Onward and Upward

One of Amy's first kindergarten assignments.
Note the "imaginative spelling."

Amy finally got into the charter school. Her first day was yesterday. She was a little nervous, but she did just fine. She's making new friends already, and she got to bring home the Share Bear (their version of show & tell).

Kara is daytime potty trained. Hopefully soon Mom & Dad will get a nice break from buying diapers!

On Friday Joy and Brenda attended a fireside presented by the BYU football team and their head coach, Bronco Mendenhall.


QOSROIT: What elementary school(s) did you attend?


Love,
The Petersons

Growing Like Weeds

Our camera died this week, so we will be posting blasts from the past for a while.

The kids helping Mom cook

Another adorable picture from the 4th of July

Amy is starting to get the hang of reading. She knows about 30 sight words and can either sound out a lot of other words or guess them from the context.

Kara has officially given up her nap.

Brenda is actually quite relieved, since now she and Kara can go shopping while Amy is in school. No more fighting or screaming fits in the middle of Albertsons.

Joy had his first appointment with another family in our ward to help them get started on family history on Sunday.


Interesting stuff:

-A continuous flow intersection opening in Salt Lake


QOSROIT: What is your least favorite intersection and why? Come one, we all have 'em!


Love,
The Petersons

Goings-On and Such

Brenda and the girls with Aunt CJ
(Brenda's best friend from AZ)

Kara insisted on a picture,
and this is what we got
when we told her to smile.

On the way to Amy's school, there is an overgrown yard with a lot of wasps. As we were walking by last week, Kara said, "Mommy, we have to stay away from the rumble bees."

Another reason Brenda loves fall: choirs start practicing Christmas music.

Joy got a jury summons form in the mail. What a lucky guy. Now we'll have to wait and see if he's actually called.

Amy is having a HUGE growth spurt. For the last couple of months she has been eating more at dinner than either Mom or Dad. Mom took the girls' measurements (2 or 3 times for accuracy, mind you) to prepare to make Halloween costumes, and Amy's hips were 24.5". A couple weeks later (after she bought the pattern) she measured again, and this time Amy's hips were 26".



QOSROIT: How tall are you?


Love,
The Petersons

Gooooooooooooooallllllllllllll!!

Amy at her very first soccer game

The Rainbows with Coach Jan

Go, Amy, go!!!

As you can see, Amy played in her very first soccer game last week. She loved it! She really went after the ball and doesn't mind falling down so much anymore.

Since it's college football season, we've been teaching the girls to roar like cougars. Mom, Dad and Amy were watching the BYU game together on Saturday. Amy roared, and suddenly we heard this from down the hall, where Kara was supposed to be napping.

Brenda has all the materials she needs to make the girls' Halloween costumes. Now, if she could just find some time... . Anyone have any we can borrow?

Joy is going on a business trip to Eugene, Oregon the first week of October. He must be a VIP, because he's flying Delta and staying at a Marriott.

QOSROIT: What do you wish you had more time to do?


Love,
The Petersons