Well, it's been 8 months since I last wrote. I'm horrible. So since May, we went and bought a pop up camper and started camping. The kids love it. Especially Finley, who would cry when we left on Sundays to go back home. We started by traveling between a few campgrounds, McIntosh Park in Ventura, Pilot Knob in Forest City, we spent a month in Wells which we really enjoyed, there just wasn't any swimming areas. Just great fishing. We then ended up at 3 Fingers in Forest City, where they had swimming, fishing, and lots of friends. Always busy. Also in May, I got let go at Waldorf because my power hungry boss screwed me over. The good thing was, that I was actually looking for a new job so I wasn't totally heartbroken. More just pissed off. A good note in June Lyla Jane Rogstad was born. This was in June. In July, my little man turned 7!!! I can not believe I have been a mother for 7 years already.
Jeremy and Stacie and co. were also in town for Stacie's sister Brooke's wedding. We went to that and the kids had a great time. Parker caught the garter and was wearing it on his head by the end of the night. July 28th we got the phone call that Crystal was in labor and we needed to get to the hospital NOW!
She ended up having to hold him in until the doctor could get there. So if the doctor was there, we would have missed the birth. Carter Ryen Gerdes was born. What a sweetie. August came and Mike and Maria and family were in town for the Rogstad family reunion. We (me and the kids) finally got to meet Jessica, Ryan's wife. Chris took the trip to Texas for the wedding. Finley LOVED her.
August also consisted of yes, more camping. I started teaching Sunday School at church teaching 1st graders. I am enjoying it. Parker started 1st grade and Finely started 3 year old preschool. For Labor day we pulled out of 3 Fingers and drove up to my grandparents in McGregor, MN. My cousin Karen and her family were up there also with their pop up. We had a great time. We do it every year, just this year there was more room because we brought the campers. We ended up ending our camping season there, and didn't go back to 3 Fingers. Finley started dance class and loves it. Tuesdays are her favorite day of the week because she has school in the morning and dance at night. I started working at the Lake Mills elevator for harvest season weighing grain trucks. October, Chris and I celebrated our 6th Anniversary. We didn't do much, just went out to eat. If I am remembering right, October wasn't very eventful. Novemember was just full of Thanksgivings. Big news is, Chris got a new job. He is working at Outland Renewable Energy. Which is the wind turbines around our area. He is a technician and loves it. he will complain if he doesn't get 70 hours in for the week. A friend of my mom's and her 17 year old daughter, Hayley moved to Lake Mills this month and are living at my parents until they get on their feet. Crystal and I enjoy having Hayley around, she's like having another little sister around. Finley had her first "concert". Singing at the 8:30 service at church. She was so cute, and quite the entertainer. And finally December, it is the 3rd and so far we've already had an incident. This morning I had to call the dentist for Parker. Ended up he had a big cavity and an abscessed tooth. They gave him a pseudo-root canal. Poor kid. Crystal, Deena & I bought tickets this morning for the Britney Spears concert in April, we also bought a ticket for Hayley for her Christmas gift. We are telling her tonight, can't keep something like that secret. She's a Britney fanatic! Tomorrow night Parker has his Christmas concert which I hear is like 3 hours long. Maybe we can leave after he sings. Carter gets baptized this Saturday. So this week is kind of busy. Hopefully I will keep up with this more now that I am done working and have some extra day time to write.
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