The Petersen's

Saturday, October 8, 2016

First day of school

The first day of school is always bittersweet for me. Drake was starting 2nd grade at a new school and Laynie is at her same school and repeating kindergarten for a full day. For half of the day she is in a developmental resource room and other other half she does a regular day of kindergarten! She is loving it and doing great! She has her same interpreter, teachers and nurses!

Friday, September 16, 2016

Laynie's 6th Birthday

I can't believe this little girl is 6! Laynie's birthdays are always a little more sentimental to me. It's amazing looking back and seeing how far she has come and how much she has overcome. She really is a miracle!

Words can't describe how much I love this little girl. I've fought soooo hard to keep her alive, keep her healthy, and to help her thrive! It's such a reward as a parent to watch her succeed! I just really hope and pray she can continue to climb mountains!

She loves life more than anyone I know! Honestly she is so happy! I made her a promise when she was an itty bitty baby that I would do anything in my power to help her to be happy in life, and the crazy part is she is the one that makes me happy!!

I took her to go get her nails done for a birthday treat. She loved it and picked bright green!

We celebrated with Trevor's family and she had a joint bday party with her cousin! She had a great time and of course got spoiled!

We also had a party with my family and grandma Debbie painted this adorable jewelry box for her and filled it full of fun jewelry! She loves it!

Happy Birthday sweet girl! Thank you for making all of our lives brighter! We love you soooooo much!!!!

Some things Laynie loves at 6 years old....

Playing with friends

Her cousins

Mermaids

Swimming

Her iPad

Monitoring Daphne's every move

Cheerleading

Working (fixing/building things)

Dancing

Girlie things

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Road trip to NEWPORT BEACH

We were super excited and a bit nervous to head out on our long road trip to Newport Beach for our Zachary Family Reunion! One of these 3 munchkins is not a good traveler (uhem... Daphne) so we planned for lots of breaks, activities and snacks!!!

The first night we stayed in Provo and did a little shopping:)

We had a pit stop in St. George and cooled off in the splash pad! It was so hot!!!

All the kids did much better than expected in the car and we didn't have any major problems until...... We pulled into Vegas and got stopped in a huge traffic jam due to an accident and Daphne pukes EVERYWHERE!!! We were stuck for an hour without being able to get off the freeway and it was terrible! We went and bought her a new car seat and took her clothes and blanket to the laundromat! Luckily she wasn't sick it was just some milk that sat out a little too long!!

We stayed in Vegas for 2 nights and just kinda relaxed!

We were shouting for joy when we could finally see the ocean. We enjoyed a nice dinner out with everyone the first night!

All the kids at dinner...

Me, Jolene, and Emma

We were lucky enough to stay in a beach house for the week! The kids loved the beach! We all loved the beach!!!! It's the best!!!!

Beach babe!!!

Drake was a lover of boogie boarding. He was fearless and got knocked over more times than I can count!

All the cousins

One night we all went to an Angels game. It was a perfect night! We had great seats, the weather was awesome and the company was great too!

The Angels won with a walk off home run! Drake LOVED the game!!!

Just our little family went to Lego land! I really liked it! It wasn't crazy busy and it was perfect for younger kids. Daphne wasn't feeling well and pretty much made sure we all felt miserable with her! Lol!!! Other than that our day was great at Lego Land!!!