My Friend

I have one of the most amazing friends in the whole world! Unfortunately, she lives in Indiana so I don't get to see her very often. Anya was in town for the last couple weeks which is her last visit to Utah before she gives birth to her little girl in about 8 weeks. We had the chance to get together a few times while she was here. I taught her how to make some hair bows, we went scrapbooking and today we went to The Original Pancake House for breakfast since she is leaving to go back home today. Her hubby Chad was also in town last week and we hung out with them twice so we could play cards just like old times. Of all the times we got together, this is the only time we took a picture! Next time we see them, we hope that it will be in Indiana to see the new baby. I am saving my money!! (Any donations to the cause would be greatly appreciated!!)

10 years

This is the spot where David proposed to me.

Flowers outside the Joseph Smith Memorial Building

The reflection pond

On August 19th David and I celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary. I can't believe he has put up with me for that long! We were married in the Salt Lake Temple so I wanted to go downtown and take some current pictures of us. I was really happy with the way the temple pictures turned out. I made reservations for dinner at The Roof restaurant for dinner that night. It was a fantastic evening.

So,

10 years

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4 beautiful daughters

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5 moves

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7 cars

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5 family vacations

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lots of happy moments

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a few sad moments

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ONE AMAZING LIFE!

Here's to the next 50 years together!

FatCats

The week before school started for the girls we decided to have some family time together. David took that whole week off from work so we could do some fun things. I bought a coupon from KSL deals for bowling and pizza FatCats. It was only $30 for two hours of bowling, shoe rental, a large pizza, and two pitchers of soda. That is actually a pretty good deal considering that it would have cost us about $70 to do all of that if we paid full price. We had a great time hanging out.

David's Birthday

David's birthday was on Wednesday the 4th of August, but it seems like we celebrated it for two weeks straight! The first get-together we had was with his mom and brothers the Thursday before. He is a twin and so we had them all over to celebrate early because his twin, Daniel, was going to Disneyland for the week of their birthday. His little brother Justin also has an August birthday so he was part of the celebration as well. Justin is starting school in Las Vegas so he wouldn't be here for us to throw him his own party.

That Sunday we went over to David's dad's house to party with them. We had dinner, played games, and had GIANT cupcakes and ice cream. So yummy!

On Tuesday I surprised him with his gift from me and the girls. He has been wanting a PS3 for a couple months and I just told him that we couldn't afford it. He agreed, so he tried to stop talking about it. I had been planning on getting it for him (thanks to the $200 RC Willey gift card we got when we bought our new bed) for a few weeks. He had no idea that I was getting him one. Hence the reaction in the 2nd photo here. He was shocked and he kept telling me that he couldn't believe I did that for him. (I must be a pretty awesome wife.)

On his actual birthday, we had homemade Cafe Rio salad and cake and ice cream. He wanted to go to dinner and a movie to celebrate his birthday, so on Friday his mom came over to be with all our girls so we could go out on a real date. We had dinner at the Blue Fish sushi bar at the District and saw the movie Inception. That night our older girls were going home with his mom for a sleepover, so we could go to his happy place on Saturday morning. That happy place would be "Happy Valley" (Provo, Utah). He is a big-time BYU fan and he wanted to spend his birthday money on new BYU apparel. We went to breakfast at Village Inn and then headed over to University Mall. He bought a new Jazz polo and then we went to the BYU campus bookstore. We bought a few new t-shirts for us and the girls, but they didn't have the jacket he really wanted so he was pretty bummed. Before we left BYU we stopped by the barbershop/salon and he got a haircut. He had a great birthday and we are finally done with all the festivities!

We love you babe!!

Avery's Little Injury

Yesterday while I was trying to get dinner done, Abbey was playing with Avery and I heard her start crying. I figured Avery had just fallen down, so I really didn't think much of it. She wouldn't stop crying and she wouldn't let me put her down either. Anytime I tried to move her she would cry harder. I knew something was wrong so I told David we needed to take her to the emergency room to find out what was bothering her. At first I couldn't figure out what was hurting, but after a little while I noticed that she wasn't moving her right arm. Abbey told me that she was trying to get Avery up onto her back to give her a piggy back ride and that's when she got hurt. We went to Primary Children's because I thought that she might need an x-ray and that would be the best place to go since she was so little. After seeing the nurse, the nurse practitioner and the doctor they all told us the same thing- that it was "nurse-maid's elbow" which basically means that the ligament in her elbow had shifted because Abbey pulled on her arm really hard. All they had to do was pop it back in place and she was just fine. It was only minutes before she started to act like herself again. I am glad it wasn't anything too serious. They did tell us to be careful though, because now that it has happened to her, it could happen again really easily.

Peterson Reunion 2010

This year for our annual Peterson Family Reunion we stayed in town instead of going camping. We had such a blast! We started out on Friday night doing "Minute to Win It" games and watching the movie "Up" together as a family. Sadly, I have no pictures because I thought I left my camera at home, but turns out I had it with me the whole time! Oh well!
Saturday began with a family 5k run. David decided to participate even though he does not run. He figured that since he has been doing P90X, he would have enough stamina to run the race. He came in 5th place out of about 17 people. I was really impressed! Plus he is super competitive, so I figured he would do well. After the run we had breakfast, which was dutch oven omelets and sticky buns. It was delicious!

Grandpa and Grandma Pete rented a bounce house for the whole day to keep the little ones entertained. They loved it!

Avery playing all by herself.

After breakfast we had out annual horse shoe tournament. I was partnered with my cousin Trent and we did okay the first game, but still lost and then we were slaughtered the second game.

The park had a merry-go-round which also kept the kids busy.

Avery playing ball alone.

After lunch it rained a little so we played some card games and David took Avery home for a nap. When he came back they decided to play softball.

Anastyn chilled in her bouncy chair for most of the day. She was being passed around for the rest and loved all the attention. I loved the break!

This was at the end of the day. It rained three times during the day and Avery decided to splash in the puddles. She was a mess as you can tell. In fact all the girls clothes had to be thrown away by the end of the day. They got so dirty that the stains would not come out. I was a little bummed because the shirts that Alyssa and Abbey were wearing were brand new.

For dinner we had grilled steak and lots of different salads. It was such a good dinner!

It was a long day, but it was so much fun to spend time with my awesome family. There are so many of us and we always have a great time when we are all together! Til next year!!

Happy 100th Post!- Anastyn's Blessing

This just happens to be post number 100! These are some pictures from Anastyn's blessing day. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband who is worthy to bless our beautiful daughters. One thing that my mom pointed out is that he blessed all of our girls that they would be smart and seek knowledge. So far that is true! They are all so smart and we are so proud of them. As for Anastyn, he blessed her with a desire to be acquainted with those who have gone before her and learn about her ancestors. It was such a sweet blessing. I wish I had written down what he said, but I was busy wrestling Avery and trying to keep her quiet. We had a lunch with my family and David's family right after. It was such a great day. I went home that night totally happy with how everything went and that almost everyone was able to make it that day. Thanks to all who came and supported us!