Camping+8 months Pregnant=SO TIRED!!

Last weekend Daron and I set out on our only camping adventure for this summer to Smith and Morehouse reservoir. I agreed on this because my parents have a trailer and Daron and I could have one of the beds. I thought that sounded great. The only problem was the bed mattresses are very thin and me being 22 pounds heavier (I know!) it wasn't as comfy as I thought it would be. When we came home I was exhausted! It took the next couple days to recuperate. Isn't that sad! But all in all it was a wonderful get-away with family.
Below: Daron pulled a dead tree out of the ground and started to burn it.



Below: Daron trying to catch a fish...which he never found. But doesn't he look like a true fisherman??



We fished, played horseshoes, Frisbee golf, card games, ate yummy food and as always laughed and laughed. It's weird to think that next year we will have a 10 month old baby to bring with us! We are looking forward to it!

Life after Junior High

The day that I've been waiting for has finally arrived....summer! Last Friday was my last day of school. Leading up to that day I was antsy and ready to be done, but as Friday approached I was very emotional. I could of course blame that on my pregnancy hormones but I think a lot of it was just me. I knew that I would not be returning next year which brought more emotion. I have truly loved teaching Junior High. This year was soooo stressful and hard but it was very rewarding.
On Friday my 9th graders had to report to first period. I had 10 out of 28 show up. We talked and signed yearbooks waiting for the time to report to the assembly. As they were leaving these two students said to me, "We are really going to miss you." Now these were two students, a boy and girl, who really didn't seem that interested in Geography. They showed up on occasion and did the minimum required. Now they say something nice the very last day. Who knew?
The rest of the day was fun but very unreal. I still felt that I would have to get ready to teach the next week. These are just a few of the things I will miss...

1. Seeing the excitement as students grasp onto a new concept.
2. Begging - "Mrs. Bergstrom can we go outside. Pleeeaaaassseee!"
3. Excuses - "I'm late cause I had to help my friend to her class" (right for 15 minutes???)
4. Random student comments "Mrs. Bergstrom I have two suggestions. First you should bring us treats tomorrow, and second we shouldn't have to take this test." (As you could have guessed I didn't take either suggestion)
5. Interacting with amazing teachers!
6. The stuffy smell of my portable by 7th period.
7. Students giving me advice on what to name our baby.
8. Watching my first period group of boys study hard for their map quizzes and then comparing scores when they get them back. (All these boys showed HUGE improvement by the end of the year!)
9. Trying to keep my 1st period awake and controlling the hyperness of my 7th period.
10. Students telling me thank you and how much they have learned! What a rewarding job.

The next two weeks I will be teaching summer school at my Junior High, but then I'm officially done. I'm grateful that I was able to teach at least a year but I am truly blessed to be able to stay home with our baby. Daron has received a great education and has a great job. I'm grateful that he provides so I can stay home. I know I will go crazy but it will be worth it:)

"But what if she's not...that would be mean!"

Remember Junior High? Remember the awkwardness of everything...braces, zits, boys, popularity??? Since I get to go to a Junior High everyday I get to see these things happening all over again. It's because of this awkwardness that I had a hard time deciding how to tell my 8th and 9th graders that I was pregnant. It should be easy right? "Hey students just so you know I'm pregnant....okay well then...what were we studying...oh maps okay let's move on." Hum...yeah that wouldn't work. So when I brought this issue up with Daron he said just wait until they notice, "let them squirm." Okay good idea.
So last week I came back from spring break. By then I was 21 weeks and well lets just say you could tell I gained a few pounds. I kept my mouth shut and didn't say anything. Pretty soon I heard my students talking to one another saying stuff like..."you ask her", or "But what if she's not...that would be mean!" That's when I just laughed to myself and waited for that brave soul to ask if I was pregnant. Nobody asked...and they kept talking with each other. This went on for a couple days. Finally a girl came in first period and loudly asked, "Mrs. Bergstrom are you having a baby?!?" Finally! That day I was able to tell all my classes that yes I was having a baby. They were so excited! I didn't realize how fun 8th and 9th graders are. As of now I have a whole list of baby names that girls keep bringing up to me, since I told them I would take any suggestions. Sometimes Junior High can be fun.

Cheese

So I thought everyone would enjoy that little throwback to the 90s. And to make it even more exciting it's true! And Lisa is the cheese! Or should I say the cheese is Lisa! And we even have a name for our little cheese: Colby Jack!

So that's our news. Cheese half ink a hot dog!

Here's our little hot dog as of today...

...sleeping soundly with what appears to be a full stomach :)

And here's mom to fill in some of the details that I most certainly have left out.

This is Lisa now...We have waited to post a blog till we knew what it was. We have a little boy not a hot dog on the way. The due date is August 22nd! We are very excited and I hope he has a potbelly just like his dad:) (see picture above).

St. George!

Once upon a time in a small, smelly portable I was sitting during my prep period wanting to leave the snowy, cold weather. It's at that moment that I called my sister and we decided we wanted to get away. After calls to my parents and other sisters we figured out a great plan. Head to St. George. This was over Valentine's weekend so why not make it more special and surprise Daron with this exciting adventure. So for a week or so my family and I put the details in order without the husbands advice. We found a house to rent (which included a pool and hot tub), signed the boys up for a tee time for golfing and got substitutes to teach our Sunday school class. Wahoo all ready to go. Except...I didn't know what clothes Daron would want in St. George, or how to get golf clubs in the car without him finding out, or how to get him to take a day off of work. Humm...so I decided to tell him the day before we left. That way he could have some excitement to look forward to. He loved it!

Daron whipping around the corner in his go-cart.


This is the house we stayed in...very nice..and for sale if you have an extra $350,000

Party!!

For the past couple years we have been getting together with friends from high school over Christmas. Since many friends have moved out of state this seems to be the time when we all come home. This year we were able to have the party at our home.

Our fun game of 3 stage Charades. Josh acting out something. Christopher Columbus was it??


Shawn proposing to Erin...again acting out something. I totally missed Shawn and Clint doing the Elvis move. We had tons of fun and lots of laughs!

There were friends that left early and we didn't get their picture.
We sure had a fun time. We will see all of you again next year...same time same place.

For New Years Daron and I were able to play with our families again. We first went to Daron's family to play a mad game of Bingo. We even had prizes!!


Daron's brother and wife. Hard core bingo players!

Daron and Libbie in the background. And little Bronco up close.

Then off to the Kaysville City party. They had free food, dancing, bingo (again), and music.

My cute parents.

My great friend Erin Roundy and I singing Dancing Queen. Also singing were my sisters and mom. We were amazing!!

Then to the parents house we drove. We finished the night with competitions on Mario Kart and banging pans at midnight. Happy New Year to all!!

Christmas and Much More

Since this is my official last day off until school starts again I figured I should blog otherwise it probably won't happen again until my next days off. So here goes.
Daron and I had a wonderful Christmas. On Christmas Eve we went over to Daron's brothers house for a party. We ate tons of good food, walked around the Ogden Village and exchanged gifts. When we got home Daron and I read Luke 2 and other scriptures about the birth of Christ. Then off to bed. We awoke to find some fun gifts under the tree. We did a lot of shopping together and online (Since I slept through black friday...darn alarm clock)
We were able to get a Kitchen-aid mixer and a digital camera. Now you will be able to see more pictures. Wahoo!!

This is our messy living room after we opened our presents. Oh Daron was able to get a steal of a deal on his golf clubs. Thank you Bukoos!!



My cute nephew Jaden at our Christmas party.


My parents gave Jamie (and the rest of the fam) Rockband. Good times!
On Christmas our power went out at our house. It's true...thank goodness we had already made our gourmet breakfast. So we went over to my parents a little earlier to get ready before our Christmas party. Then my sisters and their hubbies came over and my wonderful Aunt Cindy and cousin Melissa. We again ate wonderful food and exchanged presents. What a good Christmas! Oh and our power was back on when we got home. They replaced the green box thing out front. We should be good for another 20 years or so:)