Worldless Wednesday

I love that smile...

Play Nice

Brady and Cadence got lots of cousin time over the weekend. With 2 kiddos around the age of 2, there were lots of sharing issues...which is to be expected! But all in all they did great and would take turns the best they could!


Cadence's turn

Brady's turn

Petersen Family Christmas

On Friday after Andy got off work, we headed back to my parents for the weekend. We stopped in Exira on the way home to catch the basketball games. We were only able to stay until after the first quarter of the boys game as Brady was one tired boy! On Saturday we hung around the house, I got a hair highlight and got in a long run and then we got ready and headed out to Scott and Jana's house for the Petersen Christmas. It was so nice to catch up with everyone and Brady had a blast playing with Cadence and Taryn and listening to everyone sing Christmas carrols. We have a tradition of singing the 12 days of Christmas, it's funny every year and then we have a fun grab bag for the adults after wards. It was a lot of fun and Brady got wiped out so we took him home and he was knocked out until 7:00 a.m. on Sunday...which is sleeping in for him! He and Cadence were in the same room to sleep and much to our surprise, they did awesome in the room together. They have so much fun playing!
On Sunday we got up, ate breakfast, opened gifts and then Nick and Kayla had to head back to DSM. Then Grandma Jo came over and we had a wonderful lunch of prime rib, cheesy potatoes, cesar salad and pumpkin swirl cheesecake! It was sooo good!
We had a great weekend, got way too spoiled and loved spending time with family. Here are some pics of the weekend. I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to as I was too busy catching up with everyone.

Christmas Card

Here is our 2010 Christmas Card. Thanks again Jen for taking the picture for us! We love it and hope everyone has a very blessed Christmas. We are heading back to my parents this weekend for the Petersen Christmas extravaganza. Lots of food, family and friends and we get to see dad and Tom coach tonight and my cousins play on the boys team. I can't wait! :-)

Cuddle Time

With the weather being so cold, it's so nice to stay in our warm house and who wouldn't love cuddle time with this cute little guy (and his stuffed friends)??




My Favorite Boys!

Semi-Wordless Wednesday

This is Brady's favorite thing to do...who needs toys when you can play with bowls, plates and cups??

Christmas Goodies

We spent most of the day inside on Saturday and I got to do lots of baking! Yay! I had a little 'helper'!



Licking the beaters...not to worry...no eggs in this recipe!

One of my new favorite recipes...Mini Turtles


These turned out so yummy!

As I was baking, I was talking about how much I'd love to have a stand mixer...well my hubby being the awesome guy he is went out shopping and came back with this!!! It made the rest of my baking so much easier. Can't wait to do a lot more!