SNoW DaY!!!

*Our Yard and snow man.

*Kaysen is all dressed up in his gear for fun. He can barley walk.

*John and Kaysen in our sweet snow fort.

*Kaysen showing me his snowball we used for our snot ball fight.

*Our little snow man and man.

*Kaysen with his mohawk and new hair cut.

Well it's another Sunday and Church is yet again cancled due to weather. This time it is snow. I freakin love Missouri. It is really Sunny today but very cold. It snowed all Friday night and all day Saturday into Sunday night. We got probably like 6 inches or so. Yesterday Kaysen and I built a snow man and snow fort for snowball throwing fights.

Today we built up our fort even bigger and I pulled Kaysen around on a sled because there aren't any hills within walking distance. So last week when church was cancled we cut Kaysen's hair to pass the time. This week I don't know what I'll do.

*John did really well on his finals. So far he has passed all his classes that have been graded.

Twilight casting!

We'll my friend Laura Clark told me that they cast Edward for the movie. Needless to say both of us were pretty disappointed. He is not nearly a gorgeous and stunning as he is in our minds. I don't know what to do. Because now on I am going to think of this guy instead of my Edward who I've been fantasizing about in my head for almost every moment of the day for like the last few months. Ohhh woe is me!!! I guess I'll just have to start fantasizing about my husband again. At least Cedric does look kind of mysterious in these photos. (I call Robert pattinson cedric because Laura told me he played cedric in Harry Potter and he was so not hot in that.) He isn't ugly and his mysteriousness kind of makes him attractive but i was expecting greek god attractive. Oh well at least I wont be jealous of Bella and I will be able to watch the movie for the story. He is way too skinny too! Kristen Stewart is the name of the girl who is to play Bella and I think she is perfect.

*You know what is crazy Each time i look at the photo's of "Edward" I actually think he is hotter and hotter. It is the mystery! I'm dying I want him now!!!!

Silly time!

* What else is there to do on Sunday when church is cancled besides re-enacting being pregnant with your almost 3 year old son? At least he enjoyed it as much as I did.

* weird but this is actually exactly how I looked pregnant with him from a profile view. (well minus the extra head and all)

* I just cut his hair today too. Man I am bored.

*Kaysen and I in our cute winter puffy coats. We both even have faux hair on the hoods.

Neat-O-!

So today we got our first taste of an ice storm! You would think that most people wouldn't be excited about it but I was very excited. Mostly because I couldn't comprehend how an ice storm came about. Everyone described the effects of an ice storm to me (like ice and more ice and everything covered in ice) but in my mind I didn't understand how it couldn't be just rain or snow like in Utah. I mean if it is cold enough to freeze the rain into ice automatically why doesn't it just snow?

So let me see if I can describe what I saw to those of you who haven't seen an ice storm. Well it wasn't raining and it wasn't snowing. It had rained some yesterday so that rain then turned to ice but the weirdest thing was it was somewhat misty in the air like all the humidity in the air was encoumpasing everything and then freezing on contact. When we went outside we came back in with all our clothes damp but it wasn't raining at all. It was pretty cool. This morning when I looked outside every plant individual leaf, branch, or blade was covered completley in it's own ice casing. It's not that thick though and it doesn't look like it was really even that bad of an ice storm. Probably just a really really mild one the the people who are used to them.

I thought it was very neat-o though. They even canceled Stake Conference today! Can you believe it. I've never in my life had church or school cancled because of weather. The weather report said today is just supposed to get more ice and more ice and tomorrow is supposed to be even worse. Than on Tuesday it will finally be warm enough for just rain and no ice. Well I hope this was as interesting to every one else as it was to me.

LA(U)RA Day!!!!!

So I thought this subject deserved it's very own post because it was freakin awesome. So what is La(u)ra day one might ask. Well it is a magical day when people who are named lara or laura get to leave this world and enter one of no kids, no worries, no husband, and endless amounts of money and fun.
Well I was lucky enough to participate in this wonderful occassion last Saturdy. (I've heard it only happens once in a 150 years like Haileys comet). My good friend Laura Clark was the other lucky participant.
It was GLORIOUS (to be sung). It all began at 3:15. My date, Laura, came over and we were swept away in a stylish dark green 2003 camery, can I get an ooohh yahh? We were taken to the beautiful Chesterfield Valley where we visited a magical village I believe called Mall. In this mall there are many shop keepers and merchants with wonderful nick-nacs and whoo haas. I purchased a few minor indulgent whoo haas (can I actually say that with out it sounding bad?)

Then when the day couldn't get any better Laura muttered the magical words P.F. Changs and our taste buds began to dance and sing. Lettuce Wraps, Changs Spicy Chicken, KUNG POW, and water with ice; it just can't get any better than this. After a most sensational dinner we did some window shopping at the chesterfield commons.

Finally to end the night we took in a movie called "Enchanted". It was the perfect movie for and enchanted day. I hope this La(u)ra dy can come more often because I had so much fun and I think I deserve it!

WHAT THE BUNNY!

So these are our cute little new friends. We noticed about two weeks ago that a bunny sits in our yard in the same place everyday all day. If you go outside and get close to it, it runs away, but it will be back like 15 minutes after you go back inside. So we went out to make sure it wasn't burrowing or had babies and then we noticed that directly across from it in a place we couldn't see from inside was his friend. So these little free loaders have been basking in my lawn for weeks and have no plans to move. I let them know that I'm watching them so they better not pull anything funny like start digging or killing the grass. I opened the door and pointed to my eyes and then to the bunny and told him "I'm watching you!" I think it worked because they're pretty good bunnies. They are really cute too. I'll update you on how long they stay.

*It hurts me to write this but as of 12/3/2007 9:47 am Centeral time our bunny is MIA. He has been gone for 2 days. If you see him tell him I'm not mad. I was just trying to be funny before. I just want him warm and safe.

It's all a blur

*Some one got matching Jammies!!! We got Kaysen his awhile ago and then found out that The Children's Place had them in adult sizes too. I couldn't pass it up. I know they are really not very figure flattering but it was just too cute and they are really comfortable. Weird but John didn't want any. Hmmm. Whenever I have them on Kaysen asks "I want to wear my jammies like mommy." Doesn't that just melt your heart.

So this week has flown by!!!!! Which is kind of good because that means it's closer to christmas. I am so excited if you can't tell. John is back in school and studying like crazy. Kaysen I and I just sit on the couch watching movies and eating bon bons all day like all other stay at home moms do. On a plus I think I'm going to repost my photos upright so no more neck cramps.

I did go to a book club yesterday at the St. Louis Bread Company. It was amazing. First of all I loved the book like all time favorite book ever, I loved the atmopshere of the bread company, and last but not least I loved the people. I love my friends out here. They are so fun and we do so many fun things together. If you haven't already read the book "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer then read the other two "New Moon" and "Eclipse". They are the best.

So today I went to play group which is always nice because Kaysen gets to be with people who have as much energy as him. Tonight I played basketball with my friends. It was so much fun. I freakin jammed my finger though. I swear 9 out of 10 times I will jam my finger playing basketball. But I enduring all the pain, sweat, blood, and tears (well mostly just pain) to write this blog that is how much I care about the people who view it, all two of you.

Thanksgiving Day

* It's all uploaded and upright! This is our Holiday photo that we sent out with our Christmas card. I love it. We only took two and they were both by timer. The other one was really cute but part of our bodies were cut off.



*Our Christmas Tree. Our Christmas Tree. We really love our Christmas Tree!

*Our Thanksgiving Feast.

*I told John that is was just juice but it didn't seem to phase him.

*Our Christmas Tree!

We had a great Thanksgiving day. It was our first time as just our little family for a holiday and it was really nice. I love getting together with our extended family don't get me wrong but there was something wonderful about it just being us. Maybe it was the simplicity.

Any ways we woke up and started the turkey. It was still frozen so I gave it a bath in warm water which smelt awful. Then I made Slater's famous clam dip. We ate at about 1:30. We had turkey, potatos and gravy, olives, corn bread stuffing, and rolls. Then, too over come by tryptophen, Kaysen and I subcomed and took naps. When we woke up we ate pie and decorated the Christmas Tree. Kaysen loves the tree and keeps kissing it.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Day We also took a photo this morning that we are going to send out with the christmas cards because it turned out so cute. Well I hope everyone else had a wonderful holiday too!!!

We took Kaysen to sit on Santa's Lap in the mall yesterday. We weren't sure how he would do because he hated it last year. He kept telling us he wanted to though. So he did it and loved it!! He told santa that he wanted toys and we got a really cute photo that I'm going to try and figure out how to post.

*Kaysen as Buzz Lightyear and his cousin Jet as Woody! What a cute perfect pair.

*My brother Dan and his wife Melaney and son Jet came to visit us at the end of October. This is Dan showing off his bruit strenght by hold up a whopping 28lbs on each arm. We had so much fun when they came!

*Kaysen going down the insanly fast and steep slide at the Pumpkin Patch we visited with the Clarks.

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*Our Playgroup Halloween Party. The other half of the adults in attendance were lined up taking photos.

ThAnKsGiViNg BrEaK!!!

*This is us with our good friends. Laura, Noah (in the red), and Brady Clark at the Trunk-or-treat!

* John showed up just in time for this photo. I was the one who actually did all the work.

Well it is finally Thanksgiving break. John got out on the 17th and doesn't have to go back until the monday after Thanksgiving. I am so excited!!! We are not going any where though because it will be too expensive to go both holdiays this season. We are staying home and I am making my first Thanksgiving dinner. The nice thing is that I won't have to make any of that crap I hate. No sweet potatos!!!! Well I doubt anyone even reads this blog because we just set it up. We're going go have to get some friends though so we don't look so lame.

The Petersons