Catching up again..

I seem to not be able to keep up with the pictures and blogging.. so here is a bunch of what we are doing. I made some gluten free chocolate cake.. YUM... can I say that enough... YUMMO! Jenna Jackson and I loved it.. Barry.. not so much but what matters here is that the kids liked it. Jackson would keep asking for it and Jenna would see it and do her signature grunt!

I ordered the kids halloween costumes (see below) and was in the spirit of haloween. I decided to try and teach Jenna how to say trick or treat. She kinda has it.. but she DEFINATLY understands what it means.. TREATS! We practiced and the kids had a blast. I think they will be ready to go.

Jenna loves to climb the playset we have outside. I have to watch her since she likes to climb by herself. The real reason I took this picture is because her butt looked soo cute in these pants!

Jenna all smiles outside playing on the swing.

Jackson was wearing this COOL jacket the other day. He looks like he could be in the movie grease.
A few movies for your viewing pleasure!

Halloween costumes and Jenna's BIG christmas gift.

Jennas Haloween Costume.. it comes with a pretty tiara... she will be a PRINCESS... I liked this one since it has long sleves... Jackson will be the DRAGON! I thought this would be a fun thing. Trying to talk Daddy into being the knight who saves the princes... hmm.. what should I be. Maybe the crocodile in the mote..
DA da da da!!!!!!! This is Jenna's big xmas gift... rose petal cottage... I can't wait! I am sure she will love love love it... I think Jackson will like it just as much!

I will post pictures later of the kids.. but here are pictures of the kids halloween costumes and Jenna's BIG christmas gift.. we are not doing much for the kids this year... they each are getting one big item.. and a few little items... then what ever Santa brings.. which is usually fun things like chapstick and gum..

Working with Dad and the MALL OF AMERICA!!

We were very excited when Dad and Uncle Ryan had a job RIGHT NEXT DOOR to our house. We surprised the guys and cleaned up the mess in the yard while they went to lunch. After lunch we helped clean up what we could and then Jackson had to WORK. He loves to hammer and measure!
This past weekend we went to the Mall of America. It was a quick trip since I just got back from Omaha NE but after the drive to Mpls we met up with Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie, Uncle, Hannah and Hunter. Jackson had ONE GOAL... to see the BIG DORA. Not only did he see the big Dora, he met a BIG SHARK, saw sponge bob and rode on a ton of rides.

Jenna was NOT soo thrilled with the shark. Eventually she did give him a high five but Barry is laughing because she totally dissed the shark. Would not look at him and turned away when he came close.
We treated Jackson to a visit at the Build a Bear Workshop. I have always wanted to go there and it was a lot of fun... Jackson picked out a puppy and named him BUSTER. After filling him with his stuffing, choosing a sound (he says.. I love you) and putting his heart in him, he was fluffing him in this picture.
Then it was time for some clothes. Jackson picked out a soccer outfit... actually I think it was dad that found it and Jackson loved it.
Jackson and his buddy BUSTER! Later Grandma and Grandpa surprised him with a super hero outfit for Buster.

Here we are in the Nick Jr amusement park. Jackson was able to go on a TON of rides by himself. Grandma went on lots of rides with him too but Jackson was just thrilled to go from one ride to the next. He handled the noise and stimulation like a champ. We laugh because we have never heard soo many threats from parents in our entire life while we were there... LOL... "If you don't listen there will be NO ice cream". "Stop it right now or we are going HOME.". We made it from about 12:30 to a little after 5. Jenna was NOT happy at that point and it was time to head home.

Jackson, Hunter and Hannah and their bears.
Jackson when we started walking into the Nick Jr. area.... it was PRICELESS... the look on his face.
Here you can see it better... he could not believe everything there was....
Attacking the shark.. can you tell he was pretty excited!
We had a great time. While we were there I got teary a few times... watching my son and how far he has come... how grown up he is. We agreed that we would have NEVER done this even a year ago. I look at my family and how blessed we are. Jenna is such a precious child. I can look into the future and see soo many great moments and I am thankful that I am able to be home to see them all! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for the trip to the Mall. Sunday we went and visted Papa and Nana and went to the thrift store. I got a TON of clothes for the kids and a belt for me... WHAT... I used to leave there with stuff for me and a few things for them. I guess that is what happens when you have kids and only so much $$$$$. oh well... not that I need any more clothes. Barry was my BIG helper at the thrift store. YEP.. he went with. He is battling a cold and was not up for golfing. We then went out to lunch with Papa and Nana (THANK YOU) and then drove home. Thanks to everyone for the fun weekend..

Now I am concentrating on getting going with diva girls. I went to training and am ready to go. I have parties in October and November and am booking out for December and into next year. The products are wonderful and it is going to be a GREAT company to work for. CHECK IT OUT... www.divagirlpurseparty.com

Pictures pictures and more pictures

Jackson had a field trip to the zoo for preschool. It is times like this that I am SOO thankful that I can be at home and with the kids. I am so thankful that I was able to be here and see them interact. He did not want anything to do with me.. he was ON HIS OWN. He hung with his buddies and was quite the swinger with his "partners". He started with one little girl and ended up with another one. It was fun listening to preschool conversations. God..thank you for blessing me so I can be at these events! :)
Mrs. Kristi M as Jackson calls her. This is his preschool teacher and Jacksons class. NOTE the 8 girls and 2 boys.. yep.. Jackson and Tori are two lucky boys... or should I say there are 8 lucky girls!
Jackson cracking up after feeding the animals... the donkey licked his hand!
Jackson and Holly sitting in a tree... K..I...S... WHAT.... not quite yet thank you! But is was cute to watch them!
Jenna sitting pretty and letting me take pictures of her... THEN I notice the darn smudge on the lens.. GRRRR

Jenna and her purse... note the necklace she has on... she has turned into quite the little girl... Jenna loves my jewelry and her hair done.... purses... and wow... LOVES the new purse that Bumpa and Grandma gave her! Hannah Montana!
Daddy and his girl!! What a perfect sight to see.... one of my biggest dreams come true!
Jackson and his new friends... sigh... THANKS grandma and grandpa! Anyone have a king sized bed for Jackson and all his friends? :)

Us TRYING to get a family picture. DO YOU KNOW how hard this is.. like mission impossible to get us all looking at the same place, smiling, sitting still, etc.... GRR.. oh well.. this is the "real" Burchills!

Playing around at the pumpkin patch. Big smiles... WHERE was that during the family pictures?
All the cousins riding around in a cool horse drawn buggy type thing.
Hunter blowing out the candles at his Nintendo Wii birthday party... Happy Birthday HUNTER!
Jackson hitting the balls out of the park at the birthday party. He took 2nd and 3rd place... WAY to go Jackson!

THIS CRACKS ME UP... it reminds me of Jackson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cNDSPutas8

Rainy parade...but lots of fun

This weekend we were without dad so I was trying to find things to keep us busy. We went to a neighboring town for a parade. The weather was less than cooperative to say the least. We brought the rain gear... but it just was not working. Sooooo being that we were told it started at 10.... and we got there at 9:45..... yet the parade did not start until 11.... I had to do something to keep them happy. I backed my car beside the parade route, opened the back hatch to the pacificia and TADA!!!! It was a little picnic/camping area. The kids were GREAT and waited soo patiently. IT PAID OFF... they got a ice cream pail FULL of candy. Helps that Jackson did not mind standing in the rain and waveing at everyone and Jenna has her parade wave down to a T.. she is ready for the pagents :)
















I am finding one of the hardest things about being at home is figuring out what to cook. Being that I cook gluten free the majority of the time it limits what we can eat. Here is my latest creation and I anticipate we will be eating it again soon. I took the recipe I have from glutenfree ginger girl blog for her all purpose pancakes and added parmesian cheese and some spices to the batter, cooked it up and it was like parmesian pancakes... BUT.. then I took the sliced ham (TIP.... buy the boneless ham from the grocery store $3.25 and bring it to the meat dept and they will slice it for you. I got a TON of sliced ham for $3.25) and a slice of cheese and grilled it in our george foreman.. it was a grilled ham and cheese sandwich.. the kids and i GOBBLED them up!!


My other new creation is poping a hole in the water bottle and putting a straw in it. The kids ALWAYS want to drink from my stuff and with flu and cold season creeping up I am trying to break them of this. Soooo I created something cool for them. Jenna loves it... esp now that she figured out that if she tips it she can play in the water... ok... maybe not the best idea.

Here is a video of Jenna showing off (with my pleading) some of her new talents... and her TEMPER... yep.. she is a passionate irish child... not to mention the italian blood she also has running through her veins.. yep... and intersting combo!

I really need to meet my blog friends some day..

I loved this picture of the kids and I.... they are all just themselfs in the picture!

It is soo hard to get a good picture of Jenna these days. It is usually of her on the run..

Jackson on the other hand will pose for ONE SECOND.

My fight against the bees. YEP.. these are all bees.... gagging yet? We cannot go in our back yard right now because of the bees. They are TERRIBLE. So I put out non diet pop (or watermellon boones farm wine since that was all I had) and dish soap. They flock to it and then get stuck and drownd. Still had lots of bees around but did help contain them..














Here are some videos of Jackson dancing to another blog. Krissy is one of my "friends" through an online pregnancy forum. We, along with about a half dozen other women from all around the US have kept in touch since about 7 weeks of pregnancy. It is very cool that we have become close friends but have never really met. One day we all talk about meeting up. Anyway, here is Jackson watching the video's on her blog of her two kids dancing. He LOVES to go on and dance to these two videos. He tends to get a big wild in the evenings right before bed.... well, he is a bit wild all the time but this night he was having a lot of fun.... cracks me up how he dances!