Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers and soon to be mothers! I hope everyone had a very relaxing and joyous day. I had a wonderful day! We got to listen to my second set of parents report their mission in our old ward. It was the couple we house sat for, also my good friend Emily's parents. Like my mom said at dinner after church " I could have listened to them speak for the whole three hour block." They did such a good job. My younger sis Amanda and I made dinner for my side of the family after church. I have to say it was really good.

Cort and I took our kids out to the cemetary to see his mom's grave. This was the first time we took Noah.

I wanted to take pictures of the boys. We have pictures of Gavin when he was about Noah's age out there. The boys fell asleep in the car and we had to wake them up. You can tell who is a bear when their sleep is disturbed. Cort says Gavin takes after me and that I am always grouchy when someone has to wake me up.

On the other hand Noah lights up with his big cheesy grin every time a camara is in his face.

We have ended our day at my father inlaws house. We come over every Sunday night and just shoot the bull. I guess it is on to another week. I hope this one is better than last.

The Big Move!!!

Well for everyone who thinks I fell off the wagon. I am back! We have had a very crazy month of April and our blog pretty much was forgotten for awhile. For those who don't know we finally made the big move into our first house. We got the keys on April 1st, but since we were still house sitting till the 26th we couldn't completely move over. Living in two houses on opposite ends of the valley can be very advantageous, but also very hard. I never knew what stuff was in what house. My poor kids were so sick of being hauled around by the time we got everything moved and the old house cleaned. I think we quadrupled the amount of stuff from our first move. At least we made some money at our garage sale with stuff we have never used in four and a half years. We are loving our new house and will get some pictures of it when we get some of the piles of boxes put away. We haven't had a lot of time between work and other things. Cort's new office in Nampa is now finished and they moved in today. He is really excited to be close to our house. To bad I still have to drive all the way to my school which is on Warm Springs Ave. That is ok the school year is almost over and I will have a nice long break. We also get to attend our new chapel on Sunday. It sits less than 5 min from our house. We also have the elementary and middle schools that sit about 5 min away as well. We have even taken a walk to the playground at the elementary to play.
I just wanted to add how thankful I am for our friends and family that helped us to finish things at the house in Boise and move things to our home in Nampa. I especially want to thank my wife and kids for all of their patience and excitement for our new place! We are all really excited for our new house, new neighborhood, and new ward.

These our some of the last pics of our kids in the old house. We loved that house and will miss

it. We had some great times.

I love these pictures of Noah. His little sloth teeth. My baby is getting so big.

Noah just discovered his little bike. He loves to sit on it and just laugh.

This is my beautiful big boy. He is turning into such a cute guy(he always tells me he is not a boy just a guy) He doesn't think so, but he will always be my baby!

The Terrible Twos!!!!

So I am glad to see that our 2 year old is not the only one doing out of his nature naughty things. A couple of weeks ago on a thursday I was in our family room when I hadn't seen my 2 year old for awhile. I went into the kitchen and he had colored on the cabinets with crayon. That was bad enough, but I have this spray bottle with red kool-aid in it for primary that I spray in the kids mouth. Well that made it all over the cabinets as well. It was half full and he emptied it out. I was mad but I was really trying to keep my cool. So we cleaned it up and I told him to go in his room and play. Well about 30 minutes later I heard something in the kitchen and he was back at it again. This time he got into the office which doesn't have a door handle, and the only way to get in is with a stick like object, we always use a orange peeler. Any who he found the markers and was coloring all over the refigerator. It wouldn't have been as bad but he was licking his hands and smearing it all over the fridge. This time I lost it and some choice words that I later repented for came out. I was ready to sell him! So I thought I would feed him lunch and then I could put him down for his nap. I made him a sandwich and gave him some cheez it crackers. I should have known better, but I left him in there so I could feed the baby. Well I went back after about 15 minutes and he dumped half of a box of crackers on the floor and stomped them into tiny pieces while tearing things off the fridge. I absolutely lost all sanity at that point. All I could do was put him to bed and hope that he didn't wake up until his dad came home. That was the end of that day. I really thought I could give him away. I didn't even tell Cort because I didn't think he would believe me. The next day after work Cort and I were talking and we heard something in the kitchen. When we walked in there I saw baking soda all over the floor and right in front of the fridge was my lovely 2 year old standing in a mix of soda and crushed eggs(at least 1/2 a dozen). I couldn't even say anything I made his dad take care of it. This is a picture of Gavin after we sat him in time out and couldn't say anything else to him. But like Cort and I always say " It's a good thing he is so cute"

Here are some cute pictures of the boys. Noah is getting so big and starting to sit and crawl. He has four teeth coming in. His two bottom and the two next to his front. He is so busy and becoming such a little boy.

I've Been Tagged!

Never done this before, but here it goes....

What is his name? Cort

How long did you date? 3 1/2 months. Yes very short, but when you know you know.

How old is he? 31

How old are you? 25

Who eats more sweets? He would definitely say me. But he could eat a gallon of ice cream a week!

Who said I love you first? I did

Who is taller? Cort he is 6' 1'', I am 5' 6''

Who can sing better? Me, but he does have a better voice than he gives himself credit for.

Who is smarter? Cort he finished college, but we have different things we know more about.

Who does the laundry? 80/20 - Emily/Cort - He thinks I am a freak with my sorting system

Who does the dishes? 50/50 YES LADIES! I have a VERY WONDERFUL HUSBAND!!!

His guilty pleasure? Like I said above he could eat Ice cream for all three meals.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Cort

Who mows the lawn? Cort - I actually have only mowed a lawn once or twice in my whole life

Who cooks dinner? It is a toss up, I am terrible about making dinner. So most days it is a joint effort

Who is more stubborn? me - it is usually my way or the highway. (I am really not that mean!)Who kissed who first? me - or it never would have happened

Who asked who out first? He did, but I couldn't make it I was out with someone else. That is what he gets for asking me last minute

Who proposed? He did at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Fransisco. One of my favorite cities!!Who has more siblings? I have 8, he has 4

Who wears the pants? We kind of live in a 3 legged race household....

What is your favorite thing about him? He is wonderful! I couldn't have asked for anyone better. He would do and give me anything I needed. He loves his boys and they can't get enough of him!

Ok Elaine, Hillary, Emily, and Julie..... tag you are it!

Photographer

I wanted to make sure I didn't forget to mention the photographer that took the family pictures we have on our blog page. It is one of my best friends Eliane Ward. Her company is called In Focus : Portraits by Elaine and her website is www.elainewardphotography.com

 She does an awesome job and I can't wait to have her do more for us. Give her a call!

The Peterson's are alive!!

Well it is a new month and I told Cort he has been fired from updating our blog. He has been a little slow when it comes to keeping it updated. So I guess now we will see if I end up eating my words. I enlisted my brother in-law and sister in-law to help me jazz up our blog since they are computer gurus.(Love ya Chris and Tammy!!)
If we can figure everything out and they can educate me about the computer we just might have a pretty neat blog. I have no desire to scrapbook so this is my way of scrapbooking with the click of the mouse.

Besides all this computer stuff my family has been pretty busy. Cort is getting busier with work and is going to be taking some tests next week that if he passes we can all breathe a little bit easier. We really wanted to take the boys to McCall this weekend for the winter carnival, but we have had more snow in the valley this year than we have had for a longtime and I didn't want to risk our lives on the roads. Instead we took them out one night this week while it was snowing and Cort pulled them around in their sled.

Our Boys are getting so big I can't believe in just two months how much bigger they are. Gavin talks all the time I never get a word in edgewise. He got a Diego bike for christmas and rode it all over the house. He made his own track even. I am completely amazed to see a two year old riding this little bike. I finally let him ride it to my parents a couple of weeks ago and my dad couldn't beleive it! He looks like he is about five. The only draw back is the bike stays in the garage now that it has been outside and since we have had snow on the ground for most of that time he hasn't been able to ride except in the garage occasionally.

Noah is getting so big! He loves to sit up and talk to all of us. He has the cutest smile and likes to flash it when he can. I couldn't have asked for a better baby. He just turned six months on the 24th I can't belive it. He weighs 16lbs. 8oz. and is 27in. He is really starting to fill out. Cort and I always say if we ever have a little girl she will probably be a big chunk like I was, because our boys definitely take after their dad with hardly anything on their bones for the first six months.
This is basically what we have been up to for the last month and a half.