Trick-or-Treat

Today is Halloween. I can't remember a recent Halloween that the weather has been so nice. Unfortunately, this is the first Halloween in four years that we have not had Sierra and Pierce. They are both excited and plan to dress-up as Princess Laya and a Ninja. Pierce keeps saying he is coming over here to trick-or-treat, but I think they will probably stay at the other house and go in that neighborhood. Either way, it is about them having fun and we are so blessed that which ever house they are at, they are loved and will have fun.

Hudson is dressing up as a Sock Monkey this year. He is not quite as excited as Aunt Sierra and Uncle Pierce about the whole trick-or-treat festivities - see picture below. This was taken at Haunt the Zoo the other evening.


I remember it took Pierce until he was about 4 years old to really enjoy it. I'll never forget when he was around 3 years old, we were trick-or-treating in our old neighborhood and an older boy with a really scary mask came up to him. He dropped his candy bucket, started crying, and ran as fast as he could toward our house. I thought he was going to be scarred for life! haha Now he wants to be the one dressing up in a scary mask scaring the small children. I guess pay-back time! Oh, how life does cycle.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween...and enjoys the nice weather this weekend. I don't think it's going to last much longer.

DON'T FORGET TO FALL BACK AN HOUR!!
KB

A fun day at the Pumpkin Patch!

Sunday after church, we took Sierra, Pierce, Megan, and Hudson to the TG Farms Pumpkin Patch in Newcastle. Other than the wind blowing a million miles an hour, we had a great time! There was a lot for the kids to do...ride horses, petting zoo, corn maze, slides, and most importantly...each person got to pick out their own pumpkin to take home. Hudson seemed to enjoy sitting in the wagon eating cheetos the best. We all piled our pumpkins on top of him so he wasn't going anywhere. But judging from the cheese all over his face, I don't think he really cared about the pumpkins! :)

Attached are some pictures of our fun day. One of the funniest things all day was Pierce getting in the pig pen. He saw some other older kids doing it, so he slowly climbed over, but kept his distance. Below you will see a picture of him running from a "small" pig. He's definitely a City Boy!

Feast or Famine!

We picked up the kids today from school. We have laughed all night because we go from a quiet week with just the two of us (me & Brett), to a house full of kids! Don't get me wrong, we love it! On the weeks Sierra and Pierce are home, the neighborhood kids are waiting on our doorstep when we pull into the driveway.

Tonight we only have two friends over. There have been times, when we have up to 8 kids at the house at once. I just cooked dinner, and now Brett has taken all of them to the Family Video store to pick out games/movies. Hope he makes it back in one piece. haha Let's just say they were a little hyper when they left :)

Here's to another great, eventful, LOUD, active, week at the Burleson house.

Heck... what's a few more running around here??

KB

Cutest Baby EVER!

Hudson found his shadow this weekend and loved chasing it! He has to be the cutest baby EVER!!! And so affectionate. Although, I am a little partial :)

Tradition

This past week Sierra turned 9 years old. In the past, birthdays and holidays have been about receiving gifts. As we looked around, we realized our children have more than they will ever use. We also know there are children, and adults, that go without every day. So, we sat the kids down and talked to them about starting our own family tradition. Every birthday and Christmas, one of our gifts to them is to drive them to the Jesus House and let them give some of their things to a needy child. They were both excited, and accepting of the idea. So Sierra collected some of her items...a new coat she has outgrown, shoes, clothes, etc.. and we loaded it up and drove her downtown. When we arrived, we got out of the car and met a really nice man. He was so nice to Sierra and told her he knows a lot of sweet girls about her age that he has dinner with every night. He told Sierra he would make sure they knew that she brought the things "personally" to give to them.

As we drove away, Sierra had a huge smile on her face...and of course I was crying. What better gift to give a child...the gift of giving. We are pretty proud of our children, and hope that this will be a family tradition they will pass down to their children.

"Children are the living messages we will send to a time we will not see."
~John W. Whitehead