HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Just wanted to wish all my family and friends a Happy Thanksgiving! I am extremely thankful for the awesome family Adam and I have! Our sons are the most precious little men in the world, and I am thankful they are both happy, healthy and wise (they think). I am thankful that my cousin's cancer has not gone to his brain, I am thankful for a brand new niece and that the new mom and baby are healthy, I am thankful for a new cousin joining her forever family with my Uncle Randy, Aunt Angel, and brother Zachery! I am thankful for loving parents, I am thankful for awesome 2nd parents (my in-laws) I am thankful for a great brother with a great family and I am thankful for a sister that I miss more then anything and an awesome family living in Florida! I know I am thankful to more, but I don't want to bore you all and I have to go make a corn souffle for our Thanksgiving dinner! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Tootles
~SHERRI~

Adam's basketball schedule

Adam is once again playing on the mens league basketball in Bay City at the Community Center on the West side. He broke his finger about a bit ago, but still wants to play, so I guess we will see how this is going to work. There was talk about their team bumping up to the big gym and attempting lots more running, but for some reason, they are on B1 again, which is the small gym...PHEW!!! I thought they were dumb to bump up, as did Adam, and he's one of their best players and probably the only person on their team that don't smoke...LOL Anyways, here is his schedule for those interested. His team is once again, Oakland Orthopedic.

Thursday December 4th 8pm

Tuesday December 9th 8pm

Tuesday December 16th 7pm

Monday December 22nd 8pm

Tuesday January 6th 8pm

Tuesday January 13th 8pm (Bryce's 7th birthday)

Tuesday January 20th 9pm

Thursday January 29th 7pm

Thursday February 5th 8pm

Thursday February 12th 8pm

That's the regular season schedule. Hope to see some familiar faces at his games, but remember, the small gym has very limited seating!

Tootles
~SHERRI~

Drew's birthday party

Drew turned 12 on Friday and he had 5 friends come over and spend the night. They played basketball in our pole barn, we did a pinata, they played bloody murder outside, and they played downstairs on the pool table, the PS2, the WII and the air hockey table. They were VERY well behaved, and had Adam and I laughing all night. Someone came up with the idea that the first person to fall asleep was going to get their face written on, so of course they were all afraid to fall asleep. I thought it was funny at first, but then I was getting tired and didn't wanna wait til they fell asleep. I went to bed but layed there watching TV for a bit, then went to see if anyone was sleeping. Drew's friend Scott was sleeping on the couch, so Travis grabbed the marker and gave Scott a mustache. The boys were laughing so hard that they woke Scott up. He woke up, and told them he wasn't sleeping, so don't even try drawing on his face, not knowing they already did. He looked in the mirror and I snapped a few pictures. It was super funny! He was mad but was a good sport. It was washable marker anyways! (I hid the permanent ones)

Scott after he fell asleep and the boys drew on his face!

They all crashed on the living room floor or on the couch, so I had to snap some pictures. In the morning, Adam and I made them french toast and bacon! I think they had a great time. I know we did a lot of laughing. My stomach was hurting, I was laughing so hard!

Drew and mitchell

I stood over top of Drew and snapped this picture! LOL

Me standing over top of Travis, LOL

Nate and Travis

Bryce had to hang with the big boys too

All 7 boys eating french toast and bacon the next morning!

Scott also decided he had a bit of a gut and wanted to shake it all over my house, so he took his shirt off. He said he'd turn a gay man straight, LOL I died laughing (knowing in 6th grade they know what this means scares me) He sat on Drew and Mitchell as they were "riding their roller coaster" in our chair! Don't ask, LOL. Scott was absolutely hilarious!

Scott showing off his belly sitting on Drew and Mitchell

Scott with his shirt back on, sitting on Drew and Mitchell

Drew and Mitchell on the "roller coaster"

On Saturday, we had some of my family members over for cake and ice cream! I think Drew enjoyed his 12th birthday! He does have 1 more party with the Bergman side on Wednesday night!

Drew blowing out his candles on Saturday afternoon!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

Proud new Auntie

I went to the hospital today to see our new niece! Adam went to watch the Lions lose. Ainsley Gail is absolutely beautiful! Here is a picture of the proud new Auntie with her new niece! SOO cute. New mommy, daddy and baby daughter are doing great.

~~~~~~Ainsley Gail~~~~~~

Tootles and congrats to the new mommy and daddy!

~SHERRI~

Baby Roberts

Just wanted to post a quick shout out of Congratulations to the new mommy and daddy! Robin and Tim welcomed a new baby girl into the world this morning at 9:36am. I don't want to ruin their fun and tell everyone her name, UNTIL she has posted it on the other blog OR I've been given the ok to do so, but mom and baby are fine. Robin did have a scheduled c-section this morning because yesterday in an ultrasound, the baby was measuring at 10lbs 11oz. She ended up weighing 9lbs 8 oz and was 21 1/2in long! Her name is VERY cute and VERY different. I'm hoping to go see her tomorrow, as mom and baby want their rest today! So CONGRATULATIONS and HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY Roberts!

tootles from the PROUD NEW AUNTIE
~SHERRI~

Happy Birthday Drew!

WOW, it's very hard to believe but 12 years ago tonight at 8:36pm, Adam and I became parents for the first time! I can't believe I've had a child call me mommy for 12 years now! How he has changed my life! As many of you know, Drew was born with complications, and had surgery when he was 2 months old! Drew is now and will also be my hero. Drew has over come a heck of a lot more then I've ever had to! Drew...I know you get on here and read Mommy's blog and I want you to know that your one special little "man" and that I love you very much! I hope you enjoy your wonderful day and have a great party tonight with all your friends! You are growing up way too fast! You have brought so much joy to our lives and I wouldn't change it for the world! I can't believe 1 more year and we will have a teenager running around the house! Lord help me, LOL.


1st birthday pics


What a handsome little guy!



Chilling at "G" and Papa's



All grown up into a handsome young man!

We are extremely proud of the young man you've become! NOW STOP GROWING UP! : )

Tootles
~SHERRI~

up-date

I received another e-mail last night from my cousin about her husband Dan. He had gone in Monday for an MRI to see if his cancer had spread to his brain, as they figured that would be it's next step. They finally received good news and it has NOT! Chemo will start in Traverse City on December 1st and he will be in the hospital for 5 days and off for 2 weeks, this will continue for 3-4cycles. This MAY hit him pretty hard. The Oncologist said his prognosis is Grade level "GOOD." Thanks everyone for all the prayers! I told my cousin we were doing our part down here for him, at least as much as we could! This picture may help you put a picture to all this cancer stuff. this picture is of my cousin, and their daughter! She is also pregnant in the pic but you can't see her belly!





~Kimmie and Onalee~
Dan's pride and joy!


Also some more great news. I have an Aunt and Uncle that have not been able to conceive a baby, and have chosen to adopt. they have a son named Zachery and now on Nov 25th they will have their daughter Mayah. She will be with her forever family just in time for the holidays! Both of their children are from South Korea! Please pray that Mayah has a safe trip, and they all have an easy adjustment to the new situation. I know when Zachery was finally with his forever home, he had a rough time adjusting to different things here! (socks/carpet/sleeping situations) I know we are all excited about meeting her on Thanksgiving! God Bless.


One more quick good news postie. My best friend from H.S went into labor yesterday. She had her brand new baby boy last night at 9:30pm. Mom and baby are fine! His name is Jace Lee! Congratulations to the whole family (which includes me, since she is married to my cousin LOL)

God bless to everyone, and FINALLY some great news! please keep up the prayers for my cousin's husband! Thanks everyone!

Tootles
~SHERRI~

Michigan's first snow fall?!?!

So there wasn't a HUGE amount of snow that fell in our area on Sunday evening, but as soon as Bryce saw we had some on the ground, he was in his snow pants, jacket, boots, hat and gloves and ready to go! He was able to make some snow balls to throw at his grandparents as they came over to eat dinner with us. Drew did eventually get bundled up and go out after awhile, but I was inside making dinner and didn't go snap any pictures of that...sry! Just wanted to share our snow fall with the families in Florida that don't get to see this white stuff anymore! Enjoy the pictures and please keep praying for my cousin Dan, as he went for an MRI yesterday to see if the cancer has spread to his brain. They won't know the results til Thursday!

Bryce moved as I was snapping this picture, but it ended up as a great photo, lol. Bryce in action, looking for trouble!

Stealing snow off a pile of granite sitting on the side of the house. The snow stuck to this, so it was easier to grab and make a ball out of!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

HUGE PRAYER REQUEST

I just got some pretty bad news from my mom, then read it in an e-mail sent out my my Aunt. My cousin Kimmie that lives in Cadillac, her husband Dan, was just diagnosed with testicular cancer, and had surgery yesterday. Then they did a cat scan and found out that the cancer has spread to both his lungs and he needs to start a very aggressive chemo once he is healed from surgery! He will only be 42 in December. He is a proud daddy to a beautiful little girl and is expecting his son in March! Please keep them in your prayers! They need all the prayers they can get at this point! This is very scary because I was just watching the today show yesterday morning, and Matt was talking to a young man that has lung cancer and they said the survival rate is 15% for those patience's diagnosed with this! NOT SO GOOD!
Thanks everyone!
Tootles
~SHERRI~

A HUGE step for ME!!!

Although this may seem like a small step to others, I took a huge step this morning, and signed back up for college. I am officially a DELTA COLLEGE student. I talked to a counselor this morning and some what figured what I wanted to be when I grow up. He was super nice and explained a lot to me. I know I want to get into physical therapy, but I am unsure how far I wanna go with it. I could just be an assistant and get that done at Delta, other then doing my clinicals, OR I could become a physical therapist with pursuing my degree either at CMU or UofM Flint campus. This is super big for me, since I gave up my schooling to have children. Although I LOVE my 2 boys to death, the store closing has turned into something really big for me. I need to better my future and make sure I can afford to send my children to college! I showed them my student ID card and they both said they were proud of me, which brought tears to my eyes! I want nothing more then to make my children proud of their mommy! So please wish me luck. I sign up for classes tomorrow. : ) IF anyone has any pointers for me or any advice, please feel free!
Tootles
~SHERRI~

Happy Birthday Molly!

Our basset hound turns 1 today! YEAH!!! Hard to believe we've had her almost a year already. What an absolute joy she has been to have. The kids love her to death. She is a very good puppy. Such a lover. We couldn't have asked for a better pup! She got spoiled today on her birthday! I went to Frankenmuth after voting, and bought her a new toilet brush (yes a toilet brush, her favorite chew toy) a small birthday cake and 2 bones, 1 for her and 1 for Daisey! We don't want any fighting, LOL. When the boys got home from school today, they saw the toilet brush and gave that to her right away! She loved it. I'd rather buy her a new one then have her chew on ours...ewwwww. After dinner tonight we sang to her, and she ate her birthday cake, then the boys gave both dogs their new bones. Daisey is behind me laying on her bed eating hers right now, and Molly is laying on the living room floor chewing on hers. Here are a few pictures. Happy 1st Birthday Molly! : )

Laying on her back chewing on her new toilet brush

Looking at me while chewing on it!

All of us singing to Molly!

Eyeing up her cake with her tongue sticking out, LOL

MMMMMMMMMM........Birthday cake!

Yummy new bone!

The boys laying down watching Molly chew on her bone!

Hope everyone got out to VOTE today!

P.S. Our BINGO trip had to get switched to Sunday night, this week, if anyone is interested!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

My little goblins (well not so little anymore)

Thursday I picked the boys up from school, then we picked up "G" who had just gotten home from AZ at midnight the night before, and we were off to Johnson's.......FINALLY! Nothing like waiting til the day before Halloween to get to the pumpkin farm, LOL. I worked there a few days this season, so on the really nice days when we planned on going, I had to work. So anyways, we finally made it there. This is an annual thing with us, so we had to get there. We met my mom there, who works there full time during the Halloween season. We took some pictures, then the boys went into the soy maze designed for kids. They ran thru that a few times, then we were off to the big corn maze. We took a map which I wanted from the beginning, cuz then I'd know where I started and where I was, instead of trying to find on the map where we were in the middle. As soon as we got in there, the boys ran and before we knew it, they were no where to be found. My moms and I walked thru the maze and eventually we heard the boys talking. We all found the end together, but little did we know, the boys wanted to go again. My mom went into the barn, so it was me and the boys and "G" that walked thru. The boys took us the way they went the first time, and we were out in about 4 minutes, LOL. They had found a really good broken down path that wasn't suppose to be there, and it took them to the end. Turkeys! Then we went to the characters they had and of course took some pictures! They fed the bunnies and goats too.

Sitting on the GIANT pumpkin

~~~~~DREW~~~~~

~~~~~BRYCE~~~~~

~Bryce feeding the bunny~

Sponge Bob Square Pants

Clifford

Bryce is just at the 4 foot mark!

Drew is just at the 5 foot mark!

Hiding in the corn during the corn maze!

Drew hiding from us!

YEAH!!! We made it out! LOL

Friday was Bryce's Halloween party at school. I had signed up to help, and invited "G" to come too. They bobbed for apples, played bingo, played hot pumpkin (hot potato) ate donuts off a hanging string, and had a snack. We also took a class picture outside cuz it was so nice out!

Bryce bobbing for an apple!

Yeah~~~he got it!

Going after the donut on the string!

Mrs. Church's first grade class 2008

Bryce is Stitch in the back row!

Friday night we took out Stitch and Monster out to scare kids and get candy, LOL. They got tons of candy and were very tired. Enjoy the pictures!

Hope everyone had a successful Halloween! I know my 2 got more then enough candy! Yeah some for mommy and daddy, LOL

Tootles

~SHERRI~