The Berghout Family: Home from Utah

Monday, December 1, 2008

Home from Utah

We made it home Saturday night around 7 pm. It was a long drive but we were entertained by Olivia's version of Old McDonald:

Old McDonald had a Playplace, E-I-E-I-O!

She was begging us to stop at one - to no avail. She also asked us to stop driving several times so she could climb the mountains we were driving by.

We were all glad to get home and found everything there safe and sound except for the hot tub. The conspiracy theory (Bryan's) is that someone used our hot tub while we were gone, couldn't figure out how to put the cover on (could someone be that stupid?) and as a result half of the water had evaporated. My theory is that Bryan forgot to put the cover down when he added the chemicals Friday before we left. We are concerned at how big the electric bill will be since it was trying to heat the water with the top up for 8 straight days. Another adventure in home ownership! We may never know for sure who was right but it did put a damper on our plans of soaking in the hot tub when we got home from that long drive!

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SarahDecember 1, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Welcome to the blogging world. It was good to see you guys this weekend. We're hoping we can make it out to Seattle next year. Glad you made it home safe.
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KizzyDecember 2, 2008 at 8:31 AM
I'm glad we can see what's going on with you guys. It was really fun to see all of you. Hopefully Ryan will decide to do your cabinets so we can see you again sometime in the near future.
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Penny DunawayDecember 14, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Dear Angela, I love your blog and especially the pictures of your new bedroom. I just decided that you can help me decorate instead of hiring someone to help with colors, etc. I have wanted to put up curtains of some sort in the L.R., something very sheer so most light will come through. Help me, will you? This will be after Christmas so I'll start bugging you them. We love your family. Mom
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12/22/10
"On Christmas Day my life is going to change forever! I mean it, my life is going to change forever!"
9/23/10
Our home teacher was giving our family a lesson on how the Book of Mormon could help us return to our Heavenly Father. He then asked Olivia what we have to do to live with Heavenly Father again. Her answer? "Die!"
This was after she'd already told him she's never heard of the Book of Mormon. The missionaries stopped by about 20 minutes later (unexpectedly) to give us a message and pray with us. They must have heard about the Book of Mormon comment....
9/8/10
When I picked Olivia up at the end of her first day of kindergarten her body was literally dancing for joy. She said more than once, "Mom, my school is so fun you just wish you were me!!!"
5/9/10
Olivia to me on Mother's Day:
"Mom, since today is Mother's Day I will listen to everything you say to make your day special!"
She made me several cards, but my favorite was when she sang to me with the primary. She waved and smiled nearly the whole time. From all the comments I got about it afterwards I think she made it special for several people that day. It's also been confirmed that we definitely have an extrovert!
3/16/10
Olivia: "When I grow up I want to be a Mermaid Princess and I'm going to change my name to Ariel."
Nathan: "If you're going to be Ariel you'll have to color your hair red."
Olivia: "Oh yeah!"
Mom: "You can't color your beautiful brown hair red! Maybe we could get you a red wig."
Olivia: "Would a wig stay on in the water?"
Mom: "No that would definitely be a problem."
Olivia: "I'll just use blue tape, that will keep my wig on."
8/12/09
After going down the alpine slide at Olympic Park in Utah, Olivia said,
"That made my heart go beat, beat, beat! Can I go again?"
8/4/09
Olivia and I were eating lunch yesterday when she left me with these words of wisdom:
Love in your family means that you stick together forever and never come apart.
8/2/09
While I was doing Olivia's hair and she was watching in the mirror, she said several times:
"I love how I am!" "I LOVE how I am!!"
I think we would all be better off if we told ourselves that more often.
6/18/09
Olivia really is growing up. She's had a few words that she's said in her own cute way that she's now corrected:
The "Caplice" are now the Police
Girls are no longer "Grills" (upsetting whenever we BBQ'd)
5/27/09
"Mom, when Brianna has a baby then will I have another sister?"
"No Olivia, When Brianna has a baby girl, she'll be your niece and you'll be Aunt Olivia."
"I DON'T WANT to be an Aunt!"
"Well then what would you like your nieces to call you?"
"Princess Olivia"
4/11/09
Olivia and I have great conversations in the car. Today she observed, " Mom, if I had 100 eyes all over my body I would see really super great!"
4/5/09
Olivia came up to me today and said, "Mom, Dad says I have a bat in my cave....what does that mean?" I started laughing and told her that it meant she had a boogie in her nose. I got a tissue and helped her get it out. She then ran to Bryan with her nose about an inch from his face and said, "Look Dad, there's no more bats in my cave.....but you might need a flashlight so you can see better!"
4/4/09
I came home recently and immediately heard:
Olivia: "Mom, mom....
Bryan: "Olivia don't you ask Mom! I already gave you the answer."
Olivia: "Mom, let's go talk in the other room."
4/3/09
One of our favorite topics at dinner are Olivia's Barbie's. Bryan has brought it up a lot lately because the Easter Bunny will soon be adding to her collection and helping her get closer to her goal of 100 Barbies.
Some of her Barbies have interesting names. Our favorite is Delecta. During lunch, as Olivia was eating Doritos, Bryan asked her what she'd name her next Barbie.
Oliva: "Hmmm...I think Orange Chippy".
(Lots of laughter from the family)
Bryan: "That's a funny name for a Barbie."
Olivia: "Well, maybe Cheetoey"

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Monday, December 1, 2008

Home from Utah

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