While mother's away the little ones will play...

So last Friday night the girls (McCall & Elizabeth) wanted to sleep in the guest bedroom - soon to be McCall's as soon as we pick out a bedroom set - anyhooo, Erik had gone down to walk on the treadmill about 9pm, with girls in bed, as I headed out the door to deliver a birthday gift and Strawberry Rhubarb Pie to my Dad in Orem.

When Erik got off the treadmill to come upstairs at 10:30pm this note was sitting at the foot of the stairs - and the girls were still awake in the middle of a crisis concerning one head and a sippy cup of water. Needless to say when I got home about 11pm the girls were asleep in their own beds!

(Dad, Elizabeth hit me with her drink. Love, McCall P.S. Wer (where) is mom?)

I love it! What a goof!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day Weekend 2009

My cute little family was so good to me this mother's day!

We headed to Thanksgiving Point and I got another pass for the new year. We ate at the cafe & purchased some of their big cookies for dessert. We then walked the gardens, feeding fish, watching a large goggle eyed frog on a lily pad, ate our cookies in a shady cove. We looked at the hundreds of tulips and a few other flowers like tiny blue/purple forget-me-not's blooming through the gardens.

I love Thanksgiving Point!

We then headed up to the Little America in SLC and swam, hung out and just kind of relaxed. No cooking - no making beds.

Just time together.

We have all been suffering from a bad cold/cough, and poor Claire got it Saturday night - but she's a trooper and we all had a good time regardless. Erik so far has kept from getting this horrible gunk (he's the only one that got a flu shot this year - humm).

Probably should avoid the flash in the morning!

On Mother's Day we had Brunch at the Grand America. YUM!

Today, Monday, the girls and I are all taking the day off and relaxing and trying to rest and feel better! I wish I could take some medication (I am on Sudafed and an antibiotic for my sinus infection) but it's all worth it to have a healthy safe baby!

It was a great weekend and we all had fun - especially the kids - which is always the most important part for Erik and I. I felt so special and loved by my cute little family and I can't wait thinking that at the beginning of July we will add our final installment in the PETERSON CLAN. We are so blessed!!

Catch Up -- Easter and Spring Break

For Spring Break we stayed around town - and the girls got to play in the snow! They loved it and had so much fun. It was a huge snow storm (our power was out for a good 5 hours) but as typical Utah weather goes it was melted by the next afternoon!

We always said McCall could choose to get her ears pierced once she was 8, which came and went with out her wanting to do it -- fine by us -- the later the better. But she came to us a couple weeks ago and asked if she could, so over Spring Break we headed out to get it done. This was the second ear and she was smiling so that was a good sign! She has followed the instructions for care PRECISELY, three times a day and hundreds of cotton balls later (one ball in front one behind with the cleaner and fresh set for each ear... that makes 4 per cleaning session, 12 per day for 6 weeks... no wonder my waste basket seems to be full so often!)

I snapped a quick pic of the girls with their Easter eggs as they were dying them... They love it so much I thought maybe we should start dying them for other holidays as well -- why do it just once a year!? Of coarse, we love egg sandwiches and never have a problem eating up hard boiled eggs. (I always am a bit concerned about McCall unzipping her lunch at school to the pungent smell of an egg sandwich!)

It was rainy and kind of cold but we headed out to the "circle" for our annual neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt! I always think we'll head out to one of the big organized egg hunts but you just can't beat the convenience of walking next door! The Bedier's arranged it this year... we really have the nicest neighborhood. It makes a huge difference to have such nice people around and to have such awesome youth for your kids to watch and to grow up with.