Wahooooo!

Today was my last day of work. I am DONE! It hasn't really sunk in yet. I think that Monday morning will be when it hits me that my life as I have known it for the past 2 years has changed. From now on, I get to be the one who picks my kids up from school.

Yeah!!!!

Oh Happy Day!!

Oh, today is a happy day! Why you ask? I just filed my taxes. Whahooooooooo!!!

I used TurboTax for the first time and it was the easiest thing ever. We have alwasy had someone else do it and after our experience last year we realized that we knew more about the deductions we qualified for than the guy at H&R Block. So we decided to give it a try. And it was so easy. I am so glad we are done, and we are getting money back!!

Have a wonderful tax season!

So, this weekend we went on an overnight vacation to meet Dusty's parents for the Utah game in Laramie, Wyoming. We left work yesterday at 5 p.m., packed up the kids and our stuff and headed out. We got to "beautiful" Laramie around 8 p.m.

The kids immediately went to town jumping on the beds in grandma and grandpa's room and had a great time goofing around. Dusty ran to get Winger's chicken and he brought me back some Asphalt Pie...delicious!!

We went to bed and Emma decided to be a little stinker. Jacob ended up making a bed on the floor, while Dusty and Lex slept on one bed and I got to sleep with Miss Emma. We woke to the kids at 6 a.m. and I was able to hold them off till about 7 before I had to get out of bed.

We had breakfast at some place other than Perkins...wonderful! Then we headed out to do a little shopping. Grandpa Burke apparently doesn't like shopping but he was a good sport about it. Thanks for understanding that we don't have many stores where we live.

Next, it was game time. Last year, I swore that we would not take the kids with us to a Wyoming game again because the fans there are CRAZY! No joke. But this year turned out o.k. Most fans were pleasant other than one a couple rows behind us which I kindly reminded to look at the score board. By that statement I hope you can tell the outcome of the game. We won!! But then I was petrified to walk all the way from the first row of the stadium up the stairs past a ton of angry Wyoming fans. We made it out safely and got the heck out of there.

And now, at last, we are home and just relaxing to wind down our Saturday.

I hope you all had a great Saturday!!

Alexis' Paper About Her Family

Yesterday Alexis brought home a paper that she wrote in school. I wanted to share it with everyone because it was one of the cutest things I have read.

My Family is Awesome by Alexis Burke

"My Dad is the head of the house because he is the boss. My dad works at Cabela's and so does my Mom. My Dad is the best because he loves me very, very much. My Mom is really nice because she cooks dinner, lunch and breakfast. I really, really love my mom. I have a brother that is annoying because he always talks about Power Rangers. But I really love him very much. I have one sister. She loves princesses, but I hate them. If I be mean to her I get in trouble. But I don't be mean to her because she is my sister. I am old enough to be nice.

My family's names:

Dad Mom Alexis Jacob Emma"

I love the fact that she says that I do all the cooking. That is funny because Dusty is normally the one cooking when we get home from work because I am busy checking homework and cleaning up the mess we left when we rushed out the door that morning.

It's funny what kids pick up on. For example, the "you are old enough" line. At least we know she is listening to us when we tell her these things.

I am really proud of Alexis and want her to know how much I love her.

Bye for now.