Fun with Grandma Stanley

Updates on Clifton -
Struggled a lot this week.  He loves to make his sister mad and to debate.

Updates on McKay -
Has decided she loves to play soccer, except when its hot outside ;)

Updates on Stanley -
He has added so many words to his vocabulary.  And just talking away all day.  Its pretty cute!


My mother decided to came into town last minute late Sunday night.  A good friend of hers passed away and the funeral is the weekend she was planning to come down to help us move.  So she wanted to get some Peterson time in before she starts the school year.

Monday evening we went to Manchester Beach to have a picnic dinner and FHE.

 Love this man of mine!

For FHE we talked about the story in the scriptures about Jesus not casting a stone at the adulterous woman.  We all have sins and cannot cast a stone.  We should not judge and cast stones.  So instead of casting stones at people we threw them in the bay and promised to try not to be judgmental.

Then we played!  I love all the beautiful places around where we live.

Tuesday for play group we hiked down to Anderson Beach.

Where we built a fun wood teepee.

A beautiful morning at the bay.

That night McKay had her first soccer game.

Where she surprised us all.  No meltdowns and she scored two goals.  She has the cutest happy squeal.

So to celebrate we went to get frozen yogurt.  After game tradition!

Wednesday on Grandma's way out of town we went to Boom Shaka with Rebecca, Julia, Charlie, Tracie, Dallin, and Faith.

We love Boom Shaka so much.  We need one closer to us.

Thursday we spent the morning Mini Golfing.

 Clifton got a hole in one!

When this girl is happy she is happy, and I love it!

Love this crazy bunch.

Our own Happy Gilmore.  This kid makes me laugh!

Friday we had fun playing at home and the park near by with friends.

 Spray chalk.

Silly kids.

Saturday was the Jamboree for Lil' Saints.

We have the cutest teams!  A super hot and fun day.  Grandma and Grandpa Peterson even came up to cheer the kids on.
Macey also came to help watch the kids that night and was so great at keeping Stanley entertained during games.

He was a fan of her big sunglasses.

That night Alex was DJing at the youth dance.  He has been putting a lot of planning and effort into this event.  So I was excited to get to go and help out.  Thanks to Macey for watching the kids.

The blacklight party didn't disappoint.  We had fun acting like youth again.

Sunday I planned sharing time to talk about modest and thought it would be fun to do a modesty project runway.  And we all had a blast, hopefully they got the message of how important modesty is too.

McKay got to be a fashion model and did a wonderful little spin at the end of the cat walk.

Lil Saint Soccer 2016

Updates on Clifton -
He has asked a few times when will school start again.  I think he might be ready to get back to more structure!

Updates on McKay -
Still struggling with her emotions and expressing herself.  Lots of melt down and I am doing everything I can to get the structure she needs and not let the melt downs bring me down.  I am pretty sure the Lord is trying to teach me patience.  I am trying!

Updates on Stanley -
Must be teething but I swear he has all that are to be in already.  But he has his hands in his mouth all the time and tries to bite things.

Monday's track run turned into a fun morning in a sand pit.

And we ended up back there that night for FHE.  We had the Peterson Olympics!

Such a fun night together.

Stanley's adorable long jump.

Tuesday was the start of the Lil Saints Soccer season.

This year I am coaching Clifton's team and Alex is coaching McKay's team.  Well really we are doing it all together.

McKay's first season ever.  And the first practice went ok.  Only a couple melt downs.  Hopefully this helps her and not hinders her.  So far she is excited to be playing soccer!

Clifton has been counting down the days till he started soccer again and couldn't be happier to be out on the field again.

We had a lot of fun playing this week.

 Play group

 Getting our work outs in

 Library puppet show

 Water fun

And playing at Manchester Beach.  They let me snap some cute pictures of them too.  Love these cuties!

Saturday was our primary Scripture Olympics.  I have been planning this for a while now and so excited that it all came together.  We have such a wonderful ward that is willing to come play.

 My Olympians!

 Stripling Warrior Weightlifitng.

 Lamanite vs Nephite Tug-O-War

 Noah's Ark Hurdle

 Promise Land Ribbon Dancing

 Gadianton Robbers Archery

David and Goliath Shot Put.  We also had Brother of Jared Rowing and Golden Plate Long Jump.  It was so much fun.  I just love my ward family!

Then that night Alex and I got to go to the temple and do some sealings for family names.

It was wonderful.  The peace the temple brings is something I need in my life and feel blessed to be able to go.