We're as suprised as you are!

We aren't sure how it happened but somehow today my mother in law convinced me to update my blog and I decided that it was time. Notice that there are a lot of new posts so please make sure to read all of them if you've been wanting to know what we've been up to.

Mike- Mike is still working at Alltel. They were bought out by AT&T. During the buy out they decided to add a few more positions to each location. The main one being an Assistant Manager. Mike decided to apply and after waiting a month and half to find out if he got it or not he finally got the phone call offering him the job. We were pretty excited and I am so proud of him. He is such a hard worker and does so well with his job.

Last year Mike called me one day and told me that he had just won a 50 inch flat screen T.V. from work. I honestly thought he was kidding me but about a month later this got dropped off on our door step. We were thrilled!!
So this year when he called me again to tell me he had won another T.V. I really thought no way! but sure enough a week later another T.V. showed up. Yep that's right 2 T.V.s in a year!! Luckiest guy I know but he did work hard for them. Needless to say we love his job!!!
Me- I stopped working at the floral over a year and half ago due to the fact that Mike and I were ready to start our family. Unfortunately we haven't had much luck in that department but we are still patiently waiting. I have had a lot to keep me busy though. I got called as the first counselor in primary last year and since I am the only one besides our secretary who hasn't had a baby this year it has been keeping me on my toes. about 6 months ago a friend called me and asked if I would like to start watching her kids. This has honestly been the most fun and rewarding job ever. I absolutely love these kids and they make my day. They just had another baby in November so I have had a break for the last month but I am excited and ready to start back up on December 15 and yes I get to watch the new baby too! Aren't they the Cutest?

Sugar, spice, and everything nice!

We have been so blessed to have 4 new baby girls born into our families this year.
The first two are my sisters twins Lydia Marie and Addie May. They were born on February 5 Lydia weighed in at 5 lbs 14 oz 17.5 inches long and Addie weighed in at 6lbs 8 oz 18 inches long. It has been really exciting to have twins in the family. There personalities are completely different and it totally shows.

This next little cutie is my brothers first baby. Her name is KayLee Jane. She was born on August 24. She also weighed in at 6 lbs 8 oz 18 inches long. She looks so much like my brother to me, although everyone else says she looks like her mom.
And last but not least is our newest little niece Peyton. She is Mikes brothers little girl and she was born on November 17 Weighing in at 7 lbs 8 oz. It has been so exciting to have another girl in the Berlin family. Girls are a very rare occurence on that side so we were all pretty shocked when this little sweetie was born. I am so glad that they live close so we can hold her all the time.

GO UTES!!

The last 2 years Mike and I have started making it a tradition to go to a Utah game at least once a year. Last year we went with Brian, Chase, Colby, Cooper we sat on the 20 yard line 4 rows up. They were awesome seats.
This shows how close we were.

The pictures above and below are from this year. We sat at the north end zone 9 rows up. The seats weren't as good as last years but it was a lot more fun to watch them get a touch down. and the crowd was more rowdy and exciting.

I hate this picture of me but swoop came right up to where we were sitting. The row in front of us stole his attention and we couldn't get it back so this is the best picture we got.

family reunion

Unfortunately ever since Mike started working for Alltel we've missed out on a lot of the usual Berlin family events. We each got to go boating once this year but not together. and the only time we were able to go camping this year was at the Berlin family reunion. We look forward to this every year. I am so glad that we were able to go
Every year we have an auction where everyone donates a couple things and everyone else bids on them. The money goes toward the future family reunions. It gets pretty crazy and things can get a little competitive when it comes to bidding but it's a lot of fun! We always have some sort of cooking competition. This year Mike and I were teamed up with Stephen and Nikki. The competition was whole chickens this year. Ours took 3rd.

We played some fun games while we were there. this one is where you put a cookie on your forehead try to get it into your mouth without using your hands. It's actually really fun and it's funny to watch everyone do it because they pull some pretty funny faces.

St. George

The last 2 years Glen and Kathy have rented a house in St. George for a few days and they have been kind enough to let all of us come and stay with them. I love St. George and if I could I would totally stay and live there. It is so warm and beautiful!
This year Kathy had all of us bring an activity for everyone to do. Mike and I built a bottle rocket launcher. These are some of the pictures we got of them being launched. They went a lot higher then I expected!!

I think this picture was from part of Brian and Brandy's activity. As you can see this was the part that I wasn't very good at and didn't win.

Kathy bought stuff to do glitter toes with. I spent the week before we left figuring out how to do them and when we got there I did all the girls toes. It was actually fun although I don't think I must have been very good at it seeing how none of them came back for a second set.

We really enjoyed our trip and hope that we get to do it again next year. Thanks again Glen and Kathy.

Washington

This last summer my sister and I went on a road trip to Washington to spend some time with my brother and his family. We were asked to judge a clogging competition, went swimming at the lake, and went to Ensign Ranch while we were there. I had such a great time with them. I only wish we lived closer so I could see them more often.
Katelin makes me laugh. She is such a sweet girl but is also a total tomboy. I love her outfit in this picture especially her socks that are rolled down.

Savannah is there youngest. She is total opposite of her big sister. She is a girly girl through and through. She can be so sassy and sweet at the same time. I just love it.

Weston was so little when I moved from Washington. I still can't believe this is him and that he is growing up so fast. He bore his testimony at church while we were there and it totally blew me away. He has such a strong spirit and is such a good kid.

And then there's Cody. He is SO much like his dad it kills me. I think my mom has about 20 pictures of Kyle doing this exact same pose. Cody is such a hard worker and is so good with his animals it amazes me. He even made us breakfast one day while we were there all by himself. When we went up to ensign he was the first to go and get the wood. After dinner he would always stay and help me clean everything up till it was all done.

As you can tell from the pictures when we went to the lake the boys decided it would be so fun to get in a sand fight with me. I spent the next week scrubbing the sand out of my hair. the boys however decided that they weren't dirty enough so they made sure to cover there entire bodies with sand before we left.

Washington trip part 2

While I was staying up in Washington we decided to go stay up at Ensign Ranch. This is the same camp that I use to go to every year for girls camp. It brought back al ot of memories and I had a blast up there. We stayed in a rough built a-frame cabin. There are some spots in the roof and flooring where you can see outside. When we first got there we found a squirel in our cabin. Sorry I couldn't get the picture to turn but this is my nephew Cody standing in the middle of all our intertubes. I forgot how beautiful it is up there. this is a little river on the ranch. One day Weston and Cody got to ride on the top of the suburban after swimming and put on a pretty funny show for us. They had this HUGE slip and slide hill and you use the intertubes to ride down on. It was really fun.

You can see from this picture how the inside of the cabin looks. check out the ceiling.

Ever since last February when my sister had her twins, we have been spending a lot more time with her and her kids. I think they think this is their vacation/ get away spot. But we love having them come.they were just out here a few weeks ago and these are some of the pictures we took while they were here.
Mack on our way to Washington this last summer, had a powdered doughnut and this is what we found after he had finished it.

This is Addie. She is such a sweet little baby and LOVES baby dolls. Her little cry melts uncle Mikes heart!

this is Lydia. She is such a funny baby. She definitely has a Big personality. She gets into everything and is always doing something silly.

Well that's it for now. We have alot of birthdays and fun things coming up so I am sure we will be posting more. make sure to check back!