Family Portraits

In late October, we had our annual family portraits taken in Farmington, UT. It's crazy to sit back and look at these pictures because you see your family every day, but I guess I don't appreciate how much our family is growing, or how much our kids are growing up, until I see them in this type of forum...

♪ I love Sienna she loves me...♪

♪ We love Rusty, yes - siree ♪

♪ He loves us and so you see...♪

♪ We are a happy family! ♪ (My kids love that song)

Collage of Characters...

This fall we got to attend several fun Halloween events including a Halloween Carnival in Kaysville and the Pumpkin Walk in Logan. In each venue, there were some fun character cut-outs. Here were a few of our favorites...

May the force (or schwartz) be with you...

BYU Football!

Our family has historically been big BYU football fans. I grew up going to games with my Grandpa and both of Amber's parents graduated from the Y and have had season tickets for years. This year, we were fortunate enough to be able to take the whole family to a game. And this last season, we went to the San Diego State game where I believe, they turned their season around for the better. It was an exciting game to go to and we had a great time. Ya gotta love the fall!

Rusty and Sienna taking in the sights and sounds of the game...

Go BYU!

Even Matthew had a good time...so far as we could tell.

After the game, we celebrated the win and enjoyed a late night hamburger at Parker's Drive Inn where my mom and her mother would go to buy cokes and where my parent's generation used to cruise to on weekends. All around good times!

Road Trip - Fall 2010

So at the end of September, we decided we needed to go on a much needed road trip. We kept it local and went to Yellowstone and then to Idaho Falls to visit Jess and Rod. We had a good roadey! It was fun to swim in pools, eat out for dinner and breakfast, and pass out in front of hotel TVs watching cartoons, all while getting a breath of fresh air of nature.

Nature's hot tubs

What a smiley boy!

The Fam on Vay-Cay

Amber, Rusty, and Sienna visiting a popular national landmark

Leavin' on a Jet Plane...

Well Mom and Dad Peterson got their mission call to Bogota Columbia. They entered the MTC on August 16th. They were expecting to leave for Columbia on the 28th, but their Visas hadn't come thru yet. On the night of Aug. 31st they surprised us by coming home to wash their clothes and sleep before they flew out the next morning. It was a really fun surprise and it was really fun to see them again before they took off...

We'll sure miss Grandma and Grandpa! (This was taken the night before they left for the MTC)

The infamous MTC Map...

Surprise! One last visit before they flew out... Looking mighty sharp in those mission tags!

Here they are at a place they described at La Calera, with Bogota Columbia behind them

Have a fantastic and successful time in Columbia! The people there are lucky to have you.

Summer Swimmin' 2010

What summer would be complete without a few trips to The Drip...

Whether it's gettin' wet in the yard with a garden hose...

Or at jumping off the side of the hotel pool with Luke and Lola... (We had such a great time!)

Or at the Brigham City Pool going down slides...

Or at Lava Hot Springs with Uncle Connor, Aunt Lacie, and her friend Nipun...

...we managed to stay cool and have a little fun this summer.

ATV'ing at Doc's Flat

We had a great time in August with Amber's family. Mom and Dad Mehr took us all out ATV'ing in Mantua, near Doc's Flat. You wouldn't know that we didn't have much experience on an ATV, by watching us go. We all got a chance to go on a really long ride up to Willard Peak. We overlooked three different valleys from the top. Good times! August 2010

Here's Ben and Connor enjoying a ride. You can see Liberty, UT behind them.

I fell not long after this picture was taken and banged up my knee. So much for trying to look cool.

Here's Amber, Lacie and Zach on our ride to Willard Peak

Sienna wanted to sit on them, even when we were taking a break...

Here's Zach with Sienna in a helmet 10 sizes too big for her. That thing weighed more than she did. Also pictured are Lacie and Rusty...