Merry Christmas!

Hey Everybody,

The Peterson Family wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas!!

Now, Amber will be able to tell you that our little angels didn't take this perfect (both smiling)picture on the first try. It took a few attempts, here are some outtakes...

"Cut! Nice smile Rusty, but Sienna looks a little alarmed."

Cut! Getting close, but Rusty looks a bit...uncomfortable.

"Cut! Rusty, this isn't any better." Looks like he is singing an Elvis song or something, "aw-huh."

This is actually a really good picture. We got cute kids.

Thanksgiving/Family Mehr Visit

Sorry everybody, we've been a little tardy with the updates as of late. It seems the year speeds up the closer you get to the end of it. We enjoyed Thanksgiving with a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Mehr, Uncle Garret, Uncle Connor, and Aunt Lacie. It was a lot of fun with some great food and lots of games. We also enjoyed alot of football, both on screen and off. Connor and Zach played in our ward's annual "Turkey Bowl," a pretty competitive pick-up football game. Rusty and Sienna sure enjoyed getting alot of attention and playing with everybody.

Gotta love the look that Sienna has on her face in this picture. Daddy's face, not so much.

Rusty is a Clone Trooper!!

Grandma Peterson sent Rusty a really neat birthday present, a Star Wars Clone Trooper Helmet. Rusty is really excited about it, only the helmet doesn't quite fit him yet. Daddy thinks it's funny when Rusty puts on the helmet. Daddy calls Rusty a Star Wars Bobble-Head. Rusty likes it when Daddy puts it on and they can play together. What a fun gift!

Visit from Grandma and Grandpa Peterson

Grandpa and Grandma Peterson came up for Grandma's birthday on Nov. 15th. It was so much fun to see them and to take Grandma out for her birthday! We were able to go shopping, have a barbeque and watch a lot of good football!

Let the Party begin...

Rusty blew out the candles on a Kung Fu Panda cupcake. They even had Kung Fu Panda character rings on top for the kids to take home.

Sienna had a great time at the party playing on the floor with the balloons.

Rusty is lucky to have family so close to him. Daddy's cousin Jonn, his wife Sara, and their children Luke and Lola. (Sienna is also shown on Sara's lap)

Rusty invited over some friends and family for his Birthday party. Here is a picture of daddy's friend from work. The Yost family: Justin, his wife Anne, and their children Nathan and Ella.

Rusty's Birthday begins...

Daddy set up a tunnell from the doorway to the front room for the kids to crawl through.

Mommy did a great job setting everything up and decorating the front room and the table. Rusty chose Kung Fu Panda for his party theme.

I love this picture of Rusty and Sienna in the cart at the same time.

Rusty's birthday was November 9th. He turns 3 years old. We celebrated it for two days. What a lucky boy. We started off on Saturday morning with going to get pancakes at IHOP. Rusty wanted to wear his Iron Man costume, so we let him wear it while we ran some errands.

"This is Halloween, La-La-La-a-a" (What movie?)

On Friday night, we went Trick or Treating at the leasing office (they were giving away big treats), and we went over to one of Zach's colleagues from work. We then went to our ward Halloween Party for chili, games and more treats...

"I don't get any candy this year, huh? Well, I only have one thing to say about that..."


"Ahh the spoils of a good night's worth of Trick or Treating..."

Carving Pumpkins with Mommy and Daddy!

Here we are carving our pumpkins before Halloween. We had a good time watching Halloween movies and going to work on our Jack-o-Lanterns.

Go-o-o-o Cougars!!! Some girls in our neighborhood asked if we were the family with the Yahoo Inc. pumkin? Um, no.

We found out that Rusty does not like the feel of Pumpkin guts...

Pre-Halloween Party!

On Wednesday, our friends, who moved up from Utah and who works with Zach, called Amber and invited Rusty, Sienna and Amber to go to a Halloween Party in downtown Camas, a small town just east of where we live. They closed off the downtown area and allowed children, in costumes, to go store to store and trick or treat prior to the big day. Amber dressed up the kids in their costumes and couldn't resist taking pictures. This is Nathan, Rusty's friend and fellow superhero. I guess Nathan didn't get a chance to collect much candy because Rusty was too busy stopping in front of every store window and car reflection to look at himself as Ironman. Sorry Nathan, we hope you got more candy on Halloween...


One of these pumpkins, is not like the others...

Rusty is Iron Man!!!

"Don't make me show you what I can do with these hands in this suit..."

More fun at the beach!

Here are some more pictures from our fun day on the beach...



We even decided to feed a bird, though he was a big bird and he ate alot of our crackers... :)

("Rusty was here") We wrote some messages in the sand.

Ahhh...(sigh)

Videos of Rusty and Sienna at the beach...

Rusty was really acting funny at the beach. He just got so excited when he saw the ocean. There were two women who were flying a kite. Rusty was asked if he'd like to help throw the kite up into the air. He was sure proud of himself for the successful send-off.

A Trip to the Pacific Coast!

On Saturday, we spent almost the entire day going to the Oregon Coast. We went to Cannon Beach, OR which a is nice, quaint little town with shops and restaurants near the coast. But the highlight was definitely seeing the ocean. Rusty kept yelling "Ocean, it's the ocean!" as he ran all over the beach. It was a little windy and cool, but overall it was fun to finally see the coast.