Heart warming on Valentine's Day

I love it when my kids sit down and play a game together. I love it even more when they don't argue and Mesa giggles because she is so entertained. It just warmth my little heart all over!!!!

Are you going on a trip?

The other night I was reading to Marin in her bed and looked over to see a bag packed with some clothes and things hanging from her closet handle.
Me: You going somewhere sweetie?
Marin: I just wanted to have somethings ready in case something bad happens.
Me: Like what?
Marin: A fire
Me: Don't worry, if there was a fire I would wake up and help you.
Marin: (and the tears began to flow) But I'm scared because daddy isn't here. (Aaron was out of town at the time).
Me: Don't cry Marin. Your dad sleeps like the dead and most likely I will be the one who knows something is wrong.
Marin: Ok, I just really miss daddy.

Marin is so sweet and tenderhearted. I find myself saying quite often to her "what would I do without you?" She reads her scriptures at night in bed, sings her heart out in primary, is so kind to her friends at school. She is a great example to me. And the bag had all the essentials in it: horse blanket, horse book, a dress and so on.

Cirque de Peterson

It was family night at Madison Gymnastics and we all were pretty excited. I was glad to let Greyson have an unrestrained hour to run and be rowdy as he pleased. Aaron was hoping to do something extraordinary like the pommel horse, Ashton wanted to run as fast as he could into the pit of foam and Marin was just happy to have an excuse to wear her leotard somewhere. And Mesa was really excited to have a bounce on the trampoline. It turned out to be a great night. I was just thanking my lucky stars that Aaron didn't break his back, pull a hammy or sprain his ankle. He is just so fragile in his old age!

Blame it on Mom, this time....

Ashton is picky eater. There isn't much at dinner that gets him too excited. The other night he had this horrible look on his face when he came to the table. I threw out the guilt trip. I told him there was a earthquake in Haiti and the kids there haven't eaten for several days and they would absolutely love to eat whatever was placed before them. It worked for a little while and then I paid the price for giving him a guilt trip. He woke up in the night saying he had a nightmare that there was an earthquake and we were all sad and crying. So of course he climbed into bed with us and I got kicked in the back and smacked in the face all night long. AWESOME!!!!

Blame it on Dad

So last Sunday Aaron was out of town and Sunday morning I remembered that Ashton was supposed to give a talk in Primary. Mesa was sick and I was sending the kids to church with the neighbor. I told Ashton that it would be fine if he got up and bore his testimony and talked about why he loves Jesus. I guess Ashton was too nervous to do it without Aaron or me there and he decided to tell everyone why he wasn't prepared,
" I don't have a talk because my dad is at a football game at the place where you watch it"
(Aaron was in Texas for business and caught a Dallas Cowboys game while he was there.)
I honestly had nothing to do with it, Ashton just felt he needed to explain himself! (which is totally fine with me.)

No lumps of coal

We had a fabulous Christmas at home this year. I have been cooking a lot mostly trying new things and I have made so many batches of cookies. We LOVE sugar cookies in our house and they don't last longer than a day. We have tons and tons of snow, the kids have been out in it making snow forts and trying to shovel. Aaron took the kids to help Grandpa feed the cows one day, I don't think they were much help. Marin got a little mp3 player and has turned into a teenager overnight. She loves it. Greyson got a Diego rescue backpack, Ashton wanted the Bat Cave and our sweet Mesa got a new doll and a little bird in a cage that tweets for her. Happy New Year to everyone!

Funny kids

Marin got a lifesaver book from her grandma and grandpa and as she was opening it she curiously says "Why do they call them lifesavers, they don't help anything?"

Ashton was watching me put my apron on to make some sugar cookies and lovingly says "yea, woman you better put that apron on."

I was picking up Greyson's sippi cup to wipe off the greasy fingerprints and he shouts " Don't touch that, mom!"

If Mesa could talk she would probably tell me how bored she is sometimes and wishes she could go on a vacation!