Meet the Burkeys: December 2010

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Friday, December 24, 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010

It's that time of year again!! Remember this and this? We had our third annual Gingerbread-House-Making-Contest!! The score is now Andrew & Ann 2 vs. Tim & Kim 1. Boo. We had a ton of fun this year but were also very competitive. We built walls out of our boxes so we wouldn't see what the other one was doing. Andrew cheated. A lot. We also decided to eat our houses when we were all finished. Not a good choice. Definitely felt like we were eating chemicals. Can't wait until next year!!

The walls.

The finished product:

I call this one "Creepy McCreep"

Decorating Andrew:

After Tim took a bite out of the roof:

Can't wait until 2011!!

Friday, December 17, 2010

Blue Screen of Death

Yep. That's what we got a week ago. Tim turned our computer on and got the "blue screen of death." After a week of trying to fix it on his own and researching repair prices, we decided to get a brand new computer. Praise the Lord for emergency funds and employee discounts!! We should get our new computer in a few days. This is our second computer to crash within two months. No. Good. Our old Honour Recital computer crashed [I think it crashed, it quit working, that's all I know] as soon as we moved into our new house. [Too bad, there were some sweet little THR goodies on there that I was hoping to use as blackmail later in life :) ] Then I took back a computer that I gave to Bubba a few years ago. That's the little stinker that just crashed. Hopefully I'll be able to update you all soon, I have so much to blog about. So many pictures to share. Yay for being one week away from Christmast Eve!!!!

Monday, December 13, 2010

Santa Lucia

It's Saint Lucy's Day!!!!! When I was younger, I always wanted to be the girl with the wreath at our church. Ahhhhhh.... memories. Next year I will be ahead of the game and we will celebrate and I will be making Lussekatt. Tim has no idea what any of this is or what he is in for. God Jul!!!

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Marshall Field's 2010

Can you believe Christmas is two weeks away?!?! Yikes!! Last week we had our annual Marshall Field's trip in Chicago. It was my first time driving a minivan downtown. Again, yikes!! Remember this... 2009, 2008, and 2007? Here are some random pictures from my phone...