The family grows

Everyone wants a good look at Josiah! The first time having supper as a family of six.

Josiah comes home

Mommy is home!

Josiah is home too!

Checking out his new "Moses" basket. Seems pretty good to Josiah.

My first look at...

Josiah Adam Berge
Will he always be this sweet?? I think so.

Update

Our 6th grandchild has arrived. His name is Josiah Adam Berge, he was born at 8:59 p.m. Central time. He is 6 lbs 12 oz. and is 20 1/2 inches long. Blond hair. Happy parents. Happy grandparents.

I can't wait to see him!

Grandbaby on the way...

Sorry, no pictures with this post since the subject of the post has yet to appear for a photo -op!
Andrea is in the hospital, Adam encouragingly by her side. Today seems to be the big day for Baby Berge to join the rest of the active Berge family! I am heading to Wisconsin to be a good grandma to Timothy, Luke and Hannah while mom and dad have other things on their minds! For further updates check www.fiveberges.blogspot.com (Though it will soon be 6 Berge's in that household!)

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Sailing the Apostle Islands

It is hard to capture the experience of being on a 36 foot sailboat moving across Lake Superior around the Apostle Islands. It is quite a rush! Here is an attempt to show what it was like! Amazing.

Rodeo fun!

Tonight was the Third Annual PRCA Rodeo at the state-of-the-art Red Horse Ranch Arena here in Fergus Falls. It is a great family activity!

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What's hiding in the garden?

Here's some of our garden produce - but upon further investigation, what else is in grandma's garden? Brooklyn and I went out to check and we found....

Look carefully..... a watermelon is growing!!


And some cantaloupe is ripening....

What's orange under those big leaves, grandma? A pumpkin for halloween!

More zucchini... anyone need zucchini??

And grandpa!! Look, there are carrots in your garden!!

Chokecherry time!

Being a New Jersey gal, I didn't grow up with chokecherries. This marvelous little dark berry, often overlooked, produces the most wonderful syrup for waffles, pancakes, etc. Of course, by itself it is fairly.... chokey.... but add lots of sugar and viola! This fabulous syrup is highly esteemed in the Berge household!! How do you like my homemade label?
Here is the result of our efforts. Wally and I did the picking last Saturday and though I am not too fond of the canning process (I would much rather bake than can anything!!) here stands the proud jars, completed today! 12 quarts (and two pints) from the 2007 harvest. Yippee!!