Back to School 2010

Heber City Railroad

During our vacation in Midway, Utah, we were able to go on the Heber City Railroad. To say it was beautiful would be an understatement. The train runs on an old track into the mountains of Heber City. While enjoying the view out train was robbed! Yikes!

Summer Vaca to Midway Utah

This last summer my dad and step-mom took our family on a trip to Midway, Utah. It's a quaint little village next to Heber City. The whole town is modeled after a German Folk town. The Resort where we stayed was called the Zermatt. It had a carousel, a giant chess board, goats to feed, and an awesome swimming pool. We stopped at Lagoon and shopped the outlets in Park City on our way there. We also went to Heber City and Utah's Hogle Zoo on the way home. I can't remember a time when the kids had so much fun!

Friend Time

My friend Whitney and her husband Tyson came with us to hike to lower Palisades Lakes. We stayed at my dad's cabin and basically acted like kids all night. It was too much fun!

5k with Teton Peaks

So a bunch of kids from Teton Peaks, the residential treatment center unit where I work, wanted to run a 5k this summer. Josh and I signed up to run with them. It was a blast and we had great weather. Josh ran slow and stayed by me the whole time, Whatta guy! We were all on team Roadkill.

Mesa Falls

We took the girls to Mesa Falls and Island Park for the day back in August. Josh actually proposed to me at Mesa Falls over 8 years ago! We have never been back there since then and I figured it was about time. I'm continually astonished at the beauty all around us.

4th of July

Okay, I'm really that behind. Slightly ashamed, slightly overwhelmed, and definitely in the get-things-done mode. Well, this summer was a whirlwind and so was the 4th. I had to work quite a lot during the week so I missed out on some family fun. I snagged some pictures off my sis-in-law's blog because I didn't take even 1 picture (silently punishing myself).

2 Trips to the Zoo, a Boston Tea Party, and a Kindergarten Graduation

More pictures from the end of the school year! I chaperoned 2 trips to the zoo with each of the girl's classes. Jozlyn's class had a Boston Tea Party and each were assigned parts. Jozlyn was Benjamin Franklin. She learned so much about him that she is practically the authority on all matters Benjamin Franklin. Oh, and Haylie Jo graduated Kindergarten! For her graduation, she had to dress up like what she wanted to be when she grows up. She chose to dress up like a homemaker. May was perhaps the busiest month of the year for us and it went by like a whirlwind.

Me and Jozlyn at the zoo.






Jozlyn as Benjamin Franklin. She is holding her hands up like she is flying a kite. That is now old Benny discovered electricity.


Haylie Jo dressed up as a Homemaker at her Graduation.


Haylie and her friend Alaina at the after party!

Wizard of Oz Ballet 2010

Okay, I have some pictures that were not lost in the desktop computer, hooray! Last May, the girls danced in The Wizard of Oz for their end of the year ballet recital. Jozlyn was a bunny and a little witch. Haylie Jo was a little witch too. Unfortunately, the witch dance was at the end so I did not get pictures of Jozlyn and Haylie Jo in their witch costumes. I did get some professional pictures but I can't put them on the internet :(. Here are some pictures I did get.



This isn't the best picture but it shows all of Jozlyn's costume.


Josh and I waiting for the ballet to start. Josh looks awfully tired.

Good News and Bad News

So I haven't updated this blog in quite a while. We have just been super busy. What with work, Josh's internship, and the girls and all their stuff, sometimes it seems like I can't get anything done! So, the bad news is...our desktop computer crashed and it is probably the hard drive which means we might not be able to get our stuff off of it. To me that means....all of my pictures are gone. We still are not sure what is going to happen until we take it to someone who can help. I'm so happy I decided to start this blog. If all of my pictures are lost, I can still get pictures off of my blog.

On a lighter note, we have been having a super summer! I don't know about you but we have loved the cooler summer weather (minus the rain everyday). We had Josh's family come into town for the 4th of July and had a blast seeing all of those darling nieces and nephews of ours. We are planning to do some fun things together as a family now that Josh is done with his internship. Anyway, we are still here and doing great (minus the whole computer thing).

Katie Jo Berry is a Graduation Girl!

I DID IT!!! I ACTUALLY GRADUATED!!! Yes, yours truly officially has her Bachelors of Science in Psychology with an emphasis in Sociology. Oh, and did I mention that I graduated with high honors? Not to toot my own horn but...Beep b beep b beep! I look back on those long 5 years and think, "Phew, that was hard." It brings such deep satisfaction knowing how hard I have worked and to see the final product of my hard work. I know I could not have done it without Josh. There were so many times that he would watch the girls so I could get homework done or sleep. There were so many times I would come home to find the house sparkling clean with dinner waiting on the table. He had to put up with my high stress levels and my bad mood at times. He gave me a few priesthood blessings along the way. He encouraged me when so many others though I could not do it. And best of all....he still loves me after all this! Our family has also helped. I don't think there is a single family member living in Idaho Falls that hasn't helped us in some way. Now, I have to say that I have the best friends! Especially all you Rose Park ladies! I have to mention one friend in particular who has meant a lot to me, and that's you Marci Dimick! Marci served in Young Womens with me and I know I could not have fulfilled my calling without her constant help. She brought me pizza when life was crazy, she would loan me books when I needed a break from textbooks, she would drop by cards just to let me know she was thinking about me, she watched my kids for me when I was in a bind, and she did so many more things for me that I just can't write it all down. I hope I can return the favor someday. Of course I want to thank my Heavenly Father. He was with me from the beginning and will never leave me. When I finally realized I could not make my own way on this earth, I gave myself to him and let him mold me like clay. Though I am a work in progress, the work He has done with me is much finer and much more beautiful than if I would have tried to do it on my own.

Don't expect this to be the end for me. I am constantly trying to improve and reinvent myself. There will be more to come....

Here are some pics from my Graduation!