Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Here Comes The Sun

Merry Christmas, everybody!

The House, The Mouse, and The Lava

Dub Does The Weather

First Day of First Grade

First Grade already! Such a big boy.

Happy Birthday Carole!

Art of the BurkeWicker kids

Wanted to share some art the kids have done recently. They have been drawing like crazy this month. Both have gotten really good. Here's a little guy Finn drew. It looks a lot like the guys Clara used to draw. Here's two worlds coming together to do something that I couldn't really understand, but it sure looks super cool. And a collaborative piece. Finn did the paint and Clara drew guys on it.

July 4th Weekend 2010

We had a great 4th. BBQ and fireworks with the Browns then BBQ and lightsaber battles with Abuelita y Grumpa. Not too much else to write other than Finn has been copying everything Clara has been doing.

Preston's Fathers' Day Movie

Preston made a little lego movie for Brandon for Fathers' Day. He wrote, directed, voiced and created the characters. I edited and shot the thing.

Natural History of the Hex Bug

Preston asked to make this. He is awesome!

Finn's 2nd Birthday

Been behind on the blogging. These are the pics from Finn's 2nd birthday. Wow, 2 already, but the size of a 3 or 4 year old. Tarehna made peanut butter and jelly cupcakes. The Browns joined us for the festivities which meant we had 5 crazy monkeys in the house, including our 2. Finn's big scores were alphabet cards and puzzles!



Pic set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pdub/sets/72157624005539203/

Hawthorne Pirate Treasure Hunt

The BurkeWickers headed out to find some gold, me hardys. Finn's 2nd year and Preston's 4th(?). A good time had by all and lunch with abuelita y grumpa.


Digital Pirate


The whole set of pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pdub/sets/72157624129800542/

Preston the Padowan

Roadtrip, 2010

Better late than never is the BurkeWicker motto. Or maybe it isn't. Anyway, if you've got three minutes and change, watch this montage from our trip last month down to California. You'll note that not only did we travel down to Disneyland, but we also apparently traveled back in time!

Screaming monkeys

Pictures from this last Easter can be found here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pdub/sets/72157623870452632/
But we also have a fun video of the boys being freaky deaky.

Disneyland!

Castle
Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

So the BurkeWickers are back from the happiest place on Earth-Grandma Judy's! No, wait, Auntie Mo's. Nah, it was Disneyland.
Anywho won't type a whole lot, so check out the pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pdub/sets/72157623738777208/

~Brandon

P Dub Explains St. Patrick's Day

Alrighty folks, here we have Preston explaining the intricacies of America's favorite Irish holiday.

Brandon's new Carvin SX100

Brandon's new Carvin SX100
Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

Hello everyone. Just wanted to share my good fortune. Earlier this month I won a gift certificate from Carvin Amps. I have been entering the same contest every month for 3 years and finally won! Anyway, here is a picture of the amp I got. I decided to go with red instead of the way too common black. So, there you go. I am a happy boy.

~Brandon

Random holiday pics

Here we have pictured "Meat Shaped Love," a bacon topped meatloaf for Valentine's Day and a King Cake for Mardis Gras. Enjoy and be jealous.

Preston's 6th Birthday party

Preston's 6th Birthday party
Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

Thanks to abuelita we have some new pics from Preston's 6th birthday party. Yay!
Here the party goers wait expectantly for Mentos and Diet Coke to go BOOM!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pdub/sets/72157623082092241/

Play: The Mitten

Play: The Mitten
Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

Preston hams it up post play. He was a bee in a 10 min adaptation of The Mitten. It's some sort of book, I'm told.
~B

Preston spoofs Metallica

Preston turns 6

Yep, our little man is now 6! Crazy, I know. He had a good day at school and got lots of cards from classmates. After school we took him to get his first pet-a fish! And of course, being our P-Dub, he named it Fish Of God. We're calling it FOG, mostly. We finished the day with hot dogs, french fries, cake, and opening gifts from Grandma Judy.
Here are some of the pictures. And in case you're wondering, yes, that IS a Tardis cake. I baked and shaped it and Tarehna did the decorating.

2009: Year In Review

Here's a look at our last year. Enjoy.

Preston's jetpack

Preston's jetpack
Originally uploaded by burke_wicker

Wanted to do some sort of craft with Preston the other day and wasn't sure what to do. We had an empty 2 liter so I asked preston what he wanted to make. Well here are the results, could probably use a touch of paint, but it turned out quite well, I think.

~Brandon