The Petersen Clan : We Had Snow . . .

It was so exciting to get the little skiff of snow we had. I found myself waking up multiple times that night checking to see if it was snowing yet. I felt like a little kid. And then finally getting woke up to the alerts that school was cancelled was AWESOME!! The kids had fun playing with their cousins and pulling each other around in the sled. There wasn't much to even play in but it didn't matter to them.
Last month we were invited to go to Eagle Crest with my brother and his girlfriend. It was so much fun. The house was amazing that we stayed in and it had a hot tub and bunk beds for the kids. So fun to go and do nothing.
We also got to go for a quick day trip to the coast last month. We lucked out on the weather and had the best time ever. The kids enjoy playing at the beach so much and are so good at riding quads. We took Andi for her first trip to the sand and she actually acted like a puppy for the first time ever. She ran around and jumped and rolled around. It was so fun to watch.
Austyn has been such a little trooper with her braces. She's been in two more times where they continue to slowly add more contraptions in her mouth. She never complains and she brushes them exactly like they say. She's always been so easy to adapt to new things. She just finished being in a play. This year it was The Little Mermaid. She got the part of a sea pony. It is such a cute play they put on every year and she loves it. She also will be starting to practice a little group dance for her schools talent show coming up in April. And baseball is right around the corner.
Quade continues to love school and he is very very excited to be the Bat Boy for Austyn's team again this year. We all had a wonderful time celebrating his Birthday at the Great Wolf Lodge this year. I can't believe he is 5 years old. It went by so fast.
Jordan is about two weeks away from his stair climb in Seattle. As usual he has been so dedicated to training and dieting for this event. It also helps that he is doing the Fitness Challenge at the same time. He was able to get in on a pretty big fire the other day. His picture was on the front page of the newspaper, above and below the fold. He was very excited. And he has been working like crazy on finishing our update to the stairs in the garage. It looks so nice. The cool part is, is that we had all the materials we needed to do 90% of the project.
I have continued to do really well in the Fitness Challenge. I actually am surprising myself with my results this time. I'm super excited for baseball. I will probably be coaching again. Also I'm ready for spring!!!!!!!!
Hope everyone is well and Thank You for continuing to keep up with our little family.