I'm updating this post with pictures - lots of pictures. I was looking in our online album and we did a LOT of stuff this summer - so here are some highlights.
In May was the Herndon Festival - Auntie Val, Hailey, Maddy & I ran a 5K! I'm serious, and I have the pictures to prove it - click on this link for the proof! We also went to the festival and watched the fireworks with Malcolm and our friends the Malletts - Pierre, Adrienne, Peter & Katie. It was great fun!
Here is a link to Malcolm's big day - he GRADUATED! Way to go MALCOLM!! Click here to see some great big smiles.
Bill's nephew Travis also graduated this year - Way to go TRAVIS!! Click here to see more great big smiles and pictures from our WV visit.
After school let out we went to NC for our family vacation - I have no idea where all our pictures are for this, however we sent them all to Lisa, so check out her blog (link on the right side of the page) and you will see LOTS and LOTS of pictures of the NC trip there.
Here are some shots of our trip to see Grandpa and Grandma Ann in Williamsburg this summer, and some shots from my birthday. Valerie and Cristina came over and brought me cake! :-) I love them!! Also included in this album are random tubby shots...I'm not really sure why, other than they are cute. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0Abt2bVq2bNWLCKg
TUBBY SHOTS
I started a cake decorating class recently. Malcolm had the dubious honor of receiving a cake from me. I mixed the colors in class and didn't have many options, hence the color scheme of the cake (you might need sun glasses). The cake reads "chronometrophobia" and "Valley Forge Academy." Malcolm made up a song for the girls - chrynometrophobia and simply sings the word over and over again in a voice shockingly similar to Prince. The girls love it - it makes Bill and I laugh. :-) Malcolm is going to Valley Forge Academy and is really loving it there. We are super proud of him. Click here for the color cake...
We took the kids to the Water Mine one day - Val joined us for a super fun, although a bit cold day at the water park... WATER MINE
The end of August was a very sad time for us in the Berg household. Our beloved babysitter Elaine decided it was time to expand her horizons and take on a leadership role in the Young Life organization. She cannot work, go to school AND do outreach to the middle school kids - so she left with our sincere gratitude for the many years of love that she lavished on our girls. We miss her dearly, but know that she is doing GREAT work for the Lord. Click on this link for some pictures of her last day with us. ELANIE
The very next day Paula and I piled all 5 kids (my 3 girls and her 2 boys) into her minivan and headed to NC for a long weekend. I was going to look at communities there - but we were too busy going to the beach! We had a great time. It was wonderful to spend some quality time with Paula and the kids got to re-connect. We even went out on Nono's boat...that's another story, suffice it to say that we all lived and we can tell you about it some other day. Paula and I hope to make a NC trip an annual event. The pictures from this are all still on my video camera and that will be my next project...find camera, upload video, update blog...don't hold your breath. At least I'm honest.
Now we are up to the first day of school!! Hailey is entering into the 1st grade and Maddy is going to a new pre-school. They both LOVE school - YEA! HAILEY'S 1ST DAY OF 1ST GRADE
Here are some shots of the house getting updated and prepped for the market. I don't think anyone is placing bets on when we will be done. :-) Click here to see what we took pictures of so far. We have actually finished painting the front porch, the new garage doors are painted and installed too.
Valley Forge squared off against our Alma Mater George Mason. So Bill and I took the girls to Mason and cheered on - you guessed it - Valley Forge! Malcolm had an outstanding game and Valley Forge won. It was wonderful to see Malcolm again. He got cadet of the month! How exciting! MALCOLM'S FOOTBALL GAME
This brings us current - PHEW! October 20th we piled into the van and headed to Williamsburg for a day visit. Bill's aunts and uncles were visiting his dad so we popped in for a quick hello. It's a shame that his uncles didn't like the kids... VISIT WITH THE BERG UNCLES
UPDATED POST
Ok, Ok - so I haven't posted in what 3 months or so (yes, I just counted on my fingers!). I get lost in life and many, many things fall to the way side. While I am not posting any pictures I thought I would pop on here and just let ya'll know we were still alive!
Summer has been busy...went to NC for a week to visit the family - had a GREAT time. Prob one of the best visits for us. Yea! Kids had supreme fun and Samantha was super cute once she made friends with the ocean. We were able to visit with old friends from high school and even older friends from childhood - it was great to catch up with everyone.
Once home life resumed - I got slammed at work, the kids had a camp to go to (thank goodness) and Bill blew out his back power washing the house. We have all recovered (basically)and have moved on to the next new and exciting thing that life has thrown at us...Mainly that Bill's bank is closing (or selling) the entire Mid-Atlantic region. Fun stuff.
More later...life is calling me again. I'll come with pictures next time! :-)
