Happy 10th Birthday Dillon!

10 years ago today I became a mom!

Happy Birthday Dillon Archibald!

You are a great son and I love to watch you grow and learn!  You are amazing!

I hope this next year is a happy one for you!

Love,

Mom

Happy 9th Birthday!

9 yrs ago today this handsome boy made me a momma.  Dillon is a kind, senstive little boy who is growing up so quickly!

Happy Birthday Dillon-Boy!  We love you!

Ogden Temple Dedication

18 Years ago I had the opportunity to go to the Mount Timpangoas Temple Dedication.   Today we had the opportunity to attend the LDS Ogden Temple Dedication.  The children have to be 8 yrs old to go so only Dillon got to go with us.

It was very neat and it made me think of my 1st time I went 18 years ago.  

Today we got to hear from Pres. Monson and Elder Eyering.   We went to the 10am session and it was fun to get to take Dillon with us!

Back to School 2014

The kids started back to school today!

They are going to a new school that requires uniforms.  They were excited to go!

Here is a picture of them!

Dillon is in third grade
Jennilyn is in 2nd grade
Ruth and Irene are in all day Kindergarten.

Dillon's Blue and Gold Banquet 2014

Dillon's Blue and Gold Banquet was this last week.  They held it at a little bowling ally at the Army Depot here in Tooele.  We had pizza and cake and had a lot of fun bowling.

Christmas Newsletter 2013

It is that time of year again...I sit here reflecting on this last year...Wow what a year it has been.

One year ago this week we moved into our 1st home.  What a difference it is to live in a house and not in an apartment.  We are so glad we were able to do this last year.

Now onto what is going on with the family:

Irene will be 5 in Jan.  She loves going to preschool and is looking forward to Kindergarten next year.  She is the taller of the twins and loves horses, princesses, and playing with legos and playing games on Lego.com

Ruth and Irene are best friends.  The joys of being a Twin!  Ruth too loves Preschool and is looking forward to Kindergarten as well.  She is the smaller of the two and two loves horses, princess and playing with legos and on Lego.com

Jennilyn is our smart 1st grader and is 6 yrs old.  She is an excellent reader and is learning math and enjoying it.  She loves to play ballerina and she has a lot of the same interest as the twins with horses, legos, princess and such.  Of course they all share a room so that is not hard.

Dillon is our fun energy boy.  He is in 2nd grade and just turned 8.  Dillon was baptized on Dec 7th.  He is enjoying cub scouts and he loves legos.

This year has been a roller coaster for Annette and Dan.  Both of us have had some health scares this year. But we have had fun too.

The end of  January we found out we were going to have another baby and were very excited about it, but a few weeks later we ended up in the ER with Annette in so much pain.  They were trying to find out what was wrong and we heard the baby's heart beat, but then were told that it was another Tubal Pregnancy.  They took her into emergency surgery.  While they were there they found out that Annette had appendicitis and took care of that too.  Annette is doing well and is moving forward as a mother of 4 kids.

In  April Dan had a scare that took us to the ER with him.  He has had problems with High Blood Pressure for a few years, and they were having trouble getting it under control.  He started seeing a specialist this year and with a lot of hard work we now have his BP under control, but he is also now seeing a cardiologist and it has been determined that he has a mild heart condition called  left ventricular non-compaction.  This is a hereditary family condition.  As of right now we just keep moving forward as there is not a lot of things to be done for it.  He will continue to be monitored for it.  But he is doing well and has lost 30 lbs this year.

 In June Dan and Annette traveled to Minnesota to attend Dan's sister Annette's wedding.  While we were there we got to visit with many friends and family.  Dan's Grandmother also celebrated her 90th birthday while we were there and it was very neat to get to spend time with her.

The kids and Annette spent a week at Camp Tifi with Papa Jack and Nana this summer and we had a lot of fun.

In October Dan and Annette celebrated 9 yrs since they got married.

We had the chance of having both sets of grandparents come and visit us a few times this year.  Also Great-Grandparents have come too.

In September we had a chance to have all of Annette's sisters come to Utah and spend time with all of them, and have some of them come stay at our home.

We are loving having a house and having family come visit.

Dan is still working at Sportman's warehouse.  And has had a busy year with them.  Annette is still enjoying being home with the kids, she has started doing some babysitting.

This year we have really been blessed and watched over.

We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

From Our Family to Yours!

Love,
Daniel, Annette, Dillon, Jennilyn, Ruth and Irene

Dillon's Baptism

On Saturday December 7, 2013 Dillon Archibald Burke was baptized as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by his father Daniel P. Burke

This was a special day.  We want to thank all that were able to come and let those who were not able to come know that they were missed.

Weather, work and illness prevented some of the family coming, but we had a great day with those that came.

We love you Dillon and are so proud of your choice to be baptized!

Dillon and Dan before the services

Annette, Dan and Dillon

Our family

Cousins together

Nana Dillon and Dillon, Papa was sick and not able to come

Aunt Jaclyn, cousins CPC, SRC and MJC with Dillon

Grandpa and Grandma Burke with Dillon

Dan with his parents and the kids

Congratulations Dillon!

Dillon with the cake!

Happy 8th Birthday Dillon!

8 yrs ago today I became a Mom!  Dillon you are my sweet boy and I love you so very much.

Dillon you have been improving so much in school and are starting to have interest in things you like to do or want to do.

It is fun to come say good night to you and find you reading a book in your own way before you go to sleep, just like Mom and Dad do.

You are starting Cub Scouts this week and I am excited to see you learn about new things.

We love you Dillon!  Happy 8th Birthday!

Sorry no older pictures they are all on the portable Hard Drive and I didn't have access to it. :)

1st Day of school 2013

This year we have a 2nd grader, 1st grader and the twins are in preschool!

Dillon and Jennilyn have been enjoying going back to school and enjoy getting to walk home from school together this year.  The twins are loving preschool.  Because the preschool is at the elementary school it is a free program so the girls are in the same class.  The kids are enjoying being back in school!

Family Camp

This month we participated in Family Odyssey.  This is a family camp for families of those participating in Timberline and other training groups.

I volunteered to come help on staff for Family Odyssey so we could have some time with my parents.   Here are some pictures of our time.

While we were gone, Dan built this gate for the top of the stairs to the basement.  I love how it turned out!

We saw lots of deer at camp.  This is from one of our little walks and the deer is at the top of the hill.

On Monday night after the campfire program, the kids and I were walking back to the truck to go back to camp and Irene slipped and cut her head open.  No stitches, and she was a trooper while Papa Jack and others worked on her.

Ruth and Irene crashed for a nap one day.

We had some special visitors from movies in camp.

I worked with Miss Amy and the Shining Stars (ages 2-4 yr olds)  Miss Amy was amazing with the little kids!

We got a kiddy pool towards the end.  The kids loved cooling off.

Another of our visitors.  I did not get pictures with Megamind

The kids having fun with marshmallow shooters and some of the camp staff joined us.

Dillon's age group made cardboard boats  with cardboard and duck tape.  He was so funny crying to me that his boat wouldn't win.  Guess what it did win!  He had so much fun!

We are all tired coming home after being gone for a week, and we brought home an extra with us.  My younger sister Wendy went to Mississippi to help my baby sister Alysha when she had her baby girl this last week.  So we got one of her kids while she is gone.  Rivers will be with us for a few more days.  The kids have been enjoying having a baby around.

So until next time!