Tuesday, February 2, 2010
December 2009 Danny hanging with Grandpa and Grandma B.
Danny (and Joe) so enjoyed having their Grandparents here. We could really get used to these frequent visits! It's almost like they live nearby!
Tea with Grandma is a special time!
"Drink your Tea Grandma!"
December 2009 Joe's Perspective
Joe asked if he could use our camera to take some pictures. Here is the result!
Leota W. was here for dinner.
As was Carol D.
December 2009 Shopping like a Grandma
Joe: "Mom! I need lots of money!"
Me: "Why?"
Joe: "Cause I"m gonna shop like a Grandma!"
December 2009 Time with Grandpa W.
If you want to spend time with Grandpa there is a good chance you'll spend some of it on a bicycle! Grandpa W. bought Joe this bicycle. This is Joe's first time around the block with Grandpa.
Someone is totally excited. (make that two someones!)
Relaxing by reading a story after the "strenuous"ride!
Grandpa showing Joe and Troy how Dragon Naturally Speaking works. He's reading a story to the computer.
Thanks for the bicycle Grandpa!!!! Joe wants to go do some more riding. He's got a lot of training to do before STP 2016!
December 2009 Christmas Fun
We snuck over to Snowflake lane in Bellevue. Kent, Julie, Victoria, Madison and Carson were in town so we met them there. The little parade was fun....but wow it was crowded!
When Mom and Dad Burgess came for Christmas we stopped by the Bellevue Botanical Gardens. They are absolutely beautiful. (This was even more crowded than Snowflake Lane...but what do you expect the wknd before Christmas?) Somehow I didn't get a picture of the Brent and Dayla Bergh family. How'd they sneak out of it?!
Danny was absolutely fascinated. Last year he slept through it!
The four of us...a family picture! :)
What a good looking couple!
Grant
Joe and Marissa
Not sure why Joe is frowning...let's chalk it up to it's time for bed! (I'm betting that he is sad that it isn't Kylie sitting next to him. Cause while he likes Marissa a lot....He LOVES Kylie! *grin
November 2009 Thanksgiving
We celebrated Thanksgiving at our house this year. As Elaine would say, "FINALLY!"
The G.R. Burgess family joined us!
To make clean up easier we moved the table to the living room.
Joe made the place cards.
Troy bought me flowers! He picked good!
The cooks included: Elaine
Troy
Beth
The Menu:
Cream of Mushroom Chestnut Soup
Spinach Sweet Potato Salad with a warm bacon vinaigrette
Sausage Apple Cranberry Stuffing (love my crock pot)
Mashed potatoes w/ gouda (once again...love my crock pot)
Green Beans with mushrooms
Waldorf Salad
Rolls and home made jam
Cranberry sauce
and
Turkey of course!
Can't forget the pies!
Joe even contributed. Yummy huh?! *grin 
Here we are all gathered!
Joe knows how to do Thanksgiving right...notice his pants are unsnapped!
Danny
Afterward in accordance with the GR Burgess tradition we decorated gingerbread cookies. My dad, mom, Lucille, Samantha and Mircea stopped by really quick to deliver Danny's big Boy bed and mattress and so they joined in on the decorating.
We have so much to be Thankful for! Next year come join us!
November 2009 More Craft time
Food coloring + coffee filters are a lot of fun!
Joe using an eye dropper to place his colors.
Danny chose a paint brush.
Monday, February 1, 2010
November 2009 Annual Plachinda Bake Off with Grandpa W.
Another year of baking Plachinda with Grandpa. Ginny hosted once again!
As soon as the grandkids arrived, they were elbows deep in the dough with Grandpa.
Because the grandkids were too much help, Grandpa gave them each their own piece of dough to roll out. It kept them busy for minutes! *grin Actually, I think they all were at the table for almost an hour working their piece of dough....getting it "just right!"
Casper and Joe...look how perfect Joe's dough is rolled! Pretty soon the parents won't have to do a thing besides just drive the kids over!
Grandma bought them all chef hats!
Joe!
Samantha!
Danny!
Alex and Cea!
They weren't working the whole time!
Hurray for the dishwasher!
You can never have too much creamer!
More play time!
Gladys and Lucille joined in on the chaos/fun!
Lunch was delicious!
Tons of pictures were taken!
Can't wait til next year!
November 2009 Painting Turkeys
Tis the season for Turkeys! I can't seem to find the pic of the finished product. I'll keep looking and add it when I find it. :)
November 2009 Celebrating Julie's Birthday!
Kent surprised Julie for her birthday by flying her over here from Spokane....we participated in a fun dinner at Poppy.
The boys sat at one end of the table and girls at the other...we wanted to gab!
Here is Brent and Kent.
Troy and Lee
Dayla and me
Julie and Paula
What are dinner plates looked like! What a fun dining experience!
Happy Birthday Julie!
November 2009 Painting Cookies
The boys helped me make sugar cookies and then I rolled them out and cut out leaf shapes. Then the boys grabbed their paint brushes and I mixed the paint (egg yolk + drops of water + food coloring) Everyone was successful with decorating! AND...we discovered that Red + Yellow = Orange! Can't beat cookies for a learning experience! YUMMY!
November 2009 Country Village- Bothell w/cousins
My sister Ginny and I have been wanting to go to Country Village in Bothell for quite some time. We finally went. We chased the chickens, played in the fountain, visited a toy store, and played/drank lattes at a coffee shop and ended it with a train ride.
Danny discovered this hiding place in the toy store. He fit perfectly and was quiet for quite some time. *grin
November 2009
Just in case things aren't loud enough! Look what my clever (and now very loud) little boy figured out.
October 2009 Pumpkin Patch W/ Grandma W.
Elaine, the boys, and I took a trip down to visit my mom. Elaine was getting measurements for a painting she is painting my mom and I was there because my mom wanted to see the boys *grin. I, unfortunately didn't get a picture of Elaine...but take my word for it. She looked great!
Here are the boys with Grandma before we took off for the pumpkin patch. They made her the apron she is wearing! :)
My cousin Kathy popped in for a few minutes. We haven't seen her for a while so that was a nice surprise. The boys didn't recognize her without her bicycle!
Danny got caught where our dog Squiggy used to hang out...in mom's good room on the back of the couch. Had to catch a quick picture. Grandma of course thinks this is cute...but it sure wasn't cute when Squiggy did it!
Finally....the Pumpkin Patch! Danny loved the tractors.
Troy says our corn is "piker" corn...but we took a pic of Joe by it anyway.
The pumpkins were fun to sit on.
If you look close...Elaine IS in this picture!
Me and my boys!
The best part: MUD Danny "dove" right in...but Joe was a little worried about it.
Stomp Stomp
Thanks Grandma for the great day!
Duplos...one of our top toys!
One of the boys favorite toys are Duplo Legos. They love to build and create with them. (Thanks to cousin Grant for helping with the enthusiasm!)
The other favorite toys include: tools, cars, and play mobile.
They definitely have way too many toys....lots of variety. It's been fun to see the toys that get played with most often.
October 2009 Time with Daddy
Joe asked his Daddy if they could spend some time together coloring. (using Danny's new coloring book...but Danny didn't mind) I think they were at the table coloring for over an hour!
October 2009 Danny's turns 2!
I picked the theme for Danny's party this year...a TURTLE party because my little boy is growing up too fast! My mom used to tell us she was going to put a brick on our heads. Since I topped out at 5 ft 2 inches...I think she did. Anyway...I understand why she said that now.
Danny has been talking and singing songs and running as fast as he can to keep up with big brother. His motto is: If big brother can do it...so can I!
We did a little turtle craft.
so glad Spencer, Juliette, Emily, Jonathan, Toriana, and Gwydolyn could come help us celebrate!
September 2009 Cousin Time
Samantha and Alex came over for a morning. Ginny was off doing something or other. The kids had a blast.
Playing with Play-Doh
Eating Lunch
Putting on a Concert
October 2009 Semiahmoo Resort
Troy and Kent were up working a speech therapist convention and Troy called me and told me to pack up the boys and make the drive up....so....I did! So glad I did!
While Troy and Kent worked, the boys and I played....on the beach, in the sand, on the rocks, in the grass, in the pool, etc. A totally spectacular place! We want to go back!
September 2009 Making Music with Debbie
I didn't include a picture of Debbie in the post before this one...so I wanted to be sure to post this video.
Don't think I've ever heard the hymns played quite like this! Poor Debbie! Do you think she'll come back?
September 2009 Debbie P. and Heidi F. stay with us!
We are so lucky! Debbie P. called us up to see if they could stay with us for the wknd. We met them at the zoo in Seattle for a fun evening, complete with a ride on the carousel!
September 2009 Muddy Kids
We were soooo lucky. Troy's folks followed us back to spend some more time here in Washington. One of the mornings they stopped by, this is what they and I found in the back yard!
Sept 2009 Dinner at Diane's Market Kitchen
Ben and Sue invited a bunch of us to Diane's Market Kitchen. Ben supplied Salmon and we all learned how to put together some delicious fare!
Diane is a kick. Her website is: www.dianesmarketkitchen.com
You got to choose how much you would participate....watch or work!
A good time was had by all! Thanks tons Ben and Sue!
September 2009 York, NE
At the beginning of September, we left for York to catch convention there. Troy hadn't been there for I think 12 years. It was so much fun to see those we know and for me to meet people whom I had only heard stories about! Unfortunately, I didn't bring my camera to the grounds so I have no pictures....but lots of good memories! We stayed at Troy's folks' house and "commuted" back and forth to convention. I had never done that before...it was like being at a five star resort! :) Besides the wonderful meetings and fellowship the memorable moments would include...forever losing Danny (ie he'd just take off and by sheer luck never thought of hiding in the corn rows), the kids playing with the baskets of trucks outside the meeting barn, Grandpa B. introducing Joe to NE mud (as if a kid needs to be introduced *grin), the rainy weather...lucky me...I didn't have to die from heat, and fresh tomatoes served just about every meal! Thank you Mom and Dad B. for inviting us over! We had a fabulous time!
August 2009 Grandpa Burgess' Birthday!
The kids took Grandpa B. golfing for his birthday.
When Grandpa tallied up the scores at the end...somehow he won! We had him take us to Subway to celebrate! :)
August 2009 Troy and his blankie!
Troy's folks came out for our annual church convention and brought some of Troy's childhood treasures to add to the trunk they'd given us. Here is a piece of Troy's blankie as a child. Isn't he cute?!
I have no such memorabilia *grin (actually...my parents have brought over tooooooo much!) My blankie was left up on Mt Rainier in the bathroom after an annual igloo sleepover trip when I was probably 5...in fact it was probably one of our first Igloo character building trips.
August 2009 Cutting down our Chum Tree
Some time in the morning I heard a big CRACK. But didn't think anything of it. However, with a look outside later I discovered our Cherry Plum tree had lost a big ol branch. Thus it was decided the whole thing must come down. Troy was lucky that he has a lot of help around here.
Summer 2009
Never wait til the last minute to get a pool! If there is any stint of warm weather here in the NW, all pools are sold out and you are stuck with an expensive palm tree one. *grin Oh well...the boys had a great time. (We don't bother with suits around here!)
July 2009 Michael + Katie = 4ever!
Somehow I do not have any pics on my computer of the lovely event....but it was just that...LOVELY! Beautiful bride and a handsome groom. I should mention here that later Joe said to us...
Joe: "Do you remember Uncle Gentry's wedding?" (uncle Gentry officiated)
Us: "yes"
Joe: "Do you remember the beautiful dresses?"
Us: "yes"
Joe: "The flower girl was bee-u-tee-ful!" (Emilia, Lee and Paula's girl was the flower girl!)
Ahhhh...the things to remember for when he is a teenager!
So I'm stealing some pics from Jill's blog...here's the flower girl!
and here is the happily married couple! :)
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