Oh sweet summer gathering!

The summer Bergman Gathering was quite an enjoyable time! Although judging Xander's face here you might not think so! I would love to hear whats going on in his head right now!

Here is a series of Avery shots while she's eating watermelon and I just love each of them, so you must bear with me while I share them with you all! I gotta say...this girl cracks me up (and drives me a little nuts!).

guiness world record!

We went out to Winkler this summer to watch 200 combines harvest a field! It is a guiness world record and a pretty cool thing to have seen...especially on such a beautiful summer day!

Xander and Eli decided to relax in a big tire once everything started to die down a bit.

There are ALOT of pictures of these five kids....and there is always one or more of them looking or doing something a little crazy....so I decided to share the one photo where we told them all to make a crazy face because its just the most fun!

Xander and Eli had a front row seat for this combine coming in!

This isn't even half of them!

All dressed up and everywhere to go!

While we missed our window of opportunity to take some more formal shots of everyone all dressed up at the anniversary, we managed to get everyone back into high style again the next day! Not a problem for Avery since she would wear a "princess" dress (or anything, for that matter, as long as you call it a princess something-or-other) any day of the week and actually has worn this one on several regular days of the week for playing in the yard...stomping through mud puddles....going to church! Its her go-to!

I laughed out loud when I saw Xander's face on this one!

One big happy family!

Willow was not pumped about this whole picture taking idea...so this is pretty much the best we were able to get of her...and then there are a lot of Xander and Avery with a different expression in every shot!

Happy 40th Anniversary!

We were out in Toronto for a few weeks this past summer and were able to celebrate Giles' parents 40th anniversary, which was quite fabulous! Its always fun to see the kids all dressed up and clean....for at least an hour or so! Since this happened back in June and I'm FINALLY blogging about it now in October, my memory is a little faint, so I'll just say it was a great evening with good food, family, friends, stories of the decades Dave and Carol spent together and music to go along with that decade. Very well done....and now I'll let the pictures say the rest!

A pretty typical face from Xander....it is very difficult to get him smiling nicely at the camera! It can get a little frustrating....but I think he's genuinely trying to give what he thinks is a good smile for the camera!

Grandpa hanging out with Willow in the corner!

I just really like this picture...even though it makes me want to stand on my head a little bit.

They saw something on the roof of the restaurant and were pointing at it for awhile...not actually sure what it was anymore!

Uncle Justin explaining about the different boats to be seen out there!

40 years! Congratulations! The bar is set, and its set high!

Avery was exploring the podium area and discovered a great place to hide!

We were happy to be able to spend a little more time with Justin's girlfriend, Melanie, while out in Toronto and even made a quick trip down to Montreal to visit them in their new house!

Grandma showing off the newest little Ringer!