Thursday, January 6, 2011

Fun Times with The A-Team

Tonight we took the boys to the Mineola Nature Preserve to look for deer and hogs, play on the playground and ride their new scooters. This is a favorite activity for our family and always involves us eating at East Tx Burger Co! We had another great night and even saw a bunch of hogs rooting in the field just before dark.






The PERFECT Report Card

Well, our brilliant kindergartener, Abram, brought home ANOTHER perfect report card!!! He got all 3's which is the highest score on the grading rubric, all E's which means ExCeLLeNt and checks for mastery of letters and sounds for the 2nd & 3rd Six Weeks!!! So proud of our smart boy!!! :)


Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Bedtime

I truly cherish each moment with these little angels of mine. It's bedtime and they've begged for me to sing to them tonight as they often do. I really have to relish in this while I can because soon they will realize that I'm an awful singer! On nights that I grace them with my voice their first request and favorite song is Shout to the Lord. I also usually sing Come Just as You Are, I Could Sing of Your Love Forever, Your Love Oh Lord, Lord You Are, and Jesus,Jesus, There's Just Something about That Name. I hope they are hearing the true message of each song and developing a lasting love for our Savior and not just my beautiful vocals! ;)


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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Baby Bliss is coming TODAY!

We got the call this morning that Zach and Lauren were on their way to the hospital! We can't wait to meet our sweet Miss Bliss!   Looking forward to an exciting day and adding #16 to our Burgess Bunch!!!

She's here!!  Born January 4th at 7:02 pm
8 lbs. ~ 20 in.  
Bliss Everley Burgess






Sunday, January 2, 2011

New Year's Day ~ HeLLo 2011!!

Today was so nice!  We just enjoyed being home together all morning and then later in the afternoon we headed to Tyler to take the boys to the movies.  We saw Yogi Bear ~ accompanied by a giant bucket of popcorn, of course!  It was a cute movie and we all enjoyed it.  Then we shopped a bit (per Mommy's request ;).  We finished up the night with the traditional New Year's Day meal of... Cashew Chicken for $$$, General Tso's Chicken for health and fried rice for good luck!  That's right, isn't it?  LoL

Friday, December 31, 2010

New Year's Eve 2010

After a fun afternoon of riding dirt bikes and 4 wheelers with The Turner's, we came back to our house for a weenie roast, s'mores, fireworks and a Just Dance competition!  We had so much fun celebrating all the blessings of 2010 and looking forward to many more in the year to come!
 It was great to ring in the New Year with some of our Best Friends and Precious Family!!
 Sam and Aaron - The BIG kids!  They've been blowing things up since they were LITTLE kids!  "Some things change, some things never seem to change!"  And we love it!
Good thing we have two firemen around!

Yummy!  S'mores!!!

Best Buds!
Case & Asher making a camp-out!

These two are always up to something!!
Sam, Candi & Case
Ashley & Aaron
Cameron, Christina & Conleigh

Let the DANCING begin!!!

Just Dance on the Wii!  So much FUN!!!

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Christmas 2010


Our Visit with Santa 2010
The boys so were excited to tell Santa what they wanted this year.  Their #1 request... a knife!!  This was the one thing that they said every time they were asked "What do you want for Christmas?"  Some of the other things that topped their lists:  Bug Maker/Squasher, Remote Control Bigfoot Monster, Imaginext, Legos,  Donkey Kong Country Wii, Just Dance 2 Wii, Motorcycle or 4wheeler...  They seemed to want everything they could think of this year!!

Abram is ready to "Pump, You Up!"

My! What BIG muscles you have, Asher!!
We were able to capture a few pictures of these 2 very handsome boys while waiting to see Santa. They are GORGEOUS!!!

The A's at The Medders on Christmas Eve 2010 for our Christmas Celebration with Papaw, JeJe, Jarrett, Amanda, Lawson, Grandma and Aunt Sue.



Papaw, JeJe, Abram & Asher on Christmas Eve
Abram, Asher & Lawson in the beanies our cousin, Michelle, made and sent to them from Colorado.  Aren't they the cutest!!  The boys love them!  They have little cars, trucks, trains and planes on them.


Stockings at JeJe & Papaw's on Christmas Morning

The Burgess Family Christmas Day 2010
The Burgess Girls on Christmas Day 2010