Creations

Here are just a few little creations I have done in the last little while. I got a sewing machine for Christmas (thanks mom!) and I'm itching to break it in. I really don't know how to sew, but I'm so excited to learn.

I love to create things, and feel like I've stopped doing this the last few years. It feels good to get back into it, even if it's just a little :)

Have you seen the "Make it and Love it" Blog? I found a link on one of my friend's pages, and have fallen in love! Wish I had the time to make everything on there.

http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/

AND, no picture for this one, but using an awesome new recipe and my awesome Bosch to make homemade whole wheat bread... MMMMmmmmm.... We either eat it or I give it away too soon to ever get a picture :)

So, what things do you create? I always love some fresh ideas!

Birthday Party-Throwing 101

Okay, so Andy and I have learned a lot about throwing a birthday party for a 4 year old.... If we keep good track of our 'things learned', hopefully we'll have it down by the time we're on our last kid :)

- 11 kids and 2 adults just doesn't work (thankfully a couple of parents did stay and were a help!)

- 3-4 year old kids will do what they want to do- no matter what

- when they get each other going on a crazy wave, watch out ;)

- the one chance you have of getting them all to do the same thing at the same time is when you eat cake and ice cream

- prepare for tears

- opening presents in the middle of the party... not a great idea

- have about 12 'backup' plans, and then you'll be set (our 2 plans ran out about half way through the party)

Overall, though, we had a great time! The kids are all great kids, they just had so much fun sometimes it was hard to control them! Drew had fun, and that's all that really matters.

The Big 4!

My little guy is four years old today! Wow- hard to believe, but so much fun! He's such an important part of our family-- we love having him here with us, and can't imagine life any other way.

Andy got the day off and we fully intend to play, laugh, run, tickle, and do "4 year old" stuff all day long :) I can't wait!

--Here's Drew at 2 months old-- He's certainly grown up!

CARS and Us

I'm beginning to realize the affect that the movie Cars has had on our family and our household....

You know how in my previous post I mentioned that Grant was in love with this movie? Well, the last few days the affection he has for it has multiplied ten fold-- it's all he wants to watch or play with!

Then, here are just a few of the comments that have been coming out of Drew's mouth lately:

"Yeah, I slept lightning good last night!"

"Look at me! I'm lightning fast!"

(at the store when I said no to purcahsing a new blanket for him) "But MOM..... I need that blanket so I can be lightning comfortable!"

"Look at these cars-- they're lightning cool!"

Yeah, my boys are Cars fanatics. I don't know if this is good or bad...... :) But, I sure do love those boys!

A few of Grant's Favorite Things.....

"Singing" out of dad's mini hymn book. He'll carry this thing all around the house and just look at all the pages :)

Cars--the movie and/or case. If he's watching the movie, he's happy. If I say, 'No we're not watching Cars again', he's usually content to even just carry the movie case around the house.

Playing with balls. He'll shoot them in the hoop, throw them in the toy basket, and he'll even throw them at me and say, "Casssch".

Not only that, but he gets totally into watching basketball games too! Last week weekend we went to a girls HS game and Andy's church ball game. Both times Grant was so into it-- clapping at the right time, and totally watching. So funny!

Making his family laugh!!

Man, I love this kid!

Now that Grant is getting older, the boys are beginning to really play together, and there is no one that can get Grant laughing like Drew can.... I love it!

Merry Christmas!

This year we had such a great time in Utah celebrating Christmas- it was hard to pack up and fly home yesterday. With all 22 members of the Burningham family together, we sure did a lot of laughing, dancing, game playing, talking, and just having a great time! I did not get as many pictures as I would have liked, but here's a real quick run down of our good ol' time :)

Santa and Mrs. Claus (aka a couple in my in-law's ward) came to visit the kids on Christmas Eve. Can you tell how much Grant loved it? ;)

Claire (age 2 1/2) wanted nothing more than to hold her cousin Baby Grant- who is just about as tall as her and weighs more than she does. I couldn't resist this picture of him squishing her :) She is so sweet and just loved him to bits!

Drew's first ice skating experience

It's a party at the family dance/kareoke night! What fun!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here's to a great 2010!