The Adventures From The Peterson Pad: July 2009

Friday, July 24, 2009

Kenny Chesney Concert!!

July 23, 2009

at the
Rio Tinto Stadium

I've had my tickets for 5 months!!! The day finally arrived!
Steve & I went early to try to score some backstage passes. We roasted in the 106 degree weather, but weren't the lucky winners! At least we tried & know not to do that again!!
Once we "cooled" down the concert was AWESOME!!

Miranda Lambert & Lady Antebellum opened for the show...I was sad Sugarland didn't make it!
But the at least the most important person showed up....

You gotta love Kenny!!

He puts on such a great show!!

He & his band have a lot of fun!

The crowd loved him!!

I was in heaven!!
Just before he came out Steve & I moved up closer to the front & were able to stay there the rest of the night!!! I love being close to the stage!!

Steve's great to come with me, but he does love Kenny too!!

Someone threw him a University of Utah hat & he put it on for the rest of the show.

He sure looks good in UTAH!!

At the end he always signs a few autographs

I can only hope next time we'll get to meet him & have him sign Steve's guitar!!
As always it was a GREAT show!!

We had tickets to an after party at the Mayan restaurant...it was rumored he was going to show up there. It was a boring party and Kenny didn't end up coming.

The only contest at the party was to win the blue chair....we didn't stay that long.

Me in my old blue chair...

Steve rocking in the blue chair....I know he really wanted to stay until the end to win it! LOL

We had a fun day & Shelly was sweet enough to take our kids for the whole night!
My kids were as excited about the sleepover as I was about Kenny...they even offered to pay her if she'd let them sleepover! Now that's LOVE!!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Big Boy Bed....

Tyler gets to sleep in a "big boy" bed now!

I was kind of sad taking down his crib, but he was very excited!!

As you can see by the smile on his face!!

I had to take a picture of his last nap in his crib...

When he woke up we switched out his crib for a bed!

It was his brother Zack's idea that he didn't need a crib anymore. We'll see how he sleeps tonight!

He's very excited!!
He also informed me yesterday, that he doesn't need diapers anymore. He's going to wear "Lightning McQueen" underwear. He has gone a few times on the toilet, but I'm not sure he's quite ready, but we'll see! My baby is growing up fast!!

Fireworks

We LOVE July!

We enjoyed more fireworks on Saturday night.
We always get a snow cone from the snow shack & enjoy the Draper Days firework show.

Our kids are always excited. This year Tyler was so cute....every time they went off he'd yell, "whoa!"

Steve loves a good snow cone!!

Steve & Tyler man

Zack & Libby

My mom & aunt Alayna

My dad enjoyed his from his car!

Me & Steve

Summer seems to be going by too fast this year!!

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Mud!!

Who needs a pool when you can make mud rivers!!

A week ago we put up our 1,000 gallon pool that we do every year, but it never got used this year.
We woke up the next morning after filling it up & it had popped....making a mudslide all over my patio. All of my wood chips ended up washed away to the lawn! It was not a fun site to see!
So today, they made their own pool in the sand....

They are busy workers!!

Libby's legs actually look tan!!

A few "action" shots!

Zack loves to make a splash!

Zack almost hit me with that mud bomb!!
But our fence took the hit.

They sure had fun...
but were quite the disgusting little creatures when they were all done!!

Zack is all smiles!

Tyler was covered from head to toe & he even had it in his ears!!

He actually hit me that mud clod!!

Well, what started out as a boring day ended up pretty fun. After they had baths we headed to Draper park for an outdoor movie of "Hortin Hears A Who".
You have to "soak" up all the summer fun while it lasts!!

Another Party for Libby!

Since turning eight is a special birthday, Libby got to have a friend party this year too.
She wanted an "American Girl" party .

The cute girls & their dolls...a few girls weren't able to come,
but we found a few replacements!!

John & Josh "crashed" the party.
They didn't come unprepared....
They brought their favorite childhood toys!!
You gotta love Binya-Binya & Steve from Blue's clues!!

Tyler woke up at the end....so here is a picture with all of the "family" group.

BEST FRIENDS!!!
Libby & Jazzy...with Morgan & Megan!!

Monday, July 6, 2009

Our SWEET Liberty is eight!!

Liberty Lee Peterson

Our 4th of July girl is 8!!

It was a special birthday this year because she had her baptism on her birthday!!
Her aunt Sherry took some cute pictures of her in her white dress....

Libby was baptized & confirmed by her dad on
July 4, 2009
It was such a special day! She was baptized at her Grandma & Grandpa Steen's ward.
It really was a great day!! She was SO excited!!

Our family on the special day

A picture with her grandparents

The 4th of July kids....Libby & her cousin Eli

Libby & her BEST friend Jasmine are both 8 now!!

Libby is so lucky to have a great family who love & support her!
After her baptism we had a fun party at our house. She really was spoiled with such nice gifts! She truly was SO excited about everything she got!