HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Today was our Peterson Family Christmas Party! My parents treated us all to breakfast at Golden Corral, then we had our gift exchange, and then we went sledding. I got pictures of sledding...:)


The big kids...


These 2 had soo much fun! They would go down together, and then Winni would drag the sled back up. Debbie would sit halfway up the hill and call her dad for help! hahaha


Trae really wanted me to sled with him. I love that he loves me!


Sim! The littlest of the tough guys!


woo hoo!!


More posing!

Winni and Trae think sledding is AWESOME! I'm so happy they enjoyed it. Now, I just need to get up the insanity to take Winni, Trae AND Grady sledding. We'll see!

The last of 2009

Somebody told me we wouldn't need snow suits and boots in Maryland, so when I bought them online for Christmas I had them sent to Utah, cause I knew we'd need them there. Well, let's just say we were not prepared for this!!



Notice Grady's gloves...they are Walter's boot socks! hahaha they worked!



Somebody knocked on our door at about 10 AM on the first day of snow (it snowed for 2 days) offering to shovel our driveway, for $30! After a good laugh, we told him we were OK. We didn't even have a shovel!



A few days later we headed to Utah!

My kids were so worn out that they fell asleep during dinner on Christmas Eve!



We had to wake them up and force them to open their jammies! I still haven't gotten the PJ's in front of the Christmas tree picture...and the tree is down now! :(

Christmas morning was great! I got this HUGE sausage! How did Santa know that that was what I wanted...??


Maeli's 1st Christmas! She handled it well!



Our little poser! Seriously, who taught her this?? Not me!


We had soo much fun!


Santa brought yo-yo's. They soon found the garbage can! Thanks Santa.


And now we are prepared for the Utah Snow!! This will be my children's first downhill sledding experience, rather than horizontal front yard sledding. They are so excited!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

To Do

Today's to do list includes this..



fun, huh?



the life of a coke addict



you are jealous, aren't you!?!

It gets even better! I found this beautiful mess the day it happened. I took pictures at that time and then waited. I waited for a confession but got nothing! It wasn't until a few days later I opened the freezer with HIM standing there and forced the confession out of him! FOR REAL! I told him I took pictures...and he begged me not to blog them. MERRY CHRISTMAS HOT STUFF!!

Washington DC Temple

Last night we went here...




It was cold and beautiful!

When Maeli was born she brought along a 'little' something to occupy her siblings so she could have some one on one time with mom. She's so thoughtful! :)



My kids are loving this GeoTrax train set. It keeps them busy for hours, everyday! LOVE IT! And it keeps Dad busy too! Not sure who is having more fun, actually!

Anyway, we decided to do a little something with our new train set.



Train set + Christmas Trees = LOTS OF FUN!!


Our Train set is seriously HUGER than our Trees! FOR REAL!! :)



Oh, and it doesn't hurt that it wears them out!

Christmas Love

I was looking through my month of pictures and found this gem!



We put Winni's HUGE bow in Maeli's hair, and it stayed! It almost looks like a hat! I love it! I hope her hair stays, at least for a little while.

This little girl LOVES to help with her baby sister! She wants to hold her all the time and will even burp her for me. I'm so impressed with her baby handling goodness. I just have to keep reminding her that she can't stand up!



This little man kinda likes Maeli, too! Anytime he sees her he has to give her a kiss and asks to hold her. If he sees me without her he is all questions about where she is and with who and why!



And, we finally pulled out our plethora of Christmas decorations. It took all of about 10 minutes to decorate. Someday I'll add to the collection, but I'd like to make the decorations, so it might take some time. Oh well!!



Good News!! So far, the trees have only fallen over once. yeah!!