Well we are back from our first PCB trip of the year.  What a time we had!  2 weeks of sun, surf and friends.  I just love spending time with family and friends.  The big girls were at beach camp the first week, so Jamie, Presley Anne and I had some time together.  We celebrated her birthday on June 1, I can hardly believe she is already 6 years old.  Mr. Time, please slow down!

Soon after we got home from this dinner, we go the call from Piper telling us she had accepted Jesus into her heart!  Several years ago, she had prayed and been baptized, but she said something came over her during their evening message and she prayed with her leader Bailee.  I'm so thankful for our church and the time they take to pour into our children.  We were able to see her get baptized in the ocean!

Piper getting baptized in the Gulf!

Brittany and her family were with us the first part of the week, which was awesome.  We love them so much and we all get along so well together.  It's always fun when cousins are around!

And of course we ate at Angelo's Steakpit and putt putted!

Jamie had to get back to work the 2nd week, so my friend's Evelyn and Dana came down and we had a blast!  We ate out, went to Destin and shopped, spent the night at a hotel and swam!

Back in 2016

I'm always kicking myself for not writing things down.  So I decided to start blogging again.  Since my last blog we added another family member, Presley Anne!  She's now 5, so yes it's bee a long time!  haha

More to come, just getting started today.

First Day of School and Cookoo for Coupons!

Here are my babies on their first day of school this year. Peyton was so excited to enter the 3rd grade! She has one of the best 3rd grade teachers this year, Mr. Cahlink! All the kids want him, and the mom's I know who have had children in his class in the past say he is awesome with the kids. Needless to say we are excited about the year as well. Piper couldn't wait to get to school She wanted a special hairdo for the day and made sure we didn't wash off her tattoo the night before. She had so much fun. Her teachers seem to be great. They both taught together in the public school system for 3 years and now have taught at the preschool together for 2 years. We are looking forward to Piper's Pre-K adventures.



Now, you may be asking yourself why in the world does Kristie have pictures of food on her blog...well I'm cookoo for coupons! I got on couponmom.com and called my friend Tiff and got the skinny on this coupon craze and now I'm hooked! See my gems above, 2 boxes of cereal, 1 tube of toothpaste and 9 composition books.........drum roll please........$4.70! The books were free! Crazy I know!

Here is the grand prize, I saved 38% at Kroger getting all this food. That was $59.06 in coupons! Can you believe that! And it's not stuff we won't use. I was very careful not to buy items just because they were on sale or I had a coupon. I can hardly wait til Sunday's paper comes out and I get a fresh stack of coupons. I wonder how much I will save next week?

Cheerleading and Dance have started....

Yayyy!!! Football season is gearing up and that means cheerleading for the Burge household. This will be Peyton's 4th season cheering. My first season in 2, that I'm not coaching! Guess what I'm more excited about....hahaha! I told Jamie I was going to be the mom on the sidelines sitting in her chair and reading her book. All I wanted to be responsible for was bringing snacks on the night we were suppose to and writing the check for the shoes. We are so blessed to be on a squad that both the coaches are friends of mine from church. Out of the 22 girls on the squad, 6 of them are friends from church. Piper is playing the role of mascot again this year. Which consist of cheering when you feel like it and eating alot of stadium food in the meantime.

Tonight also is a kickoff for us...dance. This will be Piper's 2nd year dancing and Peyton's 1st. Peyton chose not to try out for the competition cheering squad this year so she could give dance a try. I'm so excited for the both of them. They both love music and dance around the house all the time. Of course this means we have a busy week now, at least until football season is over in November.

We also have school starting this Friday. Peyton will start 3rd grade and can't wait! She asked me the other day, Mom...don't I look like I should be going into the 4th grade? She is such a nut, I told her to stop trying to grow up so fast. Piper will start Pre-K on Monday. I'm so sad that we will not be at our precious Neva's house anymore. She has watched over my babies for the past 6 years and I'm truly going to miss seeing her everyday. I will still see her at church, just not everyday. I told her I may need to be medicated to make it through my withdrawals. If Jamie would just agree to baby number 3! haha

With all these activities starting up this week, the Burge household has spent a small fortune on shoes! Cheer shoes, school shoes, ballet shoes and tap shoes. Too bad they can't wear flip flops to school, it would be so much cheaper. And don't even get me started on the school supplies I have to buy. What are my tax dollars being spent on? Apparently not school supplies and teacher's salaries.

A few days without kids....

Well 2 days without the girls...so bittersweet. I loved having Jamie all to myself and not having to cook dinner or tell someone why they had to bath. It was fun watching what we wanted to on the TV, I don't even know what Sponge Bob and Patrick did for 2 days! But, I have missed the girls. Peyton went to camp on Sunday and Piper went to my sister's house for 2 days. I think the worst part has been not being able to talk to Peyton....until yesterday that is...someone smuggled a cell phone into camp and she called me at work. hahahaha I said how are you calling me and she said, this girl has a phone and we are all calling our moms. I hope they didn't get caught! haha

We went and picked up Piper on our way home from work on Wednesday and I was sooooo glad to see her smiley face. She was ready to get home too. She was in the car before we were. Tonight we pick up Peyton. We will have dinner at the camp and then they will have an awards ceremony for the campers. I can't wait!

Well not much else going on, I just wanted to jot down a couple of things before the week got totally behind me.

July 2009

Well July has been a busy, yet fun month for us so far. We kicked it off with a 2 week vacation at GamMaw and PawPaw's beach house in Panama City Beach! We had an awesome time, and I highly recommend a 2 week vacation to everyone. Just imagine 2 weeks of no work, no bills, no dance, cheerleading, gymnastics....just beach and puttputt! haha We had a ball. Here are some pictures of our trip. The first week we had my family there, then the 2nd week we had Jamie's family.

I took our blowup pool from our house to the beach, best decision I ever made...the girls didn't want to hit the sand everyday, so this gave them a break.

Yesterday, was a big first for us...we dropped Peyton off at overnight camp. She was so excited! I spent 2 days packing her stuff and making sure everything was labeled. We went to Walmart and bought a funky blanket and sheet set (and a matress pad, a little extra room between my baby girl and a very used matress). We bought a poncho, laundry bag, small shampoos and lotions, all kinds of girly camp stuff! haha I got to hang around long enough to see her take her swim test. Then she was ready for us to leave...I won't get to talk to her til Thursday. I can't wait to hear all about her week! I left her with 2 disposable cameras to take pictures, I hope she figures out how to use them since I forgot to show her.

This is Peyton with my cousin's daughter, Elizabeth. I feel so much better knowing she has a friend from the start.

Two Birthday's in one day!

Well a few weekends ago, Mother's Day weekend to be exact. We were invited to 2 birthday parties on the same day. Luckily they were at different times. The first was for our friend Jaime's little boy Aiden, he turned 1. Aiden's story is an awesome story, he started off as an embryo made by another couple...who was frozen indefinitely. Until this couple found out they could adopt out their embryos. Jaime and her husband adopted their little embryo and he was born in May of 2008! Just a side note...Jaime is now pregnant with Aiden's sister, his sister embryo!

So we started off at Aiden's party, which my girls LOVE Ms. Jaime's house...see Jaime has horses. We fed her horses and played with bubbles and opened gifts. Here are a few pictures from our time there (sorry no pictures of Aiden, I didn't know if his parents would approve):

We left Aiden's party and headed to Seth's. Seth is Ms. Neva's grandson. He was turning 3! Guess what kind of party Seth was having.....yep.....a barnyard party. His grandparents live on a farm and show horses. It rained the first hour and a half we were there, but we still had a great time. The party was in the barn itself, so the kids fed and pet the horses in between games. Here are a few pictures of the party.


As you can see the girls had a blast! We were tired and wet by the time we got home, but it will always be a day to remember.