The Petersen Family

Better day today...

2012-01-27T16:30:00.001-08:00

It was a rough night for Reese....and the momma and daddy!! Her pain level was pretty high and she was very uncomfortable. Her neck continued to swell and her fever would not break. She could not move her head/neck at all and it was tough for her to talk without hurting :( Dr Wood came in about 7am and said they were pushing the other surgeries they had scheduled back to get Reese in and taken care of. He said he had been up all night worrying about her and wanted to make sure everything was ok. They rolled her back from our room to the OR around 7:30 am. She was back to us in about an hour, the doctor opened her incision back up and drained the abscess that had formed. It was huge and full of puss. He said that it was insane how fast the infection hit and that he had never seen that happen. He thinks that maybe some of the infection from the lymph nodes may have drained out when he was removing them? The infection was sent to the lab for cultures, it will be a few days before we hear anything back on that. We are all interested to know what it was! Reese did so amazing with the anesthesia again, I will say it again she is our little Trooper!! This picture is of Reese just rolled out of recovery back into her room... I was glad she had taken her new puppy from nana with her for some comfort. She slept for a couple hours and after a bit she was feeling soo much better! She was smiling and talking, quietly but she was talking, and she wanted to get up and walk around. Her neck is still really stiff but she is not in near the pain that she was yesterday! Reese was so happy she had two of her little buddies come over and visit her, Nat and Cody brought Ashlynn and Chaser over with a plate of DELICIOUS treats and a cute cuddly little lamb, and Nichole brought Payton and Tripp over and brought her a cute little bead set to make adorable little necklaces that was great for keeping her entertained for a while :)

This is what we like to see from Reese :) A Smile! She is so cute even all hooked up to tubes and hoses and her poor little neck wrapped up. She got so sad tonight that she wasn't going home again, from day one she keeps telling the nurse she has no pain and she is fine because she wants to go home so bad :( She is going to be one happy little girl tomorrow when the doctor releases us to go HOME :) We will have to bring her over to the hospital, or make my mom do the torture, every other day for TWO WEEKS to have her would packing pulled out and then clean packing put back in to make sure that everything is draining and healing up correctly! We are just so grateful that we are not having to deal with something much worse and that soon our little princess is going to feel great! Thanks to everyone for keeping Reese and our family in your thoughts and prayers!!

Bad day....

2012-01-26T23:46:00.001-08:00

So I expected today, the day after surgery, to be hard on little Reese's pieces...but not this hard :( Last night Reese was playing and happy like nothing had happened! She woke up at 3am crying and in pain, her neck was very sore and her little throat hurt from the breathing tube she had in during her surgery. I gave her a dose of medicine and a yummy Popsicle and a couple hours later she was sleeping again. I debated going to work but my dad offered to take her and she seemed to be doing ok so I took advantage and dropped her off. When we pulled up at my parents house Reese threw up, just a little clear liquid, pretty sure it was her medicine and I think it made her sick because she would not eat when she took it. She said her jaw and neck were sore and she couldn't chew so I didn't force her. She was excited to spend the day relaxing with Papa, who had surgery last week! I went to work and called a couple times to check on her, she was doing fine until about noon. She started being really quiet and not acting like herself, then she started to throw up again and she was running a fever of 101. She hadn't eaten anything still and was drinking only little bits of water. I went out to pick her up and took her home, after an hour I could tell something was seriously wrong. Her fever stayed right around 102 and she was very lethargic, the incision site and surrounding area were so much more swollen. Poor girl would not move her neck at all and she wouldn't talk much, everything I tried to feed her came right back up. We got a hold of the doc who said to bring her back over to the hospital so he could check her out.
Dr wood took a look at her and said he was admitting her to the hospital overnight. Reese was really dehydrated and fevered still, he was also worried at how swollen her little neck was. He said it could be a hematoma (bleeding under the skin). We got our little munchkin all checked in and settled with her IV for fluids and she had her labs done. Little bit later doc came in and said the labs came back and she has a pretty good infection going on :( As of now he is almost certain her neck is so swollen from infection, Reese will go back to the OR at 8 am to have another little surgery done. They will re-open the incision and drain/clean the wound. If it is infection/puss like he is thinking they will leave a drain site and pack the wound. If this happens we will be bringing Reese over here to the specialty hospital every other day for TWO weeks! Wowza!! Anyway after getting some fluids pumped into her she seemed to be feeling quite a bit better, as long as we keep up on the pain meds she has done ok. She has had so much pain it's terrible, she is so tough and tries so hard to hide it from us! She was crying a while ago because she wants to go home so bad and she said "I feel better, I promise, I really can go home" oh poor girl :( When the nurse asked her to pick which face on the chart described her pain...she picked the smiley face, she can't talk because it hurts her, or move her neck but she says that she is happy, she truly is a little trooper! Wish us luck tomorrow...we're going to need it!

Good News!

2012-01-25T17:20:00.000-08:00

Reese did great in her surgery today, the doctor made about a 2" incision on the right side of her neck and removed 4 Lymph nodes, a couple quarter sized. They sent them straight over to the lab for pathology to test them. Dr. Wood had 3 ideas what they could be, Lymphoma (very rare in children), a viral infection, or one other disorder that is not as serious as cancer but I can't even remember the name of it now. Within 45 minutes the doctor came back to our room and let us know that it was not lymphoma! We were so relieved, it was some kind of viral infection and she will not need to be treated any further for it, we are so blessed and grateful!! They will culture the nodes to see what type of infection it was but could take 6-8 weeks before we hear anything on that. She is doing great, tonight if you didn't see her neck you would never know she had anything done today :) The nodes were under a large nerve in her neck that goes down her arm so doc said tomorrow she will probably be pretty sore, we are trying to keep on top of her pain with her meds so she doesn't have many problems!
We had to be to the hospital at 8:30am, they told us it could be an hour to hour & half wait so we went prepaired with coloring books, sticker books, and her leappad. She did so good waiting :)
They got behind and we ended up waiting for about 2 1/2 hours....Reese still did pretty good keeping entertained ;)

Surgery lasted about an hour, she was in the recovery room for about 15-20 minutes before they brought her back to the room to us. After about half our she was coming out of the anesthesia. She did great! When we were waiting for her to go into surgery she said "I wish the doctor would hurry up and fix me so I could go to chicken nuggets before they close!" She wanted to go to McDonalds so bad so we stopped on the way home and made her a happy girl! Her neck was really stiff, she was so cute still trying to smile :)

Here's her battlewound, all stiched and taped up! It's pretty swollen and bruised, I'm sure it hurts :( We go back in a week to have the bandage and sutures taken out!

Reese is now enjoying a yummy popcicle her little friend Addy brought over :) Thank you so much Bobbi!!

We have amazing family, friends and neighbors! Everyone is so kind, we really appreciate all of the love and support :)

Prayers...

2012-01-23T11:45:00.000-08:00

Our little princess Reese has some lumps in her neck that have recently grown. We took her to the specialist last week and he decided it would be best to do surgery to biopsy the lumps since there are so many and they have grown. We will go in for her procedure on Wednesday. Please keep her in your prayers. I'm sure everything will turn out to be just fine, but having the worst thoughts cross your mind and also worrying about the surgery itself is enough to make us pretty nervous! Thanks for all the love, support and prayers! We have amazing family and friends :) Love you all!!

Merry Christmas!!!

2011-12-28T07:21:00.001-08:00

Christmas Eve Eve was spent with my family! We had lots of yummy food, fun conversation, and some presents :)
Lindon helped Johnny pick his present from the pile in our gift exchange game... The little ones each brought a little gift to exchange between each other. Lindon got this cute little frog and some candy :)

Reese scored Ants in a can game! She loves games right now so she was excited :) Aunt Sam teaching Mae, Reese, and Lilly how to play...

Reese loved helping everyone pick out the "best" gift :)

Papa Du trying to be sneaky picking his present! Lindon is his little side kick, if papa is around you know where to find her :) I don't think he minds!

Christmas Eve we always spend with Johnny's family! All the kids were so excited! Girl overload :) They have so much fun!

Cute sisters in their new Christmas Eve jammies from gma Marilyn and Papa Tom :)

Lindon opening her gifts, she loves them!

Reese's turn...she loves anything art! She was pretty excited for a tub full of everything art!!

Cousins and Best Buddies! Kinlee, Reese, and Brinlee :)

CHRISTMAS MORNING :)

Santa found us!!!!!

Glad I got a couple shots before the girls tore into everything! Once they started it looked like a tornado had literally blown through our family room!!

Santa did a great job on this desk for Reese! It turned out better than I had imagined :) She LOVES it!

Opening their stockings. It was hard to get Lindon away from her candy and into her presents but once we did she was so excited!

Reese checking out her new desk for size! It's perfect...

Yay a Rapunzel styling head! Now Reese can practice all of her fancy hair do's on something other than my head ;)

Grandpa Dennis and Grandma Nicolle are in Australia this year for Christmas so they sent some money for us to get the girls something....Lindon got a little trampoline that plays music and has a couple jumping games... it was a HIT! They both love it :)

We lucked out and were able to get Reese a Leap pad from them! She loves it, It's pretty darn cool I'm glad I was able to find one!!

Lindon loves her babies!

Christmas evening after my family left our house we went to Johnny's parents for dinner and more presents and family time :) I LOVE this time of year because we get to spend so much time with everyone!!

Kinlee and Reese playing their new game systems! Cute girls, love them!

Grammy Linda made each of the grand kids a nice soft blanket! Great for snuggling up :)

Reese and Lindon got Lollaloopsy dolls! McKayla was so nice to play with Lindon! Lindon loves her :)

Pretty girl having fun!

Christmas night we let the girls stay up late and play with all of their new toys :) I wasn't kidding about the tornado.....

At least they had fun!

I started putting their loot away on Monday night, Johnny teased me for not leaving it out in the family room longer for them to play but I may have a small case of OCD and clutter gets me ;) They didn't seem to mind, and I don't mind their rooms being complete chaos when they are playing so it works! Lindon got this cute little table and chairs set from grammy Linda and Papa John, it fits perfect in her room! She and Reese spend lots of time doing puzzles, coloring, making food in their kitchen then "eating dinner" they are so fun! I'm so grateful that we were able to have two beautiful girls so close that will forever be the Best of Friends :)

We had an absolutely amazing Christmas this year!!! The girls were completely spoiled rotten, I figure let them be it won't last forever right?! Johnny doesn't agree with that theory totally but he's great to go along for the ride just to make us all happy :) I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

Now if it would just SNOW!!!!!!

Silly girls :)

2011-12-02T09:05:00.000-08:00

We just love these crazy little girlies :) Johnny is home with them today, I just called him to see how they are doing and all I can hear is two little girls lauging, singing, as loud as they can....all Johnny can say is "they are Tornado's!" Haha so now he knows how hard it really is to keep up with them and the house ;) They keep us busy that's for sure! What would life be without the joy of their noise and messes though?! Just posted a few pictures of the two little sassy sisters....

First snow they were awake for! Reese and Payton checking it out...and Sally too :)

The girls were so excited to go play, we got them all dressed in their suits and went out...

Didn't last long and they were both tired, I think walking around in their extra clothing wore them out! Lindon must have found something interesting...

I picked up a Wii on Black Friday because they are fun and they were a good deal...Reese loves it! And she's actually pretty good :)

Thanksgiving Day...Lindon was having a hard day and was not extremely happy. We all survived though and had a good time with the family eating a delicious dinner!

Lindon found some silly glasses that were left over from Halloween, she put them on in her room and walked out to the kitched where we were just giggling... she knew she was a funny girl!

Johnny and Reese were outside putting a few small Christmas lights up on the front porch but it was a little cold for Lindon so she and Sally pulled up front row seats to watch them out the window. It was so cute watching them without knowing I was there, Lindon was just jabbering away to Sally it was so cute!

Happy Halloween!

2011-11-07T10:47:00.000-08:00

~Halloween 2011~ This year our little imaginative Reese wanted to be a Chocolate chip cookie! I seriously considered trying to come up with a milk costume for Lindon but decided I wasn't feeling very creative, or have the spare time to put it together! So Lindon was our little Cheetah kitty :) We took the girls out to Honeyville to my parents for the Trunk or Treat... Reese was pretty excited this year!

Daddy helping Lindon out...

Cute!

Me and the girls!

Gosh she is cute!

Reese is so dang cute too :)

Checking out Nana's witch..

Reese being silly with her new glasses from Aunt Susie and uncle "Party Pooper" :)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween :) Now onto Thanksgiving...Can't wait!!!

Black Island Farms...

2011-10-16T20:38:00.000-07:00

Johnny and I took the girls to Black Island Farms and had a great time :) My cute hubby and beautiful girls getting ready to have some fun! Cute little petting zoo...the Donkey was the only one interested in us!

Reese and I going through the little hay maze!

Reese getting ready to take on the slide!

Poor Lindon is teething and was feeling miserable :( I tried to take her down the slide for a little fun but she just wasn't into it, poor baby! She is so good though for feeling terrible she was such a trooper!

Reese and Lindon on their tractor/wagon ride! Reese is such a good big sister, she took such good care of Lindon :)

Before leaving we went on a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins!

Finding the perfect pumpkins....

Lindon found her's with a little help from dad....

Waiting for dad to grab the car and pick us up :) Reese is pretty proud of those pumpkins!

Carving time!!

Lindon picked a cute silly face for her pumpkin and Reese picked a kitty! Dad helping Lindon out...

Reese doing a great job!

The girls' finished product....

We had so much fun! What a great time of year :)

~Circus 2011~

2011-09-24T20:48:00.001-07:00

We went to the Circus this weekend, the girls loved it! Starting out with some yummy treats...Lindon got to share Daddy's snow cone! And Reese decided on some delicious cotton candy, that came with a cute pink plastic wig :)

Reese and Payton comparing their fist full of cotton candy!

The tight wire...

The girls enjoying the show..

Having a great time!

Modeling their new "Do's" ;)

The tigers were so cool, it's amazing how much they can do!

Not sure about this look....wonder what she was thinking?!

Cute Trippy :)

We loved the elephants the very most :)

My girls! Love them to pieces :)

Dad and Lindon watching the show.

Lots of fun and playing will wipe a girl out! Crashed out on the way home!

Lindon Lou crashed too :)

Great day out with the fam and some of our great friends!!

Our baby is off to preschool!~

2011-09-06T20:52:00.001-07:00

We decided to put Reese into Preschool this year so she could get a couple years in and get used to going, she is so dang shy Johnny and I figured it would help her. She hasn't been all to excited about going, we had orientation last week and she cried when it was time to meet her teachers :( Before we left she was doing better and liked looking around her new class room. Last weekend we took the Front Runner down to the Gateway with the girls and my parents. Reese begged to go to Build A Bear, Johnny caved...she has him wrapped around her finger :) We made a deal with her that she could go and build a bear if she promised to go to Preschool and be a big girl! She picked a cute little Bunny she named "Daisy" and found a cute PJ outfit she loved for her... Today was the BIG Day! Johnny took Reese and dropped her off, here she is getting ready to go in...a little nervous!

Johnny took her in and walked around the class with her for a minute, the teacher asked her if she could find her name on the wall, she walked right to it...smart little girl! After that Johnny told her he had to go, the tears started to flow :( When I picked her up her teachers said she cried for a couple minutes then was totally fine and did great!!

Reese was SO excited to see me when I picked her up! She said that she had so much fun and was excited to go back on Thursday, I'm happy to hear :) She said she loves her teachers Miss Kim and Miss Tammy and she said she met a lot of new friends!

Happy girl! We are so proud of this little lady! She is such a big girl and so smart :) Reese was so excited to pick out a new outfit to wear today and to get to wear her backpack to school...isn't she a little cutie?! We think so!

Oh one more thing....

I have to do Reese's hair at night since I go to work so early it would be impossible to do it in the morning. I was getting her ready last night and wanted to do something fun with her hair...she CRASHED before I could do anything! She was so tired, they are so precious when they sleep ;)

We have a Yard...with Grass :)

2011-08-20T20:47:00.000-07:00

Our yard has been a work in progress for the last 4 months! Johnny and I have put in so much time and hard work, it's finally starting to pay off :) We are a little proud to see what we have done! We were able to lay our sod today and Thanks to some of our amazing friends and neighbors it went Great! We finished laying 14 pallets...approximately 9,500sf...in 3 hours! Pretty darn good right?! Sod delivered Friday night, pics Saturday morning ready to roll!

Our "Sod Crew" hard at work! We seriously can't thank all these guys enough for helping us today!

Front/Side all nice and green!!!

The backyard, I'm so happy the girls have somewhere to run and play and not be totally covered in dirt when they are done! I won't really miss dirt and mud being tracked through our entire house all the time either! YAY I'm so Happy :)

After concentrating on the yard this entire Spring/Summer we are going to take a break until next Spring, then we can do our flower beds and Fire Pit/Patio and a couple other things that go on and on ;) For now we are just excited with what we have accomplished! Thanks again to all of our Family, Friends, and Neighbors who have helped us out, you're all amazing!!!

Lindon is ONE!!

2011-08-10T06:42:00.000-07:00

Chelsea took Lindon's one year pictures this week...here's a sneak peak of the little Beauty!

I'm so far behind, Lindon turned one on June 28th :) She is such a little dolly we love her so much!

A few things about our little princess....

Lindon started walking!

She currently has 10 teeth!

She LOVES playing with her big sister Reese, and her puppy Sally :)

Lindon loves Babies, bath time, playing outside on her swing or trampoline, and snuggling with her mommy and daddy!

Her little personality is SO fun, we are Lucky!

Swim Lessons :)

2011-05-08T18:50:00.000-07:00

Reese started swim lessons last week, the first day was terrible! She wouldn't even sit in the water so I sat on the side of the pool with her and watched her class swim. The second day was a complete turn around thankfully! Reese waiting patiently to swim :)
Working on "Monster Arms"

Learning to swim with Miss Katelyn

Having fun on the slide at the end of class!!

It's been so fun watching her learning to swim :)

Lindon has a new "Trick" too... she is now standing ALONE!!! Crazy girl just will not slow down, she is going to be Running around so soon!!

Lots of Prayers NEEDED!!

2011-04-08T09:02:00.000-07:00

Our cousin Gates was injured in a snowboarding accident on Tuesday afternoon, he was getting ready to leave for an LDS mission the following day. Gates and his family have experienced a life changing event and need everyones prayers! They have a long road ahead of them, if you need a reason to fast this Sunday please remember Gates! http://Www.gateshopeandmiracles.blogspot.com/

Yay for Warmer Weather...and Yard Work!!

2011-04-03T20:22:00.001-07:00

We got started on the yard this weekend!! Just a small project but at least we got something done :) Just in time for it to SNOW on us the next day. Please give us some more warm weather weekends...we have LOTS of work ahead of us! Lindon hanging out watching everyone work!

Reese and Brighton playing on the "Dirt Mountains" Brighton is one of our adorable little neighbor girls, her and Reese get along so good and love each other! I LOVE our neighborhood we have the greatest neighbors and lots of fun little kiddo's that can all play together :)

Reese and Brighton going for a ride.

I can NOT wait for spring time warmer weather to get some more done!

Happy Spring :)

2011-03-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

We are so excited for Spring Time and warmer weather...hopefully! We have been trying to enjoy all the nice weather outside we can :) The girls love being outside, hopefully we can get our yard in soon so they have somewhere to play! Our happy baby! We ventured down to the home and garden show in Sandy a couple weeks ago hoping to get some ideas for the yard...the only thing we walked away with was a new wiggle car for Reese! It was either that or a new play ground set and Johnny was totally against that...party pooper :) Reese was happy though!

Going for a ride around the neighborhood...Sally in tow!

Lindon at the home and garden show, first time in the "big girl" stroller, she loved feeling Big :)

This toy was SO fun!! It's an airplane Teeter totter! Maybe one day :)

We went to Disney on ice a few weeks ago and the girls loved it! I think by the time we got a picture their fun meters were a bit maxed out though!

Reese and Sally :)

Lindon and Sally :)

Johnny and I took the girls to Fat Cats this weekend and did a little bowling, Reese was really kicking my butt for a little bit! They didn't leave the bumpers up for me :( Johnny helping Reese get her little bowling shoes on...

Johnny and Lindon hanging out watching Reese and I bowl :)

Give it a good PUSH...

Lindon getting a little bit bored!

Heading home after an afternoon of fun :)

Lately..

2011-02-27T19:52:00.000-08:00

We are still alive! I am way over due on a blog update and think it would be impossible to get caught up so here are a few highlights of the last two months of our crazy lives!!

We moved!!! Sold our house, bought a new one, and moved ONE WEEK BEFORE Christmas! It was insanely crazy trying to get everything done that time of year, definitely wouldn't recommend it! We are loving the new house, lots of room for the girls to play and love all the space I have. Having a new house is so nice, I'm very grateful!! Can't wait for Spring to start putting the yard in, yes I am a nut and LOVE yard work :)
I LOVE having two girls, they are best friends already, they love each other so much!! Lindon lights up every time she sees Reese, and Reese is an amazing big sister she loves helping and playing with Lindon!

Christmas 2010. Our girls are getting so dang big!!

We took the girls to the Tree house museum again, it's always a fun time :)

We've been doing a ton of grilling since Johnny got his new grill! So Yummy!! You can make anything on that thing, last week we had fondue...delicious!! PS..he is an amazing cook :)

Johnny and I were lucky enough to get away on a 9 night cruise to Mexico!! It was a blast, nice warm weather, all the yummy food you can eat, afternoon naps, sun tans, and fun friends/family to enjoy it all with!

The cruisn' group.. Brandon & Kriston, Johnny & I, Wes & Amber. We had SO much fun!!!

Our little Princess Reese turned 3 last week!!! We found her this adorable doll house, she LOVES it! I had no idea what to get her and Johnny picked this out so he did a great job :)

We are staying plenty busy between the family and work! Getting so excited for the warm weather!!!!

Happy WiNteR :)

2010-12-21T08:17:00.000-08:00

Quick update! Sorry no pictures, but I will get some up soon!
We got moved this past weekend :) Moving went great the unpacking part is terrible! We are so thankful for our family and friends who all helped us out, thanks to Linda we have a Christmas tree this year! Honestly as terrible as it sounds I was not going to put our big tree up, just planned on using the little ones I have but Reese was sad and really wanted the big one so grandma put it up for her! We are loving our new home, Reese got a big girl bed and picked out new bedding and is LOVING her new room! Cant believe Christmas is only a few days away I'm so excited Reese is getting excited and that makes it 10x more fun for us :) Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!!

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T13:08:00.000-07:00

We went and let Reese pick out a couple of pumpkins, she helped dad load them into the truck.Picking out Lindon's pumpkin, very cute little one just for a cute little girl :)
We came home and Daddy helped carve them.
Reese saw a popcorn costume a couple months back and has been set on being popcorn ever since, but I was NOT paying the $60 for the dang costume! So we made her a cute one ;) Reese and Kinlee (Minnie mouse) trick or treating at Susie & Steve's. Cute little cousins!
Reese wanted Lindon to be a hot dog, so that's what she was! We only made a couple of stops around to the family because of the dang rainy weather but Reese...and Lindon... both got tons of treats and had a great time!
Happy Halloween!!!

House for SALE :)

2010-10-08T13:40:00.000-07:00

We are selling our house!!!! If anyone is interested let me know, If you're looking it's a GREAT time to buy ;) It has 3 bedrooms & 2 baths & is 1650 sf for all the other info you can find it on Utahrealestate.com
Check out the Virtual tour on the link on the side column!!!!

BooNDocKs

2010-07-25T19:48:00.001-07:00

We went to Boondocks this past week with the girls...and Coleman... this past week it was SO fun! The kids Loved it! It was fun spending time with everyone :) Melissa was such a good sport and played in the "Kiddy Cove" with the little ones and did all the other rides with the kids :) Melissa, Kinlee, and Reese playing...
Reese, Brynlee, and Kinlee loved riding the mari-go-round over & over again!
Reese, Brynlee, & Kinlee riding the "Jetson" ride
Playing ducks...
Reese LOVED bowling! It was so fun for the kids!
Watching the ball roll for the pins!
Reesee Roo
Taking a little break in the shade waiting for the older kids while they rode the go-carts. Reese enjoying some yummy ice cream!
Kriston showing her skill in the batting cage :)
Linda & Kriston :)
BUMPER BOATS!!! They were a hit with all of the kids! They looked SO fun! Cassidy & Reese squirting us bystanders!
Kinlee & Kylee :)
We had SO much fun! Thank you so much Kriston & Linda!!!!

Cold Springs Trout Farm...

2010-07-18T09:29:00.000-07:00

Saturday afternoon John and Linda took all of the grandkids down to the trout farm in North Ogden. It was so much fun for the kids (and adults too!) they each got to catch 4 fish :) Reese all ready with her fishing pole!
Papa John throwing in a little fish food...helping the catching process :) Kylee ready to catch a big one!
Kinlee checking out her fish!
Reese checking hers out, she was terrified of the dang fish flopping around on the ground so this is as close as she would get!
Kinlee, Bubba, Coleman, Melissa, and Kriston
Grandma Linda trying out her luck...
Lindon trying to keep cool in the what shade there was...
Reese and Kinlee waiting for the fish to be cleaned...
After fishing we took the fish home to John & Linda's and grilled them up for a yummy fish dinner. Tons of fun hanging with the family :)

Pool Day...

2010-07-18T09:06:00.000-07:00

We finally got out of the house and went to the pool this past week!!! Reese has been wanting to go swimming so bad, my mom had the day off, and it was my birthday SO we headed for the pool with the whole family...minus Johnny :( It was so much fun and the weather was perfect for Lindon a little breeze and shade kept her nice and cool! Reese had a blast, taking a little break from the pool to eat a hot dog for lunch...Mom & Reese enjoying the sun!
Lindon's first time out to the pool!
Reese loves the kiddie slide!
She Loves the BIG slide even more!!! Papa Du took her down the slide at least 10 times and she loved every minute of it!!!
Waiting in line
My beautiful girls in their swim suits! How stinking cute is Lindon's teeny polka dot bikini?!?! Our cousin gave it to her and I LOVE it, never seen anything so dang cute!
After the pool Johnny and I went out to the farm and shot my new gun Johnny got me for my birthday! It was so much fun :) My parents came into the house and watched the girls and when we got back they had cake and ice cream for me!
GREAT BIRTHDAY :)

Lindon Dallas Petersen...

2010-07-08T21:27:00.001-07:00

Our sweet baby girl is here!!! Lindon was born on Monday June 28th at 4:20 pm! She was 7 lbs 10 oz 21 in and absolutely beautiful!!!! I got so lucky again, everything went so smooth & quick! I went to the doctor Monday morning & was to a 5 so she sent me over to the hospital :) She broke my water and two short hours later we were holding our beautiful baby!!!! Here is my last prego picture, just leaving the house headed to the doctor (38 weeks) definitely ready to pop!Brand new, So happy she is here!
Me & my girls, LOVE them both SO much! Reese meeting her baby sister for the very first time. She loves her!!
Our first family picture of the 4 of us! Don't mind Reese looking a little silly :)
Daddy and his new little princess. We are some lucky girls, he is a great daddy!
Reese holding Lindon for the first time...with just a little help.
Reese feeding Lindon. Reese is the best big sister! She really is a great help to us and loves to give "her" baby kisses and snuggles!
Learning how to change a diaper!
Loving each other :)
After two days in the hospital we were ready to go home! Lindon all buckled in and ready to go! They are so dang tiny in their car seats...So cute!
First sponge bath at home, Reese excited & ready to help...
Tummy time!
Catching a little nap...Lack of sleep is ROUGH! We forgot how hard it can be I think!
It's rough on all of us!
What a good big sister!
We are so happy to have Lindon in our family, we love her so much!! I was so worried because Reese was such a good baby I knew that I could not get lucky twice...but we totally lucked out because Lindon is definitely a great baby! She is so calm she never cries unless she is hungry and for a brand new baby she actually does pretty good at night! She wakes up about every 3 hours to eat but usually goes right back to sleep afterward. I'm so grateful to have my little family all happy and healthy! I love them all so much!

37 Weeks = Full term!!!!

2010-06-23T14:20:00.000-07:00

Sooo I made it! Still cant believe how fast this pregnancy has gone compared to the first one! I went to the Dr. Tuesday for my 37 week appointment and am already dilated to a 4 & 70% effaced! Ready or not I think she will be coming REALLY soon :) My Dr said if she doesn't make her appearance this weekend she wants to see me Monday morning and if I've made it to a 5 she will send me over to have this little princess! It is so real all of the sudden it kind of freaks me out! SO dang exciting though!!!! Of course my luck would totally be to walk around at a 4 for two more weeks haha! I will be updating soon :)!

Memorial Day Weekend...

2010-06-06T17:01:00.000-07:00

Every year we go out to the farm in Blue Creek camping with the family and friends, it is SO much fun! To make it that much better we had pretty dang good weather all weekend! With 14 trailers out there you're sure to have plenty of entertainment all weekend :) Non-stop fun!

Reese taking a ride on her bike...
Silly girls, Reese & Kinlee blowing bubbles
Wagon ride gone RIGHT! Reese fell asleep :)
One morning Reese decided she needed to be just like daddy and wanted to wear her boots and hat just like him, cute girl :)
The girls Reese Karmen, and Kinlee enjoying some cheetos watching the adults Shoot Trap
Shooting Trap
Ladd & Johnny shooting
Hanging out watching some horse shoes
I love going out to the farm, it's so pretty out there...
Wes, Amber, & Johnny eating breakfast
Reese & Kinlee at the spring
Hanging out having a good time :)
Binny Bop enjoying a Smore...YUMMY!
Nana & Papa helping Reese roast a marshmallow
Look how happy that marshmallow made this little girl! My little princess, love her to pieces!
Trying to steal mom's hat
Rough day playing time to kick back and relax!
We got home from camping Monday early afternoon and I headed out to Wendover with my Grandma, mom, sister, Nickie, and Donna to "celebrate" Grandpa's birthday (Tuesday). We had so much fun, I love my family and being with these ladies is always a great time :) We sure missed grandpa so much but know he was watching us! Tuesday morning Nickie & Mom waiting for breakfast...
McKell & I waiting for breakfast. Not only did we get up at 5 to go down and gamble because we were "sure" we would win big but I got the freaking flu! So I'm looking really lovely :)
Grandma winning BIG! I think we all did pretty good, we each came home with more that we took so that's good to me!
A couple random pics... Our happy little girl, Reese has been so fun recently she gets SO happy and excited about the smallest things, she always makes us smile :)
Baby bUmP...getting VERY BIG! 34 weeks picture getting SO close!

Weekend project...

2010-05-21T23:17:00.000-07:00

We have been wanting to make Reese a sandbox for a while and decided to get it done this past weekend! She needs something to keep her occupied this summer with her new baby sister coming :) Reese was such a BIG help the entire project, she loves helping mom & dad! The next day still being a big help digging in the dirt while dad sets the sides up...
Spreading the sand, getting close!!
We've talked about getting a swing set for her but never did, Johnny got a wild hair Saturday and went and bought her a little swing set that would fit perfectly right in her new sand box! She's such a lucky girl to have such a good daddy! Reese LOVES it! It will keep her busy for hours if we let her play that long!
My cute little princess swinging :) Wearing her favorite "cow boots"...I know I've said before how much she loves those things even if she does look like a little nerd I think it's pretty funny!
We've kept plenty busy trying to get ready for our new little girly! We are all getting SO excited! Only 7 1/2 more weeks til the big "D" date! I think we are pretty much ready...I guess at least as ready as we will be :)

Tree House Museum...

2010-04-30T19:15:00.000-07:00

Nichole & I took the kiddo's to the Ogden Treehouse museum last week. They had a blast! There is SO much stuff for them to do there we could have spent a full day letting them play with everything! Reese playing in the back of the "fire truck"
Payton and Reese driving the fire truck, Reese says it is like "Papa John's fire truck" :)
They had a cute little nursery, Reese feeding a baby...
And a music room with lots of different things for them to play with & make all kinds of noise/music!
Reese & Payton going crazy on the drums
Cute little Tripp, he was such a good boy! Isn't he the cutest!!!
Coloring paper dollsRiding a BULL!
Reese LOVES horses! She was so excited to ride this horsey :)
Dancing around in the Tee Pee
Good little student in "school"
They played SO hard! They were crashed out before we left Ogden...cute little buddies :)

Willow Park & Dinner...

2010-04-30T18:30:00.001-07:00

Saturday we had a birthday party over in Logan at Willow Park for our little cousin Mae bug, so Johnny and I decided to go over a little early and get some lunch then take Reese to see the animals in the park...she loved it and it was such a nice day :) Reese checking out the ducks and a few turtles...I'm not sure if this little duck could not fly or what but Reese chased the poor little thing around for a while trying to catch it, not sure what she would've done if she would have actually got that close, probably freaked!
Dad & Reese feeding the fish & ducks...
After looking at all of the animals we still had a little time before the party so we went across the street to the park to play for a bit, she loves playing on the toys :)
Reese was so cute going through the tunnel she would giggle every time the whole way through :)
No pictures of the party because my darn camera died :( Later Saturday night we met our good friends Wes & Amber at Tepenyaki for dinner...DELICIOUS!!! It was our first time eating there, it was SO yummy can't wait to go back :) It was so fun they cook your food right at your table on a big grill, after they are done cooking they have some extra shrimp they toss to everyone at the table and make you try and catch them pretty funny! Johnny and Wes both caught theirs, I didn't try because I am NOT a shrimp lover!
Amber was so close :)
Me and Reese...She got so nervous when they were cooking and made a quick kind of big fire on the grill, it was a little close for comfort for Reese! This was right after, she still had a look of terror on her face poor girl!
Reese, Johnny, Wes, & Amber :)

Happy Spring...Finally!!!

2010-04-18T20:10:00.000-07:00

We have been LOVING this Spring weather that we have been having finally!!! We got together for a family party last weekend and celebrated a couple birthdays, Reese and Kinlee enjoying a little ice cream...Grammy and Papa have this little bike you bounce on to make it move, the kids love riding it down the hill in the back yard. I cant believe my baby is big enough to be playing with the big kids...
Binny Bop and Reese. Reese LOVES Binny Bop, poor girl probably gets mauled all day at day care! Look how dang cute she is!!!
We have been playing outside every chance we get & love every minute of it! Making a pretty picture.
Macey enjoys having someone to play with, she is such a good dog :)
Watching mom mow the lawn.
Yay we can finally take the bike outside and ride instead of around the kitchen!!!
We went out with some of our friends...without the kids! We got some dinner then bowled a couple games then stopped at Baskin Robins for delicious ice cream before we headed home. Johnny showing us how it's done hahaha!
Some of the gang..
We had a blast, we're so lucky to have such great friends :)

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On Baby news, we had another doctor appointment this last week and everything is looking great! I had my glucose test and it all looked good thankfully. I am measuring right on for my DD of July 13th... that is coming up SO fast! I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone, it's amazing to me I am going on 7 MONTHS and am in the THIRD trimester already! I have been trying to get things ready a little at a time so we are getting close, just a few more things and we will be set for baby Lindon :) Reese has seemed to be excited about baby sister most of the time. She loves to talk to baby in my tummy and give her kisses :) She is going to be a great big Sis! There are a couple things that make me a little nervous...the other day Brandy (my friend that watches her) asked her if her baby sister was going to go out there for day care Reese said "No" so Brandy asked "where is she going to go?" Reese answered with "Walmart" oh boy really? It might be a little scary at first! ;)

Happy Easter...

2010-04-07T18:09:00.001-07:00

Reese Easter morning checking out what the Easter Bunny left for her...looking REALLY happy! Maybe she was still trying to wake up.
Getting into her basket, the candy was definitely her favorite part :)
When we were little the Easter Bunny would hide jelly beans all over the house for us to find, looks like the Easter Bunny still does that :) Reese finding her jelly beans...
Finding more jelly beans...
After we ate yummy breakfast Johnny made for us we got ready and headed out to Honeyville for lunch with my family. Reese really was happy not sure why a lot of the pictures I got of her she looks like a grump! She got sidewalk chalk so daddy took her out and let her color while I got ready.
She wore one of her cute new outfits (capri's) but would not wear her adorable new sandals with she insisted on wearing her "cow boots" so the little nerd did :) It looked funny but she was happy and we've definitely learned that's what matters! The kids had an Easter Egg hunt at my parents house, here's Reese finding an egg.
She loved it! She got so excited to find the eggs :)
Nana, Reese & Aunt Kell...
After my families house we headed to Brigham to Johnny's parents house to visit the family. Reese & McKayla goofing around.
Reese & Kinlee running away...they love each other and play so great together!
We had a great Easter! Hope everyone else did too :)

Potty Trained!!!

2010-03-31T18:46:00.000-07:00

SOOO Happy to say our little Reesee is potty trained! We started working with her last week and she is doing SO great already! It was definitely a long tough process...lots and lots of patience, a few long days being stuck at home, and a LOT of accidents but it was worth every minute of it! NO MORE DIAPERS YAY!!! I'm going to enjoy the 3 month break before we get to start all over again with baby girl :)

First day of potty training, Reese had a hard time getting her panties all the way over her little bum...
Reese LOVES her little panties :) How did my baby grow up so fast?!? I love how cute and big she looks running around in her panties!
Big girl potty! She will probably kill me one day for this picture! I'm so proud of her :)

If you could zoom in on this little face you could see her "Lloyd Christmas" tooth...oh SAD!!!! This little maniac chipped her front right tooth some how, we don't know exactly what happened. It might not look bad in the picture but it looks so terrible to me! Reese had her very first visit to the dentist today...she did NOT love it that's for sure! We went to Mountain View Pediatric Dentist in Pleasant View, they are WONDERFUL there! The dentist said her teeth look great no cavities :) The chip is not quite into the third layer of her tooth so it is not hurting her, we just have to watch it, they can fix it quite easily but they will have to sedate her so we have to decide if we want to do it or just wait for the oohh 5 or 6 years until it falls out!

Going on #23!

2010-03-14T19:07:00.000-07:00

I cant believe we are going on 23 weeks already! This pregnancy has flown by so far. We had our big target ultrasound last month, our baby girl looks good & healthy thankfully!! Dr moved my due date up a few days so I am due July 13, the day before my birthday! My next appointment is this week :) This picture is a couple weeks ago at 21 weeks, I feel HUGE!
The closet in the babies room was finished a couple weeks ago so I finally got to put her dresser in the room and set her crib up! I love it, and so does Reese! She thinks it is so fun to climb in and out of baby sisters bed :) I picked up the bedding this weekend and LOVE it! I will post some pictures when we get it all ready!
Reese is doing great! This is her last picture with her binky's! I thought it was going to be terrible taking them away but she did very well. She asked for a bink a few times and cried a little but did really well! NO MORE BINKY YAY!!! I was going to start potty training this last week but the poor girl got the flu bug so we decided to hold off until she was feeling better, we will see how this week goes :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Reese!!!!

2010-02-27T22:33:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my little Reese is TWO!!!! We partied for a whole week, I loved it more than she did I am sure! I didn't take enough pictures of the happenings but here are a few :) My little birthday girl opening one of her presents...We had a couple of Reese's little friends over for cup cakes & ice cream one night. Reese, Payton, & Ashlynn. I missed getting KyLee and Biny Bop in the picture.
Reese checking out her new kitchen she got from mom & dad :) She LOVES it and I love it because it keeps her busy!
Saturday night we had Johnny's family over for dinner and cake & ice cream. Kinlee helping Reese open one of her presents...
Reese and Kinlee enjoying some yummy cake :)
I could've swore that Reese hit her terrible two's a couple months ago but I had no idea it was going to get worse! This past week she has started throwing these tantrums that are insane! She stomps her feet or lays on the ground kicking and rolling around and screams at the top of her lungs, WOW seriously does this last forever?!

Grandpa Dallas...

2010-02-27T21:31:00.001-08:00

Our grandpa Dallas passed away this past week after being sick for a little while. Grandpa had rheumatoid arthritis, and in December got sick with something like the flu, he never did feel better. Grandpa was in the hospital about a month ago and it was discovered he had pneumonia, he was sent home with oxygen to wear but he didn't like the idea and didn't wear it out of the house. Thursday night the ambulance went out and got him, he was later transferred to Ogden Regional where they did many tests and got his oxygen levels up. In the CT scan they found he had Pulmonary Fibrosis, a lung condition of scar tissue over the alveoli so you can't get oxygen through them. After a few hours he was stable and doing good so we headed home. My mom and dad were on a cruise and not going to be home until Saturday night so we were relieved he was doing good. I stopped by the hospital on Friday to visit and couldn't believe how good he was doing! Grandpa's oxygen levels were higher than they had been in a long time and he looked so good! He was joking and laughing and seemed so happy :)

Sunday...the doctors had said he wouldn't be going home until Wednesday or Thursday but his respiratory therapist decided to let him go home on Sunday. Grandpa couldn't have been happier but every one else was a little nervous. They got him home Sunday night...everything was going ok until he would get up and walk at all then his oxygen level would drop again. Grandma tried to make him comfortable to sleep and went to bed. He passed away early Monday morning. We miss grandpa so much but know he is happy and feels good again. I am so grateful that we know/believe the things we do so I know we will all be together again one day.

The viewing was on Wednesday night. Reese keeping busy at the viewing.

Thursday... all of the grandson's were casket bearers, waiting to get their boutonnieres.
Reese had to have a small snack to keep her happy through the viewing and funeral...yes she is eating french fries...look how happy they made her :) Oh and gotta love her necklaces, papa Du brought them back from their cruise for her and she loves them! She refused to take them off!
Grandpa was a Sheriff Deputy long time ago, he was shot in the face on a chase and had to take a medical retirement. Anyway the BE County Sheriff Dept escorted the family through Brigham City before heading to the cemetery. Grandpa's last ride. It was an amazing tribute to him!

The honor guard, 21 gun salute.

It was such a special honor for grandpa.
The grandson's
We will always miss you grandpa! You're our hero, love you forever!!!
Reese calls him Papa He He because she can't say Higley. I am so glad that she was able to know her papa He He she loved him so much :)

Lovin' Little GIRLS :)

2010-02-17T13:37:00.001-08:00

We had our big "targeted" Ultrasound last night! The Baby looks GREAT :) It is definitely a little girl! We are so excited for Reese to have a little sister, a best friend forever! So excited to start getting things ready for our next little Princess to arrive. We have her crib & dresser already, I have been patiently waiting to set them up in her room until they get her closet finished, it's getting close! Hopefully we will have some pictures soon!
Reese is LOVING babies right now, we are hoping she will still love it when she has a real live one to share mommy & daddy with, it is going to be very interesting! She loves to tell me "I need to go potty" then sit on the potty, and most of the time not do anything, but she has actually "gone" a couple of times pretty good for us not working with her much. I need to keep up on it since she WANTS to right now and hopefully we can get her out of diapers before July :)

IT'S A.....

2010-01-21T06:41:00.000-08:00

GIRL!!! We are thinking now anyways :) Our doctor couldn't get a very good look but what she could...or couldn't see :) looked pretty much girl! We are very excited for Reese to have a little sister! We will know for sure at the next appointment so I will try and refrain from buying too much!

Christmas time...

2010-01-02T12:39:00.000-08:00

Very long post, our computer had some issues and it took forever to get it fixed so I missed a TON of blogging! But we are back :) We had a great Christmas season this year, we filled it with Family, Friends, & lots of yummy food!!! Reese helped me decorate the tree... The begining of December we went to Temple Square with some friends to see the lights, it was FREEZING, and finding parking was TERRIBLE! But we still had fun :)

Me, Nichole, & Nat...Fun girls :)

Lance, Johnny, & Cody...Crazy guys :)

Reese, Payton, & Ashlyn, all bundled up trying to stay warm.

We get together for a friend Christmas party every year. We all have kids right around the same age so it is really fun :) We have the kids draw names for gifts!

Reese talking on her phone, wearing silly reindeer antlers & wanting my camera :)

Santa Clause stopped by at my families Christmas party!!! Reese kept a safe distance she was not getting anywhere near that guy!

Papa Du saved her, they watched the rest of the kids with Santa from upstairs. Papa looks a little crazy himself, haha!

CHRISTMAS MORNING: Crazy hair :) Reese slept in until about 8 it was nice! She was so excited about all her gifts Santa left her, I was busy getting it all on video & missed some cute pictures! Reese opening her stocking gifts...

A new scooter! Testing it out...

She loves her new twin babies!! Reese is so into babies right now! It is so cute :)

Papa helping Reese open one of her gifts...

Great grandma Petersen & grandma C watching Reese open some more presents...

Christmas afternoon we went to Johnny's parents house. We opened some more presents, had yummy lunch & visited :) Reese had a minor melt down and so I was busy trying to keep her happy and missed pictures of everyone! Reese & Kinlee playing on the recliners, they think this is great!

Reese, Kinlee, & cousin Karmen, were playing in the little bedroom with some toys I went in to check on them and found Reese & Kinlee sitting in front of the storage door under the bed, Karmen had crawled under there playing hide & seek and these two little stinkers thought it would be funny to sit in front of the door and not let her out! Poor girl wasn't very happy :( Jack must've been helping them out!

Reese's new ride :) Taking her baby for a ride, she loves her jeep! Can't wait until it warms up and she can play outside longer in it!

I mentioned her "minor" meltdown earlier..... ok so maybe it was "MAJOR" look out if Reese doesn't get a nap, it gets pretty UGLY!!Playing/eating the snow :)

Helping dad shovel the driveway.

NEW YEARS EVE: Darrin, Melissa, Carly, & Coleman got here from Colorado on Thursday so we went to Brandon & Kriston's house for dinner & to hang out.

Aunt Melissa helping Reese set up her new tent they gave her for Christmas...

Reese & Kinlee playing like wild women....

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!!! We are excited for the new year and look forward to everything it has in store for us! Reese will be TWO in February, I can't believe my baby is a TODDLER now! Johnny will be graduating in December from WSU in Construction Management, less than a year!!!! We will be welcoming a new baby in our home in July! We are so happy :)

Disney on Ice...

2009-11-15T16:46:00.000-08:00

Reese's first Disney on Ice! We went to see the Princess' it was so much fun she loved it! My mom took Reese & I, McKell, & Levi. A churro in one hand and a pretzel covered in cheese in the other, what more could a kid ask for?! NOT a good idea to put her in a WHITE sweater!

Reese playing with her Tinkerbell toy waiting for it to start.

Aladin... Jasmine standing at the top...

The elephant was so cute! Genie & Aladin...

Ariel & Sabastian...

Reese did so good! She sat & watched intently pretty much the entire time I think it helped being so close to the floor, we had row 2 tickets it was great!

Snow White & the seven dwarfs...

The cute dwarfs...

Beauty & the Beast...

Reese enjoying a snow cone, grandma thought she just couldn't live with out :)

CINDERELLA and her ugly stepmother & sisters... Cinderella is my all time favorite!!!

We had SO much fun!!!! Reese was tuckered out from our long day by the time we got to the truck she had had enough fun :)

Happy Fall Yall :)

2009-11-08T17:16:00.001-08:00

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!! We did :) Reese was a cute little witch. We went to Logan and did the trunk or treat at the Mall with our friends Nichole & Payton it was fun for the little girls :) Reese having some fruit waiting for her costume to dry, Papa Du gave her some water in a "big girl" cup and we had a little accident. Reese refused to wear her cute hat all day long we finally got her to wear it, right before my camera died, so this is one of the few pictures with her hat (like you can really see it!) We went to grandma & pa Higley's and Reese fell in love with susie's (the chiuaua dog) snake toy.

Payton the kitty & Reese the witch at the mall, they both look thrilled don't they?!

Reese "posing" for a picture :) I'm a terrible mom that is her pumpkin yes not carved or painted! Sad Halloween came to quickly we didn't get a chance to do anything with it!

Pretty excited about her candy I think :)

This is totally out of the blue but the other night Reese was eating dinner and the poor girl must have been dead tired... check out that tongue! She was asleep still trying to feed herself! It was freaking hilarious!

Another of Reese & her pumpkin

Cute little chica trying to force a smile! She gets pretty tired of the camera.

LEAVES, LEAVES, and some more LEAVES!!!!! Does it ever end?!? Reese enjoyed them though.

We cleaned up the leaves this weekend & made a HUGE pile! Reese loved playing in them!

Taking a break from raking...

I loved playing in the leaves when I was younger, I just couldn't resist jumping in them!

Our little crazy trying to hide...

And last but not least....Reese in her crib for the LAST time!!!! Yes very scary! We converted her crib into a day bed today, she loves it! We will see how much we love it tonight :)

Randomness...

2009-10-25T08:29:00.000-07:00

I uploaded my pictures to post & didn't realize how much random stuff I had on my camera...shows that I have been so horrible at keeping this thing updated! Reese has been changing like crazy! She is talking quite a bit and we are actually starting to be able to understand what she is saying a lot of the time, it is so fun! I am pretty sure she is going through the terrible two's TIMES 4! Her little attitude is insanely CRAZY I wouldn't mind if it passed soon :) She loves her rocking/bouncy horse she can really get going on this thing, it might get a little scary at times but so far no owies! My grandpa & dad made this for me when I was little so it is fun to see her love it so much :)

The other day I was cleaning up in the kitchen & I hadn't heard Reese for a while this is how I found her...laying in her folded up stroller with her baby. It was pretty cute. Reese is really into babies right now, she loves to bundle them up in her blankets & feed them.

Johnny had a bag of Cheetos out on the counter the other day, Reese snatched them and took off running straight for the toy room, she thought she was hiding behind her little kitchen munching on her "snack" she didn't hesitate to hand them over!

We went camping with the family over deer hunting, this is Reese with her cute cousins McKayla, Kinlee, & KyLee, cute girls!

Reese, Johnny, & Papa John hanging out by the fire...

Having a little "bedtime jerky snack"

Yesterday most of the girls in the fam headed down to Gardner Village, it was my first time down there, I love it! So many cute little shops! My favorite would be the Quilt Shop I think! Maybe because my mom got me the CUTEST ever quilt for Christmas! Oh I cant wait for Christmas! Here is grandma & mom taking a little break...

In one cute little Halloween shop we had to try on some of the hats, don't mind my facial expression, not really sure what I am doing?! Aunt Sam, Grandma, Tiffy, mom, me, & Amanda in front :) I love these girls we always have so much fun together!!!

Amber & Patty missed out on the picture so at the next store we had to get them too!

They have a really cute store called Anastasia's Closet, they have tons of pretty hats & dresses & jewelry, I dreamed of having for dress ups when I was little. We had to try them on... my cute cousins Amanda, Amber, me, & Tiffy! Love you girls :)

We missed Kell & Nickie! We were just getting primed for Black Friday! Oh boy I cant wait for that fun shopping trip :)

Have a CrAzY HAPPY Day!!!!

2009-10-22T07:49:00.000-07:00

New post coming soon! If our crazy life would slow down I could update our blog :) Our little Reese keeps us plenty busy, we are loving every minute of it!!!

Labor Day camping...

2009-09-20T17:21:00.000-07:00

We went up to Dry Lake camping over Labor Day Weekend. It was a nice little break & Reese had lots of fun playing with her cousins. Reese & KinLee hanging out by the fire one night...One night one of our friends ended up staying in our trailer. He stayed back on Reese's bed so I made the table down into a bed for Reese, she thought that was pretty cool.... until she fell out of bed. Reese got to sleep by mommy that night & Johnny got the table :)

Just taking the baby for a horse ride...

Kinlee giving Reese a ride on her 4-wheeler...

Reese trying to return the favor in her car, it's a bit too small for two! These two girls are so cute together they are great friends already!

McKayla, Reese & Kinlee playing babies. Reese loves babies right now it is so cute!

Our "pet" moose. This guy has been hanging around camp for quite a while now. One night just before dinner he decided to take a little walk & show himself off.

PlAy TimE...

2009-08-30T15:06:00.001-07:00

WARNING: VERY long post!

Seems like we have done nothing but PLAY the past few days :) I don't mind it one bit! Reese & I went to the fair Thursday night with Grammy C. while Johnny was in school. Reese loved all of the cute little animals...these little goats were so cute.

Reese & I petting the little horses...

Grammy & Reese checking out the bunnies...they may have been her favorite thing.

Saturday night Johnny & I took Reese to the fair again. We were trying to get her to touch the pigs... pretty sure this look is "you want me to touch that thing?" They were definitely not her favorite!

Johnny wanted to take her on a couple rides so we bought a few tickets for them, she HATED every minute of it! She was screaming her head off at the top of the slide, people probably thought we were the meanest parents in the world!

Going down the slide I am not sure who looked more nervous, Johnny or Reese!

Then they tried the magic dragon ride... not much better but at least as soon as the ride started moving she quit screaming. That was the end of the rides for Reese!

Friday I had to run down to the gateway, Johnny was just heading back to Brigham from a job in Bluffdale & we were able to meet him for lunch :) After a little shopping I let Reese play in the fountains, she loved it! She thought it was pretty cool...

Waiting for the water...

When the water would stop she would sit right over the hole watching & waiting for it to come back on :)

Chelsea did Reese's pictures recently...they turned out SO GREAT! Here are just a few of our favorites! It is so hard to pick!

I love all her cute curls in this one!

Reese has been growing & changing so much lately I cant stand it! She is still a little wild woman :) She runs around talking like crazy...we still cant understand most of what she is saying but she is getting better! Some of her favorite things right now...babies, corn on the cob...

Her pretty princess dress up shoes, she will walk around in them all day long! Reese loves playing with her friends and is doing a lot better being nice, thank goodness! We love our little Princess!

Johnny & I got to go playing last weekend, we went on a short vacay to Las Vegas! It was so much fun & a much needed break! Reese stayed home & took turns staying with her grand parents, I think it was a much needed break for her too! We stayed in the Stratosphere, Johnny & I on the very top of the bldg...very windy!

We went with our friends Wes & Amber, they were so much fun!

I didn't do very good taking pictures! this is about all that I got! This last one is from the top of the hotel looking down the strip...

Last but not least Reese had her 18 month dr appointment on Friday, wahoo last shots she has to have until Kindergarten, besides the flu shot! She is doing great she weighs 28 lbs (80th %) and is 38" long!!! Dr. Lish said she is the average size of a 3 1/2 year old child! Crazy!

Reese's little accident...

2009-08-18T19:06:00.001-07:00

Thursday night we were visiting with my family out in our front yard, Reese was chasing Levi around and tripped, she fell and hit her little chin right on the corner of our brick steps. She ended up with a pretty good gash and a few scratches up her neck. She is a tough little girl she only cried for a second and it really did not bleed much, thankfully! We took her into the ER so they could sew her up. I was so glad they did not have to give her any medicine, they just had a cotton ball with some numbing stuff on it they had to put on her cut for 20 minutes. First they tried to wrap her head to hold it on..... She looked so cute/funny :) It didn't last long before she tore it off so they taped it onto her chin, she was not happy at all to have people holding her down and putting stuff on her face :(

The nurse gave her some bandage to play with, we wrapped her doll up to make her feel better :) Not sure it worked but it was worth a try anyways.

When they stitched her up they had to strap her onto a "papoose" (spelling?) it is like a little tiny back board they lay on & bundle the little ones up so they can not move an inch, she HATED it! She screamed & screamed poor thing cant say I blame her! She had to have three little stitches.

Once they were done & we were home she was happy as could be again :) Not sure what this face is about...maybe it has to do with the numb chin...or just Reese being her goofy self :)

This is the best picture we got of her owie, she didn't like to show it off & definitely didn't like me trying to get a picture! She did so good keeping her band-aid on the entire time though.

Our little Cheeser :) She is such a HAPPY little girl! We couldn't get any luckier!!!

Johnny and I took her in this afternoon to have them taken out, I was so worried they would have a hard time & it would hurt her but she did SO awesome!!! She laid perfectly still and let the nurse take them out, and they came right out no problems at all!

Reese & Payton...

2009-08-11T19:37:00.000-07:00

Friday Payton came over to play with Reese for the day while her parents were at work. We had lots of fun these two little wild women are so fun together :) Payton and Reese having some breakfast, they have got some serious bed head going on! I was getting ready in the bathroom and I could hear them playing in the shower with the curtain closed so I peaked in on them and Reese was sitting in her doll stroller while Payton pushed her around in a little circle, it was hilarious!

They played hard and seemed so tired so I laid them down in Reese's crib for a little nap....

Ha Ha Ha who was I kidding?!?!? I think the second I left the room they were up jumping around in the crib....CRAZY girls :)

This pic is a bit off subject but I thought it is so cute I wanted to throw it in anyways! My little Reese is so cute :) I cant believe how big she is getting, it is so sad but FUN at the same time. I LOVE every single stage she is going through.

ScentsyScentsyScentsy

2009-08-11T19:31:00.000-07:00

Scentsy is having their Spring/Summer catalog SALE!!!! 10% off ALL products! Scentsy makes a great CHRISTMAS gift, and Christmas will be here before we know it so stock up now! If anyone would like to order call me or e-mail me at j_lpetersen@comcast.net.

Cousins, Pool Day, & Camping...

2009-07-26T20:23:00.000-07:00

We have had a great long weekend, Darrin, Melissa, & the kiddo's came to town this week so we got to play lots :) We took all the kids to the pool on Thursday, everyone had a great time! Linda picked up sandwiches for everyone here is Kinlee & Reese enjoying theirs... I didn't realize I only got a couple pictures & they weren't very good ones, but here is most of the gang having some lunch :)

Friday night we went to Brandon & Kristons for a bbq and some fireworks! Reese & Kinlee are starting to play so stinking cute together! I LOVE it!!!! Best little buddies :)

Reese trying out Kayla's scooter...

Kinlee & Reese were playing in McKayla's room with the door part way closed, I snuck up on them and watched for quite a while before they noticed me, they were pretty funny when they did finally see me...

Carly, McKayla, Reese, Kinlee, & Coleman running around playing in the yard...

Having a cookie...

Carly, Coleman, & Kayla racing around...

Playing on the swing, I don't know bout the rest of the kids but Reese was totally worn out by the time we got home, they played hard :)

Saturday we went to the movie for Kayla's Birthday, one thing I learned is Reese is NOT old enough for a movie yet! Her and Kinlee giggled & ran around during pretty much the entire movie! It was worth a try and I think the two of them had fun anyway! After the movie we headed up to dry lake to do a little overnight camping. Carly Oly hanging out relaxing...

KyLee, Kinlee, & Kayla hanging out relaxing...

Reese taking a little spin around camp...

It was a super fun LONG weekend! I think everyone is a bit worn out, Reese went to bed at 7 & I am praying she sleeps all night! We are glad we got to spend time with the family :)

We have a shed!!!!!

2009-07-19T16:20:00.000-07:00

After two years we finally have a shed!!!!! I told Johnny all I wanted for my birthday was to finish the shed, so he did :) He couldn't have done it without the help of our friend Lance, we really appreciate him bringing all of his tools over and spending the entire day working, THANKS Lance!! We decided to build a shed about two years ago after we bought Johnny's new 4-wheeler, this is about as far as we got......It took all day long but they got it almost all the way done! We still need to shingle it, paint, & put some trim up but it looks SO great! Reese checking out the progress :) She loves being right in the middle of everything.

Coming right along, Lance & Johnny putting the trusses up...

The felt going on the roof...

Doesn't it look GREAT?! I think so! It is so nice to have a nice big place to put everything! And another added bonus it kind of covers up the neighbors junky garage :) Great job boys, we owe Lance BIG time, oh and Nichole since we stole her husband all Saturday long!

Ha I guess the shed wasn't the only thing I said I wanted for my b-day, I also wanted to go out water skiing... we went up to Mantua for a bit last weekend. It was fun I need to go more I love skiing! Reese & Payton loved riding in the boat and both did very well with their life jackets on :)

The water was pretty cold, Reese didn't love it that's for sure!

Johnny & Lance getting ready to go for the ride of their lives! Ok not really we didn't even get to do much and the dang seam on the tube ripped! O'well we still had fun :)

Bryce Canyon

2009-07-08T19:43:00.000-07:00

Over the 4th of July break we went to Bryce Canyon with my family to visit McKell :) They moved down there about 3 months ago to work at a lodge in the park. It was so fun to see them! I was a bit nervous for Reese to be stuck in her seat for the 5-6 hour drive but she did pretty good, as long as she had a snack or a toy :)
Reese playing with their cute little puppy Marley...

We decided to take a little swim before dinner, Reese LOVES the water!

Mommy & Reese swimming, the people at the hotel said the pool was 82 degrees we were a little shocked when we got in & it was pretty cool, Reese lasted maybe about 1/2 hour before her little lips were blue & shivering!

After getting warmed up & dinner we hung out in our room, grammy & Reese shared some fruit one of Reese's favorite treats :)

Daddy & Reese crashed out pretty early, it was a long day of driving & playing!

Happy 4th of July!!! Saturday we went into the park just in time for the "parade" if you could call it that ha ha~ It consisted of a few horses a golf cart from the lodge, driven by Jeff :) A tour bus, a couple kids on bikes and an old bus/van, it was pretty funny! After the parade we headed over to a few hiking trails. This picture is at the top of all the trails it is SO pretty down there I love it! The weather is Awesome, I think the high while we were there was about 78!!! So perfect!

Me, Levi, & McKell...

This picture is looking down into the bottom of the "hoodoos" the navajo trail that we hiked goes from the top all the way down to the very bottom!!! It was a piece of cake going down, a BEAST coming back up!!!! So worth it though!

Papa Du & Reese going under one of the arches on the way down, My dad & Johnny took turns carrying Reese on their shoulders...

We made it to the bottom! Reese, me, Levi, & Dad. McKell & Jeff both had to work in the morning so they didn't make it with us & mom was not feeling up to the long hike so she didn't come along either.

Starting the hike back UP the mountain...

Reese started getting hot & tired on the way up, we tried to keep her occupied looking at birds but she was not very happy poor girl!

When we got back to the hotel she took a LONG nap, and as you can see below woke up a happy girl!!!!

Mommy & Reese sharing a humongous delicious chocolate chip ice cream cone, YUMMY!!!

We watched the fireworks from a field behind McKell & Jeff's place, kind of funny we were the only ones out there! The fireworks were actually pretty good for just a little place! Here we are waiting for them to start...

Still waiting, crazy hair Reese & aunt Kell. Reese LOVES her aunt Kell!

July 5th...Happy 21st Birthday McKell!!!! Sunday we got up and had a yummy dutch oven breakfast my dad made for Kell then we rode the bus into the park and got off at the Rim trail, it is a really cool one it goes all the way around the top of the canyon. Daddy & Reese walking around the "Rim"

Mom & Dad on the Rim Tail....

Reese fell asleep on the bus ride up to the trail, how cute is that little face?!

I love my little snuggle bug!!!

hanging out on the bus ride out of the park...

Papa & Reese taking a break sharing a treat...

Oh no we are in jail :)

Kell & Reese all locked up :)

I am so glad we got the chance to go down & see McKell & Jeff! We had so much fun & wish we could have stayed a few days longer! I miss them & wish they would move closer to home! I hope every one had a Happy Holiday Weekend!!!

Catching up...

2009-06-28T19:49:00.001-07:00

Finally catching up our last couple weeks! It seems like we never slow down, always running :) We LOVE the nice summer weather finally!!! We have been to the park a few times, Reese LOVES it! McKell & Jeff came up a couple weeks ago so one night we got dinner and headed to the park :) Reese loves the slide. Reese & her little cousin/buddy Mae bug!!! They are so fun together

(when Reese is being nice!) It is great to have them so close in age they will be the best of friends :)
We went to the pool with our friends a couple Friday's ago, Reese, Ashlyn, & Payton hanging out drying off for a minute in their cute panda floatys! These girls are also so fun together, once again when Reese is being nice! I hope it's just a stage she is going through and will be done with soon because she is just a little bit rough with her little friends & I don't think she knows better.

Hanging out having a snack in her cute little swim suit, who doesn't love a little fat baby in a tiny swim suit?!?!?!

We celebrated Fathers day just hanging out & relaxing at home, Johnny and Reese enjoyed veging out on the couch with a bag of potato chips :) Reese loves her daddy! Johnny is such a great husband & father we are very lucky to have him to be ours!!!! My family came over for a delicous dinner Sunday night and we just hung out some more :)

I planted flowers and did a little yard work in the front yard this weekend while Johnny was at school, it was a trick trying to keep Reese entertained and out of the street! She thought she would go for a nice drive....right off the curb she didn't get too far she was high centered, thankfully!

Moving onto the bike, didn't last long since she is not quite big enough to actually make it move! She still loves to sit, or stand on it!

I will say I gave an honest effort to keep an eye on her the entire time but kids are way to quick, I look over at her and she is smiling from ear to ear at me, her two little top teeth completely covered in dirt! Ha Ha o'well guess it wont kill her, I'm sure it was pretty tasty :) My little rugrat!

Playing with the hose, she loves the water. She needed a good squirt down before going in the house anyways.

Sunday we rode out to the Hess' house to visit for a bit. The girls have this cool water slide they were playing on so Kinlee was nice enough to borrow Reese a swim suit, she loved it! Kinlee & Reese bouncing on the edge of the pool, cute girlies :) Reese loves Kinlee!

Playing in the water...

Other than all of that we have been doing our swim lessons on Fridays Reese is doing SO good! She can blow bubbles, kick her legs like crazy, and go all the way under the water & not totally freak out!

Johnny just finished up 3 of his 4 summer classes this past week so it will be really nice to have him around a bit more!

Hope everyone has a fun & safe 4th of July Weekend!!!!

Swim Lesson #1...

2009-06-13T14:25:00.000-07:00

Reese & I started our Mom & Tot swim lessons yesterday! It was a lot of fun :) We have them every Friday for 8 weeks so I hope by the end Reese will really love the water and not be quite as scared to go under. Here we are all ready to go :) Cute little Reese in her new swim suit, I LOVE to see her cute little chubby self in a little swim suit so dang cute!!!

Reese did pretty well, she got a little bit nervous when she fell down and went all the way under the water so after that she didn't want to let go of me I'm sure she will get more used to it the more we go. My friend Melanie and her little girl Quincy started them with us so it's fun to have some friends to swim with :)

Uh Oh.....

2009-06-09T19:21:00.000-07:00

Monday night I was cooking dinner and asked Johnny for a bit of help, he came into the kitchen leaving Reese in the tv room by herself to play nothing new. After a few minutes Reese was standing at the child gate between the tv room and kitchen sucking on a diet coke can, an EMPTY diet coke can!!!! I walked over to her and took the can away she looked right at the couch and said "UH OH?!" yes nice that is when I looked at her and noticed she was SOAKING wet and so was the darn couch! Johnny had just opened a DC and set it on the end table when I asked him to help me real quick..... Dang the luck my poor couches are so hammered from this little princess! Oh but doesn't she look so sorry :) I was not kidding she was soaking front & back!

On a happier note... Reese is SO cute, lately she LOVES to color or scribble what ever it is. When I am getting ready in the bathroom or on the computer you can always find her sitting in her bumbo in her tent scribbling on paper, or whatever else she can get her little hands on :)

She has also decided that she needs to help mom with whatever I am doing, obviously here it was putting the dishes away, you can see in the open cupboard she had shoved a small pot & a plate in there because that is where I had just put something away. She is such a handful but I wouldn't change it for anything I am loving every minute (well almost) of her cute little stages, she is SO fun :)

Hogle Zoo...

2009-05-31T19:11:00.000-07:00

We finally took Reese to the "Real Zoo" today for the first time! We had a great time & the weather was perfect :) Our family at the zoo... Reese had the best seat in the zoo...

Reese, Ashlyn, & Payton.....

Taking a little break in the shade.

Mommy & Reese by the elephants.

Reese telling Ashlyn & Payton some kind of story, from the looks of things it must have been pretty interesting :)

We rode on the carousel, Reese was a little afraid of it at first but after a while she started to like it. Not exactly the reaction I was hoping for, I guess at least she didn't scream!

Reese checking out the big "Water Ball" before we left, she was more interested in all of the water around the park than in the animals!

Memorial Weekend...

2009-05-28T19:09:00.000-07:00

Every year for Memorial weekend we go camping with Johnny's family & friends, the last few years we have been going out to the farm in Blue Creek. We love it out there and it is fun to be with everyone :) The weather for the most part was wonderful, we did get a couple crazy rain storms Saturday night & again Sunday morning but it was still lots of fun! Reese's first adventure started right here.....the sprinkler! Getting brave....

Yep she loved it...I don't know what she liked more the water or the MUD!

YAY look mom I did it :) Oh what a good girl, ha! How freaking cute is she though, not sure how we could possibly be mad at that little face!

Is that hilarious her hand right smack on her cheek :)

A little cleaner method of playing in the water... the pool! All the kiddo's waiting for it to fill up.

Kinlee & Reese having a little snack before their wagon ride, they had quite a few rides the wagon was a hit :)

Grammy Linda & Reese coloring on a rock with some sidewalk chalk. The kids had fun with the chalk Grandma turned them loose with it and let them write all over the side of the farm house, they thought that was pretty cool.

Some of the gang lined up for a little game of horse shoes...

Of course we had to make smores, but Reese had a different idea... a little bit o'cracker, a little bit o'chocolate, and a little bit o'marshmallow! She guarded the chair with the goods :)

Uncle Johnny helping the little ones roast their mallows...

I mentioned we got some pretty crazy rain on Saturday & Sunday... this spillway is usually dry look at all the water coming off the fields! It was insane how hard it rained!!!!

Where we camp around the farm house there is this concrete pad with the fire pit on it, the only problem after all of that rain is it is just a little bit out into the field which means LOTS of MUD!!! No worries though check out our "man made" pathway! Yes they are pallets, hey it worked great!

We had a great time, it is getting so fun with Reese now she can play with the other kids and run around out side! Reese getting ready to go home. She is suddenly obsessed with stairs, she spent a lot of the weekend going up and down and in and out of the trailer.

After a long weekend we were worn out! We definitely got a long much needed nap!

I hope everyone had a wonderful, safe, long weekend :)

Grandma's 80th Birthday & Family...

2009-05-28T18:53:00.000-07:00

My grandma Petersen had her 80th birthday on May 20th! My cousins from New Mexico and Oregon, and my aunt from California came up to surprise her :) You can believe how Happy she was!!! We had a bar-b-que for her and invited all of the family over for dinner and cake & ice cream. It was SO good to see all of the family I miss them and sure wish they lived closer!!!! Here's the birthday girl getting ready to blow out her candles :) Reese being silly playing with her cousins...

The CrAzY bunch of kiddo's :)

Our cousins from New Mexico.... Dan, Dalton, Shelly, Logan, Alley, Bailey, & Mason :)

Our cousins from Oregon.... Eric, Pam, Kitaya, Ellowyn, & Makira (I hope I got the last two girls right I have the HARDEST time telling them apart!!!!)

I didn't get a chance to get a picture of aunt Carma before she left or Amy & Chris :( It was SO SO SO good to see everyone! We need to get together more often!!!!! Love you guys :)!

Happiness Day 5...

2009-05-19T20:55:00.000-07:00

FaMiLy is what made me happy today! My aunt from California and my cousins from New Mexico & Oregon came to visit for a few days, it's our grandma Petersen's 80th birthday tomorrow so they surprised her by coming up! I am SO excited to see them all they are so fun & have the most adorable families :) We went to Honeyville tonight to my parents where they are staying but I forgot my camera so pictures to come soon :)

Happiness Day 4...

2009-05-18T20:22:00.000-07:00

Something that made me HAPPY today is my clean house & yummy red delicious scentsy burning :) I don't know about everyone else but the scent of fresh & clean will always make my day!

Papa Du & Reese...

2009-05-17T20:33:00.000-07:00

First off Reese is SpOilEd Rotten by grammy C & papa Du, she is the only grandchild on my side so I guess that is what happens :) The last few times they have come over to visit Reese thinks she needs to go out side for a wagon ride so of course that is what she gets! She is pretty funny I'm not sure where she picked it up but she will get in her wagon sit down and fold her arms until some one will give her a ride, little stinker with a BIG attitude already! So here they are Papa & Reese, on your mark get set go!!!!! Just leaving the yard....
RUN, RUN, RUN....

My dad ran down to the end of our block, turned and ran back down our street on the opposite side of the road to the church around the parking lot a few times then all the way back to our house....Reese LOVED IT!!!! I think Papa did too :)

Tomorrow marks 9 years my dad was in a horrible snowmobiling accident the doctors say they are amazed he survived, let alone was ever able to walk again because of the severity of his broken back. It is nothing short of a miracle that he is still here with us today. I am SO grateful that he can be here to RUN Reese around in her wagon & play silly with her, she is SO lucky to have such a GREAT papa!!!! We love you dad!

Day 3...

2009-05-17T20:23:00.001-07:00

I had a ton of things that made me happy today, being with my cute family all day long,my mom & Levi coming to have dinner with us, the beautiful weather, doing yard work I know I am weird but I love it! AND this YUMMY hot fudge ice cream sundae :) After being outside in the hot sun all day it was just what I needed!

Day 2...

2009-05-16T21:28:00.000-07:00

Things that make me happy today.... Good Friends, Good Weather, & Yummy bar-b-que!!!! We got together with Lance & Nichole and Cody & Nat for a bar-b-que. I LOVE this nice weather we can actually be outside and hang out :)

Pursuit of Happiness.... Day 1

2009-05-15T17:46:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by Jessica in the pursuit of happiness. For 8 days straight {without fail} I am going to post the thing{s} that makes me happy for that particular day. I also am supposed to tag 8 people. I tag Sarah H, Amanda H, Jill C, Lindsey B, Mel F, and anyone else who wants to do it :)

Today what makes me happy starting out is it's my day off :) And what makes me even more happy is sleeping in, what little bit Reese allows for anyways! I love having Friday's off & being able to hang out with Reese all day long because she definitely makes me happy :)!

MOTHERS DAY Weekend :)

2009-05-12T16:44:00.001-07:00

Happy late Mothers day!!! We had a great Mothers Day weekend, we went out to the farm camping with some of our friends. Here is Reese by the old farm house...it will be torn down in the next few weeks so I thought I would put this picture in just for the memory :) Reese & Payton playing with some tulips, they are such good little friends :)

Reese & Ashlyn...they are also such good little friends!! We are so lucky to have such cute little girlies all so close to each other, they get along so well & are tons of fun!

The crazy boys decided to venture up in the attic ... SCARY! The farm house is SO old you could see the roof "bending" when they walked on it, not much up there but an old wooden carved toy sword must have been left up there who knows how long ago when the cousins were little and used to play up there! Johnny decided to try it out on Cody :) (Johnny, Cody Scothern & Lance Stokes)

Saturday afternoon we rode the 4-wheelers over to the spring and the boys did a little fishing, it was a bit too cold for anyone to play in the water, sad the girls would have loved it!

Reese kickin' it at camp.

Lance & Nichole brought out a rhino, when we rode over to the spring we strapped Reese & Payton's car seats into the back seat, they were so cute & loved the ride :) Ash was asleep so she rode in the truck with her dad :)

The boys going out for a ride, CrAzY guys but they sure are fun! We are lucky to have such great friends!

We came home on Sunday & went to a bar-b-que with Johnny's family. When we got home Reese sat down on the couch & totally crashed too much excitement packed into the weekend, she slept like this for a good 3 hours! What a cutie!!!!

I am SOOOO LUCKY/PROUD to be this beautiful little girls mommy! What a blessing she has been in our lives :) I had such a GREAT mommy's day just hanging out with our family they make me so happy!

I am also SO grateful for the moms in my life , my mom of course! She is such a WONDERFUL mom :) She has taught me so much in my life I don't know how I got so lucky for her to be mine! She is also such a wonderful grandma to Reese, I'm sure being the only grandchild helps, but I don't think a week goes by she doesn't come by at least twice to see the little bug! Always bringing her some kind of treat!! Lately with the warm weather she has been taking her out for wagon rides, spoiled little girl, Reese LOVES it!

Also for my mother in law, Linda :) What a wonderful person, she has taken us in to be her own, I know not always easy but we are so grateful for her to pick up and be our "mom"! I am so glad that Johnny was able to have her there for him, I don't know where he would be with out her seriously! Linda is such a great grandma to Reese also, she always has something cute for her or is ready to get down & play :)

I LOVE YOU BOTH! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!!

Other exciting things going on, besides the nice Spring weather we are FINALLY having!

Reese is learning more words & is starting to try & talk to us more, I LOVE this age!!!! She has 9-10 teeth now, they seriously just started popping up all over, and can eat pretty much anything we do, see picture above daddy loves to share his treats :)

We are on the count down for mom & tot swim lessons that start in exactly ONE MONTH from today! Freaking scary I actually have to wear a swim suit! I better get working a bit harder on that!

Our cousins from Oregon, New Mexico, & California are coming up this weekend for our grandma Petersen's 80th birthday! We cant wait to see everyone :)

Johnny started a new job!!! He is a project manager for Whitaker Construction, we are so grateful for this new adventure! I must say I am just a bit jealous he gets to work in Brigham now & I am still driving to Ogden, ha ha it could be worse ;) It will be so good for us in so many ways!

Wagon Ride...

2009-04-26T20:31:00.000-07:00

During the break in the bad weather this weekend we decided to get out of the house & take Reese for a walk in her wagon, we walked a few blocks to the school and let her play on the toys for a little bit... She climbed all the way to the top by her self :)

Reese's first time down the slide...not sure she was all too thrilled about it! She got better the next few times down, we cant wait for warm weather so we can go play at the park :)

A bit off the subject but this past week was little Mae bug's 1st birthday! We went to see her & have some cake & ice cream...and suckers :) She is SO cute! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAE! We love you!!!

BuMs...

2009-04-21T17:25:00.000-07:00

We finally get wonderful WaRm spring weather & of course Reese and I both get sick...go figure! So we were bums this weekend :( Reese LOVES being out side, her she is begging to go out & play... (poor girl didn't even have her hair combed we really were bums!) Reese got a new wagon Friday but besides one ride we took her on out side she mostly just got to play with it inside, she loves it either way :)

Dad & Reese checking out a Box Elder bug, she thought it was pretty funny.

Giving Macey a little much needed attention, Reese & Macey love each other it is fun to let Reese play with her.

Hope we feel better soon for the nice warm week ahead :)

Easter Weekend...

2009-04-14T09:22:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter!!!!! We went out to the farm camping this year with the family for Easter, the Easter Bunny still managed to find us :) Reese woke up bright & early to see what he had left for her... It was fun with her this year, she was really excited to dig into her basket and play with her new toys. The Easter Bunny hid eggs around the trailer for Reese to find, she really did like finding them :)

When it warmed up a little grandma Linda hid eggs around the yard for the kiddos to find, I think they all loved it :)

After the egg hunt grandma Linda & papa John gave them all a bag of goodies, Reese got a couple of these cool puzzles, they keep her entertained forever she loves them!

Reese got a hold of a piece of candy (wrapped in tin foil) and as quick as I noticed she had it shoved in her mouth, she was not giving it up easily...

Reese & cute cousin Kinlee, love these girls they are getting so fun together!!!!

Kinlee, Reese & Kayla bug hanging out...

Our little cheese ball :) She loved camping and playing outside with her cute cousins!

Johnny got me a new camera for Easter, I made him give it to me a little early so I could get it all figured out but I didn't even think about getting another memory card for it so I quickly filled up the one it came with (a whopping 26 pictures!) so I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted :(

At least I got any right?!

Hope every one had a wonderful WARM Easter :)

2009-04-08T15:33:00.000-07:00

Nothing exciting to blog about but I needed something new to see when I pulled up the blog so a few things that have been going on...
Reese loves giving BIG slobbery kisses to mommy & daddy! We love getting them from her :) Reese & Payton had a little play date...neither of the little stinkers would look at me :) They are so cute playing together!

Taking a little snoozer...Reese must have been totally warn out after pulling all of her books off the shelf she fell asleep like this, I thought it was pretty cute.

"Where's your button?" A famous question at our house the last week or two...it's funny to watch her find her button her big belly kind of gets in the way.

Love Love Love this little girl! She keeps us smiling :)!!!

YaaY for New Babies!!!!!!

2009-04-02T15:07:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the world little Brynlee Nebeker!!!! You are so BEAUTIFUL! Brynlee was born at 3:47 pm weighing 7lb 3oz and 21in long :) Here are just a couple pictures of the adorable little girl, I only got a couple and they are not the best shots of the beauty but I felt bad about the flash on her brand new little eyes... She is SO tiny! She hadn't been bathed yet when I got to see her so we didn't unwrap her from her blankets so she would stay warm but look at those tiny little hands, how sweet!

Congrats Kyle, Brandy, & KyLee! We love you all SO much!!!!!

A little bit o' Reese...

2009-03-31T20:22:00.000-07:00

Good thing we have this cute CrAzY little girly to keep us entertained :) One of her favorite new things is to climb into this little "toy box" in the living room and throw every last one of her toys out... We have a ledge type thing, sorry don't know what to call it for sure, around the fire place the other night she decided it would be fun to climb up on it... she has not stopped since she figured out she can make it up, she loves dancing around on it & she hasn't fallen yet...knock on wood right?! One of the guys Johnny works with got these glasses as a freebie at a gas station for something and sent them home with him the other day, Reese LOVES them! It is hilarious she loves to wear them and will leave them on forever just going about her little business and if she is not wearing them she will pack them around the house

with her. Our little Super Star :)
Ok so I know probably not the healthiest choice but Reese had her very first Happy Meal :) And she thoroughly enjoyed every last bite of it...

Crazy Lil' girl :)

Happy April! Hope this month brings some warm sunny days!!!!!!

Willow Park "ZOO"

2009-03-22T15:59:00.001-07:00

McKell, Reese & I decided to take advantage of the Beautiful Warm weather on Friday and head over to Willow Park!!! I have not taken Reese to the Zoo yet so it was so fun to see her react to the animals here! Reese & I standing in front of the monkey cage :) Checking out the cute monkeys...

On our way we stopped at Old Grist and got us a sandwich to eat at the park...we sat on a bench to eat so I had half of my sandwich sitting on my lap and Reese standing in front of me sharing some of my bread, I turned around to grab my drink and the little turkey grabbed my sandwich & shoved it in her mouth as much as she could! It was pretty funny :)

Good lunch for Reese!

She LOVED it! Everything she saw she pointed at and talked away. Her favorite thing was the Wallaby's (Kangaroos) we stood in front of the cage looking at one that was out when another one came jumping out of it's little house, you should have heard Reese she gasped and laughed and pointed and screamed it was SO funny she was SO excited! I cant wait to take her to the real ZOO she will be going CrAzY seeing all the BIG animals!!!

Reese & I walking through the ZOO...

Aunt Kell & Reese feeding the ducks... she loved this too once we got her to actually through the food and not eat it herself :)

I love this picture...isn't she adorable looking through the fence up on her tippy toes?!

Cool little chic!

Thanks for going with us Aunt Kell, we had a blast! I hope everyone else is totally enjoying the WARM Wonderful weather!!!!!

Another small Update...

2009-03-22T15:46:00.000-07:00

Yaay for Warm Weather!!!! We are loving our walks, especially Reese she loves being outside :) Happy St. Patties day! Grandma C. brought this cute little headband for Reese.

We are still working on the self feeding :)

Friday night a bunch of us girl friends got together to take Brandy out before she has her baby! I wanted to get a picture of all of us but forgot until almost everyone was gone, darn it! We had a blast & cant wait to meet little Brinlee!!!! Good luck Brand, love ya!!!!

Our last couple weeks...

2009-03-09T21:21:00.000-07:00

We got together with some of our friends a couple weekends ago and let the girls play, they are getting so fun to have together since they are finally old enough to interact with one another! Ashlyn, Payton, and Reese. Reese has an obsession with pulling ALL of her diapers out of the diaper stacker and playing with them, hope this passes soon :)

We gave Reese this tent for her birthday & just set it up, she loves playing in it!

We have started giving her "big girl" food, one of her new favorites....macaroni & cheese.

Reese is at a crazy stage with trying to feed herself, if you couldn't tell she hasn't got the hang of it yet. She hates for me to feed her so I hope she gets it soon!

Johnny went to San Diego this past week for Nationals, they did so great they took 3rd place in the Nation!!! Reese & I went to the airport to pick him up on Friday afternoon. Here's Reese hanging out waiting patiently in the parking lot at the airport. We switched her car seat around to forward facing & she loves it!

My family went to see the Draper Temple this past weekend, it is SO beautiful!!! I am so sad I did not get one picture, besides this one of Reese on the bus ride back to the church. I hope everyone had a chance to see it, it really is amazing :)

After the temple we stopped by Iggy's for some lunch... Reese enjoying their yummy bread.

After all the fun Reese came down with a bad cold so I took her into the Dr yesterday come to find out she has bad Bronchitis that is borderline Pneumonia, poor thing another reason I can't wait for it to be warm maybe she will feel better!!!!

SpRiNg FeVeR...I want to...

2009-03-04T14:48:00.000-08:00

Go to the Zoo... Sit by the pool...

Wear flip flops....

Eat a Popsicle when it's hot...

Please let it be WARM soon!!!!!

Snowmobiling...

2009-02-28T22:11:00.001-08:00

I have not been snowmobiling for 2 years so I decided it was time we should take a little ride! Saturday my dad, McKell, Jeff, Johnny & I headed up to Mantua. It reminded me how much I love it! It was so nice & sunny and there was still some really good snow :) When we go if we have time we stop and roast some weenies on a fire... so here is Jeff & Johnny getting ready for the fire. Kell, dad & Johnny getting the fire going.

And having a hot dog. Isn't it pretty with the big trees and all the snow clear up in the mountains, it's so peaceful.

Johnny & I, don't pay attention to my helmet head :)

I was sore for 3 days I swear but I'm really glad I got to go before another season passed, thanks dad for taking us!

Reese's Birthday PaRtY!

2009-02-28T21:38:00.001-08:00

We had Reese's Birthday party on Sunday at the EMS Building here in Brigham, thanks mom for helping us out with that! We had a great turn out and really appreciate everyone coming to support our little Reese! We got some pictures of a few of her little friends/cousins who were there, we didn't get everyone darn it! This is baby Ella, isn't she ADORABLE?! (Chels not sure if you get time to look on here much but this is the picture I was telling you was so cute!)

Cute little twinners Lauren & Hallie :)

Reese's cute cousin Marty!

And her other CUTE cousin Kinlee!!!

The Birthday girl herself :) Just starting in on the cake.

And she's had enough!

Present time, yes she is very loved/spoiled. Thank you SO much EVERYONE!!!

Reese LOVES books this cute one she is looking at came from Great grandma & pa Higley.

She did pretty good opening her presents :)

Reese got her very own car :)! She's patiently waiting while Papa Du puts it together, it is battery operated she caught on really quickly how to make it go! Reese LOVES it, she just giggles every time she pushes the button to make it go, Oh so cute! Thanks to Papa John, grammy Linda & the rest of the fam very great idea!

Thanks again to everyone, Reese had the BEST 1st Birthday EVER!!!

Reese's Birthday...

2009-02-28T21:26:00.000-08:00

Reese had a great first Birthday, she got to stay home and hang out with mom all day long. Later Nicholle brought Payton over to play for a while. Payton brought her some cute Birthday balloons :) We invited the family over for cake and ice cream... Reese & Grammy Linda.

I didn't get very many good pictures of the family or her new birthday present. She got a climb and slide castle from us, she loves it! Reese definitely has the climbing part down, she is a little scary on the sliding down part still :)

Trying to climb the slide, not getting too far.

And of course some delicious cake to finish the birthday off.

Reese had her 1 year Doctor appointment Friday which means the poor little thing had to get her shots, very sad :( She is 23 lb 7 oz and 31" he said her weight is in the 85% but her height is off the charts still! She's going to be a tall girl like her daddy & Papa Du :)

Happy Birthday Beautiful Girl!!!!!

2009-02-18T12:39:00.000-08:00

Reese Mashae Petersen 2/18/2008 4:27 pm.....

Is it really possible that this was a year ago?! What a wonderful, beautiful year it has been with Reese in our family! We are so grateful for her happy little spirit in our lives. Reese is a busy little body that keeps us going constantly :) I took the day off to be home with her today, after all I've been a mommy for 1 year now that's something to celebrate right! We had some breakfast then snuggled in bed all morning, I really cant think of anything I would rather be doing than loving & snuggling the heck right out of little Reese :)

Since she is 12 months old now here are 12 things I/we love about her...

1. Her happy personality, she always has a smile on her cute little face.

2. Her cute little giggle :)

3. The way she loves to snuggle when she is getting tired, I wish it were all the time but she is usually on the move!

4. Her cute curly hair, she gets that from her daddy.

5. When I go into her room in the morning to find her standing in her crib looking down the hall just patiently waiting for us to come get her, and the huge smile she gets on her face when she sees us!

6. The way she throws a fit...yes I know real cute now just wait right?!

7. When she smashes her face up against the glass on our french doors to make a cute little "piggy" face :)

8. When she says "gitchu gitchu" and tries to tickle us.

9. Her wide open mouth slobbery kisses right on the lips, so sweet :)

10. The way she wraps her arms around your neck/shoulders like she is trying to give you a great big hug, or when you pick her up and she pats me on the back.

11. How she always calls "Dada Dada" and if she cant get his attention he gets the big "DADDY"! She love him so much!

12. When she tries to secretly feed Macey (the dog) her treats, and when I catch her how she giggles :) She also LOVES Macey!

These are just a few, what is not to love about this little princess?! She makes us all so happy!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl! We love you SOOOO much!!!!!

Reese in her birthday shirt today :) I love that little 4-tooth smile!

Birthday Party pictures coming this weekend!!!!!

Great Job Johnny!!!!!

2009-02-17T09:05:00.000-08:00

Weber State (Johnny's team) took 1st Place in Reno at the competition this last week! They were competing against about 12 different schools from across the Western US! So this means they get to go on to Nationals in San Diego in a couple of weeks. I am so excited for him to have this great opportunity!!! Wish them all luck it would be so awesome if they win this one!!

Our little Reese...

2009-02-11T20:20:00.000-08:00

Grew up over night!!! Oh man where did my little baby go?! Look how old Reese looks! We LOVE her SO much :) She is at such a FuN stage, I'm sure it will just keep getting better, she is so happy and lights up our lives so much! This is her very first little pony tail! So cute :)

My parents gave her this cute chair for Christmas but she has not been interested in it all, until this past weekend it is one of her favorite things! The only problem is our child is a MonKEy! She climbs all over like crazy which has led to a couple face plants off the chair, poor girl!

She is doing SO good since her tubes, we went to Dr Lish last week and he said her ears look great! It's amazing such a simple little process could make such a HUGE improvement so quickly :)

Good Luck Johnny...

2009-02-11T20:09:00.000-08:00

Johnny had the opportunity to travel to Reno, NV with a group from school to participate in an estimating competition. He left early this morning and wont be back until Saturday night, Reese & I miss you already!!! Last night when he was packing he tried to pack Reese right up in his suit case :) Stowing away going on a trip with dad :)

The Petersen Family

Better day today...

Bad day....

Good News!

Prayers...

Merry Christmas!!!

Silly girls :)

Happy Halloween!

Black Island Farms...

~Circus 2011~

Our baby is off to preschool!~

We have a Yard...with Grass :)

Lindon is ONE!!

Swim Lessons :)

Lots of Prayers NEEDED!!

Yay for Warmer Weather...and Yard Work!!

Happy Spring :)

Lately..

Happy WiNteR :)

Happy Halloween!

House for SALE :)

BooNDocKs

Cold Springs Trout Farm...

Pool Day...

Lindon Dallas Petersen...

37 Weeks = Full term!!!!

Memorial Day Weekend...

Weekend project...

Tree House Museum...

Willow Park & Dinner...

Happy Spring...Finally!!!

Happy Easter...

Potty Trained!!!

Going on #23!

Happy 2nd Birthday Reese!!!!

Grandpa Dallas...

Lovin' Little GIRLS :)

IT'S A.....

Christmas time...

Disney on Ice...

Happy Fall Yall :)

Randomness...

Have a CrAzY HAPPY Day!!!!

Labor Day camping...

PlAy TimE...

Reese's little accident...

Reese & Payton...

Scentsy*Scentsy*Scentsy

Cousins, Pool Day, & Camping...

We have a shed!!!!!

Bryce Canyon

Catching up...

Swim Lesson #1...

Uh Oh.....

Hogle Zoo...

Memorial Weekend...

Grandma's 80th Birthday & Family...

Happiness Day 5...

Happiness Day 4...

Papa Du & Reese...

Day 3...

Day 2...

Pursuit of Happiness.... Day 1

MOTHERS DAY Weekend :)

Wagon Ride...

BuMs...

Easter Weekend...

YaaY for New Babies!!!!!!

A little bit o' Reese...

Willow Park "ZOO"

Another small Update...

Our last couple weeks...

SpRiNg FeVeR...I want to...

Snowmobiling...

Reese's Birthday PaRtY!

Reese's Birthday...

Happy Birthday Beautiful Girl!!!!!

Great Job Johnny!!!!!

Our little Reese...

Good Luck Johnny...

ScentsyScentsyScentsy