Rite of Passage

It finally happened!  Both the boys caught their first fish on a fishing trip up Mayfield Canyon two weeks back.  It was a proud moment for everyone!

Park City

We love Park City.  Andrew says it is his favorite place to go.  Lots of fun things to see, lots of great shopping, hotels with pools, awesome activities, and best of all, great food.

We recently met Mike's sister Karen there for a one day visit.  She was here with her daughter Andrea and her fiance Marcus from North Carolina.  How we love her!

After park city we stopped at Bridal Veil Falls on a whim.  It was so nice to walk and see the beautiful fall colors.  I grew up around the falls, but it has been a long time since I've stopped to really enjoy the area.

Aren't those boys cute?!

Impressive Heritage

What a great heritage we have.  With veterans day around the corner, please take a moment to remember those who have served, fought, and sacrificed for our country and our families.  We have many servicemen in our family.  Gene Peterson: Air Force WW2,  Harold Barlow: Navy WW2,  Tony Desimon: Navy WW2, J.L. Jaussi:  Marines WW2, Clair Jaussi: national guard, David Barlow:  national guard, and many cousins and uncles as well.  Some gave a short time, some gave all.  Thank you for your dedication, honor, and sense of duty.

Caitlins Room

I had such grand plans for Caitlin's room.  I was going to do a faux paneling around the walls, lavender paint,  and a vinyl wall decal along with the butterflies.  I was also dreaming of a new rocker.  But alas, my frugality (my brother would call it my tight-waddedness) scaled the project back to what you see here.  I still think it turned out really nice.

 These butterflies on the wall are a glittery card stock that has sticky on the back.  They look like they are actually flying.  I love them!  If you like this kind of thing, check out www.etsy.com.  One of my new favorites.

 The changing table turned out so great!  I took the old oak changing table I have had for all three kids, and bought at a garage sale before that, and painted it with the extra paint from our exterior doors.  The color almost matches the crib perfectly, and unless you look close you would think they were a matching set.  The bins are $4 at Walmart, and spray painted sage.

 These you have seen before.  Grandma Peterson's water colors have been hanging in my house for a decade.  But I thought they would make a nice soft feminine accessory in the baby room.

 The chair.   Ugh.  I love and hate the thing. Again, this piece of furniture has been with us since Joshua was a babe.  We bought it at DI for $10.  As ugly and faded and stained as it is,  it is also very comfy and fits well in the room.  So for now I have the curtain I sewed for the Mayfield house nursery draped over it.  Not too professional, but at least it isn't a big brown furry eye sore.

I sewed all the crib bedding when we lived in Mayfield.  I wanted to add a little something to the floor just to give the room a little distinction.  After shopping online for butterfly rugs I was very discouraged. $40 and up was what they were asking for.  So I went to Walmart, spent $7 on a purple towel, a green towel, and a yellow washcloth, and made my own.  It is so darling!  I have to say I am pretty proud of it.

So there you go.  A nursery decorating job on a uber-budget.  Fun!

Classic pumpkin walk

While up in Cache valley a few weeks back we went to the pumpkin walk with Ma. The face cutouts are always a hit, and the pumpkin scenes were fun and creative. Our families personal favorite was the plants vs zombies scene, but there was also angry birds, Winnie the pooh, tangled, despicable me, and lots more. I am glad we chanced to visit during this classic Cache valley tradition.

Priorities

I may not be the very best at riding my red bike
but there are lost of other things that I do really like.
I love to help my mama cook, I love to play with friends
I like to read a story book from start to very end
and most of all I love to aggravate my dear old dad
by sneaking off and playing games on his brand new ipad.

Croak

I found a toad and kept him as a pet without a cost
but one day i was playing  and my toad, he just got lost.
I listened for that little sound, a "croak" so quiet sounded
and I thought "I better catch him now or I will sure be grounded!"