Preschool Graduation - class of 2025

Josiah got to join his classmates for some videos, singing and celebration tonight.  We heard the peanut butter song, "Octopus" the alphabet and scroll down to hear "Kindergarten Here We Come!!

The New Digs

Here it is folks!  The new house!  Just thought you might like a little peek.

Happy Easter

He Is Risen!

Happy Easter to our blog world friends

Nine is Nifty

Happy Birthday Timothy Bruce!! You are wonderful, helpful, kind, fun, smart and all kinds of other adjectives. We are so thankful for you - you started quite a journey for your parents way back in North Carolina 9 years ago.

We love ya, bud!!

Happy Heart's Day!!

The January Recap

One of the highlights of January this year was a weekend getaway to Minneapolis with my mom, aunt, sister Emily and her boys. We swam, went to the Children's museum and the Underwater World at the MOA. It was so fun to watch the kids' reactions to all the fish!

We also dropped off Hannah's doll at the American Girl store hair salon for a new 'do. Here's the finished product. Lovely!!


Grandma Seibel made fun sports-themed curtains for the boys' room. Hannah also got curtains - Ariel from Little Mermaid.

We are really enjoying our time with Mattea these days. She's super interactive and loves to wrestle and rough-house with us. We cherish each day with her...and all our children!

Josiah snapped this pic of me. Here I am working on Mattea's 1 year scrapbook. I finished it. I still don't know if I'm happy about this situation...

Pics to share

Don't you just love it when pictures turn out really well?? I do! Here are a few great pictures that are real winners with me.

This first pic was taken out at the Snowflake Ski Hill in Westby...as in ski jumping...as in really high up there. It is crazy. Of course, I thought we should take a picture and boy am I glad we did. It's a winner!

I had to snap a pic of Mattea modeling this lovely ensemble. She looks like a little nordic dolly, right?? So cute!

Last but not least is Mattea playing up in her room with a few treasures from Christmas. Her push toy that sings nice quiet songs - way better than those obnoxious poppers. And we can't forget to mention her jewelry. Sunglasses, earrings and a bracelet all came together in a lovely Dora purse. Mattea is a big fan of earrings - we discovered this when she wanted us to put on the Mrs Potato Head earrings a while ago. Good stuff!

Christmas in Wisconsin

We stayed put this year for the Christmas festivities. We spent Dec 23-26 with my parents. I'm so glad they were willing to drive out to see us. It's always more special with extra family around. We fondued on Christmas Eve - it's our Berge tradition.

Adam's parents also made the trek to Westby. They were here Dec 22-24th. We celebrated Christmas on the 22nd. The kids were very excited at that thought of opening presents EARLY!

Most of our holiday break thus far has consisted of games, legos and Wii....and cleaning up more messes than I care to count.



Hannah got her beautiful American Girl doll. Her name is Ana - pronounced Ah-na. It's a Spanish pronounciation so she can go to Mexico too. :)

It was a Merry Christmas indeed.

Sweetness

Mattea has been watching the big kids!!

Pumpkins!

We hit up a favorite pumpkin patch this weekend just outside of Eau Claire. It was chilly and windy but we all had a blast! Good memories