http://bergaust.org/blog Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:51:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As you can tell by the photos below, both our kids made a good haul for Halloween.  We were able to trick-or-treat inside the apartment building where we live, which made it much easier for the kids.  Yes, that is Joseph as little Yoda sucking on two lollipops at the same ... http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/10/31/happy-halloween/ After having a pretty crazy week, we thought that it would make sense to head out to a fall-festival type place. Cox Farms (http://www.coxfarms.com/) was pretty close by and had lots of things for the kids to do like petting some goats, going down some big slides, and a corn ... http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/10/23/cox-farms/ At the age of 30, after a long and painful battle with cancer, Jacom Derick Larson (my brother-in-law), left this life to return to his Father in Heaven.  He is survived by his wife, Becca and son Hayden.  The second son of Michael and Mary Jo Larson, and brother to ... http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/10/21/family-news/ We went to a really cool park that Norma discovered with her playschool group a few weeks ago.  It's probably about 5 acres in size and is totally covered with playground equipment for all ages.  Erik probably liked the carousel best, closely followed by all the airplanes and cars elsewhere.  ... http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/10/12/clemyjontri-park/ This weekend we had the chance to go on a Father & Son Campout with some people we go to Church with.  There were about 250 people there, and Erik definitely had a good time.  He loves being outdoors, playing with sticks, and looking at bugs (or anything else that ... http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/10/11/father-son-campout/ I think this one speaks for itself. http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/09/29/looks-like-we-have-a-new-rock-star-in-the-family/ Ever since we got back from El Salvador, Erik has been begging to go to the beach.  Unfortunately, the only quasi-beach close by is the Chesapeake, which isn't exactly an ideal place for swimming.  We decided to avoid the summer crowd and go down for the weekend to Virginia Beach ... http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/09/13/virginia-beach/ On our way down to Virginia Beach, we decided to stop by a WWII Iowa-class ship, the USS Wisconsin.  Of course Erik and Joseph liked wandering around the ship and seeing the big guns.  Interestingly, this ship has been decomissioned and reactivated three times, last serving in the Gulf War.  ... http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/09/12/uss-wisconsin/ I think this one just speaks for itself... http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/08/31/a-little-houdini/ Today we had the chance to head over to Manassas to have dinner with my sister's in-laws.  My mom was in town, so we had a great time getting together.   Here Erik and Joseph using some sticks to go fishing after a car that fell into the stream  Playing around   http://bergaust.org/blog/2008/08/31/family-dinner/