The Burnside's

Monday, February 22, 2010

Joshy is 6

From 2010-02-22 Joshys 6th bday

I can't believe how time has flown by. You are such a big boy now who loves to run, ride, and just play. You can always be found outside making new friends and having a great time. You have an infectious smile that makes others want to be near you. You light up a room and find joy in everything you do. I am constantly amazed by you and the happiness that you find so easily in life. You make me want to be a better mom and a better person. We love you so much and thank our Heavenly Father for the gift of you in our lives.
You could not wait for your birthday to get here. When I told you it was getting close you told me, "I can't wait to see how big I am when I am 6." That is what I love about you. You are the best Joshy. Never stop smiling and never stop being such a great friend to your brothers and to the kids you meet. You make my heart happy and I love you.
Getting ready to launch his airplane he got for his birhtdya

From 2010-02-22 Joshys 6th bday

Look how much you have grown?

From New Boys

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Eric's Birthday

Okay so I know this is like 2 months late but it is better late than never. Life has been a little crazy around here. I have had strep not once but twice in January. If any of you have had strep you know how it just completely knocks you flat. Andrew also has had it twice. It is been a month of sickness in our home. The other 3 have been healthy thankfully. Eric kept threatening to leave for a short time so that he would not get sick, but he hung in there with us and was a big help.
Eric's birthday falls on New Year's Eve so this year I decided to throw him a little birthday party. Once again we ended up singing the night away. It was so much fun. It was a fun night spent with great friends who also happen to be family. I love that I can call my brothers and sisters my friends. They are the best and I am so thankful that we live close and that they came. my mom and dad also stayed a few extra days so that they could be here for the party.
Cheri and I getting ready to battle it out. Of course Cheri beat me because she has some serious singing skills and I have none!

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You never know what to expect when these two are together except a good time

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John is trying to sing a ballad I think!

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Look at the concentration on our faces.

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Mom and Dad getting into the groove

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Christmas Morning

Christmas morning dawned bright and early. Andrew was up at 5:30. He was so excited this year because he was hoping for an Ipod touch. We told him we were not getting up before 6. But sure enough at 5:30 he was up in our room. Well Eric and I were awake so the 3 of us laid in bed until about 5:50 and then we let Andrew go wake up the other boys. It was so fun to see the look on the boys faces as they raced downstairs to see all the loot. This is what Christmas is all about! Of course we were finished by 6:30 so it was a long morning but so worth it to see the boys open their presents get all wide eyed and excited. I love Christmas!
You could never tell how early it is to see how excited Andrew is!

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Tradition is the boys always get a nerf gun

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I don't know where to start

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Watch out Daddy1 I am going to get you!

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Happiness!

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All the "kids" got nerf guns from Grammie and Poppa. It was nerf mania at our house on Christmas. We must have had over 20 nerf guns laying around. Just imagine what it was like with the big boys and little ones running around.

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Eric's face says it all

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Christmas Eve

Christmas has come and gone but we had a great time. Christmas Eve was spent at my brothers house. We had so much fun singing! Now if you know us, we cannot carry a tune but we sure did try. We battled it out and had a blast doing it. We all got into it, even my mom and dad. We made some fun memories. Thanks John and Courtney for the fun night!
Poppa was rockin out! Notice the gloves. We had to give him a hard time about them.

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I love this picture of Chase and Andrew.

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John is all that right?

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Grammie with some of her babies.

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Jingle Jam

The boys had their annual Jingle Jam at school. I tried to be in 3 places at one time and it did not work ( I don't know why). Lucky for me they performed again this morning for each other so I was able to go and catch Joshy's singing. We also dressed them up in there handsome Christmas outfits and made them pose for some pictures. Aren't they the cutest or should I say the most handsome boys around? I know I am biased but I am their mom so I have that right.As promised I have also included a picture of the our house all lit up. Eric still thinks we do not have enough lights. I still think it looks good.

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What is the name of Santa's dog?? Santa Paws!! Ha ha

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Santa Came to visit at Alex's preschool. He was so excited

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"I'm getttin nuttin for Christmas"

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"Clap, Clap, Clap, we are Santa's helpers"

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Its beginning To look a lot like...

Christmas!!! It is our favorite time of year. We love decorating the tree and putting up our lights and everything. Eric started early this year getting the lights up outside. We learned that you put the lights up before it gets cold. We won't turn them on until after Thanksgiving but we had them up well before. He loves to decorate everywhere. Every year he wants more and more lights and decorations for outside and every year there is not enough according to him. He did a great job and I think it looks great. I will have to try and get a picture of it to post.
We also got a real tree this year. I grew up with real trees and Eric grew up with fake. So I always teased him that he never had a "real" Christmas. Of course once we got married and I took over the money we got a fake tree. But I have not liked our tree for years and so Eric said we could get a real tree this year. I looked at prices and was like no way we will just put up our fake one. But Eric talked me into it and I love it. I love the smell of the tree and the fullness of it and everything about it.
This year I gave up trying to make my tree look perfect(it never does) and just let the boys decorate it how they wanted. They loved it and had fun with it and so enjoyed it. That is what it is all about anyways. After looking at some of these pictures I see how big Andrew is getting. He is throwing peace signs and saying "sweet". Oh to be 9 and so cool. he also would not sit on Santa's lap this year. When we asked him why he said, "Didn't you hear the Bishop's story?" He said that he left Santa a note on Christmas Eve and he hadn't told anyone what he wanted for Christmas and he got it. So that is what he is sticking to.

From 2009-12-14 thanksgiving 09

Thanksgiving

We headed out to California for the first part of our vacation. We enjoyed a few days with Grammie and Poppa. The boys rode bikes, played with the puppies and we just had an all around good time with Grammie and Poppa. We shared a Thanksgiving feast with them on Sunday and my Uncle Mike and Aunt Tammie came over. It was a great time. We love spending time with them.
On Tuesday we headed out to Eric's sisters house in Arizona. The boys love playing with their cousins. Only in Arizona can you go swimming everyday in November. Of course the pool was 60 degrees but that did not stop the boys. As long as the hot tub was on for the boys to warm up in they would jump in the pool and quickly swim across and then get in the hot tub. They had so much fun. Of course us adults were much smarter and only entered the hot tub late at night after all the children were sleeping so there was no splashing or jumping going on. We had a great time hanging out and shopping and spending money. We always love spending time with Pam and Scott and miss them when we leave.
We truly missed Eric's parents this year. They are in China teaching English so they were not with us. We talked to them on Skype every night but it was not the same as seeing them and having them there. Eric especially missed his mom's pies. Marie Calendars pies were good but nothing beats his mom's homemade pies.