memorial day

i've been wanting to go camping for quite some time now. last weekend jeff's family went up to the cabin with the crane's for some fun. it was a loud and crazy weekend with jeffs mothers family. my neck is still sore from all the indian leg wrestling!! i mean my legs are sore from flipping the cousins. :) monday, jeff and stan went mountain biking and the rest of us went up to the rim to ride 4-wheelers and dirt bikes. jeff had the camera so here's some of his fun.

its my anniversary

no day holds a candle to my wedding day. i had so much fun at the after-party in mesa with my family and friends. the experience at the temple was unforgettable as i was sealed to my best buddy.
tuesday was our three year anniversary. jeff was working hard but we got to go to dinner at the Texas Roadhouse (yummy!!!) and shop a little. it was nice to celebrate the fun life we've began. oh btw, my hair is in the mail to be made into a wig.

Reunion

jill wasn't feeling good on the way to Virgina. she threw up three times that day. it i s so hard to see your child sick. i hate it. despite her tummy-ache, she did great on the flight.
jill was so excited to meet the rest of the peterson family. i loved to see her look out the plane window.

we got to go to Washington D.C. jeff and i loved it!!! here we are getting off the metro. i loved riding the metro. i have never rode mass public transportation before. no joke, when we got off the metro and onto the sidewalk this is what we looked like. this way, no this way, no over here first. it was hilarious!! who can spot the tourist? :)
jill liked the metro too.

we got to go to the Natural History museum. it was amazing!! first time seeing dinosaurs, Hope diamond etc. we also got to visit the Holocaust museum. it was very touching, breathtaking, and overall unbelievable.
Washington memorial.
The White House. Other highlights: WWII memorial, Vietnam memorial, Reflecting Pool, Lincoln memorial, the beautiful greenery and trees. Washington D.C. was so great. I wish that we would've spent more time there. i was unprepared but happily surprised by the feelings i felt as i visited the memorials. it was solom, sacred, and patriotic. i can't wait to go back and spend more time.

jeff convinced my brothers and dad to go golfing while at Virginia beach. it was unforgettable for jeff. HOLE-IN-ONE!!! he's pointing to where the ball fell and then rolled into the hole. he was so excited, he had my dad take a picture of it on his phone and sent the news out via email. Great job Jeff!!!
once we arrived at the beach house it was meet and greet time for all the babies!! jill, caroline, sam, and olivia. the beach house was huge! 10 bedroom, 9 bath, 3 decks, pool, v-ball, horseshoes, 2 kitchens, lots of space and lots of petersons!! so fun.

the day after we got to Virginia beach we got so sand time. the ocean was cold and it was windy, but we had so much fun.
you've got to blow this up and look at the faces. great picture nettie!!
the boys found 4 other guys to play ball with. everyone was sore the rest of the vacation. time to start working out guys!!

we had family dinner each night at the loooonnnnnggg table.
the last two days at the beach were rainy so we had to find other fun. heres a big white turtle at the aquarium.
amy got caught by a great white. i didn't want to lose my sister though so i went into survival mode.

sarah made the cutiest shirts and headbands for the babes born in 2006. thanks sarah!! the cousins are so cute.
they all have big blue eyes. i love it!!

my family at the beach.
my extended family at the beach. 22 in all!! from left to right: Brett, Sarah, Olivia, Jon, Kristen, Sam, Dad, Mom, Rachel, Valerie, Caroline, Seth, James, Eliza, Jeff T., Alisha, Jillian, Britta, Scott, Amy, Nettie, Jeff, Morgan.
the two who made it all happen in the beginning.

Before. . .
sweet face Jill

. . . after. Jeff cut his long lushes locks last week. i was pretty bummed b/c i wanted my family to see his curls. oh-well, i love this cut. it reminds me of our my favorite day ever, wedding day.

taylor's on the right, wrights on the left. sarah and jared blessed their sweet babe chloe on sunday. chloe behaved perfectly.

jill loves it outside. she started sitting up without help yesterday in the grass. i'll post a video once sarah teaches me how to edit better. jills is getting more kid-like and less baby-like everday. it's bittersweet to watch the changes. i miss my sweet baby, but oh man! i love jills cute personality. being a parent is the best.

weekend apart

johnson ranch golf course.
yes, this is in arizona. i wish i would've seen it! getting lost (while biking)sometimes has its rewards:)
colin and i at the airport.

jeff catching some air on the crazy terrain.
another cool discovery while trying to find the way home. . .

jeffs friend colin from tx came into town this weekend. we haven't seen colin for a couple years and it was fun for jeff to have him in az when i wasn't here. they played tennis until the wee hours of the morning, golfed, went to the cabin and had a crazy time mountain biking (you'll have to call jeff for the whole life-threatening story), and went to a comedy show. we love monica and nora!
britta, jill and scott. jill loves her daddy's toothbrush:)

congrats amy!
olivia and jill pretty in pink.

gma and gpa pete
jill was getting too popular while in utah. we had to hide her celebrity. that tongue gives her away though!

i got to go to utah for Amy's graduation from UVU (previously known as UVSC. it was a much needed dose of mom and dad pete. jill also got to play with olivia and meet scott and britta and the beans. we were able to meet up with monica and nora too. utah is so beautiful at this time of year. the size of the tulips blew me away!! i really enjoyed the good scenery (big flowers and bigger mountains) and great company!

even though we both had a fun weekend, it's not so fun to be apart. the best part of the weekend was coming together at the airport on sunday. i love jeff and jill and me together forever.

6 month photo shoot

heres jills stats:

Length: 25.5 in 39th %tile

Head: 16.5 in 33rd %tile

Weight: 13.5 lbs 5.6 th %tile

I'm feeding her and she's eats a lot i promise!!! look how happy she is! i promise she's not hungry.

6 months today

Jills milestones meet this week:
- found feet and seems to like the way they taste

- rolling from back to belly

- copying the "hee" sound of hello after we say it

- 6 months old today

Easter

Easter Sunday is great. I wonder how the tradition started of "Easter dresses" etc. Perhaps wearing something "new" is symbolic of the resurrection, like eggs. If nothing else, it's nice to dress special just to remember the resurrection. What do you think?

Jill has her eyebrows up all the time. it makes her look surprised, as if saying "oh hi, i didn't see you there."

I can't get Jill to sit anymore (see a few posts back). she stiffens up and will not bend at the waist. we're working on teaching here to hold onto things so we don't have to steady her all the time. what a crazy girl. and, not that's not Antonio Banderas. that's Jeff.

Here's a family picture that's going on the wall. as many of you know Jill has two teeth poking through. now, it's not her tongue that's out, its her lips in. it's funny to watch as she tries to figure out what is going on in her mouth. i wish you could see her Easter dress here. she looked so pretty!

Jilli Jumper

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last weekend

last week jeff was working at the Pinal County fair. jill and i got to go on friday and enjoy the animals!! i loved these sweet little goats. what's their names again? i also watched the showing of pigs. i'm not sure how i'd feel if i raised a beautiful animal and then turned around and sold it for bacon. don't get me wrong. i eat all the meat i can, however i can only imagine that these animals become part of the family. anyway, i loved to see all the kids run around wearing green (4H) and taking care of their animals. eventally i want to be a cow/farm girl. i know that jill would love to run around the compound with all the goats, sheep, pigs, cows and riding the horses.

on another topic. i LOVE conference weekend. firstly, it reminds me of being younger and going on vacation to utah. secondly, i love listening to all the talks. finally, i love Pres. Hinckley!!! i feel like those older people who always talk about Pres Kimball. i know i'll always talk about Pres. Hinckley.
These were some of my favorite thoughts/talks from this weekend. . . Elder Holland: "no misfortune is so bad that whining will make it better". "speak with a new tongue. the tongue of angels". Pres. Faust: "We must forgive, even if the other has not repented". "hate retards spiritual growth". Elder Oaks: "festering in destructive". "3 parties: me, spouse, the Lord". Elder Eyring: "SOMEDAY" "do not be complacent by what we have already done". "please, let me serve this day". Elder Dahlquist: "who's on the Lords side who?" "1) never forget who you are 2) learn to control your thoughts".