A new niece, and a new 2 year old...

Soo...I wish I had a camera...hint hint for anyone who wants to buy me one. I would have pictures here of our new niece Gabrielle Hatch and our big 2 yeard old, JT.
Gabby was born on September 18th and weighed in at 8lbs even and 20" long. She is beautiful, of course and we all love her. After I held her for awhile, we drove back to Heidi's house and took her oldest girls, Kallie and Kaiya to our house for the weekend. We are having a blast! These cousins are so cute with eachother, and they can't get enough of all the fun that they have together!!
I also can't believe that my BABY is 2!! It seems like just the other day Steven and I were where Burke and Heidi are today...in the hospital enjoying our newest addition. And now he's running around with the big kids having as much fun as possible. He's such a good boy and I am so proud of him. Best of all, I get to keep him for eternity! What a blessing it is to be married in the temple to the love of my life, and have our beautiful children sealed to us for eternity. I love them and I love Steven. I am excited for many, many more birthdays with our handsome JT.
Welcome to the world Gabby!! And Happy Birthday, JT!!! Love you!!

Blessed

I look back on all of my recent posts, and I do believe that I needed someone to just say to me..."At least you have your husband and children that are healthy and happy...isn't that what life is about?"
Thismorning at 4am Steven called me to tell me that he was out on a call for the mortuary when he drifted into oncoming traffic and was involved in a head on collision. I sat straight up in my bed, and instinctively patted his side of the bed. Of course since he was calling me, he was doing ok. He was sore and stiff, and so was the girl that he hit, but they were both fine. It was a long day today taking care of kids, and taking care of Steven, but we made it through. I made it through WITH them. I cannot live WITHOUT them. I need them everyday. I need Steven to smile his mischevious smile at me and then wink. I need JL to tell me about a game that she played while her words whistle right through her new adult teeth. I need JS to tell me that he and his buddy James are having a great time playing power rangers..and I need JT to smile at me and ask me if he can watch 'McQeen' one more time. I need them ALL with me when I pray at night. I need them with me at church. I need them to snuggle with, and I need them forever.

I am so grateful for my little family. Especially for Steven who works so hard to keep out heads above water. Who still makes me smile.
Thanks to:
Mom and Dad Fry for coming to watch the kids thismorning and cleaning up :)
Grandma and Grandpa Rogers who came to visit and had Grandpa give Steven another amazing blessing.
Bubba and Traci who came to check on Steven and make sure we were all right.
Brandon and KelliAnn for checking on Steven and staying to play with our kids for a while.
Daren and Andrea for taking care of mortuary duties tonight so Steven can recover, and bringing us dinner from Olive Garden for Monday.
Ben and Megan for bringing us dinner and Steven a 'candybar bouquet' and cute book.
Aunt Tiffany for stopping by and checkin on us, to make sure we were ok and the little ones, too.
Uncle Todd who showed up only minutes after he heard what happend, and started helping me with kids.
Thanks to Monica for letting me call her thismorning and talk to get my head straight, and offering to take the kids.
My Mother in Law, Cindy for putting our names in the temple, and her many prayers.
And all the rest of EVERYONE that called to make sure our Steve was ok.
I don't want to sound cheesy because everything did work out, but it was kind of an eye opener for me to think about what could have happend. I am so grateful for the chance to continue being with Steven here on earth. He is my best friend, and the best Dad. I love you, Pete. You're the best.

WE MAY NOT HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER, BUT TOGETHER WE HAVE IT ALL...

To the SUPER nice person who...

During the chaos of getting ready to go to stake camp, and the stress of money I had just decided that I couldn't take anymore!! HAHA! I know that sounds rediculous, but it's true. I felt like the world might just cave in on top of me because I couldn't hold the world up anymore. I went to the doctor on Friday and found out a lot about my health, and found out nothing at the same time. I have to have a hysterectomy, but I don't have insurance and I don't have $12-18k. We needed new tires for our jeep to go to stake camp, and found out that we couldn't afford that either. It was a pretty darn stressful day.
I came home with crying boys and to my ultimate surprise there was a huge box on my porch! With almost 200 diapers and 3 boxes full of wipes. Oh my! I didn't cry in front of Steven, but the second he took the boys to find other tires (which didn't work out either) I got down on my knees and thanked my Heavenly Father for the kindness that still exsists in this world. I asked him to bless that SUPER nice person, and to continue to bless us as well.
So...to the SUPER nice person that did that...I want you to know how special that was to me. It is small acts of random kindness like this that makes my life easier.

If it's broken, I probably touched it...

Do you ever feel like whatever you touch turns black?? HAHAHA!! Well, whatever I touch just breaks lately.
I could laugh or cry, so i'm gonna laugh...
In the last week or two, I have BROKEN or it's broken on its own...
1 front door
1 vacuum
1 car air conditioner
2 washers
1 bowl in the sink
4 fingernails
1 glass Micasa frame from my wedding
1 digital camera
AND WHERE IS STEVE?? Bear Lake working...bummer.
I think i'm going to stay in bed next week with a pillow over my head...hopefully I don't break anything else before the week is over...sheesh.

These hard times

"Say goodbye these days are gone, and we can't keep holdin on when all we need is some relief thru these hard times..."
-Rob Thomas

I love this new Matchbox song!! When I think about the hard times in my life, I can't help but just look to this last week. Life really is rough. But i'm grateful to the 'some relief' that i've been getting. My Heavenly Father is there for me, and so he waits. With outstretched arms and a loving shoulder to lean on. I am grateful for the temple to be able to feel the closeness that is there thru these hard times.

We Want YOU...

So, y'all know i'm patriotic!! Well, at least you should. My whole house is decked out in Americana..I love it!!
I also love the Peterson family...and every year they go marchin up to the woods, sleeping bags in hand, and go to STAKE CAMP!! I'm not gonna lie...i've known the Petersons for a long time, and NEVER knew about stake camp. So our first year of marriage, I got this Uncle Sam finger in my face about going up to play with the Petersons...WE WANT YOU...to come to stake camp. I was VERY pregnant with JL, but was told that the lake was cold enough to deliver in...I wouldn't feel a thing! I decided against the natural, crazy woman, giving-childbirth-in-a-lake idea and stayed home.
It wasn't until JS was almost a full year old that I also marched up with my sleeping bag, whistling camp songs. I figured out what I was missing out on...yes, it's dirty, yes it's cold...but it is FUN! The best part was watching Grandma and Grandpa Peterson out in nature, and just being with family. I couldn't believe that I had missed out on all those years! Of course, we've had babies in the fall..(every one of them)..and missed a couple of years...but i'm happy to say that we won't be having that problem anymore, and my baby is old enough to endure the cold nights now. I will continue to be a 'regular' at STAKE CAMP. I love being with Steve's family. Some of them are my very best friends...and I wouldn't miss it for the world!
And so I say to you, my fellow Petersons who don't want to attend stake camp...Ask not what your family trips can do for you, but what you can do for your family trips!..WE WANT YOU because we love you, and want you to be apart of us to enjoy all of our adventures...even if we have to listen to you snore...
I can't wait for Stake Camp!!! I loooove being a Peterson!!

I can't stand it!!!...

Being private is sooo lame!!! No one can see my blog, including my family..it is so frustrating!! So I changed a few features and hopefully now the weirdo's don't see my blog...
So ok...here goes...I'M BACK...and loving summer!! I'm in big trouble, tho! We have been good at sleeping in all summer...and school is about to start! AND i'm going to have TWO kids in school this year!! Crazy. I can't believe JL is going to 1st grade...unbelievable!
Last Friday, ANOTHER one of Steven's cousins got married!! This time it was Lindsay..who i'm not gonna lie...is one of my favorites! These are basically the only pictures i've taken since Brittany got married.
Lindsay was so beautiful, and the night was PERFECT. Congratulations Jonny and Lin
dsay...we love you!!

Uncle Brian and Lindsay

Here comes the bride

The handsome groom

And these ones are for Aunt Carrie...

Look at Frank!!

Me and Kayla...I love that girl..

Grandma dancing with the girls...

Steven and Todd

Mommy and a sad JT

Steven and Tami...awww...

LE and Courtney...Courtney is Lindsay's sister...isn't she beautiful??

KK and Steven...he's such a good Uncle..
Anyway..that's about all that has been up with us...I love Steve's family!!