The Bergman Bunch!

My baby is one today. Amazing, but sad. I no longer have a baby anymore....just a little, cute, sweet, cuddly, loving, smiley...one year old daughter. That's all I have to say about that for now.

BEER and WINE. To some, this may not be a big announcement, but to others...well, it may be very nice to hear! Come on! It's Friday, and after a long hard week, you go out for dinner, and sometimes...just sometimes :), it's nice to have a nice, icy cold one! For me, preferably, I like a nice glass of red OR white wine (Victory has both), and for those days when I'm feeling just a little more, oh I don't know, manly? (no), red neck? (certainly not), well, just grrrrrr... I like a nice cold beer! All the beer at Victory 44 is craft Amercian brew. Lovely if you ask me! So, just thought you would like to know the news!

Well...although my morning has not gone as planned (was going to hit a few garage sales bright and early), it is still going perfect! I WAS going to wake up before the kids, do the Shred, shower and then get them ready and go to a couple of friends garage sales. But. Instead I chose to sleep in until 8 am. Where I proceeded to walk out of my room in a daze and here, "Hi Mom!", says Brady. "AAAAAAAAAAAaaah!", says me. Yeah, he scared the crap out of me. Went up and got the baby as she was playing so nicely in her crib, waiting patiently for me to come and get her :) We ate breakfast and then went downstairs to exercise! I asked Brady, "Brady, do you think I should exercise this morning (secretly hoping he would say no, because you know, a 4 year olds opinion is very important to me)?" "Yeah mom, can I exercise too?" Aw man. So, we went down stairs and I got my stuff on (I was clothed before, I just changed in to my workout gear...geez), and Bra...

I think that's what life is all about. Searching. We search for answers, friends, keys, "the other sock", new furniture, new "things", what to have for dinner, but most importantly, for what our life means to the world, to us. What I think we search the most for, is love. And you know what the funny part about that is...love is free. A smile, a hug, a kind word...all free. A feeling, a warmth, a touch...all free. Yet, it is the hardest to come by for some, the hardest thing to learn, and can be the hardest thing to accept. It can also be the hardest thing to give. Why is that? Love is our greatest gift! Love is our most prized possession, yet can be treated like our most despised. Because, not only is love grand, but love can also let us down, be twisted, and become lost. So love, yeah, I don't know what to tell you about love. Except it was given to us freely, and it is ours to give away freely. It should not be hard, but it is, or it can be. So what shou...

on a lake near Isanti! Check it out! It's so cute if you get a glimpse, I saw one of the parents try and bring it a little fish today! I know, I'm a dork. Live Loon Cam

Friday: Watch the boys until 4pm, hang out with the Mom til' 5pm. Have sister and unexpected friend (Lisa), stop over, then decide to eat at Pizza Hut with the kids! Next, I drive up to my mom's house in Stanchfield, and we take the kids to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at the Braham High School! HILARIOUS! The kids loved it, but we only made it to intermission because it was waaaaaaaaaaaaay past Shelby's bedtime! Saturday : Hang out at home for the first part of the day, and attempt to get some things done around the house! Then my mom watched the kids so my sister and I could go baby shopping - for my sister:) - and then we ate at Victory 44 , and I got home at about 10pm! Sunday: Went up to St. Croix State Park with the kids. Made a pit stop in Rock Creek due to a puking her guts out incident by Halloran! We now know that she gets car sick on long rides....yay for us! St. Croix was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a great day of bike riding, playing IN the river :),...

For today, tomorrow and Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yipee! This morning the baby woke up at 7 am, so the three of us just hung out! Tom and I just sat and talked straight for 2 hours! Now she's back in bed already for her morning nap, and the two older kids are still sleeping (almost 9am)! Today we are going to St.Croix State Park where my dad and Kathi are staying for the weekend! We're bringing the bikes and snacks and going to have a picnic, go to the river and do a little biking! I will be in HEAVEN! Camping is my all time favorite thing to do! I always feel perfectly content being out in the woods, swimming in the river...I love it! Last night, I got to go out with my sister and we did a little shopping for her baby and then we went and ate at the restaurant Tom works at, Victory 44 , and I was going to try something else on the menu, but I just had to get the Rueben again! I LOVE that sandwich! And I am NOT being biased when I say that it is the best Rueben in the whole w...