Thanks Grandma!

Today, Grandma Burnham took Landon to get his baptism scriptures. I had already bought him the bag for them and was going to take him on his baptism day to get the scriptures, but found out that it is tradition in the Burnham family for Rita to get the kids their scriptures. So, we decided to just all go together to get them.

Since there was no option for RED scriptures (burgundy was NOT going to be sufficient), Landon chose the blue ones. And, he also went for the quad vs. seperate books. Grandma even got him a scripture marker and a book mark so he's totally ready for church on Sunday!

And not to be outdone by her brother...Mackenzee gave Grandma the "PLEEEAAASSEE" look and ended up getting this pink teddy bear which she has name PINK. Sigh.

Seriously though, he is so excited to have gotten these. In the car he said, "Mom, this is silver on here!" My favorite though was, "what does H-o-s and J-u-d mean?" Yeah...I had to explain a little to him about how the books worked. But I am truly enjoying these one on one moments we are getting to have because of all of this. It's such a special time for him, and such an important time all at once. I'm so glad I get to share in it with him.

Homecoming!

Yay! My Landon finally comes home today! He's been gone for a week and we've missed him TERRIBLY so! It' just not the same without him around. Sniff Sniff. So, we are counting down the hours until we get him back. Tick tock. Sigh. It's not going quick enough!

Santa Came!

Yesssss!!!!!

That's what came out of my daughters mouth when she saw what Santa brought her. She's never said that before. It was awesome. Though all she truly cared about was the Hello Kitty bandaids and the chapstick. Sigh.

Landon was thrilled to see that Santa had deemed him "nice" after he saw a Wii sitting next to the TV. It did have a large sign on it though that said it was for the Burnham FAMILY. I don't think he paid much attention to it. :0)

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Ours was great as we were able to spend the time with both of our families. It was great to have all of my siblings here, the cousins had such a great time playing together. And little Breanna Burnham is now 12! Holy cow! She was totally decked out in make up last night and everything. She's still the same Breanna though. :0)

Merry Christmas!

Santa Cookies

Santa let Landon know that he was expecting some cookies when he came to deliver presents on Christmas Eve, so last night we hurried to make some for him. We were able to make these at my mom's house with the Callens, which made it even more fun! My sister, Crystal, and her family came on Saturday for the holiday and so we went out last night to visit and make the special cookies.

I cheat on Santa cookies and just use the holiday cake mix for them. The recipe is on the side of the cake mix box for those of you that haven't tried making these yummy cookies yet. It only makes a couple dozen cookies, which is great, and the kids only care about frosting them anyway...so it gets my part out of the way quick! ;0)

It was hilarious to watch Riley and Mackenzee attempt to frost the cookies. Riley piled his frosting high, while Mackenzee was more concerned with just piling on the sprinkles. Genea had to make hers just perfect, and Landon just wanted to eat his. ;0) Santa is definitely going to be on a sugar high tonight!

It's finally here!

Today is the day! The ACTUAL day that Landon was born eight years ago. He is now officially 8! Sniff sniff. One year older and WISER too....Happy Birthday....to you!

Early Christmas

We alternate years on which family Jaysen and I spend Christmas with, and this year is with my family. So, Jaysen's parents came over this morning with their presents for the kids. They always give jammies to the kids, which I love! Kenzee got a cute pair of pink jammies, and Landon got blue. They also brought over poppers for all of us, which is a tradition for them for Christmas Eve. They buy these LARGE poppers that have small toys/trinkets in them. So, the kids got to pop theirs (though Kenzee just tore hers apart).

And then there is always the "Mr. Right and Mrs. Right" game where you pass things to the right and left and then whatever you end up with at the end is what you get to open. Jaysen's parents put cash in envelopes and there are a couple of envelopes that have more than the others, so everyone hopes they get those. ;0) So, they brought over envelopes for us as well. No big winners here. ;0) But the kids were thrilled to find $10 in their envelopes.

So, thank you so much Perry and Rita! The kids love their jammies and Landon has already been trying to decide what he's going to do with his cash. It's nonstop presents around here!

Christmas Recital

Tonight was Landon's Christmas Piano Recital. He got to play Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer for his solo piece and then two ensemble pieces as well. Before my mom had to cut back a bit a few years ago, she had oodles of students who took group lessons. Meaning, she had four full sized keyboards hooked up and each student used their own keyboard and they all played together. So good for kids who need help with timing and counting (which is most of them!) Anyway...she got out three of her keyboards and had the kids play a few songs as ensembles. Each child playing a different part (harmonies and what not). It makes it so much fun for the kids. Landon was really having a hard time with one of the songs, and so in order to coax him into playing I told him that I would play the treble clef during the recital and all he had to play was the bass clef notes. He did awesome. And it's always fun to play a "duet" with him. He even got to play the final song, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, with a couple other students while we all sang along. He was so proud of himself and he had so much fun with it. I think all of the kids did. No memorizing pieces, just playing fun Christmas tunes with their friends.

Good job Landon! You did great!