Our Berg Family

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

March Date Night

For March's date night, I took Monica out for supper while we were in Texas. We went to a seafood restaurant on Lake Conroe, enjoying a beautiful evening with some good food. It was kind of a dive bar type place, but fun. Afterward, we grabbed some ice cream and walked around. It was not the original plan, but it was great spending time together without the kids, school, swimming, or anything else to think about.

Gymnastics Bus

Annika and Asher's daycare had a group known as the Gymnastics bus come by once a week for a few months. It is a pretty genius idea, the couple who own and operate it renovated an old school bus and loaded it with gymnastics equipment, making it a portable gym. The kids loved it. They were very good at it, so much so that the owners talked about how impressed they were with their athleticism. Not that I brag or anything. It was fun to watch their recital of skills that they put on one snowy Saturday morning. At the end they got a trophy, they ate it up.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

February Date Night

Originally our February Date Night was going to be drinks and Jazz at the The Blue Room, a famous jazz bar in Kansas City. The weekend we had available to us was the same weekend as the boys state swimming and diving meet. On Saturday, when we got back into town from the meet, Monica dropped the kids off with my mom, and we decided to stop by the State Celebration with the swim parents at Johnny's Bar and Grill. We had a few drinks and some food, and took off towards downtown. We were both getting kind of tired, so we decided to swing by Cheesecake Factory for some dessert and headed home. We ended up watching a movie while we enjoyed our cake, and fell asleep a little early, but it was very nice to be able to spend some alone time with her, especially with how busy the swim season gets at the end.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Thor

This week has been one of the hardest weeks that we have ever faced. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, we noticed that Thor had lump on his paw that turned out to be cancer. One of his digits needed to be amputated, which he adapted to, but after a few weeks, new lumps appeared. After fighting infection and watching him lose weight, diminished energy, and increased pain level, we made the heart-wrenching decision to put him to sleep. The anticipation was bad. The realization was so much worse. For ten years, this smart, beautiful, neurotic creature was part of our family, and we loved him dearly. He was a presence in our house, sauntering between the living room and kitchen. Laying under our coffee table or on our bed at night. Even sick and wasted, his presence filled our house. But knowing he was in pain and the cancer continuing to grow and eat away at his body, we knew this was the right decision, but damn it hurts. Its hard to imagine what life will be like without him. Of course, we will, but for so long, we've had to take care of, put away, check up on, chase after, love, hug, lay on, get licked by, wrestle with, walk with, and sit with him. So many memories include him. He brought so much happiness and love to our lives, and taught us to be better. We love him, and miss him.