Last month, Brian and I celebrated our 6 month anniversary!! I cannot believe how fast time is flying!? We love married life and enjoy being able to spend so much time together. It is so fun to have our own little family! As cliche as it sounds, every day is truly better than the one before. How lucky I feel to have married such an incredible man!!
We also enjoy being able to spend some time with both of our families. Brian and I LOVE having them here in Colorado and feel really blessed to be able to see them as often as we do! (However, it also makes us really miss our siblings who live far away!) Here are some of the things we have done with our families over the past few months:
Katelyn raised pigs through 4-H again this year. They were so tiny and cute when she first got them! We were able to go help feed them sometimes and loved watching them grown! Who knew pigs liked animal crackers so much?! Brian and I also enjoyed watching Kate show her pigs at the 4-H fair. It's still so funny to me to think of our family raising pigs!
We loved being able to be here for Katelyn's Prom and Homecoming dances this year. Katelyn, Sarah, and I have always loved helping each other get ready for school dances--there's nothing like having two sisters to help you with your hair, makeup, and accessory selection! I sure do love my beautiful sisters!
Brian also got to have his part in the fun...taking pictures of all the excitement! :)
Brian and I were able to celebrate both of my parents' birthdays with them, which was a lot of fun. I have had a lot of fun improving my cake-making skills. I can thank the Food Network Channel for inspiring me. And of course we had to make sure we used the right number of candles on their cakes. :)
We were also able to celebrate some memorable birthdays with Brian's family. Our cute little niece, Genne, had her first birthday this summer, so Matt, Suze, Alex, and Genne came out to Colorado to celebrate with us! We even had a Mariachi band play for her when we went to Casa Bonita. :)
Our oldest nephew, Eric, turned 8 this year! We felt so touched that he invited us to participate in his baptismal program! We are so proud of our little nephew and for the good choices he has made so far in his young life!
We also had a blast with Josh, Beth, Jackson, and Megan, when they came to visit us. I cannot believe how big Jackson and Megan are getting!? Jackson is such a crack-up, and kept us all laughing with his funny gestures and faces...definitely a Burgess!
Brian and I feel so blessed to have such wonderful families! I truly know that our family members are given to us for a purpose, as I have seen on many occasions. How lucky we are to know that our families can be together forever!
