A man of many faces...

Tyler is such a funny boy. He LOVES to dress up as his favorite characters. It usually relates to a show or movie he likes. It started when he was tiny & would say his full name was Tyler Max "Lightning McQueen" Peterson, then he was Mr. Miagi from Karate Kid for a while. Now we have moved on to a few new ones. Here are a few of his favorites...

This was on his 4th birthday...he absolutely LOVED "How To Train Your Dragon".

Here he is as the viking, "Hiccup".

Then he moved on to the "Incredibles"

Here he is as "Dash".
He wore this outfit daily for quite some time!

Then he turned into Harry Potter & would sport these glasses & make me draw a lightning bolt on his forehead...EVERYDAY!

His new obsession is Bey Blades. He, Zack & their friend Noah will play this for hours. It's also a cartoon they watch on Netflicks. This is his favorite Character in the show...

"Ginka Hagana"
I hope this outfit lasts until Halloween...somebody wears it EVERYDAY!

This kid cracks me up! Just look at that cute smile!
We love you Tyler Max "Lightning McQueen" Peterson!!

Sophie is now 4 1/2 months old...I feel like she is growing too fast!

This baby has been such a joy! I call her my "angel" baby. I know this will be our last baby & I have to admit it makes me a little sad. I'm am completely savoring everything about her. When I went to put away her first set of clothes that are now too small, I almost had a tear in my eye. Like I keep saying,
she is growing way too fast! But one thing is for sure we are all enjoying this sweet girl!

Here she is the day after she was born...

My mom gave her this cute hat
and it now fits!

We LOVE her smile!!

She can now roll over all by herself...

I think she is already teething...
She's always grinding her gums together & drooling!

I love her little hands & how she plays with them, stares at them & eats them!

She started eating rice cereal...she' very interested in food!

I love to listen to her in the mornings when she wakes up babbling & talking to herself. Then when you walk in the room she smiles & wiggles so you'll pick her up...it melts my heart!

I also love her big, blue eyes & her cute laugh.
Every time we go to video her laugh she stops when we pull out the camera...we'll capture it eventually.
I saw a quote today that I loved...
"A child fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty."
This is how I feel about each of my kids. Each little soul makes my heart feel like it will burst sometimes. They are such a gift, I will always treasure!!

Firsts...

Our kids are growing up.
Libby got her eyes dilated for the first time, I didn't get the picture with her "cool" shades, but these are her new glasses.

She also got her 1st bird, Pikachu for her birthday!

Zack had his first day of Scouts...

He loves it!

Tyler learned how to ride his bike!

Without training wheels.

Steve got to run up & down the sidewalk with him for a few nights, but he finally caught on.

He had his first accident soon after these pictures, but he still loves it!

Sophie is our little centerpiece while we eat.
She has become very interested in what we are eating.

She finally got to try out rice cereal.
I can't believe she is already 4 months old!
Time seems to be flying by!!

Here is a video of Tyler on his bike...He cracks me up!

Summer's officially over...

This summer seemed to fly right by. We didn't do quite as much as usual, but it seemed to stay pretty busy.

Summer 2011

• The fun started with Lagoon in June.

• We did some swimming

• We Blessed Sophie

• We celebrated Liberty's 10th birthday

• Libby & Zack Learned how to knee-board

And they got to go boating with their cousins...

• We went camping once.

• Steve scared us to death one morning & was having problems with his colitis. I ended up calling 911 & he took a ride in the ambulance to the hospital. After 5 hours in Emergency he finally had surgery & was OK. We were blessed once again!
  

• We celebrated Zack's 8th birthday & baptism.

I seriously can't believe he is eight!

• And of course we truly enjoyed our late nights & sleeping in!

But all great things come to an end & school started today!
Off to our next adventure...homework!


Libby is in 5th grade & has Ms. Dillon


Zack is in 3rd grade & has Ms. Law


Tyler, Zack, Jasmine & Libby
August 22, 2011

Zack was baptized on Saturday, August 6th 2011

He was SO excited!

Steve baptized & confirmed him.

Our family

When they spotlighted Zack these are a few things they said...

• His favorite primary song is "Once there was a Snowman"
• His favorite scripture story is Daniel in the lions den.
• His favorite thing to do is play with his best friend Noah.
• He likes to spend time with his family boating.
• He is excited to be baptized because it is cool!

Zack had a lot of love & support for his special day.

We have a huge family...there are still about 30 family members missing.
We celebrated some more at our house.
He wanted a mint chocolate chip ice cream cake.



He is excited to have his own set of scriptures.


Steve & Zack in their suits.

These two are still such great friends!

We were all very excited for Zack to officially be a member of the church.

You are one special kid!! We absolutely adore you!!
Congratulations!!

Happy Birthday Zack!!

August 5, 2003

August 5, 2011

We celebrated his birthday for a few days...it started the night before with dinner at Texas Roadhouse.

On the saddle with his ice cream.
It's blurry because it was from my phone.

Zack & Grandpa

Then for his real birthday we had lunch at Chuck-a-Rama (his favorite)

Grandma & Shelly gave him his presents there.

Then we went shopping for a suit for his baptism the next day!

Eight things we love about Zack...
1-He is very kind hearted.
2- He always thinks of others.
3- He lets Tyler tag along with him everywhere.
4- I LOVE his dimples when he smiles.
5- He is very smart.
6- He'll randomly share facts that none of us knew.
7- He's very unselfish...he rarely asks for much.
8- We especially love that he is in our family!!!

Happy 8th birthday!! We Love you!!