Studying. . . Studying. . . Studying

This past week James has been studying even more than usual.  This week is his last week of Block 3, but it definitely ends with a bang.  A nice round of cumulative tests - covering everything they've learned in Med School so far!!  So James and his poor classmates have been studying 24/7.


But the good news is that NEXT WEEK James is all ours again!!!!! Casey, Parker, Grayson, and I couldn't be more excited!!!

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Thanksgiving in Palestine

This year for Thanksgiving we loaded up Grayson, Casey, and Parker - and all our stuff - and road tripped it to Palestine!  We had SO much stuff between the dogs and Grayson and ourselves, I felt like a traveling circus.  The doggies did great, as usual - they are seasoned travelers.  Grayson did pretty good too!

We got there before everyone else, so we got to spend some quality time with Bob and Sharon.  It was so nice to just get out of town and relax!  James got a nice break from his books.  Then when everyone else came it just felt so warm and festive to have a house full of people and yummy food. . . . and we had TONS of food!!! To make things even better, a cold front came through, so it really felt like the holidays!

Grayson and the doggies got a nice nap on the drive there....

Aunt Breana!

 After the feast James and I took the dogs for a walk in  the woods near his house.  I realize we look like some sort of Army Rebels but we didn't bring warm clothes and Bob was kind enough to let us borrow some that we found!  Good thing too because it starting raining on us.  The dogs were in Heaven!!

Lounging / watching football after eating waay too much food :)

Although he slept through it - we beat TU!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my favorite pic of the weekend - Aunt Breana and Grayson TOTALLY sacked out on the couch, arms above the head!!

Riding home in his Jungle of entertainment

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Amarillo Pics

Here are a few pictures that were taken this past weekend on our Amarillo trip :)

At the Houston airport waiting on our flight!!!

SOO happy and ready to fly

He's actually not a big fan of hats :( but he looks so cute in them! and this one keeps his ears warm, so I made him wear it.

He LOVED being in the Amarillo cold weather!

Granny and Grayson doing some early morning Computer business . . . 

Here he is sporting his TCU onesie to the mall! We saw this Cowboy hat and tried it on him - unfortunately it looks like it was run over or something, so we didn't get it.

Watching a little TV while mommy gets dressed :)

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Grayson gets his wings

This past weekend Grayson and I flew to Amarillo for a quick visit with my parents. James stayed behind in Houston with the doggies and studied. It started out with an 8:30am flight on Southwest Airlines. Grayson did AMAZING! He was awake and just sat on my lap and looked around the entire flight. One flight attendant gave him a little pair of plastic Wings at the end of our flight because he did so well!

Once we landed we went up to my mom's work and said hi to all of her co-workers - she is such a proud Granny! And Grayson is such a little flirt - he just smiles at new people. We then headed home to see how my dad was recovering from his shoulder surgery. Getting a rotator cuff fixed seems to be a painful endeavor! He was pretty out of it the whole weekend from his pain pills. I'm pretty sure Grayson and I wore my mom ragged running around at the mall all weekend - but I know she loved it. Grayson was a champ in our shopping marathon!

My parents' dogs - Beau and Sadie (2 yellow labs) absolutely LOVED Grayson! They kept standing in front of his swing stopping it with their bodies so they could stare and sniff.

All in all it was a wonderful weekend with nice cold weather! Although I missed James and the doggies terribly, it went by so fast. I can't wait to go back in a few weeks for Christmas!!!

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New Ownership

Hello World!!!! Since James has started writing on his BCMAGG blog, I will be taking this one over! I'm hoping that this will be a great way for everyone to keep updated on the Happenings here at the Berg home. Grayson is growing so fast that it seems like there are constantly new pics and videos to share. Hope you guys enjoy!!!!

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Fast update

So I think I've done pretty good with my departure from cable tv.  Apart from the periodic clips here and there I catch when Shelby is watching a program or the news I feel that I've been able to do some really good things with my time.  Not to forget that I have missed a few shows that I was hoping to see (wipeout in particular)

Monday evening I made an Italian like soup with squash, zucchini, and venison sausage based off a recipe Serena gave us a while back.  It was delish. (and I made enough for multiple lunches on the go etc for the next few days so I can save time and money by eating better)

Tuesday night our softball team had a game and boy was it fun.  Although when we started we thought we might not even have enough players to start, but finishing the game 13-4 with time expiring proved to be a blast.  Hurricane Alex brought in some clouds to dampen the heat so it was good weather (at least for Texas).  I had an awesome game batting 4-4 with 7 rbi's and a home run (in park).  We came home and Shelby got a much needed body rub from me then we both read some books and dozed off.

Not focusing on tv has also helped me out in the mornings to actually get stuff done.  I'm 3 for 3 on taking the dogs for a morning jog (which helps them out so much to rid some energy for the day), and I've been able to focus on more things like making the bed and loading/unloading the dishwasher.

I know some ppl think I'm crazy, especially Joe, because I run barefoot or because I try to drive my car the least possible (with no a/c) but I think that mastering these kinds of self discipline set forth a more richer life experience.  I'm just saying. . .

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Cable fast

"Your crazy!" is what Shelby said when I told her last night that I was going to try a fast from cable tv this week.  It occurred to me over the weekend that I can easily watch tv for like 30 hours straight without a break.  How much other stuff could I have done during that time? workout, walk the dogs, clean the house, rearrange, wash/clean the cars, play with kid (in the future), post a blog, read a book, make a hearty meal, wash clothes, the list goes on forever.

So the rules:
-Watching dvd movies are okay (since they won't have pointless commercials) and because dvds generally are involved in quality time together with wife and dogs.
-No sportscenter (on internet )
-No news
-No favorite shows (with generally consist of 30% commercials)

Shelby asked, "What about Boston Med?" (a new medically oriented show on ABC I was dying to watch).  I responded, "I'll record it" - - It then occurred to me that in a world of no cable I would not be able to record it but instead I would probably just find better things to invest my time in .  

I'll try to post updates to fun/creative activities I come up with and post daily!

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