Peterson Reunion

I am having humongous issues with blogger. So my pictures uploaded in some random order and I couldn't get them all. So here is my last post of Idaho. The second to last day there we ran a Peterson Reunion.  It was great fun. I had picked up Jake from his delayed flight, right around 2:30am; so after getting to bed around 4am...we were a bit tired. However, I was so excited to have Jacob join us, I didn't mind one bit. Neither did Lucy....who really missed her dad-da! I could finally run around and take pictures and mingle.

These first few pics are of the obstacle course race.

Lucy and her Dad.

Grandma's yard is never boring.

Here we have Tina and one of the twins.

Lucy wouldn't let Jake go.

Thomas finally had a little boy. They are both so handsome.

Next are some scattered pics of of a watermelon eating contest. Spencer threw up after his attempt.

Grandma did the coolest obstacle course. It consisted of slack line, sack races, running, climbing, jumping and more. It ended up being anywhere from 4 minutes to 10...depending on your speed. The grandkids loved it.

After the race all the kids got a pop. Lucy was drinking water...but felt awesome just the same.

We Peterson's are competitive...so it took a while to tally up the times of the race.

I was proud of my kids. They ran hard, and it was a HOT day!

Here are the winners. We have Jacobie for 1st, Weston got 2nd, Then Darrin, Brice, and Ty's kids Karlie and Derrick tied for 5th place.

The rest of the afternoon was spend eating great food and playing water kickball and spikeball.

Spencer had never had a "brown" Popsicle and was thrilled!

Troy won the watermelon contest and I wanted a pic. He went straight to this! I miss my family!!!!

Ty and Katie. They don't look like the parents of six do they?

And Tina and Nick don't age either. 5 kids and they look like teenagers.

Tina lived with us when we were newlyweds and Jake and her still have a special bond.

We snuck away for a bit so Jake could see Samantha's grave and we could skip rocks in the snake river. Traditions.

Doesn't seem possible that these twins are four weeks old. Michelle looks too good and they are so chubby and cute already!

The men had their own watermelon eating contest!

Jake did awesome...but uncle Troy was victorious!

Summer in Idaho

I just must admit my trip started out kind of rocky. After a long drive with Lucy sleeping and my refusal to pull over (didn't want to wake her...) We finally stopped at a crappy McDonalds just about an hour and a half outside of Vegas. On the California and Nevada border. I rushed the kids into the restaurant as fast as I could because I needed to go to the bathroom...something fierce! In my rush I locked my keys in the car. It ended up being (and I am not over exaggerating this,) a six hour wait!  Six hours people! With only my phone and my wallet...and four kids. Lucy was a wreak and so was I to be honest. I waited for three hours for a locksmith who never found us and turned around and went home. Then another 3 hours for a locksmith to finally get us in the car and back on the road. There were tears and there were laughs...but mostly tears. I drove the kids till 5am to Provo. I wanted to make it up to them and let them sleep the majority of the drive. Once I actually was driving again, it wasn't so bad. We arrived in Idaho the next day around noon and had a great trip. I am wondering what lesson I am to learn from all of this and I keep thinking...I need to slow down and pee when necessary!

 

Once we got to Idaho the fun began. First up were haircuts. 

And hugs... 

 Lucy struggled this trip. She was cutting 4 eye teeth and had a double ear infection. I also think she was a bit overwhelmed with the constant crowd. I could always make her happy by pushing her on Grandma's swing.

I got to see old friends. 

Aubrey had fun with her cousins. 

Spencer made an awesome fort! 

 

 Whiffle ball.

Late night stories from Grandma's cool kid encyclopedias. 

Singing in our car every time we rode in it! 

Babies 

 And more babies (Tod and Michelle's twins. Caden and Jennette)

 

Horseback riding 

Truman is off of his mission. It was so good to see him.

 

The hottest parade of my life. 

Our tradition of going to Burger's etc. My kids love this place! 

And weather that is sooooooooooo much better than Arizona this time of the year.

 

 

 

I got to see my brother Toby perform in a local musical. He is so great on stage and steals the show. Love seeing him share his talents. 

 

 

Summer trips 2014

Seriously. I have so much to blog about but I am feeling lazy tonight. First I will start with photos off my phone and see how far I get about the journaling part. I have to say this trip was great fun and I am so blessed for both the Watkins and the Peterson family!! Lucky me. Let's start with a week in California.

 beach bums

 

 

The Newport Temple 

 

Celebrating Father's Day and Samantha's Birthday with the Watkins. 

My favorite view in the world!