Excuse me...

but where did January go??

This little girl got bigger...

was blessed by her father...

he got his first scar

and then proceeded to grow up...

 

We celebrated his birthday along with Winni's at Bouncin off the Walls!

He just keeps getting cuter,

and melting hearts everywhere

 

She turned 5

and keeps her daddy shining his gun!

She has lost her mind...or so it seems!

He recently realized just how cool she is

 

Oh, and he left us this morning...don't worry, he'll be back!!

She keeps me busy, or at least planning to be busy! (What? Don't know who she is?? She's Audrey! She's going to save my creative side of life!)

Hmmmm....and apparently, she has started some sort of extra-curricular activities, to include cage dancing...of sorts! :)

So, as you can see, January was good to us! Although, I've got a few new worry lines! But, they are evened out by my new smile lines! We head back to Maryland soon. We will miss Utah, but are excited to get back to life, routines, and our stinky dog!! :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Today was our Peterson Family Christmas Party! My parents treated us all to breakfast at Golden Corral, then we had our gift exchange, and then we went sledding. I got pictures of sledding...:)


The big kids...


These 2 had soo much fun! They would go down together, and then Winni would drag the sled back up. Debbie would sit halfway up the hill and call her dad for help! hahaha


Trae really wanted me to sled with him. I love that he loves me!


Sim! The littlest of the tough guys!


woo hoo!!


More posing!

Winni and Trae think sledding is AWESOME! I'm so happy they enjoyed it. Now, I just need to get up the insanity to take Winni, Trae AND Grady sledding. We'll see!

The last of 2009

Somebody told me we wouldn't need snow suits and boots in Maryland, so when I bought them online for Christmas I had them sent to Utah, cause I knew we'd need them there. Well, let's just say we were not prepared for this!!



Notice Grady's gloves...they are Walter's boot socks! hahaha they worked!



Somebody knocked on our door at about 10 AM on the first day of snow (it snowed for 2 days) offering to shovel our driveway, for $30! After a good laugh, we told him we were OK. We didn't even have a shovel!



A few days later we headed to Utah!

My kids were so worn out that they fell asleep during dinner on Christmas Eve!



We had to wake them up and force them to open their jammies! I still haven't gotten the PJ's in front of the Christmas tree picture...and the tree is down now! :(

Christmas morning was great! I got this HUGE sausage! How did Santa know that that was what I wanted...??


Maeli's 1st Christmas! She handled it well!



Our little poser! Seriously, who taught her this?? Not me!


We had soo much fun!


Santa brought yo-yo's. They soon found the garbage can! Thanks Santa.


And now we are prepared for the Utah Snow!! This will be my children's first downhill sledding experience, rather than horizontal front yard sledding. They are so excited!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

To Do

Today's to do list includes this..



fun, huh?



the life of a coke addict



you are jealous, aren't you!?!

It gets even better! I found this beautiful mess the day it happened. I took pictures at that time and then waited. I waited for a confession but got nothing! It wasn't until a few days later I opened the freezer with HIM standing there and forced the confession out of him! FOR REAL! I told him I took pictures...and he begged me not to blog them. MERRY CHRISTMAS HOT STUFF!!

Washington DC Temple

Last night we went here...




It was cold and beautiful!

When Maeli was born she brought along a 'little' something to occupy her siblings so she could have some one on one time with mom. She's so thoughtful! :)



My kids are loving this GeoTrax train set. It keeps them busy for hours, everyday! LOVE IT! And it keeps Dad busy too! Not sure who is having more fun, actually!

Anyway, we decided to do a little something with our new train set.



Train set + Christmas Trees = LOTS OF FUN!!


Our Train set is seriously HUGER than our Trees! FOR REAL!! :)



Oh, and it doesn't hurt that it wears them out!