Update on Life

Well it is official Justin James Burt will be graduating on August 14, 2010 with his Bachelors in Economics. I am so proud of him along with all of his friends and family. It is pretty honorable to have worked full time, managing a business, getting married, getting a dog (practically a child), and going to school full time. He has accomplished much and is about to close a chapter of his life and embark on a new journey. All of his family will be here for his ceremony except his brother Ryan and his wife and kids. They will be missed a lot! Grandma from Albuquerque will be here too! After the ceremony it is off to party in Fremont with grilling and fun! What a fantastic way to end this story of his life.......food, laughter, family, and fun!

I only have 6 more days nannying this summer too! Wow it has gone by so fast but it has been so fun! They are always on the move and always saying the funniest things. Even though I have gotten my degree in elementary education I have chosen a different career path for the moment. I will be managing a Scooters coffeehouse....random.....sort of yes. I am so excited for it and know that God has led me exactly where he wants me! I just hope my cousin Bethany and Allen move here so she can work with me and we both can attend some more school for graphic design! Life is so great! I am such a dreamer and will always be one.

So there you go. That is the update from the Burt household! I haven't been doing so well on one of my summer goals.....taking more photos. I have on my phone but that is all! Lame!! Soooooooooo I will take some everyday from now on!!! Fingers Crossed! I have uploaded a picture of a camera for inspiration....hahaha

Home for the weekend!

miss Lily sitting pretty
Helping Garden!
Jaden was going down all by himself! Poopy diaper and all!
Maddox is everywhere!
Jaden likes to hide even when you can see him
Classic little Chase!

What a great weekend we had! The whole family was there...Chase, Carolyn, Maddox, Jaden, Matt, Abbie, Lily, Baby #2, Mom, Dad, Jay, Me, and of course Barb! What is with my family being able to laugh and have a good time with everything!

Saturday we enjoyed a game of apples to apples.....hilarious!!!! I think some of the words to describe me were: short and stout, long and lean, big and tall......hahaha. This is true! The one card to describe Jay was "wild and wooly". We all erupted in laughter over that card because Jay is kind of hairy! Perfecto! Then whenever Chase drew any card he decided to sing and repeat everything his card said just as if he were a broken record gone wrong. Annoying? Maybe to others but to us....hilarious! If you are bored all you have to do is go to the Meyer house!

My parents have a baby pool set up in their backyard and the nieces and nephews loved splashing in the water, especially little Lily! She is a water bug. Being only 1 year old, she loves to dunk her head and hold the hose up to her face! She is "fearless" as my mom says and is most definitely a fish! Then ther was Jaden who cried everytime his feet got put in!

As we were getting ready to leave the boys decided to inspect Chase and Carolyn's car because it turns out they have new friends who have moved in it! Mice! YUCK! It gives me the creeps. So after vacuuming up the mice poop they set up some mice traps in the car.....hahaha it is kind of funny. So we will have to keep you updated on the status of the new rodent family.

day at the zoo

so over the fourth of july we had jay's brother and his wife and kids come stay with us. it was fun and busy! jay experienced his first visit to the henry doorly zoo. he was amazed at how spectacular it was. i mean it is one of the best right? our niece and nephew loved it too! savannah is 3 and jameson is 1. they were great troopers and loved hanging out with uncle jay. because jay chose to be the "fun one", he had the opportunity to be savannah and jameson's source of entertainment througout the weekend....meaning being a human jungle gym. after they left on monday and jay woke up on tuesday he was sore if that says anything. i think it says he is older than he thinks he is and maybe he should lift some weights or something ;).....just kidding for reals. anyhow the weekend was fun with them. lots of really bad food was eaten and good wine was drank. the only bummer was lincoln post poned their firework show to the 5th and we were unable to shoot off any fireworks on the fourth. very depressing for me. i am used to a day in columbus, nebraska where all we do is sit around shooting off fireworks, eating homemade ice cream and drinking lemonade. fireworks or not it was a great weekend......henry doorly zoo need i say more? haha

provoked thoughts

so have you ever put God in a box? i certainly have. as i have grown older in years and spiritually i have come to a point where i felt stagnant. so little did i know a book i would pick up to read by the pool would be so inspiring. this book is called THE SHACK. yes this is well known in the christian realm and controversial. the story is fictional but inspiring. it has truly opened up my mind as to what a relationship with God is and looks like. sometimes i think i still put my faith in performance mode and try to do everything right, forgetting what a relationship is. i recommend this book entirely. it is inspiring, intriguing, funny, sad, happy.....all the emotions. give it a try! i never finish books and i almost finished this in 2 days. you will love it!

so day 3 and 4 completed a week ago

after all that hype about running 5 days a couple weeks ago.....i only ran 4. well the goal is closer to being completed. this week i have run 2 days so far so 3 to go! not bad! i am going to complete this goal. fingers crossed! determination