Hey, How's Your News?

---Christian and I got to go on a date last weekend. We went 6 years without a kid and many dates; it's amazing how much more you value date time when you do have a kid. We ventured out to Harvard Square for some dinner and a movie. AVATAR rocked! Seriously LOVED it. I had no idea what it was about except there were blue aliens and it was in 3D. Seemed weird to me, but no my friends, this is a MUST see in the theater!

After the movie we couldn't go home just yet. We stopped by a famous dessert shop, Finale, for some decedent molten cake. It was absolutely worth the $10 we paid for it!

---What has happened in Haiti is absolutely devastating. It has been hard to watch so many of my Haitian co-workers wait for news about their families. Even more difficult for me is just to see pictures of the children; something changes in a woman when she becomes a mother; I cannot imagine little Berkeley sitting on the curb not knowing where his parents are. Who would take care of him? I always struggle to understand why these horrific natural disasters happen, it is just awful. I will continue to keep the Haitians in my prayers. There are many wonderful organizations helping these people, so if you have a few extra dollars please help these people.

These types of events always make me count my blessings; I don't know why I have been given so many wonderful blessings in life. I have amazing family, a great job, health care, good health, have had excellent education, never go without food, clothes or shelter. I have a close relationship with God, my husband and my son. I take so much for granted......so much.



----On a lighter note......Christian and I are making a momentous life style change for 2010. We really want to take care of our bodies this year, both physically and spiritually. We both were eating better and attending the gym more in 2009, but we want to continue this even more for 2010. Christian is going to take on a 10K this spring and I will be doing a triathlon at the end of July. We both are very excited about the goals we have set for ourselves.

The big life change however is this......we are becoming vegetarians. I NEVER thought I would say this....EVER! We really love meat, for real, love meat. The more we learn about how animals are treated and the inner workings of the meat industry, we feel we can no longer support them. When God told us to eat meat sparingly, I cant help but fear that he knew what would happen if didn't follow this counsel. I don't think he created these animals to be treated this way for us to eat. So we are making the leap; we feel good about it. We are nervous, but hopeful and excited to try new things. I am not judging anyone who continues to eat meat, trust me, but this is something we feel strongly about for our family currently. We are not opposed to eating hunted meat (Nean, you better tell Tom when we come to Utah to have some freshly killed meat ready for us).

In Other Berkeley News:

Berke has a post birthday bash with his BFF, Lilia. They are an adorable little duo and play so well together.

He has proven to be 100% boy! He figured out this week how to open his bottom
drawer and get inside.
"Look what I can do!"

He is also finding new ways to play with his toys. He played normal for a good 2 weeks, but now he is becoming much more creative. Here I believe he is pretending to be a
rhino to flip over his Leap Frog table.

Oh yes, he also misses his granny this week. Our prayers are with granny and the family as they morn the passing of Uncle Rick who died this week due to cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all!