Thanksgiving 2011

Scott and Jenn's family and Nate and Angie's family came to visit over Thanksgiving break. We had a great time hanging out and eating all weekend. The kids had a fun time playing together too.

The three amigos. Crazy boys! Ha ha. They had a lot of fun hanging out all weekend. They loved eating and playing outside. They shot the BB gun quite a bit down at the pond.

Max thought Jerimiah was pretty cool to hang out with. I think Jerimiah liked having a little buddy that didn't talk back.

Its turkey time! Ham too! We actually cooked a turkey this year for Thanksgiving. (I know its traditional but Aaron and I don't really like turkey so we don't usually cook one) It was really good though.

  Sweet potatoes and green bean casserole. Yummy

Little Kate and her mommy too!

All the kids slept in the sun room. We just put a bunch of mattresses out on the floor in there. It worked really good. The kids had a fun time bouncing from one mattress to the other. It's amazing that they ever went to sleep.

Making tamales. Yay! I love tamales. Angie taught Jenn and I how. It was a lot of work but so worth it. Its definitely something you want to make in large batches and then freeze for future use. They are so good!

All the guys out shooting. The kids had to join in too. They were able to set up right outside the house. We haven't been able to do that in a long time.

We had such a great time with everyone this year. Hopefully we can have another big Thanksgiving or other get together this next year. We love spending time with our family. It's nice when they will come out to Oregon to see us! Love you all.

2011 Homecoming

Eli was selected to be the Pennant Bearer for Homecoming this year. He did such a good job. At first he wasn't very excited about it, but after the practice day he said "I think Homecoming is going to be more fun then I thought." His friend Sally was who he walked across the field with, they were so cute.
The announcer told a little bit about each person that was nominated, Eli's was kind of funny... big surprise, I know. 
First Grade Pennant Bearer
Name: Eli Petzoldt
Age: 6
Grade: 1st
Parents: Aaron and Misty
Siblings, name and ages: Jerimiah 14, Justice 10.
Favorite subject: PE
Favorite thing to do at recess: play on the monkey bars.
Favorite food: Ham and cheese sandwich.
Sport: Basketball and kickball. (I had no idea he liked basketball.)
Hobbies: Cooking, building Lego's, playing.

He is so dang cute... and he knows it... I guess I should teach him about humility huh?! I'll keep trying.

Camping in June

All of us girls doing what we do best... Cooking! (OK, there are lots of things we do best!)

 

Little Max was such a good camper. He really seemed to like being outdoors all weekend.

We used the dutch ovens to make pizza and cookie brownies. It turned out really good. I always love cooking in the dutch oven. Everything taste better up camping.

The kids enjoyed the lake being so close to the campground. We had such a great time camping and hope to make it a tradition. Phillips Lake is a beautiful area. I hope we go back sometime.

End of School Concert

My mom

Hi mom! Miss ya! Hope to see you soon.

Justice's tonsil surgery

Justice had his tonsils out on April fools day. His surgery went good and he is recovering well. He is trying his best to eat and drink, and he is doing a great job at it. This poor kid is no stranger to a sore throat so hopefully this is the last really bad one he will ever have.

St. Patrick's Day

This year for St. Patrick's Day our friends Shawn, Melissa, Natalie, and Vanessa came to visit. We had so much fun hanging out and participating in some of the festivities. We went to the smoker on Friday night and watched some amateur boxing. It was really fun. Then on Saturday we went down town and wondered through all the vendors booths. Heppner sure has a great St. Patty's weekend. We always have a lot of fun and it was even more fun this year having someone to share it with. Thanks for coming to visit us!