We are Requesting Prayers for my Sister Cassie & her Family
On Thursday morning, Cassie went to a scheduled OB visit for her 39 week gestational age, baby boy. It was discovered that he had died prior to the visit. She was induced for the vaginal birth right away and brought his still body into this world a little after 8pm that night. The shock and sadness have touched many of their family and friends. Both Cassie, Bear and their children, Patrick 5 and Conner almost 3, has been understandably overwhelming. After his body was delivered, they chose the name of James Little Bear Holden. His features were very similar to that of little Conner. Bear was so overcome with grief that he was unable to hold Baby James. Cassie however, held him for an hour or so before he was taken for an autopsy. They chose to have this performed due to the obvious and severe deterioration of James' body. So many questions arise when a tragedy like this occurs. We hope that the procedure will answer a few of these questions. Cassie and Bear decided that Patrick and Conner should not see his body. I hope that this was a wise choice, but it is done. We are asking for the prayers of our family and friends to help them to be comforted during this time of heartache, loss and eventual mending of their broken hearts. Thank you in advance for your prayers and concern.

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1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch-hiked
23. Taken a sickyou're not ill day when
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo's David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chicken pox
89. Saved someone's life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Abigail Elnora Peterson
Gwyneth Arlene Peterson

Elijah Scott Peterson

Taylor Mark Peterson

I love this one of Taylor! This one is for you Serene!
One minute they love each other!
The next minute they try to kill each other! Gwyn was trying to give Abby a kiss!

Elijah is such a great helper! He was so happy to help me make dinner! Not a healthy dinner but we had such busy day!
Taylor is so cute! What a big boy! He is almost 10 mos. old

The boys taking a bath together! Elijah is so happy to not have to take baths with his sisters anymore!

Poor Elijah!

It was a very hot day! Grandpa and Grandma Pete went with us up to Mt Renier in August! Nate was home for a few days from San Diego and he wanted us to do something as a family!I can't believe that we decided to go on a Saturday that ended up being the hottest day! We decided to take the bus up the mountain and it was miserable on the bus with all the kids! Even poor Grandpa was getting sick on the bus and of course I was sick! This nice lady that could not speak English helped me out my fanning Taylor so he would calm down to fall asleep! Except for the whole bus thing it was a great day! It was fun to spend time with Nate for a few days before he had to return back to San Diego! Thank goodness Nate's parents were there to help!

So in love!

This is Nathan's sister Cami and her husband Chandler! They got married in June in the Salt lake Temple! We are so happy for them! What a cute couple they make!

Nathan's brother Brent and his wife Lindsay welcomed a baby boy in July! His name is Jason and what a cutie! We are so happy to have him in the family!!

Brigham was born at 9:16 PM on July 23, 2008.He came into this world weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz.and measuring 19.5 inches. He screamed almost all of the first night, but now is a content little guy. This is my sister Serene first baby! He is so cute!

Leah Kaye Sardakowski is the first born to Nathanael(My yougest brother) and Jessica. She weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long.

This is my twin sister Rachel's daughter Ava! She is so cute! I love it that she has red hair!

This is Taylor on top of his brother Elijah! Taylor at 8 months and Elijah at 2 1/2 years old!

It's been awhile! But what can I say I have been one busy mom! Abby and Gwyn are in school and Elijah is also in school but he has classes all over the place! I feel like I live in my car having to run around everywhere. I just feel bad for Taylor! Good thing he has been good for me! Nate has been home for a few weeks and it has been great having him back!Finally I can stop having to mow the lawn and take the trash out! I am so grateful for a great husband who is so good to me and the kids! Things have been going great for Elijah! He has been talking for about 5 weeks! I love it! He high five classes are working great for him! His teacher and speech therapist are in love with him 1They tell me ever day how much fun his is and how great it is to work with a kid that has Autism who is doing so well so fast! I hope it keeps going in that direction! Abby and Gwyn are enjoying being in the same class again this year. It's nice that the class is smaller so they get more time with the teachers! I just hope the teachers don't get mad that Gwyn keeps stealing books from class! I keep telling her that this is not OK, but she still brings home a few each week and I keep sending them back! Cute girl! I sure do love her! I had my sister Cassie and her family up here last weekend for a few days and we ended up going to this museum for subs that is way cool! When we went inside there was this painting on the wall that was a mermaid that was a guy and Gwyn said look dad it's a Jesus mermaid! Nate was like yes I guess it does look like Jesus! How cute!

It's my first day without Nate and so far it's just fine! I know by the end of the week it will start to get hard and I will miss him like crazy! The kids are already missing him! They keeping asking when daddy is coming home from work! How sad! I know that I will have to have lots of patients with the kids to be able to make it without Nate for the next 2 months!

Elijah is growing up so fast! He decided that the dryer was a great place to hide! It scared me when I was not able to find him for about 30 min. Finally I heard something form the Laundry room and there he was giggling! Nathan and I have been taking Elijah to speech therapy the last 8 months and we noticed that it was not doing much to help him so we decided to have him evaluated to see if something else was going on. He first meet with this great Doctor who helps kids that are Elijah age and see if anything might be going on and he decided that we should see a child sociologist. The child sociologist did a test on Elijah for about 2 hours and told me that he has a minor case of Autism. Scary I know, but this Doctor gave me some hope! He told be that if Nathan and I get him the help he needs he will be just fine by the time he is 5 or 6 years old! He said the best thing to do is get early intervention with children that have Autism because it gives them a better chance of helping them!

It was Abby and Gwyn's birthday in April, but I wanted you to see how cute the cupcakes are that I made for them! I worked on those almost all day! Nate and I decorated the entire great room with balloons and streamers and princess stuff! When the girls woke up they were so excited! I can't believe that they are 4! It was just yesterday that they were born so small and cute!

This waterfall was amazing!The name of this waterfall is Marymere. It is close to Forks which most people have heard of because of the book Twilight! What a beautiful place! The kids loved it!

The Lawn!

Nathan has been working so hard the past few months getting the sprinkler system in and it looks great and works great to! Today we are having 60 yards of top soil delivered, that should tell you how much lawn we are putting in! It's Huge! I have never seen him so excited about a project before! I am just excited to be able to have the kids play outside without getting so muddy!

Here I go!

I can't believe that I am finally doing this! It's not like I have the time to really do this but I keep thinking how nice it will be for my friends and family to see what is going on in are busy life!
I just found out that I am allergic to penicillin on Monday! It was not fun! I broke out in hives and swelled up like a balloon. The doctor tried everything to help me and nothing was working! Finally he put me on steroids and it worked!