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...

Trying to catch up ... so hang in there.. lots of pictures

Some of the words don't match the pictures.. I have 2 minutes before Jackson gets home so you can figure it out :)

Jackson went on a field trip to dominos. It was a lot of fun and I was sooo glad I was able to go!!

Jackson and Jenna wanted to get in on the tummy action...

Mommys belly.. Jackson was taking the picture so it is not the best.. 22 weeks..4 days along..

Easter.. boy...what can I say about easter... the day was great.. fun things going on.. great food. We drove home and what should have been an hour and a half drive turned into a three hour drive with Jackson puking on the way home.

By the time we got home Jackson was feeling better and found that the Easter Bunny had came to our house. He found easter eggs and his easter basket... Jenna found hers too and was soooo excited about the fruit snacks..

Easter bunny even left baby a few things.. it says I love Grandma and I love Grandpa.. :)

The whole Burchill clan.. Me, Jenna, Barry and Jackson in the back left... Melissa, Ryan, Carter and Maci in the back right (missing Hannah and Hunter) and Deb, Katie, Casey, Calahan and Hunter in the front..

Our happy.... sooon to be expanding family..

The sibblings... They looked soooo cute!!!

The opened their gifts from Barry and I and I was touched by how much they loved their photo albums. Jackson and Jenna just looked at their books and remembered the moments that were captured. Grandma even had to read it to them all the way to church and they continued to look at them during church.. I am excited to make this a Easter tradition.

A very touching moment with Uncle Ryan and Jenna... cuddle time...

This was what I found after leaving the kids alone for 5 minutes upstairs to get the house cleaned up for a showing... they had gotten out the dress up chest and decided to dress up.. all I heard was.. arrrrrg.... arrrrrg...

Jenna and her new shoes... she is sooo not aware that flip flops and socks don't mix... oh well!

Another dress up day.. Jacksons autism specialist was coming from Minot and I was making Taco's for her.. well it turned into Mexican night and he had to put on his cowboy hat!!

Lots of eggs that we did... This year they did not ALL have to be green like Jackson requested last year.











I love the tounge... sooooo concentrating on making that egg turn out just right!

Jenna.. she was not as into the decorating.. but more into trying to eat the eggs... with the shells on.. yuck!

The kiddos and our egg dying!!

Jenna and I were bored and made a ton of potato head people.. she makes some really funny ones but gets the parts in the general area!!!

Trying to catch up after a fun girls weekend!!!

Last week we were stuck with the 24 inches of snow and it was a tough week to get through being stuck inside... out of routine due to no school... so what did we do to get through it.. cooked, baked, created and played.

Here are the "hidden ham and cheese" sandwiches that we made.. it is a gluten free master baking mix that I use for pancakes but seasoned them up for more of a "wrap" taste.. Grilled on both sides like a pancake.. put the meat and cheese inside and grilled further.. YUM!! The kids loved them.. (Jenna is NOT my child in the fact that she forgo's most breads and goes right for meats, cheeses, veggis and fruits). I also wanted to be able to do something for Jackson and his hot dogs.. .he eats them with no bun usually but thought it would be fun to make something that is like a bun.. well, he liked it. It was a cross between a corn dog and a Hot Dog with bun..

This was the snow storm no one wanted and took us a bit by surprise. We had just got done dealing with the flood and then this hit.. 24 inches I think was the final total and it all occured in roughly 24 hours or less. Less than 24 hours before this picture was taken we had almost NO snow on the ground.. now you can see that the snow is built up almost as high as the railings on our deck.

Mr. Potato Head has been Jenna's favorite toy lately.. not only do we create fun and interesting potato heads.. Jenna joins in on the fun!

Our creations!!

So not only is Jenna little Ms. Rachel Ray she is also Jenna the tool girl.. this girl will keep up with everyone. I have no doubt she will do what ever she wants in this life... Maybe even work with daddy!

All smiles especially when baking with mom!

Well, that is it. I went to Mpls with the kiddos this past weekend. Grandma and Grandpa took the kiddos while I had some long over due time with a girlfriend... we visited Alberville Outlet Mall.. and though we did not find a ton of good deals... I did get Jenna and Jackson a few cute things... Best deal.. Pair of Carters Jammies for $5.99!!!! SCORE! Then we met up with other girlfriends at TGIFridays Saturday night.. YUMMO!!! It was a fun night with good food.. chatting with girlfriends that I have not seen in 5-10 years!!!! Then Sunday a nice time at Caribou coffee, lunch with mom, steve and the kiddos then the drive home!!! Thanks Mom and Steve for watching the kiddos!!!! They had a blast!!!

I AM IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love making things for my kids and myself that taste good yet are gluten free.. it has turned from a MAJOR PAIN into a major PASSION!!!! I found this recipe for gluten free pizza from Ginger Lemon Girl's blog and changed it up just a tad to fit our likes... I usually stick to what the recipe says but have to start getting more adventurous.. BOY am I glad I did.. this was soooo DARN good!!! I wanted to cry when tasting it. The kids love it. I have another recipe that we use but it is more like a thin crust pizza... this is the traditional hand tossed pizza!!! Crispy on the bottom.. nice and squishy.. yet done in the middle.. PERFECTION!!!

After rising and baking for 10 minutes.. WOW.. looking GOOD!!

We are soooo bored with being inside... and my brain feels like it is turning into mush lately between pregnancy and just not challenging myself. Well, this was my challenge for today.. how to integrate the thomas the train set with our geo trax set yet get it set up so that the trains can go around ALL parts of the track through the entire "town". Yah.. seriously.. I was INTO this!! It turned out fun though... we played for a long time with this and still set up.. love to show my husband my train creations.. he just laughs at me..

A look at the entire town!!!

My poor baby... after having the chair fall on her she got her bottom lip into her top lip and it BLEED worse than anything I have seen... called the ER and they told me to give it 20 minutes... luckly I got her to sit with me and we put ice and washrag on it... it stopped. Looks kinda like Angelina Joile!!

My poor baby about an hour and a half after the "incident".. she was soo tired.. I put her on the couch to start some lunch and peeked out and she was sleeping.. to bed without lunch!!

Again.. just another example of how easily we are amused in my house. Jenna wanted to hold my hand.. well, I just started making random noises when she would touch my fingers.... she was giggling soo hard.. then Jackson started in.. yah..we need some nice weather to get outside!!!

2 more months..

It is hard to believe that in two months Jenna will be TWO!!! WHAT.. where did the last two years go and even more scary.. and exciting.. what will the next two years bring. I am still in awe on how we were blessed with two great children.. and even on the worst of days you could not imagine a minute without them here on earth. I have learned that every minute is really a blessing...

Blessing #1.. my passionate child.. he is passionate about every emotion he feels.. this little boy continues to teach me many things (some include patience) and I thank you Lord for him.

Still posing.. must be a phase!! I hope..
Blessing #2.. she is a very sweet child but don't underestimate her... she will keep you on your toes.. that is for sure. Her personallity emerges more and more every day.. she loves to bake, loves her dolls and LOVES her trucks and cars..

Baking with mom... we make a mess but we have fun.

Our finished product.. apple/pear gluten free muffins.. they were a success! Yumm... "thanks mom for the good muffins"....

Our snow day picnic... gotta make things fun in life... whats more fun than a picnic.. besides a picnic OUTSIDE!!

This was Jenna's way of telling me today that she was ready for nap... grabbing a passy (which she only gets at nap time now unless she finds a hidden one around here) and her blanket and laying on the kitchen floor.

This one is for Jacksons email buddy... Happy Birthday Grandma B!!!