Tender Lovin'
All of our Kids!
My Cuddle Bear
Watch out Dad!.... Mom has a new man in her life!
Mommy's little Angel
Our Precious Little Boy
Sleepy "Bubee"
I love this picture he looks especially sweet and innocent! What a special gift from Heaven!
Rarrrr.... My name is Smokee! Watch out or I will attack you with my itty bitty kitty paws!
Taylie really loves to play with Smokee, if only she could keep up with her- she is quick!
This April I got to go on another girls trip! We chose to go to Greece and tour the islands and my family said "don't get pregnant this time!" Well guess what, the week after the trip was finalized..... I found out I was pregnant! So I had to deal with being 3 months prego on this trip!- But it was so much fun I wouldn't miss out on these trips ever (pregnant or not)!
This was the fancy dinner night-ooh la la! But only me and Linda went because Robyn lost her wedding ring and Ericka stayed to console her- I guess we just wanted to PARTY! So we got dolled up and off we went!
On this night everyone had to wear Blue and White for Greece!
We had to hurry and take this pic. because there were BEES after us!!
This was taken at the ancient abodes in Ephesus (my favorite part of the trip) where the Apostle Paul used the potty!
This was the first island we visited after leaving Athens its called Mycanos. Also, right before we took this picture we had an appetizer of 4 JUMBO shrimp, but turns out they were totally disgusting so the stray cat there got a meal worth 100 euros! (he was a cute kitty- he deserved it!)
K this was a totally funny moment because the person taking this picture was a guy with a group of Chinese tourists that were in love with us "white ladies". He first wanted a picture with me and then he saw that there were more girls with me and so Ericka had to take a picture with him. Then some of his friends wanted pictures too, it was like we were celebrities. Robyn was laughing at us too and she took pictures of us with these guys. Hello the whole reason for the pictures was supposed to be this magnificent ancient structure, the Acropolis (which means the highest point of the city)! 
"Grandma-Great" had to go back to SLC today and so we went and visited her before she left. We took a bunch of pictures together and realized that we haven't taken a picture of our family with new little bro. in it. Pictures are hard to get right, Taylor had candy she was chewing in this pic. and Emma wouldn't put her jacket on, but hey they were smiling that's all I can ask for from 2 toddlers! This isn't the best one by any means but it is a start!
Chase is getting so big he already weighs 6 lbs. He has the cutest dimples and is such a happy baby. He smiles all the time, it's never hard to catch him. We love our little guy!
Emma wanted to be a unicorn for Halloween and knowing how much Tay loves her sister, it only made sense that she wanted to be a horse too! Holidays are getting so much more fun the older they get! We went trick-or-treating on Painted Hills and scored some huge candy bars! We were only out for like an hour and the girls got their bags FULL of candy, I guess that's where I step in and help with the awful task of eating the candy! te he he he (that's my evil witch cackle, because that's what I was for Halloween, it was only fitting:)!
For Emma's preschool, they had a Field trip to the Stahli's pumpkin patch. Chase was only a few days old so Chad took the girls and they had a blast. There were horses and a corn slide a fun train ride and a hay ride!
The sisters sure love their little bro. Tay is so funny she said to us "oh my goth, he ith tho cute! I juth lub baby Chathe!" We are so happy to finally have Chase here!
It's not that often that G-ma & G-pa Petersen come to visit from Mesquite so we had to take this photo opp. It was a really fun day, we had a yummy french toast and cantaloupe breakfast. The kids all played together while us adults caught up on our many life adventures!
I am not sure if I hated it more that Chad was gone for 5 days or that I didn't go with! I guess that's not fair because I was just gone for 2 weeks in Greece without him 2 months before this trip. It was really good for him to have some fun "male bonding" time as father and son. They shot about 150 Geese/day! He seemed to really enjoy himself and I just love to see Chad happy!
Our family is more a fan of the small town atmosphere when it comes to holiday celebrations like Independence Day. That's why this year we chose to go to Challis, Idaho (A.K.A. the Ranch) with Jon and the kids and g-ma & g-pa pete. The kids just loved it! It was so relaxing and fun to be so up close to all the action! Okay, okay it's really because we have been dying to use our huge stash of illegal fireworks, but hey it made for a kick-butt show!
This is Tay's eew face, she didn't really want to touch the fish either, but she sure was proud!
She was so excited but a little grossed out by how slimey and wiggly the fish were.
What a stud mini-muffin! Chase Tyler Petersen was born on October 20th, 2008. He was 18 1/2 inches long and weighed in at 5lbs. 2ozs(another little Petersen morsel)! He is the sweetest little boy ever. The sisters love their brother(sometimes maybe a little too much)! We couldn't be happier!
If there was such thing as reincarnation Emma would most definitely be a horse. Horses are all she thinks about. She just loves them to pieces!
