Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit!


Riley LOVES to play with the rocks at the park. We just have to make sure that she doesn't eat the rocks :)


Riley and Sam both LOVE the swings. I love this picture of all four swinging!


Heres Sam chillin in the swing.



I love how infectious (sp?) Sam's grin is.



I am not sure why, but I really like this picture. I think it is because I love how Riley can do anything and Sam will laugh!




While they were here we even got to go feed the ducks at the pond. If there hadn't been so many ants, it would have been perfect!



This is probably Sam's favorite sleeping position: in someone's arms!
This is a few weeks late, but we were so excited that Ryne's parents got to come down and visit for a weekend. Thank you SO much for coming to see us. We love and miss you. We had a great time!




My very first Apple Pie!









I was so excited to attempt to make my first homemade apple pie! (crust and all) My friend Angie gave me this WONDERFUL pie crust recipe and Ryne likes apple pie, so it seemed like a good fit! I have not attempted a two crust pie yet but it is on my to do list. So instead those are "crumbs" on the top. (brown sugar and flour cut into some butter) I forgot to take a picture of the final product but it sure did taste good! Since then I have already made another pie and I even attempted my first chocolate pie this past Sunday. I think I am starting to fall in love with pies...

Some things that make me happy...


Ryne received a promotion at work and he now is a "black shirt". This happened a while ago but I am just so proud of him. He is always working so hard to provide for us and I was glad to see that was being noticed on the work end as well. You're my favorite Team Leader Ryne! I LOVE YOU!


Riley and Sam have been SO much fun. It is so amazing to see the way that they play together and can make each other laugh. I feel so blessed that Ryne and I can work out our schedules so that I can enjoy my children instead of paying a sitter. The older that Sam gets, the more that they do together. I love when I hear them talking to each other in the mornings before I go into their room. I love how Riley gives Sam a big kiss each night before she goes to bed. My heart is running over with Joy!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

There is Always a Good excuse...

First of all I want to apologize because there has been SO many wonderful things that have happened in the past 6 weeks, but because I haven't posted in what seems like forever, none of them will get the proper attention. Also, the pictures below are in no particular order, I was just trying to put up some pics from the past couple weeks.

Well excuse #1 is that I had lost Ryne's camera and therefore could not upload pictures. Now I don't know about you, but I think posts need pictures! Excuse #2 is that even after I found the camera we have been SO busy I just haven't had time. However, here are a few of the things that have been going on here at the Bergren Household...

  • We celebrated our first 4th of July as a family of 4! We tried really hard to get some good pictures but I guess we will just have to try again next year.
  • We were VERY spoiled because we got to see my family almost every week in July! First of all we all went home for the 4th and then we all stayed because Ryne went with my dad on a Grace of Giving food run and we stayed behind to visit with my mom and the girls. Ryne had SO many good things to say about his trip with my dad; however, due to some technical difficulties, we have no pictures to show from the trip.
  • We had a great trip up to Marshall, TX (we being: me, Sam, Riley, Hannah, Leah and my Mom) then we dropped Leah off and the rest of us headed back to Longview.
  • It was SUPER to have both my mom and Hannah here with me. I LOVE YOU GUYS!
  • Then Ryne and my dad got home and came up here to Longview.
  • We all enjoyed and AWESOME Texas Baptist All-State Band and Choir performance that Leah was in that Sunday!
  • We also squeezed in a great couple of days in Atlanta, TX at GG and GGP's new house. We got to visit with Aunt DD, Uncle Jimmy, Krystal and Pap too. We can't wait to go back.
  • My cousin Rachel from VIRGINIA flew down to spend a couple of days with me!!! Thanks for coming. We LOVED having you here. I felt so special that you wanted to come and see me.
  • Then we headed to Detroit, TX where all of my Grandmothers children and their spouces were there. We had a great time. We were just a few short of haveing ALL the family together. It was great!!
  • Then we all headed to the Dallas area for our family reunion. We hadn't been there in atleast 5 years. It was so great to visit with family and to show off my kids. Ryne couldn't be with us but he was definately missed.
  • My mom came home with us after the reunion. (You can come any time. It was great having you here)
  • That next Monday, my grandfather had surgery on his rotator cuff. (that is why mom mom was here) Thanks to some great friends, I got to go and be with my Aunt Debbie, Grandmother and my mom while he was having surgery. Everything went really well and now he is recoving. Praise the Lord!
  • Oh did I mention that Ryne and I had an anniversary somewhere in there? Thats right. Another year down and a lifetime to go. We had a GREAT day. Once again, some great friends helped out with the kids so that we could spend the day together. I love you Ryne. I can't imagine my life without you. You are the best!
  • Then we were lucky to have some of the Midlothian crew come and visit us. I tell you, they are the best group of friends. We love you all so much and can't wait to see you again!
  • Caitlin even got to come and stay with us for a few days!! Riley is even really close to saying "cait" Thanks for coming. We love you SO much!

Well that is just a few things. You can see why I have been so busy!

Life won't be slowing down here any time soon though. We both start school in less than a week. I am going to a WOF conference this week, Ryne's birthday is this weekend, and we have another guest coming to see us!

Hopefully it wont be so long before I post again but do continue to watch because there is something really neat that I/we have been working on and I will tell everyone about it real soon!







































Wednesday, July 1, 2009

My little Man










Today my little man is 5 months old!! He is enjoying his very first trip (without mommy and/or daddy) with is sister at Honey and Preachers. So these pictures are from a few weeks ago but I had been meaning to put them up. We have really gotten mixed responses when asked "who do you think he looks like" So i'm curious... Who do you think he looks like?
I love you Sam man. I will see you soon. Have fun on vacation!

Livy



I was excited to finally get to watch miss Alivia for my friends John and Angie. This afternoon they spent some time together while me and Livy got to play together. It was fun to play with her and put some of Riley's bows (flowers) on her. She seemed so small since I am used to my Sam and Riley. I look forward to many more play dates over the next few years!

Date Night




This week my mom and dad offered to watch the kids. (Thanks! Yall are the best) It has been so nice to spend some one on one time with Ryne. We even got to play his Pirates of the Caribbean Monopoly game for the first time this morning, but anyways... Ryne had to work all week from 2 - close, but when his manager heard that our kids were gone and he couldn't take me on a night date (we have done mini day dates all week) she rearranged the schedule so that he could take me out yesterday! Yah! We enjoyed a movie, dinner at Olive Garden, a lot of walking and talking around the mall and other stores, and finished off the night at Starbucks. It was wonderful! Thanks Ryne for taking me out. I love you SO much.

Friends, Family, and Fun















This past weekend we went home so that we could celebrate Fathers Day with my dad. Ryne was so excited because my dad asked him to celebrate by playing golf. They also invited Ryne's dad and another friend. Ryne came tired and sunburned, but he LOVED getting to have that time with the boys. While they were having their fun, I got to spend some time with my mom and Aunt Lizzy and Tia Leah. I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH! I didn't snag a photo of me and my mom but here is a picture of two of my favorite girls!!!



Thanks for the weekend. Can't wait to see you again. It won't be long...

Thursday, June 25, 2009

My Own Private Pilot


















Ryne is officially a Private Pilot!
Today he finished up his last flight for this summer and completed the course for his private pilots certificate. (I just learned that pilots don't have a liscence, they have certificates) I am so happy for him because he always works so hard. This past week especially has been grueling as every free moment (literally) that he has had, has been spent preparing for the number of tests that he had this week. So congratualtions Ryne! It is cool to say that I have my very own Private Pilot!
*pictures from top to bottom:
Riley helped me make some airplane cookies A.K.A. "santa cookies" for Ryne when he got home. That was the note with the cookies and two of the multitude of mini airplanes. It took me forever to make and ice all of those little suckers
That is Riley wearing my new apron. How cute!
The next two are Ryne from when he got home today. Again, How cute! -atleast I think so :)
Next a picture of Ryne and I. Way to go babe, I love you!
And Last but not least, that was the face that Samuel made when Ryne told him his daddy was a private pilot. I think he was proud too :)

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Weekend Fun
















This past weekend Ryne's parents and sister Caitlin came down for a visit. We had such a good time I didn't even have time to pull out my camera. However, Cait took some pictures of Sam and a few of Riley for me. Thank you SO much Cait! I love your pictures and of course I love my kids :)
In the last picture, miss Riley put her necklace on Sam. I guess he thought it was funny.
It was great that Ryne and his dad got to spend Father's Day together. Next weekend we will get to celebrate with my dad. Yah!