Thanksgiving

The entire Peters clan (except for Telisa and Clay who we missed a lot) went down to st. George for Thanksgiving. 

It was nice to get a way for the weekend. We went to Zion national park, had a delicious feast and played hard with cousins. 

I love watching my kids do things they love. And our hike was one of those times with Owen. 

He was completely in his element. He loved using Grandpas walking stick. He hiked the whole trail without slowing down. He never complained and didn't ask for a single thing. He scaled that entire red rock trail with grace and ease. it came so naturally to him, to know where to put his foot and how to maneuver, even on kind of tricky parts. 

At one point in our big long hike. Lewis and I were behind the group. He was hungry and tired and his little legs had been working so hard to climb the mountain. We sat down and took a little break. we looked up above us and we were surrounded by red rock that towered waaaaaaay above us in every direction. I said to him "aren't we so blessed that Jesus created this beautiful earth for us to enjoy" we talked about the massive rocks and how beautiful they were. we talked about the powdery sand that was beneath our shoes and how soft it was. We talked about the crisp air and how good it felt. We talked about the way the waterfalls sounded that we had passed and how relaxing it was. That sweet conversation gave us just the boost we needed to make it to the top. We were the last in our group and he excitedly told Treavor that hes "tho happy Jethuth created thith for uth".

Halloween

We went to visit Lauren where the boys loved her Halloween decor, especially this realistic skeleton.  

A couple weeks before Halloween, we had a party. Owen and Lewis each invited a few friends to celebrate. The boys had a great time, and I was grateful Mally and Lauren were there to help!!

We had a Peters Party at Tristen's house with lots of Frozen characters. Kit was a sick, sad Ana.

Life has been all about Star Wars these days for the boys so they loved dressing up as Jedis. 

Cute girls on a warm fall day.

Lewis decided to be a monster for his school program. He sang his little heart out and about half way through the program, looked at me and loudly whispered "I want to go home"

Carving pumpkins and the school parade were highlights. 

On Halloween night we went trick or treating with cousins at Grams. Lewis was so sick and had to stay home with Treavor. Darn it! 

Kitty had a birthday

Kit's had it rough the last little while, between teething and being sick, she's been kind of miserable. Her birthday was accompanied by two ear infections, a sore throat, a fever and a runny nose. Although we couldn't celebrate much and she was under the weather, I think she knew it was a special day about her. 

She woke up to pink balloons in her bedroom. 

She got to have a special outing with Gram. They went to the bookstore and chose a sweet little girl book and a cozy stuffed lamb.

We had cafe rio for dinner. She LOVES black beans!

And then she opened a baby doll stroller. She was so excited about that and took right off walking around the room with it. at one point she took a break from pushing to pick up my phone, put it to her ear and said "hi". We all cracked up and Owen said "she thinks she's a mom!!!"

It was a girly birthday, with a new doll from Grandma Kat and some pretty new shoes from Mally. 

Here she is clapping for herself after taking four steps (her record)

This sweet baby girl has been a blessing and a joy since the day she was born. At one year old she gives soft gentle kisses with a quiet "mmmwa" she laughs at anything her brothers say to her. she dances bouncing her booty up and down. She is busy emptying cupboards and garbage cans and anything she can get her pudgy paws on. She has the cutest two bottom teeth and pretty strawberry hair. She says "hi" all the time and is almost always happy. What a lucky mamma I am with such a full heart.