up-date post!

Ok, so something happened to the SD part of my computer and I couldn't bring up any pictures....ahhhhh! I chatted with Joe in facebook last night, who had me do a few different things, but I still couldn't get it to work. I ran into Caro today and bought a SD card reader and can now up-load pictures again! I have LOTS I need to post on here, but am waiting for Adam's parents to get here for dinner, then Adam and I are heading to his basketball game, while "G" and Papa stay with the boys and get them ready for bed! Therefore, I will post what I can and add more tomorrow!

This is my cousin Tracy's daughter Gabriella

These next pictures are from my cousin Courtney's baby shower, where I finally got to spend a little time with Mia Schuch...the newest addition to our family!

She fell asleep on my chest! What a sweetheart!

OK, thats all for now! Dinner time!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

I've hit 1 year!

Hard to believe I've been blogging for 1 year tomorrow! I wasn't sure if I started it on Bryce's birthday or a few days before, so I had to go back and look. Tomorrow my baby turns 7! Where the bleep has the time gone?!?! It's unbelievable to me that 7 years ago today I was induced! So crazy!

What's even crazier is that my little buddy Emily Brandt has been gone for 20 years tomorrow. (it may be 19 but I am almost positive it's 20!) Wow I cried a lot today just thinking of where I was 20 years ago, and how it all went down. I think about Emily ALL the time and I miss her more and more every day! She was taken away from us way way too young! 6 years old just isn't fair! Although she was only here for 6 years, she was such an amazing little girl and meant so much to me! She was my buddy and now she watches over my little buddy! She is definitely Bryce's guardian Angel. I sit here right now thinking about how crazy it is that Bryce was born on Jan 13th! Adam and I had tried for about 4 months before I got pregnant and I think it must have taken 4 months for a reason! I know she is watching over him and she will be on his shoulder thru out his life. Although he never got to meet her, she's with him! How I miss her! Tomorrow my brother and I are meeting at the funeral home for an old neighbor who passed away on Saturday (which was Adam's 32nd birthday) Mike Studders R.I.P. I also plan on going to Emily's grave site! It's hard to do this with snow on the ground, because her grave stone sits level with the grass, but just being there where she is on the death of her anniversary will mean a lot to me.

I don't want to end this on a sad note, so I'll end it on a HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY tomorrow BRYCE! I LOVE YOU!

Thanks for letting my pour my heart out. Emily Brandt I miss you more and more all the time and I look at your pictures all the time!
Tootles
~SHERRI~

Up-date on my cousin's husband!

Hi all. I got an e-mail from my Aunt with an up-date on my cousin Kim's husband who has lung cancer. I thought maybe some of you that were keeping them in your prayers would want to know!

This is what she had to say!Dan seems to be doing O.K. The chemo treatments do not make him nauseous, he is blotted and is always tired. He has lost all of his hair and unable to tan his head, looks rather strange. He's always wearing a hat and always has a big SMILE. Yes, he has completely stopped smoking but enjoying a beer once in a while! He will spend next week (Mon. through Fri.) in the Traverse City Hospital again for his third chemo treatment. Kim and Onalee get real lonesome that week and it sounds like he will have to do at least one more treatment for sure. His blood work has been good ( a plus) but we don't know anymore. They said some spots on his lungs have shrunk but he still has many more to go. They may try the Cyber knife next but we don't know where or when.

His wife (my cousin) is pregnant and having a scheduled c-section on March 12th. She has been good so far and is hanging in there. She did just develop Gestational Diabetes but is being closely watch. She will be 43 next month I believe! Anyways, please keep them in your prayers, as it seems to be helping! Thanks guys!
Love ya all!
~SHERRI~

CONGRATS to my little guy!

Just a quick shout out to Bryce for achieving the end of the year AR goal of 50 points, in JANUARY! He gets to go on the end of the year trip with Mr. Grysko! Now he will earn paper money on Fridays and can spend them right away on smaller items, or save them til the end of the school year for a bigger item! Bryce your a crazy reader and we are so proud of you! He's the first in his class to achieve this!

Christmas cut out cookies!

A few nights ago, Drew asked if we could make cut out cookies. I cheated and bought 2 things of sugar cookie pre-made dough and tonight we had an adventure! Both boys got their own roll, and used our cookie cutters along with the roller and flour, and had a good time! Flour on clothes and the floor and I didn't care! Drew got bored after a while, but Bryce, Adam and I hung in there. After they were all cut and baked, the boys showered so they could cool! Once the boys were clean, we made frosting with powdered sugar, and milk then each boy picked out a color of frosting to make. Of course mom said we needed red and green. Drew picked orange and Bryce picked lime green. I had pulled out all of our sprinkles and such and away they went! Both boys had a great time. Their only rule was if they licked their fingers they had to go wash them! We had sprinkles and frosting all over the table and even some on the floor! The boys had so much fun! I told Bryce he was such a big helper and he said, "yeah cuz it was awesome!" It was very time consuming, but well worth it.



Bryce rolling and cutting!




Drew rolling and cutting!



Daddy rolling and cutting with Bryce watching!



Daddy decorating



Drew decorating



Bryce busy!



Bryce's finished product



Oops....now it's all gone!



Yummy mommy these are good!



All of our cookies!



Each boy picked out their very favorite and put them on Santa's plate! Drew's was the star and Bryce's is the candy cane!




The boys also went to the Dentist today and neither had any cavities, and both check-ups were great! Then we went to see Jim Stockmeyer and got hair cuts! Not too short but cleaned up for Christmas! Now I have 2 handsome little boys again!

Tootles
~SHERRI~

Bergman family!

Just wanted to post the whole Bergman family minus Misi who lives in Florida and wasn't able to be home at Christmas time! What a huge family I've married into and we just keep growing and growing! But I love them all!

Tootles

~SHERRI~

Saturday and Sunday fun

Saturday evening we had a Christmas party with Adam's moms side of the family! There are LOTS and LOTS of cousins and the boys had a great time! It was really nice to sit and visit with everyone and have great food! thanks to Aunt Chris and Uncle Fred for hosting the wonderful party! My wall flower from the white elephant exchange is plugged in and smells wonderful! TY : )

Grandma Bergman with lots of her grand kids and great grand kids

Great Grandma Bergman with her newest great Granddaughter!

Brad, Delaney, Jenna, Brady, Drew, Bryce and Alec!

Sunday we awoke to a wind storm! Sometimes I absolutely love living in the country, but days like today, I second guess our choice for moving way out here. Gosh the wind is just whipping around like crazy today and the snow just blows every where! Adams parents are currently trying to get thru til Jan 31st with 1 vehicle since they left the truck in AZ. Adam and I have out truck sitting in the pole barn with insurance still on it, so we offered it to Doug. We decided today would be a great day to get it to them since they both had different plans today and tomorrow and they were struggling with how to get to all the places they both needed to go. HA thats funny when you can't even get out of the driveway! Some how Adam got the van out, and went to his dads to get his monster snow blower so we could get the truck out. It hasn't been plowed since all the snow fell on Friday plus with the plows going down the road, there was no way we could get it out without the big snow blower. Adam got back home, and we all went out to help get the truck out, then had to get the van back out! It had been snowed in again.....LOL. Adam drove the truck and I attempted to drive the van although we both got stuck in our driveway! Adam let the way, and I got to our neighbors house and the van stalled! It had snow packed under the hood! I sat there and waited a minute then started it again, and caught up to Adam who had thought I went in the ditch 1 house away from ours.....LOL! We got the truck to Doug and made it back home, but once again, couldn't get in our driveway! I started shoveling and Adam snow blowed it out! He wanted me to snap some pictures, so I did. Please remember, this was just blown out about an hour before this! Look how much snow had blown in that 1 hour! CRAZY! I got a beef stew going in the crock pot, the boys are watching Iron Man via netflix and I am cleaning the house, and doing laundry! What a day! This wind is CRAZY that's for sure!

Molly loves being outside and happened to be in the way when the snow blower went by and of course she didn't move! She'd rather stand there and try to catch the falling snow! She had a blast and was covered in snow!

Tootles I have cleaning to do!

~SHERRI~

Our exciting Sunday

Ainsley Gail was baptized today at Saint Lorenz Church in Frankenmuth where Robin and Tim belong. Adam was asked to be her Godfather (Sponsor) along with Tim's sister Chris. The service was great. She looked beautiful and slept thru the whole thing. She didn't like the cold Holy water when the Pastor poured that on her head, but she didn't cry, just kind of flung her arms in the air and wiggled a bit. After the service, we enjoyed a great lunch at the Robert's house.

Dad holding Ainsley and mom such a great family!



Dad, Mom, Ainsley and her 2 sponsors



Robin's side of the family!


Standing by the baptismal font with Pastor



Adam with his God daughter!

When we got home, I snapped a few pictures of the boys in front of our tree, then they snapped 1 of Adam and I, all dressed up.

Drew 12 and Bryce 6 & 3/4 LOL

Adam and I

Tootles

~SHERRI~

V is for victory

Yeah!!! Adam's team had their game faces on tonight and we pulled out a win. It was a close game, although other then the very first coupke of shots, I don't think we were down the rest of the game. It was tied 15-15 at one point, but we won 39-29! Not sure who we play next week, but the following week is a VERY touch intense team, and I don't know if we are ready for them yet! Oh well. It's fun to go watch anyways! WTG honey! Love going to your games, and I'm glad you guys had a good night tonight!
Tootles
~SHERRI~

This picture is for PaPa

Hey Papa, we just wanted to show you that Bryce's leg is fine! Even after a few hours from the snow mobile coming down on his leg, there is only a slight red mark and he wanted to go for a ride on it also. Adam came home and asked if he's afraid of the snowmobile now, and I said nope...we took it for a spin around the yard and in the fields already! He is fine and I hope you know we understand it was an accident!


(no that's not his undies either, it's the bottom of his sweatshirt....he had to hide his undies and he held the sweatshirt to make sure it didn't ride up, LOL)


We are heading into Bay City to go to Adam's game and get some new snow pants. I did have to tie an older pair of Drew's on Bryce today b/c he wanted to go back outside! LOL



Love ya

~Sherri~