Here is a picture that I treasure. All twenty-one cousins - the grandchildren of Tobias and Anna (Nodeland) Berge - together for the first time. Since the family is spread out over the United States and Canada and Africa, it is not easy to all be together at the same time and in the same place. Sadly, the occasion was the funeral of grandma Anna Berge; but we know how pleased she would have been to know all her grandchildren were in attendance that day. 
some cute pictures of Timothy, Luke & Hannah. Hannah is sure getting big too!
less-finished home is one that will be for sale. These two homes are directly across the street from each other. (And they are in the same neighborhood where Daniel lives, so it's an easy commute to work!) Both homes are "Berge Original Designs" and the floor plans are really great. Wally and Daniel are now siding the larger home. The snow is starting to melt so it is getting muddy. 
Here's a little something different for the blog today - old family photos. My grandmother Beatrix is the little girl without the bow - she was born in 1898 so that picture was taken around 1900; my mother Mildred, born in 1917, is the little girl with the big bow (we think she is singing a song), and lastly is one of my mother and me together - we went from the big bow look to the big bonnet ruffle! That picture must have been taken in the spring of 1948. Don't forget to label your photographs, folks, for future generations, okay??
Oh yes, I need to balance my love of snow storms with the reality of what it takes out of dear hubby... of course, the work of the snowblower does help! I should be sure to have a cup of hot chocolate awaiting... (fortunately it is not too cold outside!)
...fire is so delightful!
Wally and I went to Eagan this weekend to celebrate John's 30th birthday - which was 6 weeks ago! It took that long for us to coordinate our schedules. We enjoyed a good time together. We spent Saturday touring some nice homes on the Parade of Homes and settled in that evening for take-out chinese food and a funny movie. Here is one of our birthday gifts for John - a chef hat! He is a good cook, by the way. Very gourmet - and for those of you with fussy eaters, take heart! This boy wouldn't eat anything with butter on it for years, never ate cheese...and didn't eat pizza until high school. Thank you John and Sara for a nice weekend together. 
Here we are ready for the SuperBowl.... Wally built a riser for another couch so we could all watch together! With great homemade soup, tasty bread and warm fellowship we will root on the BEARS. Afterall, they are representing our division. 
Yup, here we are in chilly Minnesota today - started out MINUS 9.5 here on our digital thermometer. But we are a hardy bunch and just like Preston, we smile through it!!
Can you remember when you were four? Doesn't this face capture everything about how special a birthday is to a child?
I thought I would post a few favorites from Christmas 2006. Along with photos of the grandchildren is a special photo of our three daughter-in-law's modeling their new scarves and hats and stationery from Grandma Crater (my mom). We finished off Christmas day with a cozy fondue with John and Sara while the others went to Fargo/Moorhead to visit their other families.
We're just not sure what he thought he was doing with his arms outstretched... was that Preston's version of "so big"? We're just not too sure...
