School Boys

At the beginning of November the boys had Career Day at school.  Ethan dressed like a doctor, and Caden dressed like and entomologist.  The little entomologist, who we loving refer to as our absent minded professor, was so excited about his magnifying glass and bug lanyard that he forgot about his shoes.  Clark dropped him off in front of the school and he took a few steps before he realized he was barefoot.  He ran back for his shoes and made it in before the bell.

Caden LOVES crafts!  He was so excited to bring home a piece of paper with a turkey on it.  The assignment was to disguise the turkey.  Caden wanted to make his turkey floating away in a hot air balloon with his feather disguised as clouds.  Of course!  I think he succeeded.

The school had a fund raiser in November where they hired a company similar to build a bear to come in and the kids could make their own stuffed animal.  Of course my boys really wanted to build an animal, so I told them they would have to earn the $17.  They put quite a bit of money away one afternoon clearing the tumble weeds from our back deck area.  It was unbelievable.  The winds storms we get out here are insane, after being up all night thinking the roof was going to blow off our house we woke up to this:

Caden picked a penguin to stuff and Ethan picked an eagle.  They got to put a "wishing star" in their animal before it was stitched up at the end.  Caden told me he wished that our family can all be safe.  Ethan told me he wished for an X-Box (at least he's honest).

Their Thanksgiving art from school reflects their personalities perfectly.
Ethan:

Caden:

I love these school boys!

Daddy Daughter Hoe-Down

 I love, love, love my calling to work with the Activity Day girls.  We have so much fun!  In November we had a Daddy Daughter Hoe-down.  It was great.  We had a great DJ that had all the girls up and dancing with their dads.  Such a great night.  I hope those girls can remember forever how much their dads love them.

We Love Visitors

When Weston and Erica came to visit for Halloween we had a few great adventures.  Having visitors gives us a great excuse to see some new places around our new home.

While the big boys were in school one day we went to Royal Gorge Basin.

Weston was quite nervous as our tram car dangled thousands of feet over the gorge.

We found a new place called Bishop's Castle near Rye.  All I can say about this is "wow!"  A local man bought the property when he was 14 and has been building his "castle" brick by brick with his own hands for years.  It is totally open and free for the public to come and poke around...enter at your own risk.  Weston with his construction background felt like he was on fear factor as we explored a few of the turrets...no safety regulations here.

We had a fun time at Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.  The kids loved climbing and exploring the red rocks.  It is beautiful!

It was a great trip!  We even squeezed in a few movie dates.  Thanks for coming Peterson family!

Quinn is 3

My little side kick is 3!  He was pretty excited for his big day!  He woke up to his brothers at home, balloons to play with, and decorations.  After discovering the Children's Museum was closed that day we hit up the Chick Fil A play area and a park.  That night his little buddy Liam and his family joined us for a cake and pinata.  Pretty fun day for our sweet little 3 year old...who will inform you he is not little...he is big!

He wanted a football cake.  BYU vs. Broncos to be exact.  BYU won on this cake.

After opening a present he would say, "taaa-da!"

This little cowboy was so excited for his new cowboy boots and his new bull swing!

Our little Quinn is so fun!  He talks like he's 13.  The other day we sat down to eat lunch together and he said to me, "how's your lunch honey?"  He is fun and playful and smart and sassy!  I can't wait to see what year 3 brings!

Blowing out his candles:


He immediately started dancing when he tried on his new cowboy boots:


He loves to tell cowboy stories, so I caught one on camera:

Halloween Month

Halloween seems to be a month long holiday.  I really do love all the festivities, but by November 1st I was pretty exhausted.  

I was so happy to go with Caden to his very first field trip!  

On one of our fun Fridays with no school we had a Halloween party with games and ghoulish food for our friends!

Reverse trick-or-treating with the Activity Day Girls (best calling ever!)

We were invited to an awesome Halloween party to decorate gingerbread outhouses.

Elementary school parties and a parade!

Quinn was the most fun to take trick-or-treating!  He loved galloping on his stick horse to each house!

Our ward Halloween party and trunk-or-treat!

So fun to have Weston, Erica and Scarlett on Halloween!  We hit up Boo at the Zoo!