Merry Christmas!

Here is the kids with Santa at our Ward Christmas Party!

On Christmas Eve we went sledding. We had lots of fun and even got to see Amy in her purple snowsuit from 8th grade!

Merry Christmas to all!

Halloween - Better Late Than Never

Here are some Halloween pictures I never got around to posting! This year before I knew what was happening on pumpkin carving night the kids decided to have a clothing optional pumpkin carving party. They had a blast and the logic of, this way our shirts won't get icky seemed pretty sound after they explained it all to me. I don't know where they get it - probably their mom! They've even got a little song they made up that goes something like everywhere the Petersen's go it's a party! There so cute and crazy I don't know where they get it - probably their mom!

This year we had some great pumpkins and they all carved their own pumpkins with very minimal help.

John and Amy even got in on the fun.

Ditto

I recieved this in an email and thought it was funny enough to share. That's not my house on the right but it could be.

Thanks for Grandpas

The highlight of Thanksgiving for our kids wasn't the pie or the turkey, but being pulled by Grandpa "Pete" on sleds behind the 4 wheeler.

John's brother Spencer and his wife Whitney brought their 4 kids down from Washington and the kids had a blast playing together. Here's Carter and Logan and Kate and Riley. Spencer's twins will have to wait a few years before joining the fun.

Kate is still a little dare devil. She likes nothing better than spending some time with Grandpa while screaming, "Faster Grandpa, Faster!" or "Come on Grandpa flip me off the sled."

Here's to two posts in a row with Grandpas, we sure love 'em!

Katie's Big Fish

While John was at scout camp Grandpa Garth took the kids fishing. We just got the photos back of Katie's big fish. She was so proud of it she held it in a plastic bag like a baby the whole way home.

Katie

I just thought this was a cute shot of Katie—just love those freckles!

Bear Lake in the Rain

Our good friends Mary and Travis Ehrhart have a cabin at Bear Lake. We went to visit, looking forward to a sunny day on the lake but it rained instead. We came up with the alternate plan of going through Minnetonka Cave. The kids loved the cave and did great up and down the 400 or so stairs twice—in and out. Tyler did negotiate giving me "sweet kisses" in exchange for carrying him up and down the last 100 stairs or so.


Minnetonka Cave is the largest developed limestone cave in Idaho with nine large "rooms" through the half a mile of the developed part of the cave. The largest room was over 300 feet long and 90 feet high!


After being in a crisp 40 degree cave the kids wanted to warm up. So they put on their swimsuits and took a hot bath together, bubble beards included!


We topped the trip off with Mary's Asphalt Pie! What a fun weekend. Thanks Mary and Travis, you are the best!