Preston is a Wrestler!

Preston started youth wrestling the beginning of December and he had his first tournament this last Friday night.

Brookings had 36 youth wrestlers at the Cossack Clash tournament in Volga and they tied first for the team trophy! Go Bobcats!!

Preston wrestled three times.

He placed fourth in his group and got a t-shirt and a dog chain. 

[He lost the first match and was pinned in the other two.]

While he didn't come out a big winner, he had a blast and at this point, that's all that matters.

He's excited to get back into practice (the lovely South Dakota weather has caused practice to be cancelled a few times) and I'm excited to watch him learn and progress.

Turner also wrestled Friday night.

He's part of Sioux Valley's youth wrestling program.

Turner placed 2nd in his group!

He did a great job and I'm so proud of him!

[Due to some confusion/miss-communication,

we missed Preston getting on the award stand. Bummer!]

Sioux Valley put on a great tournament and it was a crazy, fun Friday night!

All Things Christmas

Beringer Christmas

Bjerke Christmas

We surprised Mom & Dad with tickets to the Kenny Chesney concert at Arrowhead Stadium.

Mom was SO excited!

Our Christmas

Cookies for Santa

We had a blessed Christmas with our families and a wonderful New Year!

Lilli Jo's Christmas Program

Lilli Jo had her first Christmas program for Preschool back in mid-December.

This girl... she LOVED being on stage.

It was so much fun to watch her and all the other little kids up there. They did a great job!

Sunday School Christmas Program

A Super Party for Super Kid!

We celebrated Preston's birthday last Saturday at the bowling alley. 

Preston had so much fun there last year that he requested it again. We had just as much fun this year!

Grandma Mary made this "super" birthday cake - chocolate with a delicious Nutella layer!

Since Allie and Preston's birthdays are so close together (just 10 days apart), we decided to celebrate Allie too. She turns 8 tomorrow!!

She requested a traditional Norwegian ring cake from Great-Grandma Bev.

Goofy boys!

My two favorite girls!

Grandma Bev, putting the finishing touches on the ring cake.

This is how you celebrate birthdays!

We were blessed to have all of Preston's grandparents and great-grandparents there to celebrate his birthday!

Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Beringer

Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Bjerke

Great-Grandma Trego

Grandma & Grandpa Beringer

Grandma & Grandpa Bjerke

And, of course, Aunt Cole!

The birthday girl with Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa

And with Grandma & Grandpa

Last year, I never got a picture of Preston with me or Dustin, so I made sure to get one this year!

Thank you to our family for coming to celebrate Preston and Allie!

We had a wonderful day, made so much more wonderful with your presence!