Happy Birthday Heather

Here are just a few pictures from Heather's birthday. We had an 80s karaoke pool party!
Rex definitely won best costume!
Though Rob's Miami Vice look is a close second!

With just several Mudslides, everyone was groovin!

Fourth of July at the Lake

Hey all, long time no post. Thought I'd try to get caught up since there's life in the Blog from everyone but me! We spent the Fourth of July up at a friend's cabin on a lake in Wisconsin. Behold, the baby playing in the water:

Of course, Water Safety is very important:

Jackson really enjoyed getting back to nature. He was a dirty baby by the end of each day!


Very, very dirty. Momma didn't deal well with it, but he loved the his dirt!

But there was plenty else to do out there! There was kayaking!

There was fishing!

That's Ben facing the camera, and Katie's father Denny steering the boat. Denny's a serious fisherman, and Ben's had plenty of practice too. Heather really wanted to get her fish on, and went out several times. Michael didn't have to, because on his first outing...

Oh yeah, that's right. 20 inch Walleye. Let's get another picture of that tasty fellow!
There was also plenty of time for lazing around. Or clawing Daddy's face. You know. Whichever.


Katie and Ben and their dog Turtle! Thanks again for letting us visit!

Laura's new car

Laura's 2004 Honda Civic. She is getting tired of driving around DC with the truck. Now she has to come home and pick it up and take out a loan to pay for it. It is a Honda civic DX with 43000 miles.

WHO'S A VOL FAN?

WE ARE!!

Alright...I'll admit it...

Nick's not a total Redneck...sometimes he's just Nick.

The New Addition & Cate's Bad Day

This is our newest addition! The Echo has been retired and we called in her replacement. It's like a new and improved Echo...at least Nick thinks so. Needless to say, we can finally let the Jeep sit out the next Kingston-to-Dayton roundtrip adventure. And the best part is Cate can't figure out the car alarm, and keeps setting it off. Cate made a major mistake today...you know the kind your spouse will never let you forget?

On the 3rd day we've had it, she was in a rush to get in work and forgot to turn off the lights. Needless to say lunch time rolls around and the car won't start. She calls the dealership b/c she can't get ahold of Nick. Well, after some very insightful help from Kyle the service guy. The two took a tip from Sherlock Holmes and deduced that she had, in fact left her freakin' lights on ALL morning. At this point she would have no choice but to have to get a jump. Nick was "sweet" enough to help, and got to meet her boss, Teresa! And even took a moment to make fun of her in front of her boss...what a guy!

Da Babies!

Unfortunately, this isn't the most up to date photo. Allie is NOT sitting on Ivan... and she grew into her ears! But, these are the babies! Lil' Miss Alliepoo and I-sheen. Come visit them, they love new people...those who don't love dog hair need not apply! :-)

Nick says, "Beware, killer on couch."

Total KIAs: 8 (squirrels, rabbits, and birds)

Total MIAs: 1 skunk

The truth hurts...

As mentioned in the previous post, my husband's a redneck. I could find no better examples of this than in the picture above. Please note the following:

1. TV is placed on a cooler. ( wrong team, too )

2. He is wearing one of his favorite cold weather outfits...flannel shirt, sweatpants, and house shoes ( outside, no less! ).

3. Though hard to see, that flaming thing above the tv is actually a grill. ( We have upgraded) It could grill two hot dogs at once!!

Haha.

Nick says, "It's game day!"

A wild beast in his natural habitat....

No one believes me, but Nick is a big redneck. (See picture at left) You'll notice the smile of contentment on his face, whilst riding his mower. Also, of special importance are the camo pants....wow. :-)






Nick says "Gettin' it done!"

Vegas....Baby!

So, this is the Berger brush with greatness in Vegas over New Years 2007. Nick schooled Shaq (RAIN-DROPS!) while Cate and Laura got to know Hef. Fantastic time was had by all! Next time you see Nick ask about Jenna.

So...here we are. Nick and Cate Berger. We're the TN branch of the Berger clan. We're both 25 and have been married a little more than a year and a half. We don't have any kids yet, unless you count puppy dogs (which we do - we'll upload that cuteness soon)!! So we like to spoil our nephew...when we can see him. Other than that, Nick is an Engineer with our local utility company and Cate works in higher education in our local community college system. We live in the country and we love it, and Cate's okay with it b/c we're really only 30 mins from the closest mall! And Nick's only 30 mins from our hometown football team...GO VOLS!! So, that's about it about us....we'll be posting and hopefully so will everyone else!

Love,
Cate and Nick