MeRrY ChRiStMaS, HaPpY NeW YeAr, EtC...

Another successful Christmas has come and gone...

 Ethan received the drums he has been asking for for 3 months...

 'Santa' came and ate every single sugar cookie...

 Noah received 3 castles, Batman/Joker stuff and every other toy he asked for...including a video/digital camera. Which ended up with a picture of me in a towel after a shower that was shown at Timmy's aunt's Christmas dinner...

 Daddy enjoyed the new Wii games more as much as the boys did...

 We took the boys to see Ice/Snow at the Opryland/Gaylord hotel in Nashville the week end before Christmas. Granny, Aunt Kim and cousins Braden, Makayla and Riley went with us! We had a great time!

 The ice sculptures were amazing!

The temperature inside was 7 degrees. That is why we got to wear these fabulous coats/parkas. Notice Ethan on the back left. He was so bundled up that he could not move. We literally had to pick him up and carry him up the steps. It was so funny!

We rang in the new year with several cousins at the house! We had a blast until 1:30 in the morning and have had an awesome week end of being hermits and playing UNO tournaments. I really, really dread Noah going back to school in the morning! One of his Christmas presents was a Legos alarm clock. He was so excited to set the alarm for 7:10 in the morning, so he can get up "by myself" in the morning. Noah has pulled 2 more of his teeth since my last post. Another bottom tooth and his front, middle tooth. 2 days before Christmas. Each within 24 hours of the next. He has become quite the tooth puller!

Timmy and I will celebrate 10 years of marriage Thursday. I cannot believe I just typed that. 10 years!!! Oh my goodness!!!! We are trying to come up with a quick get-away for just the 2 of us, a quick beach trip during Spring break with some close friends and then our fabulous week long beach excursion with Poppa, Nanna and the crew! I am so excited for vacations this year!

Will post soon ASAP! Love! 

P.S. The only New Years' resolution I have had for the past 3 years has been to lose weight. I have finally reached my goal weight and lost 30 pounds since March of last year! My New Years' resolution this year? Be more appreciative for what we've got!

Happy New Year!

We had a great time last night celebrating New Year's Eve with some of our family and friends! We all - Ethan included - stayed up until after midnight to ring in the new year!

Today we are having a very lazy day! Well, sort of. There's lots of playing...

some cooking (yes. This pic is from before Christmas. There will be no shots of us in pajamas cooking today :)).

Ethan even helps in his own way around the kitchen!

Happy New Years from the Burks!

My New Years' Resolutions:

• Be closer to God and my family
• Not worry about things I have no control over! Laugh more, worry less!
• No nagging (we shall see about his one! hahaha)

Hope everyone has a blessed 2010!

2008: Year in Review

2008 had lots of firsts for our family. Below are several pictures throughout the year-in NO order!

New babies!

Gingerbread house/sleigh making.
Visits with Cousins!

Fist Christmas Program!

Merry Christmas!

First sippy cup!

Happy Halloween!

Dinosaur

First Thanksgiving program.

First baths together!

Uncle David and Aunt Trina's wedding.

Bathtime Fun!

Birthday parties!

First hair cut.

TN/FL football game.

Daddy with his boys.

First handwriting.

Fall Pictures.

Noah's first day of preschool!

Family vacation!

First tooth!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

New Year's Eve/Rock Band Stars

For New Year's Eve we had 16 people at our house and 8 of them were children. Tim and Kelly brought over Rock Band for everyone to play and we had a great time with it!

Noah the guitarist: (he sings, too!)

Missy, the singing star:

Tim-dayjob: policeman nightime job: rockstar

Noah and his cousins watching Kelly perform...and perform some more! Ronnie and Kelly singing a duet---such microphone hogs!

Happy New Year

Can you believe another year has gone by? So many things have changed for our family this year-the biggest is Ethan's arrival! I am looking forward to another year of concerts by Noah, chases throughout the house by Noah and by Daddy, meals together so I can hear Noah pray and thank God for his "mommy, daddy, efan, nanna, poppa, granny, aunt laura, uncle david and wes", Ethan learning more and more every day to laugh and giggle and goo---and soon to roll over, crawl and walk, for Timmy and I to share another year together---this year marks 10 together and 7 married! I have decided not to do a list of resolutions this year, as those usually get pushed aside by January 2nd. Instead, I vow to be the best wife, mother, daughter and friend that I can be! Happy New Year from our family to yours!

p.s. I have attached some of my favorite pictures from the past few months...enjoy!