Monday, November 29, 2010

home to snow

the petersons are back in hooper....with merv. we had a super great time in colorado springs with matter's parents and his sweet sister jen and her family. jen made a fabulous thanksgiving dinner and matt and i couldn't get enough of our fun-hilarious-rowdy-love-to-play nephews. we are already looking forward to seeing them again in the summer! we are so grateful to have such amazing family in our lives and extra thankful that we were able to travel so safely to go spend time with some of them.

so needless to say, even though i had a fabulous time in CO, i was anxious to get home to mervie. we even got a little souvenir...a cute little Christmas sweater! however, i may have misjudged merv's size just a bit:

slightly snug...

mervie wasn't a huge fan of his gift...
when he got outside he didn't seem as distracted by his tine outfit...


...he was more concerned about the snow
the little ball on top is my favorite part :)



he was quite hesitant about the chilly snow haha

me and my merv out in the snow

handsome little fella isn't he?

after awhile he enjoyed playing with the snow

the end of a snow day for merv :)
i promise i am not a crazy cat lady...but you can have no doubt that i love my mervie!

so as for what is new with matt and ash:

well matt is still chuggin along with school...two weeks left, but you can be assured they will be two weeks of homework. test. test. homework. paper. paper. big project. paper. test.....anyway you get the idea. he has now finished his remodeling job so he will be focusing all of his time on school for the next few weeks.

as for me...nothing new...just work, movies, sleep, merv, seinfeld, matter, snow angels, eat, dishes, snuggle, and putting up the Christmas tree ....just living the good life :)



Sunday, November 7, 2010

aborigines and nintendo....just more days in the life of us....

Ok let's face it, the blogger in me is not as rambunctious as she used to be. i really want to get back in the habit of writing once a week because too much good stuff happens in my life to not type it down. so let's get started with the catch up....

we threw a little halloween shin dig at our good friends the iverson's lovely home...and i had a swell time. there were lots of fun costumes, good chatting, yummy food, and some rowdy games. matt and i decided to get in touch with our native sides and go as aborigines....here are the results:


matter in a loin cloth....what a treeeeeat!
The Petersons
awww!


Angela and Dwight

Hula chic and Rednecker

THE Hobbit

.......yeah....

riders of rollercoasters

Grinch and Miss Who

short man and woman with hilarious hair!

man and wife.....wife and man?

Eskimo

Giraffe Keepers

Yup Yups

The Hunter and the Hunted

lame-oes....uh...i mean our friends ;)

MUFASA.....oooo [shudder]...say it again...mufasa, mufasa, mufasa!

so matt brought his nintendo home from his parents house last week and i have lost both of my little boys to that thing! i like playing every once in awhile for 20 minutes or so...but these two are die-hards and will play almost everyday, some days for hours! i think merv wishes he had thumbs more than ever before, but he is still quite entertained by watching matt play super mario, paperboy, zelda, and duck hunt...see for yourselves:




matter is still chuggin' along with school with tests and project every week, but he is keeping up really well! i have decided to switch gears and go back to school for graphic design. i am still looking at all my options, but i hope to be registered and ready to get back for the spring semester. as far as work goes...matthew has been working hard on the sister gibson job. he is remodeling a good little chunk of her house. i joke that it's more like playing for him because he has friends working with him on the job: kevie is doing to railing, paul with painting, and hobbit is doing drywall. no wonder he enjoys going to work! but i am glad he loves what he does and i am double glad that i married a man of many talents. i am still working at ensign systems as a little techie, however i am hoping to pick up a second job [just for the holiday season] so i can earn a little extra dough for a new camera! i have an interview tomorrow so we will see how it goes.

when he is not playing nintendo with matter, mervie enjoys ripping apart any accessory of mine that has feathers. i have some peacock feathers that i used in some pictures that he goes nutso for! mental note for ash: get mervie some new toys with feathers. merv has also got into the cozy little habit of sleeping on our bed....morning, noon, and night.....it's his new favorite spot. another funny thing about merv lately...he has been biting matt's ears in middle of the night. correct me if i'm wrong, but don't certain animals do that to show they are the alpha male??? ha! merv peterson - man of the house.

random fact: one of my new favorite bands as of late is called [the band perry] they would be classified as country i guess so if that's not your thing you can just tune out, but they have a different style that i quite enjoy. my preferred songs are if i die young and hip to my heart.

well that's all for now my cheery little mates, stay tuned for more adventures of matt....ash....and merv.