LIVIN' ON A PRAYER

Some more pictures to show you!

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The boys and mom watching the elephants at the Safari Zoo in San Diego.

Tatum thinking she is 16! thought it was too cute:)

Trenton flying down the zip line at a family reunion. We went camping.

Dad and Tucker shooting together. They are so cute together.

Trenton grew his hair out for the whole summer. It was cut right before school!

Some Pics

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Camping with family!

Taking the kids shooting, scary:)

Tucker's 1st day of Kindergarten

Tatum thinking she can sit in Trenton's seat. Her seat is that pink one on the left.

Seriously

2011-09-20T19:56:00.001-07:00

I know, I know, I know! It has been WAY too long since I have posted. Over a year!!! So I want to catch you all up on what is happening in the Chris and Brittany Legler household......in the past year Trenton (now 7) has started 2ND grade. Tucker (now 5) started kindergarten, which he absolutely loves, and Tatum (now 3) thinks she is Cinderella! Chis is still working at Peterson P.T. and really enjoys treating patients. Chris is Scoutmaster in our ward., nice! He enjoyed hunting this year and was successful in his Archery Deer Hunt. He brought us home a nice 4x2. I, Brittany, am still loving that I stay at home with the kids and started getting back into massaging. I am still primary president in our ward and enjoy it! I stay very busy running kids to and from school, piano, guitar, and soon baseball. (We took a break from soccer this year).

We enjoyed our summer and were able to take the kids to San Diego. There we went to Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, and Coronado Island. We had a lot of fun. We did a few camping trips with family for reunion's and a Lake Powell trip. We are still in Chino just outside of Prescott. We love our ward and the wonderful people in it. That is what happened it a nut shell! We miss all of you guys and hope to see you soon!!!!

1 ST GRADER NOW!

2010-08-11T16:56:00.000-07:00

Look at our BIG 1st grader. We still can't believe that he is old enough to be in school let alone in 1st grade. This was taken right before I walked him in the school. He was so excited that he woke up 3 times. He said to me, "we need to get up and get ready or we're going to be late, mom!" I kept telling him that we were not going to be late and that when it was time the alarm clock will go off. He said that he likes his teacher and that it was fun seeing all his friends again. He's so cute and we love our first baby so much. Good job, Trenton!

Tatum is growing up

2010-07-20T21:14:00.000-07:00

No picture for this, yet, but I wanted to announce to the WORLD that I have not changed a diaper in over 2 weeks! Tatum is, we think, pretty much pottie trained! It's been over 6 years since I have been diaper free. There were times I was changing 2 sets at the same time! So 2 weeks ago Monday Chris and I said if we are going to do this, it's got to start now before the summer is over. With the boys, Trenton took about a week before I felt like I could go somewhere and know that he could really tell me that he needed to go and we'd make it there without an accident, Tucker at least 2. Tatum was doing great at 2 DAYS! She was also 8 months younger than when i started the boys. In this case, the girl did it faster than a boy. You hear that a lot and sometimes it's true. She is a passie free girl too! We had been letting her have one at night and at nap time, but finally IT'S gone. I really didn't like her having it. So I love it. She is out of her crib and into a regular bed. So there has been some major changes for her and she has done very good with all of it! Our baby girl is starting to turn into a little girl! We are so proud of her!!!!

4th of JULY & The Boot Race

2010-07-20T20:47:00.000-07:00

Tucker and Jalie ready for the Boot Race! Well, Jalie maybe not, but they look like they are having fun. Trenton and Hunter behind waiting for their turn. They all run in age groups so it's a little more fair. Last year Tuck's won in the 3 and under age group. This year neither he nor Jalie placed, but they both did a great job trying!

Trenton and Hunter were ready! They both did good, but also didn't place! They had a ton of fun and were both really good sports for trying!

Tatum showing her candy she was getting when the parade was going on!

Hanging out before the parade started! This is their Papa Burk and Aunt Bev and Uncle Dave.

Trenton and Tucks after the boot race! They are so great. Love them!

Kids, Kids, and more Kids!

2010-07-20T20:31:00.000-07:00

I think That Chris and I have some really, really cute kids! They let me dress them alike and then take their pictures for Father's Day. Thanks kids!

Here is all of the Burk side cousins (2 on the way still). So far there is 11 and soon 13 after Feb. 2011! Fun day that was. They seem to come in 3's if you can tell?

Here is one I thought had to be blogged because Tucker is winking so cute:)

2010-05-01T15:39:00.000-07:00

Chris just returned from taking Trenton on his first overnight backpacking trip with Chris's Dad and brother. Chris was a little worried about taking Trenton because it was a steep trail about 2.5 miles to camp but Chris said Trenton did great and was able to do the whole thing by himself. Trenton had a lot of fun and Chris was able to teach Trenton some valuable skills like packing a bag, building a fire, and enjoying the opportunity to pee off of high places! gross.

Swing Set Box DONE! Next....

2010-05-01T15:19:00.000-07:00

Ok, so don't look at the grass, we're hoping it will come in still. One project at a time and the first was the play area. Next, who knows, probably pulling the weeds that seem to multiply faster than we can keep up with.

2010-04-30T20:13:00.000-07:00

Well I'll tell you we have been very busy here in our household! Since moving into our home in late November, we have had a lot of changes. Chris and I got callings right away in our new ward team teaching CTR4/5, AWESOME! Then only after 1 month the bishopric called us in. we were to speak that day so we thought nothing of the meeting. Well some big changes were to happen and we were very unaware. I was called to be the Primary President! The first thing out of my mouth was, "Your serious"!!!! I couldn't believe it. We had only been in the ward for 2 months. We still were trying to connect faces and names. How was I to even know who to even think about for counselors? The Lord was there though to help! A lot of praying and it just came. My testimony was strengthened. Well Chris stayed teaching for another month and now he is the 2ND counselor in the Young Men's. So in that way we have had a lot of new things to do. We are enjoying it though.
So we had 3 birthdays in March, Tatum, mom, and Tucker. Trenton started T-Ball, Chris is enjoying work, we are loving our house, Tatum is learning to ride her bike (with training wheels still, Chris says when she turned 3 she won't have them anymore) and school is almost over for the kindergarten kid!There is NO baby news for us though. Congrats to all those who are expecting! We are still very content with our 3!!!! Well that's about it I suppose. Until next time:)

Time to finally post!

2010-04-30T19:47:00.001-07:00

Tatum turned 2 and Tucker turned 4!!!!

So it's been too long since I've had tome to post anything. Tonight I have a chance because i have only one little girl home with me. Daddy and Trenton are on a backpacking trip and Tucks is with a cousin spending the night. I'll catch you all up on us in just a couple of pictures:}

So here is Trenton with his backpack. The three of them in their Easter clothes for church. Notice the pink and yellow wall...wanes coating is coming soon. That;s why it;s not painted on the lower half of Tatum's room.

Tatum's new little looks

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I curled Tatum's hair for the first time. She really liked it too.

Here is the back or side I guess. Usually it's much straighter.

The other night after dinner and jammie's...she insisted on putting on this. The hat from her great grandma Cox and a swimming suit. We thought it was pretty funny.

She got some dress-up clothes from her papa Burk. Every night we have been playing dress-up. She puts all her necklaces and bracelets on. She is so girl, loves to play with her babies and make-up, and her dresses, but still plays hard with the boys!

Christams

2010-01-11T10:08:00.000-08:00

I figured that it is better late than never to finally document Christmas to you all. Our Christmas morning started off like this....... Big Paper!

Well here was the kids first look at Christmas morning. It's been the tradition to "barricade" the kids from the tree. Chris had this tradition growing up.

Tatum got a Pink Tonka Truck. She loved it too. Chris and I painting it from the yellow and black to the pink and black. Sounds easier than it really was!

Tucker was so excited to get his Optimus Prime! That is all he wanted and he was so surprised!

Trenton got a new BB Gun. Tucker also got one so there would not be any fighting!

Tatum was the first one to open this year. The boys helped and the fist thing she said was, "Pink"! Then she pushed it down the hallway and back. So cute.

Part of the CLUB!

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Trenton is now in the club of the losing teeth! He lost his first about a month ago. Chris pulled it out with a paper towel, well after 4 attempts. Then he lost hi 2ND one last week. He let mom pull that one also with a paper towel. (better grip) Anyways he was so tough because what kid will let you try 4 to 6 time to pull on a tooth when it hurts? He is so big, my baby is so big!

Pictures Finally!

2009-12-11T10:56:00.000-08:00

So here it is...our new home! We are so happy to be in it and we love is so far. It is about 25 minutes from Prescott so we have to drive in a lot, but we like it! In the valley that's a normal commute everyday.

Funny how I put the pantry on first, but it's huge and we can fit the world in here!

This is a view from the living room into the kitchen.

Here is from the top of our backyard. It tress' up. Where the green plant is...that's where I want to put in our garden in the spring! So the yard is not as big as we would have liked...we wanted an acer or so, but we weren't finding the house we wanted with the land, so we settled for the house with a decent yard!

Looking right out the back door. It also goes about 15 yards behind me. Like in the picture above. SHED! We have a shed!

View from the dining room. Our new pre-lite Christmas tree. (got it on clearance last year at Sam's Club, yeah, deal)! Our new couch is so comfortable!

View from living room into dining room. Love our high table!

Our enormous hallway! This is the perfect track and sliding area for the 3 kiddos! It's bigger that it looks in the picture I think.

So there are no curtains yet and no rugs, but they'll come. I would show you the bedrooms, but they are all works in progress. They are painted and set up, but not how they will finally be. My brother-in-law is going to be putting in shelves in the boys room and wanes coating in Tatum's room. Our room and bathroom are almost done too. So when they are completed, I'll post them!

We hope everyone has a great Holiday and we miss you all!!!!!!

The HOUSE is your's LEGLER'S! FINALLY:)

2009-11-18T20:55:00.000-08:00

We finally, finally, finally closed on our house. Although not one pic to prove it. Those will come later when I complete projects. We were in escrow for 8 weeks (3 weeks longer than we were told we would be), but we got our keys and we are on a roll. The boys' room and Tatum's room are finally painted. We started on our room tonight. Today I did nothing but clean ALL day. The house was built on 2005 so it's not like the cleaning was horrible, but you want to make sure everything is sanitized and up to your own satisfaction. Well now it's almost there until we get everything moved in. We decided to try to get all the painting and cleaning done before we make the big move. We are in a really good situation right now because we are not being pushed out of where we are living, so it makes things easier. We bought a new dinning room table and ordered a couch that should arrive tomorrow. Next we just need a washer and dryer. It's so much fun doing all this, yet the most difficult decisions ever! We are so blessed though!

U2 was AMAZING!

2009-10-22T20:35:00.000-07:00

We were so lucky on Tuesday night because we were able to go see U2 in concert at Univ. of PHX stadium. This was our first U2 concert ever and it was awesome. This is a pic of Bono. He is kind of behind his microphone so look hard! We sat in the high seats, but it was still amazing. We loved every minute of this concert even if it started at 7 pm and U2 didn't come onto the stage until 9:15 pm. The Blackeyed Peas opened for them and they did great too.

This is us waiting for it to start. W took 4 pics and every one of them Chris was unable to keep his eyes open with the flash. So this is the best one with his eyes somewhat open. Ha Ha! It was so fun to be there together, I love this boy so much!

Thanks to my sister, Melanie and then grandpa Burk we were able to leave the kiddos up in Prescott. We didn't get home until 1:40 am and Chris had a FULL day of work the next day. We would do it again in a heartbeat, except we'd get closer seats!:)

Our family outing to Windmill Farms

2009-10-19T22:42:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to Windmill Farms this past Saturday. We wanted to go somewhere else from where Trenton went on his field trip. Chris was not to happy that I made us all ride on a really DUSTY hay ride. This is his face during the ride.

We went with my brother and his little family. They have three kids also. So we got all the cousins together on the pumpkins to take a picture. Look at Tatum trying to sit on the pumpkin when it's about the height of her legs, ha ha.

Here is our little fam. Unfortunately Tucker didn't want to take the picture. Chris basically had to hold him there. Oh well.

Our House!

2009-10-19T22:36:00.000-07:00

So here it is. A picture of our house that we are suppose to close on in ONE week. Not a lot from the front, but we love it! The inside is so much more then it looks from the outside! The sign also says SOLD! We can't wait to paint and move in.

Trenton's 1st Fiedtrip to Freeman Farms

2009-10-19T22:10:00.000-07:00

Well all of the kindergarten classes went on their first field trip to a pumpkin farm in Chino Valley. I was lucky to be able to go with him, thanks to Erin for watching our other two kids. It was so much fun.
This is on the hay ride we took. The little boy next to us doesn't look too happy:) His is so nice though.

This was at the end of the corn maze! He lead us and we made it only with one miststake. He had a lot of fun showing us.

Here is his class. Right after he got to choose a pumpkin to take home.

Not the greatest picture to show off the pumpkin, but it is actually a pretty perfect looking one:) He is so cute. Thank you , Trenton for letting me come and share the day with you, I love you!

Tatum's pony

2009-10-12T17:10:00.000-07:00

Tatum's hair is finally getting long enough to put it all up into one ponytail;) Even the very bottom. This was one of her Halloween bows. I have to show people because my mom would be so proud that I do her hair:) Sure do miss my mom! I know she is watching us all the time!
My little girl is getting so big! Still addicted to that passie though. Ha, Ha we'll get her off it in a little while.

These are her ducks for the bathtub that Grandma Legler gave her for her birthday. She loves them, thanks Grandma:)

2009-10-12T16:47:00.000-07:00

So I caught Tucker outside filling up his dump truck with some wood. Tucker finds wood to be so fascinating. Things could be worse right? I though it was cute. He didn't know I was videoing him. Is that a word, videoing? Until Tatum came out and then he knew something was wrong because I won't let her out without me.:) Take a look, I thought it was rather cute.

Buying our first House?

2009-10-11T21:45:00.000-07:00

So we are in the process of purchasing our first HOUSE! We have an accepted offer and appraisal. So if something were to go wrong now it would just be that we are not suppose to buy it. As of right now we are scheduled to close on the 27Th of this month!!!!! So we will keep everyone posted on the up coming weeks! We are so excited so I had to tell everyone.:)

Learning to write by himself "Dot bodr me"

2009-10-11T21:37:00.000-07:00

So Trenton was trying to write something the other night. He is learning in school to really try to sound out words so that he can try to spell them. Most of the time he spells it right. Well, Chris and I were watching him as he was doing this one without him knowing. After he was done he lifted the paper up and said to us "Don't bother me". Then he got some tape and taped it to the door. It is pretty fun to watch your child learning how to read and how to write. We were pretty impressed because he started kindergarten just 2 months ago!

A little pumpkin painting!

2009-10-11T21:21:00.000-07:00

Tucker getting a little crazy with the paint. We didn't have any brushes so we use just our fingers! The boys decided that the entire hand was better though:)

Look at this cute smile. They were is heaven getting so dirty. I'm so glad that it was washable.

This was actually before we started. You can see how clean they were. Sorry, I didn't take a pic of the finished products. Just imagine... the little pumpkins are all the same color as all their colors blended together, ha ha.

I can never get Tucker to actually smile. He always has a weird look on his face. Oh well, still cute.

Tucker and The Pumpkin Patch

2009-10-11T21:09:00.000-07:00

Tucker and his pre-school class at Windmill Farms last week. They went there for their first fieldtrip.

We were able to go with him to it. All of us, except for Trenton, who was in school.

Tucker and Tatum got to ride the train together. They were pretty use to it because their G-Pa Burk has a train at home that they are able to ride in all the time:)

He got it!

2009-09-20T22:18:00.000-07:00

He got it! Chris was able to get his Elk this year with his BOW! A nice 6x6. That is a hard thing to do, but he did it and did it well:) Chris' Dad was able to go with him and help which was a great father, son bonding time for them. This means we have some Elk jerky coming thanks to some help from two of Brittany's brother's, Ryan and Taylor:) They helped Chris get the Elk out of the really difficult terrain. Thanks everyone!!

Weekend before Labor Day

2009-09-14T20:59:00.000-07:00

So of course we got to go to Lake Powell for a great weekend, which it was and I forgot the CAMERA! This great time that we had with all of my family on my parents timeshare on the new houseboat, and I can not document it! My sister-in-law took a ton of pics though and so we have something to remember the fun we had. There were great pics of Trent paddling the kids around in "the boat" or kayak for those of us who use that word. Chris fishing with the boys and also shooting a carp with a bow that he rigged a fishing line attached to the arrow so he could reel in it. (That is actually something that people really do). Tatum playing in the sand right where the water came up to he little legs and so many other things that I was so mad that I didn't have the camera to capture all those moments. So now I've made it a point that if we are going somewhere that I try to remember it!
Well the house that we put the offer on, we withdrew it because it could be months and months before we know anything. So we found another house and decided to try to get it. This house sat for over 100 days and no action on it until we decided to put an offer on it. Another offer was given the exact same day! Well turns out they never even got a response from the bank on it. So, oh well. I guess we were not suppose to have that house even when we thought we were. We are taking a break on our house hunting. Kind of burned out. So everything else is great though.
Tucker started pre-school. One of the ladies that use to be in the primary presidency with me started one a few years ago. Tucker was a little jealous of Trenton going to school so we decided to try it. He is now asking to go everyday like Trent. It's only Tuesdays and Thursdays so we have to keep reminding him of that.
Tatum is now pretty much running. She walks and runs on her toes like Tucker did. She is really starting to talk now too. She loves Nursery and we love it too. Chris teaches a primary class and I am the 1st counselor in the Primary Presidency so we were counting down the days until she was old enough for Nursery. She walked in the first day and has never had a problem! That is so lucky because the boys were both opposite. Oue baby girl is so great and we love all of our kids soooo much:)

What's goin' on!

2009-08-10T21:21:00.000-07:00

Well it's been quite a long time since I've done anything on this blog. Seems like all that is going on right now besides Trenton starting school his looking for houses. We are excited to start looking although it's already been grueling. We have looked at a dozen or so and that's after a million it seems like that we have seen online. We made an offer on one, but didn't get it and we have an offer in now. So we'll see what we are suppose to live? I'm determined that we will find the right house for us! So most of my spare time I spend doing one of those two things.
Other news is I, Brittany was released from my Young Women calling of being the Beehive Advisor. I'm now in the Primary as 1st Councilor. So far it's been really fun. One blessing for sure is Tatum is going into Nursery next week! Hooray! She's been in there a little bit and we have never had a problem at all. So that is what we are up to. We were able to get to see our friends Andy and Amber Pavlovich and get to meet their little girl, Kylee. She is so cute. Tatum loved her. That was fun. So long for now. I'll try to be better at this thing!

Kindergarten Kid Now!

2009-08-10T21:06:00.000-07:00

Well he started school. We have all agreed that Trenton going to school is harder on his mom. He has been so excited and looking forward to this day. He made some new friends named Conner and Miles. He says the first day was great. He asked me this afternoon if the morning could come faster because he couldn't wait to go back! I'll take that as a good sign. we are proud of our BIG kid! He is still mommy's baby though:)

Steven came home!!!!

2009-07-06T11:34:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to have Chris' little brother home from his mission. He served in the Washington, Kennewick mission. We missed him and are so happy to have him home!

The greatest 4Th ever!

2009-07-06T11:16:00.000-07:00

We got to take just Trenton to the Rodeo this year. Our other two would have just got board. We took him to dinner where ever he wanted to go and then to the Rodeo. He also got to ride the mechanical bull and stayed on. Then showed everyone that he could do some pull-up from the Marine booth at the Rodeo. Who ever could do certain amounts of pull-ups got something from the Marines. Trent ended up doing 6 pull-ups. He got a Marine baseball cap. He had a group of people cheering for him. He had a lot of fun. He stayed interested in the entire Rodeo. It was almost 3 hours too. I was surprised. Of course i didn't take any pictures:(
I feel sooooo bad because I didn't get any other pics of the day. The parade is so fun and there are so many floats. I love all the horse ones of course. And the kids did really well at it, well all but Tatum. She wanted to walk with all the floats. There was one accident during the parade. A pony pulling a cart and a women went out of control and took out another horse with a grandmother and a grand-daughter on it. The hores fell due to the pony running into it and the people were smashed by their own horse. The little girl was wearing a helmet, so she and her grandmother ended up being OK. The parade was delayed for 15 minutes or so and then they both got back on their horse and road on. That was the first accident we have ever seen in a 4Th of July parade.
The fireworks were fun too. We are lucky because we can watch them from home. We sit in the driveway and see them perfect. Then we don't have to fight the traffic and the kids go right in and go to bed! We had a really fun day.

2009-07-06T10:38:00.000-07:00

Here he is Tucker Legler 1st place winner of the Prescott Boot Race 2009. The trophy is almost as big as he is! He also won a certificate for a pair of boots from Savoini's Feed Store worth $100!!!!Boots for next year here we come. The rule in this boot race is that they have to wear cowboy boots. So this is why we taped Tuckers on so he would be able to run fast in them. Well, it worked!! Awesome job buddy!

Here the are right before they took off. Jalie, (Tucks cousin) Tucker, and Kalie, (Tucks friend, Jalie's other cousin). Confused yet?

Here is Tucker trying to see me, but the sun was right in his face. We had to sports tape his boots on him cuz his were a little big and they fall of when he runs too fast. It must have worked because he WON the 3 and under heat!!! 1st place winner. We just love to see the kids run and he ran as fast as "Lightning McQueen"! I said to him right before the raced that his boots were like McQueen's tires.:) They love to do it and know that it's all for fun!

Trenton getting ready to run the Boot Race right after the 4Th of July parade! He was in the 5-6 year old age group. This is his two cousins Hunter and Jalie. Trenton ended up getting 4Th place. He stopped about 2 feet in front of the finish line to look where Chris was so he wouldn't get lost after the race was over. Oh well, there is always next year. He ran really well in those boots! His boots were lace-ups so we didn't need to use tape. We are proud of this boy and he was such a good sport when Tucks got the trophy and he didn't. Good job buddy!

No CAVITIES!

2009-06-23T15:19:00.000-07:00

The boys had dentist appointments and the great new was that they both had no cavities! That is a good job to Mom, because she does all the teeth brushing and is considered to be a "tooth Nazi", as Chris would put it. I say, "because I won't let them have anything after they brush their teeth at night but water". They did so well at the appointment. They both jump up on the table and open wide! The dental assistants love them because they didn't cry at all. Wonderful for us and them!!

Lucy

2009-06-23T14:50:00.000-07:00

Well this is the newest member of our family, Lucy. She is a 10 week old "Light" Beagle puppy. We got her on our trip down to Mesa after we went to the Phx Zoo. So far she is a great puppy and she sure enjoys our kids. The kids just love her to death. Tucker is so afraid of dogs, but Lucy is his best friend now. She follows him as well as the other kids around. We are so happy to have her!

2009-06-18T10:59:00.000-07:00

This is Trent holding our new puppy, Lucy.

So the pic got put on twice as you can see and I can't get it to delete. oopps!

Our Family Weekend!

2009-06-18T10:34:00.000-07:00

We decided that we needed to go to the Phoenix Zoo. The kids got in for free so it was much more affodable. We got a hotel on Priceline.com and off we went! This is the boys at the hotel swimming pool. They had a lot of fun.

The fun tree house at the zoo. This was the only picture the boys let me take on it.

Tucker didn't want to look at me. Oh well, he is still cute:)

The elefant's were Tucker's favorit. (he has a slight obsession with "Dumbo"). Tataum and Trent loved them too.

Chris PASSED his boards!

2009-06-07T19:50:00.000-07:00

This is one way my great husband loves to pass his time. Without having to worry about taking those big, scary boards now that he has taken them and PASSED!!!!! Now there is so much less stress and so much more time for him to do the things he loves. He doesn't have to study every waking second anymore! Being the wife I'm also very excited. We now have more time together and also as a family. We have been so blessed to have had the opportunity to go to school and with all the support of our family and friends! Now the new chapter begins in our lives. We are so excited!

Tucker singing

2009-06-07T19:46:00.000-07:00

Tucker is in love with the movie, "Dumbo" right now. He also loves to sing his own version of "Baby of Mine". Hope you enjoy it like we do! Now for the show.

Sleepy Head

2009-06-07T19:03:00.000-07:00

Look at our Tucker! After a long Fast Sunday, a bike ride with daddy and Trent, Tucks is so tuckered out:) (cookie and all)

Our Saturday

2009-05-19T10:01:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we took the kids to the Prescott Court House. They love to run around on all the grass and Tucker learned how to pronounce gazebo. Earlier in the day we got to watch our nephew and cousin, Connor. We love that little guy. He is so cute:)

After coming out of Costco, there were fireman with the fire trucks out for kids and people to tour. I liked how bid the tires were compared to how tall tucker is.

Trenton got to get up in the cab and pretend he was talking on the headphones like a fireman. They both loved it.

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The Burk family seems to have kids in sets of 3. This is Tucker's set..on his right is Jalie (brit's sister's) and on his left is Brek (brit's brother's) They are all 3 years old and born within 4 months of each other.

It was Sunday afternoon after our usual weekly dinner and they had cupcakes. So that is why the nakedness is there.

7 Years ago TODAY

2009-05-18T16:12:00.000-07:00

7 years ago TODAY Chris purposed to me when we were up at Lake Powell. It was a Burk family reunion (my family) and he came with me to it. I knew he was the one for sure not long after we started dating. He tried to find the right time to pop the question, but it was not working out like he wanted it to. The entire thought up a plan. I had no idea of anything at all. Which is crazy because a house boat is only so big and there were a lot of little mouths that could have slipped and said something. It was so unbelievable, but no one did. My uncle asked me if Chris and I would go back to the dock and get some Pepsi out of his truck. I said of course cuz it was Pepsi!! Anyways we didn't get too far in the boat when Chris stopped and turned the boat off. (This is in the dark too). So i was a little nervous when he stopped because I thought something was wrong with the boat. Well he of course got down on the floor in the boat and said a lot of things and of course I said YES! Now here we are 7 years later, 3 kids, graduated grad school and staring the new job! I love Chris more than word can describe. He is one of the greatest people I know and is amazing at everything! I LOVE you babe!

What a MESS!

2009-05-14T14:32:00.000-07:00

So I forgot about this until I was looking through our pics on the camera. I gave Tatum a red vine in desperation. We were about 40 minutes still away from home on our way back from Flagstaff for graduation. She was so done with the car and the day in general so what else then to give her sugar, right? Only thing is that the good time foe her lasted only a few short minutes. Oh well. It was good while it lasted:)

Tatum loves yogurt

2009-05-14T14:19:00.000-07:00

At least one of our kids like to eat food unlike our boys! Tatum especially likes yogurt when she can feed herself. I let her only feed herself in the morning before the bath and at dinner because they all get bathed at night too!

2009-05-14T14:11:00.000-07:00

You know when your kids are starting to get older and more independent....When they learn how to do such BIG things in their lives, like riding their bikes with no training wheels.

Sleepy Heads

2009-05-12T10:43:00.000-07:00

Are they not all so cute? Especially when they are sleeping! They are cute all the time, but sometimes I look at them and think how lucky we are to have healthy, loving, and beautiful kids!

2009-05-12T10:35:00.000-07:00

So Trenton and Tucker love to pull things on the back of whatever they are ridding. They are the ones who will figure out how to tie it on too. This one happens to be the wagons and that day it was a little chili with the blowing wind. Tatum loves being pulled around and will sit there the entire time until I take her out.

Fun pictures

2009-05-11T22:14:00.000-07:00

The spouses

The guys

The serious guys

Accepting the Diploma

2009-05-11T22:09:00.000-07:00

The picture is dark, but this is later at the graduation party when Chris received the actual diploma!

Daddy the Graduate!!!!!

2009-05-11T22:02:00.000-07:00

Well the big day finally came and he did it! We are so proud and happy for him. It was such an exciting trip back up to Flagstaff and we were so grateful to our family who supported us during all of our time in school!

Our hike

2009-05-11T21:53:00.000-07:00

We took the kids on a hike up to Thumb Butte (a mountain in Prescott). They had so much fun especially the fact that we let Trenton carry a pocket knife. They both had on their camelbacks, so they thought they were pretty grown up.

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The three of them enjoying the nice sunny day. They were walking
up and down the sidewalk with Tatum.

Grandpa Burk and the boys

2009-05-11T15:59:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Burk like to cut the grass and so do the boys. He puts on a train car from the train and pulls them around. They sure do love it.

2009-04-29T14:57:00.000-07:00

Well again it's been a month. So I think it's safe to say that I'm a month blogger. In the past month our family has had quite a few little things that have gone on. The first being that our Tucker tunred the big 3! so the kids are all on their odd years in age. Trent is 5, Tuck's 3, and Tatum is 1! So anyways the rest of our month....Trenton and Tucker started gymnastics. They both go once a week. Not saying that my kids are the best, but they are both very good in each of their classes. Then in June they will start swim lessons. So Tatum has developed a horrible rash that we think was caused from an allergic reaction to amochocillen. ( i know I didn't spell that right) Literally her entire body is covered in this rash. The doctor says it should pass, so we are hopeful it will soon.
I, Brittany, have been getting into canning. I'm all about the food storage right now. It's about time. We've been married almost 7 years and I have only ever done just getting extra canned food and some other little things. I made my first trip to the cannery in Mesa. I really enjoy it too. My sister and sister-in-laws are going to be canning fruit soon.
Well graduation is a little over a week away and Chris and I are so excited! For graduation I was getting him a present, but he said that if he got a present then I should get a present too. I thought that was cute. I didn't turn him down.
We are so excited to see all the classmates at graduation. We hope it all goes well and we'll see you there!!!!

2009-03-26T10:04:00.000-07:00

I'll have to tell you all a little secret...our family anthem is "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. Chris introduced Trenton to it about two years ago. We got him a little MP3 player 2 Christmas' ago and we downloaded some songs onto it. They consisted of Bon Jovi, Metallica, Kelly Clarkson, Tim McGraw, and Micheal Jackson, and some others. So yes, they were grown up songs for a four year old, but that is what he loved. So let's just say that Bon Jovi is embedded to his brain and now into Tucker's. Soon I'm sure it will be into Tatums also. So every FHE that is our opening song picked by the boys. So that is why it is now our title of our blog because it is truly our song!

2009-03-22T21:46:00.000-07:00

So look at me again. Another month has gone by and I'm now getting around to posting again. So our month in a nut shell...here we go....Chris finished his internship in Chandler, hooray, Tatum turned one, I, Brittany turned 27, Chris started his final internship back in Prescott and we registered Trenton for kindergarten, Potty trained Tucker , and started Tatum on whole milk. (our kids don't seem to do that transition very well at all), WOW! Among all the other things in everyday life, I have felt like this has been a busy month. Next we have Tucker's 3rd birthday this Saturday, the 28Th. Having three birthdays is our family all in March, lets just say that is an expensive month.

It is so exciting to know that we may finally start to think about where to move also. Either to just rent or to buy. That thought of maybe being able to purchase a house seems so unreal. We've shared walls with people our entire marriage of 6 1/2 years that we kind of don't know what to think or where to even start? It will be an interesting journey.

well so that is what our month has been like and we hope everyone else is all doing well too!!!

Been too LONG!

2009-02-23T19:54:00.000-08:00

I've decide that I am not a good blogger. I can barely keep up with this. Man I don't know what to do. It seems like when I do get a moment to blog, there are so many other things that need to be done.....laundry, organizing, playin with the kids, reading, spending time with the person I love the most, Chris. It just seems that there is no real great time. But tonight I decided that this is what I was going to do.
So let me tell you what has been going on it out lives. Well we just moved back up to Prescott from Mesa. We spent the month of February while Chris is in his third internship of four. He did the first two weeks of it by himself down there in Mesa and then we joined him for the next 4 weeks and now the last two again by himself. Ryan and Britney were so nice to let him stay with them during this time. For the month we were there with him we rented a condo in Mesa. So we just can't wait until this one internship is over. Life will be better when we can be together again:)
So between back and fourth from Mesa to Prescott life has been great. We are in the home stretch of school and graduation light are in the near future and there are beautiful! We are so excited, but also very nervous. Chris gas been in school since the day we were married 6 1/2 years ago. This is all we know, but we are excited to go to the next step.
So our little girl, Tatum is now crawling so fast she disappears. A few times I've lost her briefly, but found her very fast. She's cruising the furniture and will probable walk here in the next couple months. She is so in love with her daddy too. When he comes home from work there is nothing she won't do to get to him:) She has decided to not ware headbands anymore and I, Brittany thought that I was going to die. I love to put all different kinds on her, but what can you do. At least she won"t pull out the pony tails and pig tails with huge bows, but we'll see how long that will last? I can believe she is going to be one in one week!
Tucker I think finally he might be ready to pottie train. We tried a little while ago and he did it all good for 2 weeks but just couldn't get the whole #2 down. By his 3rd birthday he will be hopefully, which is at the end of March. He is our little fire cracker. He got a bike for Christmas and he is so good on it. He's picked it up so fast that by the summer we think he'll ride it without training wheels. We'll see though. He sure is good at whatever he does.
Trenton is just soaking up life too. He has so many different interests and he is also so good at things. He is a very thoughtful kid and is mindful of others. He is truly a great big brother. Tatum just lights up when he comes in the room. He is excited to start school coming up here in the fall. It will be fun to see where he gets to go since we don't know where in Prescott we'll be living when Chris is finally done with school. I think he is ready though and he is so social.
So we are just so blessed and greatful for our kids. They are the joys of our life!!!

2008-12-29T15:34:00.000-08:00

OK. So I haven't added to this blog in a long, long time! Man, sometimes life just gets too busy. Well, so we had Thanksgiving, Chris' 28Th Birthday and Christmas and I'm just now getting around to writing about them.

So Thanksgiving was great. We spent the holiday with Chris' family. His brother and family came down from Logan, Utah and other siblings came up from the Valley. We were all together except for his brother who is on a mission, (he comes home in June or July). Anyways, it was all fun. Of course I did the "Day after Thanksgiving sales". I talked Chris into going with me this year, yeah! It was fun. We got to Kohl's at 4:00 a.m. and then proceeded to Walmart by 5:00 a.m. and then to Target by 6:00 a.m. Almost all of our Christmas shopping was completed in those 3 hours! At least for the kids. I know it's crazy that I love to do this every year, but it really is fun to me. Chris on the other hand would not tell you that he had a good time, but that he went for me. Whatever gets him there is all I care about:)

Then we had Chris'28Th Birthday. With his birthday being so close to Thanksgiving it kind of gets over looked. It wasn't exciting at all and it's partly my fault. Chris told me, like he does every year not to make a big deal, so I didn't. Really he wants me to, but I didn't figure that out until it was too late. So next year it will be better.

We also had the 4TH year mark for the death of Brittany's mom. It was a sad, but good day. We had the boys pick some flowers out and we took them up to the gave. We spent a little time just sitting up there by it and talking about her. Then we went to her favorite restaurant. We think she would have approved of it all. The kids are really starting to understand why she isn't here with us anymore. They know that she is with Heavenly Father and that we will see her again. :)

Then we had Christmas. It was a fun one this year. Trenton is really starting to figure out the real reason that we celebrate this holiday. It's really cute too. If you ask him why we celebrate Christmas he will say, " So we can return to Heavenly Father." Then you ask him why else do we celebrate it, then he'll say "Mom, it's Jesus' birthday, duh!" Anyways it's so much cuter then it sounds. Tucker still it just interested in the gifts that comes with it all. Every time he sees a Christmas tree he says "Christmas!" Again, it sounds cuter then writing it.

So all in all we've had a great holiday season. We loved every ones cards and pictures. Thank you all.

2008-10-27T15:32:00.000-07:00

Chris and two of his buddies were drawn for deer this year in the Prescott area. They had an interesting expierence. No deer were taken unfortunatly, but there was an a couple quad accidents, a lot of walking, and some very tired men. The people in the accidents are all ok and will get better thankfully. There is still one week left until the hunt is over so Chris will continue his quest. We will hope to report to you all of some success.

Well the kids have the costums for Halloween. Trenton is now old enough to care about what he is for Halloween. So this year he is going to be the Trasformer, Bumble Bee. I still get to choose for the other two so Tucker is going to be a monkey and Tatum a bannanna. We'll take them to our trunk n' treat and maybe trick or treating around the neighborhood. I can't wait to take pictures!!!

2008-10-27T14:58:00.000-07:00

Tatum Kimber Legler was blessed on May 4, 2008. We had our family there along with friends. After the meeting we enjoyed a lunch at Foxglenn Park while we all visited and the kids played. What I loved is that she was blessed in my sisters blessing dress that my mom had. I felt like my mom would have approved for sure. :)

Our little 5 year old

2008-09-02T15:33:00.000-07:00

I still am having a hard time knowing that my first little boy is already 5. I can't believe it, but then again I should because Chris and I celebrated our 6Th wedding anniversary is August. It's weird to think that we have 3 kids. It wasn't so long ago that it was just us and we were dating. Time really passes fast when you think about it. We can't wait for Chris to be done with school and to get our family in the next stage, but it will be so different. We are so use to how things are that I hope we will adjust to it. I look forward to it. This is just a thought that I am sharing out loud that has been going through my head since we started internships.
So I hope everyone VOTED today. We did. It will be an interesting next few days to see all the outcomes of everything!

Poor toe

2008-09-02T14:58:00.004-07:00

I can't believe that I forgot to mention that I think I broke my pinkie toe on my right foot. Tatum woke up last Thursday morning at 3:30 am. I stumble out of bed to go into her in the other room, but on the way out I kicked the door frame. I fell to the ground about to burst into tears and Chris wakes up saying, "What is wrong?" I went in a got Tatum back to sleep and then I tried to go back to sleep, but there was no way. I got up and took some ibuprofen and got an ice pack. So I think it is broken, but don't know for sure. I don't think there is a whole lot you can do for it anyways. I've been training for a 5k that I was going to run on the 22ND of this month, but know I can barley walk on it, so I suppose I will have to wait for a latter date.

Trenton turned 5 years old today!!!

2008-09-02T14:58:00.003-07:00

Trenton turned 5 today. I sill can't believe that we have a 5 year old...WEIRD. We are having a party for him tomorrow night since today was Sunday. We let him open the presents that Chris and I got for him and he seemed to really love them all because he came to me and to Chris saying "Thank you mom and dad for all my presents you gave to me". It's nice to hear that without having to say it to him first. I felt like all those other times have finally paid off. He really is turning out to be such a good kid and a great older brother. We sure love our guy!

2008-09-02T14:58:00.002-07:00

So Halloween was so much fun and I think the kids had a really good night. There was a funny thing though with Tucker. He wanted to trick or treat, but he didn't want to take any candy from someone with a costume on. So he would do this..."trick or treat" and then say, "no" and then run off. Needless to say, he didn't get much candy. That was just fine because Trenton shared his candy with Tucker and Chris and I. All in all we had a fun day!!
Saturday Chris got up way early along with the hunting buddies, Russ and Jay, and our brother-in-law Jake and went hunting. This was going to be their last day because Sunday being the last day and he usually doesn't hunt then. So I'm reporting that there was no success for any of them. It was probably a good thing because it would have been expensive to process the deer anyways. There is always archery deer still and javalina in January. :)

Our Life and Family

2008-09-02T14:58:00.001-07:00

Well, I have now officially created this blog. We'll see how good I am at keeping it updated. A little about us...Chris is a student in the Physical Therapy program at NAU. We are finally in our LAST year of school. This year is all internships, so our first one is in the beautiful town of Prescott, AZ. It's good to be home again, but we miss being in Flagstaff. Brittany, me, am home with our three beautiful kids and love it. Little time to do things for myself, but Chris helps me and I sometimes do them. Trenton our first son is 4 years old and will turn 5 in November. He is a curious kid that loved to ride his bike ( with no training wheels) as he would say and loves to just be outside catching bugs and snakes. Tucker is our 2ND son and is a mischievous little 2 year old. Other than getting into everything, he leaves no rock un-turned and anything that has to do with water not splashed in. He is our very energetic kid that we can barley keep up with. Though we couldn't live without him. Then there is our beautiful baby girl, Tatum. Word can't describe how greateful we are that she came to us. She was born March 2, 2008 and is growing like a weed. She turned 6 months old today, the 2ND of September. Her smile is one to light up your face when your day isn't going well. She has been the only one to get Tucker to smile after he wakes up. Her brothers are sure glad to have her also.
Well that is our family in a few sentences. Hope all is good with everyone we know and love!!!!