{just incase we missed you...}

happy holidays

love, the petersons

{its beginning to look a lot like...}

well we gave thanks.

watched little tatie preform at his preschool thanksgiving show. (actually turn his head, refuse to sing and occasionally flash a crusty at the camera...love ya bug.)

ate lots and lots of yummy food,

hung out and laughed and laughed,

and then ate some more.

and now its hard to believe its

CHRISTMAS!

grammie and poppie took tate and his cousin caden to breakfast w/

santa at thanksgiving point

the boys had so much fun they had a rough time holding still for a picture.

thanks again gram and pops, such good times!

FINDING THE PERFECT TREE

THE ANNUAL GRATZINGER HUMDINGER
UGLY SWEATER CHRISTMAS PARTY

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

(hopefully this will be my last pixel-ie post before my photo shop is up and running again)

{oh happy day...}

for my (hhmm, hhmm...) 29th birthday all i wished for was to have R pattz.

and the gang back in my life...and you know what, THEY DELIVERED!

my sisters and i (my mom came a little later:) stood out in the freezing cold, for an

undisclosed amount of time, to ensure the best seats possible for the midnight showing of

NEW MOON.

we froze, i got stung by a bee, we got in a few showdowns with some late comers trying to

butt in line, (oh no you didn't...)

and fell in love all over.

and it only got better the 2nd and 3rd time around!

even though jacob was darling and had a six pack that gave the hulk a run for his mula,

we are all still loyal to our first choice (and the winning team, i might add)

edward cullen.

love you sissies and mamma, thanks for making my bday such good times!

and thank you kenny, tate and crew, for topping off the weekend with nothin but love.

what a lucky girl i am!

{OCTOBERFEST...}

we had a wild and crazy OCTOBER.

here is a small glimpse...

HALLOWEEN

little cowboy

chicken little

our ward truck-or-treat

trick-or-treating at taties preschool with cousin ryder

bumping into poppie and the auntie twinners in their classrooms

(this was obviously towards the end...tate was one tired cowboy:)

cousins and an uncle michael phelps

ya ya sisterhood with my sissies and mama

family trip to las vegas

BYU VS. UNLV

it was fun to cheer on the cougs and this guy...way to go dad!

(after spending way too much time trying to figure out why my pics are so pixel-ie,

i gave up. i apologize for the 3D effect...)

{first one...}

guess who turned 1 this week???

{if you guessed the pope you were wrong...}

its hard to believe how fast the last year has gone,

it seems as if you have always been in our family.

some highlights:

seriously? i can just dive in?

hmmmm...i like

whoa, where has that frosting been all my life???

happiest of happys widda coo-b!

we love you more than you know...

love, the fam.

{were baaaaack...}

a quick summer recap...

since summer vacation is over, i figure my blogging absence should be too!

september 09

tates first day of preschool

september 09

family camping trip

crystal springs

july 09

kenny turns 28 tate turns 3

fun family party at the lindon aquatics center

june 09

tate graduates from survival swim lessons

with flying colors

july 09

our family trip to me' old stompin grounds

upstate NY



the hill cumorah pageant

our very brief visit to the big apple...

july 09

fun trip to our family cabin

geesh....that was exhausting! thanks for stickin around. even though summer is over, were thankful for all the fun memories!