Christmas Morning!

There is nothing more wonderful than Christmas morning with kids I decided! I get so excited the night before setting things up and finishing up wrapping. Then my favorite part is when they wake up and can't wait to go in. Jaxon woke up at 5am and then proceeded to wake up Jake and we postponed them till the grandparents and Jace got there. They were so excited when they walked in and saw the train table. That was all they could think about and we really didn't open up anything else until after breakfast with the cousins. Breakfast was great, thanks for appeasing me and letting us have scones! Jax got his prized bow and arrow he has been asking for since September and Jake was happy with his trains and cars.

These are the towels the boys got from G-ma and G-pa Burgess, a cowboy and pirate!

Bozo the clown was a hit and the boxing gloves I am sure will come in handy when they need to release some tension!

The beloved train set the sits in the same place as Christmas morning because they refuse to have it anywhere else, I suppose its okay for me. It really is awesome, Jeff and I took 2 hrs. on that baby, we aren't real talented when it comes to putting it all together...

Post Christmas morning damage, I love this kind of a mess with kids happily entertained for hours on end with new things while I get to catch up on sleep.

We stayed home the rest of that day because Jeff wasn't feeling too hot, mostly due to 3 hours of sleep and lots of excitement. I am so thankful for what we have been given, I know the Lord has blessed us much more than we deserve. Happy Christmas!

Christmas Eve

We had our first annual Burgess Christmas Eve party. It was a riot. We were lucky to have Mari's parents and brother with us to add to the fun and we definitely needed the good voices that they have. We had a great dinner thanks, Bev for all your hard work! It tasted great! Then we had our nativity seen, you should have seen us trying to get those kids into it. The only ones who cooperated were the girls, Jadyn was Mary and Lilly was baby Jesus and Lauren was the angel. The boys were shepherds and Joseph.

Jake couldn't be a shepherd without something to take care of so the bear was our enticement,

Jaxon was a shepherd with a little Chinese umbrella and in pink, he wouldn't stand to have anything but!

Here are our three kings, too funny! They even did a solo! Notice the donkey that Connor(Joseph rode instead of Mary) :)


And this is how Jadyn was the whole time, the perfect Mary!

It was so fun! Mari and here mom sang after our theatrical review and they are amazing, if only I had that kind of talent, good thing we are sisters so I can at least here it often! The kids opened their pajamas like usual and the party was ready for the kids to be asleep so Santa could come!

First trip to the NFR

We had a great trip to Vegas to watch the NFR! Never been much of a rodeo fan before, I just went and liked being there with the people but I loved the NFR. I don't know if I can stand to watch any other kind! Jayme, Logan, Jeff and I took a quick two day trip to Vegas. The guys went deluxe on us and we stayed at the Bellagio which was fantastic. It was great to stay on the strip and just walk around and play and never have to get in a car. The first night we went the the Phantom of the Opera and it was so much fun. I had never been to a play like that! We were on the sixth row, front and center! Good tickets Jayme! The NFR was the next night and I wish I would have bought some cowboy boots because I was the ONLY one! I recommend going to this to everyone! It was a fun trip overall. Thanks to Kristina and the grandparents for watching the kids. We love you. Jayme and Logan there couldn't be better vacation partners, you guys are great!

The two cutest gals at the rodeo!

These were the Christmas decorations at the Bellagio, made entirely of pecans! No joke!

US!

Christmas in O-town

We were so excited to go up the Ogden right after Christmas and we had a blast, they always keep us busy when we are up there. After we got up there we exchanged gifts which was fun! We were a bummed though that Mitch and Cami couldn't be there, we missed you guys! The kids loved the bowling game Uncle Nate gave them as well as the dinosaur slide show from the grandparents as you can see...

We went sledding the next day which was fun for the kids. We went to El Monte Golf Course and boy was a glad when we moved over to the smaller hill. It was so steep and icy too. Brought back bad broken collar bone memories from sledding in college! The kids loved it, though Jax was more into snowshoeing like dad. Jake wasn't much for the sled he just went face first on his belly and said WEEEE the whole was down.



We took Jaxon skiing at Wolf Mountain which wasn't the plan at first but it turned out to be absolutely perfect. What else worked perfect was renting our skiis the day before at Alpine(my new favorite ski store). Jaxon was a little beastly to say the least and wanted to prove to us all he could do it himself. After a few falls he was a little more willing for some help. They have a perfect kids hill and a "magic sidewalk" as we were informed from a friend Jaxon made. We even took him on the big hill and I held him while we both snowplowed. He learned to snowplow, which is making a pizza, and to go fast which looks like two french fries! He even turned a little bit at the end. Jake went down with Grandpa a few times. My dad, Jeff and I went skiiing at Snowbasin the next day and it was a perfect day! I forget how much I love to ski. Thanks dad for a great ski trip! It was so fun to see my family, I love them so much! Oh yeah, and thanks Mitch and Cami for Christmas, we missed seeing you Cami!

Bowling! Go for a strike!

Christmas in O-town

We were so excited to go up the Ogden right after Christmas and we had a blast, they always keep us busy when we are up there. After we got up there we exchanged gifts which was fun! We were a bummed though that Mitch and Cami couldn't be there, we missed you guys! The kids loved the bowling game Uncle Nate gave them as well as the dinosaur slide show from the grandparents as you can see...

We went sledding the next day which was fun for the kids. We went to El Monte Golf Course and boy was a glad when we moved over to the smaller hill. It was so steep and icy too. Brought back bad broken collar bone memories from sledding in college! The kids loved it, though Jax was more into snowshoeing like dad. Jake wasn't much for the sled he just went face first on his belly and said WEEEE the whole was down.



We took Jaxon skiing at Wolf Mountain which wasn't the plan at first but it turned out to be absolutely perfect. What else worked perfect was renting our skiis the day before at Alpine(my new favorite ski store). Jaxon was a little beastly to say the least and wanted to prove to us all he could do it himself. After a few falls he was a little more willing for some help. They have a perfect kids hill and a "magic sidewalk" as we were informed from a friend Jaxon made. We even took him on the big hill and I held him while we both snowplowed. He learned to snowplow, which is making a pizza, and to go fast which looks like two french fries! He even turned a little bit at the end. Jake went down with Grandpa a few times. My dad, Jeff and I went skiiing at Snowbasin the next day and it was a perfect day! I forget how much I love to ski. Thanks dad for a great ski trip! It was so fun to see my family, I love them so much! Oh yeah, and thanks Mitch and Cami for Christmas, we missed seeing you Cami!

Bowling! Go for a strike!

First trip to the NFR

We had a great trip to Vegas to watch the NFR! Never been much of a rodeo fan before, I just went and liked being there with the people but I loved the NFR. I don't know if I can stand to watch any other kind! Jayme, Logan, Jeff and I took a quick two day trip to Vegas. The guys went deluxe on us and we stayed at the Bellagio which was fantastic. It was great to stay on the strip and just walk around and play and never have to get in a car. The first night we went the the Phantom of the Opera and it was so much fun. I had never been to a play like that! We were on the sixth row, front and center! Good tickets Jayme! The NFR was the next night and I wish I would have bought some cowboy boots because I was the ONLY one! I recommend going to this to everyone! It was a fun trip overall. Thanks to Kristina and the grandparents for watching the kids. We love you. Jayme and Logan there couldn't be better vacation partners, you guys are great!

The two cutest gals at the rodeo!

These were the Christmas decorations at the Bellagio, made entirely of pecans! No joke!

US!

Arizona Pictures

McCormick R&R ParkThe next generation of Firemen and Women

Phoenix Zoo, Jake loved the giraffes and birds

Mesa Temple

Turtles at the Zoo

Arizona Air

Don't you love this! This is the trail if you couldn't already see that for yourself Montezuma's Castle

The kids favorite part, don't you love Jake's goggles!

Our day hike, isn't it beautiful

Navajo Bridge

We decided to take a little trip to Arizona to enjoy the nice warm air. And it was a great trip. We left on a Thursday and drove to Sedona. Unfortunatley we drove through SEdona in the dark. But the next morning we took the boys on a little hike to this mountain and it was beautiful. It was like having fall twice in one year. We then met up with Jayme and Logan at a national monument called Montezuma's castle. It was pretty interesting to see. We continued on to Scottsdale when we were staying and the first thing Jaxon wanted to do was swim. It was so nice to bein the warm air. The next day we took a trip to the Pheomix Zoo and it was fun for the kids to see the animals, but in my opinion not as good as the Hogle Zoo. After the zoo surprisingly all the kids except Jake stayed awake to go to theHall of Flame Fire Fighting Museum. I stayed in the car with Jake while everyone else went in. He finally woke up and we went in to see loads of fire trucks. Logan is a volunteer fireman so it was neat for him. The kids played on the fire trucks and pretended to be firemen. We came back and swam for a little. The next day we drove to Mesa to see Kade and Maddie and they were so great to let us all invade. We were lucky to be able to have a playground right by their house, so we played and talked while the guys went golfing. My old roomate Rachel lives in Mesa and she came over and it was so so good to talk to her, love you Rach! We then drove back to Scottsdale and went to the McCormick R&R park. The kids rode on a train and we ate ice cream, it was a huge park. That night we went to this ghetto Fiesta Fun place and all the kids could do was bumper boats which was funny. This one little kid kept trying to push everyone into the waterfall and it ended up that he got soaked. Too funny! On Sunday we went to church and were obviously the loudest but it was so nice to be there, I love being a member of the church! We then got back and were headed to the Goldfield Ghost Town when we couldn't fin d the keys anywhere! We searched everywhere it was pretty tramatic considering it was Sunday no one would be open till at least 9 on Monday and we had planned to leave at 8am or so. So we all piled in Jayme's car and saw the ghost town, which was interesting except for the fact that everything cost money. We headed back and Jayme and Logan left to drive parway home. So we put a movie on that night for the kids and Jeff patted down the entire beds. The kids fell too sleep and I got up and then flopped back down only to here this slight klinck. Did you hear that I said, I turn on the light and look behind the bed and there are the keys, An answer to my prayer literally. We packed up the next morning and came home. It was a great trip overalll and the kids were so good in the car!Goodbye Arizona!

November came and went and where were we?

For all of our friends that check our blog you probably stopped since we've posted nothing since Halloween. I can't believe November is over and I didn't even get time to blink. We have been busy. Basketball season in now underway and we are there at least twice a week cheering on CHS and Coach "Daddy". The boys love it and since I am no basketball player I am learning to love it more every year. It does help not being pregnant or having a baby like the past few years! We went to Arizona the week before Turkey day and it was so much fun, I'll will get pics soon. No promises though. I have been all about christmas and trying to get it all done early which I am succesfull with minus anything for Jeff. We love hearing what everyone is up to. By the way, some of you, not mentioning names (j/k) have gone private and we are missing everything about you so invite us if you want to our email address is lina77_7@yahoo.com. We would love to see what you are doing.