Catch up...

Okay, so I am horribly behind in posting, so the next few posts are pretty much some of the things that have been happening in the last couple of months. In case any of you didn't know, we are also expecting baby #3. We are very excited and so are the kids. Ian wants a boy and Audra wants a girl. This time we kept it a surprise, so we will see. The due date is February 28th, but the baby will most likely be born February 21st or sooner via c-section. We had the ultrasound last Wednesday and everything is looking great! We hope all is well with everyone, and you have had a great summer too!

Audra's First Day of Preschool!

Here's Audra on her first day of preschool. I thought she was going to have a hard time adjusting, but she just jumped right in and loves it. Her teachers already knew who she was from coming to pick up her brother, so that definitely helped her adjust. She seems more concerned with being studious than social, which is completely opposite from her brother. Audra loves to tell me about the things she learns like "the little girl and her sheep that followed her to school" (Mary had a Little Lamb).

Ian's First Day of Kindergarten!

Here's Ian on his first day of school. He is still adjusting to having to go every day, but he loves it. It's amzing to us how much he has learned in just a month, and how much his writing and counting has improved! We just love his teacher, and we can tell she truly loves what she does. Brandon and I couldn't have asked for a more patient and kind person!

Lagoon

Ian didn't ride much of the rides this year, unforunately he had some sort of stomach bug the day before, but he still tried to have some fun.
Audra was our little dare devil, she wanted to ride everything she could, and was disappointed when she was too short for the rollar coaster rides.

Driving a car is their favorite thing to do every year!

Audra loved the dinosaur drop, the only thing she thought was scary was the dinosaur noises. Not the drop LOL...

Ian and Audra had a lot of fun riding the rides together. They are so cute and the best of friends. We are very blessed to have such wonderful children!!!

They grow so fast...

I was so glad Audra cooperated for pictures this year! I cannot believe how fast they grow, these pictures are some of my favorites!

4th of July Fun!

Every year for the 4th of July, the Peterson Family tradition is to go to the Murray parade. We have done this ever since I can remember. Then later that night we went swimming, had a BBQ and went to Sandy for the fireworks. It was a lot of fun, Ian was scared of the clowns and their silly string, and Audra's favorite part was the "pretty princesses".

Birthday Time!

For Ian's bday we did a Star Wars theme!
We couldn't find a Star Wars cake so we had to get a generic cake and add Star Wars figurines to it.

He's about to blow out the candles...

He received many wonderful presents thanks to family and friends!

We also did a pinata shaped like the #5!

For Audra's 3rd bday we did a Minnie Mouse party.

Here she is posing by her cake for a picture...

Here's a better look at her cake.

Here she is getting ready to open presents... We also did a pinata shaped like the #3 but she didn't want anything to do with breaking it open.