{Did I Do It??}

I actually did it: I completed my first 5k!

It went fine, I, of course spent the night before in a total blind panic. I kept thinking, "what if I'm THE LAST person and people are totally making fun of me and the golf cart is tailing me the whole time...."

I was far from the last person.

I'm next to my friend Shaun, closest to the jeep.

I'm in the pony tail, ignore the fact my clothes are like 3x my size.

My wadrobe hasn't caught up with my weight loss.

Feeling proud I made a goal and actually accomplished it.

And best of all, it was for a good cause!

{US...perfectly imperfect}

Ahh! Hello blog! I know I've been a little M.I.A as of late (not entirely my fault.) As I sit on the cold tile in the basement watching "50 first dates", listening to Shaylin's sweet baby noises, I realize I actually have a few minutes to catch up on blogging!

(Ryan must be with a patient, he's suppose to off by now or else I'd be snoozing!)

So...a monumentious occasion happened I have yet to record...Our 5 year anniversary was on the 11th! Wow what a crazy ride its been! I bought Ryan a private photo session, {pictures below.} We also went to see "Guys & Dolls" kid-free! Babe, we've come so far...but got so far to go!

So, a catch up on everyone!

First Ryan! He's kicking butt in school, so smart- getting awesome grades, learning tons! We can't believe Block 1 is almost through, seriously! He is working as an EMT right now for PMT which consists of transporting mainly morbidly obese and mentally unstable patients. In April he begins "911 course" which  after he completes, he will be qualified to go on 911 runs- so all you locals, feel safe!

Ryan's on the job!

It will blend well with his nursing goals!

Next me!

My race is tomorrow, I'm so nervous, never thought I'd do anything like this! I've also noticed that I have lost 25lbs...10lbs to my goal. I'm feeling good and proud that I did it the right way. I've also been throwing myself into decorating {my true love} the girls' room! We are shopping for a crib for Shay, other than that the room is ready, and if I do say so myself, soooo cute!-I informed Ryan if we ever have more children, I only want girls. I'll post pictures of my projects later!

Alenna Marie is getting so big, she is so fun right now, and an awesome big sister! She loves sunbeams. She loves Shaylin and Brady, we just adore her!

Brady Man!

We worried because he really wasnt talking, like at all. Than after talking to my friend Megan, I was comforted and shortly after Brady added about 4 words to his vocabulary! He's just the strong silent type we've decided. He's so active, he loves other kids and he especially loves dogs! But the person he loves the most?? Shaylin! He is insanely crazy about her!

{He's my favorite little guy around! of all time pretty much}

And of course, my Shaylin McKell- she is an absoulte doll! I don't think our family was prepared for how hard we would fall in love with this little missy! She is on rice cereal now, doing well with it.

So here we are....perfectly imperfect.

...more to come!

{New Pics!!!!!!!!!!}

I realize this is late, but for our aniversary I bought us a photo session! Here's a taste of what was done!

Amazing right??!

{The Bergens Go Camping!}

Ryan decided since this week in spring break, he would take Alenna camping...in the backyard.

Alenna, has one foot in both her parents' interests: she likes camping like daddy, but wants to be dolled up like mommy.

working hard!

We did it!

Sooooo....now what?!

MUCH later....we had a camping dinner! Hot dogs outside....

Me...annoyed at the billions of bugs...if you havent caught on...I'm NOT an outside person

The kids loved eating outside!

More bugs....

I decided to bring Shay Shay in...I introduced rice cereal to her....

She was less than thrilled!!

We are happier inside.

I slept inside with the babies, Ryan spent the evening with Alenna.

Around 2am they got cold and came in!

{My Everest...}

two weeks in coutning from today is my 5k!

As of today I can now run 2 straight miles without stopping. It sounds silly, honestly, but I am proud of myself!

I quit my high school  track team 3 weeks in my sophmore year, so seeing as that is my history, it is pretty exciting for me that I am doing so well.

That being said, I am not so sure about how this last mile will go...

Can I do it??! We'll see!

{While Daddy Slumpers....}

 

Daddy worked a 24 hour shift, in which he got 45 minutes of sleep the entire night which meant....

Mommy took the kids out to keep the house quiet. 

 

We ran errands than ended up at a park by the house.

 

Didn't really keep their attention. Maybe my children have ADHD?

 

Was fun for the half hour it lasted though! (It WAS nap time...)

 

WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

 

Of course, MY child was the one throwing sand...NICE.

 

Beautiful Shaylin

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Alenna wanted to stay longer, she had a blast!

 

He loved this!!!!

 

They were unsure about the swings, they always are. Must be an acquired taste!

 

It was a BEAUTIFUL day!!!!!