The Burnhams

I took pictures for Maren and her family on Saturday down by Whyte Ave. If you want to see more of my favourites, check out my photography blog!

End of the roll....

This "All Purpose Packaging Film" is 9.5 years old! Yes, it is as old as how many years Joe and I have been married. I know this because we bought it right after we got married. For the last forever, I have been expecting it to run out, but it must have been magical saran wrap! And it would never run out...until...I just went to use it and it was the end of the roll! Thanks Costco, for all your over sized everything!

Hannah...she says the funniest things!

I really need to have a video camera on that girl 24/7. So I can go back to listen and watch the most hilarious things she does and says. Earlier today she was trying to open a candy wrapper and she said "Mommy, this wrapper has child locks!" Haha! Too funny! She has also been trying to speak french...just like Taylor. And I hear her trying to sing songs in french, it is so cute! And a few days ago, she was playing with all her stuffies, and then it got really quiet...yep, she fell asleep in them....





She eventually woke up when I took some pics of her. I love that girl!

She's Coming....

No I am not talking about Jenny coming...I wish. But this does have to do with Jenny, Maren and I! It all started today when I got my mail....




It was from Jenny....



My first reaction was fear! Then, it was laughter....hahaha! Jenny you are too funny! So, for those of you who don't know...well, let me start at the beginning....

A few Christmas' ago, Jenny and I were shopping at Micheal's, and we saw these super creepy porcelain doll head ornaments. We loved them so much, we bought one for Maren! This is what it looked like...



After she opened it, we hung it on her tree without her noticing...it only took her a few minutes to notice it! And that is where this all started. For the past few years, we have been hiding the doll head in each other's homes! Some of my favourite places the doll head was hidden are...hanging from Maren's front entrance chandelier, in a ziploc bag in soup and in a slurpee, hanging outside Jenny's patio window (bumping into the window when the wind blew), taped to the inside of Jenny's toilet seat, stuffed in one of Noah's sleepers that had a hood and placed in his crib...etc. There were moments when we didn't see the doll head for months, but the last place I saw it, Maren put it in Jenny's purse right before she left for Cleveland. She eventually found it...and now she has mailed me a lock of her hair with a warning note...She's Coming! The doll head has gone through a lot in the last few years, and looks a little different now. I don't have a picture of what she looks like now but she has stitches and a black eye!

I am a little scared of how and when I will find her...

Future Gamer Geek

I have no idea where she gets if from...



The best was that she had no idea I was taking this picture!

Summer!!! Where have you gone...

It feels like not that long ago I was in my swimsuit everyday at Echo Lake or at my Mom and Dad's pool in the hot sun! Summer is really not technically over until September 21 so I am going to keep wearing my swimsuit everyday until then, and the weather better cooperate! I thought I needed to post all my favourite pictures from my trip to Montana in August to remind myself that summer is not over...even though the forecast says so...

These first pictures are ones I took of the girls after we fed some ducks at the duck pond. It is in a sketchy area of Kalispell. There were some hooligans causing a scene and swearing like crazy, really loud, and talking about selling and using drugs, right where we were. We called the police...and they stopped by, but didn't really do anything. The hooligans stayed and kept swearing....don't know if we will go there again! I have named it sketchy drug duck pond.






Cop...



Hooligans...



These next one's are of my favourite place in the whole world...the dock! I love relaxing and reading there. It can also be a crazy place of mayhem, depending on who is at the dock...cough...my husband and his brothers, or any kids! One day when we were down at the dock, my kids were acting super crazy and I told them to chill out! Hannah was like "what's that?" So I told her that when she is acting crazy and she needs to stop, I will tell her to chill out. 20 minutes later, they are acting crazy again, I lost my temper and got upset at them. Then Hannah said, "Remember mom, you just need to chill out!" Yep. That's Hannah for you...ask anyone.











I love my girls and their matching swimsuits! I am so surprised they cooperated for these pictures! Oh, yeah, I am pretty sure I promised treats.






One night, we put mud masks on the girls. Taylor loved it! It was so cute!





Later when we went to bed, we saw Taylor and Hannah snuggling in their bed, but they weren't actually snuggling...Taylor was using Hannah's butt as a pillow!



Another favourite place in the whole world is the pool at my parents condo. I love to chillax there.




My super sassy pose...



The girls had so much fun on the boat out on the lake. They also loved tubing and going EZ skiing! What is THAT you say? Well, it's the cutest thing ever! It is a floaty thingy that looks like a seadoo that get's pulled behind a boat. We borrowed the Gibbs EZ ski and the girls had a blast! It was their favourite thing to do while we were there. They were constantly saying "can we go on the EZ ski? PLEASE!" We borrowed it 3 or 4 times! (thanks Barb!) We are definitely going to have to get one of those for next year!

















What a fun summer...but remember, it's not over!