Joy In The Journey

New Baby!!

2011-09-10T17:21:00.000-06:00

Emma Kay Peterson
Born on September 7, 2011 at 8:59pm
She weighed 7lb 6oz

Washington Trip

2011-08-18T22:07:00.002-06:00

Me and my kiddo's spent two fun filled weeks in Washington with Grandma. It was so nice to be able to escape this Arizona heat. The kids loved being at their Grandma watering flowers, picking raspberries in the garden, going on walks, playing at the beach, and many park outings. Thank you mom for having us out and making the trip so fun and thank you Aunt Leah for being such a big help.

Isaac had his first ice cream cone and he loved it.

This was taken on Jetty Island. It was perfect for the kids with cousins, warm water, puddles, and sand.

Our little cousin Amy spent some traveling time in the car with us and the boys loved having her in between them. She handed them their drinks and snacks and played games of peek a boo too.

Heres a pic of beautiful aunt Leah giving up the front seat to me. Thank you Leah!

2011-06-07T21:13:00.002-06:00

CAMPING FUN

We have been looking forward to going camping for a long time and we had so much fun. The weather was cool, the trees smelled beautiful and the tin foil dinners tasted delicious.

Here is a pic of Zach with his cousins Hardy and Berlin. There is nothing better to these kids then exploring the out doors and getting as dirty as possible.

My sister Clare is taking a hack at this log. We spent a lot of time looking for fire wood.

My sweet S.I.L Chelsea and her little guy Cole.

My brother Hyrum getting a fire started.

Here is Isaac in his booster seat. These little ones where trying their mommies nerves around the camp fire. We felt better when we tied Isaac to a tree, leaving him with a 8 ft radius to explore. He didn't go for that for too long.

2011-06-07T20:55:00.003-06:00

We are happy to announce that Cody is now officially in the Air Force. We feel very blessed to have gotten this scholarship and look forward the future. Here are some pictures of when he was sworn in last week and for those of you who didn't know yes I am pregnant and expecting a girl!!!

A lot of Cody's faculty came for the event. Seriously so neat.

He was sworn in by one of his teachers who was an optometrist in the Air Force, Professor Rainey.

HAPPY EASTER

2011-04-25T21:26:00.003-06:00

Isaac's first hair cut

2011-04-25T21:00:00.004-06:00

We have been letting Isaac's hair grow out for a long time now and soon realized how annoying it must have been for him to see out of those bangs. So we put him in his booster in front of the t.v. with some licorice and trimmed it up a bit.

Looking handsome in their Sunday best

2011-03-29T22:37:00.002-06:00

We love our Sundays but it has gotten particularly difficult being spiritually nourished with our Isaac in action. He is everywhere and on everything. Only a couple more months until he gets to go to blessed nursery.

Hiccups at midnight

2011-01-03T18:46:00.001-07:00

Last night I woke up to comfort Isaac and after putting him back to bed I got some really intense hiccups, like one every four seconds. I tried drinking water upside down, holding my breath; I even tried my secret hiccup remover routine (which is holding my breath while drinking water and waiving my arms all around). There seemed to be no end to them. While lying in bed waiting for the next scare attempt from Cody (who was needless to say, so ready to go back to sleep) I wondered if the hiccups were in rhythm with my heart so I placed my pointer finger and thumb near the limp nodes on my neck, tilted my head up and squeezed. Immediately they were gone. Not sure if that was just luck or a dynamite way of getting rid of the hiccups. What ever it was we were pleased as pie to get back to sleep.

Happy Holidays

2011-01-02T20:50:00.007-07:00

We had a merry Christmas with Mom, Dad, and Leah at our home. There was music, hiking, hot tubbing, In and Out, and of course GAMES.

We spent a day in Tombstone Arizona touring the old stomping grounds of Wyatt Earp, and Doc Holiday. It was hard not to take on a cowboy accent as walked through saloons and rode on a horse and coach.

Happy Holidays

2011-01-02T19:56:00.008-07:00

We celebrated our Thanksgiving with the Decker side. I made my very first turkey. It was a contest between my brother Seth and me and hands down he won. We enjoyed a hike up to Camel Back Mountain. Unfortunately the flu went around in my parents house, most everyone got it except for Cody (lucky guy).

spit up

2010-05-02T23:15:00.008-06:00

Isaac was talking into my shoulder as I was sitting at the computer, when I brought him to face me this is what I got. Spit up all down my back and all over his sweet little face. Not surprising, this boy rarely has a dry shirt.

2010-04-16T23:35:00.001-06:00

Mr Smiley boy at 10:45pm!!!

For Isaac's blessing on March 7th, 2010, we had the privilege of having so many family members with us. Thanks for coming everyone!!

2010-04-04T13:10:00.008-06:00

Going into US Airways arena to watch Steven Nash and the Suns! Besides cheering for them, there were a few fights, technicals, and some "Granger sucks!" chants led by BLandon.

Red Robbin

Mariners Spring Training in Peoria, AZ. The M's got killed, but at least we got to see Griffey and Ichiro!

Mom and Dad were absolutely thrilled to actually be picking Lemons from a tree. They also picked oranges and grapefruit.

The whole weekend was spectacular. Everyone slept well in our little apartment (everyone except for Joe, Scott, Brandon, Leah, and Dad). Nothing like AZ in the winter!

Welcome Isaac Cody Peterson

2009-12-15T19:48:00.006-07:00

This last Friday I woke up at about 4:00 am unable to sleep. I was cramping and uncomfortable but I did not think it could be anything serious. At 7:00 I saw my doctor for the weeks check up and discovered I was dialated to a 2 1/2. "Today's baby day" he said. Isaac came via VBAC after two and a half hours of pushing. I think I would have ended up with another c-section with out the support of my awesome doctor, nurses, sisters (Liz and Clare) mom, and of course husband. It was an amazing experience. Isaac came two weeks early on Friday December 11th at 8:05 in the evening. He weighed 6, 10. I love you baby and I am so happy you are here with us.

Time for an update

2009-06-29T20:38:00.002-06:00

Wow we are in need for an update. Well, Cody recently graduated from BYU-I and we are now living in Mesa AZ. Cody is selling pest control for the summer. We are ready to start optometry school at Midwestern University in August. Things are good here, we are happy to around family, the only thing we could use less of are the heat and scorpions. Well that's it for now, I hope to add pictures soon so check back again.

We're still alive in Rexburg, ID!

2009-03-08T19:01:00.006-06:00

We apologize for the brief (just a few months) absence from the blogging scene. We thought we'd post a couple pictures of some of the happenings over the last couple of months, featuring Zach of course. Our final winter in Rexburg is coming to an end, with graduation looming only a month away! This place has been very good to us, creating memories that won't soon be forgotten. Anyway, here are the pics, starting from most recent all the way down to Halloween:

Zach started out a little nervous, but that didn't last long.

Christmas in Arizona

The post-bath bath robe!

Just hangin out with cousins!

Zach was thrilled to be an OWL for Halloween!

2008-10-14T23:58:00.003-06:00

Oh, he looks so smart.

Happy Anniversery Codes!!!!

2008-10-14T23:43:00.002-06:00

With a dinner at Applebees and dessert at Jamba Juice we celebrated our two year anniversary. Having our little Zach and our beautiful friendship makes two years feel so very short. I feel like I have known Cody for so much longer; it truly has been wonderful. I feel so blessed to be married to such a smart, kind, faithful, and of course, handsome man. Thank you Cody for making my life so rich with love.

A Bountiful Harvest

2008-10-14T23:16:00.003-06:00

There are many perks to being college students or more so "married" college students. Here at BYU-I we took part in the married student gardens. After planting and a couple months growing and weeding the labor paid off. With all the fresh produce we made lots of stir fry, salsa, and zucchini bread. I love fresh produce.

Just more fun with Zach-attack. Some of the best moments are during his bath and just after!

2008-09-20T18:09:00.005-06:00

Funny Video

2008-08-12T12:17:00.003-06:00

2008-08-12T11:09:00.009-06:00

After Bend Oregon we headed up to Washington to visit mom, dad and Leah. During the five days that we were there they took us on a real train ride up in the mountains, up the space needle in Seattle, on a sweet roller coaster, on the Duck (a land and water tour of Seattle) and more. They were incredibly fun and we were so happy to create some more family memories.

Of course we played cards and Zachary got to have a lot of Grandma and Grandpa time.
During our vacation Stephanie Myers Breaking Dawn had become available so Leah and I being the silly girls we are went and picked up a copy at midnight the day it came out. We read half the book aloud to each other. Most of our commute time was spent reading quietly to each other in the back of the car while Cody would randomly yell out "Oh Edward!!! Oh Bella!!!". Of course we loved the book and were completely giddy reading it together. Girls can be sooooo silly.

Break!!!

2008-08-12T10:09:00.006-06:00

So after a crazy semester Cody and I were ready for our seven week break before fall semester. We started it off with a fun vacation up to Blackfoot Idaho to visit Scott and Erin. Next we went up to Bend Oregon to see Cody's grandparents. We got a great view of Bend and ate New York pizza the size of my face. It was great to catch up on some Peterson history from Grandpa Pete as well.

Warm River, Ashton, ID

2008-07-21T20:49:00.005-06:00

In celebration of the end of Finals week, we hiked around and swam in Warm River. I don't know how it got its name, but it was freezing. It was very beautiful and felt good to get outside. We both suffered horrible sunburns, but that was half the reason we went, if you can't tell by our sweet farmers' tans!

Co-ed Softball champions at BYU-Idaho!!!

2008-07-03T18:14:00.002-06:00

We recently participated in a University Co-ed softball team. After losing only one game during the regular season, we blazed through the tournament. Laura caught the game saving (running) catch in the first game of the tournament for the last out in the final inning, preventing the tying run from scoring! In the semifinals, Cody smashed a 1-1 pitch into deep center, well over the 40ft fence for a spectacular home run(can you tell who is writing!?), capping an 11-4 victory. In the final, we came back from a 6-0 hole to win in the final inning! It was quite fun, plus we got a T-shirt.

Zachary and the Great Grandmas!!!

2008-07-01T17:24:00.002-06:00

Mommy Hardy

Grandma Hanni

The latest and Greatest from Memorial Day Weekend!

2008-05-31T13:44:00.003-06:00

Smile!

3 Generations

Funny conversation between Zachary and Taryn

2008-05-31T13:22:00.002-06:00

More Zachary!

2008-04-27T15:24:00.004-06:00

The SUN warmed up Rexburg enough to take Zachary outside! He's not to used to the brightness!

STORYTIME!!

Zachary is getting bigger!

2008-04-27T15:09:00.001-06:00

More of Zachary (and yes that is pound puppy!)

2008-03-23T10:40:00.002-06:00

Zachary's Blessing.......

2008-03-11T14:30:00.002-06:00

We are proud to announce the blessing of Zachary on March 30th in Utah. As far as we can tell he is very excited to be blessed. We love you Zachary!

Introducing Zachary Decker Peterson

2008-03-09T13:28:00.002-06:00