BOO!

Beware for Halloween Night.
There's goblins and Franeusteins that are coming to destroy you.
Bats and Vampires are going to suck your blood tonight.
And you better watch out cause Jack-o-lantern might say BOO!
You run inside and you see Zombies and Bye Bye to you!
by: James


The Boys got to pick a design for a pumpkin. Trey's haunted house was done on our accidental pumpkin that sprouted in the back yard a couple months ago.

Summer has Ended

Well the Summer is gone and the kids are back in school. Trey is having a hard time adjusting to life as a First grader but each week gets better. James is having a good time in 3rd grade and Devin is having a blast in preschool. The kid threw a fit the other day because he wanted to go so bad. Life is moving right along. We are looking for a house and are getting closer to the end. Enjoy some pictures of the Berndt's summer fun.

Happy Birthday to Trey -------------------------- Lake Powell!

Oquirrh Mountain Temple----------------- My boys at Disneyland

Yeah I love this guy!

Summer is Upon Us

I suppose I fell off the blogging bandwagon again. Sorry. Lets see what photos I can share.



December 08 - We became a Mini Van family. The boys love it and so do I. What did we ever do without DVD players.







January 09 - James gets baptized. What a great day! He is sitting here with his Great Grandma Nola.







Febuary 09 - Ashlyn, Emily, and Macy tearing it up with the cousins on James's Motorcycle (present from Santa).







March 09 - Thank heaven for Devin turning 3 or else we would have no pictures. He requested a Yoshi bowling cake. Ask and ye shall receive.



April 09 - Devin is a Sushi fanatic. He is no longer satisfied to share my sushi. He now insists "I want my own sushi". He can finish a whole roll.

May 09 - James is a goof and Trey is an Awesome Soccer Player.

Turn Your Head Sideways

Yes I know I can't turn the video around, but is was to funny not to share. Listen carefully.


Here are the rest of the kiddos in their Halloween costumes. James is Captain Rex from the Star Wars cartoon. Trey is thrilled to be Iron Man. He didn't want to where the gloves I made him to school because he said he wanted to listen to his teacher and not bring weapons to school. I tried to convince him they were flight stabilizers but he wasn't buying it. Devin was a great Mater.

My Lefties

So I got a book from the library on understanding your lefty child. James and Trey are both lefties. The odds of two righties (that would be Josh and I) producing one left is about 1 in 9.5. I think the odds of us having two are between 1 in 350,000 and 1 in 3,500,000. I remember when James was showing signs of being a lefty I was a little worried. There are just so many things that Lefties have to deal with. Josh on the other hand was thrilled. "He'll make a great baseball player". So I have tried to take Josh's approach and be happy and excited about the things they can be great at and the difference is only an advantage to them and not a disadvantage. So for me I am going to make it my goal to take as many obstacles out of their way as they grow up in a Righty World. Here are just a hand full of things lefties deal with on a daily basis.
Scissors. - Don't be fooled as I was that "Universal" or "Suitable for Left or Right" scissors are OK. They are NOT. I just got Trey some true lefty scissors today and I asked him how he like them. "These are great, I can see the line and everything."
Rulers, serrated knifes, can openers, buttons, cameras, camcorders, pencil sharpeners, indifferent teachers, righty desks, spiral notebooks, IV's in the left hand, just to name a few.
Teachers need to be aware of their lefties and teach lefties the proper way for them to write and position their papers. Where righties pull their writing across a piece of paper, Lefties have to push there writing across the paper. Lefties should tilt there paper to the right to write to prevent awkward hand positions.
Lefties will want to naturally turn things counter-clockwise (unscrewing things as a baby) vs clockwise like most righties. Kool-Aid at our house gets stirred counter-clockwise . Thats what makes is good. Well thats the kick I am on. I got the lefty scissors today and I am going to visit with the teachers soon. I am happy with James' handwriting and I think he is doing OK. He got so frustrated with scissors early on that he now cuts with his right. Something I did not catch soon enough. We got the special Lefty Golf clubs when Trey was showing signs of a golfing fanatic. Different makes them better and I just want to make sure they know that. Advantage Lefties!!

April, May, June, July, August....Yikes

OK, so it has been a while but has it really been 5 months. Wow. I guess I have been busy..or lazy for 5 months straight. Here is a run down.

APRIL-- James is an Army Ant in his school play and the "Terrific Kid" for the month of April.



MAY---Kristi came to Oklahoma and we had a blast. The zoo is always fun. The boys finished school. James is a goof and we are off to Utah for the summer




JUNE--- Kaiti's Wedding. Don't the boys look Cute? Trey's Birthday. Mom and Dad come to town. Boys nearly eaten by a shark. Blake came to town, loved that!!. We hate law school and we decided to move back to Utah....



JULY--- We moved back to Salt Lake.. Left some great friends behind in Oklahoma. Family getting wet at Utah Lake..


AUGUST---Yeah, we are caught up. Now that was not to painful was it. The boys and I headed to Arizona and stayed with Grandma and Grandpa while Josh and I headed to Lake Powell. Unfortunately the pictures have not made it to this computer so maybe next time. Here are some pictures from Utah Lake today. The boys love the tube (on medium speed). It is great to have them loving the Lake. I also got a surprise from Santa and got to try out an early Christmas present, a pink slalom ski called the Siren. Thanks Santa your the best!!

Trey's a Shark

Trey has found his calling. I have never seen him so excited about something or so happy doing something. The kid is a soccer monster. He is the fastest kid on the team as you can see. James is in soccer also and is having a great time as well. Devin is loving the sidelines cheering them on.

Skype Me

Poor little Devin with no one to Skype.

Fatty Loves Cake

OK boys we are on a mission to stop mom from going to the gym. Trey nice start with the cough that sounds horrible but you're not sick. That got you two days off school which kept mom from the gym. Devin following it up with a fever that took care of the rest of the week. Great pass to James who adds on with throwing up. Mom got to the gym on Wednesday. Trey nice job picking up the fever and heaves in time to end the week strong. Lets open this third week with a bang. James the fever and body aches again started the week strong. Be careful though, the trip to the doctor and medication to follow could put a damper on the week. Mom's feeling a little down. Que Dad with the flowers. OK she's felling better and so is James. Could this be it.....? Trey nice save with the fever coming home from school. Careful of the medication boys and we can finish out three full weeks. Keep the pajamas on all day and the video games rolling. We need a slam dunk to end it out. Quick some one start coughing on Mom.

This and That

We had my Mom, Beth, Zane, and Lexi here for a weekend plus. It was a great time and we packed a lot of fun in a little time.



Fun time was had by all.......

Valentines Day was a great time. 2 Grandma packages in one day sent the boys into a frenzy.
Devin has been sick this week with a cold/fever something or other and he has taken all the energy missed and packed it into one very long Saturday. My week is done.

Rock on my Son

James is a Guitar Hero expert (on easy and only one song) He rocks to "When You Were Young" by the Killers. He is Pretty intense. Devin on the other hand likes to rock out along side. Crazy kids. ROCK ON!!

My Deepest Apologizes

But spell check doesn't work in the title field. Did I get that right? So pretty pathetic it has been since Halloween. Just when this blog stuff got fun and cool I sit on my arss and think to myself ....uh I don't know. Well we have had some adventures. Let me recap.. Ice storm's are fun..not. Moving during ice storm is stupid. Moving and then packing for a two week vacation is insane. Driving 19 hours for said vacation (with winter storm attached) is difficult. Recovering from 19 hour drive takes two weeks. Having an husband that gets me home in one day (15+hours) is awesome. Unpacking from a vacation and a move...not done. Our stay in Arizona for Christmas was great. Family Friends Family is the recipe for a love sandwich. We truly appreciate everyone that took time to see us and be with us. Thank you.. We love you. Well life is off and running again. Josh is back to the studies and I am off doing taxes a couple nights a week. Taxes are fun hooray!! The boys are still in their old school so it is taking me 15+ minutes to drive them to school everyday...then 15 min. back home... then 15 min. back to pick up Trey... then 15 minutes back home ..nap for Devin then 15 min. to pick up James..15 minutes back home and there is my day. I have decided to save some money on gas and spend it on a gym membership while Trey is in school so it does cut down my driving a bit. I couldn't get Trey into school down by our new house...don't judge me. Well I couldn't find a picture of all the boys together so here is a smattering of the boys over the Holidays.

Halloween 2007

Here are some pictures of the Halloween festivities. Thanks to Merla for the costumes and being here to take some great picture. The boys had a blast and they all looked great. If you said Captain America around Devin he would raise both hands up and give out a yell that I am sure was his version of "Captain America". James says "I like Halloween and I like my Halloween costume and my costumes is Optimas Prime and I like my Mommy's costume at Trunk or Treat and Happy Halloween for everybody!. Good Bye"

Who Needs a Playground

A trip to Josh's campus revealed this fun pass time. Can anyone guess the side effects we are dealing with today? No, we are not sneezing. No concussions. Itchy butts, ding ding ding. Poor Trey actually has fine little cuts and has taken to going commando for awhile. James has sworn off the activity again unless he is wearing long pants. Pleasure is so fleeting.

The Cakes

The Spider Cake was a the winning desert in our wards Halloween Party. I did have a pretty good Sponge Bob Square Pants and Patrick Star Cake that I some how didn't take a picture of. The others got destroyed before the photos, but the after photos are just as great. I just do this for fun but if you want a real cake for a special occasion see my friend Susanne's web site. She is in Arizona and has some great cakes that she has done. Check her out!

This is Optimus Prime

On our way to the church Halloween party. Fun stuff. The kids look great and I won first place in the desert contest with a spider cake. You want a picture of the cake? Don't worry it is coming.
Lots of love from OKC

What? Another Blog about Devin!

Sorry sorry. Had to put another video of Devin. The moment was just to perfect. Grandma Nola will be so proud of her bone gnawing great grandson. Devin just grabbed a rib of Josh's plate and went to town on it, swinging it around like a lasso. Lots of Love from OKC!

Is this Blog all about Devin?

I feel I am leaving the other kids out. Hmm. Well lets see. James got a 100% on his first Spelling test and bunch of bonus questions. Other moms helping in Trey's class love him to death. OK enough about the other kids. The real nightmare right now is Devin. Yes, Devin. Can you believe it? Our perfect baby has snapped. He has turned into a holy terror when it is nap time or bed time. What happened you say? I don't know! He takes a bottle and says good night one day and then is refusing a bottle and screaming for three hours the next. Yes that bad! The only way he has had a nap the past week is if he crashed in the car, and the only way he has fallen asleep the past week is if he lays down with me in the TV room or I sit in his room till he falls asleep. Ugh! I tried the Supernanny thing by moving closer and closer to the door. It worked once or twice but I don't think he really realized I had left the room. What happened to him? Did he have a nightmare that scared him really bad? Was a new tooth the culprit? Was I to blame for letting him fall asleep in the living room twice(just twice I swear)? One thing is for sure. He is way to stubborn to go back to the way things were. I am having a hard time transitioning. I have not gotten anything done. Even when he is laying down crying you would think I could get something done, but just when you think you haven't heard him.....maybe he is asleep... has the cycle been broken... is there relief.....Whaaaa. Nope. Hmmm now what are the other kids doing. James has three teeth missing on top and Trey is a lazy dresser. How hard is it for a 4 year old to get dressed? I ask myself.

Dare Devil Devin Part II

Devin is back at it going bigger and faster. The amazing thing is that he keeps his feet up the whole time. It is all about the speed. That is Trey screaming in the back ground. He is afraid to come out of the garage.

Sonic vs Cable

So our free cable is being shut off Oct. 15th. What do I do? What do I sacrifice to pay for my cable. Let's see...I spent $65 on Sonic last month. Do I dare make that kind of sacrifice? Do I have that kind of will power. Can I give up the Coke with the vanilla lining? Can I call off the occasional Jalapeño Popper?

NO!!! A thousand times NO!!

I live in the Sonic capitol of the world. I have four within 3 miles. Other expenses are down this must be a sign that the cable bill and the Sonic bill can coexist. I feel much better. I am glad I worked that one out in my head. The Sonic bill might be a little excessive I agree but it is not ALL me. Joshua likes to partake as well. Although I do find I hide the 44oz cups that I have gotten on my own. "Is this a new one?" asks Josh knowingly. " No, thats from yesterday" says I guiltily.

Dare Devil Devin

Devin loves to get out of the car and take a ride on his bike/scooter/thing with wheels. This one was the perfect ride. He also thinks that every time I am on the computer I should be playing this clip. Josh also posted this to his site. To cute not to be displayed twice. Today he tried out James' Big Wheel, he is a maniac.

I Love Sushi

I have finally had some sushi since moving to Oklahoma city. The sushi in the mall doesn't count. This was a real eating establishment. Ahh.. I am feeling happy this week already. What is your favorite Sushi? Nice cool Salmon is the best. Then add to much wasabi to the soy sauce and you have heaven on earth. Thanks to my wonderful husband for indulging me.

Law school student wifey

Devin's sick of me, Trey is pushing my buttons, and James takes care of himself. Poor Josh is stuck at school for 12 hours. Ugh.. my feet hurt. I am so bad at these things. I have nothing to say.. I am just not that interesting. I do have some cool kids. (excluding Trey today.. just for today) .......yeah thats about it. maybe I'll get better at this later.. Lots of love to anyone bored enough to read this.

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