WOW!! Where does one begin!!!

There has been so much going on lately, and Hannah has been hounding me to update my blog so here goes.....

For those of you who don't know Ryan and Hannah bought their very first HOME!!! They are so excited, it's the cutest place ever, ok I'm a little bias since I had the home listed, but that's beside the point, now back to the cute home it's a 3BR, 2BA about 1100 sq ft and it's darling has a fenced in backyard for Zep and plenty of room for Danica to play and grow up in. So of course with every new home comes WORK!! So we are all pitching in and helping with the painting of the insides, poor Mike has been such a good trooper he has gone over everyday that he has off and just been a painting fool. Grandma and Grandpa Peters even helped for a full day, so hopefully we will have the inside done by next week. Then the outside painting begins, hahahaha

The place already looks different outside, Ryan had two cement driveway slabs poured, to make it easier to get out of the driveway. He has planted a large maple tree named Snoopy in the front yard (not sure why the name, but it's Ryan) and he planted some really pretty flowers around the large Juniper in the front yard. He gets the green thumb and enjoying working out in the yard from his Dad. But I will be posting before and after pictures when we accomplish all our jobs. SO stay tune!!

Now for the more important pictures and updates, the GRANDBABIES!!!!

Oh my heck, we are having the time of our life, a few weeks back Mike and I were able to babysit Jaden for the weekend and Ryan brought Danica over for the evening and we had a BLAST!!

I love this picture of their two little hands, aren't they precious?

Yes, Jaden is standing and even trying to take a few steps, my bet is he will be walking before his first birthday.

Danica is such a Daddys girl,she was busy being noisy in this picture cause Mike and Jaden were down on the driveway throwing the ball for Chance and she was watching their every move.hahah

Then it was dinner time and Danica had finished her Peas but had decided that what Jaden was eating was much more interesting.......

Here's Uncle Ryan - Daddy Ryan holding the babies, Jaden just cracked Ryan up. I can only imagine that Jaden and Danica will grow up being best BUDDIES!!

Ryan and Grandpa thought it would be fun to test the water in the spa out, Jaden is our little fish he loves the water so Grandpa and Jaden got suited up and in they go...

Here's Jaden showing Cousin Danica how to use the controls on the Spa..

Oops, Jaden got a little to bossy for Danica and he really ticked her off by grabbing her hand and taking it off the controls. So don't you think Christmas is going to be a blast.hahahah



So everyone got dried off and settled down and we came inside, Jaden decided that he needed to rock Danica,so he got on the back of her bouncer seat and was just shaking her like there was no tomorrow and Danica just loved it and Jaden thought he was doing something really funny.

Then he walked around to the front of the bouncer to make sure Danica was ok, it was so sweet. Needless to say we had such a great weekend, and cherished every minute with these two sweet,sweet babies. I can't believe how fast they grow up...

On a totally different subject, this past Thursday June 26, 2008 was Dads 72nd birthday, and I can't let the day go by, without recognizing a truly great person in my life. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of him and miss him. You know people say it gets easier with time but I'm not sure that I believe it, it seems like I miss him more today than I did a year ago. It's such a void in my life, Dad was my biggest cheerleader, he believed in me and told me often I could do doing anything I set my mind to and he was always telling me how pretty I was. I miss my holiday hugs and kisses (he would always come up to my house on any holiday and give me a hug and a kiss and say I love you!) You are such an inspiration to us all Dad and we miss you and love you!!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I LOVE YOU DAD!!!!!

EXCITING FAMILY NEWS!!!!

BRANDEN AND JEN are engaged!!!! We are so excited, we have waited a long time to be able to announce this...... Branden ask Jen to marry him on Memorial day weekend and she said YES!!! Jen is such a wonderful lady, she keeps Branden right in line (hahaha) for all that know him, then you understand. We love her so much and actually already considered her part of the family. Her ring is beautiful, the date they have set is May 15, 2009. The reason for the long engagement is because it's been Jens dream since she was a little girl to get married on the beach. So they are planning a very quaint and beautiful ceremony on the beach in San Diego, with their very best friends and immediate family members, there will only be 30 of us there, so they are giving us all time to save our pennies for the trip. They have rented a beautiful 9 bedroom beach house right on the beach for their wedding attendants and their parents to stay at, and I mean it's right on the beach, it's a huge very nice place. http://www.beachfrontonly.com/vacation-rental-oceanview/oceanside-encinitas-san-diego-california.php?code=28&tipobus=&bedrooms=&price= Try and click on this link and see if it will take you to it. I can't wait we are all so excited.

I will keep you posted as Jen finalizes things. To Jen and Branden we are so proud of the two of you and we are here for whatever you need!!!Love you guys.