Fun, Fun, Fun in the Sun...

The end of June and the month July has been a whirl-wind. It feels like July just started a few days ago and now it only has a few days left. I have a ton of pictures to show, so I will try to keep my captions short so you don't get to overwhelmed.

We had the opportunity to see the inside of the Oquirrh (pronounced Oker) Mountain Temple before it is dedicated in August. It is beautiful! Interesting story... the night of the day we went, the Angel Moroni on the top was hit by lightening.

Worn out after the temple.

Daddy and Jacob wearing their matching outfits and Anna, who loves to wear everybody's clothes, tries on Jacob's shorts and tie.

Wade's company picnic was at Lagoon, the local theme park, this year and here is Jacob on all the rides, Anna declined on all of them.

Wade and the kids on Father's Day.

Jacob did awesome at swimming lesons this year and was much improved over the 4 weeks.

Just some cute pics of the kids.

The family waiting for the fireworks on the 4th.

This June marked 10 years since I graduated from High School and with that comes the Reunion. Here is a picture of the kids at the Family BBQ and big brother being very protective of little sister.

Here is Wade and I before the Cocktail Party.

So funny thing...my best friend from High school, Heather, just happened to wear almost the exact same dress. I guess we must still be pretty connected even though it has been 5 years since we have been able to see each other. Then there is the picture of us with Emily. We all had so much fun together.

Jacob Roasting "Smarshmellos" and G and G Shrader's house. Below are pictures of Anna and Uncle Zach and also with G and G. Jacob wasn't in a picture taking mood and unfortunately I never got one picture of him with my parents. Anna, on the other hand, poses whenever I take the camera out.

Trying to catch seagulls at the park (as you can tell, they didn't do very good job because there are no seagulls in the picture.

For the first time in 2 1/2 years we were able to see my older brother Rodney. The last time he saw Jacob was when he was just turning 2 and he had never met Anna. They loved their Uncle Rod, especially when he treated them to Chucky Cheese and and shopping trip to Toys R Us.

For the 24th (Pioneer Day, a state holiday) we went to the zoo (our kids could go twice a week and never get tired of it). This time we went the bird show and were really impressed!

And last but not least, just a picture of the kids looking cute before going to church!

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Well it has been an exhausting month, but it has been fun and full of exciting things.

First off, my Grandparents finished their mission here in Salt Lake. It was so nice to be able to have them close and for my kids to get to know them a bit better, but we are going to miss them.

Next up...Jacob and his pre-school class went to the zoo for the end of the year bash. I was a chaperone and then we were supposed to have 1 high school student per child to help us out. Well, somehow Jacob got lucky and got 4 girls and 1 boy to be at his beckon call whenever he needed them. It was the easiest zoo trip I have ever had.

Our Big Boy also graduated form pre-school this May (well sort of, he doesn't make the cut for Kindergarten next year so he will be going back). It was so cute each of them got to up on the stand and had something read about them and then they were handed a diploma. I couldn't believe he went up there by himself...such a switch from the begining of the year.

His Diploma!

His wonderful teacher, Ms. Linda!

Another big event for our family is Uncle Jeff (Wade's brother) heading into the Missionary Training Center, to get ready for his 2-year mission in Bangkok. The whole MTC thing was very different and sad. They aren't allowing families to come inside to see them off because of the Swine Flu thing, so we only had a few minutes to say goodbye in the parking lot and then he was off to serve the Lord. We are all so proud of him and we are just so glad that we got to be with him for the last few days.

Jeff, Jana, Joy, Chase, and Kate

Mom and Missionary

Kids not cooperating as usual to get a picture with Jeff...Oh well!

The gang at the MTC...The kids and me, Brit, Jeff, Diane, and Devin.

Last look at Jeff as he head on inside.

Another fun thig we did last Saturday, was going to the Hill Air Force Base Air show. Of couse our favorite was the Blue Angel, Thunderbirds. The kids didn't even mind the noise this time and we only had a bit of drama at the begining when Jacob thought he was going to get to fly in the plane..oh well, we should have explained that before hand.

Easter, Graduation, and other Miscelleneous Things...

I am way behind as usual, but here are some pictures of our easter with some of the other Burnetts...Dev and Brit and Jeff.

Here are some pics of the easter egg dying festivities...

Earlier this morning we went to the U for an easter carnival and egg hunt, but of course I forgot the camera...it was a last minute thing so I was not prepared.

A Burnett family tradition is to hide the easter basket and leave clues for the kids to follow to find it. Here is Jacob with his clues...

...and this is what he found, no, not all the toys were for his basket, Wade hid it in his messy closet, so some of them are old toys. He got a new "Cars" puzzle and a geo trax train from the E. Bunny.

Here is Anna's basket, both her and Jacob LOVE the shopping cart.

Grandma B. sent him a helocopter and new clothes, which he would wear every day if he could so good choice Grandma and thank you!

So I know Anna's eyes look weird, they were kind of a yellow color from the flash so I guess since they aren't technically red, the red eye remover didn't pick it up and when I tried to edit it it wouldn't work either so this is what I have, but she loved her baby from Grandma B. and I loved the outfit, its been too cold to wear it yet.

Uncle Jeff and his Easter "basket"

Uncle Dev and Aunt Brit with their basket...

Anna in her new Easter dress, compliments of G and G Shrader.

So we did a little indoor egg hunt for the kids...

...and Uncle Jeff, we figured it might be his last before he goes on his mission to Bangkok in June.

It was so much fun having them all here and they were all so helpful...that morning I woke up with some kind of stomach bug and wasn't feeling all that hot so they really helped me out with the kids and with the dishes. It was good to spend some time with Jeff too before he leaves.

So my younger brother Zach graduated form BYU on the 24th and we were able to go see it and the kids were so good the whole 7 hrs of it (that includes travel and pictures). Jacob was really excited to see Uncle Zach graduate and we are all very proud of him...Congrats Zach!

So this is a random picture, but lately Jacob loves to read to his sister and they are so cute doing it together that I had to throw in a picture. He also sings to her and Anna tries to sing along...it is adorable.

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

So not very creative and not much different than last years, but still pretty cute and 100% heartfelt. We love you dad and wish you the best on your birthday!

Burnett Family Updates...

For the last couple of months things have been pretty up and down for our family...as some of you know, Wade lost his job at the end of January which was stressful all the way around but we are happy to say that he just got a new job at Overstock.com and we think we are really going to like it there. It also means we get to stay put for a while which is nice, it would have been really hard to transfer MBA programs and move and all that jazz. Anyways, so that is our good news, thanks to all of you who helped and prayed for us we could definitely feel it. Here are some pictures of the other happenings of the last few months...

Anna turned 18 months on the 14th of March and with that came her first day of nursery at church, so here she is all ready to go, she did great too. I was able to leave after only a few minutes and she has done great ever since.

St. Patrick's Day...complete with green cupcakes and green eggs and ham.

Unfortunately the months of March and April seem to be our sickest months...so far I have had a a really bad head cold that lasted for about a week, the kids have had numerous colds, Anna has had double ear infections and yesterday Jacob threw up about 5 times and never got off the couch which is unbelievably rare for Jacob even when he is sick...so here he is all bundled up with one of his colds.

Since we have been able to put Anna's hair in pig tails, her hair looks funny when we take them out for bed time...Wade calls the piggy fros.


I just liked this picture so I put it in. Plus I am in it and my dad says I don't put enough pictures of me on the blog.

We were so lucky to have G and G Shrader come to our house for a week...the kids loved having them here.

For those that don't know, every April and October the LDS church has something called General Conference where our prophet and other leaders of the church speak to us. We are lucky enough to get it broadcasted on T.V. There are 4 sessions, 2 on Saturday and and 2 on Sunday and each session lasts 2 hours...anyways, that can be a lot for little kids to sit through so we have different activities set up for them so that the adults can sit and listen. the car seats just happened to be in our house and the kids wanted to be buckled up in them, so Wade did and turned on a movie for them on the portable DVD player. It didn't last very long, but it sure looked funny...this is how I found them after I came down form my shower.

Same day later session, we found Anna like this...sunglasses, Jacob's slippers, Binky and the DVD player...

...and later we found her in the same attire talking on my cell phone