JoAnn's Wedding Pictures

Hello Family! Sorry these are so long in coming. Things have been a little crazy around here. JoAnn, we will be getting you the cd of pictures by Christmas. In the meantime, pictures can be downloaded from Picassa. Just click on the pictures to view the album and download pictures.

Starting off the Holiday Season . . .

Happy Halloween!!!

We are excited to see all the grand kids in their Halloween costumes and pictures too.
Ben and Bridgett we hope you have felt our love for you and desire for you to be with us today. We want to share these special moments with your family as well. We love you very much.

The Christmas season will soon be upon us!!! A season to share family traditions and celebrate Christ's birth.
As a family we have decided once again to draw names for Christmas . . . due to financial obligations . . . you may choose how to share the spirit of Christmas. It is not necessary to purchased a gift, however it is left to your discretion.
When the wise men came bearing gifts to Christ they presented GOLD, FRANKINCENSE and MUIR, representing monetary, service and spiritual gifts.

The following is a list of who has who . . .


Mom - Hollie
Dad - Cohen
Hollie - Mindie
Darren - Robert
Wyatt - Brookie
Kaleb - Kris
Kris - Devin
Brookie - Hailie
Hailie - Parley

Ben - JoAnn
Bridgett - Mom
Devin - Daivanie
Layne - Wyatt
New Baby boy - Kaleb

Mindie - Calista

Robert - Bridgett
Calista - Ben
Daivanie - Brigs

Sara - Jared
Cohen - Darren
Brigs - New Baby Boy
Parley - Layne

JoAnn - Dad
Jared - Sara

You are Invited to a family Christmas Party!!!
DECEMBER 26th from noon until when ever.
We want to do a Skype party with Ben and Bridgett's family after the kids are done with their activities.

We are excited for you to join us for Family Fun!!!

Happy Birthday Bob!

Hope you had a great one.

Happy Birthday Brigham and Brooklyn

Happy Birthday to Brigham and Brooklyn this week!

Job Search Update

Hello Family and Friends!

 

I wanted to give everyone a quick update on how my job search is going.

 

A couple of weeks back I interviewed and accepted a temporary position with The Expo Group.  This assignment will start July 20^th and go to the end of October.  This position is not related to Project Management, but will provide some income for the family and extend our unemployment benefits.  I hope that during this time I can create an opportunity for a PM job at The Expo Group.

 

I am also working with a recruiter on a position with Medhost.  I would be implementing software applications in Hospital Emergency Rooms across the nation.  I should know early this week if they want a phone interview with me.  In the meantime, I have a phone interview with Tel-Tron on Monday, July 13.  This is for a PM position installing emergency call systems for retirement communities.  I will keep you posted on the outcome of these two positions.

 

I also wanted to thank all those who have sent me job leads.  With your help, we can make it through.

 

If you run across any IT Project Manager, IT Project Coordinator, or IT Junior Project Manager Positions, please send them to ben.burbank@gmail.com.

 

Thank you and please pray for us this week.  I am really rooting for the Medhost position!

 

Love,

 

Ben Burbank

 

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Fort Worth Botanic Gardens

Homemade Rocky Road Ice Cream

Here is the homemade rocky rode ice cream we made.

2 1/2 cups of milk

2 1/4 cups of sugar

2 1/2 cups of half and half

5 cups of whipping cream

1 3/4 cups chocolate chips

7 1/2 squares (1 oz. each) semisweet chocolate

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract

2 1/2 cups mini marshmallows

1 3/4 cups of chopped pecans

Combine milk and semisweet chocolate in saucepan. Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until chocolate is melted. Remove from heat. Add sugar and salt. Stir until dissolved. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes. After refrigerating we put mixture in our ice cream mixer and mix for about 45 minutes to an hour with rock salt and ice around the out side of the can. Then we will freeze it so it can set up.

Enjoy!

Ben

Bread Machine Wheat Bread Recipe

While visiting in Texas, Mom and Dad just loved the wheat bread we made in our bread machine. So, I am posting a recipe for them to use later.

Wheat Bread:

• 1 1/3 cup of warm water
• 2 tablespoons of butter softened
• 3 tablespoons of honey
• 1 1/2 cups of bread flour
• 1 1/3 cups of whole wheat bread flour (we grind our own)
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of dry yeast
• 1/2 cup of flax seeds
• 1/2 cup of sunflower seeds

Put the ingredients in the bread machine in the order listed. Make a divot in the in the dry ingreadients to put the yeast in. This will keep it from activating until it is mixed together. Here are our settings on the bread machine for the bread.

• Pre-heat - 30 minutes
• Knead - 25 minutes
• Rise 1 - 1 hour
• Rise 2 - 30 minutes
• Rise 3 - Off
• Bake - 1 hour and 2 minutes
• Keep warm - Off

I hop you enjoy!

Ben

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Dad Burbank! (Grandpa Fenton too, if you read this.) We hope you had a great one.

Happy Birthday Sara

Sorry, I'm a week late and I can't find any recent pictures of you.  We just need to come up to Idaho for a visit and take some pictures!  I hope you had a great birthday.  We love you!

Happy Birthday Dad and Grandpa

We love you and hope you have a great one!

Happy Birthday JoAnn

We love you JoAnn!  Sorry I am a day late.  I hope you had a great one!  

Mindie Comes to Visit

Happy Birthday Mom and Grandma!

We don't know very many Grandma's that go sledding, so we think you are pretty special. We hope you had a great day.

Lemon Drop

New Year's Parade in Dallas

From New Years Day Parade

The Dallas Burbanks loaded onto the DART train and into the big city to watch the Dallas New Years Parade. Click on the picture to see a slide show of our trip.