Hal and Joan Bergman Family

OK EVERYONE , WE ARE WAY PAST DUE ON THIS PIECE, SO LETS SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH!  

THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE YEARS, ONLY WE ARE GETTING OLDER, WHICH I GUESS IS OK! STARTING LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER--WHEN COMING HOME FROM ST.LOUIS  

THERE WAS BONNIE, MARSHA, ANNETTE, HAL & MYSELF. EVERYTHING WAS GOING ALRIGHT UNTIL WE ALL MADE A PIT STOP IN ILLINOIS.  EVERYONE MADE A BEELINE FOR YOU KNOW WHAT--SOME OF US MADE IT AND ONE OF US HAD TO FALL ON THE BRICKS OUTSIDE JUST SO SHE COULD GET A BIT OF ATTENTION--GUESS WHO !!!  I ENDED UP BREAKING MY LEFT HAND AND BRUISING MY RIGHT ONE--EVERYONE WAS GREAT. BON & MARTY STOPPED AND GOT ME AN ICE PK. AT WALMART AND KEPT ME ON ICE UNTIL WE GOT HOME, THEN HAL & I WENT TO GREENVILLE HOSP. TO GET X-RAYS . YEP ! IT WAS BROKEN AND I'M LUCKY BECAUSE THE WAY I HIT THE BRICKS IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE.  ILLINOIS IS NOT ONE OF MY FAVORITE STATES.

 WELL, THAT IS HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN NEARLY ALL YEAR LONG.  HAL HAS BEEN IN VERY GOOD HEALTH AND DOES NOT STOP FOR ANYTHING--HES' LIKE THOSE BATTERIES THAT NEVER RUN DOWN. HAL DOES ALL THE YARD WORK AND TRIMS AND DIGS WHEN HE NEEDS TOO. PRETTY GOOD FOR 78 YRS YOUNG.  

WE CELEBRATED OUR 57TH. ANNIVERSARY IN AUGUST --NOT BAD FOR TWO PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T SUPPOSE TO MAKE IT. GRANDPA BERGMAN SAID IT WOULDN'T LAST. GUESS WE FOOLED HIM!
 
WE DID GET A NEW DECK ON THE FRONT OF OUR HOME, IT FACES EAST THERE WAS NO NEED TO PUT IT ON THE BACK, DUE TO THE WESTERN SUN HITTING THERE WHEN YOU WANTED TO STAY OUTSIDE. JUST TOO HOT. OUR SON-IN-LAW MIKE DID ALLTHE CUTTING, MEASURING, LAYING OUT THE PLANS . IT REALLY LOOKS GREAT!  MARSHA'S MIKE IS THE ONE.  11 YRS. AGO BONNIES MIKE BUILT OUR SHED IN THE BACKYARD, HAL ADDED ONTO THAT ABOUT 3 OR 4 YRS. AGO . IT REALLY HELPS HAVING SONS-IN-LAWS THAT CAN DO SO MANY NICE THINGS. THERE IS SO MANY OTHER WORKS THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HELP US OUT. 

WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE.  WE DON'T VACATION OR ANYTHING LIKE ALL THE REST OF YOU DO, BUT THAT'S OK!   YOU DON'T MISS WHAT YOU NEVER HAD?  I'M GLAD THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN GO AND SEE THE SIGHTS, DO SO ! ENJOY YOUR TIME TOGETHER ! HAL AND I JUST DON'T DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS,WE DO ENJOY OUR DAYS TOGETHER.

LAST YEAR WE HAD GIVEN TO US 2 MORE GR.GRAN BABIES. PAUL & AMANDA GAVE US ONE IN APRIL 08, LITTLE ADRIANNA MARIE AND THEN MATT & LINA GAVE US LITTLE HANNAH MARIE  IN AUGUST 08. THIS YEAR AMANDA AND PAUL HAD ANOTHER LITTLE ONE IN MAY09, AMARA ADDISON, THAT MAKES MARSHA GRANDMA 6 TIMES JUST WITH PAUL & AMANDA.  THEN ADAM & LINDSEY HAD A BABY BOY  IN OCT.09 CADEN ADDISON BERGMAN OVER 9 LBS ALMOST 23 IN.LONG. A COPY OF HIS DADDY, THOSE TWO ALSO HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO TURNED 1 YR. THIS PASS JULY--KALEIGH YVONNE.  THAT MAKES 3 BORN IN 08 AND 2 BORN IN 09.  ACTUALLY  I DID FORGET ANOTHER 2 WERE BORN IN 06, THAT WAS CHRIS & DANIELLE HAD JESSE JAMES IN NOV 06 PAUL, AMANDA HAD ARIANNA ALAINE IN DE, 06.  WE HAVE HAD SOME HARD DAYS ALSO IN 06 PAUL & AMANDA LOST THEIR ONLY SON AT 9 MOS. LITTLE JOHN PAUL AND MAY GOD BLESS HIM ALWAYS. SO ROUGH ON THE PARENTS AND ON THE GRANDPARENTS TO LET A LITTLE ONE SLIP AWAY.

I'VE PROBABLY FORGOTTEN SOMEONE AND I'M SURE THAT I'LL BE TOLD. NATALLIE & ALEXANDRA  ARE IN ARCANUM BAND, THEY WENT TO COMPETITION AT OHIO STATE AND CAME IN 2ND IN THEIR CATEGORY LOST OUT TO 1ST PLACE BY 1 POINT .  I COULD WRITE A BOOK JUST ON THOSE 2 GALS. NATALLIE WILL GRADUATE IN MAY OF 2010. IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WE WERE CHANGING HER DIAPERS. TIME GOES SO FAST. ALEX IS IN HER JUNIOR YR.  AND THEY HAVE A LITTLE GAL FROM BOLIVIA AS AN EXCHANGE STUDENT ANALI IS HER 1ST NAME AND FOR THE LIFE OF ME CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST. ANALI IS REALLY A VERY SWEET LITTLE GAL. SPANISH IS NOT ONE OF MY THINGS--BUT WE CAN CONVERSE.

MARSHA IS HAVING HER SHOULDER BALL REPLACED IN HER LEFT SHOULDER THIS COMING NOV.11,09. SHE HAS BEEN HAVING SO MUCH PAIN AND FOR SUCH A LONG WHILE. SAY A FEW PRAYERS FOR HER, SHE IS ALOT LIKE HER DAD, NEVER COMPLAINS. 

I PROBABLY COULD GO ON FOR A FEW MORE CHAPTERS, BUT AS U CAN SEE WE ARE BUSY, DON'T RETIRE BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON WE ARE BUSIER THAN EVER.

"GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU OUT THERE IN BERGMAN LAND" OUR FAMILY HAS DONE A LOT TO KEEP THE BLOOD LINE GOING.SIGNING OFF  FOR NOW , HAL & JOAN, WE ARE THE ONES WHO STARTED ALL OF THIS AFTER GRANDMA AND GRANDPA BERGMAN STOPPED . NOW DON'T TAKE ANY OF THIS WRONG BECAUSE I'M NOT OPEN TO CRITICISM!!                  "GOODNIGHT ALL"