Horse back riding

For Joy school on Wednesday Jacey was able to ride our neighbor Dawn's horse Red. Thought you all might enjoy the pictures!

Church Donations

I got this from someone elses blog but wanted to pass it on:

If only 1/3 of all church members paid an extra 5 dollars this month (just once) along with their tithing and fast offering, by putting 1 dollar into each of the 5 "extra" areas of the tithing slip, then the church would get maybe about 4 million dollars into the general missionary fund, 4 million for the Book of Mormon fund, 4 million for the Humanitarian fun, 4 million for temple construction and 4 mil for the perpetual education fund.
I think this is a fantastic idea, I hope all of you who read my blog will take the challange and donate!

Easter Pictures

Here are the pictures I took on Easter Sunday. It was a nice sunny day, so I wanted to take some pictures of the kids outside. They didn't like the idea because the sun was in their eyes, that would be why they are all closing their eyes or pulling faces. (It is like pulling teeth to get all of them to smile at the same time or to even look at the camera at the same time.) My mom made the cute dresses for the girls and the ties for the boys. Thank you Grandma Cragun we love them!

EFY

I thought I better mention that all of the girls that rode in my car were really good, they just like to have the music up really really loud!

EFY

I was able to attend the best of EFYat BYU-I last night with the Young Women of my ward. I have to say that it was awesome. The speakers were fabulous and the Eclipse concert was fantastic. I was a little worried that I might never get my hearing back between the loud concert and the girls who rode in my van having the music cranked up, but I am happy to say that I can still hear! I felt like I was driving the party van, but it was fun! I hope that the girls had as much fun as I did!

The Chickens have a new home.

The chickens went to their new home last night, I wasn't home when they left so I asked Joe how it went. Jacey was already asleep so their was no crying from her and the boys had to stay in the house with Jena. I guess it went OK and no one is crying about it today!
I must say I'm not really sad that they are gone, now we can have our backyard back. Maybe I will have tomatoes and strawberries this year. They kept eating them last summer, and the best part of all no more chicken poo on the patio!

Sad Day at the Burger house

We got a visit from the Iona police man last night. He informed me that we are braking the law by having chickens. He told me that he got an anonymous complaint from one of our neighbors about the chickens, and we now have a week to be rid of them before they start documenting and ticketing us. Jacey was hysterical last night. She was so upset that she was throwing up, and Joshua is still crying about it today. We think we have a home lined up for them which is better than the alternative. That would be killing them and eating them for dinner. I don't think the kids would go along with that idea!

My Baby is a Stinker!

I put Jena down for a nap in her crib earlier today, and when I went in to get her out when she got up she was standing up, so when Joe got home from work I had him lower the bed. He was only going to lower it one notch, but she could still stand up so we ended up lowering it two notches. Here is a video of her before we lowered the bed. She is such a stinker!

A sneek peek

Here is a peek at what our tile is going to look like. Keep in mind this is the entry way and we haven't done the grout yet. The tiles start at our front door and will go throughout our kitchen and dining room.

The other picture is what our kitchen looks like right now. It is a work in progress, take notice of the cabinets they aren't green anymore hooray! I am going to paint the rest of the kitchen and dining room but I haven't decided on colors yet, so the purple will be gone at some point.

Look What Jena Can Do!

Jena has been trying to crawl for a few weeks now, she will go for a minute and then lay down. I caught her today really truly crawling. Hope you enjoy the video! I can't believe that she is crawling and is only 7 months old. I think she is following in her brother Jakob's footsteps!

Interview with Jacey

Ask your child(ren) to answer the questions and type their answers in.Tag other moms with kids who might have fun with this. :)

( just type what the kids said...)

1. What is something mom always says to you? Stop it

2. What makes mom happy? Making pictures for you.

3. What makes mom sad?When the boys do something wrong

4. How does your mom make you laugh?showing me silly pictures.

5. What was your mom like as a child?I don't know

6. How old is your mom? I don't know

7. How tall is your mom? shorter than Dad.

8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV? American Idol.

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?go to the store (I do because if she goes she wants me to buy her everything she sees!)

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? A show

11. What is your mom really good at? helping out

12. What is your mom not very good at? Making Jena happy (I don't know what thats all about)

13. What does your mom do for her job?Feed Jena

14. What is your mom's favorite food? Cabbage (not really)

15. What makes you proud of your mom? helps me

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? A dog

17. What do you and your mom do together? play

18. How are you and your mom the same? we are both girls

19. How are you and your mom different? I forgot

20. How do you know your mom loves you? help me

21. What does your mom like most about your dad? because he loves you

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? The store.

Family Night Fun!

We went to the Museum of Idaho last night for our family night activity. The current display at the museum is Titanic. They have several artifacts and passenger stories. Each person is given a boarding pass at the beginning. It gives a name, an age, where the person is from, what class they traveled, and a little info about the person, then at the end of the exhibit they have the passengers listed by class, and if the survived or died. They also have an iceberg that you can touch. I thought it was very interesting and the kids seemed to enjoy it. Mine, Jacey's and Jena's people survived, and all of the boys people died. I think it was because we got girls, and they had boys! all in all I think it was a fun activity that everyone enjoyed, especially because they got to go to Wendy's for dinner afterwards!

I can't believe it's been 12 years!

Joe and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary yesterday. We really celebrated on Saturday night. Joe took me to this fabulous restaurant in Idaho Falls called the White Water Grill. The food there is fantastic. We also took the kids out for ice cream and then we watched Twilight. I was surprised that Jakob really liked the movie and Joe even said he didn't think it was bad.

I feel so blessed to be married to Joe. He is the most wonderful husband and father . I love you honey. It has been a fantastic 12 years. I'm glad that we have each other for eternity.

Another Update

We are finally all dried out from our flood. Now we just wait for the insurance money so we can get everything repaired!

Update

My basement is totally dry! I am so glad to be rid of the fans down there now if only I can catch up on all the laundry. We still have one fan in the kitchen. It is still wet under the sink at the source of the flood. I will be glad to get this house back to normal, all though it is going to be a while before that happens. We now are waiting on the check from the insurance company so that we can get all of the repairs done.