Iceland

The pace of life in the Bergeron household over the course of the last two weeks has been at an all-time record high for us, and we’re pretty high-pace to begin with. From our last-minute trip to Iceland for Katrin’s grandmother’s funeral, to Ben traveling to The Power Monkey Camp in Tennessee, to Maya’s 16th birthday, to me surprising Ben with a trip to Miami…and, the sheer number of people that have contributed to caring for…

When we found out about Katrin’s grandma, we knew she would want us to be there for her this week.  Over the last few years, we’ve become so close with her that Maya insists that she is her sister.  When we ask Bode who his family is, his response starts with, “Daddy…Mommy…Katrin…Baby Harley…”  Either Maya or Jonah is usually included in the line-up, but not both of them.  And, to be honest, he usually forgets…

I am sitting here on the plane back from Iceland trying to figure out how to put into words what we’ve all been a part of over the last couple of weeks, while trying to maintain the appropriate level of privacy that the whole situation deserves. With almost no warning, Katrin lost her grandmother suddenly about a week and a half ago.  Her beautiful grandmother, who I only know as Amma which is Icelandic for…

HELLOOOO!!!  Harut and I have been working pretty hard on pulling this new site together, so while it’s not exactly where we want it, I think we’re both going to start pulling our eyelashes out if we don’t just put up what we have so far.  So, here you are: the new face of HBunfiltered.com.  I hope you like it so far 🙂

Dinner out with this crew.  It’s so good being here again with Katrin and her incredible family. Katrin’s beloved grandma who we are here to say goodbye to tomorrow.  Her grandma was, literally, her biggest fan.  This is a picture from when Katrin made the world record for the handstand walk in 2014 at Regionals. Arrived in Iceland at 4 am their time, midnight back in Boston. Joe & The Juice.  The greatest way to…

Normal way to study over breakfast. One of the highest maintenance workouts I’ve done in a long time.  This is just my equipment. So sad: James gave us this for Christmas one year.  It’s one of the last articles in this house from when Hobart lived with us.  I don’t typically get sad when things break, but this got me a little. Yes, turns out electric toilets do have a button for emergencies that I…