't know, $2/lb to pick your own? Eh. I could only bring myself to pick 4 (peaches, not pounds). It was also dreadfully hot at 9 am. It was certainly the place to be though! When we left, the line to get in was a mile up Rittenhouse Rd!</div>
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This weekend though, we went to the zoo! It was only 84 on Saturday and was the perfect day to go. The better part was that we got a culture pass, making it Free, FREE, fReE!!! We get culture passes A LOT, and we've been trying to get this one for 7 months! </div>
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Braelynn is obsessed with Lion King, and was so excited to see the Lions. She also kept saying to she wanted to see the Elephants. </div>
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Brooke is just still too little to quite get what's going on, but when I pointed out the Elephants to her, her entire face lit up and she just stared. She really had a good time too.</div>
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My favorite part was the splash pad. The girls went crazy! It was so fun watching them play in the water.</div>
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That was when we all hit the WALL of exhaustion. We still had to see the bears though. We were so delirious, that it took us some time to find them, but that area of the zoo was just beautiful.</div>
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Summer has started, so that means that we are officially starting our "let's get outta here" lifestyle. Camping, California, and Utah are the usuals, and keep us pretty happy during these next few months.</div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-89789036529192944062012-05-08T21:31:00.000-07:002012-05-08T21:31:16.997-07:00Burtons' VisitWe just finished our week long visit from Kent's family, and had a total blast! We had so many things planned for their visit, and did just about everything. Now that it's over, I feel like I can't catch my breath! I can only imagine how everyone else feels that had traveled here.<br />
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Everyone arrived Tuesday night. We just enjoyed a nice evening at home, had dinner, and then the boys headed out for a little basketball.<br />
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The kids were up and ready at 5:30 the next morning (they are obviously related)! We packed up a picnic and headed to McCormick Stillman Railroad park. We all rode the train, carousel, and perused the model train building. Afterwards we enjoyed the cool breeze and had a picnic.<br />
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After some much needed R&R back at our place, we suited up and headed to Mesquite Groves pool. We were all...so...tired though. We only managed to stay for an hour. It was a fun-filled our though! Back at our house we had a Mexican dinner, played Wits and Wagers, and the kids watched movies.<br />
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Thursday finally came for Amy! I watched the kids, and everyone got to go to the Temple. It was so fun watching the 4 kids. Seth slept the ENTIRE time! Sakura even squeezed in a nap.<br />
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It was easy until it was time to go. It took me 30 minutes to load the kids up in the car...with 2 of them crying. We managed to get to ASU though.<br />
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Amy graduated in Mechanical Engineering! She is such a smart lady, and we are so proud of her hard work over the last 4 years. This is the point where my camera died though :(<br />
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Friday morning Kent, Chad, and Amy went and hiked Camelback and toured the Phoenician Resort. In the evening we headed to Amy's for dinner, left the kids with a sitter, and headed to the Arizona Science Center. We had so much fun playing in the water exhibit, becoming mind-control masters, practicing brain surgery, getting sneezed on, and surviving a variety of natural disasters.<br />
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We all slept in on Saturday, and then geared up for Brooke's 1st birthday. It was so nice having everyone in town for it. My favorite part was having all the extra hands in the preparation! Lynn even cleaned a bathroom for me...my admiration for her went up a few notches that day...7 people were using that bathroom during the week...I can only imagine ;)<br />
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That night everyone slept at Amy's and we had a quiet house. My Aunt April came down from Sedona and spent the night. She was quiet as a mouse though.<br />
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The next morning we went to church with Amy in Mesa. We were invited to Amy's in-law's for dinner. We had so many leftovers from Brooke's party, so I was happy to have somewhere to unload everything. This is where the drama kicked in...<br />
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Greg and Braelynn were down in the basement playing. I then see Greg carrying Braelynn out and she is crying hysterically. She was clutching her hand and I assumed she was complaining about the blister on her thumb. I told her that she just wasn't going to be able to suck her thumb anymore and basically to suck it up (yup...I'm that sensitive). Kent tried to consoling her, but she did not want to be touched. I told him to just let her cry it out and that she was probably just tired. Greg then runs outside and announced that he went back down and found a scorpion. OH! My tune then changed ;)<br />
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I felt so bad for her. We called poison control (thanks to Enrichment 2 weeks ago, I learned that's what you do. No ER). They were so super helpful. Braelynn screamed for about 30 mins, with her hand under the cold faucet. She slept the whole way home, and then watched Lion King. She was still really shaken up, but eventually was able to go to bed. Monday morning her arm still hurt, she slept a lot, and by the evening she was back to normal.<br />
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Monday night Amy, Greg, and Kent's mom came for dinner and then went to see the Avengers. We said our goodbyes and Mary left this morning.<br />
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It was such a fun week! We are almost bummed that it came and went, and are very much looking forward to getting together with everyone again soon.<br />
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Congratulations Amy, and thanks for giving us a reason to party!<br />
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<br />Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-7705524092078765252012-04-15T20:23:00.007-07:002012-04-15T20:51:28.812-07:00Botanical GardensTonight I was tucking Braelynn into bed and we were chatting about the fun weekend we had. Now I know why we were so tired today!<div><br /></div><div>Friday night the Elders Quorum at church hosted a family BBQ, which was a lot fun. They cooked up hot dogs and some really yummy beans. Since the men were in charge, the remaining side items included...chips ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>Braelynn had so much fun playing with her little friends from Nursery, a water balloon toss, and just running around in her usual fashion.</div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday we got up and it was so chilly! It was the perfect day to go to the Botanical Gardens though. We bundled up and headed out to see the flowers. I had been there before and it sorta felt like I was just walking around in the desert. The cloud cover though made it so beautiful this time.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rG4WIkRt_OGStwq7gCQr8or00XosB3JOVOLHn_l9QwssUKinEJ4ozLvi_iQDbpB5AwRw4jL5Ux4BwuHEGtdXJotRunbqzAHmNWG_1YnkuggO4YPVq_0wsZQ-13i4n2Xr3QEPbQCP1NY/s200/Botannical+Gardens+002.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBkkv-esMkLmiZJcMQuKnLXsaNvV9zV6e3Wdwtt-wCQSrGKx8ZvfVXiBm72wT3cYgGtf-2q3DJuvNDqLJdGJIKNgBJ7xD6XP2Itx_gKpRjjw_UHMZxnGSgezhiZFOf4lWEDkiSD4XUEs/s200/Botannical+Gardens+003.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9jsUYHqi1g3sw6n3IfXfpR-9RodoJ3OW0xMvfLsxAPl-UF93TPoXzPu_RzOQBqi3qcNKGkSs6wCFQrdba5wmmYYQEu_TbcpdjKY4k5YU5g9J91KcwU581k2fvz6JoG535AkoYRuScW4/s200/Botannical+Gardens+004.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_a70m5fLgdsXFbwcOgHWrsRm1GlyWMHxKY3AuT-9lbVO5kszlvk3rxjj1kyPhKnVsdUAF7sG_mWN-rfjGjverXMYyzKkgtdqUQKgTMzXz6qVy8VSTjsKhJUtgtg71ue6c1dT-hmmpzSw/s200/Botannical+Gardens+013.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIdaus2YOxc_GvupWjnwN5c5xwB7TksYdnZPVKrrr8kJ9xATjTwISa9e3M-CqkUqtTRlR8o6ocvq4rHIO5CIiE3NLD5XKLmkPxKoZ5kVT5wlHwgeAYR75qTJ1AtCdYklg-L_sEP38zuc/s200/Botannical+Gardens+005.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEVRxpik181zg8vcPd5btKT4_xoEDZ-W8C4xwH2utKWX_K5M-GcVaZQzQU4tLQPc0dc3Vf-A_yEsy7SLh1V41pogUNyqcLCAVfeuX9SXOiRYC1x45o_Skbp4q-5V6p9L_j1nH5PUgn2A/s200/Botannical+Gardens+019.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Afterwards we stopped at Papago Park and Kent and Braelynn hiked to the hole in the rock. It's a nice little hike, but it was so cold and windy that I stayed back with Brooke in the car.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fOrKauB9b72n5su4OCWwsSLn6nstAyS_7QUjXQ4iaPJ5XnzYpOUFt0FD9tMwqvZVFC72zWCW_pVUGpWWwWmXiHy45CM4CRkdpodFX1vpIrgCSKjwtEIWi0jF2d-jmo2dxmTBbUuz_Mg/s200/Botannical+Gardens+024.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktzZW_xXUYO3-vsnKKM1u9dFuf6xVv8tJgLLCAEXxWJQb4EcQACVuJqrNThXn9eflwktwJgfAKU_nPm6ThLUUsVm6ieEp9mKdIvXPthyphenhyphencfAq_8YRasvG8yIPLadOkaCmcyt-mgwR_f8c/s200/Botannical+Gardens+020.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5DBcOxk5wC65-Ar7aO-KC96Km51O2wn5hNfgUotH71EmgmVhlHzv42sPTBd5jt_2iuzUnMyJLoANm6Us8Z3xZzyJSag6jEk3-ZpvT5UmSbBlRNQJtn2VjMId1AvCxGCZ5uqDlBdlpGc/s200/Botannical+Gardens+022.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>On the way home we picked up a pizza, and then I headed off to help with our Stake's Play-in-a-day. It is such a fun activity for the youth. They basically show up in the morning and are divided into groups. Each group has a theme and they have the day to put together a 5 minute skit. This year each group was assigned a Disney movie and a value from the Strength for Youth pamphlet. My favorite was Aladdin and Modesty. They also did Tangled with Goals, Robin Hood with Service, and oodles of others.</div><div><br /></div><div>There were about 350 youth that participated, so this year they did it as a road show. After each group performed, they would travel to another building and perform again.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kent brought the girls to watch a little of it that night, and they really enjoyed it. I tried to get a video of Brooke dancing during Aladdin's "I'm Modest and I Know It" to the tune of "I'm Sexy and I Know It." That girl has got rhythm! She's also a tad camera shy and stops dead in her tracks the minute she sees the red light.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today was church and much needed naps. I can't believe another week is already here!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUtUqrerCYIiStbQ3QS1y9uQuxF14Ej4dUw0yb5T0owy_E_1xKnv4-a-jiUJZUD1-Jilr1Vilb2zZhzfw7Pzj01UO4Yjkx1hGd8c_04rKZNFaQ0dqE9mnD5CM5myhRgcZVQ8QjaCMCaw/s200/Botannical+Gardens+029.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mzvvHxYLF8v6kpDVh8IfVE8yWO9wi_rXH-mRTi0FnEq39vn6ciH9wKqL1Zfr9VdmTZhCoqsxoWdaUFSyZfoLIJIlrqxFFoC3WpahIt_Df0Cr27HxZ-wFyIYskOOXk4D35k2RVhKfm98/s200/Botannical+Gardens+027.JPG" /></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-65720655111949785462012-04-08T20:05:00.005-07:002012-04-08T20:20:58.421-07:00Easter 2012Easter was so much better this year than last year. 1- I am not 9 months pregnant. 2- I am not 9 months pregnant :)<br /><div><br /></div><div>We had a nice day at home. The day started off early with an Easter egg hunt in our backyard. Braelynn was really excited for it. I wasn't sure if she'd get it, but she totally did. Then we came inside and she searched for her Easter basket.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHAOgeQJZsk3NKu54Tn2Pkqywx1DpbGQauqJt03ehePZuYH9jnPzJIVeLe2HXsg0kFrScWtR7_MHOz97VqHUhDRi9gUzjFawGZf6rc_Yaa66v-iE6sjQB6i4jbDcILklwoBDSUZCPVHU/s200/Easter+2012+011.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDqoP4A2EQfkRFk0C4FcP-UgsnSpruf-9un0dcVp5Ip64dbZx5vPzTCTrZFniBvGzOSNzR0RM7pZfPex42bWMXc80ALINUsdWc12dHeBDDorpp7s9P7LD2cf18GqupxOz84Wx_ZL5K7A8/s200/Easter+2012+005.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjffuz67bwCmVqTyJTW8QJOWV806JuYAm3YvUAhtDRQI_e6ZGHeUerU60kN25Sri9aou24AGFDpTuE_xfVnG8OdYa5Y0_exk5rn18uhfwEp15Gh9K7R1AeNg2wFUzLx2dz8ELLzEPBeQ/s200/Easter+2012+009.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUXk-V4F_Aoc38o3w4gLeqcJFs3zlbAEq-CWZBHnaT8zWReqdqNmn3KFWbq7KcmXfMm81VClYHkjTNg2C-p5x0Aav2NebLQuIBxlBcvM6PrLxO24JTILgR322VAhzks7q0lkpJEsgGKOo/s200/Easter+2012+010.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYspVuEZX2PlgK98BRD0sctiP6eGGjVwX-p9SNSue50H8dFlNMlJL19VQSEVihhOeFfdSM8LX_J7rTf_1ADW0BW4NG47Pq5owZeg__JkxyALVsVhY82mvTuerTC6HgLIdgHT8mEXCRt2o/s200/Easter+2012+002.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilt-ICye2PCXrlF3I4_DkJd7ZcMNnUoNfvGxfb2PrGugMAopoyddpi_PJsvgzicaQpcNPU0Py8sF3y64Xjsny1GMurKl1V6Vn74P9M3COV36ZLPf3GfiMYinC3HB6p7G5u7DUFaLDNSRs/s200/Easter+2012+003.JPG" /></div><div>After a slow morning here, we went to Sacrament meeting and had a beautiful Easter program. When church got out, we were discussing to go home or stay for a little longer and Braelynn took off down the hallway. I assumed she was headed for the Nursery, so you can imagine how surprised I was when I didn't find her there. A lady called me over to the Primary room and said they had a special guest. There was my little Braelynn sitting on a lady's lap in the front row. She was so excited to be in there, and did NOT want to go!</div><div><br /></div><div>We finally made it home and met with my parents. Amy and Greg came over, as well as some other friends. We had a huge dinner; ham, potatoes au gratin, carrots, salad, rolls, chocolate cream pie, and lemon bars.</div><div><br /></div><div>We ate so much we hurt :(</div><div><br /></div><div>Then we cleaned up and Kent and Braelynn enjoyed a little Angry Birds while Brooke had a bottle. I sat back and watched my family with a heart of gratitude for each of them and how blessed I am to have this life.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFXQ_x5lXHNmOeh47g_z4L-YOOUIcmSV4BVANV7ezjbBidltJip8wJDdax4t5pIoTIFAL_FIxZe7bPiGpDIi1NQiyLWzgB5ovhOISsHQPiR7LsBgO_OG7EMcjkN6T7pirkAA6iogwv3A/s200/Easter+2012+012.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcnziW3EVn0EUU3WsutqOkX30gL9RKstMAgDw7QMxjsrDnhQqe9MKwD6GVNivAvHf7W56sG0GrletSebzQXc2pCT7P3ADNKaNvsiAeApKk2l9f9EOD6pzHj-ZYgmM5i5uN_UWHTkrmr6Y/s200/Easter+2012+014.JPG" /></div><div>We have a few exciting things these upcoming weeks, but we are mostly looking forward to Kent's family coming for Amy's ASU graduation. </div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Easter!</div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-59772497592890131612012-03-14T20:44:00.004-07:002012-03-14T21:17:58.230-07:00This One is for You (Ben Davis)!Was my last blog post from Christmas? Really? What is even more sad is that my Husband's (a guy) best friend (another guy) was the one to point out that I've been a little slow posting! So...this one is for you Ben Davis! :)<div><br /></div><div>In spite of NOT having a business STILL, we've managed to keep ourselves pretty busy. </div><div><br /></div><div>We spent a day at the Arizona Science Center. We hadn't been there in a couple years, so a lot of the exhibits were new to us. It was a lot of fun playing with Braelynn there. We love that place!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARki4Fk2JOH9xtnVLKbxAUdP49LGGElNSA2wL02vKJRyIyqsaLtP_QZQEny8cfjNbWgpRH_yHg7v-2nlJtgzyXOkiN1Pt6sxiB4vQDEAcaUVdJ1EB_TU_SFnkUPjrHQfvhbuBpqKS2ZY/s200/Busyness+001.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3aRZGT3rTdRSsRgksWP0IdBfEYVHmYBf0fuHRF8ooSjoeMUqwXLu6FTCWRXVPEOcQD3JJwENrOe09kzUR818m5vKxIKm4UhGRrk8ds0Ooh36nbCmptQb84p7AbFdvr7cT_3sUutFXuOk/s200/Busyness+002.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlb0r0XkrrQdvINJcSIelMCVpwUlZMaJuD3hkKIqcn8E6YkFJ1KzXNkznjSzaKlyjPB1NIBrRlcOUoCNewjetIggof5jD678MWZfsS8o9Q6EHXLuS_jbrOIFG-19fvqvTAb2mPuOuQiM/s200/Busyness+003.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuTIvQF-h2jhu6mod58Y-jYDil0ybIP4JO_wJEuAA_t1NWz6mfF4G6t1WLHqVFcjB-WrfloayLDnw8q0CFTztBcUlVrHDwZiIH2vSd2aVdnZHNLfe0bqGfeWp9NMmgDOa4JmIYGjYL2Y/s200/Busyness+004.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrTCr0oV_t6-W3yL5zYJkgwAggFx1-oU1tjQTd0oZ5VuvCKibB8K5muSEKOmwL6Qyj4xna8W1KDew2u7XQ_MKz_bQRBxKF2zCUorQtUMtf-C76CuzIlhUYNUY9JJnbcTcDmhAQJUm6Mc/s200/Busyness+005.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>In February Kent's friend Ben and his wife Tonia...and there 5 girls were going to come for a visit on their way to Sedona. Unfortunately they weren't able to make it out, and were nice enough to give us their reservations to stay in Sedona. We were really sad that they weren't able to make it though.</div><div><br /></div><div>We had a lot of fun in Sedona. It is one of our favorite places to go to. We went swimming, hiking, geocaching (well, attempted and decided we don't get what the big deal is), browsed at Tlaquepaque, and were able to visit my Aunt April.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJIGR3YkfMZV62I6blNNt2zdIFvDfi3UxwRe2lcAHpeVkA7MgkVN_yBWcPCwHbIp6SG80Lk65jxr8zSOZMX-RkA_9u5nR8JBuCDggJBYS2A21iKXg1rBzysBcVvdFgI3maPEL_ZsdEe3E/s200/Busyness+006.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Braelynn came down with a horrible cold, so we ended up coming home a day early. It was so much fun. It's funny because we have traveled A LOT lately, and this was the 1st trip that we came home from ready to hit the ground running. I love that feeling!</div><div><br /></div><div>Our winter has been so warm, so we've been spending a lot of time outside. I never posted pictures of our yard from when we moved in. It was in BAD shape. I believe I have filled 14 dumpsters of dead shrubbery, leaves, and weeds. It never seems to end. The good news is that I was able to plant a garden a couple weeks ago. The better news is that my corn, peas, beans, okra, and carrots are already starting to come up! I don't think my tomatoes are going to work out, and I'm still waiting for my melons, watermelons, and pumpkins. I am really excited!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfPFuuPkJdpDt_QtvoODeX_3jP5P0xe3LIzLQh8OI3cUoNcFf7trFQSUmjKlx9iGDxlr7OY-oLKnW-9TCi3ttRTaiQYrgoFdhx7FEQbUYVrHodrag6MF1A8X1oQBHXSVvPgDrZ7T8JZ4/s200/Busyness+011.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>This weekend we're going to pull out the dead grapefruit and plumb trees...and then I will post pictures. It really has taken a lot of work, but it is has been worth it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kent has been really busy trying to find a new business. He's also been working at raising outside capital which he has never done before. We are so surprised that we haven't gotten anything yet, and are just trying to make the most of this down time that our family has together. He has also been called as the Executive Secretary for our ward which he has enjoyed so far. We have a really awesome Bishopric, so I think that will make the calling a little more fun!</div><div><br /></div><div>Braelynn loves doing her Elmo puzzles still, riding her big wheel, and bossing Brooke around. Brooke loves playing with whatever Braelynn has, is warming up to being outside, and gets so excited for baths. She still has 2 teeth and isn't sleeping through the night! Haha! I cannot believe she is going on 11 months. She scales the furniture and walls, and is starting to bear crawl. </div><div><br /></div><div>The same old trials are still plaguing us, but other than that life is good!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-76016621815456975452012-01-02T20:30:00.006-07:002012-01-02T21:00:02.178-07:00Christmas and BeyondI don't even know where the holiday season went. We tried to do so many Christmas activities, and we have all been sick...it just flew by!<div><br /></div><div>One of our favorite activities was McCormick park. They do the whole train park up in Christmas lights. We got to ride the train and Braelynn loved her 1st ride on the carousel. While Elmo is her favorite "person," the real one walkingaround the park was another story. We finally got her to say hi to him, from about 10 feet away.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZQk-vrRcev515Z7pl3T8HpbY8ObUrHuXY9LMk_MHtOpNM-uRZDOqkIAdADEzZHg0Oep2NR5GQElchdLcYEhC0jf4zBYcDBkOR4Fd7EGt90T_idQmEfnOLvlcVHblFc3GFOhNIycdq6o/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+007.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMw3Zx8Os-jh2hYHzJzOBilGKaJhQRjf3fL8bLf0geKDpC0QcDTkLcW81OxDv_IH_PKrfkVhhayFp2dk38RtB-Ei6W49JAKYBMaq-Cip2hyK7xtk1S0Zv4ILIhgUG9wTzk4rXFm9_2Mf0/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+006.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueEwalU-wXvVkE_plP38HsWc1JqoDC7RN_LUOmzAIfyeH7DlXNfKyvac8qjOUQMzl36ECm0sEImh0Zb7xrlH51ohfLwl3bsCUGdLPbTT0BWSX8YwSMAeFV7mncXS3lRzsnCRP8ADZ1UU/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+008.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVEaCmaB-xTUfjPby-n8ApnU2XoOtEh6cpYuijz-yb-tIvoqsforJx3R5oitKvkXGMEthTQMm-fTk5tYUwXQXpQwt-jTc4k3bSYnkUu1qFJp-s0JsLomyP6MbINbOorFs7y_yax4EoAM/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+019.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqUppuOJn_niJl9sH_x_cMFGGhJEJjIJeTQZo0OgzeLe89oWIBk0F2Zyb6Mjp3EqL09yq6n8zH5PxMnVmbI8daIIQhBQPCSlSpwUP_WGMa5Hz6o9wlDgxNaVzig_whSEL2Ww412jye-W0/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+009.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPyCRRspf9gZxew8hPuZxDb_DQvck5hgDVJI1yJaa2XaqQPSQCAAipoGojMwkuvaLudi04sd_utyaldb7S5f6w82qPM3LuXBTE6ZKE8XPziKIRdfhR2Gy3B98aKJWE41AqGZ0TqFCrFHQ/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+012.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>We also went to San Tan Village and took a Carriage ride, watched the light show, and and took in the busy, last minute shopping energy.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hyphenhyphend7Raf-GDqESslZxorak6PPWBYR5QOUkXJp3m4x0iv3t_n3aoE3NwecDPQ4GVLtShNCAVR6Gbupuaol5GN5wz8AoImr2LbMLOzhr43z-Rb8AX45TuPxZetVpbZw5sqWSEOiw0K5Fz4/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+021.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnMKdMdadiM6UWDAcPZPoiLPRQmfvQg11xUYyIq11f0szayjEdIPjXot-2nEhcbNx9Rfhzs-A3-tUPGE5hUPGOIbkc4XjOUiXQSKxTHVjM1DChsbe98ZQLN25cAAxd8GHRYkZ9lLh3lY/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+022.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoyExKsYwVjwB5KHoClsV8iK_VoJsJsO2dHAZgFqA0Ub_xjUsjxEhhQY4Hbb9ibWjHscLK0Vlocnl9ZERAn4hYWrGCU-YOeHKfb-xNcTBwJRqvuDfMQKg7Fjmi6I3i3DEr4EphA6-H6uM/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+023.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then there was my birthday. Sick. End of story :(</div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, it was Christmas! Braelynn really wasn't sure about the whole thing. The idea of Santa terrified her- she would growl every time we talked about him. Seriously, she would growl. She loved the Grinch though!</div><div><br /></div><div>We woke up in a time crunch, since we GOT to go to church that morning, so I was a little hurried and stressed. Braelynn loved her Tickle Me Elmo...and then took the next 3 days to open the rest of her presents. Unfortunately she figured it out at the tail end :(</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPjY9E_UySjNiZzBAmDoKRiFYuKHPP7WA8pLkgA9_4dstXPU2qPB63UBsoZLOh2Jk27_TwJZtVKR8dXBxmVip2aorcucmoGErzGRBEbexg2bDqpYPLWrrah0fZNR60c5QWPwlVjarnH0/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+026.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg78hqQaFgF5_VTqt6tzFixf1668mg_86bRWWL2d0JN0QRrMr1pgYU3dwWyNx_718zF4nSJdVhwzJ_EzaJSg66sw7JyYwZxnn4UAIQ7ozOoPb70ZtU3eFBGPFf8q0tnmg6hEGY2zp7TiY4/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+028.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydTwIwm3v90iHf_adNC9NYECCGShurv4kWWkRfgrpWHhueFyWar7mTBUdly9m5jDV4knPkjjAAzltHFbitbs_NLJDoXLGdMwwZVLl8tUEfAlYP_xeNLU0uxRoSDlduuEV-eQ7JRcRoTQ/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+029.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCptSOG4vvKQeRthu0-Umjm-MerA121RWfK_zoT7hSSv5_i8ZzYb3BWFefJYEiI1t6wHAFste7qjgX9HbYO2EHZymSoLkE2atxXek5mU8P7U-Lz9KPBoAujCiaJ8HXkNbAyiqKcvbFT1Q/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+030.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH2r_Q3VQrnKVltIyXkLprnW54c-CWTNt2K_FPNjpmpCIqG1xjrPQPEBlASScKdqLhtZm9T9xQtNs2AV3o37FAshkrBmoYLM8Qp9YioXw8G7TX5BKviarFSDyCeI8wEzIbqXYYu20WZR4/s200/Christmas+and+Beyond+032.JPG" /></div><div>After church we went to Tucson and spent the night with my family. Braelynn loves her big cousin Chloe, and the 2 of them ran around together 'till they had nothing left in them.</div><div><br /></div><div>I still can't believe it's over. I guess I should finally pack everything up tomorrow :(</div><div><br /></div><div>We spent New Year's and Kent's birthday in Sedona with my parents. It was a lot of fun, in spite of us all being sick STILL/AGAIN. It's never ending...however Brooke's explosive diapers really made the weekend interesting!</div><div><br /></div><div>2012 holds a lot of mystery for us. Hopefully things will pick up for Kent in the Business Brokerage world, since everyone has been on Holiday mode since September. It would be really nice to have a company again! </div><div><br /></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-28611423999091633322011-12-14T12:15:00.005-07:002011-12-14T21:13:57.586-07:00We Get "Snow" and Santa...Even in Arizona! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxTM3lO37Zn4NXz-783NDQesv3nAnfAU8O7K2ttzp8VpmzkACK08_6F2u5XxA3W6HBfo_-l9jKGeB7TNqlcrnpYDSe3VaYhO89bGCT2riQysT6cHCQFYkDAaToexVImNwhwGAJExrHVE/s1600/Christmas+2011+014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxTM3lO37Zn4NXz-783NDQesv3nAnfAU8O7K2ttzp8VpmzkACK08_6F2u5XxA3W6HBfo_-l9jKGeB7TNqlcrnpYDSe3VaYhO89bGCT2riQysT6cHCQFYkDAaToexVImNwhwGAJExrHVE/s200/Christmas+2011+014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686203520808271746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjToRh3kLlofRgtnvUc9kIIOd0ydf6BmT1bH-b3ZkSop3BCst0hVB18g3MY2VW3zZxoJNz19e7zpUwhP8HTB8AiSByWG8RaNzw3OsntLUfFnxG0HMAwGsVMxKwJU2eXxUHbQUpWuBWaSoQ/s1600/Christmas+2011+013.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiGsivSYYSHcNsTnLAJjWMpMm9Id1yhFqqZlueoA10_agiMXFFlP02zYn7b54eqETuW7lYK7k7IWayu8oIXymZ-vvM9Jr_eO3G2xcGbonk3aWDPfNc3IFc4YCqfBeAHQyXEp8l0zdvng/s200/Christmas+2011+020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686199151561632914" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_JvCkehAfigEfHydDpf9_C1VkAPjO_NUj0vxrLqEh78KU_QnQP_y4aTwInSxi9xFs0faJSapCQylU-FToVVJo5M-kAAG7juqrCO3pRViB-LTffmrhMkqgVBrnYLTp2Qo3mWf6Fi8hgk/s1600/Christmas+2011+006.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_JvCkehAfigEfHydDpf9_C1VkAPjO_NUj0vxrLqEh78KU_QnQP_y4aTwInSxi9xFs0faJSapCQylU-FToVVJo5M-kAAG7juqrCO3pRViB-LTffmrhMkqgVBrnYLTp2Qo3mWf6Fi8hgk/s200/Christmas+2011+006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686065549024423842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YLLq33kodFW5cnvjH55TqQVhqGlbMJxibzVwDTE66zhHxKs1olYgEIg5x98_cus3aSoe7R6EfWS98IUdivFmvF5VvmdlfR_A_uFUTHMqm1ZXkx0jEPJ0irjv57UcVRQPgba6eLBz678/s1600/Christmas+2011+004.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YLLq33kodFW5cnvjH55TqQVhqGlbMJxibzVwDTE66zhHxKs1olYgEIg5x98_cus3aSoe7R6EfWS98IUdivFmvF5VvmdlfR_A_uFUTHMqm1ZXkx0jEPJ0irjv57UcVRQPgba6eLBz678/s200/Christmas+2011+004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686065540394522546" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-73678089591028772772011-11-26T15:13:00.006-07:002011-11-26T15:48:33.610-07:00Not So TraditionalOur Thanksgiving this year was a little out of the ordinary, but boy did we love it!<div><br /></div><div>Last year we had gone to Utah and froze for 3 days...it was that trip where we decided we were done with winter holidays anywhere north. Why would we leave a paradise of 72 degrees? </div><div><br /></div><div>My brother had come the 2 weeks before Thanksgiving, so we already did a turkey with him, since he hadn't been home for Thanksgiving in 8 years! My step-dad, Ken, had back surgery the week before, so my parents were in no condition to travel or host.</div><div><br /></div><div>What were we to do???</div><div><br /></div><div>Play outside, watch movies, go to the park, go shopping, and decorate for Christmas! The weather was beautiful making it just perfect!</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's Brooke helping me in the kitchen</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUC_gSbCKuQj70GP6qkUmvskq8ZawgGp1ZNAmRTfBz-BZjKzI7e8kQXvmOnlFCUbBB6QfwMRTUHS4sKGtcxu4BGIbUHqaOFgqalPPq1u7VzszcaQBmD_OhnjIhoxhaHxkZhWNgHmtH0vI/s200/Not+so+traditional+002.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Kent and Braelynn watching Megamind</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjAWxQhq3I6E_jEbI1H17ElQaJFK07FakGMqoPnJjxo0xsXOO8rSyRjE1PsYfaYHJ7qc5ntXynFdvzndsVCPvJ1DbHCdL0Jx9Dgn2mpaY0F5JA06-_MDvOHBBQLyvXqz-u3PhdRnKU-Y/s200/Not+so+traditional+004.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Let's eat! Steak, baked potato, roasted pesto veggies, and yummy sourdough with butter, garlic, and cheese</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMo7IeA-dIL4A9zLNVolk9Zyv7pCHe9rMDnneYQNn83ChH03gTEVjzuCW4IT6nlAB2FrfbuGdpq6dAcK4WL37T3289MK2lXo13jqXVCjEreCvYp_octZi_XoSVuipuQSt0PuTfGrcA67k/s200/Not+so+traditional+006.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Kent definitely approves of the new holiday menu!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO09oVDMd7CsTvntQqGrqygC_fi-Sxtn-qMLrmb4G6vTheYIpv_xKSMQpdQ1XEM7JlrfKKXSQpZMHEoyFLoEHJ7NW0CQ9SWAKSQUNa4Vb-ZE2TCQM21tjZGY8_uMfz7TJ5bQSJ-HaNOt4/s200/Not+so+traditional+010.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>More bread Braelynn?</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJroGdpM8QNobW0_3xDpRfe1z20GqcIcTrMU6sxvEPUnYIja-6Zd-t6tBUHE2fYa6Sp3P1cCuE-mWV1HIafsB3VMQjKphhSe0t9GsBnMKgR4vDyRpOUrTMVnNNH_EFGbauwKg7TrM1iA/s200/Not+so+traditional+008.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Brooke barely made it through the prayer!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSqCnuNhAEvuoBvea_t1adjiS5V4ErxvcwME_Nn16spC4lhiShmakeTEo5_EouSKSI9xtv-iYgeeHIXiYlKheWPLSvVDofp90mOTaGSvogEci96eFPNqN9h6XM_c_GwECT5wLIplGhp4/s200/Not+so+traditional+011.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Peek-a-boo Brooke!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpY5n9Bjf1RNjvlMB6zg4RgS3EozVUU6Slo_J73EoYEOM_tRVF0-SboCCw2nbCsuk5FehsQL4Ii1ZMJvsHNngCFVjoictKMGIAp-L_t7tynEyOkteWQlr0ggdN7NCqnA5AmYLRhPzpbA/s200/Not+so+traditional+012.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Ahh- get a load of that sunset!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWG8WyGpDkxIn1pWx9DKRARNBobfU_Kal3My62h85-isaUmXbgT18KmGl7t_B14LxMCItTtBAZafFRR6J9MD1CUY9T97gl0lhAxbcaBit69vk2G65YzvuFOBGgC_0v7tNpTwzhfFlWfk/s200/Not+so+traditional+024.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>I love my little sweethearts!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJDeXtuoMF80gsevu-maNau0tkMu2jlvIjylhGtVvAuW9HE-TWR3SbFxtUi9_1IMfwMjPh69hO72GrcDLWV6k7NGpOHC9G2UvqHs_XKDCj57FDv_0L1R9vbdsK6UI2kD1sZL2jiXtHXA/s200/Not+so+traditional+019.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFnPTBzC38TFYP82_ZENLY8_qlOqNpZ5WDmeoJjiiwf6zvPcbeL-K7Sqy347ZgNYO_tnEQcf-X-0p7vIzzNiS345TxI097eay9W9s2E8k5hu72w8ENj0BM9IwW8GkfQLQv75j2kbrtec/s200/Not+so+traditional+031.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>How's the view from up there?</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUmeMSc-3C5RUmKqEBOcR-WUXpoeB8SXhjBM0r2Aj6jtya-Rwawkv_xoaP-jCNiZUV0MKDgL7dBwnXD5Hikv1cKXq6F6_7I1M58unVutnuXqNubJ8O4rdblT6wpfD265Bo4YL883Xq4Jo/s200/Not+so+traditional+033.JPG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh86uJ2_y7EjRh2kD2p2du_1SlwO-vYeQ3cM-5ohm2xFtLDaLFLd7FfG5UoD5PYEqyk7w7dqSCUkg_Z5lf55ZjX5x6NJKI8BimKUaoHXyVBfJEsg6XFpBl03KhwQCn5V6G4QS9vlIWewZ8/s200/Not+so+traditional+034.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Yes ma'am! Flip-flops in November :)</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopFrpiEQwcyC5jjL09Yni4Xk_yN5KwnBhmKkQra7W9ihV7KSJNGfR_z45MuQT2CnhcfUwWtZ7jlYSmJKkc08x3OOv-B22M7ADBfnUbCdYvAs0mlYk5XkP31tQC7ya1683Sq1ClLjCn8w/s200/Not+so+traditional+029.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>And now onto Christmas!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGixGtVvFMmnb1TnT1A1KrnFNyFyashkxViKiia9uzsZUE0AsSp0IJ67CtKFjoKATFMvSpdu3TbNw4vk9kbJaa29lc3j_XH4sSWj-B0Flmt4FMmuMvSXBAtwe4RhZlv4sSEyKZ5WwiyLU/s200/Not+so+traditional+035.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-20904001173054231332011-11-08T21:22:00.003-07:002011-11-08T21:46:51.607-07:00So in Love...I know, you are probably thinking that this post is about Kent and the last 4 blissful years. Well, that post is coming in a couple of days, but in the meantime I just gotta tell you how much in love with Braelynn I am!<div><br /></div><div>She drives me absolutely crazy many days, but there are so many days that I could just eat her up!</div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday. She was just so cute! All of a sudden, our little mess-of-a-girl has discovered how much fun it is to get girly. We do ponytails and now we're even getting into curlers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Call my crazy, but I'm even obsessed with the peach fuzz on her arms. She's not a baby anymore!</div><div><br /></div><div>She's never been one to "crash" anywhere...until she decided she was too big for naps! </div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUhVo8GdZlXXj4hKlAIKCfZHO9Z-iQ34dU-OJgV5ui0TE7e6iVVA96YQc2qNWUR-x4IH41Mi7F_yk6ovY5hrwCMP8TOYeEDCO4FGwR2nbCjAKMKphlTkJ6Ubguk1bX2kiX0rO3oTV0AwU/s200/Oct+2011+026.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>She was definitely a fan of the Halloween candy!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkJyz0TV3fVAK5-tNSYh166T9ueAPYAmODAT9kIp_-XIPhevQK42sE9cqT0-2krXPfVFIDZMpzoJTqiZp6r_H6xJo7vPy0i7syoN4Tp5zO0vjzyQMNIeNsGgLJKYRq_3bxaq_9ryfCdo/s200/Oct+2011+040.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Silly girl! Daddy doesn't need curlers :)</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmCUK8zBTHoNaD85KmeIzw5g0kN4fWl14fCNAZ6BdVlcdhyphenhyphenGeU_06QpiDlK-ML7wBTyPTh3q6fK7MaZwGWafNb5Qx_N2IrlmoSNfr8tHujoZX0tTzZaVK7n7iSYtiQ18G_FnB4VZIhys/s200/Oct+2011+052.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>It's so fun counting with her, and singing the alphabet.</div><div><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_pNFsmeuLKk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-6778602632626687772011-11-06T19:59:00.007-07:002011-11-06T21:27:17.726-07:00San Diego, Baby Showers, Halloween and Other Stuff<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhd_Kq5dIMJmQALhDKw-jetHuGS-Ec0wWJkzCjpES1GnnRD8nxGOFmk4TnSErnJjOpuzs2qvYPHKNVWaE3YrK8tHPWQEp3T0Fmqfu1mlzf6ewipYGCYA5Ogc-vnMoV45jouZimMf2TiHc/s1600/Oct+2011+032.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhd_Kq5dIMJmQALhDKw-jetHuGS-Ec0wWJkzCjpES1GnnRD8nxGOFmk4TnSErnJjOpuzs2qvYPHKNVWaE3YrK8tHPWQEp3T0Fmqfu1mlzf6ewipYGCYA5Ogc-vnMoV45jouZimMf2TiHc/s200/Oct+2011+032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672086290194712722" /></a><div>Our "little dancer" in San Diego. Photo courtesy of Carly.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhd_Kq5dIMJmQALhDKw-jetHuGS-Ec0wWJkzCjpES1GnnRD8nxGOFmk4TnSErnJjOpuzs2qvYPHKNVWaE3YrK8tHPWQEp3T0Fmqfu1mlzf6ewipYGCYA5Ogc-vnMoV45jouZimMf2TiHc/s1600/Oct+2011+032.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsE53xcmO166yqKqZ0_NqbFUj0ks86R5WnX0Fx9O_a1HbtEx3sKU5zore0PMZrr5wn-xj1LTnd6blfRVyG3SlXnrlmSio9BzRQ75EvWTBH8296Z9ex7713fWMjE3xxWBrQ6kYLqTk4bw/s1600/Oct+2011+031.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsE53xcmO166yqKqZ0_NqbFUj0ks86R5WnX0Fx9O_a1HbtEx3sKU5zore0PMZrr5wn-xj1LTnd6blfRVyG3SlXnrlmSio9BzRQ75EvWTBH8296Z9ex7713fWMjE3xxWBrQ6kYLqTk4bw/s200/Oct+2011+031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672086285586665570" /></a></div><div>Nothing like a nice warm bath.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsE53xcmO166yqKqZ0_NqbFUj0ks86R5WnX0Fx9O_a1HbtEx3sKU5zore0PMZrr5wn-xj1LTnd6blfRVyG3SlXnrlmSio9BzRQ75EvWTBH8296Z9ex7713fWMjE3xxWBrQ6kYLqTk4bw/s1600/Oct+2011+031.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTY2ISUZVsHRwGfIbnuQPF96_GRCBLixxyw0ZE6JY5h-a4Ew_ffLvp16FnBaO4T9aSJQgFaWoFGOfw0g0GfQBWPcYDANNTI0zHO9aku5Qbig8jBV5YreXGFTAlnNt2fGXsse_btFMMRU/s1600/Oct+2011+045.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTY2ISUZVsHRwGfIbnuQPF96_GRCBLixxyw0ZE6JY5h-a4Ew_ffLvp16FnBaO4T9aSJQgFaWoFGOfw0g0GfQBWPcYDANNTI0zHO9aku5Qbig8jBV5YreXGFTAlnNt2fGXsse_btFMMRU/s200/Oct+2011+045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672086278967805938" /></a></div><div>Braelynn's first trick-or-treatin' halloween.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTY2ISUZVsHRwGfIbnuQPF96_GRCBLixxyw0ZE6JY5h-a4Ew_ffLvp16FnBaO4T9aSJQgFaWoFGOfw0g0GfQBWPcYDANNTI0zHO9aku5Qbig8jBV5YreXGFTAlnNt2fGXsse_btFMMRU/s1600/Oct+2011+045.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoBIXX-hXBFllnKGaLO_1V2W1nRliVZzEkfd8nfMwWjBeiojUWWKrhylNPHrFNcI7wj-V7ogvAkQfqqt3SyOih8qYp5st0YuUTuz_WSfa6Ge8sTbndCVCGnANkZnpuzoPX0jzU3lWytI/s1600/Oct+2011+044.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoBIXX-hXBFllnKGaLO_1V2W1nRliVZzEkfd8nfMwWjBeiojUWWKrhylNPHrFNcI7wj-V7ogvAkQfqqt3SyOih8qYp5st0YuUTuz_WSfa6Ge8sTbndCVCGnANkZnpuzoPX0jzU3lWytI/s200/Oct+2011+044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672086273456095890" /></a></div><div>Brae wearing the outfit Carly wore when she was a little girl (she's a clown, without the makeup) </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoBIXX-hXBFllnKGaLO_1V2W1nRliVZzEkfd8nfMwWjBeiojUWWKrhylNPHrFNcI7wj-V7ogvAkQfqqt3SyOih8qYp5st0YuUTuz_WSfa6Ge8sTbndCVCGnANkZnpuzoPX0jzU3lWytI/s1600/Oct+2011+044.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63NPwyWr27z5iAtCAZ5B3evDh3DZ4PjIwc8cyjlttJ46fIMh6vJGMVicS1SpGmPlnkTiyzJjg400WNcyW7ZOK9zgmtyVM_gnu5bq1-uRKCB28BVihLMR0MN6cGY05GMUMKQ9JoF-n7I8/s1600/Oct+2011+042.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Cupcakes!</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0LNWmSu6FUQVatQyW1NzypDnW9SNpo6wMga34SkcQ-6IS4z5yTbhZDqW8QxaWiQNYAtu5VuPnWC5FkzObHH1jJgqaZWONRrWx8rhCkOiApJaiiJ2rVsveRs3CoT6rO64BVA8Oo95Z8c/s1600/Oct+2011+049.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0LNWmSu6FUQVatQyW1NzypDnW9SNpo6wMga34SkcQ-6IS4z5yTbhZDqW8QxaWiQNYAtu5VuPnWC5FkzObHH1jJgqaZWONRrWx8rhCkOiApJaiiJ2rVsveRs3CoT6rO64BVA8Oo95Z8c/s200/Oct+2011+049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672084582032664850" /></a></div><div>Carly throws one heck of party (Jeanette's baby shower).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0LNWmSu6FUQVatQyW1NzypDnW9SNpo6wMga34SkcQ-6IS4z5yTbhZDqW8QxaWiQNYAtu5VuPnWC5FkzObHH1jJgqaZWONRrWx8rhCkOiApJaiiJ2rVsveRs3CoT6rO64BVA8Oo95Z8c/s1600/Oct+2011+049.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCoaNYNyv0t6n7dU_9ff-fovKsjE0DcJOEt65iZLompUuSCZXbR20mV2zEFF56FdhEVvdrex4rAzGDt3LRx-kmcHczFH7s10iDq7AX0rJUq5mcAHi51pP9t_kH4uCyRZ3MMCxSChGnps/s1600/Oct+2011+029.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCoaNYNyv0t6n7dU_9ff-fovKsjE0DcJOEt65iZLompUuSCZXbR20mV2zEFF56FdhEVvdrex4rAzGDt3LRx-kmcHczFH7s10iDq7AX0rJUq5mcAHi51pP9t_kH4uCyRZ3MMCxSChGnps/s200/Oct+2011+029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672084567433754722" /></a></div><div>Brooke at our hotel room</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCCoaNYNyv0t6n7dU_9ff-fovKsjE0DcJOEt65iZLompUuSCZXbR20mV2zEFF56FdhEVvdrex4rAzGDt3LRx-kmcHczFH7s10iDq7AX0rJUq5mcAHi51pP9t_kH4uCyRZ3MMCxSChGnps/s1600/Oct+2011+029.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x6b5CU6nd9M1qSH3MVVRJT0P0zDcNIjaK3-BXxgHhTnjowbpCFg40cVcYb7Z-wlCIbyyvKFoaIH_f9AxKfRr6y04G_aO5SPagYAJPVK-C4e3h6kvCEpMIJ3dRHC6S1O4REofx_Gfup4/s1600/Oct+2011+024.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x6b5CU6nd9M1qSH3MVVRJT0P0zDcNIjaK3-BXxgHhTnjowbpCFg40cVcYb7Z-wlCIbyyvKFoaIH_f9AxKfRr6y04G_aO5SPagYAJPVK-C4e3h6kvCEpMIJ3dRHC6S1O4REofx_Gfup4/s200/Oct+2011+024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672084554662000530" /></a></div><div>Our little princess...</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1x6b5CU6nd9M1qSH3MVVRJT0P0zDcNIjaK3-BXxgHhTnjowbpCFg40cVcYb7Z-wlCIbyyvKFoaIH_f9AxKfRr6y04G_aO5SPagYAJPVK-C4e3h6kvCEpMIJ3dRHC6S1O4REofx_Gfup4/s1600/Oct+2011+024.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYUlKKZCB4kk15r7yByf639OCcchtct9-lm2UPR4OR106vdQu7uLeIq0eQipbG7xg6X4ttvlXAWqBI6nDhDWOkg6_mucaPM3qNEHR83ucbuLCBdAcs-PPbwXgBRpaxh3Q92sBSX8MihE/s1600/Oct+2011+022.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYUlKKZCB4kk15r7yByf639OCcchtct9-lm2UPR4OR106vdQu7uLeIq0eQipbG7xg6X4ttvlXAWqBI6nDhDWOkg6_mucaPM3qNEHR83ucbuLCBdAcs-PPbwXgBRpaxh3Q92sBSX8MihE/s200/Oct+2011+022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672084550607746690" /></a></div><div>Brae! Stop dragging Brooke across the floor!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYUlKKZCB4kk15r7yByf639OCcchtct9-lm2UPR4OR106vdQu7uLeIq0eQipbG7xg6X4ttvlXAWqBI6nDhDWOkg6_mucaPM3qNEHR83ucbuLCBdAcs-PPbwXgBRpaxh3Q92sBSX8MihE/s1600/Oct+2011+022.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxYJZ5MxaGHR96vlHhyphenhyphenBJfhSss9SFUOTegXyrnHlAwQgaJLo_gx4XvdmD40KshQqut-rFzJlE1pzkI-6_o-cb-3086DUKowRIixHVt0P7a3BYVnMQRPhwo1jIucA6R-XljWzymLbkM0E/s1600/Oct+2011+064.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxYJZ5MxaGHR96vlHhyphenhyphenBJfhSss9SFUOTegXyrnHlAwQgaJLo_gx4XvdmD40KshQqut-rFzJlE1pzkI-6_o-cb-3086DUKowRIixHVt0P7a3BYVnMQRPhwo1jIucA6R-XljWzymLbkM0E/s400/Oct+2011+064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672083831645470226" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxYJZ5MxaGHR96vlHhyphenhyphenBJfhSss9SFUOTegXyrnHlAwQgaJLo_gx4XvdmD40KshQqut-rFzJlE1pzkI-6_o-cb-3086DUKowRIixHVt0P7a3BYVnMQRPhwo1jIucA6R-XljWzymLbkM0E/s1600/Oct+2011+064.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a>Braelynn's first experience with curlers - she wore them all night for church today.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z_fJ7IRObzQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hcGVzh97WRE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Some Notes from my Journal dated April 12, 2010:</div><div><br /></div><div>When Moses first communicated with Jehovah on Mount Sinai, he was commanded to remove his shoes, for he stood on holy ground. Taking off one's shoes was custom in those days for anyone with the status of being a slave. For slaves were to stay fairly close by and give strict heed to their master's call. </div><div><br /></div><div>In the telestial, fallen world we find ourselves in, we too are slaves, brought up like the children of Israel in captivity to sin and the influences of evil. </div><div><br /></div><div>Like the ancient Israelites brought up in bondage to Egypt, we wrestle with the realities of scarcity, competition, and the harshness of living in a sometimes fierce and cruel and unfair world. </div><div><br /></div><div>However, the Lord has shown us a better way, a way out. We can live in the world without living of the world. </div><div><br /></div><div>The night the children of Israel were delivered from the Egyptians, they were commanded to keep their shoes on in preparation for the speedy and quick deliverance the next morning.</div><div><br /></div><div>As the children of Israel were delivered from bondage, first through the red sea (representing the first ordinance of baptism) and later by the cloud of light (representing the Holy Ghost) they found themselves wanderers in the wilderness for 40 years. They learned to depend upon the Lord for daily bread from heaven (manna, representing the word of God), and healing from the effects of poisonous serpents (representing the effects of sin). </div><div><br /></div><div>In a sense, they were introduced to a new world, with new challenges and struggles... but at least they were free from slavery. They had the Lord to guide them. It was a time of purging and purification and preparation for the Israelites. Only after they were truly purged could Moses as the Lord's prophet and messenger introduce them to the promised land, though he himself did not enter.</div><div><br /></div><div>To the extent we live in this fallen world, yet remain faithful to our baptismal and temple covenants, and we continue to walk in faith and partake of the sacrament worthily each week, we find ourselves living in a different world - a terrestrial world, perhaps - where we trust in and depend upon the Lord and His chosen representatives and fellow Saints for our nourishment and survival. </div><div><br /></div><div>We work and we're diligent. We live in the world, but not of the world. We live, no longer captive to sin, but also not realizing our final destination just yet...knowing that this life we find ourselves in is not our final destination. </div><div><br /></div><div>And so, we hold on. We trust in the Lord. We keep the commandments. We strive to purify our hearts, our words, our actions. We follow the prophets. Until the final day when the promised land is introduced to our view, and the veil is parted, and we see clearly then...and we return home to our true home, our heavenly home where our Father in Heaven dwells.</div><div><br /></div><div>My prayer is that each and every one of our family members may live worthy to enter the Lord's presence at that great and final day. That we may all be one.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-88322932750964509732011-10-24T16:31:00.002-07:002011-10-24T16:35:35.853-07:00Notes from EQ Lesson: "As Many as I Love, I Rebuke and Chasten”<p class="MsoNormal">Me: “Do you want to go to time out?”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Braelynn: “Yes” and she’ll sometimes willingly get up and put herself in timeout.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Other times she has to be compelled to go.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Much of her learning and development is attempting to find out the boundaries of what is or isn’t acceptable, and trying to become (though oft times with tears and frustration), obedient.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How do you usually feel during or after general conference?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Uplifted?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Inspired?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Comforted?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I usually feel a deep sense of urgency and inadequacy – as though I’m not doing enough to measure up.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Perhaps this is because I’m usually a little complacent or too comfortable in my life situation.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“The purpose of the church is to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What does this scripture mean to you: “Woh unto them that are at ease in Zion” (Amos 6:1)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If we truly trust in the Lord, and we’re keeping the commandments, we can know with assurance that any affliction we’re suffering through is for our well being – and is a GIFT – therefore, we ought to rejoice in the gift by 1) searching out the lesson to be learned, and 2) trusting in the Lord that this present suffering serves some greater purpose.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If we feel our burden is too heavy to carry, it is because 1) we haven’t developed a deep enough love and gratitude for our Savior, or 2) we haven’t learned to trust Him fully or both.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If our love for the Savior is strong enough, no trial is too great & every sacrifice is an honor to bear.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>If our faith in the Lord is strong enough, we trust in Him fully and we know He can and will deliver us from it and that the trial serves some purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Trials aren’t meant to punish us so much as they are meant to change us.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Alma 62:41:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="41"> </a><span class="verse">41 </span>But behold, because of the exceedingly great length of the war between the Nephites and the Lamanites many had become hardened, because of the exceedingly great length of the war; and many were softened because of their <sup>a</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/62?lang=eng" id="footnote25">afflictions</a>, insomuch that they did humble themselves before God, even in the depth of humility.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do we receive chastisement from the Lord as a gift?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">D&C 88:33</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="33"></a><span class="verse">33 </span>For what doth it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift? Behold, he rejoices not in that which is given unto him, neither rejoices in him who is the giver of the gift.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Scriptures:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Hebrews 12: 1,5-7, 9-11-</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a name="1"> </a><span class="verse">1 </span>Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng" id="footnote0">sin</a> which doth so easily <sup>b</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng" id="footnote1">beset</a> <span class="clarityword">us,</span> and let us run with <sup>c</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng" id="footnote2">patience</a> the race that is set before us,<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">6 For whom the Lord loveth he <sup>a</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">chasteneth</a>, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="7"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">7 If ye <sup>a</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">endure</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">chastening</a>, God dealeth with you as with <sup>c</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">sons</a>; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">9 Furthermore we have had <sup>a</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">fathers</a> of our flesh which <sup>b</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">corrected</a> us, and we gave them <sup>c</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">reverence</a>: shall we not much rather be in <sup>d</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">subjection</a> unto the <sup>e</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">Father</a> of <sup>f</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">spirits</a>, and live?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="10"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his <sup>a</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">holiness</a>.<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="11"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">11 Now <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the <sup>a</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">peaceable</a> fruit of righteousness unto them which are <u><sup>b</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/heb/12?lang=eng">exercised</a> thereby</u></b><u>.<o:p></o:p></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">2 Tim 3:16-17 (esp 16): <a name="16"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">16 <sup>a</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">All</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">scripture</a> is given by <sup>c</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">inspiration</a> of God, and is <sup>d</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">profitable</a> for <sup>e</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">doctrine</a>, for <sup>f</sup><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">reproof</a>, for correction</u></b>, for <sup>g</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">instruction</a> in <sup>h</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">righteousness</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a name="17"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">17 That the man of God may be <sup>a</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">perfect</a>, throughly furnished unto all <sup>b</sup><a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/2-tim/3?lang=eng">good</a> works.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman""><br /></span></p>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-26026258280052238202011-10-16T19:42:00.002-07:002011-10-16T19:53:06.501-07:00On the MoveShe might not be able to sit on her own yet, but she can definitely move. Let the fun begin!<div><br /></div><div><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fUVkKlnPeuI?hl=en&fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-26381928845178057042011-10-09T14:53:00.002-07:002011-10-09T14:57:33.609-07:00Gimme More!Yeah! Brooke not only started eating oatmeal this past week, she loves it too! It's so nice to have a little break from breast feeding (not that she is so into it like Braelynn was).<div><br /></div><div>She gets so excited for it now. Whenever she sees the box, she grabs at it and squeals. I am so excited to start with some other foods in the next few weeks too. </div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qrMXd1r7kfY?hl=en&fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-69683026994642465932011-09-27T12:17:00.001-07:002011-09-27T12:19:56.641-07:00wEiRd<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1P71O8FyUh8?hl=en&fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-34045409957752990652011-09-25T20:57:00.003-07:002011-09-25T22:08:21.859-07:00The Tantrum-atic TwosAs I sat here tonight listening to the blood curdling screams for 61 minutes of a very tired 2 year old, who felt it was not her bedtime, I realized I hadn't posted anything about her birthday!<div><br /></div><div>Braelynn turned 2 on Wednesday, the 21st. I cannot believe how fast this past year went. She just turned 1 yesterday!</div><div><br /></div><div>Let me tell you, she is definitely 2!</div><div><br /></div><div>Braelynn's energy could easily be bottled and sold to NASA for rocket fuel. She loves running, jumping, and dancing. Her laugh is hilarious, a true from-the-gut laugh. She loves to tell stories, that nobody understands, but is very aware of what she is saying. She is full of animal sounds and many other sound effects that she strategically puts in the middle of her sentences. </div><div><br /></div><div>Some of our favorite "words" are:</div><div><br /></div><div>Peash- Please</div><div>Monk- Blanket</div><div>Yeah Kay- Ok or Yes</div><div>Tick a Tick a Tick a- Tickle, Tickle, Tickle</div><div>Reece- Rice</div><div>Sigh- Outside</div><div>Tie- Tired</div><div>Moo- Movies (TV)</div><div>Mo- Elmo</div><div>Elcome- You're Welcome</div><div>Tank-oo- Thank You</div><div>Bwook- Brooke</div><div><br /></div><div>All babies are "Bwook," and all cats are "Mar" (Marley, my Aunt's cat in NY).</div><div><br /></div><div>She absolutely loves Nursery at church. She knows what room to go to, and when to go. She cries whenever we pick her up to go home.</div><div><br /></div><div>We have nicknamed her "The Wedge." She has to be right in the middle of whatever is going on. She has a way of worming her way between Kent and I, or if we are holding Brooke. </div><div><br /></div><div>She loves to give kisses to the grocery store clerks. When they say "Bye," she replies with "Byyyee," followed with a smooch!</div><div><br /></div><div>In the past 2 years, I have been able to trim her nails maybe 10 times, and have yet to be able to get her hair up in any way. I managed to get a barrette in it today. She is not a girly-girl at all.</div><div><br /></div><div>Her temper comes straight from her daddy. Watch out when she is mad!</div><div><br /></div><div>We love every bit of her...even if we just put her to bed for the 13th time tonight! I couldn't imagine life without her. She exhausts me everyday, yet makes me laugh over the silliest things!</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy 2nd Birthday Braelynn, we love you!</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_gWUFbTbqOg?hl=en&fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oEeaPYSxWEA?hl=en&fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bZOPBpNGh_8?hl=en&fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-56582222353126777432011-09-15T20:56:00.003-07:002011-09-15T22:35:45.213-07:00New York and THE New YorkThe trip that I've been counting down to has come and gone. 3 years ago, when we got our Credit Card with an amazing points package, we started "saving" for our trip to New York. <div><br /></div><div>We 1st headed upstate to visit my family. My Uncle Lance's house is probably my most favorite spot in the entire world and I finally got to share it with Kent. Nothing beats the view or the quietness of this place!</div><div><br /></div><div>The main purpose of our trip was to spread my dad's ashes at Vroman's nose in Middleburgh. However, thanks to Hurricane Irene, the roads and town were closed. My Uncle is building a family cemetery on his property though, so we decided to spread the ashes there. My dad was very close to Uncle Lance and I know that he is enjoying his spot there. It was a very special experience...after I got over the grossness of the ashes (it might as well have been blood!).</div><div><br /></div><div>We mostly just relaxed and visited with family, but on Saturday we went to Hick's Orchards and picked apples.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Sunday, my cousin Tyler and his wife Heather came down from Vermont and we got to spend the day with them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Braelynn's favorite part of the trip was Marley the cat, and the cat's food...she just didn't see anything wrong with getting a little extra protein!</div><div><br /></div><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a59334d6a63354f44513d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a59334d6a63354f44513d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Make a <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/anytime-slideshows.html" target="_blank">photo slideshow</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>On Monday we got up early and took the train to New York City. I was dreading this part of the trip, and was expecting absolute chaos with the girls, especially going the day after 9/11. </div><div><br /></div><div>It wasn't so bad. We looked a TAD ridiculous. I was just amazed at how nice everyone there was! Seriously, people were helping us left and right with directions, suggestions for stuff to do, and loading all of our stupid crap on and off the busses, up the stairs, and everywhere. </div><div><br /></div><div>We went to Arthur Avenue and had the most delicious calzones.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next day we went to Wall Street and Times Square.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the last day we went to Central Park. I have always had this fetish for Central Park and it was just as magical as I dreamed it would be. If only the train station didn't have 3 flights of stairs though! </div><div><br /></div><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a59334d6a63344d544d3d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a59334d6a63344d544d3d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=smilebox&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Customize your own <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/" target="_blank">picture slideshow</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div>Then we flew back home that night. Frontier Airlines is AMAZING, but flying at night with 2 tired little girls SUCKS. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is nice to be home now. Every muscle in my body hurts. I can't wait to go back though. Unfortunately the person who begged me to go to NYC now despises the place :( Kent is now reevaluating his plans for retirement...no more condo in the city for him!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-26950392701065575672011-09-06T12:27:00.006-07:002011-09-06T13:29:12.073-07:00Vacation Part UnoWe spent this past week up in Utah with Kent's family and had an absolute blast!<div><br /></div><div>Kent and his brother Chad hiked the Narrows to start out the trip, while Natalie, the kids, and I perused the streets of St. George.</div><div><br /></div><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a59314e7a51784f44453d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a59314e7a51784f44453d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows.html" target="_blank">Digital slideshow</a> generated with Smilebox</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Kent and I then went to BYU so he could showme aroundhis old stompin' grounds. That campus is just so pretty!</div><div><br /></div><div>Then we headed up to AF to stay a few days at Hotel Dr. Burton (congrats again Chad!). Kent's mom flew in from Houston so we could spend some time with her as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next morning Kent and I got up at 4:15 and went to the SLC temple, which was just great! </div><div><br /></div><div>That afternoon we spent the day at the lake with Kent's sister Lanae...wakeboarding, tubing, and just chilling. </div><div><br /></div><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://smilebox.com/play/4d6a59314e7a51304f54453d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow" src="http://smilebox.com/snap/4d6a59314e7a51304f54453d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">This <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/slideshows.html" target="_blank">slideshow</a> made with Smilebox</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the evening we headed to Kent's dad's house and had a very yummy dinner.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmOsUY09qimWtYmEvjz0yXF_-msJEwIalGWOuEA5SfgJgT67eI5USBBQcAtN6Ok4Gfp7E5UpZjKUREW3Cgq_n_EV4Kd2eABKeQCydvAIhyphenhyphenwrGUyCNdI19jb1tIVd0IalHp8pmL-yM9NY/s400/Utah+2011+072.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the morning we headed to church, and then spent the day getting ready for dinner that night. Kent and I tried to count everyone, and I thinkthere were about 34 people that came! It was so fun to see everyone.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_1XbOIP2Zh1sNB4W7Pco6ys8IF9AuQbcH-Z53XR9F1goJrp86kt1brj-71FMzkPiWG8UKBKHb9mylgWCWwNJ8ySCk6guaO1uloqkhGLTmjIrizKWZllmldfqVfioGPCROkBfWChIY0pM/s400/Utah+2011.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QuFO73BNy_Y5XKXaM4yUMRzifpwjcpEPdLBRM9A6GFWxwPEn5yg_xozsZM5cfiemd47K7cniXVP93oJHyEnyPzSJgGNiNilpaSCae_5tf3zyv8iRPDFXJIdIpDlkuek-IEfzZNXxhwQ/s400/Utah+2011+073.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>The next morning we packed up and headed back to AZ without any problems. We stopped in to see my Aunt April for a little visit.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc34gY8ESm67hGkdpjQp4603ZWwsXDzy9N_2nJ_hhy05ky5lQANY41DS7dl8QmPnK4ijV7lgE6iIK8cZ_gnSlbpV2PWfvnb78Re9zzqAvfkeWRxn6L2IBxqn7HzkuiM9J6cIVaSYjkV6A/s400/Utah+2011+075.JPG" /></div><div>We are completely exhausted!</div><div><br /></div><div>I am doing laundry today, packing tomorrow, and then heading to NY for another fun-filled week!</div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-30283661734423146352011-08-17T15:06:00.003-07:002011-08-17T15:09:11.979-07:00Notes from Kent's EQ Lesson on Sunday<p class="MsoNormal">List: Challenges to Marriage Today<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>– Mark 10:9<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Marriage = Miracle.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Birth & early childhood – dependence<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Teenage years<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>and young adulthood – independence<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Marriage/Parenthood – interdependence<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It takes an independent person or persons to be in an interdepedent relationship.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">5 Big Needs of Women:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Affection</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Conversation</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Honesty & Openness</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Financial Support</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Family Commitment</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Movie: “Fireproof” – 1<sup>st</sup> presidency endorsed.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For the Lord’s sake, if we’re truly contrite and humble and broken hearted, we’ll do whatever the Lord would have us do.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In this state, we’re able to love our wife with a pure heart as the Lord would have us love her.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Y.E.A.R.S.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>Y</u></b>ou’re responsible for your own happiness – you can’t ‘get’ your happiness ‘from’ your wife – you can only <u>share</u> your happiness, peace, joy, and love <u>with</u> your wife.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>E</u></b>xpress your love often – demonstrate love through service, spending quality time together, physical affection, or telling your spouse of your love for her.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>A</u></b>ppreciation – similar to expressing it (outward), appreciation goes deeper to what’s going on inside your own heart and head – really, truly treasure your wife as your most precious of all assets.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>R</u></b>ituals and family traditions strengthen marriage and family – FHE, date night, family dinners, church worship, family scripture study and family prayer, etc.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>S</u></b>elf-LESS-ness – The marriage comes first, the family second.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Church callings, career, finances, etc. come later, but the SELF comes last.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We must put wife, and children ahead of self.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We’re holders of the priesthood after all, - we’re on the Lord’s errand and are representative of Him as if He were here.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Love as He loved, serve as He served.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Love is an adventure, not an investment” – Gordon B. Hinkley<o:p></o:p></p>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-62052215017713539232011-08-14T19:35:00.007-07:002011-08-14T20:12:21.058-07:00Phoenix Art MuseumThis weekend we went on a family date to the Phoenix Art Museum and Tempe Town Lake.<div>
<br /></div><div>I was pleasantly surprised by the Art Museum...I wasn't expecting much, but got a lot out of it. Each exhibit had explanations about art in the given time period and geographic location. We soon found ourselves looking a little more deeply into the art as opposed to the usual "scan and don't stop moving" style.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>It had fun fountain at the entrance:</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Not to get political...but here comes China!</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Did this one scare anyone else? It talked and everything. Its voice reminded me of Hannibal Lecter.</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Some of my favorites:</div><div>
<br /></div><div>I love how the photographer combined old photos and new photos together. What a novel idea!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyI_8eLqMa1cVzejT2v1Ec6n6D4lTQCACTVS3vhfdzEyHnE7EhFu1fyzu3hzrDk5dIBUfoqd4STTnQazznUmE5Q1H1OTP5XPXNBVpUQpKpuTo_uwn0LW9LvlLcNMUOsq65QblNxKkzHEA/s400/Phoenix+Art+Museum+009.JPG" /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRbH9fh_GCMn8efKUFtL0c8eAzCXxr9lQoAT_yCYpBdL1Y72yP74esGxROFJrU6SMRBvWzGHdIngF9N5X7-KIlPCyz2oEoRB67CLBmTfcT7p_xxOAWj4LRzgpc9_eO7hcmvqtDKUz2Xc/s400/Phoenix+Art+Museum+010.JPG" /></div><div>
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<br /></div><div>This one made me laugh!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOd_KH7rfQRE74zCApqQpt2Gb84gwI78dZOwV5AkloZcMlgiukZjCGs8yMFJoCJs48bZhE9olxrsuntMRa740xJlXY1m_1gOFrlgtSzVNQqk0TVVlWUI8I0t6Q4P8i04ZKH-uo5KvreY0/s400/Phoenix+Art+Museum+008.JPG" /></div><div>
<br /></div><div>Speaking of laughing, I was hysterical walking through this one the 1st time. It was a dark room, with multi-colored lights and mirrors. I recorded it the 2nd time. I don't know why I thought it was so funny. Maybe it was because the 1st time, it was just me and this old lady. </div><div>
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<br /></div><div>After the museum we went to the Splashpark at Tempe Town Lake to play. Braelynn had a lot of fun. It was so hot though, so we didn't stay long.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>We are so excited that Brooke is starting to roll over. She liked to practice in her crib at night, but finally got the hang of it at a more feasible hour ;)</div><div>
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<br /></div><div>Kent and I also got callings in our new ward. He is a teacher in the Elder's Quorum, which he is pretty excited about. He taught today about marriage and successfully started a brawl in the meeting...The EQP called tonight to see if he was still interested in teaching. His lesson next week is on the Law of Chastity. I'm not sure if he's still excited about this calling!</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Get ready for this...I was called to be Cubmaster. Never in my life did I ever expect to do this one! My Patriarchal Blessing says that I will do a lot of work with the RS and YW. I must not be right with the Lord ;) So far it has been an adventure. I get to go get my uniform next week. As soon as they told me it involved buying new clothes I got a little excited!</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Our house is pretty much all set-up. I'll have to get photos of it all up soon. We still want wood floors and new carpet...but that's well down the road! The backyard is starting to get the grass back in, and I've been pulling 4 foot weeds like crazy! It will be nice to have it when it cools off.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Well, I think that's about it. Have a great week!</div><div>
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<br /></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-48037450009630003042011-07-30T15:49:00.002-07:002011-07-30T16:30:57.032-07:00It Was an AJ Sorta DayDo people ever do things that make you look at them and think, "what planet do you come from where that's oKaY?" Then do you ask yourself, "what's wrong with me if I'm in the same place as them?"<div><br /></div><div>I had that moment today.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you can get over 100 barefoot, germy kids running around together, the play areas at malls can be a lot of fun. Today, not so much.</div><div><br /></div><div>As we walked in, a 10 year old (?) girl grabbed Braelynn and tried to run off with her. Braelynn looked back with those "save me" eyes, and we explained to the little girl that we needed to get a place and take Braelynn's shoes off. We "conveniently" found a place to sit right next to this girl's mom...I am no longer surprised it was the only open spot.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kent, Braelynn, and our new little friend ran off to go play. I was bouncing Brooke on my lap, watching Braelynn, and I feel Brooke being pulled from my lap. The 8 year old (?) personal space intruder told me she wanted to hold the baby. I told her the baby was spitting up, so I was going to hold her. She turns to her mom and says "I wanna hold the baby." The mom (without looking up from her intense text-conversation) tells her to ask me again. The little girl tells her mom that I said no, and the mother's reply was for her to ask me "why". Seriously??? As the little girl continued to poke and prod at Brooke we inched our way to the left.</div><div><br /></div><div>When she finally got up to go play, her older (12?) sister swoops in to continue to pester me. "Can I hold the baby?" Before I even tell her "NO WAY!!!" her mom informs me that this daughter is really good with babies. I then tell the girl "I don't think so." </div><div><br /></div><div>Apparently this annoyed the text messaging-Apache Junction-slit wristed (I tried to not judge, everyone has problems, but it needed to be noted)-mother to the point that she decided it was time to go. Her 10 year old was not listening, and she sent her 12 year old to go get her. Upon their return, she SMACKED THE GIRL ACROSS THE FACE, and said it was time to go.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, yes it was.<br /><div><div><br /></div><div>#1- You tell your children it is not polite to touch other people's babies.</div></div></div><div>#2- If it's not polite to touch other people's babies, it might be a little more wrong to hold them.</div><div>#3- Don't encourage your child to ask "WHY?" when an adult says "NO."</div><div>#4- Spanking is one thing...smacking your child on the face is just wrong, end of story.</div><div><br /></div><div>We're sticking to San Tan or Chandler mall from now on.</div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416075166075356516.post-68255005450786602192011-07-24T20:27:00.004-07:002011-07-24T20:56:48.501-07:00Here Comes Trouble!I am so super excited to the point that I am about to bust!<div><br /></div><div>There is a special lady in my life...we'll call her "Jeanette." She is my sunshine! Not only does she make me happy when skies are gray, so lets me whine and complain about 'em too! She is perfect in every way, except for the fact that she's been living on the other side of the country for far too long.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUMEeDXnH4zQ7DcDw-qBbZ5i49DbOan9FZ05obT40Fg5IjvMPR02o7T9qGutT3BjYMSuyvTaad7IwRm__dS4GJDJ1BGVzH4an5BRpuf7Vee4CfClFxlpseLUndkS-wzOw-brYZxUV-Tw/s400/beach.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Well, guess who's baaack?!</div><div><br /></div><div>For those of you who know us, you know how wonderfully bad this is! Never in my life have I known someone who can get me in as much innocent trouble as this girl.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAV5PNF_7zPSx8lacNew_DexdFEsx1QayUVD-PrYIK0mttKz0yoCGnoxGhwgwkNzo36Mg44LzDaWdMQzpTb4ADYSjjLpBC5GgDhs8d_bry3GgIJqQIwWaCnIv1aBGjJ4i0JWaBbmrlT4/s400/car.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>You may not see me for awhile.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kent and Bryan should probably find some hobbies. We've got alotta catching up to do ;) CODE- shopping, hair, nails, laughing, shopping, a smidge of gossip (just to keep it interesting), putting things into our language so they make sense, eating in our favorite "I'm so hungry, this is going to be disgusting to watch, but I know you won't say anything" form, and maybe some more shopping...we gotta find some new outfits that are "a good kinda tight!" </div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUlGE3SnJfJw3qXfNDbgu7ZDST2P2DhaWkZ0QXrSnjM98wQGNBCkWsMq_lFASlIj3Rv9Be7UDNLMYki7lcXYd8G-toYtwBaY8koDzN_xAgNoT-ZyU7QL1kWyrQ8RZOFHb_7qt5R2Ui8g/s400/OG.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>But don't worry, guess who's joining us in September?</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwBrkbmSJcDZOUzhWS889fJF_vU3bfPYUUj7Gox8XhflGNXpaaKPMhggOp_pWFCUzqRb9UNIw84srp1pr5yAhHJrktI56iNfYfyD0Fi0XTJ723gM75XPKNhUBqdsoh0jx-G1RUailcwE/s400/Cassie.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then we'll really be painting the town red! </div><div><br /></div>Keeping up with the Burtonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08425914899612715650noreply@blogger.com1