The Sister Council

After I put the girls to bed tonight, I told them that I would leave the door open so they could listen for Daddy to come home, IF they stayed in their bed. Well, after sending them back to bed a couple times, I closed the door. I don't remember speaking angrily to them, just matter-of-factly. A few minutes later, I heard the door open and they both walked into my bedroom.

While entering, Chloe began, "Mom, wait...wait" (expecting me to fly off the handle, I guess).

So I calmly asked, "What are you doing out of bed?"

Chloe (speaking for the Sister Council): "Well, we told ourselves that you need to say sorry."

Me: "What for?"

Chloe: "For being mad at us."

I explained that I wasn't mad, but that I was just keeping my word about closing the door since they disobeyed. They still thought that I was in the wrong and that I should apologize.

I chuckled to myself, imagining the two of them in bed discussing the situation, and coming to the conclusion to get out of bed and, together, bravely seek retribution.

2012 Peterson Mini Family Reunion

Here are some new family pictures from our annual Peterson reunion last weekend. We gathered in Pocatello Friday night, and the adults got to go out to eat while a couple local "Beehives" watched the kids. What a treat that was! Saturday we spent the morning taking pictures and then headed to Lava Hot Springs for the afternoon. Activities included floating the river, eating and relaxing. Chloe loved going down the river, and she went several times. I got some scrapes and bruises when I fell off my tube, but we all had a good time. After church in Poky on Sunday, we headed for home.

 

Return of the Prodigal Blogger

Hi, Everyone! I haven't logged into my blog in so long, I don't even recognize blogger anymore--it has a new look! Well, here I am. I'm not sure how frequently I will continue posting, but I'm going to start with a post about Mother's Day. (I think I like the intimacy of blogging more than facebook for sharing family photos, stories and memories.) Last Saturday we got together with the local brood for niece Molly's 1st birthday party, then we reconvened at Grammy and Papa's to plant Grammy's Mother's Day present: 8 new iceberg rose bushes.

Molly is sure a cutie.

So here are some pictures of the process. I had the hardest job--taking pictures. :) No, really, Chad, Kevin, Diannah and Nancy worked so hard to create this beautiful present for Mom. Thanks, y'all! We love you, Mom!

Halloween 2011

 Here is a quick report on our Halloween. Chloe got it in her head a few weeks ago to be a pumpkin for Halloween, so that is the costume that we created for both the girls. As you can see from Charlotte's attire in this picture, the weather was quite warm during the day on Halloween. (She didn't stay out long in her diaper.)

  Duncan "hates" (his word) Halloween, so he stayed home. But the girls and I had fun trick-or-treating with Aunt Di Di, who was dressed up as Waldo. After every house Chloe would say, "Can we go to a different house and go trick-or-treating?"

Summer Winding Down: Scenes from Spanish Fork

Yesterday evening Duncan, the kids and I couldn't resist the beckoning twilight of late summer. The evening was so mellow and beautiful, and the hay field behind our house had recently been cut and dotted with bales. We had FHE outside and then lingered past the setting of the sun, watching the farmers haul the hay, watching the sunflowers blow, and watching our shadows dance against the house. In a way it felt like a good-bye to Summer; the last Summer that Chloe will be three and Charlotte will be almost-two. But, as Chloe has been saying lately, "It's going to turn Halloween." And we'll have different things and different evenings to enjoy.

 

Spanish Fork Farmer's Market

I saw the sign for it earlier in the week and thought, "That would be a fun Saturday morning activity for me and the girls while Duncan is camping this weekend." So we arrived at the farmer's market Saturday morning ready to stroll leisurely through rows of vegetables, fruits, baked goods, art work, crafts and other items I imagined a farmer's market to include. Well, I have to say I was a little bit disappointed. Our "stroll" took all of two minutes, and we only saw some vegetables, a couple fruits, some grains, garlic and honey...oh, and some homemade lip balm and body butter. Three minutes picking out some carrots and the color of the flower on the lip balm, and our whole experience lasted about five minutes.

Here is what we came home with:

 

And it wasn't long before Charlotte's lip balm looked like this:

 

Maybe next year's farmer's market will be better. :)

We Have Moved

...to Spanish Fork. And we're having a splashing time!