Savoir of the World

Valenica was in our Stake play this year and Clint helped with lighting. She came out of her shell so much while doing this. I am so glad she tried something new so she could grow. They had to put in a lot of time and have some late nights but still had such a great experience. So the first clip she is a beggar and in the second she is the dancing girl 3rd from the right. The third one is 6 of the youth camp leader girls I worked with this summer for girls camp and they sang so beautifully to Mary it made me cry. They were wonderful! The fourth is the Last song. It was a beautiful play and I am so grateful for the talents that were shared with us all.

The kind of Woman I want to be.

I saw this on a blog I follow, Modern Molly Mormon and thought yep that is the kind of woman I want to be. Hope you do too!

Just trying out some different backgrounds. Thought this was kind of cute!

Serve Others

"There is a danger in the word someday, when what it means is not today...  

Choose to serve the Lord this day"

-Henry B. Eyring

The Dirt on Celebrities

Yes sometimes with Clint's work he get to do the fun stuff. I just got off the phone with him and he was doing Bryan Adams laundry. Oh that's the life. He said he didn't even ruin it. I am so proud of him.

Clint's day off

Clint has been working on a program book for the Symphony, so we have not seen him much lately. He finished yesterday and we are glad he is home for the day and can take some time to himself. You work hard to provide for our family and we think you rock!

Score!

I always love a great deal! I stopped at a garage sale the other day and they had great prices. I hate when you go to one and everything is way over priced. So I found this great set of books for the kids for $20, online used it sells for $195 about. Yeah I am freaking out. Then I go to the sale across the street and find this camera tripod and ask how much it is, she says $5, I say sold. I know that these are at least $100. So I check it out yep $115 online. So I get in my van to go home and it wont start, try again won't start. My brother-in-law (thanks Steve!) had to come tow me home. We brought it in to get it checked out and the fuel pump is out. Sorry little wonderful van I can't put that much money into fixing you. So much for saving money.

Finding Peace

I started a Yoga class last week at the Lutheran church down the street. I love the classes! It is a yoga flow so it is a little quicker pace that gets your heart rate up. Last week I could barely move for two days afterward, will see how it goes tomorrow. At the end of every class there is time for meditation and the teacher shares a spiritual thought to think on. The thought today was pertaining to
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

So many times I am frantically trying to keep up with the things in my day and trying to dodge the things of this world. It is hard to find that peace that is in me, though my Savior, amid all of these things. I am going to try to step back and find that peace when the world is telling me otherwise. We need to take the time everyday to be still and reconnect with that spirit. How do you all reconnect?

First Day of School

So I tried to do a video but our video camera is not working to well (I  had to hit it a couple times to get it to work) and I am trying out the imovie on my mac. Vincent put pennies in our DVD burner so there was no point in me making a movie I couldn't burn so I haven't made a video in years and it was hard to get used to the new imovie format, but I did it. I have a lot to learn. I will have to make more to get better. I will have to call you Steve to get some pointers. So here it is and I know it is a little long but it is mostly for me to look back at and listen to their cute little voices.

First Day of School from Kristin Burgess on Vimeo.

Camping

Yes lots and lots of pictures. We had a great time camping. Here is a list of the "we did while camping"

• arrive late like always and set up in the dark
• cold nights
• crawdad hunting
• building dams
• playing fetch
• canasta
• sleeping in
• family time
• hikes
• rain storms
• flying tents
• haunted house
• trying to keep dry
• calming crying kids
• rope swing
  
• parade
• candy
• flying flags
• smiles
• Fun
• Packing up 
• robot out of box
  
• Rainbow
• cows in road
  
• sleeping while Clint drives home
• reality depression
• buck up