Whatch out for Falling Acorns!

Uncle Michael has had training in Anaheim (30 min away from us) for the past month and then for another 3 weeks (and Alta has been staying with him). We see them almost every weekend and Alta came and stayed with us for 10 days while Michael went back home. We LOVED having Alta here and miss her so much! We have only 1 more weekend with them until they go back home :(

Here's a couple things we have done...

We went hiking one Saturday, the weather was overcast and I was afraid it might rain, but we got lucky. It was great hiking weather, not too hot or too cold. Although it wouldn't have mattered, there were so many trees that we were in the shade the majority of the time. It was a beautiful hike. There were certain places though that you had to watch out for falling acorns!
the boys cooling off at the stream
there were huge catface spiders everywhere!
the kids and I by the waterfall
my cute boys!

We also did A LOT of swimming. Reid has become quite the pro at it also. He had only 1 summer of lessons and then taught himself how to do the breathing part! We're still working on Lliam, he's my timid one when it comes to water.

isn't she adorable?!

yee haw!

Pretty much the boys wanted to be with Alta for her DS!

Naw, they love her for so much more than her DS, but it is a plus!

Reid!

All About the Burtons...

It is very difficult to be living so far away from family, we got used to being close and seeing family almost every couple weeks. I get jealous when I hear about various activities that we missed out on because we are not close enough to make a quick trip of it. However, we are grateful to be closer to my family, are making some amazing friends here and are enjoying our time we have together...we are especially LOVING the weather!
(BTW, the pictures are not in any specific order, just thought I'd add them to the post. I can't ever just read a post, I like to have pictures also!)

Jed would be the busiest one, there have been times when we see more of him than I thought we would. So far it hasn't been too bad but I keep hearing that the worst is yet to come, so we're trying to make the most of it while we have him home!



I was cutting his hair and the front curled up, definitely time for a haircut!


She's foaming at the mouth!!! Her shirts are typically drenched within a half hour!

Reid absolutely loves school and his teacher! Sometimes he'll have bad days but thankfully most days are great and he does so well. He loves to learn and says he wants to stay young so he can always go to kindergarten and have Mrs. Martin as a teacher! She is such a wonderful teacher and very understanding and experienced!




Lliam doesn't always take naps anymore because he is never home! Such a social bug! Every now and then I can sneak one in while he is watching a movie (he usually never lasts). This time he fell asleep while watching Reid play computer games!




Some of Jed's work! He's going to be a great Dentist!



Lliam falling asleep during dinner time! I think he just didn't want to eat his broccoli! (He has actually fallen asleep in the car while singing to Adaire!

Lliam is busy with his friends and preschool. He has really grown since Reid went off to Kindergarten and he was left to do things on his own. He loves to play at his friend's house and go to preschool. He is usually away from me for a couple hours every day but Friday, but when Friday comes around he complains about not being with his friends!




Our red-neck swimming pool! (the door is propping up a peach limb that has a lot of peaches on it, which is why it snapped in the first place, which is why we are propping it up so the peaches would continue to ripen...it worked!)

Adaire has grown so much way too fast! She is 4 1/2 months old now and is a talker! It's sometimes hard to keep her quiet when it is time to be quiet (Sacrament Mtg, Relief Society). She loves to gnaw on anything she can put in her mouth and is a drool machine!



She feel asleep on her changing table...unfortunately she doesn't fall asleep on her own much.

As for me, I am keeping busy. When I think I have a spare minute, something else pops in my head that needs to be done. I love preparing meals for Jed, walking Reid to school, teaching Lliam preschool (when it's my turn) and making my baby girl smile! All in all, I love being a wife and a mother.