Some things that went on in February

Tanner would not take a nap the other day. Finally at about 6:30 pm he got up on our bed and spread out. We tried waking him up so he wouldn't wake up in a few hours and want to be up, but there was no moving... he was out!
Andrew snuggled up with Batman!
Me at 21 weeks... yea... only half way! YIKES!!
The monster I chase around the house. Lately his favorite hiding place has been in the dirty clothes hamper. The first time he hid there it took me a good 5 minutes to find him... for real!
Tanner was invited to a girl named Ava's birthday party. He had a lot of fun playing with kids and all the games. When it was time to blow out the candles on her cake, Tanner thought she needed help and ended up blowing them out himself I think! Sorry about that Lisa!
Love bug at the party!
Andrew was helping me make dinner and Tanner went and brought his chair into the kictchen to watch us work. He just sat there quietly and would occasionally ask us what we were doing. It was pretty funny to us!
Tanner actually happy to go to church because I am in the nursery now. Before he would start getting sad with us just talking about going to church, start crying when we would pull up to the church, then start balling when we would walk down the hall to the classroom. Now there is no problem... except for the fact that I have a huge momma's boy on my hands!
At the end of music time on the 13th, the kids brought treats to share and give as Valentine's. Tanner never trading Valentine's before thought it was the coolest thing. He wanted to carry his bag around all day, but I would make him put it away so he wouldn't eat all the candy. So ever so often Tanner would ask, "Mom where's Valentine party!" (aka his candy bag.) That went on for a week before the candy was gone and I could throw away the "Valentine Party".

Happy Valentine's Day!...Girl or Boy???

BOO! I see you!
This is the arm and then the leg lined up!
Foot and part of the other one!

Well it's not what we thought it was..... IT'S A BOY! We are excited that Tanner will have a brother. And I am happy to be having another boy! Sorry but I didn't want to put up "the boy picture"! We took Tanner with us to see the ultrasound of the baby and he was sooo excited! When the doc would point something out he would repeat it back and jump up and down. His favorite things he saw were the lips, nose, feet, and fingers! There was the best picture of the tips of 5 little fingers but she didn't put it on the cd so "oh well I guess". We all had a wonderful Valentine's Day finding out what the little baby is and seeing his little face!

I'm still surrounded by BOYS!

Hard at work!

My boys working hard on homework... or just Andrew!

President Gordon B. Hinckley

In memory of Gordon B. Hinckley I would like to say a few thoughts about him. I heard Sunday night he had passed away and my first reaction was that it was a joke. It almost seemed like he would be with us forever despite his up and down health. We were blessed to have him for as long as we did. I know he is rejoicing to be with his lovely wife Marjorie again. I had the oppotunity to meet him twice and have never felt the spirit so strong in my entire life! What an amazing man who did so much in the time he had to give. It makes me cry to think he is really gone.... tears of happiness... and tears of I will miss him and his witty personality. I know the new President will be wonderful and can't wait to hear of who it will be. But I will look forward to meet Pres. Hinckley again someday! Thank you for making me want to be a better person!

Hair cut

Tanner getting a hair cut. A little shorter than I meant to do, but it works, he's a BOY!

Up to NO good

Tanner hasn't been able to go outside lately because of the weather being so cold, that all his energy has built up and all he wants to do is RUN RUN RUN. (I am sure the people who live below us love it) So anyhow, he was running the other day and I said, "Tanner you can't run, it's too noisy, you need to just go slow!" So I look over at him a few minutes later to him acting funny. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "Running so slow mom, not fast, I'm going slow!" So there you have it. He was just running in slow motion. He now does it everytime I ask him to slow down and I can't help but to laugh. It looks so funny. I tried to tape him but he won't do it, so this picture is the best I got!
I was getting ready to take the laundry baskets downstairs to start a load when Tanner asked what I was doing. I told him I was going to take the clothes downstair to wash them. I ended up leaving the baskets to get the towels out of the kitchen and go sidetracked doing something else. By the time I got to the stairs, this is what I saw. He looked at me and smiled and said, "Clothes downstairs Mom!" How could I get mad at that, I mean they were half way down. "Thanks for the help Tanner!"
Andrew was trying to do homework and I was trying to get things done around the house. Tanner was wanting some attention then decided he wanted to watch a movie. We started one for him so we could finish up when he busted out in this pose. We got out the camera to snap a shot. He just looked annoyed that now we were messing with him!
Tanner will always move the bench in the kitchen so he can see what is going on. (He calls it, "My Stool") Tuesday night he moved it over to the sink to "help do dishes" even though they were already done. Andrew and I started to walk out and told him to jump down and be careful. We then heard a THUD and SCREAMS, Andrew and I just looked at each other like I knew it was going to happen. What we didn't know is he really did hurt himself. We went to pick him up and there was blood on the floor and all over his face. We rushed him to the bathroom to get a cold rag to stop the bleeding and to see where it all was coming from. He had hit his nose pretty good and had bit part of his front lip (not bad). We felt pretty bad for him, but he was a good sport who stopped crying and let us nurse him back to health. This picture is after everything was already cleaned up. No broken bones just a hurt little button nose.

Making a Snowman!

The snow was finally wet enough to roll into a ball and stay there. We had tried making a snowman a few times before and the snow would be to powdery you couldn't even make a snow ball in your hands. But on Saturday the weather was okay and we began rolling away. Tanner didn't like having his hands touching the snow long enough to help roll a ball because they would get just to cold, so instead he had fun finding rocks and sticks to put on our "man".
Once the snowballs were in place Tanner put on the arms, mouth, eyes, and buttons, hat, and most important... the carrot nose. I think a bunny must have goten hungry though. We had went out shopping and when we came back the nose was gone. "Nibble, nibble, CRUNCH!"

Livin' it up at Grandma's and Papa's house

Every day we were in Panaca, Tanner was outside playing in the dirt and watching the builders work! He didn't care where mom and dad were, as long as he had the essentials... Tractors, 4-wheelers, and dirt. Tanner was out watching Papa and some builders use a jackhammer (the tool that makes the loudest noise possible) when he fell asleep on the 4-wheeler. They couldn't believe anyone could fall asleep with that much noise!

Salt Lake trip

The whole group plus great Grandma and Grandpa Peterson.

Noah, Colby, Tanner, Bailey, Carlaya, and Grandma



We went up to Salt Lake for a few days to just have fun. The boys went to the Jazz vs. Celtics game and about got beat down for cheering for the Celtics! During the day the girls went shopping and the daddy's took the kids to the Discovery Museum where Tanner is dressed up. Then everyone went to Temple Square to see that lights, temple, and Nativity. It was a little cold so we had 5 angry kids. Tanner started throwing a fit until we went and saw the statue of Christ. As soon as we rounded the corner and he could the Jesus, Tanner did not make a sound and would not take his eyes off of him. I would talk to him about it, but he never responded. He just kept his eyes forward. I wish I knew what he had been thinking?! The only time I got him to look away was when I tried to take his picture. He walked back and sat down facing Christ again before I got a good shot.

Christmas Day

Tanner and Andrew's Christmas (not the TV)

After "most" of the toys had already been cleaned up!

Christmas Eve

Tanner got to open one gift Christmas Eve... what will it be?
Sporting, of course... the new pj's
We have to wait until tomorrow?
Forget buying presents, all we needed was a box for each kid.
All tuckered out! I hope Santa comes!

Because my parents moved out of their house and into their new apartment over the garage while their new house is being built, there was no way we all would fit in it. So what did we do? Headed over to Cedar City and had it in my little brother Doug's college apartment. Andrew and I were dreading it. But it ended up being not as bad as we had thought it would be! And everyone had.... well their fair share of space.

Before the 5 kids got to open a present Camille and Amber dressed them up and had them act out the Nativity for everyone. I didn't get any pictures of it because I was video taping, but I am sure you can imagine how cute it was.

Grandma Martha's 96th Birthday Party

Grandma's birthday was on the 23rd of December, but the party was on Saturday the 22nd. Grandma told the story of her father at Christmas giving an orange to each of his children and every other child that lived in Eagle Valley an orange as well. It was the only time of year that any of them would even see an orange, let alone eat one. So it was a really special treat for everyone. Grandma in return gave each of her grandchildren, great grandchildren, and even great great grandchildren an orange and a dollar at her birthday party.
Songs were sung, stories were told, and hugs were shared. It was a very good party.
The wreath on grandma's head was sent by Lorell and Terry from the Marshall Islands.

Random cute pictures!

Future ROCK STAR!
What do you think he is dreaming?!