moving

we are moving on from our trusty "blogger" blog.
you can find us now at web.mac.com/burtonsnorth

you can also click on the link to your right (new and improved burtons*north) and it should take you there as well!
see you soon.
happy new year!

Don't be freaked that I Hacked into your BLOG

We wanted to surprise you with this special online edition of our christmas wishes. Made exclusively for you, the Burtons, our BFF's.

The Card:



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Our Message:

We absolutely cannot wait for the 3 of you to be back in sunny california with us. I can see it now, sleep overs, movie nights, shopping, and the beach in the Winter time! (oh, yeah, and a whole lot of work on cj's part) We love you! Here's to 11 years of friendship.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
love, Doug, Em, Sophie and Owen.

P.s. Owen said, "Eli, i want to you come and play xbox lego starwars with me."

cichy hitch'n

who-ho! the weekend was kicked off with a great family meal for dave and ashley cichy who got married that morning down in cardston. we had a great time, the food was good and dave and ash looked super happy. i caught just a couple of shots from the evening. caitlyn (hope that was spelled right) sang "heaven" with other cousin burns on the accoustic guitar. it was very sweet and really pretty. congratulations dave, ash and the whole cichy family!

today we hit a matinee of "night at the museum" and low and behold Prime Minister Stephen Harper was there 4 rows up from us in the same theatre with his family AND his dozen secret service men. bizzar-o! he does live in Tuscany, our neighbourhood, so i guess i shouldn't be too surprised. he must be home for the holidays from ottawa. it is just wierd to have such a very public figure in such close proximity and participate in such a uneventful event like 'going to the movies'...

after the movie, we stopped in the hallway and introduced ourselves. when he went to shake elis hand, eli was shy and was not looking up and PM Harper said, "Look up at me son!" which eli promptly did and i then informed eli he was shaking hands with one of the members of the G8 and leader of our country....

dave told audrey that the man sitting infront of us was the leader of our country and audrey said, "I thought that was President Hinckley?!" i like how you are thinking aud, keep it up...

33

today is cjs 33rd birthday.

we had a really nice small surprise party for him at nena and jeffs, under the guise that it was a after-christmas-concert-ice-cream-social for carson.
it worked.
nena said she wanted everyone to listen to carsons concert that she taped and then threw the switch on the "ghetto-blaster" to start up "birthday" by the beatles, a long standing traditional get-down-and-party-song on anybodys birthday in the family.
it worked.
we all started dancing and cj was stunned. it took him a few "today it's your birthday" riffs until he got up and started "jamming it".
we all chowed on cupcakes and treats. i asked everyone to write down something they would like to share with cj, a funny experience about him, their feelings about him, what they like about him, whatever they want to share, and we all put the notes in a container. the note he is reading in the picture was one of them. it was really nice to hear everyones feelings and thoughts. needless to say, tears flowed and good vibes were plenty. we all love cj. he is hardworking, tender, funny, sensible, loving, kind, spiritual, driven and we are all so fortunate to have him in our family.
we sang songs, nena gave a manicure to everyone there including dad and chuck, (dave was next in line but all the guys bugged out to see apocolyto). aunt lee ann cruised in and we all hung out until 11:00ish. audrey lost her front right tooth after sandra took her in the bathroom with a popsicle for awhile. put another notch on your belt sandra!
just a really fun night.

hitin' the zoo

we hit the zoo on saturday night to see the zoo lights. lots of fun, there was really no snow this year when we went as opposed to last year when it was white and fluffy and really pretty with the lights. the kids liked it though and we had a good time.

playing live

one of the nights we were in las vegas, cj, spencer and jade all performed at a local bar. cj did an acoustic set with spencer kicking in some percussion on a couple songs (you can see him on the floor in one of the shots), then spencer and jades band "the pandas" played. you can see spencer on drums and jade on tambourine. it was lots of fun and they all sounded great.