Family update continues. . .

After settling back into our home in Utah we spent a lot of time with family and friends! I can safely say that the grandparents were happy to have their grandkids close again. Fun!!

Family Update cont. . .

Family update continued. . .

Before our move back to Utah we took the opportunity to see the Portland Zoo. It was amazing! We saw all sorts of animals we didn't see at the Zoo in Utah. We even got up close and personal with a few of them. One of our favorite animals was the sea lions, they swam right up to us in the underwater tank. It made Sienna and Rusty laugh. We also liked seeing the orangutan exibit. When we walked up to see the orangutans, this male orangutan came right up to the glass to stare and Sienna and Rusty. It was really neat!

We were so fortuate to have Mandi (Zach's sister) come up to be with us as we were preparing to move to Utah. We showed her some sights in Washington and Oregon and we loved having her with us!!

Moving day! What a day it was!! 14 hours of driving, potty stops, eating all sorts of junk, and 5 very tired people. We pulled into Brigham City, Utah late in the evening and we were glad to have the trip behind us! We will miss Washington; the amazing friends (we miss you and we love all of you!), beautiful scenery (I miss the trees, Utah does not have huge evergreens), great people, and fun times. We hope to visit in the future.

Family Update!!

Whew! 4 months has flow by and so much has happened to our family. Here is a re-cap of everything that the Peterson family has been up to. . .

I celebrated my birthday in March and it was great! Zach suprised me with Wicked tickets. Yeah! We spent the evening in downtown Portland and enjoyed this fantastic show!

Happy Birthday Sienna! We celebrated Sienna's first birthday this past March. It is hard to believe how fast she has grown! Zach and I are amazed at all she has learned and we love her so much! We had our friends the Yost's and the Fulkerson's over for pizza and cupcakes. It was a fun night and Sienna loved having so many people around! She did better than Rusty with her cupcake, but didn't like getting her hands dirty. Happy 1st Birthday Sienna!

Land of many waterfalls...

We kept hearing about all of the waterfalls in the Columbia Gorge, which is a stretch of canyon and river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark trekked all along it during their famous expedition and their are landmarks everywhere marking their trek. There are alot of waterfalls in the area so we went to go see some of them. First we saw the Wakeena Falls...




But Rusty didn't like being so close because he was getting wet and it was cold.

There that's much better, isn't it Rusty

Then we went to the larger and more famous Multnomah Falls. This is the second highest, year-round, waterfall in the U.S. It's pretty impressive up close, these pictures don't give it justice.

Havin' fun in Utah!

We had a great time in Utah over the Holidays, spending time with our family Mehr and our family Peterson. We also got to spend an evening with some of Zach's good friends from his hometown, and their families.

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.