Valentines

So we have never really been big valentines people, ok well maybe it's just me!! But this year we had fun. The girls each decided to make valentines for their classes. Mylie made super hero lollipops and we stole Autumns idea and Harley made lips and mustaches for her class. They turned out really cute and both girls were really excited about them. Mylie was super excited because this would be the first time she gets to pass out valentines in class. She also has 2 boys that like her and gave her special valentines. Harley has 1 special admirer. A little to young, but what can you do!!!.

Last year Jer decided he was going to heart attack the girls beds so when they got home they would be surprised. Well, he did it again this year. Sorry no pictures, we were too excited about the candy. Jer bought both girls their favorite candies and wrote them notes. I guess a tradition is born, we will be doing this every year!!!

With Jer home I was able to go and do my valentine surprise for the family. I went all over town and got Jer, Harley, Mylie, and Quinn each their favorite thing to eat for dinner. Then came home and put it on fancy plates and we used fancy glasses. Sorry again no pictures. I didn't even think about it until right now. The girls always want to use the fancy glasses, so we finally did. I made a heart shaped cake and we had a really fun dinner.

It was a fun day. Now to ration the candy so they don't eat too much in one day!!!

Winners!!!

This last week we had 2 winners in our family. First Harley was part of her schools 200 Club. She got an award because she was being helpful in class and being very unselfish. She was very excited about it, we are too!!!
Mylie also won a contest. Foxboro elementary and Davis district holds a "Reflections" contest every year. Last year and the year before Harley won the contest at the school level, with photography. This year she didn't win, but Mylie won. She painted on canvas a picture of a teddy bear, whale, and duck. The theme was "Diversity Means . . . " and she wrote friends. She won at the school level and last week she brought home a certificate saying she won at the district level and is now headed to region. We are so proud of her. When we get her picture back I will post a picture of it!

New Year, New Goals

Ok so it has been quite a while since our last post. I am going to start posting weekly, it is my new goal!

The new year has been great so far. But the first big exciting news of the year is that Mylie has lost her first tooth!!! It has been loose for a few weeks and she finally let Jer pull it out. She was so excited. I sewed her a tooth pouch so that she could keep her tooth safe under her pillow. The first thing this morning she ran into our room with her dollar! Mylie left a note for the tooth fairy asking to keep her tooth. Harley has always kept her teeth and Mylie wanted to be just like Harley. What a great start to her week, now she will be able to tell everyone at school that it finally came out!

Catch Up

Ok so lets catch up. I was planning on doing it by month, but the rest of the months just got away from me and now it is one week till May, so I think I need to do better.
December was a crazy month. December 4th Harley was baptized. That same day Quinn was blessed. Such an amazing day. Harley was so excited to be baptized. We talked about it alot before and she had 3 really good friends being baptized the same day.
We had so many family and friends there to support her. We have such an amazing family who traveled long distances and short to be with us and to show their love for Harley, you are all wonderful!!!





Then Christmas and traveling to Nampa to be with Jer's family. That is always a great time! Finally new years and back to school for Harley!
Mylie did get to dance in a christmas recital, which just happened to also be on December 4th. That was a busy day! She is in a cheer and tumbling class and loves it. I am not sure I love the cheerleader part, but she loves dancing and is so good at it! She has 2 more performances coming up and she is excited for them.


Mylie dancing, She is amazing!



Seeing Santa

January was pretty boring I think. Not too many exciting things, just everyday stuff. Same with February and March. I guess not exciting for Harley and Mylie, but Quinn is doing so many new fun things.
In he beginning of April Quinn decided she wanted to crawl. So she did. I think she mostly wants to keep up with the girls. Then 3 days after she started to crawl she started pulling herself up on everything and was working on walking. She is not walking on her own, but she is trying hard to. She is not content to just crawl, she needs to pull herself up and walk. She also got her 1st tooth last week. She wont let anyone see it, but you can feel it when she bites on fingers!
So many great milestones that we are excited for her to reach. I think I forgot how exciting it is when babies learn new things.

Oh yeah, Harley and Mylie went fishing with their Aunt and Uncle. They had such a great time and did really well catching fish. This is the only one they got to bring home!

Halloween 2010

Halloween this year was kindof sad. It rained while we were trick or treating. The girls didn't mind, they were with their friend and running from house to house. I hated it. Just standing in the rain and the cold was not my idea of fun! The things we do for our kids!!! Harley this year decided to be a Zombie Cheerleader, but come to find out she really wanted to be, Frankie from monster high. Completely different from the costume I bought, made.
Mylie wanted to be a tiger for the longest time. Then she finally decided to be a purple unicorn. Nobody sells purple unicorn outfits, so we made it. Not the best job, but Jer's face paint adds a ton!

Quinns halloween jammies!!! Mylie as a Unicorn, Harley and Mylie. Love Harleys serious face!!!

Quinn watched cartoons on Jer's phone while he passed out candy. Harley as "Frankie" kindof.

October - South Dakota

So october was an eventful month. It didn't start that way but it ended up being a fun month. About the middle of the month, Harley had a 4 day weekend. We were just planning on staying home. Then Mylie and me were doing a map puzzle and just happened to see Mt Rushmore on the South Dakota piece. I thought, well we have never been there why don't we go. I called my sister who is a teacher and asked if she wanted to go with us. All together is was the Burns 5, my 2 sisters, my brother in law, and my aunt Karen. We drove from here in Utah the 14 hours through Wyoming to South Dakota. It was an ok trip, Quinn did amazingly well and traveled great!
We went to Mt Rushmore and spent about 5 hours there walking around and seeing the museum and how the moutain was formed. Pretty amazing stuff. One thing that was interesting to Jer was they started building a granite vault behind the monument, similar to granite mountain here in Utah that the LDS church stores its family history records in. It was never completed, because they ran out of money.
We also went back later that night and saw the mountain lit up. That was beautiful.
WHile we were in the "black hills" we took the girls panning for gold. They got a few small pieces. I would say about .25 cents worth of gold!!! But they had so much fun I think it was worth the 10.00 to do it!
Our last big thing to do before we heading back to Utah was to take tour in the Jewel Caves Monument. It was an hour or so long tour that only covered about a half mile of the cave, but it seemed like we walked forever. We went down about 300 feet into the cave and walked in and out of rooms. I was slightly scared. But it was amazing. The guide told us a long time ago the whole cave was filled with water. They also said that they measure the wind and how it comes through the cave and by that they can guess how big the cave might be. They have only explored 300 miles of the cave, but estimate that the cave could be 5000 miles long, big. It is amazing to think that there is so much cave unexplored. He said in one part of the cave for 6 ft it is only 8 1/2 inches tall. People go there and do extreme caving and spend 5 days in the cave. I think I would freak out squeezing through a opening 8 1/2 inches tall.
It was a fun quick trip. We are going to do this more often as a family, so if anyone has an suggestions for our next trip, please let me know. We are open to anything. Maybe next time we will hit Yosemite. None of us has ever been there!

Mt Rushmore. My sister Robin, me and Lumpy, my aunt Karen, and sister Jaime. Our family and where mylie spent most of the day, on Jer's shoulders.

Random wildlife. Mylie and Harley fishing. We stopped and fished at 2 different spots. Never caught anything.

Devil's gate in Wyoming. This is where the Willie and Martin Handcart companies were when the rescuers found them. Not too far away is Martin's Cove. Harley is crawling through the 8 1/2 inch height that you have to be able to pass through to extreme explore the cave. Then the 2nd lake we stopped to fish at.

More random wildlife. Crystals inside the cave. And running through the middle of the last picture is what the guide called "Cave Bacon". Really does look like a strip of bacon!

Better view of the 8 1/2 inches with Mylie crawling through. I don't know how adults do it!
More crystals and cave goo.

More cave pictures. There were some pretty interesting things in the cave!

Mt Rushmore. We drove through 1 lane rock tunnels where you honked your horn the whole way through. The girls loved it. We also drove on amazing all wooden bridges. And lumpy just being adorable.

A goat and her baby at Mt rushmore. They were just walking around, free. Mt Rushmore at night and another view of the wood bridges.

Mylie caught a butterfly. and the 1st lake we fished at.