Our new "television"

As many of you know, Al bought a projector to use with his power point at church. Well, between Matt & Al, they decided they could hook the projector up to the television and project the football games onto the wall. To take that one step furthur, they realized they could watch two football games at one time (one on the television and one on the projector.) Our ceilings in the den are 10 feet tall, so it makes a pretty big screen! I have to admit it is pretty great watching life size football. As long as my living room gets arranged back the way it belongs after the game! :-)

Notice how small our flat screen looks in comparison to the projection!

Happy Birthday Destiny!

On October 13th, our niece Destiny turned 2! We celebrated with a "Hungry Catepillar" party!

Burns/Looney Road Trip

A few months ago, Matt came home from work and told me we were now the owners of season tickets for the Ole Miss Rebels. "Why?" I asked. "I don't want to go to their games!" Well, you see, Matt and Al had been talking to good ole Jay Looney and they had decided to purchase Ole Miss season tickets so we could have tickets to the Alabama/Ole Miss game. I thought this was a ridiculous idea at the time. However, Jay sold all of our tickets for enough profit that we were able to go to our game practically free. So, on this ONE occasion, I guess I would have to say the guys were right :-) We had such a wonderful time! When you get the 6 of us together, we are destined to have a good time! We rented a van to go to Oxford in so we could all ride together. The weather was absolutely miserable. It was cold and there was a heavy mist for part of the game. It wasn't a pretty win by any means, but it was win! Roll Tide!

Lauderdale County's Homecoming

At the beginning of October, my Alma Mater had their Homecoming. The parade route runs right in front of the daycare so we always are able to take the children outside for the parade. I was worried that Anna Beth would be scared of the loud sirens, but she loved it. She was especially amazed by the Tiger mascot that walked with the parade.

Our Weekend Getaway

Matt & I went to the Bama vs. Kentucky game a couple of weeks ago. It was in Kentucky so that meant it needed to be an overnight trip. Anna Beth has spent the night away from home several times, but this was the first time for us to leave town without her. She stayed with Aunt Brooke & Uncle Bobo and had an absolute ball!

Entrance to Commonwealth Stadium

Inside the stadium before the game

Alabama players coming out to warm up

We had a great weekend together!

What have the Burns' been up to?

Well, a little bit of EVERYTHING! The first week of August we purchased a house. Very exciting for us, but you see, the house needed MAJOR work. So, for the past 6 weeks, we have spent every day M-F working our normal jobs and then working until 9 -10pm at night. The weekends having consisted of working all day Saturday and in between and after church services on Sunday. Where has our child been during all this time??? Here, there, and everywhere! Bless her heart! She has been such a trooper! She has spent alot of time with grandparents and Aunt Brooke & Uncle Bobo. As far as the house goes, EACH AND EVERY piece of trim in the house was still dark stained wood, so that meant EACH and EVERY piece of trim had to be sanded, primed, and have 3 coats of white paint! We have painted every room and hung crown molding. New cabinets, countertops, and tile all were done in the kitchen. I am so happy with how the kitchen is turning out. It was the one room that made me hestitant to buy the house. The kitchen still had dark ponderosa pine in it. So, we sanded, primed, and painted it and it turned out quite well! Every room had a wall heater that we had to remove and we had to sheetrock the hole. One of the bathrooms was gutted down to the framing. We are waiting on the tile to set in there before we can finish it. It will be a week before we can do any more in there because they are coming tomorrow to refinish our hardwood floors. The other bathroom is still waiting to be tiled and painted and new countertops put in. Carpet is going in the den tomorrow morning. We have made ALOT of progress, but it still seems like we have sooo much left to do. We are hoping to be in by the first of October. I took around 60 "before" pictures, so as soon as we finish with everything I will post "before/after" shots. I think y'all will be amazed! We are really excited about moving in. All the hard work will be worth it in the end!

So, in the middle of all this remodeling. Anna Beth decides that she was ready to start potty training. I had tried several months ago, but she would scream bloody murder everytime I would try to sit her on the potty. One day a couple of weeks ago, she found her panties in her room. She asked to wear them. I told her she could, but she could not use the potty in them. She picked right up on going to the bathroom and we've had very few accidents. I'm amazed at how quick she got it once SHE was ready. I could push it all day long, but she wasn't going to do it until she was ready. Being potty trained is just one more thing that makes her not my baby anymore. I know she isn't grown up by any means, but she is just changing and learning so much every day! She tells me everyday, "Mommy, I'm your big girl." Melts my heart!

Anna Beth's Cinderella

As many of you already know, Matt & I purchased a house a little over a month ago. We are remodeling this house before we move into it. We have spent MANY hours painting and working. Al offered to paint something in Anna Beth's room. He painted a beautiful Cinderella. Anna Beth is so proud of it. She takes everyone that comes into the house to see it! Thanks Uncle Bobo!!!