Pumpkin Carving

The day before Halloween, we had my family over for homemade pizza and pumpkin carving.
I ran to Macey's right before everyone was coming over and every single one of their pumpkins were gone. I really wish I was a better planner. Luckily I had taken Davis to the pumpkin patch on Geneva Road and I had let him pick out one pumpkin for him. I figured we didn't all need pumpkins. Mark ends up helping him out anyway and then I get out of carving all together!

This is my niece and nephew, Maddie and Dallin. Davis had taken off his nice shirt, and carved in his undershirt so he wouldn't get it dirty. Maddie and Dallin decided they didn't want their clothes dirty either!

This is my other Niece Elli. She was just standing around looking cute. She is pretty good at it!

My brother-in-law Earl was helping his daughter Nadya with her pumpkin. Isn't her smile adorable!

Mark was making sure his fat baby was fed before he helped his eldest with his pumpkin! What a good Dad.

All the kids showing off their pumpkins.

Our Stay-Cation

For UEA we decided that with Gas prices and the baby it might be easier to stay home and find fun things to do here. So we had a Stay-cation. (I just learned that word from the Young Woman's president in our ward, pretty clever huh!) We went to Cornbelly's with my sister Hilary and her son Dallin and had a great time enjoying the last of the warm weather.

There was a ton a different things for the kids to do and Jack loved being toted around in his snuggly. I loved that Dad was doing the toting!

We also went on the Heber Creeper with our friends the Dansies. They have a train that you can go on and they tells ghost stories with scary sights on the way and creepy passengers.

The guys had the babies in this picture, but that didn't last long. Grumpy babies need their mommies.

Lana, me and the boys all dressed up!

The boys wanted to sit by themselves for a while to show off how tough they were!

Davis looks quite dashing. I think he could play the next Indiana Jones!

Time Tests

In Davis's class they do timed math tests to help them memorize the basics, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Davis was having a hard time with this. He is easily distracted and he tends to psych himself out. Anyway I will confess I was a little worried because he was getting behind so I went and bought flash cards and a little bribe, a new Indiana Lego set! Say what you will about my Mom skills, the bribe worked and Davis passed the subtraction test two days later. Not only that, but without a bribe he passed the two's multiplication the next week!

Grandma Petersen's Halloween Party

These are pictures from Grandma Petersen's annual Halloween Party. As always she did a fantastic job and the kids had a lot of fun. They painted pumpkins, did a craft and Grandma read them spooky Halloween stories.





We were also were able to celebrate something very special at the party for Davis. On Oct. 9 we went to court and the judge agreed to let us change Davis's name. He is now officially a PETERSEN!!!! (The cupcakes have his new name on them) We are very excited and I think it will make everything a little easier. Doesn't Indiana, I mean Davis, look happy!!!!!

Chuck E Cheese

It was a very cold weekend and the kids needed to do something, so Jeff, Amy their kids and our family all decided to go to Chuck e Cheese! Amy and I searched on line for coupons and we were able to get a pizza, drinks and a whole bunch of tokens for $30.00. We split it and had a whole bunch of fun for $15.00. Worth it for a couple hours of fun.

For some reason we were never able to get a family picture with all of us together, so I posted them all! It was pretty noisy for Jack, note his face in the carrier.

Amy and I with our coordinating sweaters! Happy to have the kids running around and yelling somewhere besides our houses!

Erin wondering where she can use her tokens next!

Katelyn on a joy ride!

Davis and Ethan stopping their game of ski ball to pose for a picture!

Davis feeding his crazy amount of tickets into the machine!

Ethan and Davis deciding what great little toys they can get for their hard earned tickets. This is my least favorite part of Chuck E Cheese, it drives me crazy. Davis stands there for what seems like hours deciding on what cheap toys he can take home. The goal is to get as many things as possible instead of maybe getting one or two cool things that are worth more tickets. I think being the helper at the ticket counter would be my worst job ever. Waiting for kid after kid to decide what trinkets they want and then changing their mind.

Anyway we did have a blast despite the ticket counter!

Mmm Cereal

So, we received the OK from the doc and we started Jack on cereal. I know this might come as a surprise, but he loves it. I mean look at the kid, he was born to eat. He knew just what to do when that spoon went toward his mouth!

Davis Received his Bobcat

Davis received his Bobcat! Can I just say again that I love the scouting program. It is so perfect for these little boys. Davis sat with me on Sunday morning and was determined to pass off everything he needed to receive his Bobcat. He loves going every week to be with his pack and who doesn't like receiving awards!

Different Faces of Jack

Jack is changing so fast, so I wanted everyone to see some more sides to him. Below is his grumpy face, which he does very well. It come out before naptime and bedtime and when Mom isn't giving him 100% of her attention. Below that is his drool face (you may have to click on the picture to make it big so you can see the big clear line of drool coming out of his mouth), this one tends to be the one he wears most often! I am constantly stepping into puddles on the floor and he has a big wet circle around his whole upper body. I need to invest in some stylish bibs.............

Jack is 4 months old!!!

Jack had his 4 month doctor's appointment, and is healthy as can be. His stats are below and yes, he is a big boy! He got his shots which was very traumatic for Mom. Jack is a little grumpy, but I would be to if I had 5 needles jabbed into my leg.

Weight: 17.5 88%
Height: 26 in 83%
Head: 16.5 37% (yep, Jack has a Petersen head)

This is a picture of the best pediatrician in the world! He is testing some reflexes by seeing if Jack will stand on his hands. I love Jack's doctor. I bombarded him with lots of questions and he takes everyone of them seriously. He even has time to pose for pictures!! He probably thinks I am the nuttiest mom ever.

Jack's Giggle

So every time we talk to my parents on Skype, Jack refuses to smile for them. They are convinced he is "Stone Cold Austin". Mark was determined to prove them wrong and we managed to get Jack laughing on camera! He may be an extremely high maintenance baby, but he does have a lot of personality!