More Easter

Saturday afternoon we dyed Easter Eggs. I had bought a little kit and that made it a lot easier for me. They had these plastic containers that held the eggs well and some fun face stickers. They boys thought it was fun and they didn't make a mess either. I made a potato salad later to use up some of the eggs. (They're all for me, since no one else likes hard boiled eggs)



Sunday morning the boys found their Easter baskets. We give them some candy and a small toy and a Churchy something. This year they got a car and a small Mr. Potato Head and they both got a book and a Greg Olsen picture puzzle.



I spent the morning working on our Easter dinner. I wanted to make a nice meal, and I really wanted to invite someone over to enjoy it with us, but no luck. So we had ham (the first one I've made, I'm glad I bought the kind that was already cooked) twice-baked potatoes, asparagus soup, carrots, strawberry green salad, rolls, and a 5 layer jello - in the picture you can see the egg shaped ones, it's kind of too dark to see the different layers. And we had a half banana, half pineapple cream pie and banana slush for dessert. It tasted good to me and no more cooking for the rest of the day. ( sorry the picture's sideways) - Happy Easter

Easter Egg Hunts

On Saturday we went to the Dinosaur Museum for their Easter Egg Hunt. I'm so glad we went here instead of the city one. It's always windy in Vernal around this time and usually cold - so we were grateful to be inside. Another plus is that the kids are just looking for plastic eggs and then they turn them in to receive two prizes (no candy). The kids would probably rather have the candy, but they don't have the final say right now. So it was great, we were home by 9:15 to do some cleaning then listen to conference. The boys were being pretty rowdy so we didn't get to listen all that well, but we try.



ON Sunday was had our own Easter Egg hunt in our backyard. This time the eggs had candy in them. Of course Tyler emptied his as fast as he could find them :)

Easter fun

So before Easter came (and most of our friends went out of town) - I wanted to get together and do some fun things. So on Thursday my friend Lori came over with her two girls and 4 month old and we had a movie party. The kids watched Scooby-Doo in our bedroom and Lori and I with the babes watched New Moon. It was a fun break from the average day.

Then on Friday my friend Shelby and her two girls came over and we decorated cookies. Damon discovered how fun it was to squeeze the decorating bags into a big messy pile on the cookies. Tyler liked to pick up the sprinkles and place them on the cookies.



Thanks friends for giving us something to do.

Park

We went to the park last Saturday. It was nice to get out with the whole family, but it was a bit chilly while we ate our lunch. It was better once we got moving and playing at the playground.

We are all almost over our colds, mine is hanging on the longest. Not much else going on, just tired of being couped up in the house.

March

Well, I'd say it has been a month so far of sickness. I've had a cold since my birthday (Feb. 22) and I still have it. The boys caught it a week after me - and I'm still wiping Tyler's nose. Doug and Christopher caught it last week. So we're all hacking, coughing, and sneezing together. Damon also had pink eye last week, but thankfully it didn't last too long and no one else got it. I would love to have everyone 100% healthy again so we can play with friends and go places like we normally do. I feel like we're in quarantine. Anyway, that's my complaining for now.

Two of my friends have had their babies in the last month and we found out that 2 more ladies are pregnant in our ward. That makes it 10 I think now - I'm losing track. Our nursery is going to be crazy in 18 months from now.

Here are some pictures, I haven't been taking many since we've been sick and not doing much. We have made it to the park a couple of times - I just need to bring the camera.

2 1/2 months old at his check up he weighed 13 lbs 4 oz and was 24 inches long. About the 80-90th percentile for both.
I was trying to do a soapy mow-hawk. He hair is so curly wet.
I was hoping that cleaning our toys would help us eliminate some of our germs. So this morning we put all of the toys that the boys play with the most - and that can get wet - in the tub with some Lysol. Then we had fun making a parking lot with them to let them dry.

First Hair cut

I was waiting to cut Christopher's hair until after his pictures and the blessing - so he would look like a baby - because now he looks a little older. I just trimmed around his ears and the back of his neck. It still was quite a bit of hair. I do think he looks better now.
Before:

After:

Baby Blessing

We blessing Christopher D. Petersen on February 21, 2010 in my parents' ward in Smithfield. We had a nice luncheon after with all the family. Christopher was very good and slept through all of sacrament meeting and the lunch - so I could eat. Then we took some pictures. It was a nice event.

JC Penny Pictures

I don't know how well these will look, since they are a lower quality, but this is what we got from Christopher at JC Penny. I think they turned out pretty good, and we even got one smile. After that he wasn't too happy.

Smiles

Well, Christopher is trying to smile when he feels like it. We don't get very many, but he's sure cute when he does. He's still not sure what to think of his bath. I weighed him at the Dr and he is now 12 lbs 11 oz (that was with clothes on) - and he is 6 1/2 weeks old. So I'd say he is growing :)

More than Meets the Eye

We've got a couple of Transformers at our house. That is all Damon and Tyler talk about and act out. We've made a Bumble Bee car out of a box and they take turns 'transforming.' All of our Hot Wheels cars are now Transformers and the boys race and crash them around and fight the bad guys, lead by Megatron. Doug has looked on You Tube and let them watch some of the old Transformer Cartoons, so that's the latest phase that we're going through right now.

Sick

By the way, the boys are sick again. Damon started last Sat/Sun and Tyler now started his yesterday (wednesday). So let's just hope Christopher stays healthy. Just colds, but they have had fevers too. oh well, that's life.

Surprise

Tuesday afternoon I answered the door to find a giant gift basket for us. It was quite a fun surprise. It was from Halliburton (one benefit of working for a large company I guess). Damon and Tyler thought it was pretty neat and wanted to open and eat just about everything. I let them choose one thing each to have a little treat. Damon choose the chocolate pretzels and Tyler choose the 100 Grand candy bars. Thanks Halliburton!

1 month old

Well, Christopher is 1 month old today, he is slowly getting on a more normal schedule. Some days are better than others though. He's getting close to smiling - the ones we get are still more on accident than from a reaction to us.

Here are a few other pictures: During some of our recent snow falls the boys have had fun being "snowplows" as they help me shovel the driveway. They have their own little red shovels. -sorry it's dark, we went out at night.