Tagged!!

I got "tagged" by my adorable cousin-in-law *~*~Jennifer~*~* to answer a few questions about myself and pass it along.

3 JOYS
~A silent empty house... it's rare around here.
~Oreos with Milk
~Babies

3 FEARS
~losing a family member
~failing my children
~debt collectors LOL

3 GOALS
~get a job
~redecorate the house
~sew more to list

3 CURRENT OBSESSIONS / COLLECTIONS
~movie watching
~sewing
~Myspace lol

3 SURPRISES ABOUT ME:
~I'm a scuba diver
~I'm a blood donor
~I can still do the splits! lol

I don't know that anyone will do this (you should!), but I tag... Andrea, Leslie and Kayla

So ladies... consider yourselves...

!!!!!

Is this the Grand Finale???

We hope every one had a nice holiday weekend.
We grilled some burgers and did some light fireworks at home
before heading out to watch the city's display.
We found a great spot to watch from and we opened the hatch up on the car and put chairs out in front of it and we watched the show together. The entire time Bella kept asking "Is this the Grand Finale?". Like seriously every 3 minutes or so. LOL She wanted to know what happens in a Grand Finale, how will she know it when it happens, etc...when we explained it to her she said she thought that was silly and she wished they would just show them all a little at a time so they'd last... lol Like mother Like daughter ;-)

Here are some pics from home ;-)

Skylar's New Cut

Kobi took some pictures of Skylar's new look today. ;-)
We're happy to have our handsome clean cut boy back.

Beauty Shop Playtime With B

Bella has been wanting to have a "spa day" where she gets the full treatment.

SO we were bored yesterday and decided to go for it ;-)

She picked out her eye shadow, lip and nail colors...
And she LOVED playing glamour girl for an afternoon.

And of course the day wouldn't be complete without a photoshoot
to show off her new look. lol Isn't her new hair cut sweet?



She got to raid my jewelry box too





And check out how LONG her eyelashes are!!! She gets those from her daddy ;-)

Our Father's Day ;-)

After years of saying we were going to do it.... We finally bought a hammock to go with our stand. The original hammock died forever ago...and we've just had this stand sitting in the back yard. SO for Father's Day we let Daddy pick out a new hammock! ;-) And now our stand is no longer a piece of "modern art" in the backyard ;-)

We love you daddy!!!!! Hope you are enjoying having your hammock again ;-)




Cache would get in if she could. ;-) But she still enjoys the hammock...it brings us down to her level!



Bella getting her webkinz in the shot: lol






Bella showing off her kids play "make up" she got at her bday a while back.



Kobi remarked on the fact that Bella always has some tatoo on her face or make up or whatever when we go to snap family pictures ;-) lol I could photoshop this off of course... but I think this captures Bella perfectly ;-)



Bella hamming it up with her mouse.

Super Star!!!!!!!!!!!!

The kids had their 2nd Annual talent show
at the elementary on the last day of school.

The kindergarten class all got to dress up
and open the show like celebrities on the
red carpet. Bella is wearing her flower girl
dress from her Aunt Kayla and Uncle John's
wedding! She was so excited to get to wear
it to school!


Here she is arriving with an "escort" on each arm.



Hamming on stage with her class...



Skylar was in a "cup stacking" group...lots
of action...



Afterwards I went to their classrooms and bailed
them out... ;-) Most of the parents pick the kids
up from school early one the last day ;-)

Bella and her good-byes:



With her art teacher:



and with one of her BFFs:



And I love the look on Skylar's face when I
snuck up on him to free him from the 4th grade.



And some final shots with friends:







Good-Bye Burks!!

Award Ceremony

Bella was up first:

Accepting her awards:





With some friends and her *Teacher (Skylar had her too!)



I showed Bella her pictures when we got home and her comment to the photographer was "Why did you get all my worst moments!!!!" lol

And the next day is was 4th grades turn...





He asked for a shot of him with my "day baby". ;-)



And here he is with his cute teacher ;-)






Skylar is SO ready for summer. Bella is sad to be leaving Kindergarten behind. ;-)
She is excited about getting to help with the baby all summer though. The both love
getting to play with their "almost baby brother". LOL