Team Burke

September Update

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:21:00 +0000

September is nearing an end. This has been a busy month as Shawn started Kindergarten. He got to ride on a school bus, which he was super excited about. We've been trying to get out and about more. This month we went to Franklin Mines which is a place you go to collect rocks. It doesn't sound so interesting, I know, but Ethan loves to collect rocks. So he had a blast collecting rocks to his hearts desires.

Shawn has been doing good in school. He's growing so quick. It's nice to see how he is very good with Ethan and teaches him about sharing.

Shawn's waiting for the bus with his friends

Shawn's can't wait to get on the bus for his first day in Kindergarten

At Franklin Mines....Ethan loves his rocks

Helping the boys find rocks

Playing nicely together :)

Promised Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:07:00 +0000

Here are some of the pictures I promised to post. The rest are on the shutterfly site.

Shawn's Graduation

Ethan's Birthday

During our July visit to CA

Our trip to Hershey's Park and the Gardens

Patterson Falls Outing

Months June to August

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:11:00 +0000

Wow...the last time I posted on the blog was in May. I have to say the last 3 months have been trying with both good and very sad events. I will sum up what I can.

June - This month marked multiple celebrations. First there was Shawn's birthday. We had a party for him at the children's gym. Both boys started a new school. Later that month he graduated from pre-k and got to wear a cap and gown. Greg and my brother both had birthday's and, of course, father's day. This was a busy month.

July - Ethan turned 4 this month. We made a trip back to California early. Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to grandpa (my dad). My sister had a special birthday but was not able to celebrate as our dad was no longer with us. So needless to say it was a hard month. My cousin, unfortunately also lost her father this month.

August - My birthday was this month but I wasn't in the mood to celebrate. This month was better as we had good things happen. Like the birth of my cousin's twins. I know he was extremely happy. The wedding of my beautiful cousin, unfortunately I missed the wedding.

I will post pictures of these events later.

Spring is Here

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:04:00 +0000

We went to a health fair type of event on Saturday and met Jim Leonhard from the Jets. We hung out, played at the park, rode horses, Shawn did some rock climbing (first attempt), went home and enjoyed the lovely spring weather. We finished off the day with bubble blowing and playing with chalk. I thought it would be nice to have a family pic and an individual pic of us all. We haven't had this nice weather...ohhhh...in months.

Shawn's Orientation

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:18:00 +0000

Hope you guys enjoy the short video I put together of Shawn's Kindergarten orientation. His teacher told Greg how Shawn is very talkative. Am I surprised???? No :).

Ethan's Loves His Dogs

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:27:00 +0000

He loves his dogs so much that he had to christen Sasha's bed by being the first on to lie in it. From the pictures you can see that Sasha wasn't too thrilled. She is licking him to tell him to get out.

Enjoying Spring

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:12:00 +0000

The weather is finally starting to warm up. Everything is looking green...the trees and flowers are blooming so things don't look so bare anymore. Great weather leads to happy beings. Here are some pics of my girls. I don't put too many of them up normally.

March Update

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:32:00 +0000

The snow has melted and spring is trying to make it's way in. The place is starting to look green. This has been a busy month. Greg is continuing to work on the home. Shawn and Ethan are growing and being typical boys. And me...not much to say there.

Shawn has made a new friend on the block which will be good for him and Ethan. I will have to upload pics of Ethan sleeping in Foxy's bed. Why he does this...I don't know.

I normally don't take pics but here is one that I like with two of my most favorite boys. The other one is taking the picture.

Ethan's Work

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:53:00 +0000

My little guy likes to spend his time drawing. Here are some pics of him doing his work.

Here his best buddy Foxy is keeping him company.

The finished masterpiece!!!!

Our First Snowman

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:16:00 +0000

Although I have build snowmen when I lived in England, this was our first family Snowman. Greg made a real small one when we first moved out to NJ when we were still in temporary housing. But is was tiny and only he made it.

This snowman is a lot bigger and we all helped, and it was at our home. Shawn wasn't too happy with it because he likes thing perfect and his way. If you go to our shutterfly site you can see him beating up on the snowman.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:04:00 +0000

To all my friends and family we wanted to wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day.

Boys Both Fighting with Dad

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:22:00 +0000

A fun video for you to enjoy.

A Hectic First Month for 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:18:00 +0000

Wow....I would have to say we had a lot going on this first month. It started off a little scary as our littlest guy gave us quite a scare when he a reaction to something. We still don't know what it was but thanks to quick thinking dad we were able to get his breathing under control. It was an experience with a ride to the ER in an ambulance. He is doing fine now but we have to be more alert with him.

Shawn is going to Kindergarten this coming fall. So we had to decide if were going to keep him in a private school or move him to public. Well...we've finally decided to start him in public. So we had to check out the school, find a before-and-after care program, and get him registered. He should be good to go. Ethan will be moving to the new day care with Shawn.

Greg has been working on the house and has painted the hallway and the family room. We are hoping to get the house in better shape this year. I think it is coming along nicely. We actually did go out with some new friends that we have made. It was nice to get out for some company.

Then, of course, there was our first snow storm of the year. I did actually help Greg with Shoveling and snow blowing. Of course, pictures are below.

Christmas Party

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:58:00 +0000

I had a really nice time at the Company Christmas party. I got there late but I still had a enjoyable time.

Greg and I actually went out to a Christmas Party by a co-worker.
We had a great time.

The Boys and Their Dogs

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:40:00 +0000

As Christmas and New Year's is already over and I have posted the Chrismas pictures on our Shutterfly, I thought I would just show you guys how the dogs just love our boys...or maybe it's the other way around.

Ethan has to lie on Sasha every morning and Foxy has to make her way over for her share of pets.

Sasha came looking for Shawn and climbed in his bed as she missed him.

Winter Has Arrived!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:51:00 +0000

While it is in the 80's in Cali, as you can see from our pics, it is freezing over here. My dad was visiting us for Thanksgiving and just missed the first snow of this winter. Here are some pics of when it first started to snow. I've also added a video. By the time we made it outside it was starting to snow heavier.

We finally made it back outside once the snow slowed down. Now you can see pics of what our front yard looked like almost 3 hrs later. Check out the boys having a snowball fight. I didn't even need to suggest the idea...they came up with it all on their own. Got another video too....so hope you like.

Happy Thanksgiving

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:43:00 +0000

We had a really nice Thanksgiving this year. We got a surprise visit from Grandpa (my dad). The boys were so happy. I normally go shopping on Black Friday but with my dad in town I didn't. We went to New York and had a great time...spent all day there. We went on a tour and stopped off at Macy's which was a bad idea. It was so crowded that you couldn't even shop. The mens line was actually 10 mins long...now how often does that happen.

Then today Shawn was very upset when he found out that his Grandpa was going home. He has even picked out a house for him a few doors down. The boys made sure that Grandpa helped with the Christmas tree before he left. The boys were so well behaved at lunch that I was surprised. All in all it was a great weekend. Pics are up at the usual site.

Shawn's Airplane

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:29:00 +0000

The boys were playing with their Lego's.

Here is a pic of what Greg made

Here is a pic of what Shawn made....all by himself

Greg wanted a side-by-side comparison. I thought it was really cool that Shawn can be that creative.

Halloween

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:22:00 +0000

This was our first Halloween here in NJ. The boys are totally into Transformers. Shawn was Optimus Prime and Ethan was Bubblebee. You will see from the pics that Ethan is a blur but that is because the kid can't keep still. I am sure you can imagine what he is like during a normal day.

First Field Trip

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:13:00 +0000

The boys first field trip was to a pumpkin patch right before Halloween. I went along and took some pics. It was a fun morning.

Anniversary

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:03:00 +0000

October marked our 7 year wedding anniversary. Although we didn't really do much, we took a day off and did some shopping, had a nice lunch, and got a massage all before picking up the boys from school. I also got a really nice ring :).

Friends Birthday Party

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:43:00 +0000

Here are some pics taken from a friends birthday party. The friends have two girls, one of which is in Shawn's class and the other is in Ethan's class.

The Beach and NY

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:34:00 +0000

Here are some pics from when we went to the beach and when we went to NY. I hope you enjoy. As always, you can see all the pics on our Shutterfly site.

The Last Few Months....

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:22:00 +0000

Wow....the last update was Ethan's birthday. That was back in July. Okay. A very quick summary. August, well we all know that that is MY birthday :). Pics to follow. We actually did try to make it out but had some issues. Our car got impounded. Unfortunately not all of our mail is correctly forwarded so we never got the notice about our California registration expiring because of insurance. Even though we were insured in NJ there was a disconnect about CA knowing this....hence....the suspension of our registration. So while on our way to what was supposed to be a nice dinner, we got our car impounded.

Hey, always have to find the good....so at least after this our car was registered in NJ. Why do I stay banking with OCTFCU....because their customer service is awesome. They helped sort out our mess so quick that we had our car back in no time.

Right before the incident.

Update

noreply@blogger.com (Muneet) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:50:00 +0000

I think my saying "it's been a while" is becoming the common thing to say. It is getting harder and harder to keep up. So I will have to sum up our last 6-8 weeks in photos. I hope that's cool.

In brief, after Ethan's birthday it was mine. I went back to Cali as, so sad to say, for my uncle's funeral. We have been trying to make more of an effort in getting out and seeing our new home. We did get to go to New York again and actually had a nicer time. I think it will just take a little getting used to. Hummm...what else???? No...we haven't finished unpacking but we have so much stuff that to move it took a big rig. I donated a lot of stuff before leaving Cali and am donating a lot here. I am hoping that by the end of the year I will have only a few boxes left to unpack.

Okay...with that said, I will be uploading a pictures of what we've done since Ethan's birthday.