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Emily is 10!

2013-03-21T21:29:00.000-07:00

In January Emily turned 10. Can't believe she's that old. She is very creative and crafty. She loves making things for others and is always leaving notes for us to read. She is developing a sense of humor and loves playing with her dad. She loves to play games and loves going out to eat! (Quiznoes)

We changed from tradition this year and started the day with a candle in a lemon poppy seed muffin instead of a donut. Grandma Due came and made her lemon canolies instead of a cake. The chocolate are for dad. We stole her from school for lunch and took her to Quiznoes and then ended the day with dinner at Mi Ranchorito.

Lots of fun presents. Her favorite by far were the marshmallow guns! Maddie will be in heaven they are her favorite treat.

Emily's new favorite place is Get Air Hang Time. We borrowed Aunt Jill's car and took some friends to have some fun. We played dodge ball, basketball, ran races, and did lots of flips in the foam pits. The best was when they all busted their moves when "Gang um Style" came on the loud speakers.

Look out

2012-12-02T12:41:00.001-08:00

Jake was giving Crusher a bath one day. He didn't want to wait for it to be done so he built a barricade for it. He went back in later to check on him and this is what he found. Note to self, don't leave snake unattended for too long, who knows where it will end up. Scary!

Halloween

2012-12-02T12:32:00.001-08:00

The kids love Halloween unlike their mom

Cleopatra

Devo had to show Jake the Heisman pose

Jake was feeling all legit in his BYU football costume. Needed a little field goal practice before going out trick or treating.

Field goal for championship!

Emily did a great job carving her cat pumpkin all by herself.

Jake had a rough start with a bit of a melt down at first. But he kept trying and figured out how to get the knife to work for him. His scary dog turned out great. "We can do hard things"

This is jakes load of candy. It was a really warm night, so they ended up going down to Hunter Meadows to see some friends. Too much candy. Mom and Aunt Terri sat on the porch and handed out candy.

I have always wanted to make pumpkin seeds so we found a recipe.

I don't know if I did something wrong, but we decided we don't like pumpkin seeds.

Cute!

She loves wearing make-up on Halloween!

Love the costumes this year! Can you say free? Big thanks to our friends the Welburns. We're going shopping in their Halloween box every year.

Cousin Fun

2012-11-28T16:38:00.000-08:00

The Peterson cousins came and spent conference weekend with us. Emily found a craft for the girls to do during conference. Tommy and Sam stayed with us too. Everyone got along so well. We love spending time with cousins. Think I have gotten spoiled with my 2 kids. Meal time with 8 kids is exhausting! Still, it was such a fun weekend had by all. Hope they stay with us again soon!

Such lovely flip flops

Car Wash

2012-11-28T16:14:00.002-08:00

Dad's car is too big to go through the car wash. So this is the Peterson family car wash. Anyone that helps usually gets rewarded with Slurpees.

Jake made sure the top was clean.

Pet Parade

2012-11-28T16:08:00.000-08:00

Every September the school has a pet parade where all the students bring their pets. It is the kids favorite day of school! They were so excited to show of their new pets they got for Christmas.

Ball Python (Crusher) Going to need a bigger box by the time he is in 6th grade

Cockatiel (Kiwi)

Boys and Girls Day

2012-11-28T15:55:00.001-08:00

Devo took Jake on his first hunting trip with Tommy and Uncle Paul. Jake loved it! I think pheasant hunting might be his thing. He came home with a pheasant feather and told everyone he saw all about it.

The girls had their own day of fun too! Pedicures

Red Mango! Emily's Favorite

Spanish Fork Canyon

2012-11-28T15:44:00.001-08:00

On Labor Day we went for a 4 wheeler ride in Spanish Fork Canyon with the Fultons

Lauren was in town on her way to BYU Idaho so we had her tag along.

The road was pretty but dusty

This picture doesn't really show the dirt we were all covered in. You can see Lauren's sun glass marks.

Too darn cute!

So glad Lauren came along.

Jake and Tommy prefer to explore instead of ride the 4 wheelers.

Lauren was my chauffeur. I decided I like just riding and looking at the scenery. It was a relaxing trip for me. No kids and no driving required.

Jake decided he likes 4 wheeling when he gets to drive!

Emily always drives with Aunt Jill and Tommy. They are so much fun!

Maybe Jake will want to go on more 4 wheeler rides if he gets to drive

Emily and Tommy took turns driving on the way back.

Lots of fun hanging with family.

Soccer Jake

2012-11-27T19:45:00.000-08:00

Jake is our offensive player. He was a scoring machine this year. He scored a goal in every game, and tied his all time record from his younger years, with 4 goals in a game, several times this year.

He's pretty proud of this goal

"I kick it from 30 yards out"

Yes!

He also enjoyed playing goalie for half of the game.

He even took care of the bigger kids

This goalie blocked Jake's shot on goal

Here he is staring him down

Poor girl! Watch out for Jake he is here to play. Not even the girls are safe

This is Dad's thumbs up sign for Jake and he's celebrating a goal with his teammates using it. Too funny.

These are the three amigos who ran the team. They were really good. Fun to have our neighbors Justin and Jahlal on his team.

Soccer Emily

2012-11-23T13:44:00.001-08:00

Soccer started the 2nd week of Aug., with a British Soccer Camp. 3hrs a day for 5 days. It was a hot week but they loved it. Emily and Jake improved a ton.

Emily is our defensive player

She started to be more aggressive after the first few games.

She stood up to the big kids too! She plays against 4-6 grade boys and girls.

She started the season not being able to kick the ball very far but by the end she was kicking it pretty good.

Even with the left foot!

She had some pretty good saves in the tournament sacrificing her body. We were so proud of her improvements!

Her team won the first game in the tournament! Then lost a close 2nd game.

First Day of School

2012-11-19T20:52:00.000-08:00

My little kiddos are growing up! Can't believe they are 4th and 2nd graders! Jake loves his new BYU back pack. Emily loves her homemade school bag. "Can't believe my mom made it!"

Snake

2012-11-19T20:08:00.000-08:00

One day in June Jake came in the house while I'm on the phone and says, "Mom I found a snake and it only struck at me 2 times. Here I am freaking out thinking it's a rattle snake but he informs me it's not. He wants a tupperware bowl to put on top of it to capture it. I go out with him to take some pictures. It was a pretty aggressive snake trying to get out of the yard through the fence. While I was taking pictures it found the crack in the gate and slipped through into the field behind the house. Of course there were lots of tears because I let it get away.

So intent on catching it he went out to the field with my swiffer to catch it. While he was back there I hear him start crying. I wonder did he find the snake and get bit. Did he get stung by a wasp? When he finally got to me he says, as he's crying, "I saw a black widow." I am deathly afraid of black widows and I thought to myself, "What have I taught him!"

Baseball

2012-11-19T19:47:00.000-08:00

Jake really enjoyed playing coach pitch baseball this spring.

He enjoyed having dad help coach

He did hit a home run this year!

He enjoyed playing first base

He also enjoyed playing 3rd base. He ran this kid down trying to get to home plate.

Tagging players out was his thing.

Good hit!

They were coach pitch champions. They won the tournament. Jake was pretty excited.

Jake got to play on a club team that played this fall. Was pretty excited at first. It wasn't a coach pitch team though. We had to find players to pitch. It was a little tough. The games were 2 hours long. Lots of standing in the outfield. He got to bat a couple times. I think it ruined him for playing baseball. Devon asked him if he was going to play baseball next year and he said,"NO" Just too slow a pace for him. ( Can't believe I didn't get any pictures of that team)

The Beast

2012-11-13T20:13:00.000-08:00

So Devo found a truck in Saint George. So we decided to go down and look at it. We had just checked into the hotel at 9:30pm and the sales guy calls and says they just sold the truck. A little disappointed but at least the hotel has a pool and the kids are happy. Devo and I are sitting by the pool and he tells me I should call to see if they still have the truck. He didn't trust the sales guy. I call and get his recording. He calls right back and says the car is back up for sale. The guy who put deposit down the night before couldn't pass the credit check. So we went and looked and of course drove home in a new truck.

Jake calls this the" katuzie"

fun jumping of the rock waterfall

We call it the beast because it is so tall. It is a climb to get in. I told Devo it's embarrassing to drive in. I feel like I'm in high school cruising down main street. Everyone just stares. It's a Dodge Ram Diesel. Hoping to pull a trailer behind it some day. Devo loves it of course. Had to do some rearranging to fit it in the garage. It just barely fits.

Summer Fun / Hang time

2012-11-13T19:45:00.002-08:00

My kids new favorite place. Hang Time

Trampolines everywhere the kids actually learned to do front flip into foam pit. One of the employees tried to teach Jake how to do a double flip. He almost did! Got 1 and a half.

After so much jumping requires lots of rest time

Devo and the slam dunk

Basket ball is a favorite for Jake

Emily loves running up and sliding down.

Mom just needs a break.

Tarantula

2012-11-13T18:33:00.000-08:00

On our way to Aunt Jill house this summer, early in the morning, we saw this tarantula crossing the road driving through Goshen Canyon. Mom was driving and saw something crawling across road, she passed it and then decided to stop to take a closer look. First she backed up and rolled down the window, but then decided to pull off the road so we could get out and take a close up look. It was pretty cool. Usually I don't take the time to stop but decided it would be ok if we were a little late, so we could enjoy these rare moments in nature.

Summer Fun / Zoo

2012-11-13T18:18:00.001-08:00

This was the best trip to the zoo since the Tiger jumped up on the glass where the kids were standing. I think Jake was probably 3. The new part of the zoo opened this summer with seals and bears.

On the way out we saw the gorillas put on a show for us. They were teasing the big gorilla and running all over slapping each other with these burlap bags. So fun to watch. The big one actually did the "Peck Pop of Love" (Journey to Center of Earth 2) Emily couldn't stop laughing.

We got to see the zookeepers train the seals.

Grandma Due took us on the train ride. Always a favorite.

Jake was in love with the Polar and Grizzly bears. This polar bear was doing acrobatic tricks off the glass. He would swim under the water do a flip and push off the glass and float back up to surface. Kept doing it over and over again. Pretty cool to watch.

Summer Fun/ Pool

2012-11-10T20:51:00.000-08:00

This is our 5th year of swim lessons. They were both in the same class, level 4. They learned a lot of different strokes and kicks. They had to swim the whole length of the pool with front stroke and back stroke which was pretty tough for them. I think I can relatively feel safe with them around water. Jake still scares me a little because he doesn't know when to rest and he gets too tired and sinks.

Emily's best stroke is the backstroke. She floats quite well.

Jake struggle with back stroke. That boy can't float!

Jake is pretty good with the front strokes and loves swimming under water. Can't swim with out the magic goggles though!

Emily is starting to learn to breathe to the side. She needs the magic goggles too!

Summer Fun /Bird Feeder

2012-11-10T20:23:00.001-08:00

Emily enjoyed making these bird feeders. I don't know what it is about our bird feeder skills, but we are lacking some where. We hung them in the trees and waited. The only thing we can get to eat from our bird feeders is Maddie, our dog. No birds anywhere like our treats. This is our third attempt. What are we going to do?

Summer Fun / Backyard water party

2012-11-05T17:41:00.000-08:00

Our backyard water party was a success! Fun had by all. The night before Emily prayed that it wouldn't rain on the party, and it didn't rain till we were taking everything down. Little girl's prayer answered. Priceless!

Water slide fun!

Dry, dry wet (duck duck goose) When you say wet you poor water on head and chasing begins. I thought they would think it too childish, but they loved it!

Fill the bucket

The girls were so cute with Sam

Pays to be nice to the little guys. Girls win!

Water Balloon Fight

The boys were upset because the girls didn't want to play against them because they throw it too hard.
So it was boys against boys girls against girls.

It's amazing how long it takes to fill the balloons compared to how fast they get used.

Slip N slide fun with a little baby shampoo.

Homemade Popsicles

Summer Fun / CA

2012-11-03T21:17:00.000-07:00

Riding the Metro

Aunt Terri thought it would be fun to ride the Metro down town to get a slurpee.

A little too much walking for my kids!

On the way back my kids got to see someone get arrested on the Train. Welcome to California kids! We are a long way from Nephi.

Summer fun / bogey boarding

2012-11-03T20:58:00.000-07:00

This is day 2 at Manhattan Beach. A little overcast not quite so warm. Uncle Toe taught Emmy and Jake how to bogey board.

It easier to just carry him out over the waves

Waiting for the perfect wave! I was impressed Jake did pretty good and had a couple wipe outs.

Emily is all about the sand castles! Thanks Aunt Terri

I was impressed at how adventurous Emily was. She had fun trying something new.

Uncle Toe is so cool.

Up for round 2

summer fun/cousins

2012-11-03T20:37:00.000-07:00

Manhattan Beach

This was a favorite during our California Trip. Playing with Cousins on the first warm day ever for my kids at the beach. The kids got tired of me spraying them with sun screen every hour. We miss our Peterson cousins. Thanks for spending the day with us!

Aunt Terri made Abby a Little Mermaid

Emily ventured out pretty far keeping up with Trey. She just needs to remember to close her mouth so she doesn't swallow the salt water. Yuck!

Had so much fun with Lauren.

Looking for sand crabs. They started counting them, hundreds

Thanks to Lauren for getting in the cold water so mom didn't have too!

Abby, Delin, and Jake had fun throwing dirt up into the air. Watch out for the eyes!

CT too cute

Jake got cold and asked to be buried in the sand.

Love these girls

These kids just ran in and out of the waves for hours

Michelle chased CT up and down the beach

Lauren taught us how to catch sand crabs. Totally awesome!

While looking for sand crabs a wave snuck up on them and got them wet!

Summer fun / Aunt Terri

2012-10-28T14:41:00.001-07:00

Visit Aunt Terri

Pillow fights with uncle Toe are the best, cross that off our summer list.

"Dave and Busters" Emily and Jakes favorite place to visit when visiting Aunt Terri

Fun at the pool. Mom loves it when she can watch and take pictures from Aunt Terri's balcony

Uncle Toe is so much fun. Mom didn't want to go to the pool as soon as we got there so Uncle Toe volunteered to take them because he needed some exercise. I think he got his work out in that day throwing the kids across the pool.

The kids thought it was the coolest thing ever. Uncle toe is so strong!

Emmy spent forever trying to sit on the bottom of the pool. Here she is trying to do it by pushing down on her head. She just has the hardest time getting off the top of the water. I think she finally did it before the end of the week. Yahoo!

Summer Fun /Park

2012-10-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

Park

Aunt Jill has the best parks by her house.

After Tommy showed Jake how to climb to the top, Jake had to do it too. Talk about a heart attack. I couldn't breathe while he was climbing. It was a long way down and I was scared to death he was going to fall. So happy when he was back down again. He was in heaven though.

So much fun at a new park, especially when it with your cousins.