Berge Family

2010-04-16T15:54:00.001-07:00

I have been hearing about produce co-op's for about a month now and I finally decide to see what all the fuss is about.

I first ordered from Green Bee Co-op

and the next week I ordered from Bountiful Baskets.

They were both great. You pay about $15 in my case I order on Monday and pick it up on Saturday. I definitely felt like I got much more than I would have for the same amount of money in the grocery store. Green Bee was a little more expensive and I feel like I got a bit more produce from Bountiful Baskets. Both were great quality and I don't have a single compliant so far. (Ok, I guess I do have one. Bountiful Baskets is so popular that you have to order it right when it is available to have any chance at getting a basket.) I also like that Bountiful Baskets has you take your own container to haul your booty home in, instead of using so many boxes. I feel like I save tons of money and then I don't have to plan what we are eating for the week, it has already been decided for me! (At least, the fruits and vegetables anyway) My kids are also learning to eat better!

Bloom Where you are planted

2010-03-26T12:05:00.000-07:00

Thought I would let everyone know what I have been doing lately. I will just let the pictures speak for themselves. Just multiply this all by about 20.

Not enough time on my hands

2010-01-27T08:52:00.000-08:00

Erik said that I need to start posting more often, now that I have my camera back I probably will. This is what we have been up to lately: our van died, we spent upwards of $800 on fixing it and it died again on the way home from the shop, two days later our car got hit, luckily it is now fixed and running again, and Erik broke two ribs last week (It is a good thing it only comes in Three, I guess we are finished). Amy and Laurie are trying to talk me into doing a mini-triathalon, need I say more. On a more postive note: Zach has turned two and he makes me laugh everyday. I love to watch him run around the house. Ben is obsessed with his new hamster (just a toy) and I have twice thought it was a mouse. Nick and I are enjoying figuring this scout thing out together. I will post some christmas pics soon.

Here we go again...

2009-10-06T15:24:00.000-07:00

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What I have been doing...

2009-09-17T08:31:00.001-07:00

LAVA

2009-09-11T16:08:00.000-07:00

I must be getting lazy, I am still just playing catch up. Should call this... my life in pictures. We recently went to Lava Hot Springs with my sisters and their families. Here are a few photos. I should post one my sister took of me jumping off the highest platform, but I do not post pictures of myself in a swimming suit. Glad she got a picture, because it won't be happening again.

MS Bike Ride

2009-08-17T14:11:00.000-07:00

Erik recently rode in a 40 mile bike ride to benefit Multiple Sclerosis. The boys and I had fun watching him cross the finish line. We are really proud of him. He did great, especially considering that he had no time to train for it. Next year he may be doing 100 miles.

This is Grady, the son of our friends Gus and Chalyce.

Happy Birthday to Ben and Me, Finally...

2009-07-28T13:52:00.000-07:00

Obviously, I am behind on posting. We are having a fun, and very busy summer. I will just have to let the pictures speak for themselves.

Ben had a great day. We had presents, dinner at Buca Di Beppo and cheesecake. Turns out Ben is not a fan of cheesecake, he also is not a fan of birthday cake, next year we are going to have birthday slurpees, or I may follow Trish's lead and just get him a big box of bagels.

Happy #5 Ben!

2009-06-17T09:33:00.000-07:00

Today is Ben's birthday and we are excited to have a five year old. Here is a memory from last year when he turned four.

More to come later.

Disneyland!

2009-05-28T08:28:00.000-07:00

We are back. Actually, we were back quite awhile ago, but I am pretty slow. We had a GREAT time at Disneyland. It was a good time to go, not to crowded, perfect California spring weather, and boys of all the right ages. I was glad that Nick loved Space Mountain (also my favorite ride) and we went a zillion times. Everyone loved Buzz Lightyear. Ben like the Jungle Cruise the best, and Zach loved everything. I was worried he might not enjoy it, but he loved watching everything and going on all the rides. He did not love the characters we saw. He would push them away with both hands if they got too close. We got to have breakfast at Goofy's kitchen. We had a minor earthquake, which we didn't feel, although it seems like everyone else did. It even put the Indiana Jones ride out of commision the next day, which was okay with us. Ben was too short and Nick hated, I repeat HATED it. Despite some rotten chicken in the condo, some stomach flu or carsickness (not sure which) on the way down, I wouldn't change a thing. We had a great time. We were long overdue for a family vacation. Ben kept saying look everyone it is our whole family!!! Here are some of our favorite pictures...

We are off...

2009-05-12T08:19:00.001-07:00

My children don't know it yet, but we are off to this place...

No posts for awhile.

2009-04-29T14:25:00.001-07:00

Laura Pausini and James Blunt

2009-04-29T14:19:00.000-07:00

I have loved Laura Pausini since Erik introduced her to me and I also like James Blunt. They have a great music video together and it is free on itunes right now! Everyone should download it today.

Artists in Training

2009-04-15T16:34:00.000-07:00

I have been trying to get my basement organized for quite some time and it is finally starting to come together. I decided to make the downstairs kitchen into an art/craft room. My mother-in-law generously provided us with this great easel and helped me sort all my stuff into these cupboards we swiped from my parents storage unit. I believe they used to be in my dad's office.

They kids have enjoyed using it, and are down there fairly often. It will be fun to have Erik teach them a few of his tricks. We won't be selling art work just yet, but start saving your money. I am sure we will be cranking out the masterpieces soon!

2009-03-31T11:36:00.000-07:00

I cannot wait until it actually feels like spring, but I do love Utah's mountains when they look like this:

I love these!

2009-03-27T16:07:00.000-07:00

We Love TEMPLES and Cabela's!

2009-03-25T15:28:00.000-07:00

This is a bit late, but I finally uploaded all my pictures. We were able to go to the Draper Temple Openhouse on March 5. It was a great experience. I am so glad the kids were able to go into the temple and experience a small portion of what is inside. Ben loved the font and the oxdes. Nick could not stop looking at the chandeliers.

And then of course we were only 5 minutes from Cabela's. Which my kids speak of with reverence. Hardly daring to ask if we were actually going to go inside. Who needs Disneyland when you have Cabela's. (at least that is what we tell them... doesn't work)

It was a great family day for us!

Soccer Again!

2009-03-25T08:03:00.001-07:00

Soccer has begun again. We sat there freezing last night watching Ben's game (minus Erik). I didn't take pictures, but I just wanted to document Ben's first GOAL. Of course, I missed it because Zach hates watching soccer games in the the freezing cold "spring." But apparently it was pretty impressive, especially since last fall he was trying to find babies to talk to (and their mom's) or trying to perfect his sommersault. All of the parents said how impressed they were and that he must have practiced a lot. I didn't tell them that he hasn't seen a soccer ball since the last game. Nick starts tomorrow. Erik unfortunately probably won't make it to the games because of work, anyone want to come with me???

2009-03-12T08:20:00.000-07:00

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A whole month late...

2009-03-10T18:58:00.000-07:00

It is way past Valentines Day, but I just wanted to say thanks again to my four favorite Valentines! Lucky ME.

At least the kids still want the snow...

2009-03-10T18:54:00.001-07:00

I am TIRED of the snow, but the boys are thrilled. We have had a record number of snowmen in our yard this year. Here is the latest.

2009-03-10T10:11:00.001-07:00

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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

2009-03-03T10:55:00.000-08:00

Just a quick post for Nicholas. Monday was Theodore Seuss Geisel's birthday and also crazy sock day at Nick's school. I actually forgot until the morning off and Nick really does not have ANY crazy socks. His craziest sock is white with a small green stripe across the top of the toe. So we dug through my sock drawer and came up with these.

He came home pretty excited and said that he definitely had the craziest socks! I need to take a lesson from him to get this excited about the little things in my life.

Valentine Decorating

2009-02-13T17:52:00.000-08:00

Another rowdy gathering of the Weeks family.

Marbles

2009-01-30T08:50:00.000-08:00

Just bragging about one of my talented relatives. My niece Kaia won first place in a regional competition for this painting. She has had lots of offers from interested buyers. Way to go, Kaia.

Zach's Tag Fettish

2009-01-26T16:56:00.001-08:00

Those of you who know about Zachary's obsession with clothing tags need no explanation, but for the rest of you: I was so sick of trying to find a tag for him to hold while driving, or waking up during the night or even just to calm him down, so I made this:

Weird, kind-of cute, kind-of ugly. But it has made both of our lives easier.

Happy Birthday Zachary

2009-01-23T13:03:00.000-08:00

It is hard to believe that Zach turned ONE on Sunday.

We love this kid and are so glad that we were entrusted with his care. He has brought such a happy spirit into our home. Grandpa Berge was right on when he said there is nothing as good as having a baby around. They boys love him and are so sweet with him. Although soon they will realize that all of their toys are in danger. (That is if he decides to move around a bit more.)

We celebrated his birthday in Park City with my sisters, their families and my mom. It was a pretty low key affair that included a cake and a few presents. I had visions of beautiful cakes and what we got was pretty disappointing. I had pretty much destroyed the cake and Erik saved it a bit. At least so we had something to get a picture of. Zach improved the cake by making us laugh while he ate it. He just leaned right in and took a few bites. He received some sippy cups and a drum to play from us and Grandma and Grandpa Weeks and a great quiet book and finger puppets from Grandma Berge. He even got wishes and gifts from the Berge and Harrison families who are far away! Thanks Everyone! I will try to get Erik to post a video clip.

I love you Erik!

2009-01-16T16:09:00.000-08:00

Yes it is quite late, but I still wanted to acknowledge Erik's birthday. He became another year older on December 30. Here are some of the things, I love about him:

He is very talented.

He is handsome

He is athletic

He supports me (and even indulges me)

He is fun

He loves ME

He is a hardworker

He has a strong testimony

He wrestles with the boys

He is kind

He takes out the garbage

He can do anything he sets his mind to

He respects his parents and mine

He teaches our children great things

He always tries to do what is right

He is always willing to help others

The end of the festivities

2009-01-14T15:00:00.000-08:00

We spent the rest of the holidays, hanging out with each other, playing games, sledding, riding the snowmobile, building icicle cities, shooting the guns (Nick for the first time), and celebrating birthdays. Within five days we have three birthdays (Erik, Hans, Kjersti) New Years Eve, and New Years Day, so it gets pretty exciting and kind of makes you never want to see food again. (At least until the next day). Besides, the fact that everyone spent at least of couple of days not feeling their best, we had a great Christmas season. Thanks for some of these pictures Jocelyn!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day!

2009-01-05T15:45:00.000-08:00

We headed to Newton for Christmas this year. It started snowing around dinner time on Christmas Eve and didn't stop for two and a half days. It was so good to spend time with Erik's family. It was the first time we had everyone together for a long time. Christmas Eve started out with a wonderful meal and a great (and hilarious) reenactment of the Nativity story. All of the kids participated (except Ben, surprise surprise). We stayed up way to late, I am sure Santa was getting worried about the children getting to sleep on time.

Nick woke up first on Christmas Day and had a very hard time waiting for Ben. Finally, we got to see what Santa brought!!! He surprised us with a Wii and lego sets and pj's for the boys. Zach also got a fun toy to play with. Our stockings were stuffed to overflowing. We are very happy with what he gave us. (Nick was a little surprised not to receive coal this year, I think he was a bit worried :) We spent the rest of the day eating, opening presents, playing with said presents, eating again, opening more presents and playing some more. (Zach spent the rest of the day doing whatever Uncle Billly was doing). What a great Christmas.

2009-01-05T15:19:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Holiday Season this year. Because of the many different celebrations we have had in the past two weeks, I decided to publish a series of posts. We started off the season on the 22nd with our annual cousins gingerbread house party at Aunt Amy's house. Everyone brings some candy or frosting and the gingerbread houses are made with graham crackers glued together with a hot glue gun. My boys love this tradition and it is always exciting to see what they create. Such different personalities in this group! Thanks, Amy.

We then had our "Weeks" family christmas party on the 23rd. This year we are going to be with Erik's family for Christmas. I forgot my camera, so no pictures of the family party. We had a great "dinner" which is mostly appetizers and it was delicious, of course we all ate too much. The cousins exchanged gifts and Grandma and Grandpa gave them all fun sweatshirts. Thanks for a great party everyone and for the fun gifts.

2008-12-23T08:27:00.001-08:00

Elves

2008-12-12T10:02:00.001-08:00

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Two Weeks in a Row!!!

2008-12-11T14:10:00.000-08:00

I have to say, I LOVE our new family tradition. The boys have done the dishes for two Sundays in a row! Thanks guys!

2008-12-08T11:16:00.000-08:00

Ok, I can't help it. I have just decided that I have the cutest baby ever, clogged tear duct gunk, messy face and all. (I have to add a disclaimer. The tub pictured above was scrubbed clean the day before this picture was taken, yes it needs some caulk, paint, completely new tub, whatever.) And, maybe you can't tell he is sporting a sleek new hairstyle, but Laurie gets credit. Goodbye mullet.

Yeah! We are finally up and running! More posts to come.

2008-11-28T18:52:00.001-08:00

Just a Bunch of Pictures

2008-11-25T10:00:00.001-08:00

Nick is 7

2008-10-22T09:55:00.000-07:00

As I may have already mentioned. I was in California on Nick's birthday. I am posting the pictures that Erik was good enough to take.

Notice the fun day at Boondock's and opening presents.

The picture below is very blurry, but you get the idea. If you walk away with a sword and an eye patch you know it was a good day.

I didn't even think about the cake. So Erik improvised with a Hostess Cupcake he found in the freezer. Nick does love them. (Don't worry Nick I will be making you an official birthday cake on Sunday.) This birthday just keeps on going.

He had a very fun day. His dad even got to spotlight him at school. (For some reason, Dad doing this is so much more exciting than Mom???) I love you Nick, and I am glad you had such a great day!

For Nicholas

2008-10-08T09:39:00.000-07:00

This post is short but sweet and dedicated to Nicholas. He turns 7 on Friday!! I can't believe it. Time flies when you are having fun I guess. He is sweet a great member of our family. He is a true first born and a big helper to me. He loves his brothers and will do anything for them. I couldn't ask for a better son.

There will be more to came for this tribute to my first born, but my Grandmother has passed away and I will be gone for his birthday (not to mention I am borrowing a computer to post this).

Just one more in a long list

2008-09-26T08:27:00.001-07:00

It hasn't been the best month for us, with car accidents (no one injured, thankfully) and a bunch of other things going wrong, but our computer has died, so no posts for awhile. Hopefully, we will remedy the situation soon. Bye, for now.

2008-09-11T13:40:00.001-07:00

We went to the Hogle Zoo awhile ago, I just realized I haven't posted about our day. We went with some cousins on Erik's side. Melanie and Erik, Katie and Zach and me and the three boys. We missed Anna and Jocelyn (they weren't able to make it). I didn't take many pictures but here are a few.

We loved the bird show. (Last time we went, an owl touched Ben and my heads, we were not so lucky this time, although Ben won a little pack of crayons and Nick and Ben both got braclets.) Thanks for inviting us Melanie and Katie! We had a great time.

Need I Say More?

2008-09-06T08:25:00.000-07:00

Ben's first day of Preschool

2008-09-05T16:45:00.000-07:00

Ben has finally started school!

He wasn't thrilled about me taking his picture, and then he tucked his shirt in (since first tucking in his soccer shirt, this has become a trend), and told me to get one from the side??

He seems to really like it despite the earlier worries about what exactly would be happening to him there. I asked him how it was and he said "I eat school lunch now!" that would be snack time served around 10:30 or so. I guess he can ask his teacher for food. He said that Miss Kathryn "talked nice" but one girl was so RUDE. He told me he has lots of friends and was quite upset that I couldn't name them all for him. I will have to work on that. I was looking forward to five hours a week with only Zach, but silly me, I am tending Olivia during that time. It is a good thing that I adore her.

Soccer (Again) !

2008-09-03T17:37:00.000-07:00

Well, it is soccer time again. Ben is thrilled to be playing this year and Nick is an old pro. Nick and Ben happened to get the same color this year. (I wish I only had to pay for one jersey since it drowns them both, and they are sharing shin guards anyway). I am glad that both coaches decided to hold practices half an hour before games. Otherwise, this would be a four night a week commitment. Thank Goodness for only two. They both play most games at 5, so Erik shows up as soon as he can, I am always glad to have another parent there.

Nick's eyes are dialated and he can't see without the glasses, hence two pair.

Ben's games are hilarious. His coach is the 15 year old sister of one of the boys. She is great. She has the energy to keep up with them. She is actually teaching them. Ben said he needs to work on his "skills" :) They don't really know what they are doing. Every three minutes one of them runs off the field crying, (he said "no hands", he kicked me, I want the ball, I was going to kick it, etc). Ben has held it together so far, no tears. He loves it and wants to be on the field the entire time. Which is fortunate because out of eight team members only three will play. Occasionally one of the other dads will drag their crying kid out onto the field and demand they play. Doesn't usually work.

Nick has a few people from last year and a few new, which is good. Lots of friends to make. He is doing great. He scored a goal in his first game and plays the second tomorrow. I got a great picture of him kicking the ball. Unfortunately, waiting 2 seconds, would have gotten me a great picture of him scoring a goal. He tells Ben that he already learned all his "skills."

I thought Nick was calling someone. He says sticking his tongue out at someone. (Thanks for teaching him that one, Erik!

I am destined to spend much of my life attending sporting events. So I am learning to enjoy them. Both these boys are athletic and good natured about the games, I feel bad for the dads, making their kids "have fun."

An interesting side note: At Ben's last game, they played a team with five players. Two were named Erik (probably Eric, but it makes the story better), one was named Zach and the other two, sure enough Nick and Ben. Pretty weird. I bet that won't happen again.

1st day of 1st Grade

2008-08-30T15:43:00.000-07:00

School is underway again! I am so glad. Summer has been very fun for us, and now I am ready for fall. It is hard to believe that I have a first grader. He seems so young to send off every morning and to be gone all day long. I hate it and love it all at the same time. Nick likes his teacher and loves! school lunch (although he now thinks that Trix yogurt is a main dish, why is that a choice?). He wishes that his kindergarten friends were in his class. He isn't having a hard time making new friends, so I think he will be okay. Ben is missing him. He starts preschool in one more week. Since Nick told him he can't ask his teacher for food, he has decided that preschool is not the place for him. We will see.

Voyage of the Kinder II

2008-08-10T14:23:00.000-07:00

About a month ago Erik's mom had a kids camp for all her grandchildren and I am just getting around to blogging about it. She is such a fun grandma and the kids just love her tons! For weeks before it started they couldn't stop talking about it. It was like Christmas around here. My boys had to miss the first one last year because Ben had some weird rash the morning it started, and we didn't want everyone to get it. So this was the second annual Voyage of the Kinder.

She invites all of her grandchildren (14 of them plus 3 sort-of adopted grandkids) to her house for two full days and the party goes non-stop. They had so many activities that it makes me exhausted just thinking about it. I will list what I can think of off the top of my head:

-most importantly- learning about and remembering Grandpa Berge, (pretty sure he is the inspiration behind the whole thing.

-making flags from around the world

-"visiting" many different cities and countries

I think they even learned some french while "in" Paris

-making flags

-a prize "fishing pond"

-a pony ride (yes, Ben's first and he actually LIKED it!)

-fastest gun draw competition

-some wild west activities

-archery

-had their ship robbed

-giant sleepover at Grandma's

-excellent food and snacks

-treasure hunt

-campfire and smore roast

-a giant bicycle and big wheel race

-a huge squirt gun fight

She even made some AWESOME matching t-shirts for everyone. I am sure I have missed things, but you can see that this was no small thing. My kids have not stopped talking about it. I will give some credit to those that helped (Britta, Joc, Chifumi, Erik, Hans and the older Hodgsons, etc...) but wow Grandma Berge YOU are the best!!!

Blackberries for Sale

2008-08-08T13:07:00.000-07:00

A few days ago, the boys were picking blackberries with their dad. Nick has been trying to earn money to deposit in the bank. (What a smart kid!) He decided that it would be great if he and Ben had a stand. I so far have yet to set up a lemonade stand with the boys, so I decided we should go for it. I made some kool-aid and some lemonade and we put all the freshly picked berries into containers. Erik had some yard work to do at the apartments and so he could be close but still not hovering.

They looked so cute and they actually did quite well. They made $16.00 between the two of them. I wanted to teach them about the expenses involved so I had them give me $2.00 for ingredients and ice, cups, etc... and they got to split the $14 left. Best quote from Nick, "It was so fun mom, but I had to tell some people they weren't from "local" they were just from our yard."

Erik's Fishing Trip

2008-08-04T14:10:00.000-07:00

Erik went on a fishing trip in July with his brother Hans. They always look forward to floating the south fork of the snake river. They both love fishing and have done it for years with their Dad and older brother Bill. It was just the two of them this year. Erik said, "We caught some very nice Cutthroat. It was unbelievably pretty up there, and the annual Salmon fly hatch was starting." Hans has a great raft that made the trip even better this year. The few ice cubes in his cooler were still frozen after 2 days of rafting in the middle of summer... now that's a good ice chest. Too bad I didn't get a picture of the sunburn Erik came home with.

It really does look beautiful. Maybe I should go with a book and some good food and just enjoy the float.

Happy Birthday Dad!

2008-07-30T08:32:00.000-07:00

Today is my Dad's birthday. So just wanted to take a minute to add him to the considerable number of Birthday posts.

My Dad is:

hardworking

thrifty (in the good way)

generous (he always helps out his kids, he was the BEST to have

school shopping or grocery shopping.

a good example (served a mission, worked hard, etc)

a great outdoorsman (makes flapjacks with the best of them)

a lifelong reader

a backpacker at heart (and now so are the kids)

a collector (better not elaborate this one)

a great DAD.

a great GRANDPA

Nick says: I love my grandpa. I like to call him Papa Dell.

Ben says: He eats my ears, What's going on? I love him. His clothes are so painty.

Good Friday!

2008-07-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

Tagg has himself a new Go Kart!

He asked Uncle Erik to come help out with it, since his Dad was out of town. We all went to check it out. It was very fun and my boys are not getting one! Erik was a crazy driver, I was a great driver and Tagg and Alec did quite well themselves. At least no one hit the neighbors car.

We then decided to go bowling which was a blast. Mom, Erik and Trish are all great bowlers, but Tagg had the high score of the night with a 148! (To make myself feel better, I had to add that he was using the bumpers) :)

Olivia even got in on the action. Although she much prefered to dance like crazy all over the place. Good times!!

July 24th!

2008-07-28T09:46:00.000-07:00

We had a very fun, but very busy 24th. We were at Lagoon all day on Wednesday, which I still love to do. None of us are sick of it yet. (of course, Zach can't talk, but he doesn't complain much) Then at the last minute we decided to head to Park West for the evening. Thursday morning while Erik was playing on Utah Lake with his work group, we went to the Uintah Mountains.

I spent lots of time here and it reminds me of all the great memories with my family backpacking in these mountains. I hope my kids will learn to LOVE it like I do.

It was absolutely beautiful, but quite chilly, so no one really went in the water, but throwing rocks was pretty fun for the "kids" (Vance and Brandon). I would have loved to stay and hike to one of the beautiful lakes around, but we had a baseball game to get to.

We got back home with a little time to spare, so the kids talked me into taking them to the Pioneer Days celebration at the local park.

The boys had fun riding ponies (another step in overcoming Ben's fear (often disguised as love) for animals. He is riding Peanut, and Nick is riding Snowflake), and the train, got some prizes and a snowcone and it was off to the game.

Erik's fellow work mates were all at the game, our boys, how should I say it... were up too late the night before. We did have fun, however.

Ben quickly began flirting with the girls in front of us, and was on their laps for most of the game. I don't think he stopped talking the entire game. They also gave Zach a bit of attention, which might explain the look on Ben's face.

The fireworks after the game were spectacular. Zach stayed awake the entire game, but didn't quite make it through the fireworks. The boys made it until they had been in the car for about 2 minutes. It was a great 24th, and we still had the entire weekend ahead!!!

Zach or Zack

2008-07-22T13:07:00.000-07:00

Ok, I am putting it up for a vote: Erik and I have been discussing the spelling of Zachary's shortened name. I told him that it would be weird to spell it Zack because Zachary is with a ch not a ck. Stupid Me! My oldest son Nicholas, is called Nick everyday! I have been spelling it Zach since he was born, but Erik likes Zack better and I might also. Although can you change your child's name at 6 months old? Anyway, what do you think?

The Best Mom ever!

2008-07-20T19:29:00.000-07:00

Today is my mom's birthday. What can I say to do her justice? I am very grateful to have been born into the family I am in.

My Mom: is hilarious. It is always a good laugh to have her around.

is generous. She shares everything.

is a great grandmother.

babysits, and totally loves my children and my husband

is beautiful!

She is my best friend and I love all the time that I get to spend with her. Thanks for being such a great example to me as a mother. I Love You!

Ben says: She made me so handsome with my hair! (I think he means she gave him a good haircut)

Nick says: She is kind to me and does lots of good stuff for me. She came to my soccer and t-ball games and she let me sleep in her yard.

Family Vacation

2008-07-17T09:07:00.000-07:00

Erik and I were glad to finally take the kids on an actually family vacation. It has been a long time. Our original plan was to take them to California to visit my Grandma and then do something like Legoland. Unfortunately we found out that our car needs a new engine, so to keep expenses down we decided to go to St. George. We love St. George. I get to go there a few times a year with my sisters and the cousins, but the boys were thrilled to have Erik there with us. Thanks to my parents for letting us use their condo!

We had a great time. We were especially glad to see our friends Paul and Elayna. They looked great. They are also really good friends. We won't let some much time pass before we see them again.

We went to the "sprinkler park", of course, lots of swimming, played racquetball, saw "Kung Fu Panda", saw "Wall-E", ate at the pizza factory, played at the park, went for a nature walk, (we saw some more frogs, ducks, birds, rabbits, horses and more) went to Sandhollow where Nick picked up a mild case of swimmers itch! (yuck), we did some shopping, hiking etc...

We had a great time, were happy to be home and I was completely exhausted.

Good Friends!

2008-07-17T08:54:00.000-07:00

I am way behind, so I am going to catch up this week. It has been a busy summer. I was happy to hear that me friend from high school was in town from California, so we decided to have a little get together. We met at Tolman Park (Rocket Park to most of us) and had lunch. It was so fun to see my friends, I felt like I was 17 again. Not for long though, once I saw the pictures of myself! It brought back so many fun memories. We had some really great times together over the years and years that we have known each other. I love these girls so much and hope to see all of them more often.

Our kids had a great time together. We have 10 kids between the four of us. I would love for our children to be good friends, so I hope this was just a beginning for them!

Happy Birthday Joey!

2008-07-15T09:56:00.001-07:00

Joey had a birthday yesterday!

He is also a great Uncle. We are so glad he married Britta! The kids love to be with him. They love the songs he makes up for them all the time. (I will have to see if I can get the Zachary song from James to post on here) I love to play games with Joey and hang out at Grandma's house. He is so smart and talented. I don't personally know anyone who can write a song like he does.

Nick says: He is so good at writing songs and singing. He is so nice to me.

Ben says: I like his guitar and he is so funny!

I will have to round up some pictures of Joey!

1. Joey

2. Fun Uncles

3. Great music

Happy Birthay Ryan and Hayley!

2008-07-15T09:26:00.001-07:00

July is birthday month in my family. I know if you keep up with my blog, you probably thought it was June, nope, there are even more in July. Today is dedicated to Ryan and Hayley.

Ryan is such a great older brother. He is so talented. He is a very caring person and would do anything for me and my family. He exceles at everything that he puts his mind too. (Extreme sports, emergency medicine (whatever you call it), fixing anything, he is super athletic, scuba diving, and a million other things.) He is the best dad. He is the definitely the FUN uncle. The minute he walks in the door, all the kids are yelling for him to do something crazy to them. (tickle, flip them around, hold them in a vise, atomic elbow...) I love when he is around, Everything seems just a bit more fun.

Nick says: He is a great uncle. I love to wrestle with him.

Ben says: I love when he plays with me and throws me.

We love you Ryan! Hope you have a great birthday.

Hayley joined our family four years ago today. What a sweet baby she was and what a wild and crazy, sweet girl she has become! I love that Ben is the same age as her and that they have a good relationship. She takes great care of him and luckily that is just what he wants in a friend. Hayley always makes us laugh and smile.

Nick says: She is a good cousin and she is a good friend for my brother. She is so nice!

Ben says: I love to play with Hayley and swim with her, and finding Katelynne with her??.

Have a great Day Hayley! We love you.

I have lots of stuff to post, coming up. (I accidentally sent my camera to California with Amy!) so more coming soon!

1. Ryan

2. Hayley

3. More Birthday cake

Happy Birthday Amy!

2008-07-03T09:12:00.001-07:00

My sister Amy had her birthday yesterday, so I wanted to do a quick post in honor of my big sister. Some of the things I love about Amy:

1. She is the queen of organization, I could learn this from her.

2. She is a great decorator, she could have been an interior designer.

3. She is so much fun, and so funny. We always laugh when we get together.

4. Friday night, husband out of town. Love these rare occasions.

5. She is an expert photographer. She took our family portrait even before the photo class.

6. She is so athletic, she seems to be good at every sport.

7. She is crafty (I was going to say in the making things way, but maybe both?? J/K)

8. She is always there for me, to tend my kids, keep me company through labor, bringing me frosty's, to talk to, and a million other ways. I haven't even gone through a pregnancy without her literally doing it with me :)

She is a great sister, wife, mother and daughter. (kind of sounds like a eulogy) I couldn't have had a better example to look up to.

The boys wanted to add something too:

Nick: I love Aunt Amy because she is your sister and she lets me come over to her house to play.

Ben: She likes to talk to me. I love her baby. She gives me spaghetti. (What???)

I didn't ask Erik, but he probably would just think of running hands through her hair or vice versa!

1. Amy

2. Being a sister

3. Movie Night

Happy Birthday Alec!

2008-06-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

Alec has a birthday today! Another in a crazy week of parties.

Alec is the oldest of the weeks kids, so he has had to pave the path for everyone! I used to love watching his every move and sound. He is a great kid. He is such a nice cousin to my three boys. I don't know if I have seen someone so young be so good with the little kids before. I can't believe you are 13 today Alec! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

1. Alec

2. June

3. Trish and Eric (for making the kid)

Party, Party, Party!

2008-06-18T10:12:00.000-07:00

Nothing but parties at our house! We had Father's Day, My Birthday and Ben's Birthday all in a row. We had a blast, but now I have to put my house back together. Ben decide to invite all of his cousins to his party (unfortunately the Hodgsons couldn't make it, because their life is even crazier than ours, and of course Anna is in Seattle, Erika, We Love you too!), so we moved the location to the park. The Aunts were good sports and came to hang out, so I had lots of help.

Ben spent the week before, planning all the snacks that we were going to have for his Stars Wars party/lego star wars party/Mace Windu vs. Darth Vader party. I have never seen a four year old with so many demands and expectations of what a birthday party should include. This was his first after all, so I did indulge him a bit. (He usually just gets a cake and sung to at the Weeks June family birthday/father's day party).

He chose Red and Purple for the decorations, which were balloons and streamers. He wanted Jedi snacks (red and purple Cap'n Crunchberries), cheetos (Mom, do they have purple cheetos?) Jello Jigglers in the shape of stars, star wars cupcakes and Mace Windu lightsabers. (It took me longer than you would think to figure out the I could dip pretzel rods into purple stuff). The final touch was a Death Star pinata that his Dad, Nick and I made. It was actually a pretty fun project for us.

The Death Star, before it got destroyed!

The party was fun and Aunt Maren had the idea of a squirt gun fight, which turned out to be great in the 90 degree weather. We had a great time and and thanks to everyone who helped and came to the party!

Later that day, Dad came home early and we took Ben to the Olive Garden (some kids choose McDonalds, ours choose Olive Garden) where he beamed through the singing and the cake. He loved it! I wish I had taken my camera. He kept saying, "thank you, thank you for my birthday", to everyone working there. The best moment for me... when tucking him in bed, way to late, he gave me a hug and said, "Thank you for my party Mom, I love you."

1. BEN

2. it's over.

3. being a mother

Happy Birthday to Me! and Nikelle!

2008-06-18T08:24:00.000-07:00

Erik pointed out that I need to post my own birthday! It was Monday, June 16, the day before Ben's. I got to spend the day with my three favorite boys and then go to Nick's t-ball game. Then all four of my boys took me to dinner. Erik got me a yummy ice cream cake and the boys gave me a pass to the Rec Center! So now I can go work out, which is definitely needed :).

Thanks guys, it was a great day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIKELLE!

This is a shout out to Nikelle! I am lucky enough to be the one that gets to share a Birthday with her. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Reasons we love Nikelle: She is beautiful, inside and out, she is hilarious (I love the things she says). She is a great leader, and quite a daredevil, she rides a mean skateboard, she throws like a girl (and that is a good thing :), and she is tough in a pack of boys. We love you, Nikelle!

1. Girls, tough enough to be one of the boys

2. Beautiful Nikelle

3. Sharing a special day

Happy Birthday Ben!

2008-06-17T14:27:00.000-07:00

What a great day it was four years ago when Benjamin Thomas Berge joined our family. He is our little comedian (whether he means it or not). He is such a sweet, loving kid. Don't try to brush his teeth, comb his hair, put a bandaid on him, or really touch him at all, but he does give the best hugs ever. We love having him in our family. We Love You, Ben!

We Love Dad!

2008-06-17T08:41:00.001-07:00

We had a GREAT Father's Day! The boys were really excited this year. They made a picture frame with all the great things we love about Dad on it, and a new picture of them inside. Then they painted him an apron. It was a fun project to do with him. We also got to go up to my house to spend some time with my Dad, and some of the other great Dads in our family.

The Boys love their Dad. And they are lucky to have him. He loves them so much and they can tell. I asked them what they wanted to say about their Dad and this is what they said.

Nick: I love Dad because he takes me to Cabela's and I love to wrestle and pummel him and spend time with him.

Ben: I love Dad the best (and Brian). When I asked him why, he said Because he always comes back to me.

Zach: Well, he didn't have much to say, but he did give me his best smile when I asked him.

1. Erik

2. My Dad

3. Erik's Dad (We miss him tons!)

St. George

2008-06-11T10:10:00.000-07:00

We had a great trip to St. George. We left the day after school got out to beat the rush to warmer weather. The condo was packed to the gills, but we had a great time. I love that the cousins know each other so well. I hope they will always be friends. Zachary went swimming for the first time ever, and he seemed to like it. I even managed to not get him sunburned. We had lots of swimming, we hiked around the "indian cave" which is really an old pioneer shelter, swam at the pool, played at the park, visited Sand Hollow Reservoir, ate good food, and my favorite, searched for frogs on our walk at the nature center. We saw no less than 100 frogs and all the kids got to hold one, except of course our "animal lover" (unless of course they are actually "real" animals) Ben. It was, however, a break through. He loved seeing the frogs, got very close to actually touching one, (he really wanted to, but couldn't quite bring himself to do it.) Unfortunately, I am sure that we also mashed a large number of them with shoes and stroller wheels. Wish I had a picture of the kids with all the frogs. Some of us also saw bunnies. We were ready to leave, but I think everyone had a great time. Thanks again for the condo Grandma!!

1. Nature Walks

2. Grandma's with condos (and she shares)

3. Sisters to vacation with (and their kids) and my mom

Ist Grader!

2008-05-30T15:43:00.000-07:00

Nick is officially a 1st grader today. It was a bittersweet day for him today. Asked me if he could give cards to his friends with his phone number on them, so he wrote a bunch of them up yesterday and passed them out at school. Great! (hopefully we don't have all 25 kids calling us, maybe it is good we are leaving town tomorrow. I bought this mini rose bush for his teacher, and he said he was not giving it to her. He did pose holding it however. He really meant it, even though I tried to talk him into it for three days. Finally, today before we drove away from the school, he yelled "Stop" and I had to wait while he ran it in to his teacher! Funny Kid of mine. I think that he had a great year. He has lots of great memories to take with him. Field Day however, got a bit rough and this afternoon, he is sporting new glass frames. He was a great Kindergartner and he got excellent marks on his "report card." Mrs. Lemmon said she was proud of him. I am proud of him too! (by the way, his girl friend is the cute blond behind him in the first picture, he was to shy to ask her for a picture and made me promise not to take one).

1. Good Kids

2. St. George

3. SUMMER!!

First Haircut!

2008-05-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

Well, on Tuesday May 26, I finally gave in and took Zachary up to Grandma's for his first haircut. We combed it up in a mohawk to get the before and after shots.

I wouldn't say he did too great of a job holding still, but he also was no Benjamin. I think he looks even chubbier now! Thanks Grandma, you did a good job.

Although we do have a few stray pieces here and there.

1. Grandma's with scissors

2. Saving money

3. Not having to do it myself

Wow look at all my posts, and more coming!

2008-05-30T11:14:00.001-07:00

I know with me blogging is either feast or famine, so stop complaining. It has been a busy week, soon I will be back to only posting two or three times a month.

1. Something to Blog about

2. Sisters who check my blog enough to tease me about not blogging

3. Sleeping babies

Vernal Visit

2008-05-30T10:25:00.001-07:00

Dad, Mom, Ryan, Zachary and I went to Vernal over Memorial Day. For all those interested I thought I would post some pictures of Grandpa Willie's house and also the headstone. Ryan got it a few years ago and I thought he did a great job picking it out, and matching it to Grandma Pearl's. We did put some flowers on Grandpa's grave, they are just not in the pictures. The house looked good, considering all things and we didn't really have yard work that needed to be done. We also stopped by Enloe's and interupted the Walker Reunion. (Lois is a Walker) Lois looks great, but says she doesn't make chocolates anymore, except on Holidays. She remembered Amy saying "This is Heaven." It was good to see that group of cousins. It has been a while. I got a great and pretty bad compliment, when Steve Walker (remember him, Mom's old honey) thought I was Carol! Now I am not sure how to take that. Does all this fat on me, make me look like I am 62? And honestly Mom looks skinny and not a day over 50! He is actually a really nice guy, and I have always taken it as a compliment when people say I look like Mom.

1. Ryan for getting the headstone

2. Babies being good in the car all day.

3. Grandpa Willie

Newton

2008-05-30T09:17:00.000-07:00

We had an exciting weekend. Aunt Britta flew in to surprise the family. (I was one of the lucky few, who got to be in on the secret.) We were very excited. She and Joey live in Virginia, and so we were thrilled that she got to meet Zachary. The boys of course love her, and Nick has a hard time leaving her alone. She got about 20 hugs from him:). Zachary and I went to Newton, one of our favorite places. Erik and the boys were on the Father Son Campout with our ward on Friday and Saturday morning. We saw lots of cousins and played and ate lots. It is always a party when we are there. Some of the highlights were: Jonathan's Birthday, we went to see Prince Caspian, we visited lots of family grave sites for Memorial Day, (although there was much more of that on Monday after I had gone to Vernal). I got to spend some time at Dad's grave also. We also got to attend church together and we united our faith together in a fast for a family member who is ill. We love you Kimberly! We got to see Uncle Bill (Erika and Chifumi are in Japan), and spend lots of time with Grandma Berge and our Hodgsons. I had to leave sunday afternoon, but it was such a great visit. Thanks for coming Britta! We Love You!

1. Family (again)

2. Grandma's house

3. Airplanes

more blessing pictures

2008-05-27T15:52:00.001-07:00

I have no idea why the brownies are upside down:)

1. Family

2. Dick's Brownies

3. "My" House

Zach's blessing and new photos

2008-05-27T15:09:00.001-07:00

I know this posting is a bit late, but here it is anyway. Zachary was blessed on Sunday April 13, 2008. Erik gave him a wonderful blessing and I am so grateful to him for being able to use his Priesthood to bless our family. Thanks everyone for coming. It was a great day. I was happy to have a place to host this party for Zach. Thanks Mom and Dad. Oh and thanks for some of these great pictures Laurie. (you can tell which ones she took.) And another thanks to Grandma Berge for the beautiful blessing outfit. 1. Zachary 2. The Priesthood 3. Sunny Sundays

Two Wonderful Mothers!

2008-05-11T12:58:00.000-07:00

Because today is Mother's Day, I am of course thinking about Great mothers. I realize that of all the mothers in the world, I am one of the lucky ones who gets to have great mothers in my life. In fact I am completely surrounded by great mothers. I pay tribute to two in particular today.

Here they are (both with Zachary)! I think that they have many similar qualities some of which I will list. Short and Sweet and then I must get on with the festivities.

1. They love their children totally and completely

2. They are two of the most Christ like people I know (everyone would agree, except of course, them)

3. They are both extremely selfless.

4. They are both beautiful women

5. They are the mother's of wonderful children :)

6. They are both great cooks, housekeepers, seamstresses, and I could add to this list forever...

7. They are two of the most fun people I have ever been with.

8. They both love to be with their families.

9. They teach by example.

10. They both always know how to make me feel better

11. They are both always there when needed, I can talk to them about anything.

12. They are the best possible Grandmother's to my children (what more could I ask for)

Mom, I love you very much. Thanks for the example that you are to me. I couldn't have asked for a better mother and best friend. I am grateful for all that you have done for me.

Ilda, I love you very much. You raised a wonderful son for me to marry and you are truly a mother to me.

I am the luckiest daughter and mother that I know.

1. My Mom

2. Erik's Mom

3. Nicholas, Benjamin and Zachary

Yummy!!

2008-05-09T17:44:00.001-07:00

Nick loves yogurt. Especially if he is lucky enough to get this kind:

I bought a box at Costco, and he has been happily eating it for about two weeks. Tonight he was eating some and said, "Mom, isn't it weird that this new kind of yogurt has strawberry and it also has blueberries in it?" I was, of course cruising the internet and not paying much attention replied, "interesting." He went on to say, but these blueberries taste really gross." I went to look at the yogurt and find that is is filled with little round patches of mold. Disgusting. After further questioning, "blueberries" have been in all the yogurt in this box. Apparently, Nick has been eating mold every day. There are two left in a box of 16. He said "oh well Mom, it tastes really good after all the blueberries are gone!"

Warning: Don't read any further if you like pink food!

Just a side note: while getting this yogurt picture off the internet I came across this lovely tidbit. Mold isn't the only gross thing in Nick's yogurt. When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs. And it's not just yogurt. The bugs are also used to give red coloring to Hershey Good & Plenty candies, Tropicana grapefruit juice, and other common foods.

Oh, I saw something on a friend's blog that I liked, so I will copy it. She puts three things she is thankful for at the bottom of each post.

1. Nick

2. Non-moldy yogurt

3. yellow, blue or green food

2008-05-08T15:06:00.000-07:00

So I am taking pictures of Ben and Zachary because they are sitting so cute together, and Zach is actually sitting on the couch for the first time. Amy and Laurie will have to give me some photography tips obviously, (bad lighting, bad positioning, getting a 3 month old to hold still for two seconds). Zachary spit up all over, pretty much right when I am taking this last picture so I run to get a burp cloth. I come back, can't be more than 10 seconds later and this is what I find. I don't even know where Ben went. If only I could fall asleep like that. Obviously he gets it from his Dad.

Go Transformers!

2008-05-07T17:31:00.001-07:00

It was a sad day for Nick. His last soccer game. He has actually turned out to be quite a good little socccer player. He is very aggressive and really goes after the ball. He loves to play "defender." He is super great at blocking goals and he hangs out in the middle of the field waiting to stop the other team. Our coach has observed this and has given him some great tips to improve his game. We have tried to encourage him to follow the ball after some of those great kicks of his so he could score some goals, but he is quite reluctant to leave his self-appointed position. The weather has been crazy. We have had so many beautiful days this spring. It seems like all week is beautiful and on Wednesday morning sure enough it looks like another weird day. (Rain, snow, sun, rain again, sun... etc) and then by Wednesday night we are sitting by the phone at the last minute waiting to see if the game has been canceled. We had eight spring games scheduled, four got canceled and we froze at all four of the others. Unfortunately we don't play on the same field as my photo savvy sisters, so we only have my snapshots of the only game I actually remembered a camera. Poor Zach spent every game freezing in his carseat and Ben kept asking where his team was. He will be so glad to get to play in the fall. Next on the list T-Ball. Nick said "Yeah, Mom sign me up, but it will be boring and I will goof around instead of listening to my coach" At least he remembers it the same way I do!

Charlie Bit Me

2008-05-01T09:00:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

I think this is hilarious. These boys are so cute. Nick and Ben keep asking me to play it over and over again. You will have to copy and paste it to your browser, I couldn't get it to play on my blog.

2008-05-01T08:45:00.000-07:00

We took Grandma Berge to visit a friend in the hospital, and I snapped these pictures by the waterfall while we waited.

Bountiful Lake

2008-05-01T08:40:00.000-07:00

On Sunday we went for a walk around Bountiful Lake. It turned out to be a great day, but a bit breezy. These pictures aren't the greatest, but we had a great time. You might even be able to see the little "treasures" that Nick collected while we were walking. We saw lots of different birds and it was fun to see how many different creatures the boys could identify. Zachary talked the whole time. He loves riding in the stroller as long as he can see Mom's face while we walk.

Swimming Fun

2008-04-30T13:13:00.000-07:00

Swimming Lessons

2008-04-30T12:51:00.001-07:00

The Boys have been taking swimming lessons and Nick wanted me to post some of these pictures for everyone to see. Nick loved his class and Ben loved going to play at the pool. Ben did pretty good considering the fact that he doesn't really like anyone to touch him:) There were plenty of moments however that he just told the teachers flat out that he didn't need to do what they were telling him to do. They would look at me and I just had to laugh because I can't get him to change his mind for anything. I think that Nick's teacher looks like he should play Edward in the upcoming Twilight movie.

Book of Mormon Hero

2008-04-19T11:07:00.000-07:00

The boys had a primary party today. They dressed as heroes from the Book of Mormon. Nick is Captain Moroni and Ben is King Benjamin.

Tagged!

2008-04-14T08:29:00.000-07:00

OK Laurie tagged me. Here it goes:

ABC tag!

A. Attached or Single? Attached, I will be married for 12 twelve years in August.

B. Best Friends? My Husband, my sisters and my mom, friends too.

C. Cake or Pie? This is easy. Cake, for sure. Chocolate of course.

D. Day of Choice? Friday

E. Essential Item? My ipod and a book. You never know when you will have a few minutes to read.

F. Favorite Color? Changes daily- Today I think Yellow.

G. Greatest Accomplishment? My dual Elementary Education/Early Childhood Ed degree, and my three great boys!

H. Hometown? Bountiful, UT

I. Indulgences? Concretes!!

J. January or July? July, Duh!!!

K. Kids? 3 handsome boys

L. Life is incomplete without? Family (all 40 plus)

M. Marriage Date? August 16, 1996

N. Number of siblings? Four (2 brothers, 2 sisters)

O. Oranges or apples? Oranges, can't get enough.

P. Phobias or fears? Family members getting hurt or worse, My house burning down, and chiggers:).

Q. Quotes? Lots of movies quotes. Anything with an Indian accent.

R. Reason to smile? Sunshine coming in the window, Family

S. Season? Spring. Summer and fall tie for second place.

T. Tag three friends? Marisa..., still thinking...don't any of my other friends have blogs?

U. Unknown fact about me? Can't think of anything, apparently I talk about myself way to much.

V. Very Favorite Store? Target

W. Worst Habit? Junk Food

X. X-ray or ultrasound? Ultrasound. X-rays, have always involved pain. Ultrasounds have been happy occasions, although might have to change my mind if the next ultrasound shows some male anatomy.

Y. Your favorite food? Coconut Shimp and Italian, I love to eat out at lots of places.

Zodiac? Gemini

Nick and Ben

2008-04-08T08:36:00.001-07:00

Nick and Ben are such fun brothers. Nick is in kindergarten and loving it. He loves to play soccer and t-ball, and he is quite good at both of them. Ben sits in my lap at the games crying "I want to be on the team" and then yelling "Go Transformers!" Nick just lost both front teeth, but the new teeth had already grown in. We definitely will be doing the braces thing. Benjamin gets held down screaming twice a day to brush. They are both very sweet to their new baby brother. Ben shows just the right amount of interest in him and he loves to talk to him and tell everyone that it is "his" baby, "not yours." Zach loves to have Nick sing to him and play with his toys. Nick loves to play with his guys (Star Wars, army men, knights, pretty much anything that can hold a weapon) and Ben does too. Ben also loves to play with animals and can name and identify more than I knew existed. Although don't get him near a living animal or he will be terrified. He loves more than anything to play with his big brother. Ben is a very sweet, stubborn kid. I love it when he says "Mom, I love you" out of the blue and then continues with whatever he is doing. They are both good little helpers for me and I feel lucky to have them as my children.

2008-04-08T08:18:00.000-07:00

My family is full of great photographers (not me). Laurie took these great pictures of Zachary when he was three weeks old. I can't believe how fast he has grown.

Zachary Charles Berge

2008-04-03T12:18:00.000-07:00

Zachary was born on January 18 and he is already two an a half months old. He has a great smile and loves to make eye contact with everyone. Nick and Ben love him, although Ben has been trying to give him to Grandma lately. He has had his share of colds in his short little life, but he seems quite well now.