Happy Birthday to Us!

Alan turned 45 and Nat turned 40 this month. So we celebrated on Florida beaches

Our resting place on the beach

Our one and only picture we had taken together on the beach

Nat's 40th birthday lunch - It was really humid that day. Derek told me when he saw this picture "no offense Mom but you look really shiny"

Hanging out on my pink floatie.

Fireworks off the pier

Alan on the balcony

That balcony was amazing!

End of July Fun

Along with the rest of Utah, we went to the Bees game/fireworks on July 24. Super fun and super crowded! Megan and Derek brough their mitts so they could catch a foul ball. When we were walking in, Megan smiled at a Bees worker who in turn tossed her a genuine Bees ball... She was pretty excited and Derek was pretty jealous!

Derek and Megan ran the bases after the game. Jake with his flip flops wisely chose not to.

Meg with her arm around Jake :)

West Jordan All Stars took 4th place in the State Tournament. A disappointment that Derek got over pretty quickly.

Derek got to pitch in all of the State games

I dropped some cash on cute photos of Derek taken by a sports photographer at the games.

District Champions

Derek's All Star team took first place in the District Championship this year. It's the first time he has been on a team that took first. He was so excited! His team starts to play in the State tournament on Friday.

Coach Mike got drenched by water after the game.

Jake was a spectator at the game and got hit by a foul ball. His poor arm was so red and swollen for a few days. There was even a cool baseball seam on top of the swelling.

Derek and his friend Hunter

Derek getting his trophy from Mike. I totally caught Derek's real smile in this picture!

Derek was so excited he got to pitch for 3 innings in the tournament.

Alive and Well

Meg and friends walking out of the recital rehearsal. Meg is on the right. Oh.my.cute!

Tara

Braydee

Emily

Meg and Mrs. Davis, her second grade teacher

Derek got the President's Academic Achievement award along with 3 cute girls. Go Derek!

Meg's team took 2nd place

Meg before her dance recital

Meg hanging out at Derek's game

Derek leading off at first base

Derek up to bat - He has been hitting really well lately!!!

Just a quick note...We are still alive over here. We have just been relocated to the baseball fields all over the valley. Here is a quick update on the Peterson kids:

Jake - He is busy working at the outdoor pool (loves it), swim practice and friends, friends, friends. He just finished up a week of EFY (loved it) and is heading to Trek this week. Jake ended the school year having a crush on 3 different girls. So I included pictures of the the girls and Jake (in no particular order) just because I know how much he will appreciate it. haha

Derek - He is now playing on an All Star baseball team for West Jordan, so our life is on hold for another month or so. He is having a great time and his team continues to win almost every game. He is gearing up to start middle school in the Fall.

Megan - She had her last baseball game and her dance recital both on the same week. She is now Derek's loudest cheerleader at his games. And her free time is filled with lots of chatty friends.

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day is one of my favorite holidays...especially since I became a mom. I love having a "day off" courtesy of Alan! And I love honoring my sweet mom who is the greatest person I know! We were also able to see Alan's mom a week before Mother's Day this year. Alan has never spoken an unkind word about his mom. I know she is one of the heroes in his life!

This year Megan adorned me with various gifts and many, many cards. One of my gifts was this bunch of white artificial flowers that she plucked out of a flower arrangement and then put into a vase of water. She is so stinkin cute! About mid-day, I had to yell down the stairs that I do distinctly remember giving birth to 2 boys as well as a daughter. The boys made their way up pretty quickly after that :). You gotta love boys!!!

Alan always does a good job keeping things clean and quiet on Mother's Day...just the way I like it! He picked up my favorite Cafe Rio meal Saturday night so I could have it on Sunday!!! And he taught my Primary class of 9 little 7 year old girls. He was a little brain dead after that haha.

Nat and the kids on Mother's Day

Sharalyn, Mel, Mom, Nat and Megan at Mother's Day lunch at Aunt Mel's on Saturday

Alan and the boys

Meg's Adventures

Megan's first Piano Recital

Derek while we were taking pictures after the recital

Megan and Grandma Nedra

Family Picture (Derek came straight from baseball)

Derek showing his excitement again

And again...

Nat congratulating Megan

Megan and Grandma Moore

Megan playing one of her songs

Megan's baseball team got to participate in "Field of Dreams" with the Bees.

Megan got to meet the Bee's shortstop

She also got to announce her name and the position she plays

Talking to a Bees coach