Happy Birthday to David!

Happy birthday to David! I had a hard time finding good pictures of David from this time period of 12-14 years old. We got a digital camera not long before he turned 15 so pictures weren't as plentiful. The other challenge was we had 7 children and we tended to take a lot more pictures of the little kids, not so many of the older ones. Sorry, David! Here he is when he was ordained to office of deacon:

This was David's Primary class when he was 12, which I taught. He was the only boy in the class but he was a good sport.

David was an enthusiastic pumpkin carver--maybe he still is:

Bergeson Family Band's first public performance at a Cub Scout Pack Meeting:

With baby brother Talmage, David age 12. David was (and is) very responsible and did a good job helping with babysitting his younger siblings. Funny story that happened shortly after Talmage was born: I had just gotten a cell phone with the express purpose of being able to leave a nursing baby for errands and come home when I was needed. I left David in charge and told him to call me if Talmage woke up so I could come home and feed him. Talmage woke up so he obediently called me and I came home within a short time. Unfortunately David had gotten confused about the instructions and had given 6-week-old Talmage a bottle of regular powdered milk! Talmage didn't seem to suffer too many ill-effects, fortunately.

I think David was a bookworm for Halloween at age 13:

David was a good sport about all the metal he had to wear in his mouth to correct his teeth which started around age 8 and didn't end until some years later.

One of David's favorite activities in winter was making snowmen and caves.

Turning 12, he got lots of camping stuff for his Scouting adventures:

Turning 13:

An aspiring tennis star, still had braces and still loved Bionicles:

Visiting Lehman Caves, 2003:

Age 13:

David with his great-grandparents, Francis and Pauline Broadbent. He got his patriarchal blessing from Grandpa Broadbent during this visit.

Age 14:

Holding new baby sister Mindy:

With younger brother Everett, age 14:

David enjoyed the band program at CVJH and got to play in jazz band. He actually started out learning the trumpet but the band class didn't have room for another trumpet player so he had to be in choir for the first semester of 7th grade and took trumpet lessons from Scott. Then the band teacher said he could join the band if he changed to the trombone so he switched and joined for second semester. He ended up playing the trombone in the school band for the rest of his public school career and played a little at BYU too.

Visiting Mindy in the NICU:

David is a great addition to our family! We're sure glad you're in it, David!

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