Still in Denial--We have an 8 year old

Picture Regurgitation--the last few months

Holy Blog Neglect Batman!! We just got done celebrating Christmas on our blog. Here are a few pictures from the last few months. I posted them wrong too. The most recent are at the top (the one of Heidi below was last week) and the oldest ones are at the bottom.



The little ones love this. I have lots of pictures of all my kids sitting in this same position listening to Dad. Heidi likes to play percussion along with Dad by hitting the guitar while he is playing.

Part of Nicole's Science Fair project--I don't have a picture of her with her poster and her whole display this year. Curt was out of town for the whole week and . . . I could go on, but let's just say we were doing good to get her poster done, and all her stuff to school when it was supposed to be there.

Valentines Day

Some Valentines Day fun . . . Nicole's heart hair, SUPER yummy chocolate cookie and strawberry ice cream sandwiches, some heart garland, layered jello hearts (Thanks Sabrina for the idea and the molds) and some of the kids' Valentines this year.

January

I woke up to this one morning in my room

Ryan's been drawing lots of family portraits lately. (I paid him to draw me skinny like that, and yes Curt's head is that big.)

Nicole and Brynne at Brynne's Baptism in February. They sang "When I am Baptized" together for a special musical number.

Royce and Brynne

Nicole Teaching Heidi to read

Heidi applying herself -- setting her sights high

Nicole made us some apple dumplings

Heidi loves her singing Hippo

The Lego maniac

Ryan's first day in Sunbeams he got a ring and was SO excited.

Proud older brother

Sister Feuds already!?

Grandpa and Grandma Peterson came to visit the week after Christmas . . .

Cookie decorating

Curt joins the fun

Some of Nicole's masterpieces

Beads with Grandma

Traci, Scott and Christmas!!

(Friendly reminder--I'm not one who bears my soul and deepest thoughts in my blog--save that for my journal--but I sure can take a lot of pictures!!)


We had my sister Traci and our new (as of last December) brother-in-law Scott come for the week of Christmas. They were so fun to have!! Scott played almost non-stop with the kids and Traci is the fastest dish doer in the west . . . and east. I'm not sure we could have pulled Christmas off without them!! We REALLY enjoyed having them here.
Two baseball fans, playin' some ball . . .

Little hike in the foothills

Nicole reads Calvin and Hobbes to the boys

Happy four month old Heidi

Happy married for one year couple--with baby on the way!

We are babysitting some gerbils while some friends are out of town. Nicole who only wanted a dog for Christmas--but knew that was out of the question this year--said that getting to watch her friends gerbils was one of the best things about Christmas. That and having Traci and Scott come!

Visiting the Nativity at the temple. Isaac was the only one brave enough to face the sun for the picture.

Christmas eve dinner

Opening-o-the pajama ritual

Christmas Morning

Heidi taking notes for next year

Gotta love the stocking dump

The one thing Ryan wanted for Christmas this year-- a piggy bank.

Curt opening his gift

Nicole and Isaac playing with Curt's gift

The candy man

Heidi's first Christmas

Isaac's new "real" bat

Riding the World's Longest Tram

a view from up top

We watched the skiers/snowboarders and played around in the snow a little. It was a little too cold/windy for Heidi so we stayed inside.

enjoying the ride

Saying goodbye to Scott and Traci--it was so great to have you here!