Coming Quickly...

We had a doctor's appointment on Monday and he asked us when we would like to schedule our C-section for this new little one. Guy is now a worker at the voting polls around here, so we asked to have it scheduled sometime after the election. Dr. Mason was going to check to see what the hospital had available, but we should be scheduled to have the baby on either November 5th or 6th...that is, if my body can make it that far. With my last two pregnancies I have gone a couple of weeks early due to high blood pressure. So we are praying that that won't be the case this time. Anyway, that date is coming very quickly it seems...only 11 weeks away...Yikes!! Soon, our home will have another little blessing!

More Fun from the Trip

While we were there, the Olmsted County Fair was going on. We love to go and see all the animals and of course, eat fair food! Like I said earlier, Guy's favorite (and mine, too!) are the yummy cheese curds! He's trying to find a way to bring them to the Arkansas fairs...

Here we take a break to eat and the kids enjoyed playing with some matchbox cars and stretching their legs.

Mom and Dad also took us to Wabasha, MN where they have a neat toy store with a hand carved carousel in it. This is one of Hope's absolute favorite rides so she had a blast! Grace and Nolan looked like they were not having a good time, but once we tried to take them off it was a different story! Grace had a death grip on the pole and was not going to be removed easily! We also enjoyed ice cream and looking at all the toys in the shop.

Another highlight was celebrating our nephew, Matthew's, first birthday and Hope's 4th birthday. We had a great family day together with both my siblings and their families. The house was very "busy", but the kids had a ball together and I think Grammy and Papa were having fun, too. By Christmas we will add 3 more little babies to the Peterson family: Jackie is due end of September, I am due early November and Coralie is due around Christmas!

I will be sending out all of our trip pictures on Snapfish as well.

Our Trip to Minnesota

We had the opportunity to go and see my family from July 28th to August 5th. While there we got to see family, celebrate birthdays, go to a Twins game, go to the County Fair and eat yummy cheese curds (Guy's absolute MN favorite!), go swimming at the new Stewartville pool, visit a toy store with a handcarved carousel and spend a lot of time with cousins, Grammy and Papa, and Aunts and Uncles.

Hope was so excited to see her cousins! Here she is giving Maya a big hug.

Nolan and cousin, Matthew, played in Maya's sandbox together.

All three girls played on the swings.

Next onto the Twins game...the kids did great and seemed to really enjoy it! Hope asked where Papa had gone and got extremely excited when she realized he had gone for a HUGE tub of popcorn!

The Twins Give the Pool a Try

The twins got their turn to try out the pool. At first Nolan wasn't too sure, but it didn't take long for him to figure out that he could walk all over the pool in his floatie! We had fun as a family cooling off (a little)...it was more like a big bath tub!

Our Little Swimming Pool

Well, we broke down and bought a little swimming pool last week. (Gotta love Big Lots and their great deals!) Hope was very anxious to get it up, so Saturday we took on the challenge. Hope is very excited to swim and thinks she will this afternoon even though it's extremely cold well water filling it!

Well, as you can see, Hope got her wish! Thanks to 90 degree weather, the pool sitting on concrete, and being right in the sun, the pool warmed up a little...well enough to get in it. Let's just say I found it quite refreshing after I got used to it! :-) Our little pool is only 10 feet wide and about 2 feet deep, but it will be great for the kids to play in and for Mommy and Daddy to cool off a little.

Getting Started...

Well, I'm going to give this blogging thing a try. I have a few friends in California that do this and they say it's easy...we'll see about that! Anyway, this week has been busy with Vacation Bible School. I have been able to help out in Hope's class which has been an adventure! Last night we had 8 preschoolers, two not quite 3 year olds, too. They keep me hopping! I think Hope's favorite part is the music. It has been fun to spend time with her and see her interact with her friends.

Our other news is that Grace has started to walk...finally!! Guy got some great shots of her taking those exciting steps. Once Nolan saw what was going on, he decided to "remember" that he knows how to do this and joined in...quite humorous!