The Burton Blog

Something GREEN?

2010-03-09T14:48:00.003-07:00

Need something green to wear for Saint Patty's Day???

I Heart This!!!

My Kids are AdOrAblE!!

2009-12-20T21:31:00.004-07:00

Yes I'm bragging... but just look at them!!! It also helps to have an amazing photographer, Elyse Larsen took there pictures and I absolutely LOVE them!!!! Thanks Again Elyse!!

Family Pictures

2009-10-08T21:24:00.011-06:00

Oh the nightmare of getting family pics taken!!! But then when you see them it's all worth it.... for the most part. Here are a few of my favs!

SumMer HiGhlightS

2009-09-11T09:02:00.025-06:00

We've had so much fun this summer I haven't had time to blog about it so here we go....

First I FINALLY graduated from Cosmetology School!!

OH YEAH!!!!!

I Won't miss this (clocking in)

But I will miss this!! I love all the great friends I made!

Great Grandma Nelsons 90th Birthday

We Love You Grandma!!

My Grandma Hubbard got married

and Oakley got to see all her cousins

And of course there were all the Parades

Some fun at Lagoon

Deacons Favorite part

dad winning him this sweet Jazz Bear...

Moms Favorite part

Deacon falling asleep with sweet Jazz Bear

Our new fav this summer was the Daybreak Beach!

And there were all the MANY many Zoo Trips

The Grand Finally was Horse Days!!

Where Oaks got to ride a pony in the parade and throw candy

and Deac got to watch the parade and throw rocks... they were both in heaven!

SOCCER

2009-07-13T08:07:00.004-06:00

Oakley played soccer this summer and Loved it!! I shouldn't brag but she probably averaged about 5 goals a game.... she was awesome!!! The season is over now and she has informed me that she would like to "play bowling" now so we'll see how that goes.

4th of July!!!!

2009-07-08T10:33:00.011-06:00

I love the 4th of July!! It is one of my favorite holidays. We went up to Brigham to spend the 4th with friends and family. We had a BLAST!

We started off the weekend with a little camp out in Grandma & Grandpa Smiths backyard.

And Oakley, Ella, Nikki and I were the only ones that actually ended up sleeping out there.

The kids all had so much fun playing in the backyard! Look at that sweeeet irrigation water swimming pool!

And then Grandpa Dickson got geared up for some fireworks.

I love fireworks but I have to say I had more fun watching the boys watch the fireworks....I'm pretty sure the 4th is now one of Deacons favorite holidays too.

Thanks for the Wonderful Weekend Jean and Dickson we love you to death!!!!

3rd Times a Charm

2009-04-25T07:32:00.033-06:00

I had to have surgery again yesterday

"3rd times a charm" as my mom would say

I guess it's not so bad they just want me to hear

But how long will I need to have a tube in my ear?

They dressed me all up in this cute little gown

And made me choke some gross medicine down

That did not make me happy, I did not want to grin

But then all of the sudden the medicine kicked in

They brought in a wagon and snuggled me up

I guess it was time for a little nip and tuck

So off I went in my sweet little ride

To get my tubes back in, one in each side

And now for some memories of surgeries past

I'm definitely hoping that this ones the last

2009-04-19T11:34:00.005-06:00

OK, I know it shouldn't be funny when you kids swear, but this is freaking hilarious. I wanted to put this on my blog as it may be a little offensive, but I just don't get the traffic Charity does. So enjoy.

I love my dad because....

2009-04-13T10:56:00.004-06:00

*He tucks me in good night

*He helps me say my prayers

*He watches movies with me and eats popcorn

*He loves me and bizzy(deacon) and mom

*He helps me read and color

*He takes me to ride horses at my grandpas

*He always helps me get ready for bed

*He likes me chocolate

*He's the best dad in the whole wide world

I Love, Love, Love My Dad!!!

I'm so gald when daddy comes home!

2009-04-13T10:25:00.004-06:00

Troy was out of town for work last week and it was a long..very long week!! We are sooo gald he is back home!

Thanks again Leesa and Amber for taking my kids while I was at school!! I don't know what I would do without you guys.

Keep on Ridin

2009-04-07T10:18:00.003-06:00

Both of my boys have a new love in their lives.....

need I say more...

Picture TAG

2009-03-23T11:33:00.005-06:00

I wasn't even officailly "tagged" but I stole it from my cousins blog because I thought it looked fun!

The rules are:

1. Go to your documents/picture.
2. Go to your 6th file.
3. Go to your 6th photo.
4. Post and blog about it.
5. Tag 6 people to do the same.

It was Nov. 1st and we were at the Pioneer Valley Hospital to meet our sweet little baby boy. This is the first time Troy ever held our little boy Deacon. I love this picture!!!

I tag 1 Leesa 2 Nikki 3 Tonya 4 Jessie 5 Alicia 6 Linsey

KA ChOW

2009-02-09T11:39:00.005-07:00

We would like to dedicate Deacons new hair due to the famous race car Lightening McQueen!!!!

Ka ChOW!!!!!

2009-01-22T11:10:00.009-07:00

The things kids say

So we were at the store the other day and this older lady walked past us in one of the isle and Oakley looks at her and said " Wow you are really old, I bet your going to turn up to heaven pretty soon." Isn't that lovely! Luckily I don't think the women spoke english.

THANK YOU FOR CHRISTMAS

2008-12-29T08:04:00.012-07:00

This holiday season will be one of our most memorable because we have been shown love, thoughtfulness and the spirit of giving from our friends and family. We are so grateful for all our wonderful friends that have helped us through this last year and are happy to be back in Utah with them.

CHRISTMAS PARTIES!!!

We had our Stock Christmas Party in Brigham City and then went bowling.

We had fun making gingerbread trains at the Burton Christmas Party

and of course opening presents.

The kids made crafts at the Bollingers Party and I didn't get pictures of all the fun the parents were having without the kids.

Oakley had a cute little Christmas Program with her preschool which I went to all by myself with Deacon who wanted to sit by "Ya Ya" the whole time. Great Fun!

Christmas Eve was fun at Grandma and Grandpa's

Oakleys Grandma Burton had the cutest book ever made for her...

thats right it says Sleeping Oakley and for those of you that don't know Oakley she is completely obsessed with Sleeping Beauty or Princess Aurora. Oakley will definitely be living happily ever after now.

And FINALLY the day we have all been waiting for CHRISTMAS!!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Thanks again to everyone out there who helped make our Christmas wonderful too!!!

I miss my baby boy!

2008-12-22T15:56:00.002-07:00

Deacon is getting so big and I have been missing him as a baby. I came across these in my pictues, isn't he just the sweetest little thing? I love my "Deac Deac"!!

Halloween

2008-12-22T14:57:00.005-07:00

I wasn't going to blog Halloween since Christmas is next week ( I know I'm a little behind) but I just Love Halloween!!

BIRTHDAYS!!!

2008-12-15T15:25:00.006-07:00

It gets so crazy this time of year especially when your kids both have a birthday right next to the holidays. Our sweet little Deacon turned the Big Terrible 2 on Oct. 31st and Oakley celebrated her 5th birthday Princess style (of course!).

Deacon is sooo into cars right now. It has been fun to have a boy and get a break from princesses every once in awhile.

Eating cake with my Pa Pa and playing some cars with my B.F.F. Ev This is the life for a Two Year Old!

And then we have her Majesty Princess Oakley's Birthday Party!

We played a little pin the kiss on Sleeping Beauty and then Prince Tracy slayed the dragon (with a little help from King Troy) and saved all the fair maidens.

I can't believe my little ones are getting so big! I love them and am so grateful that we were blessed with such wonderful kids.

Scarecrow Festival

2008-10-26T22:07:00.007-06:00

I love Fall and Halloween!! There is always something fun going on. We went with some friends to the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point.

There were a lot of rides and games for the kids. Of course Deacons favorite was the "Brrrm Brrrms".....

....and of course this is what happened when the ride was over.

We also got to meet Shawn Bradley, look how huge this guy is!! Anyway Troy thought it was pretty cool. If you have never been to the Scarecrow Festival you really should go, it is great fun!!

2008-10-26T21:20:00.006-06:00

TAG, About my Hubby.

This Tag is from Jessie

1) Where did you meet? At Dixie College in St George. We meet the first day of school and had three classes together, we hung out after school and everyday after that.
2) How long did you date before you got married? 7 months
3) How long have you been married? 7 years in Feb.
4) What is your favorite feature of his? Troy thinks it's his sweet abs but I like his, well everything, he is perfect.
5) What is your favorite quality of his? His personality, he can talk to anyone and is fun to be around
6) Does he have a nickname for you? Babe
7) What is his favorite food? PIZZA
8) What is his favorite sport? Basketball and Football
9) When and where was your first kiss? On dixie rock... I know!, I know!!
10) What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Troy is trying to help me with this but I'm not going to put what his favorite thing to do is! We like to watch movies, talk, and just be able to spend time together, which we don't get to do to often these days.
11) Do you have any children? A 5 year old girl and 2 year old boy
12) Does he have a hidden talent? I think he has a really good singing voice and he also plays the Trombone :)
13) How old is he? 28
14) Who said "I love you" first? I did, I was leaving for the weekend to go to Nikki's wedding and when I left it just came out and then i felt kind of stupid for saying it but he grabed my hand and hurried and said "I love you too" it was really cute.
15) What is his favorite type of music? He really likes all kinds of music but I don't think he is too fond of the rap.
16) What do you admire the most about him? I admire everything about him, he is so talented and smart. He is a great dad and is so good to me. I am the luckiest person in the world.
17) Do you think he will read this? I'm reading it to him.

I Tag Leesa, Elyse, Candice and Brandee

MY little OBSESSION!!

2008-10-23T09:56:00.003-06:00

I'll I have to say is I am soooo Obsessed!!!!!!

Congratulations Deacon

2008-09-29T11:48:00.007-06:00

Deacon has officially entered the Terrible Twos. How fun for us!!

First Day of Preschool

2008-09-10T09:51:00.005-06:00

Oakley started Preschool last Tues. and was very excited. It is her 3rd year of preschool so we decided to change things up a bit and put her in a new school (Learning Dynamics) and it seems to be going well. Her teachers name is Miss Steiner and Oakley got the pink cubby in the classroom so she was thrilled. Here are some of those cute first day of school pictures.

I Love It!

2008-09-10T09:40:00.003-06:00

Don't you just love it when your looking through the pictures on your camera and all of the sudden you come across this....

besides the fact that it means Oakley was using the camera without permission. Hmmm maybe it's not a mystery that our camera suddenly broke.

Camera Trouble!!! What?

2008-09-01T22:11:00.005-06:00

If you haven't done so already, read Charity's Camera Trouble post.

First: I don't recall Hanny Manny ever fixing electronics. Besides, his tools do all the work anyway. He is such a poser. Although, he does have one thing going for him I will admit. His tools don't try to take his fingers off like mine do.

Next: Don't tiny little machines operated by tiny little people with tiny little fingers put those things together? And you wonder why everything is made in China.

Last: If I only had the right tools. I have had slivers bigger that the screws they use to put that thing together. Any "Hanny Manny" of a man will tell you it's all about the right tools.

Let this be a lesson to all of you out there. If you don't like what you got. Break it. Disassemble it beyond repair. Then at the right time & with the right tone, tell your spouse you tried your hardest to fix it, but you just can't seem to gt it back together.

Now, listen up, here's the key. They will pity you so bad for your failed attempt that they will actually be the ones to suggest you get a new one.

Oh yeah, MY NEW CAMERA IS BETTER THAN YOURS!!!

Horse Days

2008-08-31T23:03:00.025-06:00

Troy took the kids up to Cornish Utah last weekend (his sister lives there) for Horse Days. It seems that this is going to be a new family tradition because they had so much fun!

First they got to ride in the parade.

Then there was the big horse race.

Out of the four contestants Oakley took third place, we were so proud.

Some creepy guy holding Oakley, oh wait that's just Troy

There was sheep riding, calf dressing and frog catching, but I think the best event had to be the barnyard scramble. Apparently anyone in the community who has an animal of some sort that they no longer want can bring it for the scramble. After all of the animals are turned loose, the kids are set free and anything they catch they keep. Troy said there was everything from geese to pigs, even cats and puppies. This would be one of the times you definitely don't want to cheer for your kids. Can you imagine if Oakley would have come home with a pig!!
P.S. Next year we will haul your un-wanted pets to horse days for a fee of $50. heheheh!

Oh and where was Deacon during all of this?

It seems he went a little unsupervised during the trip.

So that's Horse days. I'm looking forward to next year’s!

Camera Trouble

2008-08-31T20:44:00.003-06:00

The other night we were at the park taking some pictures and all of the sudden the camera stopped working. But not to worry Handy Manny Troy fixed it??...

Needless to say we had to go get a new camera!

Oh, the pain.

2008-08-29T15:11:00.000-06:00

I think I am beginning to see a pattern in my life. Each week is filled with things that I probably shouldn't have done. As you can see this week is no different.

Dad's Time for the Kids (NO, that's not Poo on Deacon's Face)

2008-08-13T18:53:00.000-06:00

As many of you know, Charity is attending cosmetology school in the evenings. This leaves me with the responsibility of attending to our children all alone. As you can imagine this has become quite an eye opener for me. I don't know what God forgot to give me but I just can't seem to get the hang of it. Everything is a challenge. Tonight I gave Deacon and Oakley some Macaroni and Beef for dinner. Yes it came from a can and no it's not healthy, but I can play the Dad card so neaner neaner. Anyway, I thought I had everything under control when I tucked a a wash rag into Deacon's shirt as a bib.(I couldn't find the regular ones because Charity is so unorganized. Yeah right, HE HE HE... The honest truth is I actually suffer from a very common form of DADIOUSCANTFINDIOUS disease, also knows as laziness.) Well, I now know why bibs have the little Velcro tab on, it's so you can safely secure your child inside the ride at all times. My rag Idea lasted about....... you know, I can't really say, I don't think I was paying attention. I also suffer from DCCADD. (Daddy Child Care ADD) Is there a pill for That? Anyway, it didn't last very long. It's this kind of stuff I just can't seem to get the hang of. Common (mother) sense would say don't do this, it's a bad idea Troy, but I just keep making stupid mistakes. Poor Charity, I have to give her credit for entrusting me with her two most precious, more dirty than when she left for school, sometimes.... a lot of times not in their PJ'S, spanked, tired, snotty nosed, past their bedtime, gifts.

Sorry Chard,
I Love you

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It's already happening

2008-08-07T01:56:00.000-06:00

Everyone I know that blogs has had this little addiction problem with it. So why does it happen? and when does it stop!!? It is 2:00 in the morning and I am still up blogging, this is quite embarrassing, but I know most of you have been there to. I do have a pretty cute slide show now so I guess it was all worth it.

I finally did it!!

2008-08-04T14:56:00.000-06:00

So it has been almost a year since I started to create the Burton Blog and I finally have it going, thanks to Leesa. My life is actually pretty boring but my kids do some crazy things (especially the eldest). Anyway hope you all ENJOY!