Still In it to Win it

Isn't this the greatest picture??? It was taken by a professional sports photographer at one of Derek's games. We think he is stealing third in this picture. We are still playing in the State Tournament in Kaysville. Today we had a game at 3: 30 and another game at 8:00PM. We left our house at 1:30 and got home at 11:00. At least it wasn't 102 degrees like Saturday.

Tomorrow we play Game 4 against the West Jordan "B" team (a REALLY good team). It's pretty cool that 2 West Jordan Mustang teams have made it this far. It will be an intense game to say the least. The winner goes on to the Semi-Final game and the loser goes home. More importantly, the winner gets the bragging rights. The worst part is Derek has a lot of friends playing on the "B" team. Hopefully we can all still be friends after the game. :) It is just a game, right?

Alan and Jake took off for Scout Camp this morning. They will be gone until Saturday. I miss them already!!!

Second Place is the Best!!!

Alan having some fun at Wendy's. We have been living on fast food for a month. Notice Jake isn't in any pictures. He has mostly opted to hang out at home unsupervised and run wild through the neighborhood while we are at games.

West Jordan Sluggers took 2nd place in the District Championship. That's ok...we didn't want to win anyway:)
We are heading to the State Tournament on Saturday!!!

Derek and Meg in between double header games. Derek looks exhausted.

Derek and Hunter with their cute necklace medals.

We are back online!

Our stupid Internet has been down forever!!! I think the problem has finally been resolved. It had something to do with everything in our house falling apart all at once. I never realized how much I rely on the Internet (e-mail especially) until our stinkin @$#&!$ Internet went down. Anyway, we are glad to be back online!!!!

Non-Baseball Events

Our house is falling apart. I like to call it the Money Pit because I have a negative attitude. Alan likes to call it "Well, the house is 15 years old...it could be a lot worse" We caught some bubbles forming in our living room. It turned out to be a leak from our roof that slowly had been turning into a moldy mess. Alan is installing new insulation into our attic as I type. We are hoping to get this mess finally cleaned up by the end of the week. These kind of situations always bring out the best in Alan and the worst in me. He is seriously the most patient problem solver I have ever known!

Here's what Jake caught in our backyard. Yikes!

A lunch out with my BFF Marci, Michele and Tammy

One of our many trips to our favorite hangout, Gene Fullmer outdoor pool.

Dinner with Grandma Nedra and Grandpa Al. And Derek's friend Hunter :)

Meg LOVES to hang out at the pool.

End of the School Year

Jake with Mrs. Gentry who was his kindergarten teacher.
I did get to pass out yearbooks at Jake's last day of 7th grade...but he made it very clear I was not to take any pictures of him...or talk to him...or look at him...etc.

Megan with her first grade teacher this year, Mrs. Gentry

Derek and friends at the End of the Year Assembly. Derek in his favorite Browns jersey of course!

4th of July

Derek's team was in the West Jordan parade. I got this picture from a Deseret News article. The kids were so excited to see their picture in the paper. You have to look really close to see Derek in the back in the middle.






4th of July at the West Jordan Carnival!!!

We are not big parade lovers...unless someone we know is in one. So we fought the crowds and dragged ourselves to the parade. I can report that Megan loved every minute of it!

Mr. All Star

Derek on his Tigers team. He had 5 really great coaches, including one former West Jordan High School baseball coach and 2 Juan Diego baseball players. They have been so great to Derek and have taught him a lot!

Derek played catcher and/or pitcher during the regular season.

Derek (on the left in the back) at an All Star swim party.

Derek was so excited to make the All Star team.. He was even more excited to find out his best friend Hunter made the team too. Their team has been playing really well. They are trying to make it to the State Tournament. We will know this week if they make it (They still have to win 3 more games). Derek has had a great time playing on this team. It has been a fun month for him to play or practice for hours and hours each day. We all have really attractive farmer's tans!!!

Derek and Hunter with cookies with their numbers it. Thanks to Dallin's parents!

Derek next the the Mangome's van. Conner Mangome's family decorated their van with all of the kids names and numbers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEREK!!!

Derek Ryan Peterson was born into our family 11 years ago today. The night he was born we watched the Jazz play in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, and he's been an avid sports lover ever since. Derek makes life so fun around here with all of his exciting ball games and his easy going and witty personality. We are so proud of every thing he has accomplished and the great kids that he is. We love you Derek!

ELEVEN COOL THINGS ABOUT DEREK:

1. He is a GREAT baseball and basketball player - both with his "awesome skills" and his sportsmanship.

2. He is really smart and does well at school.

3. He is the most competitive 11-year old I know.

4. He's well known in his circle of friends as being the master of FARTS.

5. He loves burgers, ketchup, marshmallow mateys, and ramen.

6. He can recite any sports statistic about baseball, basketball and football because he watches Sportscenter every day.

7. He's my only kid who has been in the hospital (5 times!)

8. He's afraid of heights. He hates amusement parks, and our hike in Bryce Canyon "freaked him out."

9. Everyone tells me he is really kind and has great manners.

10. He could care less if his room is clean or organized.

11. His nickname is BEAR (Der Bear) because he would always growl and charge people when he was a toddler...and we've kept the nickname because he can still go from zero to crazy in 60 seconds.