Trixie!

 

 I was looking through some pictures of our Saint Bernard, Trixie. I found so many cute ones! 

The first ones are on the day we bought her, in 2009. She was seven weeks old, and was very clumsy!

This next one is the winter of the big blizzard, in '09. She loved the snow! She was six months old. 

Saint Bernard to the rescue!

:: About 8 or 9 months old!::

These were taken this summer.

And this one was taken today!

Christmas Fun!

The Christmas season holds so much joy for those of us who know Christ personally! It's a celebration of His birth; what an amazing gift He is to us! We've been having lots of fun celebrating Christmas in different ways this year; some of these ways are decorating at home and at church, baking Christmas goodies, and, of course, music! I'd love to share some photos with you of what we've been doing this Christmas season.

 ::Decorating at Church::

::Getting ready to hand up the top of the tree::

 ::Craig, putting up greenery::

 ::Alysha, a friend, hanging up wreaths on the windows::

 ::Keeliann (a friend) and Colby are handing wreaths up to Brady::

::Hanging the Ornaments::

 ::Finished project!::

This is what Christmas is truly about, isn't it!

Christmas Cookies!

 Grandma had Brady, Katie and I (Brittany) over to help with Christmas cookies!

 We really enjoy dipping pretzels in melted chocolate and white chocolate.
 Ritz cracker sandwiches with peanut butter between them is another favorite treat!

We also helped frost cookies!

::Grandma, frosting the Christmas trees::

 ::Katie's creativity is shown in lots of ways, but this is the yummiest!

 ::These cookies were all made by Katie and I::

 ::Making candy cane cookies::

Mmmm!

Violin Christmas Program

Abby, Riley and I are really enjoying the Christmas music that we have been practicing. We had a Christmas program on the 10th of December at a nursing home.
Abby has been taking lessons for 2 1/2 years; I have been taking lessons for
 2 years, and Riley started at the end of September!

::Our whole group::

::Riley and Abby are part of the 'rhythm section' for this song.
They get to pluck their strings instead of using their bows::

 ::Brittany::

 (from left) Levi, Mitchell, Brittany, Molly

::This is the older group of students playing the harder songs::

 Brittany, Rachel, Stephanie

Riley and Levi, who came wearing almost the same outfits!

We really enjoyed our time playing for the residents of the nursing home, and hope that our music was glorifying to God and uplifting to the people there. Many thanks to our teacher, Kathy Nauman, for her patient and cheerful attitude!

Merry Christmas from the Bergen Family!

Happy 15th Birthday, Katie!

Highlights of this past year:

~Memorizing the Declaration of Independance

~Working hard on piano, and greatly improving!

~Writing books and poems 

~Horseback riding    

   She has many opportunities to ride, 

whether it's riding our aunt and uncle's horse, or riding with friends!

A horse lover through and through!

Hope you enjoyed your birthday, Katie! We're blessed to have you as a sister...most of the time... = 0 )