overheard at the dinner table

"Dad I know something you did that was wrong when you were little."

"What?"

"You erased Uncle Kory's game and he busted you up!"

"Why did Uncle Kory bust you up?"

"I accidentally erased his game."

"But it was an accident!"

"Yep, but he was pretty mad."

Kerry says that of all of Kory's "stories" this is the one that he remembers! I love the fact that my kids are around their uncles enough to hear stories about their dad when he was little. Anyways, the game erasing story is pretty priceless so I'm gonna have Kerry write it so that we have it forever:

Zelda was the first game that could save your progress. it had 8 levels i think and Kory was working night and day on his Zelda game. now remember i was about 8 years old and kory was 13 i think. so as little brothers do i watched him for hours if i was lucky enough to be allowed to stay in the room and watch. The only condition was that i had to not say a word!!! And i was pretty good at that. at this time he had just gotten to level 8. well one day i decided i wanted to play Zelda myself. little did i know that Zelda only allowed for one saved game on the cartridge. so as i began to play my own guy then saved it at the end i realized that Kory's game was gone. i knew i was in deep trouble. well lets say i got a little bit of a beating from him for that one. well at this point i was in the fear of my life. i managed to escape at one point so i locked myself in my moms room and called my dad at work. little did i know that was a big mistake. so not only did i get a beating from kory but my dad did come home and i got it again from my dad, but kory did too so i felt at least a little safer.

Aren't brothers fun?!

So Kerry told me yesterday that Zach couldn't go to soccer practice with Hannah because he was wearing his school shoes with no socks.

"That's Ghetto!" he says. SO then I said, "that is not ghetto you're ghetto." (I know I am so mature)

SO later while I am making dinner we have this conversation

Zach: "Mom, what does ghetto mean?"
Mom: "What? where did you hear that?"
Zach: "you told dad he was ghetto."
Mom: "oh yeah well ask your dad what it means when he gets home."
Zach: "Mom, you really shouldn't say words if you don't know what they mean!"

I was trying so hard not to laugh. We have told him that in the past when he has used some off color words that he heard at school, so I guess my own advice was coming back to haunt me. Anyways, I thought it was funny...AND good to know that some of what I tell my children does in fact stay with them

1. Hannah: "It says 5 and up, I am 5." Jared: "who's up?"
2. Zach: (to himself while cleaning the bathroom) "wait a minute- I need scrubbing bubbles. They do the work so I don't have to."
3. Jared: "Mom how do you spell Tyrannosaurus?" Mom: "Sound it out, what does it sound like?" Jared: "It sounds like this: ROAR!"
4. Zach: "Mom, did Padme (from star wars) have a heart attack?" (before I can answer) "See, she did because Annakin broke her heart and she died."

Becca's Blessing

We were able to bless our little Rebecca Claire a few weeks ago. It was so heartwarming that all of Kerry's brothers and all of mine (that have to priesthood so far) and both of our dad's were able to stand in the circle. And we even had our dear friends from Las Vegas come down. So, yeah, the circle was pretty big. But I was so touched that all these righteous men were there holding my child, and I got to think about how each of them will be there for her if she ever needs them. She is one lucky little girl- who is very loved. here are some pics

O what did we do in the summertime?

So I will try to fit an entire summer into one post, mostly because I don't want to make individual ones. We had a nice relaxing summer this year. and here is the review in pictures:
Jared turned 4

and got his long awaited spiderman bike

We went to Oatman (twice)and fed the donkeys


Jared found another "donkey" to feed

got root beer floats (and other goodies) at Sonic- a lot!

Zach got to ride an airplane all by himself for the first time all the way to Florida to catch up with his Grandparents. I was a wreck!!! But he was a pro and had such a good time.

Hannah and Jared got to go to Phoenix and spend time with Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. Hannah turned 6 (I know it says 5 but she's 6 I promise).

Jared and Zach went fishing with Dad and Granddad (which could be a post all by itself but since I am condensing let me just say they didn't actually get on the river until after dark and then the other fishermen really did not appreciate the noise level that accompanied them).

Kerry turned 30

he's still waiting for his party because the best thing that happened this summer happened 2 days before his b-day: Rebecca Claire Burgess joined our family

back to school

School started at the beginning of the month, but as usual I am behind in blogging. Zach is in 2nd grade this year and was excited to find that he got the teacher he wanted. Hannah is in 1st grade and we already knew that she got the world's most fabulous teacher- Mrs. Morrison and drumroll please....Jared started preschool! I can't decide who was more excited him or Mom. He still asks me if he can stay longer everytime I pick him up. Here are some pics of the first day.





So hopefully now that life is slowly getting back to normal I can get back to blogging regularly...maybe.

Boys will be boys!

Or at least that's what they tell me. SO the Burgess clan got together for Father's Day! After some convincing, all the Burgess brothers got in the pool with their kids. My nephews are getting older and apparently they felt they had something to prove, because what started as this:


Ended in this


Luckily the younger boys had enough sense to steer clear of the madness,

and I'm not tsure the girls had any idea what was going on, they were having too much fun with the best cousin ever, Ashley.



So while I don't understand WHY the "whose tougher" contest happened, it seemed to be some great bonding experience for them all, which just goes to show that I will never fully understand boys. The best part was that my nephews just kept right on coming, no matter how hopeless it seemed and there were a couple of times when it looked like they might be gaining the upper hand (of course that could be because they were up against a bunch of out of shape old guys). It was oddly heartwarming to see my hubby with all his brothers showing the younglings what's up.

Still I'm glad I'm a girl.