Xango Convention

We had such a super fun time

at the 

Xango Convention this last weekend!!

We loved getting to hang out and party 

with our

buddies...

the jensons.

We listened to a Beatles type band...

which were awesome!!

Loved hanging out with you guys!

Then we enjoyed tons of fun announcements, 

awesome music, fun shopping, inspirational speakers and 

just and all out fun time!!

They even announced a change to their logo!!  love it!!

We then went to 

Real Salt Lake

Soccer Game

with tons of other 

Xango people!!

It was really fun

and they won!!

We ended our weekend by

going to

Claire Lynne's blessing

(my sister's little gal).

It was a wonderful weekend...

and isn't she the cutest baby!!

First Day of school!!

The First Day of School...

was a few weeks ago...

and I am just now getting around to 

blogging about it!

I am not going to worry about being 

behind in blogging...

or anything else for that matter...

because life is not a race...right?

it is about enjoying every moment of it!!

Here is my cute Aeryn and Ellie 

with their BFF's

Krystal and Aaron!!

How we love these kids!!!!

My Cute Ellie after having her hair in braids all night!

We went berry picking a few weeks ago!

Boy was it so much fun!

Ellie and her BFF Aaron

did an egg drop science project

at school.

That had to build a contraption

to hold an egg

and then the egg contraption

was dropped from the roof of the school.

They wanted to put it in a jar

of peanut butter

and then inside a box

padded with toilet paper

and then a parachute

to slow it's fall.

It was really fun.

It survived...pretty awesome!!

Visiting Poppa's Grave

My Poppa,

Robert John,

passed away June 24, 2007

while I was pregnant with 

Xander John Peterson.

We used my grandpa's last name

as Xander's middle name.

He was an amazing man.

When I try to think of how to describe him

I think of one word...

integrity!!

No other word sums up 

who he was.

I hope Xander will learn about my poppa

and try to be like him.

My kids enjoy getting to go to the 

cemetary

where he is buried.

We brought flowers and just enjoyed being there.

The kids looked around at 

lots of headstones

discovering people who had their same 

birthdate.

Her are the flowers we brought.

the kids in front of poppa's grave

My mom with aeryn and ellie

Robert John

 peaceful time just being together

the view from poppa's grave...

pretty amazing, huh?

 Aeryn Randii Peterson

is named after my uncle Randy.

he passed away when i was pregnant

with her.

He had cancer...

he was too young...

but lived an amazing life.

 He is buried in the mausoleum 

at the same cemetary.

He is quite high, but aeryn wanted to have a picture

in front of where he is buried.

I could barely get his name and her face in the same picture.

The kids loved looking at pictures,

sayings, cards that are on the 

different memorials. 

It was a great experience.

We were able to discuss

how grateful we are for the 

plan of salvation...

for the fact that we can live as 

eternal families...

that this life is not the end...

that families go on forever!!

My kids amaze me with their faith in 

our Savior.

Pacific Coast Beach Trip

While visiting 

grandma and grandpa

we enjoyed sometime out at the coast.

We love the sand

the ocean smell

the bbq and smore's 

and mostly

the big giant sweatshirts to stay warm.

it really was cold.

my little xander!

my sweet aeryn...looking not so sweet!

 I love the look of sand.

you just want to feel it 

squishing between your toes.

then you remember

how much of a pain it is to 

get all that sand off our 

bodies

before we get in the car

cause it is

really a 

PAIN 

to get it out of the carpet in the car!

 the waves were awesome!

xander's sweatshirt dress...

i remember being that little

when my poppa's shirts 

touched the floor when i wore them.

i miss those days

and love having them with my babies!

my ellie is 9

turning into a young lady

wishing I could keep her small. 

 other beach moments

the kids love having their dad 

dig a giant whole

then they climb in and someone

gets buried...

up to their chest.

ellie is pretty much standing up

that is how deep the whole was.

she struggled to get out

but she did it!

she is strong.

we couldn't go to the beach 

without smore's.

my kids love to roast marshmallows.

it isn't easy to get them just right.

i used to like them burned,

but now I want them slow roasted...

so the inside gets gooey 

and the outside is perfectly golden.

it takes patience...

something I don't always have...

but when it comes to a 

perfect smore

I'll have patience.

when it was time to go

i looked at xander's feet

man they were dirty

but he had a good day

a very good day!!