SLACKER.. yep. .. that's me.

So summer comes and we are on the go. I don't spend a lot of time on the computer. I am working a lot at the boys office and doing lots of purse parties too.. Here is a snapshot of what we have had going on the last few weeks.
We have been going to the local pool... a fun but CRAZY time.. Jackson does ok but Jenna is not sure of everything yet. She wants to go on the BIG slide but has to stay in the little one.

My two hams..

Loving up daddy on Fathers Day.

More love on Fathers Day.

Playing at the pool.

Jackson wanted to try the big slide... he has decided that he will not be doing that again until he is "as big as daddy".

At the beach.... having fun before we all realized that we had swimmers itch and boy all HECK broke loose after that.

If we only knew... we would NOT have been in the water.

32 weeks and counting.

The fence at our house. I LOVE HAVING A FENCE... I LOVE HAVING A FENCE... I LOVE HAVING A FENCE.. got it!

I LOVE HAVING A BEDROOM :) Beats sleeping on the couch... (we do have a bed in there now.. I was just laying things out in this picture)

Our new stairway.. no longer has the landing and additional stairs going down the other way.. straight shot.

Boys at their golf lessons. Papa and Nana got the boys golf lessons here in town and man did they LOVE IT. I got to watch them every day and they did amazing and learned sooo much!

Jackson showing one of the three golf pro's his swing.

During our trip to Mpls we got to go see family for my cousins graduation... great opportunity for a family (missing dad since he was trying to finish our bedroom) picture

Jackson and grandma on the rollercoaster at Como Zoo.

Jackson and his real dad... ha.!!!! I have pictures of me with this same monkey when I was younger.

Jenna and the giraffe.

Grandma, Grandpa, Jenna and Jackson waiting outside of the como zoo.







What a great few weeks we have had.. I feel like I am getting HUGE and things are a lot tougher now but very soon we will welcome Burchill #3 and I am sure life will never be the same.

Have not posted in a while... but I am back!

I will try to do a quick update. We have had a ton going on with the move and Jenna's birthday, 2 year checkup and shots and the renovation... But things are going GREAT!
These pictures are of our bedroom after demolition... this weekend it is rebuilding..


Jenna had her 2 year check up and I allowed them to give her the MMR shot... GRRR.. 7 days later HIGH fever, chills and just not a happy baby. Luckly it passed after one day but still made for a sick baby and frustrated mom that these shots are required and they make my babies sick.

Here is Jackson... being my little ham... enjoying ice cream with his sister for her birthday.

Jenna blowing out her birthday candles.

All smiles... why wouldn't she.. she is getting ice cream!!



Love love love this picture... she did soo good keeping not only her hat on but glasses too. Hoping these kids will start that at an early age!

My little fisherman....

Believe it or not we did have like 3 days of summer... the kids took full advantage of it at the camper and ran and played in the water. I was not going in.. it was still very cold for my taste!







I love this picture... catches just pure happiness!!

Happy Birthday to Jenna!!!! We celebrated at the camper this year. Jenna loves Dora so we changed from a Pooh Birthday to Dora... plus I knew I could decorate this cake in about 30 minutes and with the move that is all the time I had. I think it turned out pretty cute and jenna loved DORA!

Last post before we move.

This will be my last post before we move to the new house. It has been a little busy with moving and what not... but we have managed to have some fun!!! Here are some pictures from the last weeks... After Papa and Nana came Jackson got really excited about golfing again. He is thrilled that he will take lessons with his cousins and wanted to practice at the first level??? Could not figure out what that meant until we went and the first level = driving range... second level = putting greens and third level is the rest of the course. He wants to do the third level but I told him that would be a while.

Jenna loves to walk with my sisters daycare kids and hold onto these different colored rings.. well, I had an idea. Thanks to melissa and some extra rings on her string, we brought some up to the lake.. Jenna now holds onto them and walks with us like a pro instead of running off to other peoples campsites, trailers, etc.

The kiddos has a blast having a campfire despite the cold weather.. 40s is all we got one day but the next was better. Then melissa,ryan, hannah and hunter came up and brought their camper..our new NEIGHBOR!!! The kids had fun playing bocce ball, visiting and dreaming of swimming in the lake and just exploring with new friends. We are going to have a fun summer!

On the 6th Wahpeton was honored to have a flight show in town. It was pretty cool to watch and we all kinda got previews of the planes that week prior when they would fly all around town. We don't have a ton of planes other than those small ones that are used for the farms around here so having fighter jets and what not around was cool and a little scary! We stayed from 10 (when everyone said it started) to 11:30 when the kids had had enough of looking at the sky and watching the planes do tricks. It was a cool thing to see. They did pose for a pic for me..

Jackson is getting good at golfing.. we have a lot of work ahead of us before he can compete with his Papa... but he will get there! Jenna and I took him to the range this beautiful day to let him work on a bucket of balls. You should have seen the looks we got when a 5 year old is toting his golf clubs in on his back... and me waddling in with a big belly and my 2 year old. Needless to say Jackson drew quite a crowd on the back deck and some guys cheering him on.

Finally, Jenna singing twinkle twinkle. I just got the last part of it and then the jets started flying overhead.. it was adorable!!

Family and lots of laughs.

We had Papa and Nana in town this weekend and had a blast.. we also went to the zoo for the first time this season.. brought some things to the new house... had a great turkey dinner....Jackson got to hit some balls at the driving range with Papa and Dad, Hunter and Carter and then we all went to the lake! We had a blast.. we stayed up there all afternoon and I can't wait until the water is warm enough to swim in!! Boy are the kids going to sleep good! I braided Jenna's bangs today to keep them out of her face.. thought it was tooo cute.

Jenna decided to get ahold of a pen and in the three minutes she was downstairs while I was doing dishes managed to draw all over her legs. I scolded her and she was devistated.. ooooh, the life of a almost 2 year old.

New shoes for the princess..

New bathing suit!

Pretty new dress, hat and sunglasses.. Papa.. you have such good style :)

Hannah came over and hung out with me the majority of the afternoon on Saturday...we planned a beautiful dinner party for our guests complete with a menu, drinks and it was a blast!! She was very excited when the kids woke up and Jenna was up for some cuddle time with her Hannah!

Summers here.... maybe?

This is our experiment for the spring.. see if I can start some seedlings inside. This is a little green house and we put lots of things in here including sunflowers, some other flowers jackson picked out, basil, cantalope, peppers and can't remember what else.. (it is bigger than the picture shows). Now the stuff is growing HUGE and I don't know what to do with it???? We will transplant it when we get to the other house.. but amazed that this is even working. Our first camper outing. We went to bring our camper to the resort and after making burgers, exploring a bit and chilling it was time for bed. Jenna was wiped and crashed right away in her bunk.. Jackson.. he was a little more curious about what we were doing outside. We let him come out and roast a few marshmellows on the fire and make smores with gluten free graham crackers that I found (which were delicious by the way.. and EXPENSIVE) He was pretty excited about being a "big boy" and staying up with mom and dad.

Chilling out before bed... Jenna was soo tired.. she wiped out a few times when exploring and has scratches on her cheek and nose.. a black and blue nose.. and was just plain tired.

This is the beach and lake where we are staying. No one is around right now and we came to find out that the water was not going to be turned on yet.. so we kinda "roughed it".. luckly they also have heated bathrooms so mama was happy!! They booey off the area between the boat slips/docks and it is the greatest sandy beach!!! It is a very shallow lake and the kids can run and play in the water without it getting too deep... the fishing is great too from what we hear.. a 3lb bass was caught off the dock this day we were here.

The kids first walk from the camper to the lake.. the lake is in the distance between the trees.

My little strawberry stealer.. we are for sure picking strawberrys again this year since it is one of Jenna's favorite foods.

This day we were not able to go outside.. it was cold and actually started to snow a bit.. that is what the kids were watching.. We love the Dr. Seuss books and there is a part in one where the kids are sitting waiting for their mom to come home... Jackson was reciting that while recruting her sister to sit in on his fairy tale.

Sit sit sit...

My little strawberry stealer dancing to music for me...