All Aboard the Burch Bus

Halloween!!

2010-11-04T11:21:00.000-07:00

I was completly excited for halloween this year and thought that I would "get it all done early" this year. Ha ha!! I did good with the decorating and getting the boys treat bags for their classes ready, but when it came to costumes I was scrambling again. Thanks to my mom we pulled it all out and the costumes trurned out great!!! They were sooo cute! It was sock monkeys this year for the boys and Nacho Libre and Encarnacion ( I guess thats how you spell it I have no idea:)) for Rob and I. I also made the boys halloween vests with my mom and bow ties since halloween was on a sunday this year. So glad that I did, everyone loved them! I'll get better pictures of the boys costumes and mine and Robs on here soon!

My Garden

2010-10-01T09:39:00.000-07:00

It's been really fun and rewarding to have a garden this year. I'm still getting all kinds of veggies from it but I'm already planning on what to do different next year to make it better!! My kids love to go out and help me pick, they climb through the towering tomatoes and pick through the prickly cucumbers. Their hands get sticky and their shoes get muddy, but the smile on their faces when they pick "the biggest one" makes me so happy that I gave my kids this wonderful opportunity! The produce tastes so much better then what you get from the store, did you know that vegetables actually have flavor? Well you wouldn't really know that unless you had veggies right out of the garden! I don't know how I ever ate tomatoes from the store, and after being so spoiled all summer it's gunna be hard to go back to store bought stuff. I'm a little sad that in a few short weeks there will be no more tomatoes, cucumbers, and zucchini to pick as the weather turns cooler and the plants start to die. Oh well i guess I'll just have to be ready for the growing season next year! Until then good bye sweet tomatoes and soft zucchini, good bye hot peppers and dirty potatoes, good bye beautiful green broccoli. Good bye.

Boise Id.

2010-08-03T14:31:00.000-07:00

The boys at the fish Habitat

Look at all those FISH!!

We decided to go to Boise to see my grandma and we had the best time!! The boys just adore Uncle Bob he's like one of the coolest guys they know!!! It was also nice to see my Uncle Greg and Aunt Tina they are so easy to talk to there was never a dull moment and my cousin Diana and her newly betrothed husband! We obviously started the trip in the car and even before we got on the highway Zakry was asking if we were there yet. . .five hours and 50 are we there yets later we arrived. It was so good to see my grandma I don't get to see her very much and it makes me sad that my boys don't hardly know her. She is one of the nicest people I know!! We all ate dinner together then headed down town to see a fish habitat place it was so much fun watching the boys run from window to window looking at the fish. The next day we went shopping at the mall and then to the wonderful Boise Zoo it was awesome!! We were in awe at the tigers, lions, and giraffes. After the zoo we went back to grandmas for dinner and then I got to watch movies with her while the boys went on a four mile hike with none other then the coolest Uncle Bob any kid could have!!! I didnt go because I didnt bring my tennis shoes all I had were flip flops I KNOW WHAT WAS I THINKING!! :) I was happy to be knItting and hanging out with my grandma. The next day we went to church had family dinner and we were off on our way back home. It was a great trip!

Jakob's baptism

2010-07-07T23:52:00.000-07:00

I can't believe the day has come I'm oficially old and well, very proud. I tear up at every baptism I go too but this was special. I'm so proud of Jakob for making the decision to get baptized. He was so excited he told everyone he knew about it. If he ever ends up reading this blog I want him to know that this was one of the most gratifying days of my life to see my son make such a huge commitment without blinking an eye. He was ready for this day something that I have worried about for eight years. It has been a blessing to Jakob and just as he's been a blessing to me. I love him so much and I am very humbled that Heavenly Father chose me to be his mother. He is such a loving and kind person, and cant help making friends with everyone.

He's a very small guy but what he lacks in hieght he
definitely makes up for in personality. Jakob had his grandparents do most of the program giving talks and saying prayers but he had his cousins Jayda, Jodee, and Rhenley sing a special musical number they sang When I am Baptized it was a wonderful baptism.

Oh and at church the next day when the bishopric announced Jakob as the newest member of our ward they had him stand up but couldn't see him (he's shorter standing then he was sitting on the bench) so Mikah yells out as loud as he can HE'S OVER HERE!! Everyone laughed Rob and I looked at each other smiled then shook our heads it was pretty cute, and very funny!

How do they think of these things anyway?

2010-07-07T00:02:00.000-07:00

The other day i was in my bathroom doing my hair when Zakry came in so excited he could hardly even stand it and he said "Mom watch! I can trick my glasses!!!!" so I looked at him and well there are really no words I just started laughing. I mean what can you do when the kid is so darn cute? Anyway before i forgot about it I had him do it for the camera it's not as good but you'll get the general idea. Kids, there would be no life without them. Mine are definitely my life!:)

i Don't know where to start?

2009-11-06T14:31:00.000-08:00

Iv'e missed so much blogging for this summer its unreal!!! I don't know where to begin!! So I'll start with my latest pics. Halloween!!!!! I LOVE Halloween. It's tied for my favorite holiday with Christmas!! I try to get the best idea i can for costumes and this year the boys wanted to be Alvin and the Chipmonks. They loved their costumes and are still wearing them. It's funny how their personalities were just like each of the chipmonks they were dressed up as!!! Anyway it was a fun day of trick-or-treating. We got loads of candy and just as much attention, I wouldn't have it any other way!!!I

5 things I love about Jakob

2009-07-25T11:53:00.000-07:00

1. Jakob is very helpful.
(he'll go fetch anything and is very good at picking up when told)

2. I love that Jakob loves to sing.
( He makes up words to songs like his dad does or i"ll find him just singing away in the back of the car it makes my day!!)

3.I love that even though he's seven he'll still kiss me goodbye.

4. I love Jakob's smile those dimples just melt my heart!!

5. I love that Jakob loves to read
( we will sit and read for an hour its wonderful!!!)

Jakob's Birthday

2009-07-25T11:09:00.000-07:00

Jakob turned seven this year yes seven!!! I can't even believe how big he's getting!!! I really can't believe that I've been a mom for SEVEN years!!! Anyway his birthday was very fun! Jakob had two birthday parties for him(lucky dog) one for family and one for friends. Here is a pic of him opening up a present.

Thanks to Tara Rew we were able to have this huge blow up water slide in the back yard!!! It was obviously the main attraction. The boys went crazy!!

Jakob got a new water gun from one of his friends so they had a huge water gun fight. Jakob was very good at making sure that everyone had a turn with his new gun that squirted RED water.
I got some little kids crafts for the kids to do they thought it was pretty cool although it was kinda windy so all the little stickers kept flying away and i had to keep picking them up. It was worth it though.
They loved the cupcakes!!
We ended up haveing 12 kids 11 boys and one lonely little girl who had a blast anyway. It was crazy haveing soooo many kids but it was a lot of fun and Jakob loved it so that's all that mattered to me!!!

June

2009-07-24T16:41:00.001-07:00

June was a very eventful month. My sister Tessa moved back for the summer, my baby sister Erikka or as I like to call her Lenard graduated and my little niece Kloee Belle got blessed not to mention Jakob's birthday which will be my next blog.

Most of these pictures were taken at the luncheon after the blessing. We had all the cousins together so we had to get a picture of all of them and i thought it would be a cute idea to get them all laying down, and well the one of Zakry just makes me smile!! Adorable!

Resolve to blog!

2009-07-24T16:17:00.000-07:00

I just really love looking at everyone's blog and what they're up too and realized that everyone else prolly feels the same way. So I have resolved to be a better blogger and let everyone out there know what we're up too.

Sinco De Mayo

2009-05-20T14:20:00.000-07:00

Sorry its late but we had so much fun I can't not post it. We have Sinco de Mayo every year with my family and every year gets a little bit better then the last. We had dinner with lots of delicious food, then did a pinata for the kids, and even though it started raining Aunt Lizzy still taught us all a dance. It was a good time. I have so many pictures i can't hardly narrow it down so I'll try to do just a few. Mikah triied winking at the camera for his picture with Grandma Jiggy. . . too cute!!!

My brother-in-law Darren had to show off his duds with his new fancy shoes.

All the kids couldn't wait to hit the pinata. The one of Jakob is my best shot of my three boys they got kinda blurry because they were moving so much.

Zakry being the little sugarbug that he is. . .couldn't get enough of the candy!!!

School Music Program

2009-05-20T14:02:00.001-07:00

Jakob has to be the cutest kid in school!! He had his spring music program the other night and i was so excited he did so good!! I forgot to charge the camcorder so i had to settle for a couple clips on my camera. It"s really hard to see the kids but you can hear them pretty good! Jakob is the smallest first grader of all the classes and he knows how to use that to his advantage too!! The pictures are so bad because they had the stage so dark and he was too far away for a flash. I was a little disappointed but that's ok.

He sang 5 songs which was nice that they kept it short. I think his favorite song was Mr. Golden Sun. Oh sorry that the video is sideways I don't know how to flip it. I hope you enjoy the little video i wish I could show you all more .

Baby Kloee Belle!!

2009-04-27T23:39:00.000-07:00

My little sister had her baby last week so I took the boys and went for a quick overnight trip to be there for her!! We left Wednesday afternoon so the boys slept on the way up (nice right?). We thought for sure she would have had the baby or was close when we got there but she didn't end up having her until like 1:30 am. Poor girl, my sister was a trooper that's a long time to be in labor!! It was nice although we didn't get to see her very much!! The boys just love Kloee and still ask when we're going to go see Tessa's new baby again. It was a fun trip and I'm glad I was able to go!! Here are some cute pictures of the boys proudly holding thier new cousin!!!!CHEESERS!

Spiderman mask

2009-04-16T13:50:00.000-07:00

It was so funny!! This morning I was watching Mikah and Zakry play and Zakry did this so I made him do it again on camera it isn't as good but just as cute!!

Easter

2009-04-16T12:51:00.000-07:00

Easter this year was fun even though it was raining. We started out the day before, Auntie Trishy came over to help me and the boys dye some Easter eggs. We were able to hold their attention for prolly half an hour before they were bored and wanted to play video games. We made 20 eggs between the five of us and 5 eggs were broken in the proses. We had a lot of fun. Zakry's hands were dyed blue, his color of choice!

The next day we got the boys ready with their Easter clothes on an got busy doing other things. They decided it would be fun to go play in the garage. . .by the time we noticed (which wasn't very long) they had dirt all over their new dark blue church pants. Thank goodness it wasn't mud. We just brushed them off and thank goodness it wasn't as noticeable. After church we went over to Grandma and Grandpa Burch's house and Robs grandparents came from Prosser. The boys got a big Easter basket full of stuff and then we ate hamburgers and hotdogs. I of coarse made deviled eggs and potato salad. After lunch the boys looked for eggs and we rested a bit before going over to my grandpas for the next Easter egg hunt and for dinner. we got there in just enough time to hide the eggs. WOW is all I have to say, we got so much candy!! We had our annual scavenger hunt girls VS boys and the girls won. Jakob and Mikah loved the Easter eggs hunt the rain let up just enough to have it outside this time but Zakry was so tired we couldn't wake him up for anything!!! My mom got him a few eggs. All in all a very fun day.

My Birthday Present

2009-03-30T00:30:00.000-07:00

I got a twisted pussy willow tree for my birthday which I LOVE LOVE LOVE. . .did i mention that i love it? Anyway I just got to get it in the ground about a week ago. I'm so excited it looks so good!! Anyway here's a couple of pictures of it.

Zakry

2009-03-30T00:12:00.001-07:00

5 Things I love about Zakry

1. I love Zakry's cheeks.
They are kinda chubby but oh so kissable!!

2. I love Zakry's sense of humor.
He can always make me or anyone around him laugh.

3. I love that Zakry potty trained himself.
I hate potty training to he'd prolly still be in diapers.

4. I love that Zakry will always tell me he loves me.
It's enough to just melt my heart.

5. I love that Zakry still lets me call him my baby.
He likes to act like it sometimes too:)

Zakry's Birthday

2009-03-29T23:16:00.001-07:00

Since Zakry and Mikah's birthdays are only two days apart we usually have their birthday parties at the same time. I'm sure it won't always be this way but for now it seems to work out just fine. Zakry's birthday was on a Sunday so we didn't really do anything out of our regular Sunday routine. . .we did have Robbie's parents and siblings over that evening for a little party for the boys. Zakry loved all of his gifts, but he especially loves the Diego presents. He is totally into Diego actually he thinks he is Diego so he would get especially excited if what he saw was Diego clothes, movies, toys, it doesn't matter. I made him a small personal sized cake with a big Diego candle on top. It turned out really cute. . .and he thought it was awesome. I still can't believe it's been three years. I still treat him like he's my baby (although I should prolly stop!!) i just can't help myself he's just still so small. He weighs 23 Lbs and just tiny. He's adorable. I think all in all he was happy with his birthday. Mikah and Zakry really do love each other a lot and are truly excited to be able to share their birthdays together. They really are good boys if not very curious and a bit rowdy. . .but then they wouldn't be boys would they?

Mikah

2009-03-24T14:17:00.001-07:00

Five things I LOVE about Mikah.
1. I love that he is my cuddle bug.
He will snuggle up with me and watch HGTV. Now that's love:)

2. I love that Mikah is so self less.
He will give his brothers anything to make them happy.

3. I love that Mikah has green eyes.
I love green eyes.

4. I love that Mikah is all boy.
He eats, breaths, and sleeps, boy: )

5. I love Mikah's imagination.
It's so fun to watch and listen to him when he plays make believe.

Mikah's Birthday

2009-03-24T13:03:00.000-07:00

Mikah's birthday was on Saturday and I decided we would do nothing except what he wanted to do so i left the laundry (YIKES) and the dishes and the toys and we watched movies, played the Wii and went out to lunch. We had so much fun!! After lunch we played outside on bikes and scooters. It was a really fun day and I was glad that I decided to leave the everyday stuff and just have fun. Mikah had two birthday parties one with my family and one with Rob's so he felt pretty special. Pin the tail on the donkey was fun even if Jakob cheated to get the tail just right :). Opening presents is always his favorite part. He got so excited when he opened his spiderman scooter, helmet, and knee pads. It was so funny, he started running around the room and ended up crashing into Jakob. They fell on the floor and Mikah was so excited he started punching Jakob over and over again. Those of you who don't know Mikah that well need to know that Mikah is very physical he hits when he's happy and he hits when he's mad. He just hits (not hard) when hes excited and when he's mad well lets just say it isn't soft. Anyway it was funny everyone was laughing. . .I was laughing too and that's why i didn't get a picture of that! I made him a little personal sized cake with green sprinkles (his Favorite). Mikah also got a cape and a book about how to be a super hero. Now he thinks he is a super hero he calls himself captain Mikah. . .he's so dang cute. He makes me laugh all the time. He wears the cape night and day. Here is a picture of him when he got the cape, and another picture a couple days later. Do super heros really not wear any pants?(he thinks they don't) : 0
and that is my Mikah.

Internet that works and a camera in hand!

2009-03-21T23:41:00.000-07:00

So we have had the worst trouble with our internet and we finally got it all figured out it's not only faster but it doesnt kick me off every ten minutes!! I'm so excited!!! Then there was the whole whole camera mess. My camera was broken for a long time and I fianlly got it sent in but didn't remember all the paperwork I was supposed to send with it. To make a long story short almost three months after sending it in I have it back in hand and good as new!!! Get ready to be updated!!!

Found my camera!!

2009-01-26T21:38:00.000-08:00

My lovely adorable boys might have done something to my nice new camera that I got for my birthday so i was looking for my old camera and found it hidden in a drawer that I know I didn't put it in. When I asked them where it was it was all "I don't know" and" I didn't do it!!" After reviewing all the evidence the case is closed and I know that ALL three of them had a hand in it. Here is some of the evidence. . . Clue #1 Clue #2 Clue #3
Some of my favorite pictures that came from the "photo Shoot"

You just never know what youre gunna find:) They're always making me laugh (even if they've gotten into trouble).

Halloween in January

2009-01-26T19:39:00.000-08:00

So some people have been bugging me to see the boys in their halloween costumes so here they are. I always try to out due the last year costumes. I deffinently did this time but I don't know if they quit stand up to the three amigos. . . i would have to say BEST COSTUMES EVER!!

Let me tell you getting three little boys to pose for the camera is not easy. At least not my three little ones. I have a bunch of shots that I'll put up. Each one shows their different personalities!!

We went to see Rob at work and everyone there loved the costumes

It Was fun. Soory about my random posts. . .I know that old news isn't as exciteing. I"ll really try to do better about posting.:)

Christmas!

2008-12-30T00:34:00.000-08:00

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

2008-12-15T14:19:00.000-08:00

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!

2008-11-03T09:55:00.000-08:00

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?

2008-10-27T22:42:00.000-07:00

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!!

2008-10-21T16:24:00.000-07:00

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!!

2008-10-17T12:08:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-08-23T22:44:00.000-07:00

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.

Bunk Beds!

2008-08-23T21:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been so long since the last post!! So Jakob had been begging us for a bunkbed forever maybe a year or so and a couple months ago we broke down and did it and he and Mikah LOVE it I took some photos of the first night they slept on it and have been meaning to post them but kept forgetting anyway. . .here it is. It's not my favorite type of wood but it hides the scratches pretty well so thats a plus!!

It was hard taking pics of the top bunk and well the bears are always in the way. . . can't sleep without them!

Memories

2008-07-24T14:33:00.000-07:00

Here is a fun little game (thanks to Sara)... leave a comment on my blog of a memory you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time. It can be funny, embarrassing, whatever. Anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Of Course the Fourth!!!

2008-07-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

The fourth of July started out great Rob had to work that day so I got to go shopping even though I had to take the kids my mother -in-law came so it wasn't bad at all. I didn't get very much fun stuff some new sheets for our bed (because Jakob decided to have a nose bleed all over our other ones) new pillows and a couple shirts. The funnest part about shopping was watching the boys get their picture taken at the sketch booth in the middle of the mall. It was hilarious! First of all they were all too short and had to stand on the bench for the camera to see them and second they were all competing for the most camera space they all wanted to be in the front! The end result was funny and just like them! Mikah had a poutey face Zakry had a huge smile but wasn't looking at the camera and Jakob was mostly out of the picture you can see my hand trying to get them all in the right place. . . .like it worked though.

After shopping we went to McDonalds to play in the playplace with Aunt Trisha and Uncle Carson. The boys always think that's fun. We went home after that for naps and to wait for daddy to get home. There were family issues this year so we weren't able to have a BBQ so we got Aunt Tara and went out for BBQ at the new Famous Daves place. It was good! Then it was off to the fireworks show!! Aunt Tara bought all the kids glow sticks so they had fun throwing them and running after them I bought matching 4th clothes for all the boys and was disappointed after the fact that I never got a picture of them all together in them. Sad day right? Anyway the fireworks were fun.

Jakob had fun despite the look on his face in this picture and we very rarely get pictures with all of us in it!!

I thought this was cute Mikah is hiding and Jakob has finally decided it was ok to watch now.

After the show we went back to Aunt Tara's house for sparklers and Goodies. Shmoores as Jakob would call it and yummy cupcakes!!!

It was a very long day and an even later night but we had a blast!!

In memory of Rachel Buch

2008-07-13T14:03:00.000-07:00

Grandma passed away in her sleep monday July 7th. We loved her so much. It was such a blessing for us that she was able to spend her last few months in Howard and Janelle's (my father and mother-in-law's) home. We would not have seen her and gotten to know her nearly as well and for that I feel we are truely blessed. Our boys had fun riding on her wheel chair and walker. She thought the world of her grandchildren, and one of her greatest joys was watching her great grandchidren run around. . .literally. She used to tease them and occsionally they would get her to play basketball with them. Some of my fondest memories of her were takeing her to the Olive Garden with the girls (Tara and Trisha), and talking to her about her life over dinner. Although her passing has brought sorrow it has also brought joy to those of us who know that we will see her again and that she has been reunited with her husband and son. We love you Grandma and will always remember your excited and danceing eyes.

Happy Birthday Jakob!!

2008-06-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

Jakob's birthday was on the 16th and he had the best party. I think all the kids had a blast! I asked him a couple of weeks before his birthday what kind of party he wanted he said that he wanted to have a water party. At first I thought oh bummer I kinda wanted to have it at our new house, but we don't have a yard yet so a water party at our house just wouldn't be a good idea. So Jakob called his grandpa, Grandpa Grumpy, and asked if he could have it there. Anyway here are some of the pictures from the party.

We got a big blow up water slide for the kids to use. It was everyone's favorite and boy was it BIG!!

The kids loved squirting each other with the water guns hooked on the side of it especially Zakry I got some video of him trying to use it. It was so big for him but he managed. Sorry I didn't know how to flip the movie

It was over 90 degrees outside but when it came time to open presents Jakob was shivering it was so cute!!
Blow the candles out!!

And after everyone left Jakob decided to show us. . . . .

Yes!, his birthday suit. First we saw his swimsuit come flying out and then he started streaking up the slide.....crazy boy!!

Summer Sun

2008-06-25T23:10:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been so long life just gets so......well....LIFE, need i say more? A few weeks back Rob and I took the boys to his annual work party down at the park where there is food and games for a small fee. Anyway we had a blast, and the kids loved it too. Actually watching them was the funnest part.

First we ate... Jakob and Mikah had chicken cut up into nice manageable pieces but Zakry wasn't going to have any of that. He wanted a hamburger and at first i tried to help but then he grabbed it from me, said "my do it" and ate most of it...and it was a big burger!

The food was pretty good.

After we ate we went to the huge blow up slide it was so cute watching Mikah go down he would go up and sit down then inch closer and closer to the side so that he could go down. It took him a little while to build up the courage, but he was determined to go down.

After the slide we went to the bouncy house of coarse they loved that one.....don't all kids?

Bouncing made us tired so we went fishing and played other games for prizes like tattoos, gotta love that huh? anyway the fishing was fun.

Did I mention the fishing was for ducks? Time for treats!!! Zakry had never had a slushy so he was trying to lick it. It was so cute!

Of coarse we couldn't pass up the cotton candy, but boy was it sticky!! Everyone ended up with very messy faces!!

It was a good day.

Matchy Matchy!

2008-06-06T23:50:00.000-07:00

I Love this picture of them! They were haveing so much fun!

Okay I know I'm a spaz but sometimes I can't help but put all the boys in the same outfit. It's just so cute and I know I wont be able to do it for long especially because I was blessed wit three boys... so by golly I'll do it while I can!! I was shopping on memorial day at the mall with my mother-in-law and two sister-in-laws Tara and Trisha and low and behold I found a great deal going on at "The childrens Place" I just couldn't pass up these outfits. It took a few days for the weather to warm up enouph to have them wear them but the first day they could I dressed them up and took them to the park for a picnic and to play (really it was just for a photo shoot but why tell them that!!) Anyway I got some really great pictures of them.

Here's some of them eating...Wahwinches. MMM... Eating on the run!

Now time for the cute pictures!

Jakob is such a cheeser and Mikah NEVER smiles for the camera so i was so happy to get one of him smileing!

Well thanks again for boarding the Burch bus....always quite the ride huh?

Memorial Day

2008-05-28T22:08:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been so long between blogs, but with the move and everything, life's been crazy!! Monday was memorial Day and my family and I got together for a BBQ. It was supposed to be a fun evening at the park but not to our surprise it rained. It always rains at stevens family outings. It wasn't just sprinkle either, but all out thunderstorm. Luckily the park was full (yes I said luckily), because it was so full we took a huge pavilion up out of the way from all the people where we could let the kids roam at free will and not worry about one getting kidnapped or something horrible like that. So anyway luckily it was full so we went to the pavilion where we had plenty of protection. We still had fun even though it was raining. None of us were really very prepared for the sudden thunderstorm so we did our best to bundle the kids up. I wish now that I would have gotten a picture of Jakob's outfit it was awesome!! But I didn't take my camera because I couldn't find it yet after the move. I remembered about my phone camera on the way home so I got pictures of the Mikah and Zakry. Zeeky got to wear Angela's furry purple coat,

and Mikah got to wear a baby blanket tied around his neck like superman so he was pretty cool.
Doesn't the look on his face say it all? "Mom I'm cold and wet and tired and now you want to take pictures of me? Give me a break!!!"

I have to say that one of my favorite parts of this whole adventure was on the way home we got to see a double rainbow which is something that I haven't seen in a long long time. It was so beautiful you could hardly look away just in case you never got to see anything like it again. The pictures don't do it justice, you know, they never do.

It was so bright outside Rob couldn't see the road so he had to barrow my sunglasses. He looked so cute in them!!!

House Update!!

2008-05-12T20:47:00.000-07:00

It's almost ready in fact it is ready we went through our final walkthrough today and I am so excited to move in!! Hopefully it will happen this weekend. Fingers crossed there are some issues with the carpet and how long it will last. We had Howard come and inspect it for us and well it's a factory defect or something because the backing on the carpet is too brittle and it will eventually separate within the next couple years so if we get that cleared up we're good as gold!! Here are the latest pics. I LOVE IT!!!

This is our new address 5501 Kirkwood Lane West Richland Wa

Here is our house after they painted it is a dark gray color called iron horse we really think it looks sharp and pretty soon we'll put up black shutters and it will look so good!

This is our new kitchen cabinet and all!! I can't wait to paint it will make the room feel so much warmer. Cameron and Jaime live here now so they were excited to see our new house.

Zakry thinks he's such a big boy he wanted to go to the bathroom he's trying to convince us that it's absolutely necessary. This is our downstairs powder room and boy do I have plans for it!! Pink plans!!

This is our family room and the picture kinda washes it out a little the carpet is actually a light brown color any way that's most of the downstairs at least. The upstairs tour will have to be another time.

Tagged

2008-05-08T21:53:00.000-07:00

So, this is how it goes:A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.B. Each player answers the questions about themselves.C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

5 THINGS I WAS DOING 10 YEARS AGO:
1. Hating high school but loving dating
2. getting my drivers license
3. rock climbing addict
4. hiking the grande canyon

5 THINGS ON MY TO-DO LIST TODAY:
1. pack, pack, and pack some more
2. go cleaning(I clean an eye doctors office 3 nights a week)
3. Go to T ball practice
4. Grocery shoping
5. make banana bread

5 SNACKS I ENJOY:
1. triscut crackers with cheese
2. yogurt
3. Cookies
4. chocolate
5. pickles

5 THINGS I WOULD DO IF I WERE A BILLIONAIRE:
1. Take a long vacation and bring along a babysitter
2. Pay off our debt
3. Have an awsome wardrob
4. build my dream house.....es!!!
5. make my money work so we don't have to, you know retire!

5 OF MY BAD HABITS:
1. Taking really long showers so there isn't enough hot water for rob
2. leaving my curling iron out on the counter
3. helping my children instead of letting them figure something out or do something on their own
4. pop my knuckles
5. standing while I eat

5 THINGS I WILL NEVER WEAR AGAIN:
1. prolly my wedding dress. sad huh?
2. thong underwear I used to wear them in high school back when I was well....kinda crazy.!!!
3. purple clothing that color is of the devil!
4. my hot bubble gum pink polyester shiney pants I loved those things and man did they look good on me!!!:)
5. prolly my maternity clothes

5 PLACES I HAVE LIVED:
1. philidelphia PA
2. Columbia MO
3. Richland WA
4. Klamath Falls OR
5. My parents Basement

5 JOBS I'VE HAD:
1. Child care services at CBRC
2. Store stocker ( yes I used to be a stocker but i have mended my ways and now I'm at least half way normal)
3. Cleaner
4. Cosmetologist
5. The most importent job Mother

5 THINGS PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME:
1. I color code my closet
2. I am collecting every issue of Martha Stewart magazine that has ever been made.
3. I can't stand how air from the air conditioner in the car or any kind of breeze for that matter feels on my skin especially the back of my arms
4. it is almost impossable for me to get out of bed before 8:00
5. I am extremly forgetful now i wasn't always but well now I am.

I tag Shanell, Kyra, Leslie, sorry that all the people I know that have a blog.

The House

2008-04-22T23:43:00.000-07:00

I don't know if everyone knows this but we are building a new house and I can not describe how excited I am to move into my very own first house!! There is so much to do like pack and wait and wait oh and did I mention WAIT!!!I can't hardly stand it. Everything seems like it's takeing forever to get done, but I'm not anxious or anything! So I prolly drive by the house once or twice daily.....yes I said daily but it's all for picture purposes I swear! I can't miss out on a good photo opportunity. The house is built the walls are up and textured and well it actually is starting to really feel like a house!

This is a picture looking from our family room into the kitchen. See what I mean? A house right? Anyway I've got paint colors all picked out and can be found often strolling the "houseing" isles at the store looking for good deals on stuff for my house.

Also it was Janelle's birthday this weekend and the boys were so excited to help her celebrate!!We started off with a good ol mexican feast, we had tacos and a yummy new salad that Janelle learned how to make from a girl at her work and some of that nastey green stuff that I make but don't eat...you know what I'm talking about. So then it came time to open up the presents and Jakob ,Mikah, and Zakry couldn't hardly even stand it! Jakob and Mikah both got grandma cards but Mikah was the hit(he didn't even know it) It had a duck on it and in the middle it said something about a buttquack anyway....she got lots of nice things but I have to say I was so excited for her to open up our present to her. I found it a while ago in an antique shop and I've been holding on to it for her...needless to say I think she liked it.

Of coarse we had to blow out some candles and have cake! The boys helped with that too!

I think that overall everyone enjoyed themselves and had a fun time! Great Grandma Burch loved to watch the boys run around and Carson well he found his own way to amuse himself during the festivities! He would take pictures of his mouth going all crazy. It is pretty funny and watching him do it was entertaining as well!

Anyway until next post thanks for boarding the burch bus.

Oh the joys of motherhood!!

2008-04-11T09:45:00.000-07:00

I guess I'm reaching that stage in life you know the "Carting your kid off to practice" stage. The "annoying mother on the sidelines" stage. The "mom i know!" stage. Ya well I guess that's where I am. Jakob just started T-ball for the first time this last week and seems to be one of the most promising kids on the team if I must say so myself! Hey I'm his mom I have bragging rights!!! Just because when we yell run to second from the sidelines and he decides to run towards the ball doesn't mean anything!!! But for real though he has a good arm and can bat so that's gotta count for something! Anyway it's been fun so far watching all the kids play they make me laugh. Well enough of the chit chat already let's see some pictures right?

Here's our little excuse me big slugger up to bat the helmet was so big we had him put his sweatshirt hood up so he wouldn't look so much like chicken little! Hey look mom I made it "CHEESE!"

I Love this picture of Jakob you can see how excited he is as he's running it just brings a huge grin to my face. I mean really can you honestly look at this picture and not smile!

I honestly believe that motherhood is a joy and i could never feel as loved, appriciated okay what world am I in appreciated? Anyway where was I loved, needed, and fullfilled in any other job as I do as a mother.

oh and sorry if this post seems a little rough around the edges it's my first. I'll get better!!