1st day of school

The Burke kids 2008 summer vacation has come to a close. Our children returned to school on Monday August 18, 2008. Jacob is in Mrs. Pilger's 1st grade class. Alexis is in Mrs. Clark's 3rd grade class and Emma started preschool with her new teacher Miss Jeneal. All 3 were extremely excited to be going back to school!

The week before I took the girls to get their school hair cuts. Alexis cut about 10 inches off of her hair into a cute bob. Emma got her hair trimmed with some wispy bangs. And I got mine cut into a bob too. We had a great time hanging out and getting pampered at the salon. Jake made it very clear that he did not need to go to the salon and get his hair cut (That's girly!!).

We didn't go school shopping this year other than to get the supplies they needed. We had planned to, but Dusty ended up getting sick. He has been having some health problems and we are going to see a Pulmonologist this week to see if we can figure it out. I don't want to worry our families so call us if you have any questions. As soon as we find out what the doctors say I will post to keep you informed.

We made it through the first week of school and are excited to see the kids learn and grow. We love you all. Bye.

'Dot'

So I am pretty sure that most of you back home will be quite surprised by this post. I, Sherrie Burke, rode a horse and loved it!!!

Our friends Jeff & Donna bought 2 horses for their girls for Christmas and we were finally able to ride one of them. We met Jeff up at the range and got to meet 'Dot'. I was a little nervous at first, but that didn't last very long. You will notice that I didn't wear the best shoes for riding (but in my defense I wasn't planning on riding the horse). My flip flops kept slipping which made it a little difficult to keep my feet in the stirrups (those of you who have ever rode a horse know that you have to kick the horse, with your legs in the stirrups, on her sides to get her to move). But I finally figured it out and got her to a trot. She was tired from doing a cattle drive that morning so we didn't ride long. I got to brush her down and pet her too. She was beautiful!

Below is a picture of me riding Dot.

Happy riding everyone...Giddy-Up Cowgirl!!!