9/11

As Kevin and I were discussing the terrible events that occurred 10 years ago today I realized I have never taken the time to write down my memories of that day.

I was in the 6th grade. Kelsey a good friend of mine had told everyone on the bus that an airplane had hit a big building. I had no idea what the big building was and figured it was just a plane crash and like most of the other kids on the bus did not take her seriously. By the time I got into first hour which was Mr. Moratska's P.E class he informed us what was going on. I remember him saying "You will always remember that you were in PE when you were told about the 9/11 attacks". He was correct. I can even remember where I was sitting. The rest of the day however, is kind of a blur. We watched footage in each of my classes and did not do much work. Still confused about what these big towers were I remember going home and asking my mom "What was going on". I was scared and very sad but to be honest I was not really affected by the attacks personally until 3-4 years later when my brother in-law did his first tour over in Iraq.  Now ten years later he is on his third tour and I like many others are still feeling the affects of that day. So thank you Nathan and everyone else who has risked there lives to keep America the land of the free.

Washers

No no no I am not talking about the wonderful machines that we all have a love/hate relationship with. You know the ones that clean our clothes but require lots of work. Instead I am talking about a family game that Kevin kindly requested to my parents that they "leave it to us in their will". So let me explain the game. There are 2 long wood board that is about 4 feet long. There are three holes in each board. You separate them and then you stand at one and throw giant washers into the holes.

A couple Sundays ago I was craving washers, so I broke it out and we had a little family competition. It was one of those days that you just have to take a step back and look at the scene to see how blessed you are. I have an amazing family, the weather was great, and the game was fun. Perfect!

While watching Kevin and Kenzie dominate everyone, I decided to record Carson and his animal noises. Cute huh!

Hanging with my girls

So before school started I wanted to do one last thing with the nieces. So Kevin agreed to take us all to the drive in. So we filled up my dads pickup with foam and pillows and blankets, bought some candy and headed to the movie. The girls had a lot of fun and 2 of them even made it through both movies. Kevin and I sat in the mountaineer and let them have the pickup to themselves. 

I told them to act scared

Ice Caves Adventure

One saturday we were in need of an adventure. And since Kevin had never been to the ice caves we decided it was the perfect adventure. When we arrived we were the only ones there. We were able to take our time and spend some quality ice sliding time in the cave before anyone else arrived. Overall a great saturday adventure. 

Oregon 2011

Something that I always look forward to is our yearly road trip to Oregon. I look forward to it for many reasons, first of course I get to see my amazing in-laws and our cute nieces and nephew, secondly Kevin gets to show me around his home town, thirdly we get to enjoy some water and sun, fourthly we get to relax, and fifthly we always eat good food. And this year was no different. 

We began our trip by going to the Medford fair and going to a Clay Walker concert. It was a nice day out and a very good concert

We also hiked Table Rock while we were there. It was an easy hike with a great view. 

I also made Kevin take me to the beach. It was a bit windy so we did not get much playing time but it was still relaxing and beautiful. 

And of course you cannot forget about London loving Kevin. She was attached to him. It was so cute to see the two of them play. 

Weston and Kevin's matching shirts

 A few of the other things we did but are not pictured was float the river, play at Indian Mary, concert in the park, visit old friends, ate at Kalidascopes,  and school shopping (Thanks Pat), and lots and lots of dancing!

Here is a clip showing the Bergs dancing skills. Yes, that girl can shake it.

Our trip ended with a bang however. We were planning on leaving early Saturday morning however Friday night Kevin started complaining about a stomach ache. And before we knew it he was hanging over the toilet throwing up. After the first time he cheered up and thought it was over. Nonetheless it struck again and again and again and we spent most the night awake. Needless to say early Saturday morning we were just going to sleep. By that afternoon he said he felt good enough to ride home so we left Oregon about 3 and arrived in Caldwell at Uncle Steve's house at about 2 that morning. We were both exhausted by this point so we slept in and took it slow the next day. I was just lucky I never caught the bug.