New Swing Set

We just celebrated Eben's 2 1/2 birthday! I know it sounds weird but when you are born on Christmas morning we figured (only after having a house WAY to full of presents on Christmas morning) that we would celebrate 1/2 birthdays for Eben. We started the weekend off with a big birthday celebration for the little guy on Friday; which was actually his 1/2 birthday. * Pictures of the party will be coming soon!

So Nana and Grampy came up to spend their first days of vacation with us and putting together a beautiful swing set for Eben.

Here are the guys making sure all the pieces were there.




Starting the project


Its getting close
Just putting together the final touches ( not too many hours later!)

All in place and ready for Eben to take his first swing on it.


Him and Daddy up at the crack of dawn trying it out before the rain came.


Also while mom and dad were here Eben's play house got a second coat of paint and looks great thanks to Nana.

Wedding Day

So we just got back from a beautiful wedding! Its so wonderful that two people could have their first kiss after a pastor says you may NOW kiss your bride!

Since the bride is the family life pastor at our church it was a very kid friendly wedding. In between the ceromony and the garden party there was crafts for the kids, a bouncing castle, pop corn machine, cotton candy machine, and hot dogs.

Here are some pictures we took during our wait;

The family


Our church is having a baby boom and its so wonderful to be pregnant with some really great friends.

We are in order of due dates: Elisabeth July 7th, Me Aug 29th , Breanne Sept 4th and Carla November 18th.

And yes your NOT seeing doubles Breanne and I have the same dress on!

The very best Mothers Day!!

What an awesome mothers day I had! I woke up to the smell of cheddar, thyme and tomato omelets cooking and my two boys making me a beautiful mothers day card.

After a powerful message at church we came come and I enjoyed my afternoon reading and resting on the couch enjoy a delicious decaf cup of vanilla coffee. While my boys where busy watching YouTube videos (found here) and cooking me up some of these delicious ribs!!



After my afternoon of resting these delicious babies where finally done!! Micah did such a great job of making BBQ potatoes, carrots and we even had salad!
Eben wanted to show his plate off too. He wasn't as fond of the ribs as we were. They really were the best ribs we have ever eaten!

Hockey boy

After the Olympics, Eben now has a passion for speed skating and hockey ball which he calls Sochi ball! We have been enjoy the beautiful weather outside every day playing.

Winter Fun

With a fresh new snow fall this weekend Eben and daddy enjoyed some fun time out side making and throwing snow balls. As you can tell I was the target for both of them! heheh


After our fun time outside we enjoyed watching the Olympics inside before we played a great game of Rook. We are teaching Eben how to play early! heheh

Family pictures

Just wanted to share some of our family pictures that were taken at Thanksgiving!


The Peterson Family. Four generations...Thank you Lord for making me a part of such a wonderful family heritage!

The Peterson 3
Great-grand parents with the kids


Grand parents with the kids


Me with my beautiful sisters in law!!!

These photos were taken by a wonderful women check out her website Mason Photography!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the fall colors and the delicious feast we always enjoy. This year we celebrated with lots of family and friends. We are so blessed to have such a big family. In total we were 34 individuals and 4 generations....Thank you Lord for such a heritage we have!

Micah's aunt has a gift of decorating. Her family always makes the building look so beautiful. We ate on fall colored table clothes dressed with leaves, fanned napkins and gourd candles.


There was also this beautiful display of hay, pumpkins and giant mums. These are our two nephews taking a funny face picture.

Me and my sister in law Johanie.

Here is our thanksgiving buffet line. There is always so much food on the table. We had potatoes, squash, dressing, fiddle heads, carrots, salads, sweet potatoes, ham, turkey and of course GRAVY!!!!!



This year on the table these little cinnamon buns got promoted from the dessert table to the buffet table!!! I don't know how that happened with a dietitian in the family!! hehehe

After the feast came the desserts which I will have posted over at the kitchen blog. There are always so many to choose from. There was apple pie, blue berry pie, raspberry pie, squash pie, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake, pumpkin mousse, and ice cream sandwich dessert.


After our feast we had a lovely time of worship and a time of sharing about what we are thankful for!

The next day after church we did a nice walk outside. It was a little cold but it felt good to be able to get outside after all the rain we had.

This is a picture of Eben with his papa, great papa and GG (great grandmother)Micah teaching his mom to be hip by walking with one ear phone in!!


Our niece Miah jumping in the leaves. This was right after she fell in them!!!

The Jamer/Peterson Feast

This past weekend we packed up the car and headed down to Saint John for a Jamer/Peterson family feast!! It was such a beautiful day on Saturday that we enjoyed a beautiful walk that afternoon. Of course you always feel like you can eat more after you have exercised!

We started the feast off with turkey and all the fixings! There were mashed potatoes, squash, fiddle heads, stuffing, carrots, peas, rolls and of course what would all that delicious food be if it weren't drenched in lots of GRAVY!!!

After the first course was done and the supper dishes cleaned up the real treats came out. Micah's aunt Carole treated us all to a chocolate fondue fountain.

We all really enjoyed making fruit kabobs and then drowning them in the chocolate fountain!! Due to the batteries dying I am sorry that there isn't any pictures of Becca, Davey and I trying to clean up the fountain.


Also for a special treat Micahs brother Josh made us homemade icecream! Wow was it ever delicious...

especailly on top of one of Nanas homemade pies!

Lots of Snow - Vid (as Promised)

Micah and Eben Sliding

Lots of snow

Once again this winter there is no shortage of snow for us here in Moncton. Monday morning we woke up to a lot of snow on the ground and lots more coming. The snow banks are so high they almost come up to our windows!!

But with lots of snow and snow banks means lots of good sliding!

Micah made this sliding hill next to the garage. We had fun going down it, but it was a little too steep for the babe so we made a little hill for him in the front of the house.

He did really well holding on tight to the GT and had lots of smiles as he was going down the hill with Daddy.
We also made a great sliding hill (again this year) in the back yard with our neighbors. Its been fun watching the guys and the kids out there playing and laughing. I did get a video of Eben and Daddy going down that that we will try to post tonight.

Dads birthday weekend

We spent another weekend away. This time we traveled to our homes to enjoy some time with our folks. Friday night we had a wonderful time of worship with our friends and family. Saturday was a relaxing day. On Sunday we headed down to St. Stephen to visit my parents. After church that day the woman's group from the church was putting on a spaghetti lunch to raise money for missions.


Can you tell that it was delicious!! Its one of Eben favorites meals. To work off lunch dad and Eben spent some time outside plowing the driveway.

While the babe napped Micah and I watched a movie that mom and dad had rented the night before. The movie is called FIREPROOF. This is such a GREAT movie I am recommending it to everyone. If you haven't heard about it check it out and watch the trailer.


Mom was busy all afternoon preparing a turkey dinner for dads birthday. He had requested for dessert chocolate cake with chocolate boiled frosting. After 3 tries he decided to settle for the regular boiled icing.


We never did give Eben cake for his birthday and I was planning on waiting until this summer but that didn't happen. A little piece was placed in front of him and his face just lite up. He didn't really end up eating too much (which is good) so for his little party this summer I think we will stick with apple sauce, since its his favorite.



Eben had fun with his great Grammy after supper.



That night we all sat down to watch the super bowl together and as though we hadn't eaten two days worth of calories already during half time the wings and nachos came out.




What a great weekend!!