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Mother Daughters and Some Friends Weekend

2011-02-16T11:33:00.001-08:00

A celebrity sister's proper welcome, could we have it any other way. Signs, cheering, chanting-yeah!! Let the Lammers sisters, mother and a few friends weekend begin!

We had Cupcake Wars and team Emily (friend), Amy(sister) and Kari(sister) decided to throw in some aprons to boot! You can't quite see it but on the front is monogrammed "BHM" AKA "Blond Hoochie, eh hem excuse me,Hula Mamas."

This is my cupcake wars team Sandy(friend from Iowa), me and Hannan (sister-in-law).

Amy(sister), Emily(friend), Kari(sister), Sandy(friend), Sherie (mom), Lindsey(sister),

Katie(practically a sister but friend), Kris(sister), Ana(sister), Hannah(sister-in-law) and me! Don't you love how I plop my but down while everyone else is kneeling or standing. Being 8 months prego has some benefits.

Ooooh a case of the crazies got a hold on us!!!

Cupcake wars team Katie, Lindsey and Kris.

My super--- awesome ---fab Cup Cake Wars team mates Sandy and Hannah!!

Cupcake wars rule!!

Ana lookin like she's about to sabotage some cupcakes, oh yeah her team (her and mom of all people) did sabotage some, they put fish oil pills in Kari's cupcakes!! DQ, DQ!!

Carl Bloch art exhibit. These paintings are amazing. This is one of my favorite things we did was go and see these master pieces. They look like photographs I love his work.

I think this one is my favorite.

We went to the BYU vs UNLV game and Cosmo is getting fresh with my mom!!

Couldn't go to the game with out gettin a pic of this legend- go Jimmer!!

My sister Ana with her little boy Ace. Doesn't he look like Noah.

CUP CAKE WARS: RESULTS

Back to cupcake wars: this team won Best Taste.

This team won the Dead Fish award.

My team won Best Presentation. Hannah made this amazing temple cupcake. It's abviously the one in the middle. We also had an engagement cupcake (pink) and the Honeymoon of course. You can't really see it in this picture but on the Honeymoon cupcake there are beach chairs and hanging on the chairs we put the swimsuits.

This team won Most Creative.

My mom, Hannah and my sister Kris were stuffed in the back of Jon's car, I couldn't resist taking a picture.

Cruise 2011 part 2

2011-02-16T10:59:00.000-08:00

Gavin getting in on the ice cream action.

Hot tubbing till sunset.

Autumn's favorite cruise activity: the hot tub

Noah love the magic and comedy shows. He laughed and laughed. I was entertained by Noah laughing.

Emerald Beach, St. Thomas.

I love this little girl. We have so much fun together. I can't wait for her sister to get here and she can join in the fun.

Notice the lizard on Gavin's arm, a nice addition to our family.

Waiting for the show, I'm surprised Autumn made it she usually fell asleep at the dinner table and then I'd take her back to the cabin.

Coming into port at St. Thomas.

On the way home the pilot let Autumn, Noah and Gavin sit in the cock pit. That was really nice considering it was Gavin's Birthday. Happy Birthday Buddy, I love you so much. I can't believe your 9!!

Cruise 2011

2011-01-30T20:52:00.000-08:00

Caribbean here we come! What better way to start the year than to go on a cruise. We sailed on the Carnival Dream there was 4,500 cruisers and 12oo of them were aged 12 and younger! They catered to families with 4 water slides, mini-golf and all the ice cream you can eat.

This was our first stop- Nassau Bahamas. We are all so pasty!

Noah loved these animal towels and the ice cream one day he had four bowls before lunch, he was in kid heaven.

This is Autumn's peace sign before Gavin taught her how to properly throw it up.

How high can you go? How high can you go? Apparently not high enough. This sand was so soft and fun to play in they all took their turn being buried.

Snorkeling didn't disappoint Gavin and Dave brought back their prizes to show. Now Gavin's Conch sits proudly up in the kid's bathroom.

Is that ice cream in your hands again Noah? Oh yes, what else could it be.

They would have stuck their tongue on it if they could get any closer.

It was awesome, to say the least. Look for more to come

Christmas 2010

2011-01-30T20:25:00.000-08:00

Christmas at home with just our family was awesome. This was the first year we didn't travel and we stayed home sweet home. For Christmas Eve Dinner we went to PF Changs-so good. We headed home for Italian sodas and opening presents for names we had picked.

Dave, your supposed to change after I take a picture, not before!

I love Christmas.

Autumn insisted on being the angel instead of Mary.

God job Mary on the cute boots. You can see how thrilled Gavin is about the acting out the Nativity. Noah on the other hand is in his glory dressing up and pretending. Autumn was just happy to be the angel.

Gavin chillin and playing his new Harry Potter DS game.

Love this kid, nerf something striker gun and no that is not a bullet proof jacket, that is his life jacket that he wore for like 2 hours Christmas morning. Brothers -no matter what- are always a good targets for the other brother.

Even though she got a lot of cool stuff this is what Autumn wanted to play with Christmas morning. She loves this kitty.

Merry Christmas.

It's been a while...

2010-11-12T08:15:00.001-08:00

I had to add this picture. Check out our "Baby Wolverine" On our way to trunk or this is the conversation Noah and Gavin had:

Noah is sitting happily with his diaper and sucking on his ring pop.

Gavin hardly standing the sight, "Noah, are you sure you want to wear that diaper?"

Noah laughing, "Yeah, it's so awesome!"

Gavin, "Just so you know -some people might thinks it's uh.. kind of weird."

Noah, "Oh good!"

We arrive at the trunk-R-treat and Gavin takes off as fast as he can to avoid and undue embarrassment.

I love Noah, never afraid to be himself.

His our baby girl dressed up like the cat's meow and off to her preschool Halloween party.

We had a lot of fun with Halloween this year, my sister Kari helped us out with the "Screamo" out fits - tattoos, nose rings and studded collars to finish it off. To join us we have Harry Potter, Wolverine and Littlest Pet Shop Kitty.

I think Dave was more convincing than I was- don't you love the black fingernail polish and eyeliner.

No that's not a watermelon, it's an apple. For service we picked apples for the church at the Church's orchard- the apples were so good!!

Our awesome friend Dana took our pictures again this fall. She did a great job considering my kids wanted to play in the river and not take pictures. Every time I turned around I was telling Noah to, "put that stick down." With her expertise we managed a couple of good pics- thank you Dana!!

They are growing up so fast. Gavin was baptized this year and Noah will be in less than a year.... Autumn will start Kindergarten next fall and we will be welcoming Peterson child number four then end of March. Love to all- Kam

The Non-Wedding Reunion

2009-08-22T20:51:00.000-07:00

So my sister Linds called off the wedding, it was such a fun weekend still......

These are my parents Sherie and Dave and a picture that I was trying to take.

This picture sequence is so funny. At first we have and extra (cousin Ana) and exasperated Noah, Autumn's brewing and Gavin is grinning his best and then...

Just can't resist looking bored, Noah's about to take flight and Gavin is still grinning.

Oh.... one hand down and Noah's flying!

Two hands down. Two smirks. One grin. Two patient grandparents and....we'll call it good.

My sister Lindsey holding my sister Kari's little girl Sophie who's lovin that oreo!!

Ana and Autumn gettin some of the good stuff.

Something for everyone, he is so delighted!

Noah Stratton Gavin

Hey Gavin, is that a bubble coming up from your shorts? That's what I thought!! Your face gives it away.

We love our cousins.

We can't go to Mari and Mike's with out going to Winder Dairy!! They have the best ice cream cones. Is Noah always in a little distress or is it me?

Shark attack!!

Cousins are the best!!

We could have played here all day!

We will miss you all, hope fully we see you for the actual wedding reunion in November!!

Loved "Leta"

2009-03-23T23:31:00.001-07:00

Prepped and ready to go. We've waited for this day to come. We voted for David every Tuesday when he was on American Idol. We've been playing his songs so we can sing along with David. I asked Gavin what his favorite song is and he responded, "A Little too Not Over You." Perfect. Just what every seven year old's favorite song should be. Mine, ummmm probably You Can, yeah You Can, so good!

This is what we saw when we went to pick up our tickets from will call. We walked down line turned and then another 3/4 block of people beyond this line to get our tickets and then back again to get line for our concert Gavin and I had been waiting for- David Archuleta.

It started to down pour when we were in line. Luckily we had my jacket to keep the rain at bay. If anybody thought mormons were crazy seeing us all in line getting drenched to watch some teeny-bopper singer, we just proved we are crazy!!

Waiting ever so patiently to watch his favorite singer. Gavin wasn't to crazy about the intro rocker singer and was ready to leave until David came out singing. Gavin got fired up and was singing right with him. A couple times I grabbed Gavin and lifted him up high so he could wave at David. We were only 30 feet away!! I loved looking at Gavin's expression when he was watching/singing with "Leta" great time, even though I had a sore throat. (Turns out that I have strep throat!! Thank goodness for narcotics and antibiotics- I love you.)

I snuck a couple of pictures. I say snuck because all the bouncers said they would take away any flash cameras they saw. Cell phones-OK no cameras! I think they were really good at threatening, no one took my camera. Here he is. Great singer, just as cute as he was on AI.

Loved it, worth the money paid, standing in the rain, and enduring the first singer (sorry Leslie Roy, no wonder that night was your last night on tour with David.)

Thanks "Leta" for your awesome concert. Gavin and I had a great time even though I was prepared with a sharpie to have you sign Gavin's tee shirt and we didn't get that done, other than that we had a fun night listening to you and singing along with you.

No, it's not me!! Dave says he can't believe he has a wife that would do such a thing.
Just watch and you'll know what I'm talking about.

Bon Voyage!! Last Day Stirrup Cay, Bahamas

2009-03-23T23:16:00.000-07:00

We spent the day at this beach soaking up the sun and snorkeling. I just couldn't get enough sun and warmth. Thanks Mandy for letting us borrow your snorkels, it was one of my favorite things we did on our cruise.

We went snorkeling we say a Lion Fish and a Sting Ray. The sting ray would swim and Dave and I would swim after him. Look how blue the water is.

I love just squishing my feet in the warm soft sand and soaking up the sun. To me this is what vacation is all about.

Thanks, Norwegian Pearl for such a wonderful cruise. We loved it and will definitely come back to see you some day. Be ready because when we do we'll be taking our little clan of Petersons with us. I think you can handle us. Until then back to the cold of Idaho we go.

Bon Voyage!! Day 4&5 Cozumel, Mexico

2009-03-19T21:37:00.000-07:00

What Dave likes to do on the cruise.....

What I like to do on the cruise!! Something for everyone.

We ate at this Mexican restaurant in Cozumel and the waiter didn't speak English and we don't speak Spanish and so there was a lot of pointing to pictures and "muy biens" The food was muy bien, look at my plate.

We rented a scooter and scootered around the island this is a picture from my view. The ocean was beautiful, so blue.
We watched these waves come up and hit the rock and then spray up it was so cool.

Love the helmuts they make you wear. I hopped on the back and away we went. This sign is sign of a little beach park where we hung out and snorkled for a while.
Funny story, when we parked a little mexican man took it upon himself to put cardboard on our scooter. And sit by the scooters and watch over them ( and then they want 20$). We were ready to hit the road and the little man was gone. We started upt he scooter and started scootering away and little man came ruuning out after us. We kept right on chugging.

This little beach park was so relaxing. The hammocks the blue water the heat. Loved it.

Can't wait to go back, loved it.

Love the sand between the toes, it feels so nice and warm.

Just for you Gavin and Noah.

Our nightly picture. Thanks for borrowing your dress to me Lindsey. Love NCL!

Bon Voyage!! Day 3 Belize

2009-03-06T21:19:00.001-08:00

If there was one day I could have brought the kids with us it would have been to the Belize. The wild life here was pretty incredible. I kept thinking of how Gavin and Noah would name all the animals names because they think they're Diego. These black loops in the trees are actually Howler Monkeys basking in the sun.

Yes, you all know what this is.

I have no idea what the name of this bird is but, I like how he's walking on lily pads.

We were traveling to the ruins in a boat and here are these 3 fisherman in a boat lip that is 4 inches off the water. Our little cruiser boat had to slow down so the wake wouldn't tip their boat over.

Look close there are 4 Sap Wing Bats on this tree.

You just got to love this Iguana, he was huge.

This ruin is called the High Temple. Dave and I climbed to the top which wasn't bad but going back down was scary. It took some concentration to not freak myself out.

Looking down from the top of High Temple ruin.

So I let Dave play "apostate Nephite" and let him sacrifice me on the High Temple.

This Mask Temple Ruin is amazing.

Yeah, I don't know.

The Jaguar Temple

I don't know if you can tell or not be we are sitting in front of the Jaguar Temple. All these temples were just a few minutes waking distance away. I wonder why they needed such big structures so close to each other.

Here we are enjoying some entertainment in the Spitaker Lounge on the Ship. (After of course we made our nightly stop at the ice cream parlor.)

Finding these cute little creations on our bed with chocolate and the next day's itinerary was sweet. I'd eat the chocolate and Dave's too while reading the next day's events.

Bon Voyage!! Day 2 - Roatan, Honduras

2009-03-05T16:43:00.000-08:00

Our first of four stops was Roatan, Honduras. It is a small island off the coast. Interestingly enough the primary language is English, the British maintained control until the 1960's when the island was officially turned over to Honduras. These two native island dancers let us get a quick snap in before we went to find our excursion sign.

We decided to do a an excursion we found on the internet. I'm so glad we did, it was just us and one other couple which made the experience so much more personal. It actually was hosted by an American couple who sold their corporate achievements 1994 and decided to buy land in a quiet village in Roatan.
We go to the dock where they have a pontoon boat, I thought to myself, " this looks familiar." We had a pontoon boat all growing up.

As you can kind of see in the picture there was a ship wreck that we snorkeled around. The boat wrecked about 100 years prior and was pretty fascinating to see all the new reef life that grew on the boat. Next they took us to a barrier reef drop off (just like Finding Nemo) it was the coolest thing. Hal, only then had I wished we would have been scuba diving. Although looking down kind of freeked me out but I absolutely loved it, it was quite spectacular in the reef's depth and beauty. Hundreds of tropical fish, coral and plant life. I could have spent the whole day there.

This little boy is Avee. He and his family live on the American couple's property and work for them. You should have seen Avee's face light up when Richard said he could drive the boat. He did a good job.

This is Barbara and Richard. They host the excursion and then make an authentic Honduran lunch. The lunch was an appetizer of humas and chips(ok, not so Honduran but really good) soup with potato and tomato, rice and beans and watermelon, really good watermelon.

Our lunch was yummy. You can see my glass bottle here in the picture, they bring the bottles back to the factory for reuse. (Post snorkeling hair pictures are never good.)

A local Roatan store, it is very typical to see mongril dogs everywhere. I think Dave had the urge to pick up stones and chuck them at the dogs, nah.... all the dogs we came across were friendly.

Dave did pick up a "box drink" and "petates" aka cookie. They were really good not to sweet.

I snuck a picture of this lady she was really using a ribbed washboard to wash laundry.

This is a barrel with pork cooking in it. I think Dave really wanted to try some but it wouldn't be done in time so we went else where to find food.

This is where Dave ate his second lunch. He chose the second item for today's special. Stew Beef.

Looks can be deceiving, it was actually very good. I would have eaten too only I still full from my soup and watermelon. After we ate we got caught in a rain storm and still had to get back to the Pearl. We ran through the streets and out of nowhere cam this little boy and he held an umbrella for me to run under. He definitely got tipped. Loved Roatan, will visit again someday.

Yeah dress up party again! Taking my time and doing my hair was so fun for me. That night on the Pearl ( love calling our ship "the Pearl") they had a comedy group, pretty good. We hit the ice cream parlor and grabbed a few cookies which then and there became our nightly ritual. (Ohhh...I think I'm getting tanner. Did I hear there was snow in Idaho today :)

Glimps of Innocence

2009-03-04T22:23:00.000-08:00

You'll have to indulge me for a moment, I don't know what it was about these children that just drew me in. None of them were afraid to talk to strangers, their parents didn't mind either. Some of them could speak English while there parents could not. I just loved them, how they looked in their natural setting- beautiful to me.

Sorry, I'll move on.

Children in a class room Rotan, Honduras.

This little boy is just about to get his hand slapped for touching the orange peeler.

Carefree.

I don't know what this boy is saying, but I don't think she's buying it!

See Gavin, you can still do homework with distractions. :)

I asked this boy if he takes good care of his sister, as you can tell by the way he holds her, "Yes mam." Was the quiet answer.

These boys passed Dave and I on the street and asked us for "One American dollar" and I said, "whatcha gonna do for it?" They started laughing and kept walking and making fun.

Bon Voyage!! Day 1

2009-03-04T21:38:00.000-08:00

The Norwegian Pearl our home for 8 days and 7 nights- oh yeah!!

For starters they make everyone take part in the evacuation procedures. I made Dave take a picture in the mirror. Lovely little life vests don't ya think!!

Checking the "Norwegien Pearl" out, the pool and hot tubs-deck 12. The night Dave and I sat in the hot tub there was this kid who jumped in with us hot tub with us from SLC!! So I asked, "Are ya LDS?" The kid said, "R U kidding!" And then I said, "nice weather were having??!?" Haha!!

Dave and I are so excited to leave the kids in Portland at "Grama's house" and set sail from Miami to the western Caribbean.

We got dressed up, ok, I got dressed up for dinner and entertainment on the cruise ship.

I loved having time to actually do my hair. I'm so vain, I made Dave take a picuture of my hair because I wanted to see what the back of it looked like. The idea was from Taylor Swift on her Love Story the music video this is how I tried to do my hair. If you go to pursebuzz.com this cute girl gives you tips on how to do hair, make up etc.

Dave never got tired of looking over the railing. It brought him back to his days when he lived on his Grandpa's boat. See the wood part where Dave's leaning on? On his Grandpa's boat it was Dave's job to sand the wood railing down and then give it 20 coats of laquer. I would frequently see Dave rubbing the wood railing and I knew what he was thinking about.

All Smiles

2009-03-04T20:45:00.000-08:00

I told Gavin I wouldn't blog his picture until he had a chance to show his Grandma in person his new smile. Just after we got home from Christmas break Gavin lost both of his front teeth within a week. I just look at him and think "you can't be this old already, you just can't." and then tears start welling up. Well, Gavin couldn't be more proud of his smile.

Hey Shelley, where do you think they learned how to sleep like this? I always sleep with my hands above my head. It must be hereditary because Autumn does it too.
Gavin and Noah catching some ZZZZZ's

Here's a pic of Dave's Birthday cake. What else besides Grasshopper Pie. I have made this for his Birthday for as long as I can remember. He hides it from the kids and eats the whole thing himself. I guess for your own birthday you can have your cake and eat it too!

This is a picture of our Valentines dinner party. I had each of our kids (Dave and I too) make Valentines( and they couldn't come to dinner until their cards were made -got to motivate some how) for everyone else at the table. Then we came to dinner and exchanged cards. The cards were so funny. Then we watched the Little Mermaid. After the movie Autumn went to bed and the rest of us played a mean game of Monopoly!!!! I don't know what thrilled Gavin and Noah more: beating Dave and I at Monopoly or staying up until 11:30!

Gavin was the only one who didn't have his valentines finished for dinner so here he is making his "green" valentines. He couldn't bear the thought of pink, purple or even red(guy thing). His valentine was actually very thoughtful. What a fun night we had.

On Valentines Day I made a treasure hunt for the kids to find their Valentine Treasures. One of Autumn's Treasures was a case of hand sized Disney story board books. Next day, I was cleaning up lunch and I kept wondering what Autumn was doing, I had that little buzz in the back of my head that some thing wasn't just right, just a little to quiet. So I went on my own treasure hunt to find what my daughter was up to. I found her in the play room with her new little Disney boards books all lined up in a tidy row with a dab of ketchup on each one. My motto is "When you feel upset grab your camera, it makes you feel better when you take a picture." (I promise it really works.) What a beautiful creation. I mean look at that smile, she was really proud of her work. One last thing to say, Oxyclean- I Love You!!!

Christmas Vacation

2009-02-18T20:47:00.000-08:00

Our favorite person in the world-Gramma thank you so much for having us. We had the best Christmas!

We stood and stood (Dave sat in a plastic chair from the food court and held a sleeping Autumn in line) and stood in line to get pictures with Santa (and it was one of those lines where you have to pay a ridiculous amount of money for a few pictures). The kids get up to take a picture with Santa both the photographer and I snap a few shots and then we leave.

(Right before we left Santa told Gavin and Noah that he peeks in on him now and again and sees them fighting!! Gavin looked so sheepish (got to love a conscience-didn't phase Noah). I looked wide eyed at Santa and held in a chuckle. Then he told them to be nicer to each other for me! I like that Santa.)

Brent- thanks for being so patient with my kids. They love you and Eric so much.

Christmas Eve dinner at the Happy Panda, we had nine happy pandas after that dinner -so yummy!

CHRISTMAS MORNING

Guys chillin.

Guys buildin.

Guy Smiley?!?

Neeeeeerrrrrr Neeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrr

Right in the middle of opening presents Christmas morning Autumn wanted to take a bath. I looked at her for a second and then said, "OK..... it's Christmas let's go." Mayber she'll make this a new tradition, bubble bath on Christmas morning.

After the bath she wanted to watch some Dora!!

This little puppy that barks was given to her by her Great Grandma Peterson "Nonna"

Just a little excited!

Eric, Gavin and Brent.

PICTURES FROM THE GREAT WOLF LODGE! Centralia, WA

NEW YEARS EVE!

Ready to ring in 2009.

2009 here we come!

Don't look at this sword, it will cut you just by looking at it, "ouch!!"

I love this picture of Noah, I don't know why but it makes me laugh.

Thank you Marcia for putting up with all the craziness. I love having you as a mother-in-law!!

The Princes Loot (Mindy is the Best)

2009-02-10T14:04:00.000-08:00

My sister Mindy had our family for Christmas this year and she got Autumn all "Princessed Up" Autumn absolutely loves it. I wish I would have taken a picture when she first opened the present. She was soooo excited.

Discovering all the awesomes: "lip scotch" (lip gloss)
bracelets, mirror, purse, dress etc.

Still looking at the loot in the princess castle.

She was in princess heaven.

Here she is in her gown and tiara, how fun -we love it and she loves it!!

Christmas at Our House

2009-02-10T13:31:00.000-08:00

I love Christmas trees with homemade ornaments. Beautifully ordained trees are nice to look at but every time I see my tree with the ornaments made by my children, I feel a little piece of sentiment creep into my heart that I could never have otherwise.

What is it about decorating the Christmas Tree?

Family Home Evening in December. I love Mary in the Snow White Dress. They love to act out stories from the scriptures.

Christmas morning. Autumn's is good as long as she's snugglin her mom and holding her stocking candy.

They loved their NSECTs!

Stocking Caps and Runny Noses

2009-02-10T12:32:00.000-08:00

Noah and Autumn had fun making it.
I had fun reading my book and watching them make it.

Stocking caps and runny red noses.

Happy kids and and cold toeses.

Love those Idaho winters.

Thanksgiving in February

2009-02-10T11:25:00.000-08:00

Noah keeps calling Valentines Day - Thanksgiving. He knows there is a holiday, but which one? I guess Thanksgiving is good. Since I never posted our Thanksgiving trip I figured I do it today.

Lexi and Abby- lots of tongue

Ana in her kitchen about to chop something. I have that adorable apron too!!

Stratton, Gavin, Noah and Briggs. Funny faces and ice cream, doesn't get any better.

Playin with pumpkin play dough.

A bunch of toe headed cousins shakin their homemade ice cream.

Baby Ana, Kari, and Lindsey(back from the mish)

Me and Lindsey in front of the Jordan River Temple (we went to a 6:30 am session, thus the glasses, gotta get that lazer eye surgery.)

Nice tongue Linds, is that your man catching face?

Mari smiling with a wave.

Ana just smiling big.

Autumn and her cousin Alta. She is always asking to go to Alta's house.

Noah's Awesome!

2009-02-10T10:30:00.000-08:00

Here's Noah helping me make sugar cookies. Oh we like to turn the Kitchen Aid on High and let the flower fly!! What fun is cooking without making a mess. I've learned just to expect a mess and then if we don't have a mess, yeah -less clean up.

Here's Noah we made a cake and he decorated it with some mints I found in the pantry. Quite proud of the cake.

I can't exactly remember what went wrong here. I think the towel hanger (aka the shooter) may have accidentally imploded in the face. I love Noah's creations.

Yet another creation ala Noah. Here's the run down.
Helmut=large paper sack
Suit of Armor=brown garbage sack
Arm Guns=shopvac tubes
Arm Launcer=goldfish box

Wonder what he'll come up with next?

Life at Home with Autumn

2009-02-10T10:01:00.000-08:00

Hey Autumn, what ya lookin at?

We finally got the potty training down. Front or back as long as it gets in the pot.

Havin a good lunch day.

One day Autumn said she was sick and needed the "sick table" so I indulged her and gave her lunch on the sick table. We all need a little indulging now and again right?!?

Jaba's Revenge!! Death by Play-Doh

2008-11-13T22:50:00.000-08:00

Even from the grave Jaba was able to pull of the most creative death for his foes. They never saw it coming, those swirly bits of white, red, blue and yellow (sorry, Marcia I tried so hard to keep the colors separated, but to no avail).

Chewy attempted a brave escape, but met the same fate as the others.

They rest peacefully now, back in the action figure bin with Buzz, Iron Man and Optimus.

Would Noah the Hut only leave fallen heros? No, no...a plastic hot dog was in the mix as well?!?

I went to clean up the play-doh tonight after the kids went to bed and this is what I found on the table! Laughing, I called Dave over to come and join the amusement. Not to clean this event up before pictures and already thinking of blog titles, then to find the plastic hot dog? I love to find his little creations, wondering what he's thinking. Maybe food for their final moments of agony? I can't wait to talk to him about it tomorrow. I'll let you know what he says....... stay blogged! I have some other pictures I need to take and post of Noah's world.

(I talked to to Noah this morning and asked him about his creation and he said, "I just used the them to make legs for my bug." Plain and simple was the explanation, no evil plot from Jaba - just legs for his bug. :) )

October Fests

2008-11-13T21:04:00.000-08:00

Yay!! My first "Happy Bir-day" (AKA her first birthday party invite!!) (Yay! She gets to wear the hat!)

Here is the Apple Sauce that Dave (yes, he can make apple sauce too) and I made. I gave a little to Gavin to try and he said, and I quote, "this is better than apple sauce from the store"
Score!!

Our most favorite people in the world came for Halloween. Grandma and Briggs & Stratton.
Above: Grandma made flubber, which was absolutely awesome...no, no she is absolutely awesome! Thank your for taking all our calls no matter what time of the day or night it is, no matter the subject matter.
Below: Our other favorites came and we went to Toys R Us on Halloween, they handed out free bags and buckets for candy. There's Noah and Jeoffry, we like giraffes.

Here's my babies. Here's my attempt, I repeat, attempt at creative photography at the zoo. Here's my publicizing that I took my oldest son out of school and brought my kids to the zoo. Do I regret it? No way. Boise Zoo just weeks prior opened their new African exhibit and we went and watched the 2 new giraffes in amazement. Sadly, we learned yesterday that Shinga the shorter giraffe, went back to live with Heavenly Father.
Here's my way of saying Carpe diem!!

See the two big pumpkins that I'm leaning on. Not only did our tiny little garden produce enough vegetables for our family to make a ton of salsa, it also popped out two giant pumpkins! Aren't they beautiful. The vines were spreading so we threw them over the fence and we grew the giant one (far right) hanging down the side of the fence. They make great elbow rests too. I think every kid in the neighborhood has sat on our giants. Don't mind all the finger prints on the window behind the pumpkin carvers, just our way of saying: "Kids welcome here!"

Happy Halloween from the Petersons:
Dave and Kami
Bumble Bee, Snow White and Iron Man

2008-10-28T22:26:00.000-07:00

I love the Twilight books!! Can't wait till the movie comes out!!

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Gavin's Soccer Season

2008-10-25T22:33:00.000-07:00

Gavin had a great fall soccer season. Even though he loved playing defense the most, he would usually score 1-2 goals per game. Fun to watch!!

This is at his end of the season soccer party, this is Dylan his good friend on his team.
(Ok, no one ever told me that after your child eats blue ice cream that their pooh would be the same color!! After the double take I told Noah to hurry up and flush it!!"

Coach McKinney told him that he was good at using his knobby knees and stealing the ball from the opponent and running it down the field. (Go knobby knees!!) We love you Gavin thanks for the fun soccer season!!

I Know What Gavin Is Thinkin About!

2008-10-25T22:11:00.000-07:00

I grabbed Gavin's papers and started looking through them and
I saw his score on the first page and thought, "good grief ....what did he not understand?" ( not characteristic, his head is not just used for a hat rack, if ya know what I mean ;)

Then I came across this: (click on paper to enlarge)

I just started laughing and gave the paper to Dave.
What do I expect after letting you watch Iron Man?? I knew you loved Iron man but good night.
I wonder what your teacher was thinking?

2008-10-24T13:04:00.000-07:00

Noah is awesome. He played his little soccer heart out. I don't know what he liked more:
1. playing soccer or
2. playing with the water bottles and teammates when he was on the sidelines or
3. snacks at the end of the game! It was a good season for him he improved so much from last year.

Soccer, Soccer, I love Soccer!!

I got me my trophy, chocolate milk and cupcake:
I'm a happy kid!!

Apple Pickin

2008-10-24T12:43:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday between soccer games we went to the church's orchard in Caldwell Idaho (approximately 20 minutes from home) and picked Rome apples. These are just a couple of pics of last Saturday. The day was absolutely gorgeous; warm,sunny and crisp.

Noah delighted in stomping every rotten apple that he came across.

Gavin like being on the ladders helping Dave pick. Looks good enough to eat.

Can you guess what my kids ate for lunch that day? So that weekend we made apple crisp, apple pie and pretty much apples for every lunch and dinner. Tryin to keeps those docs away!

My Midwestern Fam

2008-10-19T20:19:00.001-07:00

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We were ghosted!!

2008-10-15T12:53:00.000-07:00

So we "Ghosted" some of our friends. On the second house we "ghosted" we totally got busted. We didn't know that their dead bolt was broken so they opened their garage door. Noah peeked his head around and they saw him. They walked over to where we were huddled together and just looked at us in wonderment, but the funny thing is Connor, their son, totally knew what was going on and ran for the hallow ween treats.

Gavin and Noah being so sneaky!

BUSTED!!

That's Amore

2008-10-12T23:03:00.000-07:00

Oh yeah, Autumn, gimme some chin sister!

Tonight "WE" made homemade pizza. We put together our favorite ingredients and we went to town. Gavin, Noah and Autumn loved each getting a section to creat themselves and put on the ingredients they thought would be yummy.

Here is Autumn helping me cut up the ingredients She was pretty good, considering I gave her a butter knife to cut pineapple. :)

Here's Daviano working hard on the pizza pie and the spread.

Preschool Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-12T22:49:00.000-07:00

Last week Noah's preschool class went to the pumpkin patch. Here's a picture when he finally got to pick out his pumpkin. He tried to take corn too by filling his plastic bag full of corn one piece per person in the family. I finally convinced him to put it back by asking him if he brought extra money to buy the corn.
Here' Noah's two buddies B and I!!

Here's the corn he tried to heist as he's running through the corn maze still wondering when he can pick his pumpkin.

Noah and the DINO Castle

2008-10-12T22:25:00.000-07:00

Last week while Gavin was at school and Autumn was sleeping Naoh and I made a Dinosaur castle. He was very specific about each job the dinosaur had and what they did. I love spending time with Noah he makes me laugh with his creative comments. Like yesterday he was telling me his knee got hurt. Naturally I asked him how and he said, "I slipped on the invisible kiwi." from there the giggles just took over.

Kids love to do homework in the right place!!

2008-10-12T22:10:00.000-07:00

I say to Gavin, "Hey Gav, lets do your spelling and reading." He replies, "no!! I want to go play." Then I say, "Gavin, why don't we do your homework in the boat?" Gavin says, "OK that would be awesome!!" (Normally, kids not allowed in the boat.)
He had fun in there while we completed his home work and it was dual duty because I could still keep an eye on Autumn while she played outside.
This was last Tuesday while the weather was still nice by Friday-we had snow!!

Hermana Lammers

2008-10-07T21:54:00.001-07:00

My sister Lindsey is done with her mission in about a month. I'm so excited to see her. San Antonio was a lucky place.

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Free Handbag!!

2008-10-05T19:34:00.000-07:00

Free handbag just go to the link and sign up to win one. They have lots of cute choices. I picked the blue hobo one. Happy freehand bag to everyone that enters!!!
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Iron Man

2008-10-05T13:03:00.000-07:00

We still had the projector from movie night so we decided to get iron man and watch it with out kids. They have been begging us to watch it since they saw the first movie trailer. There were several violent scenes so we covered Gavin and Noah's eyes. Gavin was pretty scared at some parts but he made it through. All in all I will not let them watch this movie by themselves. But I thought it was pretty good myself. As you can see what Autumn and Noah thought of it. ZZZZZZZZZZ!! And here Gavin makes the peace sign like they do in the Movie. Then Gavin and I pretend to sleep like a pile of puppies cuddled together.

Outdoor Movie Night

2008-10-04T20:35:00.000-07:00

Last Friday Night we had "Outdoor Movie Night." We invited friends and neighbors and we sat across the street on grassy common area and previewed Wonder Pets and watched Alvin and the Chipmunks. Admission was a nonperishable food item that we donated to the Food Bank of Idaho.
Dave helped me clamp an old white curtain to some tall boards and then leaned the boards up against the fence. It worked great!!
Gavin, Noah and Autumn loved it and the movie, they quote it all the time. One of their favorites is, "kiss my furry cheeks."
Andrea made this awesome marshmallow popcorn which she shared and I loved.
A definite must do again.

For Sale?

2008-10-04T19:48:00.000-07:00

Here is Autumn. I once again dug my daughter out of our neighbor's garage and this time she found some garage sale stickers. She likes stickers a lot more than my boys they don't like band-aids either. The other morning I found a bunch of stickers on her pajamas, I guess I'll just call her my little sticker princess.

Good Food - Good Company - Good Time

2008-09-26T20:56:00.000-07:00

Pizza for everyone!! Our neighbors and us decided to order pizza and eat on the lawn!! The kids were so happy we didn't have to interrupt their play time. I love my neighbors!
Go Cougars!!
(That has nothing to do with anything I just thought I'd add it.)

Salsa!

2008-09-26T12:15:00.000-07:00

Break out the tomatoes and peppers, Andrea and I made Salsa!! Dave and I grew two tomato plants in the backyard (Early Girl-Gavin's favorite and some other variety) and I probably had between 60-75 tomatoes. We started out with a recipe from my BHG cookbook but it soon came to be our very own. We chopped and diced and cooked and don't forget the rubber gloves when you're cutting up the jalapenos, Andrea's eyes and throat were a lot stronger than mine. After cutting 2 Jalapenos I was tearing up bad but it didn't seem to bother Andrea-go girl. So here's our original recipe, some pics and other happenings during the salsa making. Eventful.

Thanks Andrea, making salsa was a lot of fun lets do it again next year!

YUMMY CHUNKY SALSA
12 cups coarsely chopped tomatoes
2 cups yellow onions chopped
10 Anaheim chili peppers seeded and chopped
2 green bell peppers seeded and chopped
3-4 jalapenos, seeded and finely chopped *with rubber gloves on*
5 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup white vinegar
1/2 cilantro, divided
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

1. Blanch, core, peel, seed, and coarsely chop tomatoes. Place tomatoes in large colander. Let drain.

2.Place drained tomatoes in an stock pot. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer while adding onions, chili peppers, bell peppers, 1/4 cup cilantro, garlic, vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper. Andrea and I would get onions chopped and add them, chilies and peppers chopped and add, etc (we did not add all the ingredients at once). At when it had simmered for approximately 2 hours we tasted it and decided it needed more salt, sugar, and another 1/4 cup cilantro the values given were approximately what we added total.

Here is what the kids were up to when the salsa was being made!

Happy Birthday Noah!!

2008-09-22T12:27:00.000-07:00

It was Noah's 5th Birthday and we decided to surprise him with a "Lego-Dragon" party. On that day Dave, Gavin and Noah went to Gavin's soccer game and I decorated and finished the party prep. When they got home Gavin and Dave hurried in the house and when Noah came in we all yelled, "Surprise!! Happy Birthday!" Here are some pics from the party!!

Noah's Top 5:
5.Holds "it" till the last possible second.
4.Chocolate Haystacks -if he has snack for FHE this is what he wants to make!
3.Gavin -Noah's favorite person in the world.
2.Creativity -Noah can come up with the most amazing and original ideas
1.Mommy's hair -he asks me every night if we can snuggle so he can hold and play with my hair.

Happy Birthday Noah!! We love you.

First Day of School

2008-09-21T22:30:00.000-07:00

Here it comes again..... the First Day of School!!! They were so excited. They both started on the same day. Dave wanted them to wear something a little nicer on the first day but I wanted them to pick it out and feel comfortable so this is what they chose, Noah in the Army getup and Gavin in the free t-shirt and shark shorts:SWEET- and they look awesome!!

Poor Autumn doesn't know what is going on!!

Sporting the backpacks -oh yeah!!!

Still not quite sure what is going on, she knows her brothers are excited for some reason.

This is the cookie Noah made on his first day. He carried that thing around for and hour before he finally bit the head off and then eventually his arms and legs. He loved making a cookie. He had a first good day he told me the first rule he learned was, "No eating the teacher!" And then he started giggling. :)

This is Gavin in front of his class room. I asked him how his first day was and would it be anything but, "It was sooooo awesome!!!" Just like that. Happy 1st Day of School Gavin and Noah!!

Ten Years!!

2008-09-21T22:09:00.000-07:00

For our 10th Anniversary we dropped our kids off at "Gramas House" (actually her work but that's what the kids say) and Dave and I took off to the Beach at Seaside, OR. It was so great, so relaxing and fun just to be with Dave and no little interruptions. The first thing we did when we got to our bed and breakfast was take a nap. The sea food was awesome and so was the weather (ok, a little foggy but it was still great because we were kidless!) I love Seaside, all the shopping and elephant ears-yummy!

We picked Black Berries- they grow everywhere in Oregon. The kids ate more than they got in their buckets and also learned the art of black berry 'pickin' gotta dodge the thorns!!

Twin Falls, Idaho Temple Tour

2008-09-21T21:49:00.000-07:00

So I decided to meet my sister and her kids at the Twin falls temple for the open house back in August. Ah.... note to self: don't go to temple open house with cousins that are 7 and under and really excited to see each other. It starts off nice, "be reverent please, remember where you are" and then it ended up as, "Autumn get off the alter!!" Great experience won't do that again. We had a fun day afterward at Shoshone Falls. Abby and Lexi you guys are seriously the best baby sittin-helpers ever!! Mari is not going to have to lift a finger when her baby comes!

These two...These two are inseparable when together, ya just know they were buddies before this life time!

The guy who took this picture forgot one very important person........... Moroni!!

This temple was absolutely beautiful, inside and out. Look at these cute cousins!!

This is Shoshone Falls-gorgeous!!

Lexi, Abby and Autumn berry pickin!

Family Pics

2008-09-17T20:16:00.002-07:00

We had family pictures taken and my friend, Dana, took them. I was so pleased at how they turned out. Dana has a great eye for photography she did and awesome job and it was fun too!!

I love this hat of Autumn's. It is the only reason I want fall to come - so she can wear it.

2008-09-17T20:16:00.001-07:00

Here are some more!!

This is my favorite picture. It just happened that the kids were playing on the gate and Dana had a great eye for how to take it !! Cute huh!!

2008-09-17T20:16:00.000-07:00

We finally got family pictures taken, WAHOO!! My friend, Dana, did it from our ward. She did a great job. Here are some of my faves:

Boating - Love It!!

2008-08-09T21:38:00.000-07:00

I wish this picture of Noah was clearer but good enough he is such a champ look at him knee boarding at 4 years old. You rock Noah!! Love you!!

We had the boat out a lot this summer and loved it. Noah and Gavin both got up on the knee board. Skiing was great I got up on salolom?!?(Is that how you spell it?) Ye haw... it was fun.

A Band Aid for EVERY Owie

2008-08-07T21:33:00.000-07:00

Autumn bumped her eye and then she said, "I need a ban-aid." I gave her one thinking her dexterity wasn't so accurate. A moment later I turned around and this is what I saw. I started giggling and headed for my camera.

I love my den!!

2008-08-06T21:16:00.000-07:00

Here's my cute boys, Mandy and cub scouts!! We went and visited the Fire Station. The fireman was pointing out all of the tools in the fire truck and then he stopped and said, "Who's name is Noah?" Of course my heart starts beating fast and my eyes opening wider as I watch Noah raise his arm. Then the fireman said, "You write your "N" backwards when you spell your name." I looked at him puzzled and then the fireman moved out of the way and I could see that Noah had wiped his name on the firetruck in the dust!! I charity laughed thinking my goodness I'm glad he didn't set off the alarm!!

Hannah and Jonny come to visit!

2008-08-05T21:00:00.000-07:00

My brother Jonathan and his wife Hannah came to visit the beginning of August. Hannah took her nursing board exam and passed! I wished I would have taken a decent picture but yet again I wasn't thinking. Here Dave was helping Jon and fix their car. It worked for a while but now they are in the market for a Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla. Love ya-Kam

The Ducky and the Ducky

2008-03-30T15:23:00.000-07:00

I just had to document one last moment with the "Duckies" She calls her binky and her blanket both "ducky." This picture was taken in March and her binky was taken away a week or two after her birthday in April. Oh, how we love the duckies!!

Winter Wonders

2008-02-27T21:07:00.000-08:00

Here's Noah in his Dalmation puppy hat making snowmen. I think the snow was too powdery to make snowmen but it sure is fun to play in.

Gavin and his dad found that if you pack the snow really hard in a bucket that it sticks pretty good. Gavin was proud of this creation and came in the house to get me and show me.

Noah's first ski lesson. Dad was impressed with his enthusiasm for the sport!!

A snow bunny says, "Cheese!"

We went sledding in Idaho City in February. The sledding was fun and I got the family to pose quick while I put the camera on timer in the snow. The only problem was getting through all the layers to go to the bathroom. With little boys they have to go and they have to go now!

Ya Vegas Baby!!!

2008-02-21T21:50:00.000-08:00

Amy, Essie, Mindy, Ana, Mari, Kari
Me, Micky, Mom, Kris, Hannah
I went to Vegas with my mom, aunt, sisters and sisters-in-law(11 of us total). We stayed at a home that we rented and it was beautiful. The funnest part was just laying in the sun around the pool with no "little" interuptions. We went shopping, eating at great resturants, and of course visited the strip. We met the guy that owns the house and we ended up leaving him a book of Mormon and wrote on a note and left it for him.

Here's me and my sister Mindy. We are standing infront of Joe's care. I took this picture for Dave because I knew he would appreciate the car. It goes super fast!! 0-100 in like 5 seconds.

Here's Amy and Kari, aren't they cute!

Happy Birthday Mindy, let me eat some of that chocolate and nuts!!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

2008-01-03T13:42:00.000-08:00

I knew Noah was sleepy but I didn't expect this:

How does he sleep like that? I guess he just plays so hard and wears himself out.

Zoo in the Fall 2007

2008-01-03T13:28:00.000-08:00

Gavin, Noah, and Autumn had been sick and so we had been in side a lot. So I randomly suggested we go to the Zoo. They went for it. I love these pictures because their hair is so blond from summer swimming. We just took our time and enjoyed each other.

Soccer, Soccer! We Love Soccer!!

2007-09-17T20:18:00.000-07:00

Gavin just finished his first game!

Get the ball Gavin!

Gavin starts the play.

Go Noah Go!!

Noah and his team mate are taking a break!

Here Noah gets ready for his first play!

We took the PLUNGE!!

2007-09-03T19:53:00.000-07:00

Dave and I have been thinking about buying a boat since we moved to Idaho. We've been keeping our eye out and waiting until fall to purchase in hopes that boat prices would drop. We found this boat on Craig's list and thought it was perfect for our family. We took her out to Lucky Peak Lake we had so much fun!

So here she is, our new boat. This boat is just like Mindy and Rob's boat only 2 feet shorter. Their boat is 19 feet ours is 17. It is a 1997 Maxum. Great condition and it runs fast-as we found today.

Hey Hal, see you next year at Powell!!

It fits in our garage. We will put it back in the extra bay this winter. The canvas shade needs a little wash.

Dave, Noah and Gavin giving the water a test swim!

Gavin is pretending to ski in the front of the boat. Gavin swallows air habitually and then burps. Well tonight he said to me, "Mom, I think I have a burping infection!" Funny kid.

My sweety taking a dip!! That is chilly water.

My happy girl likes to swipe the key to the boat-always. She smiles and says says cheese but it comes out, "Geeeeece!!" with a big grin.

Check that tummy out!

This kid can fall asleep anywhere!

Sleepy angel.

Peach Pickin!

2007-08-30T17:03:00.000-07:00

Gavin, Noah, Autumn and I went peach picking with a friend and her son. We went to the Church's orchard. The peaches were as big as soft balls. The peaches were so fun to eat and so delicious. The kids had a great time until the peach fuzz got on their arms and they started itching, then it wasn't so fun anymore.

Autumn loved eating peach. To me this is what summer is all about. The juice would drip down her elbows!!
Noah with his bucket of peaches that he picked. He would fill up his bucket so happily.
Look how big the peaches were this one is almost as big as Gavin's head. Gavin with his proud peach pick!! Here is Noah loading up the box!!
Reach!! Good thing my friend April was tall, I would grab the branch and hang on it and then April would pick the peaches. We picked over a bushel for our family. Then Dave and I processed them and canned them and froze them. It took a long time but it was worth it now we have peaches to last us the whole winter.

Here's Dave and Gavin with the peaches we put up. Dave is holding the frozen tray of peaches that we'll use for smoothies. We froze most of them in freezer bags and then added fruit fresh and juice to the bag.

Camping In Idaho

2007-08-27T20:21:00.000-07:00

We went camping in a cute camp called Black Rock. There were only a few people there and it was absolutely beautiful. There were mountains right before us and a river at the base. There was a little swimming hole right next to our site and Dave and the boys went swimming. The Paynes came too with their girls Bailey and Ellie. Right when we arrived at the site Noah came to me and said he heard a rattle snake. I just thought that he heard a grasshopper clicking and thought it was a rattle snake. Then a little later we were setting up our tents and the kids were over playing with the fire pit. (No fire, fire ban due to all the fires going on right now in Idaho). I saw Dave walk over to where the children were and all of the sudden I saw Dave grab Autumn and start running and all the while yelling to the children to get the heck out of there. They scattered like Saturn Missles. Sure enough there was a Rattle Snake by the rocks set around the campfire. You could hear the tail rattling-freaky. Dave and Ryan tried to get the snake for like an hour but the snake went down in its little hole.

Then later when it was dark I saw a black shadow and looked harder to see a fox. It was tall and it had a white tipped tail. Dave and Ryan chased the fox for awhile and then we settled a gain and the sneaky little fox came back again. He was clearly not afraid of us. He tried to get to our table where the food was. The kids got a little afraid and I told them to say, "Swiper no swiping!" They seemed to like that.

In the morning we made cinnamon rolls, pancakes, bacon and hot cocoa for breakfast it was good. We left about 11:00 am and just a few miles from our camp site on the road we saw a black bear. Woudn't you know it- my camera ran out of batteries and I didn't get a picture of the bear-stink. I've never seen so much wild life in my whole life that I saw in the 20 hours we were there camping. So much fun!!

Gavin's First Day of School 7/25/2007

2007-07-29T20:58:00.000-07:00

It was Gavin's first day of school. This is a picture of him in his mom and dad's bed. He was so excited he got up early so I told him to sleep a little longer in my bed. He woke up excited and stayed that way all day.

I took pictures of him getting ready. We did our act of kindness and this is Gavin and Autumn fixing their hair (back pack is on!!).

My three little sweet hearts so cute!!

His favorite part of the day: the Bus Ride!! It was hard for me to let Gavin go on this bus with a bunch of stangers. He was confident and ready to got but I didn't want to let him go, I held back the tears.

After Gavin got on the bus we met him at his school for a Boo Hoo Breakfast for all the moms. This is Gavin standing outside his classroom # 6!! Gavin got right in his classroom and found his chair sat down and started coloring. The little girl next to him was crying this didn't seem to bother Gavin.
What a fun day!!

2007-07-23T07:45:00.000-07:00

Pretty normal morning so far, Autumn is into throwing her food when she's finished eating. This morning it was her oatmeal bowl and her english muffin with strawberry jam. Oh well the floor needed a good cleaning.

Roaring Springs Water Park

2007-07-19T22:04:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the water park as a family. We used the rest rooms and Dave, Gavin and Noah were waiting for me. I came out and said, "Let's go." Dave, Gavin and I started walking and I had to turn back around to encourage Noah to come along. He was swinging himself around in circles just as an older gentleman walk by. Just then Noah swung around one more time and as the man walked past him, Noah swung his hand up and slapped the old man right in the butt!!! The smacking noise was so loud because of wet swim trunks.
Then man jumped around and looked at Noah and then at me, and I just said, "Uuuummm, aaahh.......this one is in his own little world." Luckily the man just chuckled and walked away. I caught up with Dave and Gavin and started to laugh. Only Noah. We had a great time, Autumn came for a few hours and then I took her home and a baby sitter stayed with her. I was really nervous about leaving her because she usually cries for strangers but she did great and the baby sitter said she didn't cry at all, that's my girl. We finished the night by going over to our friends' house the Paynes to celebrate their daughter, Bailey's Birthday. We ate cake and ice cream (which was our dinner for the night). Gavin came in crying because a nighbor kid, Connor hit and soaked him with a water balloon. I told him to "get him back!" He started to smile and went running out the door.

Craziness is just my normal day.

2007-07-13T14:12:00.000-07:00

I got up to the sound of Autumn's little bear that went off in her crib. I squeezed my eyes tight in hopes that she might not wake up-she did. Kids up and moving with Children's Miracle Music. Made home made mac-n-cheese with whole wheat noodle-didn't go over to well they did eat some of it though.
After I got the crew lunch and cleaned up I laid on the couch for a second and could here mischief happening but I ignored it. Gavin and Noah dumped clothes, blankets, pillows, diapers, cushions and anything else they could find into the stair well and started jumping. I told them that's probably not such a good idea right now because were not insured, so I let them jump a few more time and then I told them to put it away.
I came into the kitchen to find Noah Peeing in my glass bottle, my, he is my special boy.
Tonight it was nice because there was cloud cover not so hot, only about 90. Autumn hurt her fingers by trying to sit on the neighbor's electric scooter and it smashed them pretty good. I was giving her meds and running her fingers under cold water and Noah came in and told me that Ally(neighbor girl across street) dropped a glass bottle and it broke. It sounded suspicious and so I pressured him for more info. He said, "Uh I guess I broke it so I went out and discovered that Noah, surprise surprise, had opened the back door to van and took out a glass bottle(for DI) and threw it and it smashed and broke in the driveway.
Cleaned glass up, went in gave the kids a bath had them finish cleaning up the blankets etc. which had been dumped upstairs in a big heap, and went to bed