February Update

It's been a dreary winter here in Kennewick. We seem to be spending most of our time holed up in the house avoiding the chill. We are all definitely going stir crazy!!

Hilary is taking a break from swim team so she can play basketball. She needs lots of practice on her shooting but is a great defender. She seems to be enjoying it, although I have found that I am going to leave the coaching to Roger from now on. Tori is also learning how to play basketball on Saturday mornings. Fun, fun, fun!!

We are praying for Spring to come and can use all the help we can get!

A Christmas to not remember!

The past couple of weeks have been the craziest I can remember! It began to snow in mid-December and finally decided to stop yesterday (December 27). School was delayed 2 hours a day for the last week of the year which means Tori did not have preschool the entire week. Boy was Hilary jealous!! Unfortunately, this meant that Tori's Christmas program was cancelled which was disappointing. She was to be the narrator for the Christmas story and had practiced so hard!!

On Monday before Christmas, Hilary came down with a stomach bug and threw up all day. She spent all day on the couch before Roger finally moved her to her bed. Then, Tori began to throw up Tuesday night. Christmas eve was my turn, and Roger's was Christmas Day. What a Christmas!! All that snow and we didn't get to enjoy it! Oh well, the girls got everything they wanted and more for Christmas so they were happy!

We are all finally on the mend and ready for a happier (and healthier) new year!! We hope you have one, too!!

November Update

I know it's been a whole month since I've posted and we've had so many things going on. So here's a quick recap of the last month in the Petersen home.

Pumpkin Patch
With October being a month of Halloween and harvest, Tori and I took one last field trip to the pumpkin patch with her preschool. She climbed a pyramid made from hay bales, got lost in a hay maze, saw some darling baby animals, and rode on a wagon to the pumpkin patch. We had a lot of fun and Tori found a perfectly round little pumpkin.

Pumpkin Patch (again)
A few days later, I got to go to the pumpkin patch again (lucky me). This time we went with friend and Hilary got to go to. We got even more perfect little pumpkins for our front porch and some yummy goodies from the Country Mercantile, too.

Baking with Daddy

On another day in October, Roger and the girls made pumpkin cookies to share with the neighbors. Yummy!!

Halloween seemed almost like a blur this month. Hilary chose not to trick-or-treat this year. Instead, she stayed home and handed out candy while Tori and I went. As soon as we got in the car, we jumped in the car and headed to Wenatchee. Aunt Lisa and Uncle Russ gave the girls the best birthday present ever - tickets to the High School Musical Ice Tour. The girls had an absolute blast!! Thank you, Lisa and Russ!

It was a great weekend; capped with leaf jumping in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard!

Go! Fight! Win!

On Saturday, Sara and Roger spent a lovely day driving to and from Pullman only to watch the absolutely worst football game ever - 69-0; and USC was being merciful!

While Mom and Dad were in misery, Hilary and Tori attended the Kamiakin High School Dance Team's Spirit Camp. They had tons of fun, learned a dance, and a cheer or two. Roger's worst nightmare might just be coming true - his little girls are turning into cheerleaders!!

We got home in time to see the girls perform their cheer and dance at halftime of Kamiakin's football game on Saturday night. It was so fun to watch!

We're back!!

What an amazing weekend we had at the Oregon coast! The weather couldn't have been better. We had a wonderful time with our friends the Barringtons. Roger and Carlos took the kids on hikes, Stacey and I got in some shopping, and we all spent lots of time at the beach. Hilary could not stay out of the water and Tori couldn't stay out of the sand! Even the dogs had a great time running on the beach. As usual, we all came home relaxed but not too rested. I really do think that Neskowin, Oregon is the most wonderful place on earth!!

Hungry anyone!

On Wednesday, Tori and I went on a field trip with her preschool class to a local farm where were able to pick as many vegetables as we could carry, and Tori did just that! She picked as many as both she and I could carry. I guess we'll be having Mommy's homemade veggie chili this week!

Check out those carrots she picked!!

What a weekend!

It's been one crazy fun-filled weekend and thankfully we all survived it. Friday night, we all went to a birthday party for Hilary's friend, Peyton. Then on Saturday, Roger went fishing with some buddies. He didn't catch anything and fortunately, didn't get blown off the river. The girls had a blast at the Southridge Dance Camp while Sara spent the day trying to be creative at a friend's house. Happy World Cardmaking Day!! Today was the St. Joseph's Fun Run. Tori ran 28 laps!! Woohoo! It was our family's last Fun Run and was a little bittersweet for Mom. Oh well. We must move on.

The coming week doesn't look much better but will end with a trip to the Oregon Coast, our family's favorite place on earth (after Disneyland, of course!). It will be even better as our good friends the Barringtons will be joining us. I will post pictures of all our fun when we return!

Hello!

This is our very first blog entry! Yeah!! Please look for upcoming posts detailing the exciting events in the lives of the Petersen family. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did!