2011 Peterson Family Reunion in San Francisco

Catch-up Post #1 It'll be long, but I'll include lots of pictures to make it bearable. :) Here we go!

This year, the Peterson Family Reunion was planned around the Angels vs Athletics game on July 15th. We all made our way to San Francisco (except for Jonathan because he had to work) on the 11th and checked into our fun hotel. We stayed at the "Inn at the Opera." Michael was such a trooper during the car ride up and had lots of fun playing with Stephanie in the back seat. He especially enjoyed the spam musubi we ate for lunch...
...and being trained by Stephanie how to "smile like an asian."


That evening we went to a fun little pizza parlor and I found out that Diana was pregnant! :) She and Jeff are expecting a little boy this coming February. Woohoo!

The next couple of days we crammed in a bunch of fun touristy things. We went to the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield and tasted some interesting flavors of Jelly Bellies.

We went to Ghirardelli Square and had some delicious sundaes, and of course went to the wharf to have some Boudin sourdough and clam chowder. You can't see our bread bowls...but that's what Diana and I are eating here. :)

Sisters!
...tired looking sisters! ;)

The Oakland Temple was closed, so we made the trip out to Sacramento to do our traditional session as a family.
Michael thinks it's super fun to jump off of things right now...

Jonathan joined us Wednesday night and the last few days we were there we took advantage of public transit...


as well as the cheapest form of transit...walking :)

...there were lots of hills ;)

We went to museums,


...and China Town,

"Speak no evil, See no evil, Hear no evil, and DO no evil" :)

...and Muir Woods,
...and of course, finished off with the baseball game.

Overall, it was a great trip! We were just about always on the go and I know while I was sad to say goodbye to everyone, I was excited to get home and get Michael back to some semblance of a normal napping schedule. I think we were all pretty tuckered out by the end.

:)

Summer

I've been avoiding posting because I feel like there is too much to catch up on.

This summer...

1. Michael turned 2 (which I did post on...gold star for me there)

2. I reached my goal of fitting into my wedding dress :) and have since lost 5 more pounds so I am officially smaller than when Jonathan and I got married. Woohoo!

3. We had our Peterson Family Reunion in San Francisco (this one will need a post of its own...)

4. Jonathan finished his Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice and Criminology through Portland State University and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He not only graduated in that top 3% of his class, but was number 1 in his program. :) We took this momentous occasion as an excuse to go to Oregon and visit Paul and Jennie. (This too needs a post of its own...)


5. We made the HUGE decision that Jonathan is officially going to join the Army. More details to come. (Again in its own post...)

6. Jonathan was promoted at Disneyland and is now a Plain Clothes Officer or "PCO." Fancy shmancy wording for security guard wearing street clothes so that you don't notice him watching you doing sketchy things.
(this picture is actually from when he first got hired 6 months ago)

7. AND Jonathan made the competition team at our Crossfit Gym. I don't have any good buff-man pictures of him, so I'll have to take one and post it soon. (And Kristina can do 11 pull-ups in a row...this is Jonathan. We'll have to take a buff-woman picture of her to post too. I thought I'd add my 2 bits.)


Lots to post! AH!

The Rest of the Family Pictures From March ;)

I would put up a slideshow of the pictures...but I don't know how. I'll have to fiddle with blogger and figure it out someday. But since today is not someday and I've taken longer than a month to finally post these I'll put up a couple of my favorites right here and then put the link to our Picasa at the bottom of this post.

Daddy and Michael

Mommy and Michael

Family Shot
*these pictures were only taken 5 months ago and already I feel like Michael looks different! He's growing too fast!

Michael taking a break from the posed pictures

Since Jonathan dipped me...I thought I would try and dip him. I'm not going to lie--I'm pretty buff! ;)

*notice his hand ready to catch himself if I drop him...Ye of little faith! ;)
Picasa Family Pictures Album

Jumping Rope

Yesterday morning I went for a little jog and then decided to jump some rope. I was jumping in the walkway just outside our front door to avoid the sun a little, and as I was finishing up a set of doubleunders, Michael came to the front door and started to watch. Apparently he thought the jump rope was pretty cool. ;)

This morning when Jonathan and I got home from Crossfit, I was carrying my jump rope and Michael begged and begged for it. I went and grabbed him a different one (so that he wouldn't lose mine) and he held the rope with both hands and started jumping! It was the cutest thing ever, so we immediately went outside so we could jump together.




So Cute! It's amazing the things kids mirror. Michael is definitely in that stage where he copies and repeats EVERYTHING! So funny. I'm glad we don't swear ;)

Sneak Peak to Family Pictures :)