Christmas Programs

The girls both had Christmas programs this year.

Bekah's 2nd graders, did a musical about Santa losing his Christmas spirit. The songs and dances were fun to watch.
Bekah is in the short sleeved green shirt.

Here they are singing the baking song. Bekah is wearing the apron she made.

Ellie's Violin Concert

Ellie and her BFF Anna preforming with the 6th grade Orchestra.

They did a great job!

I really liked their white dresses with blue satin sashes.
Yes! They did play that song.

Way to go girls!

A Toothless Grin and A Bright Blue Miracle!

Bekah lost her two front teeth!

She looks so cute.
She had me pull out the 1st one and then she did the 2nd one all by herself.
She was very proud of herself and thought the blood was really cool. Now all we have to do is get her to STOP sucking her thumb before her new teeth grow back! Any suggestions?!

I just read a great book!

I wasn't too sure I would like it, and at first it had way to much DRAMA! However, after reading it I thought it had all the makings of a great book. It makes you laugh, cry, and get mad at the crazy characters. I was so involved with the story, I was sad to see it end. I recommend it to everyone! It is an easy, clean, romantic~ish read. Also it's written by our hometown gal, Becca Wilhite. You Go Girl!

Fall Soccer!

Bekah and Ellie played soccer this fall.

They both had a great time and learn a lot.

Bekah #7 played 7 on 7 this year, she really liked to play mid-field or defense.

She was a little go getter until she would get tired. This was the 1st year that she had to run up and down the whole soccer field.
GO TIGERS!

Ellie got to play co-ed soccer this year, and really liked her coach.

He did a great job of letting the kids play every position.

She really liked the oranges and drinks they got for 1/2 time too.

She realized that she is a great mid-fielder,

but she still liked to play defense.

Last year she loved playing goaly, but not this year!

Her team was called the Cannon Balls, and by the end of the season they were really playing great together!

Ellie and Jacob made a great defense team.

She said "Jacob is so cool, and he is really nice & really fast!"
When I asked her if she had a crush on him she said "No Mom! I don't like him like that"

Mudpies, Peaches, and a Fashion Show!

Mud Pies

One day last week the kids were playing outside, after awhile

I noticed it was to quite so I went outside to check on them, and this is what I found.

Weston's double layer mud cake.

Ray's mud pudding with green leaves.

Bekah's 2 mud pies with leaves for decoration.

The mess wasn't too bad,

but I wonder if they had more fun washing off the deck

with the hose or making the mess.

Peaches

Mandy cutting the peaches to fit in the bottles.

Mom, checking the peaches in the canners.

Peaches that are ready to be processed and some that are done.
I love how pretty they look in the jars.

Fashion Show

Yesterday, Bekah was invited to her cousin's dress-up birthday party.

It was a lot of fun. They got to decorate their own dress ups.

Then have a fashion show for their parents

Bekah's new dress up
Bekah's cousins, Sydney and Brieanna
Bekah and Emma
The beautiful girls, the birthday girl Rebecca,

is the one with her arms over her head.

Bekah Lost A Tooth!

Bekah lost her 1st tooth at school last week, unfortunately she couldn't find it after it fell out.

She was still excited about loosing it. She has a few more that are loose so maybe she will get a visit from the Tooth Fairy soon.

Back to School

The kids are back to school! I can't believe that Ellie is a 5th grader, and that this is her last year in Elementary School.Her teacher Miss Allred is one of the schools favorite teachers, and she is lucky to have her. She is excited to be in 5th grade, because of all the fun things the fifth graders get to do like help with lunch, be on the student council, and be in orchestra, she wants learn the violin.

Weston is in the 3rd grade this year and has Mrs. Hopkins for his teacher. He is excited about preforming in the Disney program this year, and also being in the gifted & talented program.

Bekah is a big 1st grader, and gets to go to school all day. She is excited to get to take a lunch and eat in the lunchroom with her friends. Here teacher is Ms. Red Elk.
Ray is 3 and gets to stay home with his Momma. However, to day he told me that I was boring, and that he need to go to Grandma's and play with her.

Bekah's Build-A-Bear Birthday!

This is Bekah's 6th birthday cake! It turned out pretty cute despite all the problems I had making it! She loved it and that's what counts!
Here is the cousin picture- Not sure where Ray was The some of the guests- Grpa Blaine, Grpa Vic, Gramie, and Aunt Charlotte
Some of Bekah's presents
One of Bekah's favorite gifts was from her cousins, who spent 3 months in Japan, and brought her back Hello Kitty chopsticks, a case, a magnet, & a cool pink bag!
The next day Bekah, Ellie, Brieanna (cousin) and I went down to the Build-A-Bear workshop in the Mall. Bekah made this bear and named her Rosie. She got to get a few outfits and shoes too! (Coupons are the best!)

I took a bunch of pictures of the event and eating lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory with my phone, but I have no idea how to get them off and on it the blog. Any suggestions?

School's Out Fun!

Since it was raining the day school got out for the summer. We got all the Berg cousins together and took a trip to the Zoo, on the 1st really nice day. I was tending Sammy Schwinn that day so he got to got too. It was a nice day to be outside.
This is Ellie's favorite picture spot, by the Zebras
Weston just relaxing in the hollow log,
at the playground.


Brieanna the "Princess" and Bekah the "Pauper"

Best Friends!

Ray the Crocodile Hunter!

Here are all the cousins (LtoR) Sammy (not a cousin), Bekah, Weston, Brieanna, Sydney, & Ellie. In front Maddison, Ray, Mason, Annelisa holding Sophie.
The best part of the Zoo this time was to find out that one of the Elephants is going to have a baby next year in July. (I can't image being pregnant for 22 months.) So next year we will have a new baby elephant at the Zoo.

Bekah's Last Day of Kindergarten

This is Bekah and her teacher Mrs. Holly Hansen.

Bekah was so sad that she wouldn't get to she her teacher again.
We made Mrs. Hansen a special class gift. I bought a white T-shirt, & Bekah wrote the words,"Mrs. Hansen's Kinder"Garden" on the front. Then we took it to her class and drew 20 flower stems on the front and back of the shirt and put the kids hands on top of each stem for the flower and then let the kids write there name in their hand. It turned out really cute, and Mrs. Hansen loved it!

This is Bekah and her best friend from school, Kaya.

A Week of Fun!

This was Bekah's 1st game of the spring soccer season. She had a lot of fun
Bekah loves to play soccer!

Ray and Momma with the baby goats.

Our friends the Lances got twin baby goats in March.
Thier names are Diablo and Angel, cute names for twins huh?

On Sunday morning, us girls decided to paint our toenails for spring. Momma has flowers, Ellie has sky with clouds, and Bekah has butterflies.

My Amazing Girls

Bekah is the Social Skills Superstar for the week.

She got the award by doing one thing in each of the social skills catoragory.

She even gets her picture put up in the office!

This is a picture of the letter we recieved from one of the aides in her class, she was being responsible for this one!

Ellie is Student of the Month this month.

She gets her picture in the Wave and up in the office!

This is her award. To be Student of the Month,

you must show that you are save, kind, and responsible all the time!

Way to go girls! You are amazing! Thanks for being good examples to your brothers.

Goin' to Lunch!

Bekah has a hard time listening, and doing what she is asked at school. So her teacher does this thing with her, that if she listens and does what she is asked the first time she gets a star. She can get five stars a day. If she gets between 15-20 stars a week she gets a play date at the end of the week. This week she choose to take her cousins Brieanna & Sydney to lunch at McDonalds.
They even got to get kids meals, that had Raspberry Torte dolls in them.

Brieanna, Bekah, and Sydney

After lunch we went to the drive thru at Dairy Keen for ice cream cones. It was a fun time spent with her favorite cousins!

Slumber Party!

My kids only get to have sleep-overs with their cousins, since all their cousins live out of town it doesn't happen very often. So when we get it have a rare sleep-over I try to make it special.

So I braided the girls hair after their bath.
Trennedy got to sleep on the cot in Ellie and Bekah's room. They went to bed at 9:00, but we had to tell them to stop giggling at 10:30 and go to sleep!

Trennedy went to church with us the next day. Bekah was excited to have her in primary with her, even if it was only for a little while before she had to go home. The girls had a fun time together!