"wait!, what day are we on?"

Have you ever felt like your in the middle of the week and know your not? so your all confused on whats going on or  feel likeyour so busy that you forget what you were doing. It gets a little frustrating, BUT, it  happens to me all the time.

Latley,,,,

Well its been a long time since we have updated our blog. We've kind of forgot that we had one.. (sad day)

List of Events that have gone on:

-Savannah played JV softball

-Olivia has Gymnastics

-Trey, Abby, Charly just are gone all the time

-Mom and Dad work too much...

AND! we have 4 new family members (chickens)

Beatrice,Lafonda,Peaches, and Carmel.

They are so cute (:

Its begining to look alot like Christmas!

"Never worry about the size of you Christmas tree. In the eyes of children they are all 30 feet tall". 

-Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

Dont you just love it when it snows! Today, the kids went outside to enjoy it. Dad went and shoveled the driveway, while Olivia pulled the others in the sled.

Playing in the snow :)

Happy!?

Here the kids are so happy for the nice day that they had to play in, well, Trey's happy!! Charlotte just thinks she's a loser, according to her hand gesture, she's so funny! I have no idea what Abby is thinking, we seldom ever do. She's usually in her own little world.

Working so Hard!!

Trey and myself after our new haircuts. We're ready for the warm weather!!

Here Olivia is folding clothes, we thought that we had better get this on camera, since it's such a rare event. HA, HA!! Shauna and I have decided to set up accounts at the credit union for each of the kids, instead of paying them cash for their cleaning duties, we put money into their account when the tasks are completed in a timely manner. Saturday was our first day with our new system, it really worked very nice. Our kids are always so money hungry, now, they really have to earn it!!

Olivia- Cake Decorator!

Tonight for mutual, the beehives had to make their own cake and bring it to the church. The leaders then gave them a little lesson on cake decorating. I think Olivia did a very good job!! We had to keep Savannah out of it with a wip, she gets a little crazy when she comes across anything sweet.

New Family Photos!!

Too much candy!!

Olivia and her new glasses!

This is what happens when our kids have too much candy, just kidding!! This is how are kids all the time, they're crazy! Especially Charly!!!!

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.

Charlotte, 10 years old

Charly's b-day was last thursday, but we celebrated it friday at the Church. She invited 13 girls, boy, what a fiasco!! Too many girls together in one place at the same time. Most of the girls had a good time, overall it was a lot of fun, Shauna had games and fun things set up for them to do, she had food and drinks and cupcakes.

Trey's Baptism

Saturday was a great day, Trey was finally baptized. He turned 8 back in September, but there were scheduling conflicts. We also had two other girls get baptized from our ward. I baptized him and Grandpa Williams confirmed him. Sunday in Sacrament meeting our Bishop had all three of them come up to the pulpit, to recongnize them for what they had done the day before. He also had them bear their testimonies, Trey was very nervous, he hates being in front of big groups, he gets that from his dad! He did a great job!! In primary he was presented with his very own Book of Mormon with his name engraved on the front, from the Bishop. He's very happy to have his own Book of Mormon. It was a wonderful day!

Savannah scored her first points of the year tonight against Clair E. Gale in Idaho Falls. I've been trying to get her to be more aggressive, and tonight she played very well. She had a couple of rebounds and three steals. She is still learning, but she showed a lot today in her game. They won 42-18. There record is now 3 wins and 2 losses, the team keeps improving each game. There next game is thursday at 4:30 at Madison Jr. High against Rigby.

Savannah's First Points!