Mr. Gergen

Ben was offered a teaching job yesterday! He accepted. The job is in Comfrey, MN which is 55 miles west of Mankato. It is a small K-12 school. The average grade has 15 kids. Ben will be teaching Math for grades 7-12. He is really really excited about it, as am I! 2 hoorah's for double income! Hoorah Hoorah!

VERY BUSY MONTH!

We finally went out and bought a new USB chord to hook up our camera....
so here you go! Enjoy! It's been a fun and very busy month for us as you can see:


Ben at his 'pinning ceremony' as the College of Education
pinned him as an Educator.



Ben & I had a picnic lunch on the lawn outside my office
(consisting of McDonald's) the day before he graduated.



Ben moving his tassel as an "official" college graduate.
When he received his diploma, I was video-recording it
so we don't have an actual picture!



Peter keeping himself busy with a book during graduation...poor kid!



As a graduation gift, I got Ben a print that says 'Persaverence'...
the guests told us to kiss behind it (and I was still eating chicken wings)!



The Cake!



Peter & Daddy with their cake!



A very messy Peter with Grandma Berta
at the Birth-uation Party!



Ben & I with my Aunt Marsha & Uncle Tom from
East Grand Forks who SURPRISED us
by coming to the Birth-uation!



Ben & I with my Aunt Becky who also SURPRISED
us from Chicago & came to the Birth-uation!
Everyone was soooo sneaky!



Peter in his new ball-pit from Great Auntie Becky
& Great Uncle Mike



Haley & I on our way to Nashville!



Jacob, Haley, Ben & I before leaving Nashville
to move Haley back to MN!



Peter & his new Water Wheel Play table
from Grandpa Punky & Grandma Berta
(Peter added the tennis balls himself!)



Peter's birthday party at daycare



Peter's Birthday Cake



Peter checking out one of the 3 puzzles that
Chad & Ann brought for him! Thanks, guys!



Me being more excited about Peter's new
Jump-O-Lene Castle Bouncer from us than he is!



Peter crossed his arms when we were singing him
'Happy Birthday' because that's what he does when we pray
and I think he thought we were praying!



Peter looking VERY intrigued with the candles
on his birthday cake! (And me looking weird
before I helped him blow them out)



Peter & Daddy playing "old school" Nintendo
Memorial Weekend (Thanks, Chad)



Peter & Daddy having a sword fight...
Probably not good to teach him that.... :)



Peter jumping in his Jump-O-Lene Castle Bouncer
for the first time!



Ben & I at Red Lobster Memorial Day Weekend
when our friends Ann & Chad visited.



Ben's stitches from getting cut on the arm
the second day of his new summer labor job
of being a grain bin builder.

Totally Sad

Hello Everyone...
The past couple of weeks have been crazy and fun and we have a ton of photos to share on our blog...however, we have 2 USB chords to hook our camera up to show you the photos of Ben's Graduation/Peter's Birthday party, our recent road trip to Nashville to move my Best Friend Haley back to Minnesota, but they are LOST!! So when we finally get our photos on the computer, we will share them with you all. Thanks for your patience! Keep checking back...

Boys Will Be Boys...

Hello Everyone.
I have a few stories for you. I hope they make your day. :)

So last night I needed to get out of the house (actually I needed "alone" time) so I went to Wal-Mart for an hour and a half. I had some pictures printed, shopped for a few random items and just roamed around. I was gone from about 5:30pm-7pm. Ben said "Go ahead, get out of here, I've got things under control." He was planning on cooking something for supper and he was going to give Peter his bath, etc. Since we are a young and busy family, our house tends to get cluttered with toys. This is not a new thing. However, each day I try to pick up the toys and put them back in their assigned locations and make our house look semi orderly. We are not dirty people, just cluttered at times and I am ok with that, considering our busy lifestyle. So I leave and go to Wal-Mart. It was nice and relaxing. And then I came home.

Ben was cooking dinner (which was very delicious and nice of him) and he had the dishwasher running (which was also very nice of him). BUT, I would like to paint you a picture of what the place looked like. There was stuff from around the house ALL AROUND THE HOUSE! And I don't mean a few random toys lying around. Oh no...there was really strange stuff all over the place. I asked Ben, "Did you let Peter destroy this place" and Ben says "I guess so". Here are a few examples of things I found: A red and black shoe in the kitchen, a black and red shoe in the bathroom, a tampon on the end table (in which I said to Ben, "Why is this here?" to which he replies, "Peter brought it to me and wanted me to open it, but I didn't so I set it here") and let's see....Oh, I can't even remember all the crap that was all over the place, but it looked like a tornado had come through the house! I love it that when I get away to relax, I come home to more stress then when I left! :)

I have one more funny story for you all. So this morning Ben asked me, "What should I make Peter for breakfast?" (because we were out of oatmeal and that's the usual and God forbid he look for something else on his own---men are very programmed)...I said "How about a banana and some toast". I continued to get ready for work and then I came into the kitchen to pour myself a bowl of cereal and sit with Peter. Peter was chowing on his banana and Ben was making toast. All of a sudden I look over and Ben has the mayo out. I said, "What are you going to do with that?" and Ben replied "We're out of butter so I figured mayo would do just fine." Apparently Peanut Butter, or jelly or PLAIN toast didn't seem to cross his mind. :) Peter ate a little bit of toast, but wasn't too interested in it. (I don't blame him)

Well, that's all I have for now. Bye for now from the land of the Crazy Gergens!