4th of July Weekend and SOOO Much More!

The pictures are goofy since they are backwards in order to what they happened but oh well. I will recap a bit of what happened during our fourth of July weekend!


Jenna Playing Golf at Papa and Nana's home.
Jenna hanging with Papa.... just far enough away though...
Nana and Jenna.... notice the bangs!!! Not crazy about them but maybe not used to it. Soo used to long hair on her.

Papa holding up his fathers day/birthday present from his daughters.
My little explorer going through Papa and Nana's "rock garden" finding all the names of the kids hiding... his is just behind his left shoulder on the ground.
A picture of just a PORTION of the rock garden... shows the water fall, bridge, patio and pond.
Papa showing Jackson how to golf with his new COOL golf clubs... no not plastic ones... ACTUAL golf clubs just Jacksons size. He tried them out on Papa and Nana's putting green, sand pit and driving green area... don't know what that is called.
Daddy giving Jackson some tips.

At the Cabin.. yes, Jenna was showing her American Pride.. Love the belly!!!
CRACK KILLS!!! Unless it is Jackson..then it is pretty darn cute and causes an entire cabin full of people to "crack up".
Brooke (My cousin, kids second cousin) tubing with Jackson.. yep, he has turned into a little dare devil. Even swam in the "ocean". I was in there with him so I don't have any pictures of that. Grandma took some so maybe I will post some later.
Looking for mom!
3 generations of Delmonicos.... well, 4 with me behind the camera!!

Jenna's first hair cut... had to be from Grandpa D... he gave Jackson his first cut too.. This was just a bang cut... two snips and she was done.
Hold still... Mommy is holding her from behind but she is not getting a good feeling about this.
BREAKDOWN... luckly Grandpa D is quick with the snippers.
Showing off her new hair cut.... nice bangs that she can see through... Mommy put a pony tail in her hair.

Auntie Jodi cuddling with Ms. J.... This woman is someone who I admire more than I can ever say. She is a great mother, AMAZING AUNTIE... wonderful wife and friend to all. I love that my kids love her soo much.. she also loves Uncle Scott... Uncle Silly Pants is what we call him.
Playing in the sand... making sand castles.
Swinging with Brooke and Brie... Jenna loves swinging.
Playing in the sand with Grandma... the beautiful lake in the background!
Jenna getting a treat of licorice.... she loved it but kept shoving it to the back of her throat and choking herself. Mommy finally took it away.

Our trip home... we had two tired kids... not to mention two tired adults. It was a fun weekend.

I made my first trip to Trader Joes... MAN.. I love that store. I bought a ton of things there that are gluten free diet friendly and found these sugar snap peas that I heard about. I and Jenna love them. We also got some dried fruit from Costco and the kids are loving it up.

Today is Barry and my 7th Wedding Anniversary... hard to believe it has been 7 years. Time really does fly.. we have an almost 5 year old... and Jenna is 1.... Never in a million years did I ever think I would be sooo blessed. Happy 4th of July to all.. and Happy 1st Anniversary to my mom and her husband Steve!!!!

ITS OFFICIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What you say...

As of August 3rd my new full time job will be working for no pay.. (except smiles and kisses), the hours will be 24 hours a day 7 days a week, the benefits will be ... well, many benefits.. no not health, dental, vision or even retirement.. but I will have benefits... I will be able to take care of my kids full time, be with them and teach them, help to guide them down this twisty turny path called life, and be there when they are sad, sick and happy!!! We can go on adventures together, (sometimes) be lazy together but always be together!!!! I have missed soo many "moments" already and am soo thrilled and excited about being able to be with them all the time from now on. I will be working for the owners of Burchill Construction .... (images in picture not reflective of real owners....well, kind of) but Ryan and Barry will be dictating my days to some point. They are two amazing men who have taken a small town construction company to new heights. They are hard working, talented and amazing men!!! I am proud and honored to be a part of this company... So, while leaving leaving the City of Wahpeton (and the paycheck) is bittersweet ... I look forward to many tea parties, play dates with friends.... old and new, work, zoo visits, POOL VISITS (yippie), preschool this fall and being more involved in my kids life. Soo humbled and honored!!!!! That is really what I am feeling right now. Thank you to those of you who have stood by us.. been our friends and wonderful family through the good, bad and ugly.... I am hoping to start a new chapter in our lifes... stay tuned for all of the adventures and stories... I am sure there will be many. I hope you are all included at one point or another. God Bless....

Walking, Rock Painting and the pool.

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Truffle Cookies

YUP... gotta try these... gluten free or not!!! THEY ARE GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

1 Cup Creamy peanut butter (I used reduced fat skippy since it is what I have here)
1 Cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 large egg
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup choc chips
I added a bit of salt. It takes away from any bitter taste from baking soda.

Preheat oven to 350
Combine all ingredients except choc chips until well blended. Add choc chips. Drop slightly rounded tspfulls of dough on cookie sheet. DO NOT FLATTEN! Bake 10 minutes or so until puffed and golden. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from sheet. They are nice and soft and SOOOOOO GOOD.

Jenna is walking... every day she walks more and more and more! Watch out world.. here she comes!

Boat, bikini's, 4wheeler rides and a poop bucket.

This past weekend we went to the farm and got to go on a pontoon ride Saturday afternoon. It was sooooo much fun. We did not take Jenna with as it would have been a very long afternoon in the sun for her. Grandma got her to herself all afternoon!! Jackson LOVED the pontoon boat ride and even got to go on the tube. This was the COOLEST tube I have ever seen. It didn't have a hole in the middle but rather had a bottom on it so the kids can just sit in it. The big kids went first and then the little ones got to joint htem . They were soo cute. At one point hte kids were yelling.. STOP STOP. So we stopped.. Whats wrong we were yelling... Jackson has to pee!!! They helped him up so he could pee off the side and then we were off again. After our ride we tooled along and fished. Ok.. .since there was no fish being caught... we "boated". Then our gracious hosts cooked us supper on the grill ON the boat.. YUM!! It was yummy... but then... ah... the dreaded words you don't want to hear in the middle of a HUGE lake... MOM.. I have to poop. LUCKLY... there is a bucket on the boat used for potty and yup... the occational #2. So Jackson sat on the bucket and then did his business. The funniest part of this whole thing was a little later it was getting to be past bed time and he was getting "testy". I said if you don't shape up I am going to stick your head in the poop bucket. I have NEVER seen a face like that!! It was hillarious. He shaped up REAL quick. I offered to buy that bucket so I could keep it at home and use it.... WAY better than time outs!

Jenna had a fun time showing off her bikini that Dad says she is NOT allowed out of the house in. She was also getting lots of loving from Jackson and her two cousins Hunter and Calahan. We are still trying to guess what the sex of the next Burchill is going to be. NO.. not me.. my sister in law Deb!!! She is due in October... I can't WAIT! I put Jenna in the back of Barrys work truck and she was playing peek a boo with me. It was not only adorable but I am going to find a way to use it in our marketing. THEN... mommy got to relive her younger days and ride on the 4 wheeler. Jenna LOVED every second of it. Later I took Jackson on a ride... we went a little more wild than I did with Jenna. Finally, Jackson got to ride on the man lift. He went all the way to the top of Bumpas new shop. What a fun weekend it was!!!! Thank you Grandma, Bumpa, Deb, Casey, Hunter, Calahan and Baby Burchill #3.

Soo many pictures to post.

I had soo many things to post... so here I go. The cakes are me taking a picture of a picture. I love doing cakes and being I didn't have a digital camera at that time I took a picture of the picture. The blues clues cake was from his 2nd birthday and the train cake was from his third birthday. The next pictures are from Jackson playing in his swimming pool... yep.. I definatly make him look like a geek in his "gear".


Jenna...eating.. yep. Hard to believe!!!

I am trying to post some pictures from our weekend at the farm but am having technical difficulties... and I am tired.. so I will post more tomorrow!

Jackson and Jenna... just playing.

Jenna trying out the bike that is on rockers. Jackson had this and never really used it until he could ride it like a trike. She loves it. Yah.. yah... give me heck about the two ponys... I know.. she looks like someone from the 80 's.. but this was a pretty bad hair day and I did not have the patience to do anything else nor did she allow me to do anything else.. so granted she wore a hat most of the day...this style made me giggle.


Jenna and Jackson love to swing... so they did that for a portion of the beautiful afternoon and then it was supper time. I had seen this oreo pudding and it was calling our name.. this weekend was a weekend of cheating and not sticking to our diet restrictions and though it was delicious.. I will not be doing that again anytime soon. Anyway... oreo pudding.. got TWO thumbs up from everyone.. Jenna LOVED IT!

Pictures of my Jackson playing outside. He is always being thoughtful and picking us, the neighbors, the dog, his webkins flowers... Then he played with some bubbles that Jenna got for her birthday.

Jackson got a blizzard (no, I did not allow him to eat the whole thing) but what he did get... he finished every last drop off with a straw. Then just some pictures of him on the swing. I love his smile... not only his smile, but the way his eyes "smile" when he does. Thank goodness Saturday he got a hair cut.. he was looking pretty shaggy.