oUr onE yEaR aNnIvErSaRY

Yes Greg & I have now been married for one year. Yesterday november 21,2009 was our anniversary & it was an amazing day ,I love him with all my heart. It is hard to believe that it has already been a year . Here are my reasons why I have the best husband in the whole world.

1. He watches gossip girl,the hills, & vampire diaries with me.
2. he cooks dinner all the time cuz he loves too
3. He puts up with my crazy weird ideas
4. He is ok with me obsessing over Robert Pattinson aka EDWARD
5. He sings me to sleep almost every night
6. He bought me an amazing little puppy who is my baby my everything
7. He paints my finger nails on my right hand
8. He surprises me with cold stone ice cream all the time
9. He is always telling me how beautiful I am and how amazing my butt is even though I think its huge
10. He sticks by me through thick & thin
11. He isn't afraid to tell me when I am wrong even when I am fighting with my sisters he will talk to me & give me advice on how to handle things better.
12. He has tought me how to be confident
13. He dressed up with me for the NEW MOON movie
14. He makes me laugh when I wanna cry
15. He doesnt care what others think
16. He could care less about being around anybody else but me
17. he takes our puppy potty every morning at 3!!!
18. He supports me in all my choices
19. He gives the best foot rubs
20. He loves my parents just as much as I do,they are some of my best friends & it means alot to me that he has such a great relationship with them.
21.He loves my freckles,which nobody has ever really noticed,they are his favorite
22. He never thinks he is to good or good enough to do my fun ideas like dressing up for twilight activities & movies
23. When I am sad he knows exactly what to do-get me ice cream,run me a hott bath, & put in the movie twilight
24. He believes in me
25. He has shown me that it is ok to feel sad. in my past I always would cover up my hurt & sad feelings to not let people see & learned it was a bad thing to feel that way but he has tought me its ok to cry & feel those feelings.
26. He has tought me alot on how to manage & budget money
27. He calls me princess -which I love
28. He knows how to cook the best chicken cassoral
29. when he smiles he smiles with his eyes & it makes me melt
30. He knows how to say no to me even though most of the time I get what I want ha HA
31. He can go to a store & know exactly the outfit I want. the size,the style & the fit.
32. He has a cute cute butt!!!! :)
33. & last but not least he brings out the best in me, the person I never thought I could be :)

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HaPpY nEwS

Greg & I are happy to announce that surgery went well today!!! I am truly blessed. We were very stressed about it being something serious but turns out I just was stressed & not taking care of my body. One of my biggest fears was that all these health issues I have been having would effect my fertility but doc says we will have tons of healthy babies. I could not be happier. I am glowing & extremely relieved. I am going to be able to start school this tuesday the 17th & cannot wait to get my life back. I just want to take this time to express my thanks & gratitude to all our family & friends who have kept us in their prayers. & for all your blessings.Through this experience it has truly helped me appreciate my amazing husband so much more. He is my rock that has carried me through this & I could not ask for a better man. He truly loves me & I thank the lord for him day & night. Greg has helped me to become a better person & look at life in a whole different way than I never knew was possible. There were two things that first came to my mind when I woke up from surgery. 1. I love my husband so much & 2. I want my little jaxie ha ha ha ha. I cannot stop thinking how lucky I am. If you were to ask me 3 yrs ago where I would be right now I would have told u single & just fine being single all by myself. But now its hard to imagine life without my Gregory or my little Jaxie. My two boys bring me so much joy & happiness that I have to pinch myself to make sure its all real :)

tHe BuRkE's NeW hOmE

HoMe SwEeT hOmE

I have been thinking that my last two posts have been very sad posts, so I have decided to focus on our good news & exciting upcoming plans!! Some of you may already know but Greg's Parents leave on their mission to Chili October 23!! They will be leaving the day I have surgery so we are very sad we won't be able to see them off.Back in April his parents came to us with a very nice offer. They were living in Denver but were building a house in southern Utah . They moved in just two months ago in August. However they will be gone for 18 months so they have asked us to move in & live in the house til they got back. Our rent would be 300 a month & we have to pay for utilities. It was an offer we could not pass up.I was just afraid to live there because its so new & its their dream home ,I didn't want to mess with anything, but Greg's mom Saundra's exact words were "Katie,this is your house for 18 months you can decorate however you would like.". She is such a sweetheart. So we move in at the end of this month. We both are very excited, I mean we were not expecting to have our own house for a couple more years ,our next step was going to be a town home before we got a house. This helps us out just as much as it is helping Greg's parents out. We are so thankful to them. The house is beautiful, His mom already has some of my decorations up. I am so excited to have this huge house to decorate. It is far. Our ward is also a very nice ward. We met with the bishop & everybody welcomed us with big bright smiles. It will be nice to finally live somewhere more than 2 months & be in a ward & stay there for a long time, ha ha ever since we went out for the summer we have lived in Georgia,North Carolina & Missouri in a time period of 4 months. Exciting but very stressful. We will be there for 18 months. I love our new home & we are so very happy for Greg's parents,this is amazing that they are going on a mission. We love them & will miss them very much.

pOwEr Of ThE pReIsThOoD

Back in April some of you know that I had found out I had a 4 cm cyst on my right ovary,my doctor told me to watch it through out the summer & that it should go away. It was very painful & I had to have some patience & faith that it would go away. Well in June Greg & I went to a Gyno in Atlanta,Georgia because that is where we were living for that month. We were expecting to hear bad news, well lets say I was Greg was very calm but I always think the worse in every situation. To my surprise the cyst had shrunk down to 2cm & we were both so relieved. Since than I gradually started having more & more pain but just thought it was a bladder infection & didn't think anything of it,I mean well why would I? the gyno told me the 2cm would be gone within two weeks. WRONG!!!! This last Tuesday night I attended a relief society Activity about Emma Smith anything involving Joseph Smith & his history I try to go to because He is my hero & a big part of my testimony. I can also relate with Emma Smith on a lot of things. As me,my mom & my sister in law Katee sat & listened to this amazing talk I suddenly had a sharp pain hit on my left side and than suddenly spread to my right side, I tried to ignore it but it felt like a thousand knives stabbing me all over my abdomen ,down to my pelvic area, and to my lower back. Suddenly my legs went numb,I than started getting dizzy because of how intense the pain was I told my mom I had to go to the bathroom but as I stood up to walk out I could barely move my legs. I went & laid in my car to see if maybe it would pass . I texted Greg at this point & told him about it but told him I would be fine, next thing I know I couldn't concentrate on texting & just curled in a ball & started crying.Than my car door opened & it was my husband (this was all going on while the Emma smith conference was still in session) he pulled me out of the car picked me up and took me to my Mom's house he kept trying to get me to talk back and was trying everything but I just kept seeing blur & it felt like I couldn't put my words together to get out what I wanted to say & what I wanted to say was "I can't feel my legs I only feel pain,it hurts when you touch my hips or even when I move" I finally got out what I could get out & the only thing I wanted to say at that point was that I want my mom!!! He put me in the car & I just kept saying I want my mom I want my mom!!!! At this time me & Greg both were very scared because some things have happened to me in the past that may make it hard for us to conceive one day!!! So we were both panicking!! He made sure I had my little Jax to cuddle with and laid me down in the car. The whole way to the hospital I kept saying I want my mom I want my mom!!!We finally got into the emergency room & after the nurse had injected the morphine into my arm she left & I could see Greg's beautiful face again. He than said "honey I am going to give you a blessing ok!!" after he was finished I felt this immediate feeling of comfort overcome me & this feeling of knowing I had the holy ghost there with me ,like his arms were wrapped around me. This was before any of the morphine kicked in too. As we waited, my parents & my brother Kyle showed up & him, my dad & Greg gave me a blessing before I went in for the ultra sound !!! The doctor wanted me to pee in a cup but I couldn't it just hurt so bad so they had to empty my bladder somehow & the way they did it added to the discomfort & the pain!!! The nurse asked when the last time I went to the bathroom was & I told her not since the morning because I try to keep it in because it hurts to bad to go. She was shocked with how much was coming out of my bladder she said it had to be at least a liter!! When the morphine kicked in I was seeing butterflies I was so happy & felt so good ha ha I didn't really know what I was saying my family told me all I kept saying was "I just don't want it to hurt when me & Greg have sex anymore ""Please make it so it doesnt hurt to ahve sex with my husband" ha ha this had to be very awkward for my husband ,my brother,& my parents & probably those of you who are reading this right now ha ha. The fact I was repeating it wasn't helping either ha ha. So what it all came down to is that the same cyst that was 4cm than 2cm is now 5cm and there is one forming on my left ovary!!! Bad news is I have to have surgery which means I can't start school back up til November 1,;{ but good news is I will not have anymore cysts to worry about & the pain will be gone!!!I just want to thank my brother,my parents, & especially my husband for being there to support me . I am so thankful for the power of the preisthood & that I am lucky to have a husband who holds that power.

OuR lItTLe FaMiLy

LaBoR dAy CaMpOuT 2009

Labor day campout this year was so much fun. I am so happy Greg was able to come home with me for the campout.We needed some time away from the many stresses of the world. But I miss him so much since he left to go back to Missouri for 3 weeks. Team Edward vs Team Jacob was so much fun this year ,we are so sad all the family couldnt have been there to have fun with us. Team Jacob won Capture the flag this year but Team Edward won wter balloon volleyball. My dad also treated us all to the alpine slide/coaster because all of us kids guessed all his 14 jobs he has had in his life. This year I have had the chance to really bond with my sister Jodi & I just wanna make a shoutout to her letting her know how much I appreciate her & value our relationship. Camping is so much fun & Greg & I both love it. This year we were able to stay in a ten together where as last year we were just dating so he had to stay in a tent with my dad that is when he asked my dad for my hand in marriage!! They get along great it is funny to see the two of them tease each other & give each other crap sometimes if it goes on to long they start to really fight but its still fun to watch. I am so excited for many more memmories to be made with out traditional Labor Day campout!! Here are some pics of the fabulous time we had!!!

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