Emily is 10!

In January Emily turned 10.  Can't believe she's that old.  She is very creative and crafty.  She loves making things for others and is always leaving notes for us to read.  She is developing a sense of humor    and loves playing with her dad.  She loves to play games and loves going out to eat! (Quiznoes) 

  

We changed from tradition this year and started the day with a candle in a lemon poppy seed muffin instead of a donut.  Grandma Due came and made her lemon canolies instead of a cake.  The chocolate are for dad.  We stole her from school for lunch and took her to Quiznoes and then ended the day with dinner at Mi Ranchorito.

 Lots of fun presents.  Her favorite by far were the marshmallow guns!  Maddie will be in heaven they are her favorite treat.

 Emily's new favorite place is Get Air Hang Time. We borrowed Aunt Jill's car and took some friends to have some fun. We played dodge ball, basketball, ran races, and did lots of flips in the foam pits.  The best was when they all busted their moves when "Gang um Style" came on the loud speakers.

Look out

Jake was giving Crusher a bath one day.  He didn't want to wait for it to be done so he built a barricade for it.  He went back in later to check on him  and this is what he found.  Note to self, don't leave snake unattended for too long, who knows where it will end up. Scary!

Halloween

The kids love Halloween unlike their mom

Cleopatra 

 Devo had to show Jake the Heisman pose

 Jake was feeling all legit in his BYU football costume.  Needed a little field goal practice before going out trick or treating.

 Field goal for championship!

Emily did a great job carving her cat pumpkin all by herself.

Jake had a rough start with a bit of a melt down at first.  But he kept trying and figured out how to get the knife to work for him.  His scary dog turned out great.  "We can do hard things" 

This is jakes load of candy.  It was a really warm night, so they ended up going down to Hunter Meadows to see some friends.  Too much candy.  Mom and Aunt Terri sat on the porch and handed out candy.

I have always wanted to make pumpkin seeds so we found a recipe.

I don't know if I did something wrong, but we decided we don't like pumpkin seeds.

Cute!

She loves wearing make-up on Halloween!

Love the costumes this year!  Can you say free? Big thanks to our friends the Welburns.  We're going shopping in their Halloween box every year.

Cousin Fun

 The Peterson cousins came and spent conference weekend with us.  Emily found a craft for the girls to do during conference.  Tommy and Sam stayed with us too.  Everyone got along so well. We love spending time with cousins.  Think I have gotten spoiled with my 2 kids.  Meal time with 8 kids is exhausting! Still, it was such a fun weekend had by all. Hope they stay with us again soon!

Such lovely flip flops

Car Wash

Dad's car is too big to go through the car wash.  So this is the Peterson family car wash.  Anyone that helps usually gets rewarded with Slurpees.

Jake made sure the top was clean.

Pet Parade

Every September the school has a pet parade where all the students bring their pets.  It is the kids favorite day of school!  They were so excited to show of their new pets they got for Christmas. 

 Ball Python (Crusher)  Going to need a bigger box by the time he is in 6th grade

Cockatiel  (Kiwi)

Boys and Girls Day

Devo took Jake on his first hunting trip with Tommy and Uncle Paul.  Jake loved it!  I think pheasant hunting might be his thing.  He came home with a pheasant feather and told everyone he saw all about it.

The girls had their own day of fun too! Pedicures 

Red Mango!  Emily's Favorite