Christmas!

I love Christmas but this year it just didn't feel the same. I'm always so excited to see the boys and Rob open their gifts and take pictures of how excited they are to get them but this year Rob had to go into work so it was all a big rush I didn't get very many pictures at least not all the one i wanted and well when it was all seid and done Rob hustled off to work (poor Guy i know he didn't really want to) the boys ran off to play with their new toys and well. . . I was left to open my presents to myself wrapped by myself all by myself. Sad right? The rest of the day was fun though we went sledding with Robs family and that night had a gift exchange with my family(ROb got off work just in time so that was great). It turned out to be a good Christmas even though it didn't start out as one:)

More pictures of Christmas Eve and Sleding to come I have to get them from my sister-In -Law!

Grandma's House

Over the river and through the woods. . . well there are no real woods on the way but there are apple orchards so that might count. We went out to Robbies Grandparents house some time ago and we had so much fun. The boys love going out there. We got to pick out pumpkins and have dinner. Playing outside is what we do most out there because there is so much room and it's pretty darn safe. We get to pick all the stawberries and Rasberries we want. The boys always have a great time picking up walnuts to chuck or sticks to fight with.

What's Grandma's without some homemade apple pie? Doesn't it look yummy?

We always have so much fun every time we go visit. We love you grandma and grandpa Bennett!!

Fall!

So while catching up on old posts that i wanted to do I'm trying to keep up on the now so bare with me as i switch back and forth from summer to fall and back again. It stinks not having internet when you're paying for it. I Love the fall the fall colors and smells everything about it!! I love Halloween and pumpkins and being with family!! This year we went to the pumpkin patch with Robbies family and had a really fun time!! First we went on a tractor pulled hayride. The boys were so excited they wouldn't even sit down. They had so much fun running around the field and they loved picking out their pumpkins!

Of coarse I had to make them pose so I could get their pictures!

After they picked their perfect pumpkin we rode the hayride back and while we were going Zakry decided to surf it was so funny!!! When we got back from the pumpkin patch the boys climbed the huge hay pyramid and we went to see the farm animals of coarse they were scared but it was fun!! It took me so long to get Jakob this close to the poor little well. . .huge sleeping pig!

There were so many great pictures from the evening its hard to pick just a few here are some more of my favorites. . .

My niece Evie. . .isn't she cute!

The day ended with a beautiful sunset!!

Summer Vacation?

Yes I know how silly is it that I'm just now getting around to writing about our wonderful summer vacation? Well our internet provider has been so lame it's been really hard to get on. We've gone through three recievers and this one is acting up a little too. I don't know what it is. Anyway less about them more about me!!! Well this summer our big vacation was to the Oregon coast with Robs family. We had so much fun I hope we do another family vacation next year!! On the way down Rob and I wanted to take our time because we couldn't get into the beach house until like 2 or 3:00 so we took the boys to Multnoma Falls (I hope that's spelled right!) The boys thought it was awesome!! I love watching them get excited about things that they see for the first time!! They were so patient with me while I made them pose. (It's not like it was hard I only took a million pictures). It was a beautiful day so we hiked up to the bridge and took the boys across. I love that they are old enouph now so taht they can all walk or in their case run everywhere we go. Strollers are such a bother sometimes. . .but not when you want to keep them nailed down to something.

We went to the gift shop after the hike for a potty break and the penny machine. We had to buy the boys pennies because we promised if they would go in the tree stump for a picture (which they were terrified of doing)that we would get them "special" money! Sorry the pics are kinda blurry Rob wouldn't hold still for me to take a pic he wanted to get out of the gift shop. They picked me flowers along the trail too so they got in the picture as well so I could keep them forever!!Well that does it for the first installment of our trip more to come and lots more pics!

Jakob's First Day of School!!

Jakob's first day of school this year was still hard for me... i think that maybe it will be like this every year on the first day. Knowing that he would be there all day and that my time with him each day will be cut in half, well that was sad for me. Jakob is now a head and shoulders shorter then all the kids in his class but you wouldn't know it by talking to him. He doesn't care at all that he is the shortest.

This is a picture of Jakob at breakfast. My mom came over to watch the two little boys while I took Jakob to school. Parents were invited on the first day and the teacher talked to us about what to expect out of the class room. Jakob wanted to take his lunch on the first day so I made his lunch, grilled cheese sandwhich with grapes fruit snacks and a juice box.MMMMM!!!!






He was very patient with me while i had him pose for each picture. Of coarse I had to get one of him with a number one held up for first grade.








Jakob at his desk at school. Isn't he so cute!!! i just want to squeeze him!

See what I mean about his size:)

After a long day of school! He is growing up so fast and is so smart sometimes I wonder how i got so lucky!! He is a sweet boywhats not to love!!

finally Internet!!

For the past couple of months we have had some Internet trouble but now i can catch all of u bloggers up on whats happened in the Burch house!! I am so excited to finally post I don't know where to start. I guess I'll start with all the time we've spent outside this summer it was so fun now that all the kids are walking and discovering things for themselves. These pictures are of one night when we first moved into our house. . .the boys got loose outside without their clothes on they were so cute i had to take some pics!! This one of Zakry wearing his older brothers shoes is pretty cute!! Even though it isn't a very good picture it kinda shows what Mikah decided to wear. Undies that are on backwards with socks and yes, those are flip flops! (two different flip flops!!) He is so funny!!

Of coarse you cant play outside without looking for bugs!! Jakob found some great bugs for his bug catcher(although he wouldn't touch them to put them in it. . . mom had to do that part. What we won't do for our children right?)

Old Friends New Memories!

Our good friends Jon and Helen that we met while going to school down in K Falls came to visit us last weekend. We had a great time! Helen and I got to work on a quilt for another good friend of ours who is having a baby soon and it felt so good to get back behind the machine again!! We just talked and sewed and well watched five kids. . .but it was real nice. We had a BBQ while they were here which was fun but I had lost my camera or it mysteriously disappeared somehow. . .(ahem ,Jakob)but anyway till Sunday when we decided to take a day trip or a sun trip as Jakob would call it to Walla Walla for the day. ( Jon and Helen are looking for jobs around here they like the area and there were job openings in walla walla so we went to check out the town). We got lunch at the Ice burg and then took it to the park to eat too bad it was like 105 degrees outside so we were all hot and pretty much miserable but we made the best of it. The boys had to play ball of course! And then the ice cream man came with the loudest music I have ever heard one play before we almost had to break out the earplugs but the kids were hot and so were we so we splurged for some 25cent Popsicles to help cool us down.

I LOVE POPSICLE FACES!!!!!

Rob and I shared one how romantic right? I took this picture of Ann and i love it she is so cute!! The last time I saw her was a year ago she loved me from the first minute she walked in the door and so naturally I fell in love back she like the girl I never had!!! Plus I get to spoil her and not deal with the diapers and all that other stuff.

After we ate our Popsicles we went to see the birds they have all kinds of birds and the kids loved to see them. It was so hot we didn't get to see many of them but it was fun!Of course we couldn't leave until Jakob found his feather.