Happy New Year!

Peterson's Top 10 for 2011:

1. Eva potty-trained herself and speaks in sentences now: Me watch movie!

2. Maren started tap dance and goes to Primary all by herself now!

3. Brynne started a book and got her ears pierced!

4. Duncan started a book and increased his weapon arsenal!

5. Jen started a new support blog and went to San Diego for FUN!

6. Royce bought a hunting rifle and completed a WarH army!

7. We improved our punctuality as a family (nobody laugh).

8. Royce started a second dental job.

9. Royce and Jen celebrated their 14th Anniversary.

10. We built our first snowmonsters in Flag at Little America Hotel during a snow storm and ate ice cream after! 

Ringing in the New Year at Vaughn and Tammy's new casa!

Rootbeer floats and a belching contest!

Good old-fashioned boy fun!

Julia, V & T's youngest.

Playing Jen's new game: Qwirkle.

New Christmas shirts from G&G Peterson

Weekend Partying!

Jen turned 35 on August 18.  We had an adult date night kickball game to celebrate.  The next morning we went boating/skiiing with our good friends the Larsens, then down to Sedona to hike with Jen's dad.  We were pretty sore and tired by Sunday. :)

Duncan earned his Tenderfoot at the Court of Honor.

1st Day of School!

Another year has started!  Brynne is a big 4th grader at Knoles now, and Maren a 1st grader.  They both have great teachers, and Brynne was lucky enough to get her best friend in her class AGAIN!  Maren had a hard time letting me leave the first morning back, but was fine by lunch time, playing with old and new friends.  Duncan is in middle school as a 6th grader at Basis.  He had a rough first day but was able to get into his favorite elective, art, so he's feeling much better.  He's also excited to be at the same school as his cousins.                     

Princess Eva with the Knoles Knight!

Front of school-Brynne wanted a pretty background!

Anniversary Trip!

Men vs Ocean.

Our good friends invited us to go to San Diego with them the first weekend in August.  We drove over Friday morning, went to the beach that afternoon, and ate at a nice Chinese restaurant for dinner.  Then Saturday we went to Balboa Park-hit 5 museums-then ate Hawaiian food for dinner and went to the San Diego temple.

Royce and Brady-the first ones in.

"Let's go throw our wives in!"

Aircraft carrier off Coronado Island.

Jonathan Seagull-an inspiration to the world.

We fed crackers to these guys and they gagged them down whole:)

  View of Coronado Island in back.

Balboa Park!

Natural History Museum: Royce and a Sloth!

Jen and a Mammoth.

Photography Museum.

Roxanne and Brady in front of the best Poi Pond outside of Japan!

Same pond, different couple.

Giant organ you could hear all over the park.

Air and Space Museum - Royce's fav airplane.

San Diego Temple

R and J in front of San Diego Temple.

We ended up staying at the temple so long that the sun set and we were able to get some great after-dark pictures as well.  Such a beautiful temple...much like a fairy-book castle.  There was a great spirit there.

The grand front entrance.  (Royce took this picture.)

We ran into some friends from Flag...small world!

The temple at night with its lights on. (Royce)

Another favorite pic Royce took....can you find the bride-to-be?!

Spiders, Snakes, Scorpions...Oh My!

Wild Man Phil was at the Branch Library last week...the kids loved it and got to see and pet many creepy things!