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!!

GOIN PRIVATE...

There are just too many weirdo's out there in the world..so yup, i'm goin private.
So if y'all could get me your email addresses, i'll send you an invite to read my blog.
I've had a hard time deciding, but after lots of thought and prayer, I feel like I should protect my family. When I started this blog, I didn't really know what I was doing, and i've mentioned too many things like our last name, kids' names, posted pictures, ect. I'm not gonna lie...it scares me.
Please send me your email so I can add you to my blog list!!!
I will go private next Friday, August 1st.

At his feet

At his feet...by Tami Peterson

They called me to come, I hurried to go,
I knew it was happening, but I didn't want to know
You would soon be leaving us, of this I was sure,
I begged them to help you, but there was no cure
I told them I love you, they just said no,
It's going to be okay, it's his turn to go
But it's not fair! I cried through my tears,
What about all this time? These wasted years?
Go now and spend some time, you'll have to sit at his feet,
You can hold his hand, he loves you, he will not retreat
So enter I did, and sad was the sight,
I did not know if he would last through the night
I came to his side, and knelt on the ground,
His kind eyes looked on me, so big and so round
I told him of those things so close to my heart,
about families being forever, that we would never part
His lips turned up in a sad kind of smile,
and he spoke to me for just a little while
So listen I did to his lessons as I sat,
things about life, and not just how to hold a baseball bat
I smiled as the tears rolled right down my cheek,
I laughed as I held his hand so fragile and weak
He spoke about time, and the wasting we do,
he told me to take care of his cute Grandkids, too
I kissed him as I told him goodbye and farewell,
the angels were near, of this I could tell
My friend he is, that will always stay the same,
and I'll think of him everytime I see a game,
My life has been changed, and had nothing so sweet
as the time that I spent kneeling down AT HIS FEET.


I love you, Grandpa...and I miss you.

Steven's Birthday...

Here's the video of Steven throwing out the First Pitch at the RAPTORS game...


Here's the video of Steven opening his Celine Dion tickets...THANKS MONICA!!!