If you build it....they will come...

Saturday we drove to Dyersville, Iowa which is about two hours away to see the actual Field of Dreams. It was pretty awesome to go and play around on the ball field and the corn and stuff. We went with a couple of our friends Taysia and Jamison Metcalf and Tawnya Rasmussen that I mentioned in my last post.You can sort of see the house behind the fence. I really wished I could go chill on the porch swing for a while.

This is the view of the Field from the corn. Its sort of hard to see, but trust me that its really cool.

This is out in left field having fun in the grass. Noah, then Ethan in the middle, and Spencer Rasmussen.

Shoeless Joe coming out of the corn!

There were a bunch of other people there so we all had to wait in line for our turn to hit. It was so cool!

Playing Catch-up

What a busy week we've had! I haven't had time to sit down and blog at all because I've been so busy, especially since the weekend, so here is my attempt to fill everyone in on just the really fun stuff. Friday was the relief society playgroup where we took a trip to the zoo. The boys were pretty obviously unaware of how cool it was to see the animals, but here are a few pictures:

Ethan is the top monkey and Noah had a super cute frownie for being on the bottom.

This is my friend Tawnya from my ward. Her little Spencer is 6 months old and you will see his picture later.
Trying not to get eaten by a goat.
This isn't even a quarter of the kids from our ward that came. There were a billion strollers because it was free zoo day. After a long day at the zoo, the three bears are all tuckered out. Spencer is in the middle, and they all play pretty well together. Its fun to see.

Tomorrow I will post pictures of todays adventures at the Field of Dreams!

I'd had enough. Our previous stroller was really great for what we needed it for, but the boys have gotten big enough, and the hills here are steep enough that I was in dire need for an alternative. On Saturday I got this jogging stroller so I don't have to excersize so much when I'm out with the boys, haha. So today I signed up for that relief society trip to the zoo with confidence that I will have a smooth ride and a great time.

Mi casa es su casa

We thought it would be fun to show you all our place since more than likely, you will never see it in real life. We are still settling in and there is far more decorating that we need to do but for now, welcome to our home. I had to divide the film into three because blogger only allows videos of a certain size so just watch them sequentially.

nothin special

So, I'm always getting after people who don't post on their blogs, even when they check on them all the time. I always tell them to blog something even when there isn't anything special to blog. You can just blog about nothing. If someone can make a sitcom about nothing that lasts for like 9 seasons (is that right, I just guessed), then we can come up with one measly post. So this is my example of blogging about nothing.

This is the double stroller i won on Ebay. I wasn't looking for a jogger since they are out of my price range, but this one was a great deal!

These are some older pictures of Ethan looking like a homie G.

And these are some super cute pictures Joe took on his phone outside of the walmart the other day. I absolutely LOVE these jackets. Thanks Aunt Verna via Ray.

I guess I could always say something about Joe's school. He had a test yesterday (which he got 100% on), a test mondy, a test wednesday, a paper due thursday, and another test on friday. Im thinking this is going to be a long week for the both of us. For that reason, we are just relaxing and having a lazy saturday.

Orange Pictures

After so many people commented on the header picture above I thought perhaps you'd all be interested in seeing some other orange family pictures of mine.



This is my cute little...big family. Joe and I in orange, Joe and Britt in white, Parents in blue, Gramma and Norm in pink, Bud and Julie in red, Joshy and Britt (Red) in dark blue, and Justin and Mirella in brown. You can probably spot the twins in orange, white, and brown.





I never thought there would come a day when i was MORE pale than Joe. This is that day my friends.












There was supposed to be a picture of Ethan too, but the poor photog couldn't tell my kids apart so we wound up with two pictures of Noah. Here is the cuter of the two.








And here is the whole enchilada. Is that a common phrase or is it just common to the Petersens? Sometimes I say that I have oods of stuff, and people don't get it. Oods! As in, a lot.

After a Long Day of Manly Softball

Here are some pics of Joe and the boys after our ward softball game. I played too and did quite well if I do say so myself. We all put black under our eyes to intimidate the other teams. The boys of course were the talk of the event with their little eye make-up.

Joe and the boys just being tough guys