A Great Weekend

Oh how I love the weather we are having! I sit by a bunch of windows at work and I can very easily be distracted by just gazing out. I love all the leaves on the trees and the green grass, the flowers pushing up through the ground. I even can say I don't mind the pollen, because we need it to have all this green.

We added to the beauty this weekend...Friday I went to Home Depot and bought 3 buckets of knock-out roses and my lovely hubby planted them for me. They are gorgeous! I wanted some all last year, but just never bought any. We really need to do alot more in our yard, but it can be so stinkin' expensive. So a little at a time is what we have decided to do.

We also had an awesome weekend full of outside activities. The girls finally talked Jamie into getting the inflatable waterslide out and they played on it all weekend. Peyton swam with the girls next door, 72 degree water...but they didn't care! We had an awesome sermon on the importance of "church" and then it was back outside. Oh how I dream of an inground pool. We would so be the family that really used theirs. My girls are little water bugs.

Project Suburban is almost done. Jamie has installed a new water heater and a new front bumper. Just a tad bit more and she'll be road worthy. I can't wait! I don't know who is more excited, me or the girls?!

GamMaw & PawPaw's House

I just have to say that Thursdays are starting to become my favorite day of the week. This is the night that we eat at my parent's house. All of us, that is...my sister's and their families as well. I actually suggested tonight's meal...chicken and dumplings...my fave. Of course, something happened to my husband's southern genes...the chicken and dumpling gene was left out! So my mom fixes him pinto beans and cornbread, one of his faves. The food is not the only fun part of Thursday night's, the hanging out with the family is awesome too. See, I love being around people! I'm so good at hanging out. I even love taking our family vacations with my parents and my sisters and their families. My parent's house growing up was always full of children, friends and family. I never minded it, it was just the way we lived. I don't think my mom to this day knows how to fix a meal for two!

I guess that's where I get my love of people, all kinds. I love helping, coordinating and taking care of them.

Have a great Thursday!

Wow! I can't believe I can blog-on-the-go, who knew? Just checking this out. Pretty neat idea. I'm blogging from my Pinkberry!

Our Easter 2009 Purchase(s)

The new/old Suburban story...the day before Easter I got a call from my friend Shyra. She says over paying insurance on her 2001 Suburban that just sits in her driveway. My first instinct is, "wow" this would be such a great car for our family trips! But, then I thought..."ughhh" Dave would not be happy...Dave Ramsey that is. She preceeded with the details and the deal was such a good deal. But, I kept my cool (no excitement) about it and told her I would let Jamie know. As soon as I walked in the door I told Jamie about it and he said "call her, tell her we will pick it up tomorrow!". We knew it needed a new bumper and grill, she had hit a deer...but the deal was so good that didn't matter. So on Sunday after PawPaw and MeeMee's house we went to Shyra's. I don't know who was more excited...Jamie or the girls. The fact that it has a video system in it for the girls and the fact that it has some special towing capability for Jamie!

If you looked closely to the title of this post you may have noticed the (s) added to the end of purchase. Well, while we were there I went inside to see Shyra's new bedroom suit. We walked past her yardsale pile and I asked her whatever happened to all of Anna's American Girl stuff? Let me back up just a bit...this American Girl craze has not hit our house. Peyton is not one to play with dolls, she's more of a DS, Wii, computer, bicycle kinda girl. Piper loves babies, but didn't know about American Girls. Peyton did ask a couple of months ago about one, but only because a friend of her's that she knows at school has one. I told her she could buy a bunch of DS games for the price of one doll and that's all it took, she was off that subject. Well the Friday before Easter they went to our neighbor's birthday party and low and behold...she got an American Girl. So now both of them are wanting one! UGHHHH! So back to my question for Shyra, whatever happened to Anna's American Girl dolls? She wants to sell them on ebay! Let's go check them out! So off we went upstairs to the attic, and there they were...a Samantha, a Nellie, bitty baby twins (brown hair), a twin stroller, a bitty baby suitcase and a full size comforter bag full of clothes and accessories. She said just give Anna some money for it and you can have it all.....I told her I had no idea what to offer her for it all and she said, $100.00, yes that's right, $100.00 for every bit of it! I couldnt' believe it! How could I say no? So we drug it all downstairs and gave it to the girls! Peyton took Samantha and the boy twin and Piper took Nellie and the girl twin. It was Christmas on Easter! hahaha

So that's the story of our Easter 2009 Purchase(s). I'll post pictures as soon as I take some!

What a beautiful weekend!

We had the prettiest weekend. Saturday, Jamie was going to work in the yard all day and on our new/old car purchase....so the girls and I got up and went to the Sharpsburg Festival. It was a nice little festival. The girls got to ride a pony, play some games and we visited with our Ms. Neva at her BBQ booth! The rest of the day was spent reading in the sun while the girls played and Jamie worked/played with our new/old 2001 Surburban. We let the girls stay outside til 9:00! They thought they were something.

Sunday was church and wow what a sermon. We have started a new series..."reason". What is the reason you are not a Christian? What is the reason you don't come to church anymore? Sunday was the first in the 7 part series and I can't wait til next week. If you would like to hear Sunday's sermon you can find it on our church website....www.southcrestchurch.com.

Our dear friend's the Kuhnes came over after church and we smoked some ribs and played outside and just visited. I just love having good friends over!

That's about it for my post today. Gotta get to work. Have a wonderful Monday!

Easter 2009

I hope everyone enjoyed Easter as much as we did at the Burge home. We started our day off with our annual Easter egg hunt around the house. The girls loved getting their candy baskets, imagine that! Then off to church to celebrate the true reason for Easter, our risen Lord, King of all Kings! What an awesome service. Pastor Jeff reminded us all that we only have today, tomorrow truly never comes. Don't worry about the past, God doesn't! Ask for forgiveness and move on! I have to say that I'm good with forgetting the past, it's the not worrying about tomorrow that I need to work on. After church we headed on to Jamie's dad's house and had an awesome meal. Then a huge egg hunt with cousins. I believe we counted up 585 eggs. Then is was off to Shyra's for a new purchase...more on this later.

Here are a few pictures from our awesome day!

Piper going through the eggs she found!

Peyton and her found goods!

Meme and PawPaw's Big Egg Hunt, 2009!

Jamie and his sister, Lisa.

Spring Break 2009

Peyton at the beach Spring Break 2009

Piper at the beach, Spring Break 2009

Well I've been so bad and not updated this blog since last year! I read my friend Tiffani's blog just about everyday and love it! So, I've made a promise to myself that I'm going to update mine at least 3 times a week.

Last week we went to the beach house (my parent's beach house in PCB). We had a great time. Jamie didn't get to go, he can't take vacation until "boiler season" is over. That was a little bit of a bummer, but we managed, haha.... My cousin Tony and his 2 kids got to go with us and we all had so much fun. His two are 4 and 5 and got along great with my girls. I can't wait til we head back down in June. Our trip will be cut a little short with Piper's dance recital being at the end of the week, but it will still be worth the drive. We have found that the water and weather are the best in early June in PCB. I'll try to get more pictures of the trip up soon. I also have some Easter pictures.