The Peterson Family: One Crazy Week!

I'm not sure if you feel this way or not, but May always seems to be SO busy! I love springtime and the fact that school is coming to and end, but oh my goodness....things are crazy! It seems like there is something going on every night. So in an effort to stay current with everything going on....here is our life over the past week or so!!!

FIELD DAY!!

Field Day is a huge highlight of the year! The kids love spending the day outside and their most favorite stations are the water stations! This year we had a great day! It was warm, but not too hot! Chase just loved being outside with his buddies!

He also loves playing tether ball with his friends!

One of Cody's favorite games is the sponge game. You hold the container on your head and your friends fill a sponge with water. Whoever fills their container up first by squeezing out the water...wins!!! Cody loved it because he was soaked when it was all said and done!!

Paige just loves it all.....being with friends and having fun!

PRIMARY ACTIVITY!!
Our primary activity this month was service oriented. One of the activities the kids did was to clean the building. I wasn't sure how they would all react, but they were excited and cleaned the building with smiles on their faces. Paige's class was in charge of cleaning the bathrooms.

Cody's class cleaned and vacuumed classrooms.

Chase had to be at baseball, so I had taken him over to the church the night before with me to help clean and set up. Even Jordan was able to help. With me being the primary president, the whole family tends to get involved with all the activities. Jordan was a great help with the younger kids, and even took over a class for me.

HORSE RACES!!
After cleaning all morning, soccer games, and baseball - Davey, Kristi, and Bub offered to take the kids to the horse races! Before I go on, I have to say - I have the coolest cousins EVER!!! Davey and Kristi are always so good about spending time with the kids. Bub just moved here for the summer, and he has stepped right in - loving on the kids!!! Bub helped me out huge that day, being my personal chauffeur! Thanks guys for being so AWESOME! We love living so close to you!!!

The kids had a blast at the races. It was kid day, so they had fun things for the kids to do. They enjoyed feeding the animals......

riding on the ponies.....

and I loved this picture. Here Bub and Chase are racing Davey and Cody! I think I was told Davey and Cody won that race!

SOFTBALL BANQUET!!

Jordan had her softball banquet at the country club. What a year she has had. She started the year on the JV team. She loved it! She made some wonderful friends, loved the coaches, and enjoyed being one of the top players on the team. She played second base and batted fourth in the line up. (This was a little funny to me, because Jordan has never been much of a power hitter. More the bunting type.) But she did great and loved every minute of it. She did sacrifice her sleep to be part of the team. They would practice in the morning before school, which meant she had to attend the 5:45 seminary class. Jordan had a great attitude and was positive all the way through. As much as she loved the JV team, her ultimate goal was to play on the Varsity team. She was able to play a few games/tournaments with the Varsity team throughout the early part of the season. Then it happened. They asked her to to move up and finish out the year on Varsity. Jordan was so excited!!! One of her best friends was playing on Varsity, so she was very happy to be playing with her.

She loved the Varsity girls and worked very hard. The coaches were awesome!! Jordan learned so much from them. It is amazing how much she has improved!

At her banquet she was awarded with the Academic Excellence Award, and was also told she had lettered! She was thrilled!!! Jordan has enjoyed being a part of the Boyd Softball Team and has made wonderful friendships!!!

We are so proud of Jordan!!! Way to go babe!! Can't wait until next year!

HONORING PAIGE!!

This year the fifth grade started a new recognition program. The kids had the opportunity to earn the letters L - E - A - D. They did this by completing different criteria the teachers put into place. The first two letters weren't too hard...the kids had to complete all homework, show respect, help when needed, etc. To earn their "A", they had to provide so many hours of tutoring or help a teacher. Paige skipped recess many times to help the kindergartners in Art. To earn their "D", they had to do something that would help the community. Paige made a website about keeping the world clean. This was an amazing award because only a handful of kids from the fifth grade earned their award.

Paige, we are so proud of you for not only being such a great student, but for caring for others, and being willing to provide service to so many!!!

JORDAN!!

Jordan had her final choir performance 80's style!!! The Boyd choir is awesome! I loved their final performance because it was so fun for the kids. They danced all over the stage, singing songs that I love!!! Jordan had such a great time performing. I'm so glad she wore her bright yellow.....if she hadn't, I never would have found her!!

Jordan also had a youth dance last Saturday. She absolutely loves and looks forward to this time to hang out with her friends. This one was bitter sweet though. One of her very good friends is moving in just a few weeks. So Jordan invited a bunch of friends over so they could all get ready together!

PAIGE'S ART SHOW!

Last night was Paige's yearly art show. I love to see how she improves each year! The painting on the top was a painting Paige did for our neighbors who went to Venice. They took pictures and asked Paige to paint them something. This is what she came up with. The black one on the bottom is a still life picture. And my favorite is the Monet double!!! I need to get it framed. The only problem is, I'm not sure where to put it!! It seems almost every room has a "Paige Original." We are going to run out of space soon. :) I love it though!! Paige you are amazing! I am so happy you have found something you love!