Burton family happenings for 2008:

Alpine Slide ~ Ambri lost her first 4 teeth, 2 in the same day because she needed money for the book order, and 2 more because her crazy mom promised her a pedicure and manicure if she’d just pull them out (not thinking she’d really do it)! ~ Ambri turned 7 ~ Australia ~ Blueberries, blueberries, blueberries ~ Bryce turned 10 ~ Bryce plays on a competitive soccer team (2 teams at the same time this year) ~ Bryce’s new favorite smell (not) is sulfur at Yellowstone ~ Buffalo ~ California ~ “California cousins” ~ Chase turned 4 ~ Chickens ~ County fair ~ Disneyland ~ Disneyland recovery ~ Doug had knee surgery 2 days before Easter ~ Doug serves on the high council in the stake (still) ~ Family Search Indexing ~ First dentist trips for Chase and Oakli ~ Glasses for Oakli ~ Gonzalo from Chile came and stayed with us for a while, we toured Oregon with him. He saw the snow and the ocean in the same week. ~ Halloween brought a runner, sumo wrestler, wonder woman, a knight and Cinderella ~ Harry Potter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 (what next, Bryce?) ~ Hawaii ~ http://burton-family-blog.blogspot.com/ ~ Idaho ~ It’s “Princess Oakli” to you… ~ jewelry making ~ jump rope team at school ~ Keeping clothes on Chase… oh wait… I mean no clothes… ~ Lots of exercise ~ Marathon for Doug ~ Marathon for Kari (2 half marathons) ~ Mexico (again – Doug, how can you say “again”? I can go back “again” and “again”!) ~ Migraines ~ Montana ~ More Soccer ~ More soccer (yeah, I did say that 2x in a row) ~ New blueberry harvester ~ New boat, lots of camping and playing at the lake ~ Oakli turned 14 (3) ~ Oakli wants to know when it’s her turn to get on the school bus ~ OSU football season tickets ~ Our family has a testimony of Jesus Christ and of his sacrifice for us. We are deeply grateful to Him and we love Him. ~ Piano Lessons ~ Pinewood Derby cars ~ Playing at our river ~ Reading ~ Redwood forest ~ Rexburg ~ Riding on Thomas the Tank Engine on the 4th of July ~ Scouts ~ Scrapbook catch-up ~ Sea World ~ Snow days because there is 2” of snow outside (hey, it’s Oregon!) ~ Soccer, soccer, soccer ~ St. Anthony Sand Dunes ~ Tahiti ~ Tennis ~ Timpanogos Cave – all 6 of us made it up with aunt Charisse too! ~ Trains, trains, and more trains for Chase ~ Uncle Bart gets married (that means a trip to Utah) ~ We got to take an airplane ride over the valley and flew over our house ~ Weight Loss ~ Wheat was planted on 17 acres of land this year ~ Wyoming ~ Yellowstone ~

Ambri’s hi-light of the year was visiting the Koala bears at the Taranga Zoo in Australia
Bryce’s hi-light of the year was visiting the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii
Chase’s hi-light for the year was driving Trixie (the back-hoe) while she dug a new pond in our forest… okay, so Chase only helped Charlie drive Trixie. ~
Doug’s hi-light of the year, “it was all good” and eating at the Best Little Roadhouse.
Oakli just loves to be I charge of Chase every day (or think she is in charge). She is totally the baby of the family.
Kari’s hi-light of the year was just being warm in the sun in Tahiti and everywhere else we went that was warm.

It sounds like we have had a busy year. We really have, but we have had a great time doing it as a family and we have enjoyed every minute of it. We wish you all a happy holiday season and a wonderful coming new year.