39 years old!!

Oh my goodness, I'm almost 40 years old. Where did all the years go. Things are good, I feel the best that I've felt in a long time. Going to the gym has really helped. Shauna made a cake, which I am holding, I told her not to worry about any candles.

More pictures from State Tourny!

Savannah and Charly waking up and eating m&m's for breakfast.

The girls enjoying the pool, we stayed at the Fairfield Inn.

Shauna in the hot pool, the hotter the better for her.

Madison's boys bkb state tourny

girls enjoying pt cruser from my work! Which we
drove over in. It was way too much fun!!
Madison boys team, after losing in champ. game.

Shauna and myself at the Idaho Center.

Madison student section.

This past thursday, friday and saturday, Shauna, Savannah, Olivia, Charly and myself all drove to Nampa to watch the boys High School basketball state tournament. We all had a great time. Abby and Trey stayed with Levonne, they were at friends houses during the day.

The Idaho Center is sure a nice venue, the girls are standing in front of it in the picture. We sure had a lot of people over there to support our boys basketball team. Thursday and Friday we all went and watched two games in the evening, Madison played at 8pm both nights. They played so good both nights, winning in overtime on friday night against Post Falls. There was a lot of red and white on the Madison side. It was a great time, and we look forward to going back next year.

Hello, Hello, Hello!! We really are alive and well. Can I just say that our kids keep us so busy.
Yesterday, Shauna and the three oldest girls went over to Driggs, Idaho for a ward youth winter escape. They had snowmobiles and sleds and tubes, and a perfect day, as far as the weather. Between the young women and young men, they had about 35-40 show up. They left yesterday morning about 9am and spent all day getting white washed and having a great time. At church there were a lot of kids and leaders that were saying how sore they were. A family in our ward was willing to let the youth use there cabin/house, which was furnished with pool table and games. When they needed to get warm, they could go in the house, watch movies, eat, play pool or do what ever, they didn't get back until around 9pm. That evening they stopped at Green canyon hot springs to go swimming. I took Trey and Abby up around 4:30pm, the youth and leaders arrived around 5:30pm. When Shauna and the kids got home they went right to bed, it had been a very busy day.

Shauna has bought herself, me, Savannah and Olivia Worlds Gym memberships. This summer she is running in the Dam Marathon here in Rexburg. Jenny (Gary's wife) will also be running with Shauna, they both seem excited. Shauna has taken her training quite serious, her and the girls have been really good about going to the gym to work out, they really like it, they say it is really nice in there, and they have never had to wait to use the equipment. I'm hoping that my back will quit giving me problems, WHEN i get into better shape.

A New Year!!

Christmas Day! Who's cleaning this up?

Mom and Dad, Burton christmas eve dance.

Christmas Eve, showing off new pj's.

I can't believe how fast 2008 went by. We all had a great year! We are looking forward to another geat year in 2009. New Years Eve was a lot of fun up at mom and dad's. Beau and Candace came up and brought there Rock Band game. We had so much fun playing with everyone, well most everyone. I really enjoyed the finger food.

Our christmas was wonderful, all the kids really had a lot of fun playing with their presents and toys. Trey is our lego master builder, he got some Star Wars building sets. Savannah (Ipod) Olivia(Ipod dock w/cd player and radio) Charly (Zen, MP3 player) Abby (kareoke).

Mom and dad (hdtv-32in).

We really loved the white Christmas, this had to of been the most snow that we have had for Christmas in years.

Our winter scenery is courtesy of Savannah. She took this photo last year. We are all excited for the Holiday season. We are really hoping for some snow!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Savannah - Basketball Pictures

Savannah's basketball season has almost come to an end. There last game is on Tuesday at Eagle Rock. They have had a good season, there record is 7 wins and 6 losses. Savannah has really impressed me with how much she has improved. She really became very aggressive and learned the game, much faster than I thought she would. She has really enjoyed it, and looks forward to playing next year.