Happy Halloween!

Werewolf, spider, Red Riding Hood, and ninja.  Yes, this is Cohen's 3rd year wearing the costume. Last year he wore it to school and was Batman for trick or treating.  His teacher won't let him wear it to school again -not scary enough.  Come on, have ya seen this guys scary ninja moves?  We wish he could show you in person.  We miss you guys, and wish we were there to gather goodies with you this year.  Can't wait to see your costumes!

BOO!!!!

Hi Gavin, Eli, Addie and Cohen!


Happy Halloween from the Bertke's back in Cincinnati! We will miss you guys when we go trick-or-treating. What are you going to go as? You'll have to send some pictures!


Have fun! We miss you guys!!! We can't wait for you to meet our dog Max. He is FUN.


Reagan, Jack, Drew and Will

Happy Belated Birthday Gavin!

Happy Belated Birthday Gavin!

We hope you had a good one and we wish we could have celebrated with you!
We are going to see Toy Story 3 today since we have the day off of school. The Reds were on fire this year. I did't want Reagn to write one thing. We started a fight and I won it felt like world war 2

Max is a play biting machine. Sometimes we play tag with Max.

PS' I have to admit Max is faster than me and he is only 7 months old and I'm 8. Weird right?

Are you liking Spain and I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE NOT LIVING IN CINCINNATI! I miss you. I've started collecting baseball cards and it is awesome. I have the whole 2010 REds pack. The back of the card tells what team they have played for and their stats. Do they play baseball in Spain? What are some of the team names?

Write me back when you have time! Happy Halloween!!!!!!! Jack

La Noche de Las Brujas

And so I guess we have a headless horseman, a vampire, mad scientist, and batman. Quite a show, eh? Do you see Gavin's free-with-pumpkin cardboard mask? He drew spiders on the areas where it was ripped so it would be less noticeable. Genius!

Lego Land!

We had so much fun seeing you guys, only wish we could've been there a little longer. Here's a few pics of some sweet lego creations from LegoLand.

Takin' it to the streets...the Cincinnati Tea Party

On Sunday, March 15th Cincinnati had one of the largest tea parties in the nation to date. There were over 5,000 gathered who are concerned over the direction the Obama adminstration is taking the country (straight to the hard left) and its complete disregard of the Constitution. Brad and I brought the kids and were comforted to know so many others feel the way we do. I even got a "Socialism doesn't work" bumper sticker for the van. Brad couldn't believe I put it on but I've gotten quite a few thumbs up directed my way. I thought you would enjoy some of the more creative signs. We are going to the next tea party on Tax Day, April 15th. I think we are going to have to put a little more effort into our signs this time! There are tea parties scheduled all over the country on 4/15. Hopefully the politicians will hear the will of The People and actually listen. I'm not too optimistic.

Jack lost 2 teeth! ... with a little help from the dentist

Jack went to the dentist to have his teeth cleaned and to look at the permanent tooth that was coming in behind his bottom baby tooth...that was not loose! (sound familar? Reagan) Jack was very brave when the dentist announced that two teeth needed to be pulled. He said they could do it right now and Jack agreed. They came out pretty easily as the roots were pretty small. Jack put only one tooth under his pillow that night and the tooth fairy did come. He left the other tooth in its container from the dentist on his dresser for over a month. A couple of nights ago he secretly put it on his bed for the tooth fairy. To his disappointment, the tooth fairy did not come. I explained that the tooth fairy probably did not know he wanted to give it to her because it was still in the case from the dentist that has been sitting in for a month on his dresser. Wouldn't you know, the next night he put it in our tooth fairy container and she came!!!