Well its that time of year again at the Burch household...birthday time. Avery turned two on the 24th, I can't believe that she is already two! Here are some of the cute quirky things that we love about Avery: By the way I can never get her to look at the camera but doesn't she have the prettiest top of a head? :)
* I have never fed her a food that she doesn't like she
likes everything
* She has a MAJOR shoe fettish :)
*Hunter started calling her "missy moo" when she was
a baby and it has stuck with her
*In the mornings she points to her head and asks for a "bow"
* She also loves to have her "cell" as she calls it
*She loves any variety of cracker especially graham
* She is afraid of the garage door opener
* She is very wary of new people
Well a few weeks ago we had a visit from our best friends Erin and Kerry Grant. I don't think we went to bed until at least 3 or 4 o'clock every morning playing games, talking and laughing. It is very rare to find friends that you get along with the way we do with Erin and Kerry. 
I can talk to Erin about anything and she is the best friend you will find.
They have three sweet little kids who play with our kids so well. 
We had such a wonderful visit with them and can't wait to see them again, we love you Grant family!!! 
He is a people person, there is no such thing as a stranger to him and he makes friends so easily. He has an amazing vocabulary, he started talking in full sentences at 18 months and has always used words that are very advanced for his age. He still refers to himself as Hunterbug or his full name "Hunter William Bugalicious Burch" He still calls his bum a "pinchable" and tells me all the time that he loves me 29 pounces (instead of pounds). He already has such a sweet little testimony of the gospel and is such a good big brother. He is so inventive and extremely creative and what else can I say but that he is sooooo special to Deke and I and our entire family. 
For his birthday I made some homemade meatball subs since they are his favorite Subway sandwich since he was like two.
We went with Grandpa and Grandma McWhorter to SunSplash for the day and had a blast. 
But I think that one of his favorite parts of the day was getting to wake up and build his new Transformers with daddy. Hunter has the cutest freckles I absolutely LOVE THEM!!!
We weren't even thinking of having a baby yet when we got pregnant with Hunter, we just all of a sudden were. Hunter came into our lives and has brought more joy to us than can be expressed. He is such a special little person I can not even describe what I mean when I say that. We love you so much Bug, our big five year old!!
to this position!!! Then proceeded to just as quickly transform it back into a box. I was floored at how inventive his little mind is and the creativity that he often possesses.
I had my little foot bath out and Hunter and Avery were curious so I decided to let them play with it. First Avery put her feet in and Hunter scrubbed her feet and toes and then they traded and Avery scrubbed his. 
They made a huge, slippery mess but it was sweet to see them playing together and listen to them giggling. Lastly, a couple of weeks ago a family from the preschool gave me some tickets to take our family to see "Robosaurus."
It is a huge Robotic T-Rex that breathes fire and eats and crushes cars, exactly what an almost five year old little boy would love to do on a Friday night. It was really neat it came out and growled and blew fire and picked up three cars and ate them. 
The whole time Hunter kept saying "Whoa mom, look how cool!" and Avery (wide eyed and scared to death) would scream every time it growled.
It was a fun thing to get to do as a family and pretty crazy to watch it totally demolish the cars. We also got to see some racing which was interesting for us but not so much for the kids. It was funny to see the kids wearing their little ear plugs.
After the party each of the grandkids had prepared a talent and we did a talent show for them. Hunter did a little break dancing since he has recently told us that he is "headed to Vegas after preschool to be on So You Think You Can Dance." Avery did a little dancing herself as well as some of her famous version of push ups. 
My family is so It was a very special, emotional weekend for me. I had so much fun laughing and visiting with everyone. I could not stop thinking about how much life happens in fifty years. I think of everything that has happened in my marriage after only six years and marvel at the journey of that many years together. 
My grandparents have seen and been through so much and yet have still walked together side by side through it all. In a world where it seems as if no one stays married for very long anymore it is refreshing to have good examples to look at. To see them sitting next to each other holding hands and reflect on their journey to this point was very touching for me. I love them very much, look up to them, and am enjoying my own journey. Hopefully we will be back in contact with the computer world soon. 
