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Montana's new favorite "word"...(turn up the volume)

Busy, but fun month!

A lot of fun things went on in August, that I did not post about...we spent a weekend looking after our nieces and nephews, Marc went to Vegas for a business trip, went to two cousins weddings/receptions, I was able to get out with my mom, sisters and an honorary sister /good friend of mine and have girls night (which was SO nice!) host one of my best friends baby's 1st birthday at our home, and spend some more time with my sister Courtney and her family! I am so glad they are home! Here are a few pictures from some of those events:

After bathing Mitchell and Megan, I turned around and found Mitchell like this. Guess even little ones are self conscious of the rough skin on their heels! :) haha


All weekend we watched the same six Backyardigans episodes on the DVR. I now LOVE Backyardigans...I even found myself turning it on one morning when I got home! Seriously, they have great little songs. For those of you who are Backyardigan watchers, my favorite song is "Castaway"! :) The kids were so cute, every time the opening song would come on they would dance around like this:

Montana adores her cousins!!! She had a great time not being an only child for a few days! They were definitely the THREE peas in a pod...

Look at these two....couldn't they be brother and sister??? Marc's family has said that little Mitchell reminds them of Marc as a youngster...and well, we all can tell which parent Montana most resembles!

Girls night was a blast- pedicures and Pizookie's from BJ's, what more does a girl need??

I'm a doof and didn't have my camera out much during Sara's son Ryder's 1st birthday at my house. I had it out long enough to get a picture of Montana and Andalyn in party hats, and the cake. It was so fun...Ryder has a lot of great people that love him! He is so cute, and a busy little 1 year old!!!

Here is Montana playing with her cousin Andalyn and Uncle Dave at Grandma and Grandpa Petersens house:

And lastly, it was so nice to attend a sealing ceremony for my cousin Ashley and her now husband Devin! We didn't get great shots of the temple behind us, as there were tons of people there, but here are a few pictures of us standing next to the temple.

The Hair Teeter Totter...

I think I will forever be riding the hair color teeter totter in my life. I can never just stick to what I want. I think its because I like different colors and looks for different reasons. But, as we are approaching the fall months, (and my hairdresser/cousins due date, which means she may be out of service for a short period), I decided to venture back more towards my natural color. I think as a brunette, there will always be something in me that wants to be blonde, but then as I've grown older, I've really learned to embrace my dark hair. I love it and am very satisfied with it....for now at least! :)

Lots of firsts this week...

This week has been a big one for Montana. She has learned to crawl (why was I in a hurry for her to learn this??), as well as master the skill of picking up food and eating it with her own hands. She has been working on both skills for a while, but the crawl was uncoordinated, and with the food she'd forget to take her fingers out and end up chomping on them along with the food, but this week, its all changed. Poor Marc has missed it, because he's been out of town on business. Isn't that always how it is?? Here is a video of her crawling...towards a plug and an outlet of course...which is why I mention above, why was I so eager for her to learn this?? And as well, a video of her post-banana eating...where she rubbed it all in her hair! :) I love it...she's so fun at this age!

Just can't get enough of her!

Some pictures of our sweetheart, just because I am a proud mom!

I love our little family! (picture kind of is blurry, but it is a cute one, if you can get your eyes to focus!)

Kids these days...

While I was working the other day, two of my nephews, Josh (Monique's oldest) and Justin (Marlo's oldest) were there working on a project for Michele, my mother in law. Michele is the head cook for the youth trek this weekend, and has had to do a lot of preparation to feed 300+ people out in the woods with very little resource. It's been weeks of pre-cooking meats, and treats, etc. Anyway, one of the object lessons/snacks is that each person is going to be given a sandwich bag with 1/2 cup of flour in it, and a stick of beef jerky. This is to help them to realize that the pioneers were given the 1/2 cup of flour as a daily ration for food, and how little food they had to live off of. Anyway, Josh and Justin were enlisted to help bag the flour. I had the pleasure of listening to them for a couple hours and even snapped a few pictures of them being silly. Just after having listened to them talk about school, the upcoming trek, girls and then of course, a bunch of nonesense jokes and talk that didn't make any sense to me (or probably anyone over the age of 14), I just realized what good kids they are! These boys do a ton to help in their families, they hang out with each other and other good kids and go to church activities. They are excitied about scouts and the youth trek. I'm just really proud of them, and it made me think too about my younger brother and sister who are teenagers, as well as all the Young Women I've worked with over the last few years, and I realized how grateful I am for the church being there. Because of the Gospel in their lives, and the organization of this church, our youth have places to go where they can be safe from the evils that are lurking in the middle schools and high schools (and i'm sure even elementary schools). Because of this Gospel, they know who they are, they know right from wrong, and they make good choices. I pray for these kids and the things they will encounter in the next few years, but I know they are being taught the right things. Amidst all the goofiness of the adolescent boy talk...these priesthood holders really made me proud to be their aunt that day. Covered in flour, with plastic bags on their head and all!

Angels!

I just had to post a picture of two of my sweet little angels in my life! Montana absolutely adores her cousin Megan! And Megan is so sweet to Montana giving her lots of loves and kisses and she says to her, "Hi, pretty girl!" It is adorable! Unfortunately, I have yet to capture a perfect picture of the two of them looking at the camera at the same time. They are just so preoccupied with each other! We are excited for this weekend, as we get to spend time with the Carter kids while Marlo, Shane and Justin go on the youth trek reenacting the pioneer trail. Hopefully we'll get some good pictures then!

Hannah Montana!

My best friend from high school, Maran, had a baby a month before I did. And she named her darling little girl Hannah! And as you know, my little darlings name is Montana. Never before did I realize how popular the Disney children's sitcom Hannah Montana was until I named my baby Montana. And then I think its hilarious to tell them my friend has a baby the same age named Hannah! Well, anyway, Maran and her family came back to California to visit family and stopped by our house for a visit! We got some pictures of the little girls playing on the floor. Look at these eyes on Hannah! GORGEOUS!
Montana loves smiling for the camera! CHEESE!


HANNAH MONTANA, SAY CHEESE! :)
Dang, Maran, why didn't we think to take a picture together! It's been years! It would have been nice to add one to the collection! Oh well, next time! Right now, its all about Hannah Montana! :)

4th of July

We love to get matching T-shirts whenever possible...Disneyland, 4th of July, etc.

We had so much fun with Marc's family swimming at his parents with all our nieces and nephews and his siblings. Unfortuntely, I left my camera in the house (otherwise I'd have probably ruined it by dropping it in the pool or something). So, the only picture I have is of Marc manning the BBQ.

Then we went by my parents before heading to the Elk Grove Park for big fireworks. Here are some pictures of my family---hey look, they went to Old Navy for matching T's too! (I guess everyone does that!)

Our friends Matt and Jessica came down and joined us with their little boy Daxton to enjoy the fireworks and festivities!

I had bought Montana a 4th of July dress that she wore to church the Sunday before 4th of July! I love dressing her up in cute things! I also had to include this picture of my little baby in one of her new favorite things---she likes to sit in grandma's "Baby Basket". Grandma Petersen gets lots of little baby toys to put in there for her grand baby's to play with. It is something her mom, my Grandma McFadyen used to have for us at her house. Well, Montana is literally making it a "baby basket", as she loves to sit in there and play with all of the toys!

Six Flags

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Six Flags in June with the Petersen side.

Grandpa and his baby girl!

Us...

Momma and Tana after the dolphin show:

And then above is some brother and sisterly love with Logan, Whitney and I. It was a fun trip!