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.