34th Week of Pictures - Clouds

Clouds.  I love clouds.  I have always loved clouds.  I was the kid that loved to lay down and look at the clouds and determine what shapes they were.  I still love to do that with my kids.  Our summer has been an interesting dry one.  We have seen some clouds but not many.  My favorite clouds are the big puffy white clouds.  These usually peek over the mountains.  Below are some of my favorites that I found throughout the week.

The other day we had some really dark clouds form over the mountains and they were so pretty to look at.  Too bad they didn't produce any rain for us.

Such a fun summer time activity... looking at clouds.

33rd Week of Pictures - Tan Lines

In our family, we have tan lines.  We don't run around naked so of course we have tan lines.  Some of us have them darker than others.  Tonight Jacob was running around with no pants on and just his diaper and I noticed he had little white thighs.  So cute.

 

The darkest of the family would be my hubby.  Mainly because he choses to have them.  You might be wondering if he ever takes a shirt off and the answer is yes... BUT he had a bad sunburn when he was younger on his back and has not liked the sun on it since.  So we invested in a nice swim shirt for him.  The pictures tell all....

The good thing out of all this is our boys think they need a swim shirt on most of the time too (even though I do slather the sunscreen on those little white bellies). 
Gotta love summer time!

Peterson Family Pictures

On Brian's parents' 50th Anniversary, we took some family pictures.  My friend Nicole did the pictures and she did a great job.  Not everyone could be here but we did get the majority of us.  It was pretty fun.

Here are just a few of my favorite shots: 

Thanks Nicole!

32nd Week of Pictures - Mom and Dad's Room

The master bedroom in our house is one of the reasons I fell in love with this home.  Let me give you a picture of how our room in our old house... Our bed, dresser, night stand, and hope chest barely fit in the room and you still had to turn sideways to walk around and out the door.  It got worse when you added a cradle for a baby.  It was pretty tiny.  So when we walked in this master bedroom for our first look, I was in awe at how big it was.  Bonus was it had a master bath with shower and a walk-in closet.  I loved this bedroom.  Not only can we fit all our bedroom stuff, we added a desk and my big round chair.  We still have plenty of room to do stuff.  I am so happy with my bedroom.  Now if I can just decide on a color scheme and really go to town decorating.  I am looking at red, black, and white (funny thing because those were both Brian and my high school colors!).

My bedroom is my retreat place.  I am so happy when kids are in bed and I can spend a few hours doing whatever in my room.  I love my bedroom.
Happy mommy!

31st Week of Pictures - Favorite Meal/Food

 I am a foodie.  I love food.  I love to try new foods and I savor my old traditional foods.  Of course I have many meals that are my favorite so I decided to go with my favorite foods.  First off I love chips.  I have always loved chips since I can remember.  I seriously can finish a whole bag in 1 sitting.  When I am watching what I am eating, this is the number 1 thing that I have to watch.  I either have a tiny amount or none at all.  My weakness... chips.

I love stuff that comes from the garden.  One of my absolute favorites is corn.  We are just getting some great ears of corn coming out of our garden and I am super excited.  But if I don't have my own corn, I love Tremonton corn.  I love when it is in season because we stock up on it.  My favorite thing to do is freeze some ears so we can have corn on the cob in those cold winter months.  My kids feel the same way about corn.  They love it slathered with butter.  I seriously think Jacob could eat a whole meal of corn on the cob.

My last picture is homemade cookies.  They are a staple at my house.  Everyone loves their cookies.  I am always looking for a good recipe because we get tired of the same old cookies.  Awhile ago my mom gave me a peanut butter cookie recipe that is delicious.  Fat, moist yummy cookies.  Yes another watch for my diet.
Unfortunately I can't get my beautiful picture of my homemade peanut butter cookies to load.  I will have to try another day.
Enjoy eating!

My mom's 60th birthday

Happy Birthday Mom!  We love you!