Jackson the rockstar!

Jackson is such a creative little thing.. this morning he wanted to make a drum set. He was a ROCKSTAR!! So he made the drum sticks colored... and got the bowls for his drums... Dad got the "flute" and they had a jam session!! Jackson even got spiky hair.. I love it!! It was soo cute! The next song he sang for us was twinkle twinkle little star... so much for his rockstar image!

First time eating spagetti

As you can see.. Jenna really enjoyed her spagetti.. she only got a little in her mouth.. but what she got she enjoyed. We are using rice spagetti but that didn't seem to matter. Jackson and i eat mostly rice products and are very pleased with them. Even made a WONDERFUL homemade pizza crust today!!! More pictures of my rock star son to follow!

Random Pictures!

Just thought I would put some random pictures up on the blog site.. Some of of Jackson and his friends.. some of Jenna smiling and playing... you get the point.

Mexico Trip

Pictures of Barry and I at the front of the hotel lobby... the group of us on our last night... Barry and I outside our hotel room the day that we are going home... Barry and I taking a picture of us in the mirror in our hotel room.. being goofy!! Last but not least, a picture of the beach.. see how the land goes wayyyyy down... we walked all the way down that and then some. It was beautiful.. amazing... wonderful!! We were soo greatful for the time we had together and though we did not think we could love our children more than we already do... distance does make the heart grow fonder.. we missed out kids and love them to death!! On a sad note, a friend of mine who is also the City Attorney lost his 5 1/2 month old granddaughter on Saturday. They were in a car accident and the little girl (Daphanie) did not make it. I am so puzzled how a life is stopped short and a beautiful little girl is taken from us on earth. I know that she has gone to a better place but such a hole as been left here in the people who know and loved her. I did not know her but hugging my friend today I could feel his pain. In my worst nightmare I could not imagine having to say your final goodbyes and know that you would not have that baby to hug and kiss and watch grow up. To have soo many dreams and to know that they will not come true. To go on and keep breathing in and out everyday....knowing that you would have to do it without that precious little child. I hope that never happens in my lifetime because I don't know if I am strong enough to get through it. It has made me realize that all we can do in this life is to enjoy this very moment... THIS moment... because the next moment is not guaranteed.. Now go and hug your children, spouse, friends.... (dogs...cats... whatever)... know that I am giving all of you a big cyber hug... God Bless!

Some pictures of the kids

Here are some odd pictures of the kids that I have not posted yet.. Jackson is showing us his muscles.. MAN is he built like his daddy!! Jenna is enjoying looking at herself in the mirror... and I painted Jenna's toe nails the weekend before we went to Mexico!!!! They looked soo cute.

Quick Update

Sorry, no pictures right now. I will post some when we get back from sunny (hopefully sunny) Mexico. Quick update. I am running around pulling my hair out getting everything ready to go... Barry is running around pulling his hair out (thankful) that Burchill Construction is soo busy... Jackson.. well, when is he NOT running around :) and Jenna.. he new trick is "Soo big"..(see video on the left side of this screen under Burchill Videos) man does she get a kick out of herself. Barry and I just met with Jacksons speech teacher and he is made MAJOR improvements over last year.. leaps and bounds!!! Barry and I were the proud parents sitting there getting a good report. Then Kristi (his teacher) pulled out a heart wreath that he made in art time.. HE CUT SOO WELL.. Kristi was even amazed... Jackson is a very passionate child.. anything he puts his mind to he will excel in! His social behavior is really coming along. He is ready for PRESCHOOL!! Yep.. enrolled him for the next school year!! 3 days per week from 8-11... anyone that knows Jackson knows that he LOVES to go to school.. I hope it stays that way!! We have not told him yet since I know he will want it to be NOW!! Jenna.. she is growing like a weed.. every day we think today is the day a tooth pops through.. but still waiting. Screamed the other day while feeding her cuz I thought I saw a tooth.. nope.. piece of rice cereal.. sigh! She is reluctantly working on crawling.. she has the backward shimmy down to a T!!! She is starting to push herself up onto her "haunches" as Barry calls it! Not rushing anything. She is still on a gluten free baby diet and we plan to keep that up until a year old.. infact her first taste of "real flour" and not rice flour will prob be her birthday cake. So.. things are well here.. I will update when we get back!!! Say a prayer for everyones safe return!! Luv everyone!

Sledding

Carter and Jackson

We are sooo terrible.. last year we were out sledding all the time. With a little one it is much harder to do those things not to mention thowing in an incident with a table saw... :)

Here are some pictures from today and Jackson and Daddys sledding expedition. FIRST.. a fun story from church. It was the childrens sermon and Jackson went up. They were copying the pastor playing follow the leader. She was a mama duck and the kids were all baby ducks. Jackson thought that was fun. Then she went onto asking questions. Well, my son piped up and gave the church a 2 minute talk about things he has learned like cutting paper... etc. She was talking about how we need to learn from Jesus and be good followers. Well, the church got a big kick out of Jackson and his humor. Pastor Julie said that she likes Jacksons enthusiasm and wants to see him around more. My heart was filled with such pride... Jackson has come soo far!!!