Peterson POSROIT #97

The girls enjoying our first snowstorm of the year

Amy's cute new haircut

Come on, Cougars, it's up to you:

Kara's latest new phrase is "silly billy." We have no idea where it came from, but on Saturday she suddenly started calling everyone, especially herself, a silly billy.

We discovered the other night that Amy has been paying attention to commercials. She was telling us about a toy she would like to have, and she finished by saying, "Only at ToysRUs."

Joy and Brenda watched the most unbelievable football game on Saturday. After being behind the entire second half, BYU beat Utah 33-31 on a touchdown pass on the last play of the game.


Interesting stuff:

-Do you like brain teasers?

-Cost of the 12 days of Christmas is on the rise


QOSROIT: If you celebrate Christmas, when do you start decorating?


Love,
The Petersons

Peterson POSROIT #96

Amy helping Kara ride her bike

Kara and Dad just hangin' out

Some say tak, others merci:

Amy is most thankful for her kitties.

Kara is most thankful for her voice. She uses it constantly -- and loudly.

Brenda is most thankful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Without the gospel, her life would be completely different, and she wouldn't have her beautiful family for eternity.

Joy is most thankful for his girls. The way they get excited over just about anything makes him happy.


Interesting stuff:

-Stop global warming with smog?
-How much do you know about Thanksgiving?


QOSROIT: What are you most thankful for?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Love,
The Petersons

Peterson POSROIT #95

Amy dancing in her new dress-up clothes

All you can see of Kara at meals
when she doesn't sit in a booster seat.

It is I! Captain Vegetable! (or not):

Joy saw his doctor a couple weeks ago and found out that his cholesterol levels are outstanding. The doctor told him to keep doing whatever it is he's doing. So Joy said, "It must be all those fruits and vegetables I'm not eating." The doctor said, "Well, keep not eating them."

Amy had a birthday party with her friends on Saturday. They all had so much fun that when it ended most of them asked their parents if they could stay and play longer.

Brenda survived the party with most of her sanity in tact.

Kara is learning her shapes and colors. So far she recognizes blue and pink (surprise, surprise) and triangles, squares and circles.


Interesting stuff:

-Why you should never try to mug a magician

-Incredible sand art


QOSROIT: Have you ever seen a live magic show?


Love,
The Petersons

Peterson POSROIT #94

Happy birthday to Amy!

The girls playing in Amy's new
dress-up clothes

You've had a birthday, shout hooray:

Amy gets to have 3 parties again this year. We celebrated with Dad's family in St. George over the weekend and then with Mom's family on Monday. On Saturday she has a party with her friends. Monday night, she gave Mom a big hug and said, "This is the best birthday ever!"

Brenda is going crazy trying to get ready for this friend party. How do we keep 12 kids entertained for an hour & a half without tearing the house apart?

Kara has appointed herself to the potty patrol. She's still not too interested in using it herself, but whenever anyone else goes to the bathroom, she announces it to the rest of the household (e.g. "Daddy go potty!").

Joy's sister's family adopted a baby from Korea, and this weekend they had him sealed to them for eternity in the temple. Joy and Brenda got to be there. It was an indescribable experience.


Interesting stuff:

-Strange what they consider to be a big family


QOSROIT: How many kids are in your family?

Love,
The Petersons

Peterson POSROIT #93

Our fabulous Dora the Explorer jack-o-lantern

Dora and Boots ready to go trick-or-treating

We were working in the lab late one night:

Brenda finished the girls' costumes in the nick of time. Whew. Now on to Christmas projects.

We had our first snow last week, and Amy built a little snowman. Later as it got warmer, the poor guy started to fall over. When Mom pointed it out to Amy, she said, "Maybe he's doing the limbo dance."

This morning when Dad got out of the shower, he found Kara running around completely naked (except for her cool Dora slippers, of course). When he asked her where her diaper was, she said, "Wet."

Joy carved our beautiful pumpkin, in spite of the frustration of not having the proper tools. We wanted to use our Dremel and be real pumpkin professionals, but the bit that we had (which, by the way, came with the Dremel) was too small for the tool. So we had to resort to a paring knife. We wanted to do a BYU-themed, jack-o-lantern, too, but one was enough for Joy. We'll be better prepared next year.

Interesting stuff:

-Highest Scrabble score ever

QOSROIT: What was your (and/or your children's) Halloween costume?

Love,
The Petersons