Lovin' Summer

The cause of Joy's Jet-ski hair

Amy at her dance recital on Saturday

Amy is wearing a girls' 10/12 now. At this rate she'll be moving to the juniors' department by the time she's 9.

Brenda is excited that school is out, because she won't have to wash uniforms or pack lunches for a few months.

Joy cleared away curbing and sod and built a 4x8 box for our square foot garden.

Kara's Primary teacher is convinced that she and another boy in her class are going to get married when they grow up. She says that Keaten loves Kara so much that he annoys her to death.


QOSROIT: What is your least favorite household chore? And a tougher one: what is your favorite?


Love,
The Petersons

Vicious Killer Attack Kitchen Tools

Jet ski hair

The beach in La Jolla

Brenda has been called to serve as the ward choir director. Todd guessed right, but he refuses to post here!

Joy skied, jet-skied, explored and ate good food at Lake Powell. He came home sore but relaxed.

Kara has proclaimed Mom and Dad "the wicked king and queen."

Amy had a bit of a trauma last night. She decided to try peeling an apple by herself (without asking) and took a good chunk of flesh out of her left thumb. Mom couldn't get it to stop bleeding, so she called Dad. The van was in the shop getting its windshield replaced, so Dad's car was our only travel option. So he came home from work in the middle of a crisis and took us to Instacare. They couldn't do anything about it and sent us to the ER. We spent $75 and 2 hours there, even though we were put in one of the "fast track" rooms.

The doctor put a Thrombi-Pad on to help the blood clot and then wrapped her thumb up in pink (!) tape and sent us home. Amy will wear that for the next couple of days and it should heal with no problems. She was actually in pretty good spirits most of the night and only cried when someone touched her thumb. Kara did pretty well too, even with all the waiting and nothing to do.


QOSROIT: Doing anything fun for Memorial Day?


Love,
The Petersons

Proud of our Accomplishments

Brenda's favorite vacation picture

Kara trying to hide from Dad's camera

Joy is on a reward/male bonding trip at Lake Powell with some other guys from work. They are staying on a houseboat in the middle of the lake for 4 days with jet skis and all sorts of water toys. They even have satellite TV on the boat so they can watch the Jazz playoff games!

Brenda has a new church calling, but she can't tell what it is until Sunday.

Amy has mastered riding her bike without Dad holding on! Another childhood milestone achieved.

Kara can now recognize all the letters in her name, plus M and W.


QOSROIT: Can you guess what Brenda's new calling is?


Love,
The Petersons

May the Fourth Be With Us

Picnic at the beach

Belatedly in honor of Star Wars Day

Amy is excited that she only has 4 weeks left until the end of 1st grade. We are not sure if she's happy because she doesn't have to go to school in the summer, or if she is proud that she is going to be a big 2nd grader!

Mom just figured out that when Kara says a prayer, instead of saying, "I'm thankful for this day," she says, "I'm thankful for the stay."

Brenda and Joy attended a second square-foot gardening class on Saturday. It was more of a hands on experience, so we actually got to see and do a little instead of just listening to someone talk about it. We are planning to start some seeds this week. Maybe we can get our thumbs to be more of a shade of gray now, rather than totally black.


QOSROIT: How was your Mother's Day?


LOL for the Week:
-Gotta Love Technology


Love,
The Petersons