HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! (A BIT LATE!)

THIS PAST FRIDAY, JARED AND I GOT TO CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY! HE HAD TO DO THE CLOCK AT THE ISU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME SATURDAY-SO WE DID OUT CELEBRATION ON FRIDAY INSTEAD. MY SISTER AND HER HUSBAND TOOK HALLE SO SHE COULD PLAY WITH TREVOR AND OFF WE WENT. WE WENT AND SAW THE MOVIE, "HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU," WAY CUTE! FOLLOWED WITH DINNER AT TEXAS ROADHOUSE-WHERE WE RAN INTO SOME OF OUR FRIENDS, THE DUDLEYS, AND CHATTED FOR A BIT. THEN WE WENT AND PICKED UP HALLE AND BROUGHT HER HOME TO BED. WE LET THAT ALL SETTLE AND THEN MADE CHOCOLATE FONDUE WITH ANGEL FOOD CAKE PIECES, STRAWBERRIES, AND MARSHMALLOWS. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN! THANKS NIKI AND FAM FOR WATCHING HALLE SO WE COULD GO HAVE FUN! ALSO, THANKS SO MUCH JARED! IT IS SO FUN WHEN WE GET TO GO OUT THE TWO OF US! I AM GLAD THAT I GOT TO BE YOUR VALENTINE! I LOVE YOU!

HERE IS JARED ENJOYING OUR FONDUE! IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE CANDLE LIGHT BUT JARED COULDN'T SEE!

OUR LITTLE FONDUE POT AND PLATE OF FUN THINGS! (NICE BABY OUTLET COVER PICTURED IN THERE TOO!)

ON SATURDAY, MY FAMILY WENT TO THE AUCTION HERE IN POKY. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AND MY STEP-FATHER LOVE IT. THIS TIME JARED, HALLE, AND I WENT ALONG. IT WAS FUN (SO WHITE TRASH, BUT FUN!) WE THEN WENT TO LUNCH AND CAME HOME FOR HALLE'S NAP. JARED HAD TO DO THE GAME SO HE LEFT AND I WAS HOME WITH HALLE AND TREVOR. HIS PARENTS WENT ON THEIR DATE, SO WE HAD HIM FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING, IT WAS SO FUN! LATER, TREVOR DUDLEY CAME OVER TO WATCH THE NBA SLAM DUNK CONTEST WITH HIS SON CARTER, BRITNEY WENT BACK TO WORK TONIGHT AND SO THEY CAME AND VISITED. I GOT TO HOLD CARTER ALL NIGHT...NOTHING LIKE A SWEET, SMELLY GOOD LITTLE ONE TO CUDDLE WITH!
THEN ON SUNDAY, WE WENT TO CHURCH AND WE THEN WENT WITH PAPA, NANNA, GIGI, AND TREVOR TO FEED THE DUCKS AGAIN-SHE LOVES TO QUACK AT THE DUCKS...SO CUTE! WE HAVE JUST BEEN BUSY AND HAVING TONS OF FUN!

I JUST COULDN'T RESIST TAKING PICTURES OF HALLE IN HER VALENTINE'S OUTFIT. IT WAS CHERRIES AND THE SHIRT SAID SWEET!! SO STINKING CUTE AND LOOK AT THE CHEESE ON THAT FACE! SHE IS SUCH A HAPPY LITTLE GIRL! WE LOVE YOU HALLE KAY! HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

VALENTINE'S GIFT FROM GRANNY BERNT

GRANDMA BERNT GAVE HALLE CUB A DANCING VALENTINES GIFT. WHEN THERE IS MUSIC PLAYING, CUB IS DANCING!

CUB'S VALENTINES DANCE from JARED BERNT on Vimeo.

CUB'S VALENTINES DANCE II from JARED BERNT on Vimeo.

FEEDING THE DUCKS!

TODAY AFTER CHURCH, NANNA AND PAPA CALLED AND ASKED IF WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HALLE TO THE PARK TO FEED THE DUCKS! IT WAS CHILLY BUT WE KNEW HALLE WOULD LOVE IT! ON SUNDAYS, IT IS NICE TO GET HER OUT OF THE HOUSE AFTER HER NAP! SHE LOVED IT-THE DUCKS PRACTICALLY COME RIGHT UP TO YOU FOR FOOD. THANKS PAPA FOR BRINGING POPCORN AND BREAD TO FEED THEM. WE LOVED GOING AND HAD TONS OF FUN! LET'S GO AGAIN SOON!

(FYI:READ DOWN AFTER THIS POST, THERE ARE 2 MORE NEW ONES!)

THE DUCKS COMING TO EAT!

HALLE LOVING THE DUCKS-THEY CAME UP TO HER PRETTY CLOSE!

MY LITTLE FAMILY PICTURE-I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ARE ALL LOOKING AT THE CAMERA AT THE SAME TIME!

NANNA, HALLE, AND PAPA PLAYING TOGETHER! HALLE LOVED IT!!

SUCH A CUTE PICTURE, PAPA PUSHING HALLE! SHE LOVES TALKING TO HIM! *SHE IS SHOWING HIM THE DUCKS! THANKS FOR INVITING US- WE LOVED IT!

TAKING COUSIN TREVY ON A WALK!

LAST NIGHT WE WATCHED TREVOR WHILE NIKI AND TROY WENT OUT WITH NANNA AND PAPA FOR A PARTY SINCE THEY GOT THEIR NEW HOME. WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH TREVOR. WHEN UNCLE BEAR GOT HOME WE TOOK THEM ON A WALK. THEY ENJOYED GETTING OUT OF THE HOUSE FOR A BIT AND IT MADE IT FUNNER FOR THEM TO HAVE EACH OTHER! WE LOVE WHEN YOU COME PLAY TREVY! IT HAS BEEN NICE HAVING TREVY AROUND FOR HALLE TO PLAY WITH~

HALLE AND TREVY HANGING OUT IN THEIR WARM CLOTHES-HAD TO POST THIS PICTURE-ADORABLE!

TORGESEN CLAN AT THE CABIN!

LAST WEEKEND WAS SO MUCH FUN. THE BERNTS GRACIOUSLY LET MY FAMILY BORROW THE CABIN ONCE A YEAR TO GO PLAY-IT USUALLY FALLS ON SUPERBOWL WEEKEND. THIS TIME, MY SISTER AND HER FAMILY AND MY LITTLE FAMILY WENT UP ON THURSDAY NIGHT. WE GOT THERE JUST IN TIME TO EAT DINNER, HANGOUT AS GROWN-UPS AND GO TO BED. THE NEXT MORNING WE MADE BREAKFAST AND TOOK TURNS WATCHING KIDS AND PLAYING OUTSIDE ON THE SNOWMACHINES. WE THEN ATE LUNCH, BAKED COOKIES AND HAD GREAT CONVERSATION IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE WHILE ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S COMPANY. TREVOR AND HALLE COULD HAVE PLAYED FOREVER, THEY LOVE TO BE TOGETHER, AND LOVE BEING AT THE CABIN. THAT EVENING OUR DAD AND HIS WIFE KAREN CAME UP FOR DINNER AND TO WATCH SOME OF THE JAZZ GAME. IT WAS GREAT. ON SATURDAY MY ENTIRE FAMILY CAME UP AND PLAYED. WE ATE CHILI DOGS AND SPENT THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ON SNOWMACHINES OR SLEDDING. IT WAS SO FUN-THE KIDS LOVED IT!! WE ENJOY DOING THIS EVERY YEAR AND ARE THANKFUL THE BERNT'S LET US PLAY AT THEIR CABIN. IT TRULY IS BEAUTIFUL UP THERE AND A NICE PLACE FOR SOME QUALITY FAMILY TIME. THANK YOU AGAIN!
THAT NEW LITTLE CAR IN THE BACKGROUND WAS A GIFT. WE THOUGHT THAT THIS PICTURE WAS ADORABLE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE KIDDO'S ARE FIXING SOMETHING TOGETHER AND THEN WILL JUMP IN THERE "COUPE" AND GO HOME!

NIKI AND I ENJOYING A RIDE. WE HAD SOME GOOD TIMES AND GREAT CONVO'S UP THERE. NOTHING LIKE QUALITY TIME WITH A SISTER! LOVE YOU TONS, NIKI!

JARED AND CUBBY ON A RIDE-HALLE LOVED IT-(ALTHOUGH HER FACE LOOKS OTHERWISE!)

TREVY AND HALLE TAKING A TUBBY IN THE IRON WATER-LOVED IT!

AFTER TUBBY TIME, WE MADE THEM A FORT AND THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN!

WHEN NANNA AND PAPA SHOWED UP-THE KIDS WERE ECSTATIC. MOM HAD AN ABSCESSED TOOTH AND DEMANDED SHE COME PLAY ANYWAYS, LOVE YOU MOM! YOU ARE A TROOPER AND WE'RE GLAD YOU CAME!

ME, MOM, AND CHRIS REVVING UP FOR OUR RIDE! NICE SNOW GEAR-SEXY!TROY AND TREVY ENJOYING IT!JENNA AND HALLE PLAYING IN THE SNOW TOGETHER! SUCH A NICE, SUNNY, WEEKEND!

HALLE WAS LIKE A STARFISH-SHE LOVED THIS AND THEN JUST BEING PULLED AROUND IN THE SUN!

HALLE AND NANNA ENJOYING A RIDE. I DROVE-NANNA WAS ON HYDROCODONE FOR HER TOOTH-THAT COULD'VE BEEN BAD!

THIS IS CHRIS AND THE BOYS STARTING THE SLED.