Disneyland Over Load (February 2012)

We were all excited when Grandma Opal planned to take us all to Disneyland for our Christmas 2011 but we waited to go in February 2012 . She paided for our hotel @ Park Place ( Right across the street ) and our Disneyland tickets. Thanks so much Grandma Opal it was a blast !! I have a ton of pictures so sorry if this post is a little LONG......:)

In Loving Memory

My dear sweet Grandma Jorgensen will be missed by all who knew her. I got asked to give her life sketch and at first I was a little hesitant and nervous I've never spoke at a funeral before . But I felt really strong about it and knew it was me who was meant to do this for my grandma and that it would be the last thing I could do for her in this life. 3 days of calling and talking to family members about story's they had of grandma finally I finished piecing it all together with the help of my mom and sister . I felt more at piece with doing this hard thing for my grandma . The day had come and I got up there and relayed my grandma's life sketch with confidence without breaking down to my surprise I DID IT !!!

I will love and miss you always Grandma !!

Me standing with my grandma's brother, he was the baby of the 9 children and my grandma was the 8th . Reed is now the only one left . He's such a good guy I wanted a picture with him because who knows when I'll see him again (even though he lives a couple blocks away from my grandma)

Fun at the park

Spring break is here and so it was nice weather so off to the park we went !

I can tell all summer we will be outside both Ryker and Jenacee didn't want to leave the park if it were up to them they would stay all day . It wares me out to have to chase Jenacee all around, looks like I'm in for it this summer that's for sure !!

We were over to Opal's having dinner and Chace mowed her lawn . Then Chace's sister Calee called Opal to see if she was home to stop by for a minute. A few minutes later Calee and Ivy came in the with 2 pint jars of fresh tulips and gave them to Opal . It was Opal and Rob's Anniversary (would have been 42 years) It was so sweet of Calee she's always thinking she got the Mickey & Minnie pins at Disneyland when we were there in February . Opal of course shed a few tears. Then we road up to the cemetery to take Rob's flowers :) 

EASTER 2012

The Easter bunny left a basket full of filled eggs with a note that said he ran out of time to hide the eggs and wanted Ryker & Jenacee's mom and dad to hide them . We went to Grandma Opal's sacrament meeting with her then we went back to our church for the last 2 meetings. Jenacee went to nursery for the first time and did really well I hope she continues that.

 So after church we did a little egg hunt in our backyard. It was fun seeing Jenacee on her first real egg hunt and her big brother helping her find her eggs:) love my cute little kids.

What a great Easter we had our kids got way to spoiled by EB and there grandma's and grandpa. We had a good time with the Peterson family and missed grandma and grandpa Jorgensen Easter day with them being out of town for the weekend . We have the best family in the hole wide world my kids are so lucky :)

Jenacee is 18 Months !!

We Love you sweet pea !!

10 Year Anniversary !!

Wow I have been married for ten years !!! It feels so weird to say that because 10 years is a mile stone
and honestly it dose not feel like it's been 10 years.
I love Chace more today then the day I married him . We have been through a lot together these past 10 years. We've watched each other grow and have learned so much about each other it's been quite a ride but worth every minute. I think about that song by Blake Shelton "God gave me you for the ups and downs " and I am so glad god gave me Chace, there's no one else who I'd rather be with on this journey of life with :) Thank you sweetheart for the last 10 years I love you so much.
2002- Eternity

Sea World

Sunday morning we got up early and headed to Sea World .

It was Ryker & Jenacee's first time . We had a good time going to all the different show's
 Sea Lion 

Shamou

Dolphin

And a Pets Rule show with all kinds of cute smart animals. 

Universal Studios Califorina

It has FINALLY come ... on our way to Disneyland with the hole Peterson clan (It was our Christmas from Grandma Opal:) . Our family Devan & Nicoles family and Grandma Opal left a day before all the others. Kids were all pumped and excited to get on the road we only made it to about Santaquin and Ryker says "Mom are we almost there?" I looked at Chace and said really it's already starting ha ha what a LONG ride this is going to be . We stopped in St.George for lunch then back on the road.  Our next destination was Primm Nevada where we stayed the night. We woke up early the next day to make it to Universal Studios Hollywood at a good time sense it closed at 5.. We still had to stop a lot for potty breaks and diaper changes but we finally made it after a long ride in the car of " Are we there yet??"

It's been quite a few years sense I've been back to Universal and was sad to hear that the ET ride was no longer there! with that said we had fun going on the Jurassic park,Simpson's and the Mummy ride. We even hit a few cool shows Water World, Shrek 3D, behind the Sean's and the tram ride. I love seeing the excitement in Ryker, Kynlee, Baylie and even the babies Jenacee and Mackley when we came in sight of CHARACTERS ... even though Jenacee didn't want to get to close she still liked to see Her Dora and would wave to her :) so cute. Ryker's favorite characters that we saw were Hop and Shrek. We had a 2 day pass to Universal Studios and so on our way home from Disneyland we hit it again but this time grandma Opal didn't come with us:(

We spent a lot of time getting all the kids pictures drawn into cartoons . We all used the same guy he did a amazing job on all the pictures:) I'm sure his had was tired by the time he was through:) We even decided between us and Devan & Nicole to surprise Grandma Opal with one of her and Rob. He used my phone to look at the picture on Opal's face book. I think it turned out so cute and looks just like them. When we gave it to her she cried she LOVED it !!!

Ryker's 6TH Birthday

Happy 6th Birthday to my handsome boy Ryker !! I can not believe he is 6 !!! I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday . Time is going by so fast and my little boy is growing up I just though he would stay little forever but as my mother in law would say if he didn't grow then something would be wrong with him . Ryker has been such a joy to our family . He's a goof ball at heart he's always dancing and making us laugh . He's such a good big brother to his sissy she just adores him. Ryker is a happy kid who is just content playing with his toys , shooting hoops with the neighbor boys, playing his DS, riding his bike and entertaining his sister.

We love you so much Ryker dude.

Ryker was happy that he got a new bike !!!

Angry birds cakes were a bit of a challenge for me. I made the frosting and then it was time to get Ryker from school so off I went. Came back to start decorating and the frosting wouldn't stick to the cakes !!! so I started panicking because I only had a little over a hour till his party so I called my mother in law and she came to the rescue . She was a great help to me in a hurry . Problem was I left the icing out to harden instead of decorating right away !! Live and learn I guess :) but after that I though they turned out pretty cute and Ryker was happy with them.

Going bowling last year for his birthday was such a success that he wanted to do it again. We love going to Jack & Jills in Lehi not only for the bowling but for the yummy food ! we had pizza and couldn't go without the famous greasy home made Fry's :) yum yum .

Ryker done good with all his gifts thanks everyone !!!!

So, So Behind... Fall time

I love FALL TIME at Gardner Villiage !! Ryker also likes to go see all the dressed up witches and get his picture taken by them ..Sissy on the other hand didn't quite know what to think of them and wouldn't hold still long enought to get a picture. Jill and Kash was with us too but little kash was unhappy because he threw up in the car on the way up so his clothes were all wet :(

As Halloween got closer we had a Halloween party at Aunt Hollies house . The kids had a good time going to all the differant stations that we did with fun activaties at each one . Grandma Opal dressed us as a witch and would talk to the kids in her witch talk and ever so often let out her witch laugh the kids loved it .

HALLOWEEN DAY !!!!
2011

2 of our nieghbor girls were also Minnie Mouse so we just had to get there pictures taken with little Jenacee .

Kash was the cuttest little duckie around :)

Jenacee loves to carry around he Mickey :)

Grandma Mel made her yummy chilie and bread stixs and I made a sausage corn chowder for our Halloween dinner. We decided to go trick-or-treating before we ate while it was still light outside.

Ryker was a Knight this year and picked out his own costume, he was super excited to go trick-or-treating this year.

Jenacee thought she was so big walking with the big kids holding her pumpkin bucket.

Trick-or-treating around grandma Mel's house. It was perfect jacket weather . We went walking around my old neighborhood with Paula her grandsons Conner and Austin and Jill. It was fun going around and seeing people from my home ward one in particular I like to visit is Liz Frost she is always so cute with the kids along with the Coddingtons and Haskells:)

After we left grandma Mel's house we went by grandma Opal's to eat more soup (taco soup) and see all the cousins in there Halloween costumes..It's always so fun to see all the kids dressed up. Something we always have to do when were at grandma Opals on Halloween is walk across the street to the Tuckets to get a fresh glazed donut that they do on there front porch:) then we headed down the road to trick-or-treat at the Thomas home.