Nashvegas

Timmy and I decided to bring the boys and friends for a 2 day trip to Nashville for the end of Spring Break. We are staying next to the Opryland hotel and has an indoor swimming pool which they love. We ate at Johnny Rockets last night and played at Dave and Busters and earned a whopping 1600 tickets which was AWESOME. Today we are going shopping and back to arcade and maybe finish up tonight at the IMAX movie theater and watch the new Oz movie. We are having a great time!

It's Been A While...

I have not blogged all year. So, this is my attempt to update the past 6 months! Lame, I know!!! We have had so much going on that I don't know where to begin. This is probably going to be the longest blog post ever, but I will try to post more frequently!!

The boys love, love, love going to Poppa and Nanna's house. A few weeks ago, Noah got to learn how to shoot a bb gun. And he actually hit the target! I love this picture of he and Poppa. 2 of my favorite boys!

                                                       We have spent lots of time goofing off and taking pictures of ourselves. The boys constantly want to use my phone to take pictures. Ethan prefers taking pictures of his own feet. I thought this one turned out well. I love how you can almost hear the boys laughing in this one!

                                                    Noah's teacher, Mrs. Nancy, gave the boys these tinted sunglasses. They both resemble Elton Jon in this picture...

                                                  Easter was a success at our house too! Easter week end, we took the boys to see Ethan's first movie at a theater, HOP, which was very cute! The boys did great. Then, the Easter Bunny came and the boys racked up!

                                        The egg hunt was indoors, due to the weather, but still fun....

                                                               The big one.

                                                  We spent all day in KY at Poppa and Nanna's. I love how sweet these two look! Ethan still looks mischevious....

                                                    Uncle Ronnie and Aunt Pam gave the boys this fabulous playhouse...they love it!

                                                  I LOVE this picture of "BabyChloe"!!!!!!!!

                                                  We've already spent a few days at the park. We took this picture right before leaving a couple of weeks ago and spent hours at Chickasaw...

                                                 This is my best friend Tiffany. We went to the Carl Perkins Exchange Club benefit. The theme was 70s and we had a great time finding outfits. Yes. We are wearing Bump-Its.

                                                  Field day was a success again this year. I love that Timmy takes off work to spend the day at Noah's school! I don't know who had more fun...

                                                 Ethan takes after his Daddy. He can fall asleep anywhere...on the couch...

                                      ...in his Buzz Lightyear outfit....

                                          ...in the shopping cart at Wal-Mart...

                                                 ...and in the car!

                                                  Noah's last day of school was yesterday. I cannot believe I have a second-grader! This is one of his good friends, Caraline. She saved him a seat on the last day of school...so CUTE!!!!

                                      The boys are constantly playing in water...

...or in mudholes... 

 Timmy is coaching Noah's ball team again this year. He is also the commissioner for Noah's league. Here is a picture of Noah with the game ball!

 This is Noah and his friend Tyler Meek. I have known Jennifer from Mayfield since I was 4! We took swimming lessons together years ago. And now our boys look so grown up!!!!

Noah won the Citizenship award in his class this year. He also received an award for making the all As this school year.  

Things have been very busy here! This is just a brief look at what all has been going on! I will try to update more soon! Love you all! C

2009 Christmas Morning!

A little late....but, better late than never! Right? Right! Christmas was so much fun this year! Both boys knew what was going on and Noah got his new fish aquarium and Ethan got a tractor. All was good in the Burks home!

Below is the much-anticipated fish aquarium! The fish are:

1. Hearty (a bleeding-heart tetra)

2. Zero (this was the fish the nice lady gave us for free)

3. Mickey

4. Blackie (solid black fish)

5. Bruce (our freshwater shark named for Bruce from Finding Nemo)

6. Pinkie (hot pink glofish)

7. Tiger (tiger fish)

8. Zebra (black and white stripe fish)

9. Sucker (this one sticks to the side of the tank and eats off the algae)

And we cannot forget precious Ruby-Spencer. *sigh*

Happy Holidays everyone!

Have You Seen My Cat?

This is what Noah has been reading to some of his stuffed animals at night.

Notice how each one has their own bed consisting of 2 of my wash cloths?
And hand towels...lots of hand towels!
Really. How cute is that!!??

October Beach Vacation!

We had a good time at the beach last week! Here are several pictures from our vacation:

Noah and Ethan enjoyed playing in the sand and working on their castle!

The great sassy search...Ethan's sassy flew right off the 9th floor balcony, never to be found again...

Look closely and you can see Ethan underwater. He constantly jumped in! He is such a fish!

Noah chilled in the pool on the float...

The boys thought this lizard was pretty neat...me, not so much...

My beach hunks:

The boys are currently working on carving their jack-o-lanterns. I will post pics soon!

All My Bags Are Packed...

Ha Ha! Yeah right!

WARNING: THIS BLOG IS ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!

Things are busy around here...we will be leaving Tuesday morning at 7:00 and I have not one thing packed! I have, however, cleaned, completed laundry, had both trucks cleaned, INSIDE and out (even the inner-windows WOW)! What is it about when you go on vacation, having EVERYTHING spotless before you leave? I cannot imagine not having everything, down to the dishes in the dishwasher and the sheets on the bed, clean before going out of town for more than a couple of days!

I found out a couple of days ago, that Noah knows his alphabet in sign-language! Any word you say to him, he can sign for you! It is amazing how much that child has learned, just since starting kindergarden! He can read small books, recognizes AND spells his colors...now if I can just get him to write his name correctly, we will be in great shape! I am constantly saying, "Big N, little o, little a, little h" because he loves writing his name in all caps!

Noah's treat every Friday, is a happy meal (yes, we are health nuts haha) if he receives all green smiley faces for the week! This marks month 2 of all green smileys! We are very proud of him!

Ethan learned how to fall on his head out of his crib this afternoon...I am strongly considering converting his bed, but dread the change!

Well, that is all for now! Oh! Happy Anniversary David and Trina (yesterday)!

Happy Birthday Ethan Samuel!

Happy birthday, Ethan! Fun parties await you tomorrow and Sunday! Thanks for another year full of laughter, boo boos and kisses! We love you!!!!!