this was taken at thomas bday party at ashleys house! it was a lot of fun and we all were together so i couldnt resist taking a photo or 20! i wont post them all, but it was a rare occasion that we were all together with every member of our family!! thanks for the fun ashley and drew!! hope you all enjoy!

little "T's" bday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE T!

this is my little sisters baby Thomas! we LOVE you so much! we are so blessed to have you in our lives and part of our family! you are so special and we love to watch you grow!

laycie kaye petersen call and her 30's!

well i am finally getting around to posting again. this blog thing is time consuming! wow! so this is where i am going to tell a little about myself. to start off this was the dreaded year of turning 30! and yes i absoutley feel so different! i keep telling my self that these years of being 30 are going to be the years of redefining myself! my childhood and teens were confusing and hard. there was a bit of "rebellion". i seemed to be following my mother's example of poor choices, after all that is what i was raised around. my twenties were strange and awesome all in one! i became a wife and a mother at the tender age of 19. i also became a "mother" of my two young sisters who were 9 and 11!! why? well my mother and her poor choices, sorry mom its true! there wasn't a doubt in my mind if we should take them, it was a tough road and i hope i did some good for them. there are alot of shouldas, couldas, and wouldas that go through my head on a daily basis! but i do not regret taking them in. beyond my sisters, i had 3 of my own children and moved homes 4 times. i feel like i lost myself somewhere in the chaos of trying to learn how to be a wife, raising babies and teens, attempting to please all-all at once!, moving, being finacially challanged, and trying to be active in church. that is why i would like my 30's to be more defining for me as a person. i would like to find the body that i lost after birthing two 8 1/2 and one 9 1/2 lb babies. i would love to do some soul searching and really hone in on my testiomny. i am working on building a career at the post office, but most of all i want to be a really great mom and enjoy watching my children grow and learn. they are certainly the most valuable teachers i have in my life. i am going on 13 years of marriage with my adorable husband who puts up with a lot as you can see. not alot of newlywed husbands would be willing to take on two instant little girls! we are really happy and have seen some dark days in our marriage, but we survived. lucklily most of our days now are sunny to partly cloudy, not too many dark days! we have really learned a lot in our years together and they really do just keep getting better! so wish me luck on my 30's! i will keep you "posted!"

"RELAXING" SUNDAY DRIVE?

so we wanted to go up the canyon and get a little ride in before the snow hit hard. we headed up the canyon in hopes the gates were not closed yet and yeah! they were still open! we didn't find alot of snow, but we were really looking for mud and we were found some! we had alot of fun spending time with the family and a couple of our friends-eric and jackie! thanks guys!

well this was my view 5 minutes after hittin the mud, but i can't complain too much, i love the mud!!

WHOA!! HELP!! SAVE THE "BARBIE" JEEP!

thats a soupy mess!

BRANDON WARREN CALL

well hello there i just thought i might want to drop a line or two about our family, just in case there are actually people out there reading this! well lets start with my husband brandon. he is orgionally from spanish fork, utah and he comes from a large family of 8 kids! he is the oldest out of the 4 boys and 4 girls. we met in june of 1996, dated for a short 10 months and were married in april of 1997! he really loves to ride any kind of motorcycles, but prefers dirt bikes. in the past 5 years or so he has really gotten into 4 wheeling and loves to take his 77 jeep wagoneer down to moab! im sure we will be posting lots of awesome 4 wheeling pictures! he loves to do anything outdoors and all types of sports. anything to stay active. he doesn't like to just sit around much!

this pic is of me, my mom and 2 of my sisters taken in july of 2007! i really love my family, we are all just a bit disfunctional!