OSU Rigby's

Road-trip back to Texas (from Utah), September 2010

2011-02-07T23:22:00.000-06:00

CADILLAC RANCH!

teaching our son the art of grafitti

finished product

Trip to Utah, September 2010

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Hud, Logan and Ellie trying to figure out how to milk a cow!

Logan rearranging all the chess pieces...it felt that they shouldn't be on the chess board!

At Box Elder Country Fair

YUMMY Fair Food!

Having a blast with cousin Hud

And trying to help the Dad & the Uncles

Buried treasures in the hole in the backyard...long lost grill been buried for probably 10+years!

Hard at work!

Logan playing with a train that Brent played with as a kid...so cool!

With the cousins!!

Grandma Franks' Cabin-- Colorado, September 2010

2011-02-07T23:01:00.000-06:00

Since I'm probably never going to catch up...here's a ton of pics from the last 6 months with quick captions! Hopefully I'll remember what we did!

Before we moved to Austin in September we had a few weeks to kill after Brent finished with his job in Fort Worth, so we road-tripped up to Utah to visit the fam and stopped off in Dolores, Colorado to visit Brent's grandmother & had a blast!

View from just up above the cabin; it's absolutely beautiful here. Hopefully we can make it back every summer!! We haven't been here to visit since before we were married 8 years ago!

Taking Logan up the hill behind the cabin to search for Daddy's old tree house!

The tree from that held Daddy's old tree house (we think).

learning to grind corn in Mesa Verde

Mesa Verde...Brent visited here every summer growing up...cool place!

Back at Mesa Verde with Mom!

Logan is DONE at Mesa Verde

Grandma Franks works for the "Galloping Goose" in town and we were lucky enough to go on a "shake down" run before the train festival. It was about a 3 hour round trip ride & Logan LOVED every minute of it.

Everytime we came to a crossing the train blew it's whistle & Logan waived to all the onlookers... I think there were at least 20-30 Crossings!!

And what better then to get to walk on the tracks.

Not wanting to take pictures.

LOVES Grandma Franks... especially because she work at the "Galloping Goose"!!

The boys with Grandma

Saying "all aboard"

One quick smile!

In front of the Galloping Goose

On the deck at the Cabin

Visiting the pipe people in Cortez...really cool.

Dad's 1st Ever Backyard Getaway!

2010-08-14T22:19:00.000-05:00

For Father's Day this year since I was still in Cali with Logan, my family decided to put together a "Backyard Getaway" for my Dad. If you know my Dad, he LOVES to go on vacation; problem is, no one ever has anytime...including him. So to simply things, we had a very trendy "staycation" and it turned out awsome. We opened our staycation with a BBQ & transformed the backyard....which we enjoyed for the rest of the weekend (and summer) as well.

Opening Night: Backyard BBQ

It wasn't quite as warm as Palm Springs or Hawaii...but much closer!!

We had a yummy dinner of BBQ ribs, corn on the cob, sweet potatoe french fries and homemade ice cream!

The next day we went to Irvine Park. The two boys (JT & Logan) went on pony rides, then we all ventured over to the zoo, had a picnic lunch & finished off with a train ride. I was even super thrifty and managed to find coupons for all our events online (I was very proud of myself because I'm normally not that prepared). More pictures when I get a better internet connection!

Megan's Wedding-June 2010

2010-08-04T23:04:00.000-05:00

Megan's wedding turned out beautifully!! Megan & Dan were married in the Newport Beach LDS Temple on June 11th and we are sooooo excited for them! The ceremony was wonderful and the reception that night was a blast. But we took about 2weeks to recover from everything!! The bride & groom get a honeymoon to relax after the wedding, but I think the family & friends that put the wedding together deserve some sort of honeymoon as well to recover from all the months of prep work. Anyways, of course I have NO pictures from the reception because we were too busy helping out (or chasing Logan around), but hopefully as soon as meg gets some from the photographer I can post some. The reception was pirate themed...and turned out awsome...thanks to everyone's hard work.

and yes, my mom made the dress-it was AWSOME!

such a happy groomsmen; he's just upset he didn't have an eye patch!

yes, I'm wearing a grandma sweater! I was freezing & it was the only thing I had in the car (at least I took it off for the professional photos)

The hard working boys who helped to pull the reception together!!! They were even hanging swags of fabric from rafters trying to make them look like sails! (they did end up looking like sails after I intervened a little!!!) It was quite the sight to see none the less~

CONGRATULATIONS MEGAN & DAN!!!

Laguna Beach-June 2010

2010-08-04T22:31:00.000-05:00

I'm slowly but surely getting caught up on posting all my picutres from this spring & summer. Meredith was our personal papparazzi, so I have TONS to post. But here was a quick trip we made to the beach before having to take Brent back to the airport after Megan's wedding. We went right after church (hence the monkey suit at the beach). We love walking around Laguna Beach because its where we got engaged. And Logan loves the ocean now too.

Office Construction Has Begun!!

2010-07-27T23:12:00.000-05:00

Construction has FINALLY begun on the new office. We were down this weekend for a couple meetings and were surprised when they were actually further ahead with construction than we had anticipated... truly a miracle contractor story! Sorry for all the random construction photos, but we know what they mean!

Front entracne

Waiting room

Front Office (the "check in/out wall isn't up yet)

Office Manager office (on left), Consult Room (on right)

Patient Bathroom (Sterilization on the other side)

Hallway (4 ops on left, and sterilizatioin on right)

Op 1

Op 3

Op 2

Storage Closet

Surgery Suite

Brent's Office (& Bathroom)

Lab (and our lab tech inspecting his work space!)

Staff Lounge

Windows into ops

Part of our construction crew

So happy to finally be moving forward!!!

Here's to hoping it continues to go this smoothly!!!! Yeaahhh!

Beach- June 2010

2010-07-27T22:07:00.000-05:00

Merzy and I took Logan to the beach one day & it was so nice and sunny about by my parents house but when we got down to the beach it looked like this and was fairly chilly. Logan was still excited to be able to go over a bridge with the train tracks below, and then watch a train come by about every 30minutes.

Probably the best part of the beach....THE TRAIN!

CHEESE

Still haven't figured out this new posting with the pictures!

Trip to South Coast Plaza-June 2010

2010-07-20T19:06:00.003-05:00

The day after the wedding we were all exhausted but we decided we needed to get out of the house. So Brent, Logan & I headed to South Coast Plaza to take Logan on the Merry-Go-Round & Merz decided to tag along & be our own personal paprazzi. We also just had to stop at Cafe Rio for dinner since it just happened to be on the way.

Daddy & Logan being wild and crazy in Cafe Rio.

On the merry go round...logan can't wait for it to start.

I think he was saying "all aboard" here... one track mind.

"CHEESE"

making a butterfly

because Logan saw a giant butter outside the Rainforest Cafe.

Wedding Prep

2010-07-20T18:52:00.003-05:00

After we got back from palm springs it was the mad dash to finish getting ready for the wedding. Mom had to finish Megan's wedding dress, Megan took her bridal pictures, I was a sewing fiend sewing HUGE chunks of burlap together for tablecloths...and then of course we all took time out to get a little pampered!

Finishing the wedding dress.

with the 2 "things" in the back that were banned from the sewing room (logan because he got into stuff & roscoe because he liked to pee & poop in there...not good with the white wedding dress there).

The naughty dog with string in his nose.

Getting pampered

Meg's wedding toes...

& nails

Not sure why this is the standard pose when you're getting your nails done.

Tomorrow is the big day.

Megs with her sweet mother in law.

Palm Springs-May 2010

2010-07-20T18:29:00.004-05:00

We actually all made it out to my family's annual trip to Palm Springs over Memorial Weekend this year. The last time we were there was 2 years ago when Logan was just 5 months...it's crazy how time flies. Brent was able to fly into California on wednesday, and then we headed out to Palm Springs with Meredith on Thursday. We made our obligatory stop at the outlets on the way in & as usual there were no amazing deals...I have yet to find these killer deals at outlets that people are always talking about (maybe it's because I'm shopping with a 2 year old and don't have the patience to really "shop").

I was horrible at taking pictures this year, partially because we still haven't replaced our camera that broke at the begining of the year & I just keep borrowing everyone elses, therefore I never have a camera on me. Anyways, it was fun to have all the guys there; Brent, Josh, Dan, Erik & his buddy Shane had fun playing Risk and hanging out "in" the condo, while us girls had fun at the pool with Logan. Mom on the other hand was quarintined in the condo working on brides maids dresses & table cloth covers because the wedding was only 2 weeks away. We did manage to see her at dinner occasionally when she came out for fresh air!

We finished off the trip with our multi-family fireside & BBQ (except this year, we never got around to finishing our grocery shopping so we made a quick run to In-N-Out...no one was complaining & it definitely made doing the dishes a lot easier)! Then Logan & I had to leave on Monday afternoon to take Brent back to the airport. We managed to take 7 different freeways just to get to LAX...we took fewer freeways to get all the from Californai back to Texas!!! We were sad to see Daddy go, but he was headed back out in 2 weeks for the wedding.

Logan with his "monster" on (we've started calling it Mike Wazowski)

catchin' a ride

time for "baby toss"!

Lunch time with auntie meg.

Logan's First Trip to a California Carwash

2010-07-20T18:20:00.002-05:00

Here comes our car!

In anticipation of Daddy coming to town, we thought it'd be a good idea to get the very filthy car washed. Logan was very excited about going to the carwash, but when we got there he didn't quite understand why we had to get out of the car because any other carwash that we've been to in Texas & Ohio, you actually get out of the car & wash it yourself. But not in California... Logan was thrilled to see the car go through the wash & then watch all the "guys" wash & dry it.

However, a couple weeks later we decided to wash our cars at home one saturday, and Logan thought that was waaaaaayyyy better. I didn't even think to take pictures, but he loved standing with the hose pointed at the car & then washing his own "diggers & trucks" as well. That will definitely be a fun saturday activity once we finally get into our own house with a hose!

Erik's Prom

2010-07-20T18:10:00.005-05:00

What good is it to have lots of family around ALL the time if they can't come and enjoy seeing you off to prom!!! Poor Erik had to put up with EVERYONE coming to take pictures for his first trip to prom...he was a great sport about it though & us sisters had a ball taking picutres & trying to relice our high school years!

Leaving to go pick up his cute date in his sweet kia!

Erik with his date

Erik with his uninvited dates!

with all the gals

JT even managed to lose his tooth while we were there taking pictures. His old preschool teacher was there with her daughter & actually pulled his tooth for him!! (even though he wouldn't let me yank on it 2 days earlier...go figure!)

Ready for the tooth fairy!

Cool dudes!

Logan obviously didn't care about the whole prom thing, but was very excited to get to feed the ducks!

Megan's Bridal Shower

2010-07-20T16:24:00.003-05:00

Meredith & Adrianne put together Megan's "pirate" themed bridal shower, which turned out very cute. Of course there was great food: a waffle bar, mini fritatas, tons of fruit & juice. Meredith had some cute games planned as well as a sweet letter from Dan and a very cute video.

We always somehow manage to color coordinate without planning!

Arrrgggg matey!!!

I need some booty!!!

Random Picutres from April

2010-07-14T00:05:00.003-05:00

These didn't quite fit into there own category, but I thought were cute enough to post (I'm slightly biased).

New shoes!!! Poor Logan, his shoes were 1.5 sizes too small!!!

Decorating a box to send to Daddy

Helping Nonni out with laundry.

One sunday afternoon Logan was particularly grumpy and kept wanting his new trucks up on the table with him so I finally gave in & said what the heck. He was slightly shocked...and then very happy!

He kept trying to scoop his food into it.

And more brownies!

His 1st exposure to video games...yes, it's Thomas the Train.

"Choo-choo"

Beach with Merzy

2010-07-13T23:58:00.003-05:00

I had to make a trip to San Antonio for a dental conference with Brent, so while I was gone Logan fully enjoyed his time with Merzy. She took him to the beach not once, but twice while I was gone.

Choo-choos...of course!

Merzy brought cheetos...which Logan LOVES!

Messy fingers.

Sur La Table Cooking Class

2010-07-13T23:43:00.005-05:00

For Mother's Day, we all decided to treat Mom (and ourselves) to a cooking class at Sur La Table. We had a great time and an awsome menu. We learned to make omelettes, homemade croissants (chocolate & ham/cheese), strawberry salsa & goat cheese crustinis, and ceasar salad in crouton cups. My favorite was the strawberry salsa & goat cheese crustinis...sooo good. Croissants were great, but waaaaay too much work for me to probably ever repeat on my own.

I felt like I was on a cooking show.

Attempting to make my first ever homemade omellette.

Ready for the flip...

And ALMOST all of the omelette made it back in the pan...almost.

Megan's turn.

Action shot...

Mom & Megs

Lots of great food

We all left completely stuffed!

The girls with the chef.

Pool & Cooking (April)

2010-07-13T23:16:00.004-05:00

If anyone was cooking in the kitchen, Logan was always wanting to come and help. Especially if you happened to be cutting strawberries (which he would happily taste for you) or making ice cream. He'd go racing to the pantry saying "ladder" as he would drag the step stool out and up to the counter so he could help.

We made brownies to send to Daddy in Texas.

Wanting mommy to have a taste.

Now he's wanting me to feed it to him!

And of course getting cleaned up!!

Cooking breakfast...

And now we wait...

Time for the eggs...

We spent lots and lots of time in the backyard pool & Logan truly LOVES the water now. He's always enjoyed going in the pool, but it's sometimes taken a little coaxing to get him to really splash around & jump in. Now that we're back in Fort Worth he is a little fish all the way.

Merzy trying to teach him to blow bubbles through the straw, but he just kept wanting to drink the water. I think he thought we were nuts!

Ring around the rosy in the spa!

Logan ALWAYS has to have a bucket to play with in the water.

Enjoying his freedom in the pool with this awsome floaty I got him.

And he loved just haning out in the baby pool next to the pool. I filled up the baby pool with water one day as I was trying to finish wedding invites for Megan's wedding & he literally spent hours there...totally happy.

Erik's Track Meet & Trips to the Park

2010-07-13T23:06:00.003-05:00

It was fun to be able to attend a couple of Erik's track meets while we were in California. Erik runs on the varsity team for his HS. Logan loved watching Erik run & yelling "Go Erik" in the bleachers. In fact, that became one of his favoriet phrases for Erik and one Sunday he decided to give Erik a little encouragement at church while Erik was passing the sacrament. As soon as Logan spotted Erik passing the sacrament he started yelling "Go Erik"!!

On your marks, get set, GO!

Logan loves to run & actually ran all the down one side of the track & then back up!

And so happy to have found Uncle Erik.

We also had many, many trips to the park while in California because the weather was pretty much ALWAYS perfect!

Nonni found these trucks while we were at Costco and of course had to get them. So as soon as we got home from Costco we had to head straight to the park with lunch to test them out! These became Logan's absolute favorite toys while in California!

Giving Roscoe kisses!

San Diego Zoo

2010-07-13T22:48:00.004-05:00

We continued JT's spring break week by going to the San Diego Zoo... Logan now thinks California is the place we go to recieve CONSTANT entertainment.

Unfortunately San Diego zoo is not the best place for little guys. The zoo is HUGE, everything is really spread out and all the animal enclosures are up pretty high so you can't see them from a stroller. We still had a good time, but spent most of our time trying to figure out WHERE the animals were and getting in & out of strollers. We'll try again in a few years when he's older.

We've got JT looking...
It was impossible to get both these boys to look through the holes at the same time for a picture.

And now Logan...

And now Logan's in front looking at JT....

Not sure what he's doing, but apparently he's noticed that the goat has 2 ears.

"The Boy Who Stares At Goats"

Finally, success!

Disneyland (April 2010)

2010-07-13T22:27:00.006-05:00

What better place to go two days after arriving in California...DISNEYLAND! Since JT was on Spring Break that week we all (mom, jt, megan, merz, logan and me) decided to trek out before it got too crowded with summer tourists!

Too cool... JT reminded us of a young version of "Zach Morris"!!

I can reach the peddles but now I can't see... ooops!

I'm pretty sure this is now illegal in California!!

It would not be a true Peterson outing without ice cream!!!

Nope...No Cavities!

The disneyland worker taking pictures said "I think this little guy has a future in Dentistry" as Logan immediately went to inspect Mater's teeth. We cracked up!! My mom informed him that Dad's a Prosthodonist & Mom is a hygienist...he's destined to work on teeth! :)

Ready to ride the tower of terror!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Meredith fully committed with her arms all the way up (ummm, was she a cheerleader!); I was hanging on to my sunglasses for dear life!

"L" is for Logan!

Mouthing "choo-choo" as the train pulls up!

Signing "choo-choo"... we're only slightly obsessed. Pretty much anything that moves with more than 2 sections is considered a "choo-choo" (ie, the tram we took from the parking lot to the entrance gate, the trolley that goes through Disneyland, and pretty much any ride that's on a track).

Mom & Merz

Hang everybody, we're almost there!

He's already mastered drinking out of the camelback!

I'm sure there will be many more Disneyland trips in this little guys future!

Roadtrip to California

2010-07-12T22:50:00.005-05:00

With my little sister Megan getting married in June we decided it would just be easier (& cheaper) if Logan & I went out to California for a couple months to help instead of flying back & forth numerouse times . So the week after Easter Merzy flew out so that she could roadtrip with Logan & me all the way to California. I must say, we would not have been able to do it without her. 21 hours in the car with a 2 year old!!!!

I packed the car up with goodies, movies, music & who knows what else...I even had a map of where all the McDonald's with playplaces were along our trek!!! (their website actually has a mapping option...genius!!!)

Friday morning we woke up BEFORE the crack of dawn and left about 4am so Logan would sleep most of the 1st leg. We drove from Fort Worth to Midland, TX (about 4 hours) which Logan slept almost the entire way. We stopped at McDonalds (with a playplace) for breakfast. Then we made it all the way to Las Cruces, NM (about 5 hours) and stopped again at McDonalds. This time, Logan was awake, so we broke out our bag of goodies, or I should say Meredith did because I was driving.

Logan's sweet ride!

I wrapped EVERYTHING (snacks, toys) for Logan & he thought that was the greatest thing in the world. When it was time for a snack, it was time for a "present"...thanks to Marni for the GREAT tip!!!

He didn't really care what was inside, he just wanted to open presents!

Doing the "Hokey Pokey" outside of El Paso! Merzy was going nuts entertaining Logan with all sorts of pre-school tunes in the front seat...his favorite was the "Hokey Pokey" (which he now asks for pretty much everytime we get in the car). I'm sure we entertained countless truckers on our way out!!!

Merzy & I got up in the play place with Logan to get our wiggles out as well...that & Logan pretty much insisted that Merzy play with him at ALL times!

McD's

There was even a train outside the McDonald's in Las Cruces...JACKPOT!

After Las Cruces, it was back in the car. We flipped on a movie & Logan dozed off for a nap pretty much until we got to Tuscon, AZ (4 hours).

Logan wanted all his covers on him!

We stayed the night in Tucson to get a good nights rest. Next day, we headed out and made it to Phoenix & stopped by the mall where Merzy used to live so we could get lunch and let Logan play. Again, we were incredibly lucky, the mall had a mini train running through which the kids could ride. So after lunch, a train ride & some good play time we hopped back in the car for Logan's nap. We then made it all the way to Riverside until Logan woke up again & didn't stop until we got home (6 hours later).

Opening more presents (I actually just wrapped a bunch of toys we already had)!

Logan was awsome the entire trip (mostly thanks to Merzy for her awsome entertaining skills). I definitely think we'll be doing more roadtrips with him from now on!!

We then spent the next 3 months in California with family...more posts to come!

Fort Worth Zoo with Nonni

2010-07-12T22:37:00.003-05:00

I am MONTHS behind on my posts...I'm sure it's gonna take me a week or two until I'm totally caught up...I have soooooo many picutres to post.

Nonni came to town in March just after we moved to our 2nd apartment in Fort Worth so she could watch Logan for us while Brent & I headed to Austin for some business meetings. It's been so nice to have my mom come to town to help out as we travel back & forth between Austin trying to get everthing set up for our business. A 2 year old is not always a lot of fun to drive 3 hours down to austin, sit in meetings & then drive back!

We did manage to get to the zoo before Brent & I took off though.

Nonni & Logan at the zoo.

Mommy & Logan looking at the zebras (i think)

waiting for the train...Logan's absolute favorite thing to do at the zoo. In fact, he now thinks that ALL zoos have trains and happens to be VERY disappointed if we go to a zoo that does not have a train!

Chillin' after a long day at the zoo (with a fresh war bruise on his nose from his face plant on the the truck ramp when we moved).

Rigby Advanced Dental (Austin, Texas)...coming soon!

2010-07-12T22:09:00.005-05:00

First things first...
We've been incredibly busy the last few months because we've finally decided to jump in with both feet & start our own business in Austin, Texas. Rigby Advanced Dental will hopefully be opening mid-late September!

Ever since we moved to Texas last year we've been hoping to somehow make it to Austin, but the right job opportunity was just never there. So we tried San Antonio, then moved up to Fort Worth a few months later. But after a few months in Fort Worth we decided that Austin was still the place for us & the only way we were going to make it there was to do our own thing...So here we are. We're planning to make yet ANOTHER move at the end of August when Brent is done working in Fort Worth. We'll try to get settled in a few weeks before the practice opens.

At the moment, we're just waiting on our permits from the city so we can start construction. As soon as those are through construction should only take about 8 weeks...but, I'm not holding my breath. Hopefully it will go quickly, but we've all heard crazy construction stories.

Stay posted for more pictures as things progress.

After an exhaustive search of Austin, we found a great location just west of Austin in a city called Bee Cave. Our office will be in the Hill Country Galleria wich is a "lifestyle center" that opened about 5 years ago. We are just so excited about this area; it's enough outside of the city to not be too crowded, but close enough. Brent is really looking forward to utlizing his skills as a Prosthodontist in an area that really needs him. It's also minutes away from Lake Travis (Brent's hoping for a boat in the future!). The area is very hilly with lots of oak trees (hence, "Hill Country). We're hoping to find a place to live in either Bee Cave or Lakeway.

Our office space is behind the 2 trees on the left.

Different angle of our office space.

The office is actually going to be above the "Victoria Secret" (but on the back side)...the construction crew wasn't complaining about this at all since they'll be having to do some work through the store!! :)

The center isn't just an outdoor shopping mall, but it has city hall, the library and a large ampitheater!

Stay posted for more pictures as things progress.

Pictures from the cold Fort Worth Winter!

2010-07-12T15:15:00.003-05:00

I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures. These are obviously from months ago!! Our freezing winter in Fort Worth!

(The snowman has a tie on in case you were curious)!

Logan doing "O-H" already! Go Buckeyes!!!

Very Long Update (Jan-April)

2010-04-01T22:42:00.002-05:00

I've been meaning to post an update of our new year (especially now that it's APRIL), but I just haven't been very motivated lately. So, here's a quick rundown of the last few months...minus pictures (our camera, along with our desktop decided to break!).

It's actually been surprisingly cold in Fort Worth this winter (go figure...we had the hottest summer in San Antonio while we were there & now the coldest winter in Fort Worth). We actually got to experience a foot of snow here!!! Logan was in heaven! We ran to target to get him some snow/rain boots so he could run around in the snow & they were completely cleaned out. Brent did manage to find a pair of little girl "fuggs" (faux uggs) that were only slightly too small...but they kept his feet dry for a few hours in the snow; & they were only $4! Dad and Logan had a blast building a ginormous snow man & 2 little neighbor girls were incredibly impressed, saying that they were the best snow man builders they've ever seen! :) We managed to show them how to "roll" the snow to make the snowman...they were very impressed.

So with all the cold weather Logan & I have tried to keep ourselves busy indoors at the Children's museum, mall play place, McDonald's (which Logan now fondly calls "donalds" whenever we go by a fast food place) & the gym (you'd think I would've been able to drop some pounds by now-I guess it doesn't help that we go to mcd about as much as the gym!)...all while Dad continues to work away drilling teeth...when he's got some patients! It's been awsome having brent home on wednesdays though. It's a nice midweek break for Brent & Logan loves having him at home. Every morning he wakes up asking for "daddy" and when I tell him he's at work, he quickly replies: "teeth". He can actually even identify the building Brent works in (looks like a big white barn) & when we go by Logan says "daddy, work, teeth"!

Logan is now FINALLY getting his last molars in too. He's had all his other baby teeth for over a year, but these stubborn molars have just taken their sweet time. Logan started drooling a lot again & being more fussy than a normal 2 year old & we discovered a little molar breaking through. Logan's great at being a little patient while mom & dad explore his "choppers" as he calls them (Brent taught him that one).

Our last big event in the last 4 months, was yes, ANOTHER MOVE! We've been living in NE Fort Worth since september. Brent's been driving over 30 minutes to get to work & we've been dealing with insane traffic & just too many people. We moved there because it was the closest place we could find that was a sister property of the apts we were in while in San Antonio. This way, we were able to just "transfer" our lease in San Antonio instead of having to pay $5,000 to break the lease. But, it was definitely not our 1st choice, so when our lease was up there, instead of paying an extra $600/month to extend our lease (INSANE), we decided we'd move to NW Fort Worth to be close to Brent's job (he's now 5 minutes away) and get away from the crowds. It definitely feels like we live in the country now. We really close to the lake now too, which has been great. I automatically feel less stressed just knowing there's a body of water nearby.

Moving, of course, as always for us, was eventful. When we moved from San Antonio, the elevator broke down the day before we moved out (we were on the 2nd floor) & Logan got a double ear infection. This time, Logan caught strep which presented as a full body rash. I thought he was allergic to something & we got him to the dr's to get it checked out & immediately the nurse was like "nope-definitely strep" & sure enough she was right. Then on Saturday, as we're getting ready to move, after a beautiful 75degree week in Fort Worth, it's 35degrees sleeting & snowing!!!!! And, unfortunately we weren't able to get much help, other than our little 2 year old who LOVED running up and down the ramp of the truck! Because it was sooooo cold (and I packed away ALL our winter stuff into storage) Brent showed Logan how to put his hands into his sweatshirt pockets...which Logan loved. He refused to take them out; but, as he was running up the now slippery grated truck ramp, he face planted!! Fortunately, it was just a bloody lip & scrapes on the nose...but teeth were fine.

So now that we're somewhate settled into our new apartment I'm gearing up for a 3 day road trip with Logan out to California! Brent and I figured since we're now in a very squishy 1 bedroom + den apartment that it would be nice for Logan & I to spend some time in California to help out with Megan's wedding plans. I was going to be flying out there 3-4 times in the next few months with Logan, so we thought it would be cheaper for us to just drive out there and STAY! So, my saint of a sister Merzy, is flying out next week to assist me on the trip! 21 hours in the car & 4 states with a 2 1/2 year old should be a lot of fun!!!!! Anyone have ANY suggestions????!!!!!! We're going to desperately miss Brent for the next 2 1/2-3 months; but I'll make a trip or 2 back & brent's will hopefully make it out for a weekend or 2. But Nonni & Papa & all the aunts & uncles in cali just can't wait to have Logan in town for a while (I can't wait for all the great babysitters)!!!

Hopefully, I'll post some pictures later, once I figure out how to get them off my phone & new ones once we get a new camera.

Grandpa Peterson

2010-01-01T18:07:00.003-06:00

I wanted to post my grandfather's obituary. He was such a wonderful person, and some of my fondest memories of him were interviewing him for a school project when I was in middle school and hearing him tell me his World War II stories. And of course, all the trips to disneyland, crazy rides in the van up to the cabin in Wrightwood and all the candy. He will be missed. I was so glad that Logan and I were ablet to attend the funeral with the rest of my family; it was such a special experience and so nice to see all of the extended family.

Clifford Peterson 1923 ~ 2009 Clifford J. Peterson passed away on December 9, 2009 at home at the age of 86. Clifford was born January 18, 1923, in Salt Lake City, Utah to Margaret Ann and Abraham (Thomas) Peterson. He graduated from Malad High School in Idaho and worked as a grocery store manager prior to joining the United States Army Air Force where he served as a gunner on a B17 Bomber during World War II. He was the sole survivor of a crew flying missions over France and Germany on the "Scooterini," which was shot down during one of their many missions. When the War ended, Clifford moved to California where he met and married Lunetta June Polk on December 20, 1947. Following graduation from Compton College he earned his law degree from Southwestern School of Law in Los Angeles and enjoyed a successful law practice in Torrance, California for more than thirty years. He was a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions, including Bishop of the Wrightwood, California Ward. His most important interest was his family, and he loved to be with them. He attended every basketball, football, track, and softball game, as well as any other activity of his children, and in fact rarely missed their practices! As an avid sports fan he regularly took his children to see the Dodgers, Lakers, and college sports teams. He was very popular in the neighborhood for piling all of the children in the back of his station-wagon for the Dodger games. When grandchildren came he piled them into his van for regular trips to Chuck-E-Cheese and Disneyland. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Lunetta, six children, Pam Waldron (Gary), David (Cynthia), Richard (Patti), Janice Johnson (Craig), Tina Cobabe (Rick), Karen Rowe (Greg), 28 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. His was preceded in death by parents and nine siblings. Funeral services will be held Sat., December 19, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. with a viewing Friday, December 18, 6:00-8:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 19, 2009 from 10:00-10:45 a.m., at Russon Mortuary, 295 N. Main St., Bountiful, UT 84010. Interment will follow the funeral service at Bountiful Memorial Park. A Memorial Service will be held January 2, 2010 at the Torrance Stake Center, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 22605 Kent Ave., Torrance, California.

Christmas in Utah

2009-12-31T17:46:00.005-06:00

We made it back to Utah for Christmas this year...that's 2 trips to Utah in one year!!!! :) Logan, of course was so excited to see his cousins again & still hasn't stopped talking about Grandma & Grandpa. Logan and I headed out a few days before Brent because my grandfather passed away and we wanted to make it to the funeral. It was nice for us to be able to see so much of my family that I haven't seen in a very long time and especially my grandmother; I just wish it had been under better circumstances.

Christmas in Brigham City!

Logan & Hudson spying on the dogs.

Christmas morning...Logan totally has the present thing down.

He's also obsessed with trucks!

Logan kept wanting me to take pictures of him & was being soooo cheesy...this is normally not the case so I was all for it!

Christmas eve with the family.

Indiana even made it

Logan was soooo excited about all the "SNOW"!!! So Brandon brought his sled up & we borrowed snow clothes from hudson & Logan was in heaven.

It hadn't snowed in a while, but was pretty cold so the snow was kinda ice & hard to walk on.

Logan of course threw a HUGE fit when it was time to leave...I guess we're just going to have to come back soon!

Nonni comes to town...on a train!

2009-12-31T17:14:00.004-06:00

My mom stopped by for a visit after being in Oklahoma with my brother...but the most exciting part about this trip for Logan I think was the fact that she arrived on a train! And then, of course all the gifts that arrived with her for both his birthday & christmas. As soon as we got her home, Logan couldn't wait to open his presents that he'd been eyeing for the last week.

This was christmas & birthday combined since we were going to be gone for christmas. Thanks to Nonni, Logan is thoroughly spoiled.

Logan got a choo-choo...and the get-up to go along with it...it was soooo cute.

Time to bathe the conductor!!

More random picutes:

Logan trying to eat dinner one night, I couldn't get him to keep his feet down so I pushed his chair all the way up to the table & I turn around & he STILL managed to sneak his feet up...little stinker!

Training him early!

Happy 2nd Birthday Logan!

2009-12-31T16:27:00.004-06:00

My baby has turned 2! I can't believe it, I know everyone says it goes by so quickly...but it really does! Well, Logan right now is obsessed with "choo-choos"! For his birthday, we got up that morning & I promised him pancakes, but I didn't have egss...so we rushed over to McDonald's for breakfast. Wich, I'm sure he preferred because he played for over an hour. Then we stopped at the store to pick up his treats for that evening, which included his Thomas balloon which he would not let go of. He was soooo excited about the balloon & when we got home he kept asking me to put it on the ground so he could play with it...he didn't get that is was supposed to float in the air.

Life is great: eating a choo-choo sandwich & holding a choo-choo balloon.

What more do we need in life!

Then we were off to Chuck-e-Cheeses with the Whitesides for Logan's mini party!

Logan & Mason thought this game was great....why is everyone else standing soooo far away?!

I know there's got to be more balls in here somewhere!

Already addicted to video games...he wouldn't take his eyes off the screen.

Almost old enough to drive!

"I'm sure there are 3 buccal cusps on the 1st mandibular molar!!"

Cake, candy canes, games...halleujah!

YUM!

YUM! YUM!!

Just thought I'd test the cake.

Catching Up-Dec 2009

2009-12-31T16:13:00.005-06:00

We got together with the Whitesides so that we could all walk over to a Christmas Tree lighting by our house, but the boys...ALL the boys were having way too much fun to leave. The little boys enjoyed running through the house, jumping on our bed (which we happend to allow in our house!), and pushing each other around in a box...who needs toys!!! The big boys, enjoyed trying to watch football on our tiny tv & all the noise. Jenn & I just sat back & laughed I think.

3 little monkeys jumping on the bed...fortunately, none fell off!

Rub a dub-dub, 3 boys in a tub!

Just some random pictures I had on my camera:

Logan loves laundry...not sure why. But, I came in to get another load to put in the washer & he had climbed in the basket and was piling clothes on top of himself...he thought it was hysterical.

Logan's favorite thing to do in the morning is to cuddle in the rocking chair a read stories. I love that he's still snuggly in the mornings!

Trick or Treat 2009!

2009-11-02T16:46:00.005-06:00

We went over to the Whiteside's for Halloween & all the boys had a blast! Logan dressed up as a tiger (thanks to mom for the awsome costume), Samuel was Cpt Jack Sparrow, Mason was Cpt Hook.

There was a haunted garage across the street that Logan couldn't wait to get to...when we got there he just stood oustide & stared!

We actually got all four boys looking at the camera at the same time!!!

For a split second!

Trick or treat!

Logan wanted to check his bucket after every house!

Mason as cpt hook!

Going straight for the tire!

Logan actually walked by himself for most of the night...he only caught a ride with dad at the very end!

Exhausted!

Time to explore my booty!

Time to eat my booty!

I think I'll just shove it all in at once.

we turned around & Logan had Mason's pirate hat on...i don't know if he put it on or one of the other boys, but it was hilarious.

yummy sucker!

Time for a break & candy...this trick or treating thing is exhausting!

More candy please!

Pumpkin Patch in Argyle

2009-11-02T16:38:00.003-06:00

We took Logan to a pumpkin patch this past weekend. It was a gorgeous day & Logan had a blast...and of course there was another train ride!

Inside the haunted mansion waiting for our train ride...logan was mesmerized by all the decorations!

His had is reaching out trying to touch the train!

Dancing in front of the haunted house that had music playing!

climbing a haystack...you don't get to do this everyday!

brushing his hands together to get the hay off!

too cute!

loved pulling & riding in the wagon...we're gonna have to get one of these for home!

We took Logan to a pumpkin patch this past weekend. It was a gorgeous day & Logan had a blast...and of course there was another train ride!

Disneyland & California

2009-11-02T16:00:00.005-06:00

Logan and I headed to California for two weeks to spend some time with my family. We didn't have much going on in Fort Worth yet & I was still waiting for my hygiene license to go through so we took advantage of our down time. Poor brent was a lonely bachelor for a couple weeks (or should I say lucky brent).

While in California we got to go to Disneyland. Logan unfortunately didn't last very long because it was the day after we arrived in Cali & he spent most of the night up crying! We still had a ton of fun & know next time to go a few days after we've been there. We also went to the Newport Beach temple & the beach with Merz & her friends visiting from arizona. Logan loved all the fountains at the temple & more than loved the beach & chasing the waves...he didn't even care that the water was freezing.

It was also nice to spend some time together with just the girls. We had a full afternoon of shopping together while dad watched logan...and we all survived. The next week we spent an afternoon getting manis & pedis & even managed to squeeze in dinner. We got a babysitter for Logan; but he never even met the babysitter...he napped the entire time we were gone! Megs is getting married in June so it was fun helping her with the invitations & getting to meet her great fiance. It turns out we went to middle school together...small world.

DISNEYLAND

Merz, JT & Megs

Mom, one cool JT, & Megs

Logan's getting so big!

O-H..

signing "choo-choo". Every ride was a choo choo to Logan!

Perfect ad

Trying to get both boys to look at the camera. Never going to happen!

CALIFORNIA

Merz teacing Logan how to be "cool".

Logan with Sophie. Unfortunately while I was home we had to have Sophie put down because she was suffering from congestive heart failure. She was a little over 13years old and was the sweetest, kindest dog...she is deeply missed.

Mom continued to feed Logan's obsession with choo-choo's and made him a train cake.

Logan knew it was a train he could eat...loved licking the sugar off the train.

yummmm!

Logan came around the corner wearing one of erik's running shoes that he put on by himself. JT gladly helped him into the other one. Logan loved walking around in them!

Newport Beach Temple

me & merz

loving the beach (thanks to merz for the great pics)

Grapevine Wine Festival & Fort Worth Zoo

2009-11-02T15:46:00.002-06:00

We've been enjoying everything that Fort Worth has to offer. In september we went to the Grapevine Wine Festival where we took a ride on the vintage railroad. Logan is obsessed with "choo choos" right now & got so excited when he saw the train. However, Logan is not into getting his picture taken...he can be full on belly laughing and as soon as he sees the camera his face goes blank or even worse he gets mad & ready to throw a tantrum.

On the train...close to a tantrum because the camera is out!

There was NO way we were getting Logan to look at the camera with the train behind us. His eyes were so big when we went up to see the train.

At the zoo...on you guessed it...a train!

We had to make a quick exit from the zoo because it started raining. Logan loved running through the parking lot in the stroller with his sucker & the rain coming down! Very content in the car making a sticky mess with his sucker that dad bought for him!

Our move to Fort Worth

2009-11-02T15:27:00.004-06:00

I'm finally getting around to updating our blog...so here it goes. We made our 2nd move this year from San Antonio to Fort Worth in August. Brent's parents so generously came out to help us move again and we certainly couldn't have done it without their help. We were at least able to show them a little bit of San Antonio while they were out!

Logan managed to get an ear infection just in time for the move...that's why he looks so out of it in the picutres on the boat. I hadn't realized he had an infection yet (I felt terrible)! But he was feeling better in time for all the real action of packing the boxes into the truck...he LOVED the truck!

I feel right at home up here! Watch out drivers!

Our manpower!

Logan thought this was the best toy ever.

He's really bummed because it's under our dryer right now & everytime we go in to to do laundry he squats down to point at it emphatically!

Mom & Dad @ the Alamo.

Riverboat downtown

Riverboat

Logan licking the butter off of his breadstick @ rainforest cafe!

It didn't take us too long to get settled into our new apartment in Fort Worth because this time we left most of our stuff in boxes & I'm not putting any decor stuff our. It's kinda sad because our walls & everything is so bare, but on the other hand there is pretty much nothing for Logan to get into so he has free reign of the house! We figured we'd probably be moving into a house in the near future, so it didn't make much sense to unpack everything just for a few months.

Quick trip to Utah

2009-08-18T16:23:00.006-05:00

We finally made it back to Utah for a very quick visit. It's been waaaaay too long since we've been out, but Brett might be leaving for Afghanistan soon and we wanted to be sure to see him while he was on leave. It was great to finally have Logan meet all of his aunts, uncles & cousins. He had so much fun staying at grandma & grandpa's and we can't wait to get back for Christmas.

Hudson & Logan goofing around.

Only 6 weeks apart: Hudson has a great mop & logan is still bald!!

We tried to get a picutre of these two sitting together...they were obviously not as exicted about it as we were!

Loves playing with daddy.

The kids actually wanted to keep getting IN the playpen!! I was shocked.

FAMILY PICTURES

The entire family (except for Reid...photoshop?)

Grandma Franks, Mom, Dad with all the boys.

The girls are slowly starting to gain some ground in the Rigby Family.

Grandma Franks, Mom Rigby with all the grandkids. I was amazed that ALL of the kids are standing still AND looking at the camera.

Grandma Franks with the boys.

Mom & Dad Rigby

Meredith comes to San Antonio!!!

2009-08-18T16:02:00.005-05:00

We were so happy to have Merzy come out to San Antonio to visit the other week. We took her to the Alamo & Riverwalk, the Children's Museum (for Logan of course...), the pool & even managed to get some packing done. Here's our pics:

We totally don't look like sisters do we???

Standing by a big gun...

The Alamo was PACKED! It was waaaaay to hot to stand in line outside with Logan in a stroller, so we settled for just a picture of the outside & toured the grounds.

Logan enjoying the sites in luxury.

Our favorite part was the riverboat...Logan loved being on the boat. This was by far the best way to see riverwalk on such a hot day!

Merzy wins an award for beautifying San Antonio!! :)

Logan was loving having someone in the backseat with him to cater to his every whim.

We got to go to Alyssa's for some very delicious dessert & visit. Logan though Livvy was hilarious on the phone.

Before we went to the Children's museum we stopped for smoothies for the ride. Logan knows exactly where Jamba Juice is & as soon as we pull into the shopping center he starts signing juice. He loves his little jamba sippy cup too.

They need to make the sippy cups insulated b/c after about 5minutes his hands turn into icicles. Merzy had a great idea of slipping a couple socks over the cup.

At the Children's Museum with Auntie Merzy

Merzy's already getting him ready for outdoor adventures!

We're in Texas now...giddyup!

Ready to join the FFA!

Or maybe he'll be a scientist.

Cutie.

Now, we just need to entice others to come out & visit!!!! :)

Apartment Living

2009-08-18T15:47:00.002-05:00

I've found another use for our mac-daddy stroller...carrying groceries. I'm just very grateful we have elevators in our building!!

Everything but packing

2009-08-04T14:41:00.008-05:00

I have pretty much come up with a bunch of things for us to do...and none of them involve packing. Now that we know we're leaving, I'm rushing to do as many things here in San Antonio before we go. This past weekend we took Logan to this Wildlife Ranch where you drive through in your car (with food of course) & the animals come right up to you...way fun!

The ostriches were huge & somewhat aggressive. They definitely knew where to get the food. Brent was completely freaked out by them & Logan just kept signing "more".

Pretty zebras...not interested in coming up to the cars.

Feeding something (can't remember what it was, an antelope maybe)

Notice it walking away & Logan signing "more"

Family portrait!

Logan's favorite part was the petting barn filled with tons of goats. He kept picking food up off the ground and trying to force feed this poor goat...the goat didn't want any & Logan almost shoved food up his nose!

These two baby goats loved Brent...one's literally eating his pocket & the other kept jumping on him!

Brent the goat tamer!

GROSS!! At least he knows its to brush something...now if only he had some hair to brush.

The force feeding continues!

Unfortunately the petting zoo didn't end so happy for Logan. He kept following this one mommy goat around trying to pull her tail & she finally had had enough. She turned & butted Logan in the side w/her head & he toppled down. Then the big tears started & the look of indignation that she would do such a thing!

RANDOM STUFF

We've been eating a lot of corn on the cob this summer & Logan loves it. I generally give him smaller one, but he always ends up taking mine!

He actually does really well with it & devours the corn!

Logan's 2nd word:

"toothbrush"!! Very appropriate I think.

Most kids try to climb out of their cribs...mine tries to climb back in!! This kid loves his sleep!

I think this is illegal in California! He needs his bluetooth (Lightning McQueen actually has one...sad!)

cheeseball!

He pushed his new lawn mower around for about an hour the other day...no exageration!!! Well worth every penny!!

Moving Again!

2009-07-28T13:25:00.008-05:00

Yes, this is a shock to us as well!! We've been in San Antonio a whopping 6 weeks, we've managed to unpack everything & I even got pictures hung on the wall...and now we're moving to Forth Worth in 4 weeks!

San Antonio has seemed to be a fun place to live (despite the heat) but our situation has changed and we're heading north to Fort Worth. The big clincher to this deal for me at least, was that our dear friends from dental school, the whitesides, just happen to be where we are headed. Wonderful coincidence. They have 2 young boys just a little older than Logan & we're so excited that we'll be living close to them again! We never in a million years thought that we'd be living near each other anytime soon.

We were fortunately able to transfer our lease to another apartment in fort worth (not nearly as fancy schmancy. We'll hopefully only be there for a few months & then be able to start looking for a house...and move again). Now I just have to start packing...again. I think we'll be pretty good @ moving after this...maybe we'll just hang on to the truck and open our own moving company on the weekends! Meredith is lucky enough to have scheduled a trip out to visit us in a couple weeks & now she gets to look forward to helping us pack instead of just hanging out (so sorry).

Trying to get the 3 boys to sit & smile for a picture...never going to happen (mason & samuel having the smiling down & logan's got the sitting)! Logan was so happy to have some other boys to play with!!

Logan was an angel on the 4 hour drive home & slept the entire time!!!!! I think the sun put him in a little coma. (He had a busy weekend playing with the boys).

This has nothing to do with moving, but it was too funny I had to add it. Logan came wandering out of his room yesterday with a huge grin on his face with his pants down! (great, he's learned to pull his pants down...at least the diaper was still on!)

San Antonio Road Trip #1

2009-07-18T21:45:00.003-05:00

One of the things we love to do as a family is go on drives & explore where we live. While out & about one day we found a great book made just for us...SA Day Trips. We did this a lot in columbus and found it was a great way to spend time together & also get out to see where you live. There are so many great little towns with tons of history, great parks & fun shops that I think few people end up exploring. Now, it's definitely been more difficult for us to do some of these now that Logan is a toddler & wants to be running literally every second he's awake. But, with some strategic planning we're able to make it work. So, today we did our first San Antonio Road Trip...many more to come we hope. Today, we headed West. First, we went through a small town about 20 miles west of SA called Castroville that is of Alsatian background. We found a state park & let Logan run around a little, had lunch @ McD's (with a playplace!) and got back into the car for Logan's naptime. We then went through Hondo, which has an exotic game ranch where they filmed part of Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. We just did a drive by b/c Logan was napping. Heading further west & then north we went through a resort town called Concan with a huge state park (Garner State Park), but it was raining & Logan was still sleeping so we'll come back to this park another day- it looked very fun. Our last stop was in Uvalde which was a little south & there we found another park for Logan to get some wiggles out. They had a river with a ton of ducks & turtles so we spent about 20 minutes feeding the animals. I was surprised at how bold the ducks were, they waddled right up to us to get the food. We actually had to hold Logan back from sticking his hands in their mouths. We then had dinner at a local pancake house (pretty yummy) & then headed back. The highlight of the trip though was the Alsatian bakery we stopped at on our way home in Castroville. We got some very yummy eclairs, doughnuts, rice krispie treats (for Brent) & they even gave Logan the last of their sugar cookies for free (that's how we appeased him for the last 30 minutes of our trip- nothing a little sugar can't cure for this kid). The other neat thing was to see some of the original old building from when some of these towns were first settled back in the real wild west days! I actually managed to bring my camera, but of course forgot to put the memory card back in it- so no pictures of this trip.

Weekly Happenings

2009-07-17T12:15:00.004-05:00

This is very random, but since this is my journal, I wanted to write these down. Withink our first couple weeks here we realized that we were in a very different place:
1- The first week we were here we were driving down the hiqhway & looked off to the side and there was a random cow trotting along!! The poor thing looked terrified. Thankfully, the driver behind us pulled up behind it & put his flashers to direct other traffic around so the cow didn't end up as road kill (apparently this kinda thing happens a lot).
2- Within the first week in our apartment we caught (actually, my mom, thank heavens caught it) a scorpion in Logan's room!!! I was terrified. It was probably only 1 1/2 inches long, but it looked completely creepy. (I have thankfully been informed by numerous people that get stung by a scorpion does not require an ER visit or ambulance (unless its a giant black one), they say its like getting stung by a bee).
3-The next sunday we were walking through the hall at church when a man told this other man that he should probably take his diaper bag outside...we looked down & there was a scorpion hanging off the side of it!!
4- The next week I found a huge spider crawling up the wall in our bedroom (brent thankfully was home & squashed that one for me). I have been having nightmares about scorpions & spiders for the last few weeks & if Logan ever wakes up screaming I rush in there to make sure a scorpion or spider hasn't crawled into his bed & bit him.
4-In the mall parking lot we saw a snake writhing around on the backtop; Brent said it looked like part of it was run over because it wasn't moving too well. Sure enough when we came out, the snake was defenitely road kill!
5-Everyone says y'all all the time...sometimes I'm not sure it makes complete sense the way it's used but it does certainly simplify things when writing. I haven't quite been able to incorporate it into my speach yet.
6-People think that cold in the winter time is anything below 50 degrees. Someone told me the other day that it gets really cold here in the winter...not quite believing, I asked "how cold?" and she answered, "sometimes under 50 degrees & occasionally an ice storm will hit & it will be 30 degrees!" (I definitely think I'm gonna like the winters here; the bugs are another issue altogether though, ughhhh)!

7-It's true-everything is bigger here in Texas. People don't just fly normal sized flags here, they fly ones that seem as big as the building it's in front of. The butter container at the grocery store (not costco) was even bigger. Brent also thinks that the lanes here are bigger.

8-Everyone drives a truck (and now Brent really wants one). Logan loves it, b/c he points & tries to say truck every few seconds when we're driving around.

My little jailbird. I came into Logan's room one morning & found him like this. He wasn't stuck, he was just dangling his legs & kept reaching for his blankets & binky he always tosses out of the crip when he's bored.

Logan loves taking a bath with Daddy. One thing we love about our apartment is that it has a huge jetted tub in the master (however, the jets have been broken since we got here). They finally replaced the motor & Brent & Logan decided to test them out. There happened to be a little baby shampoo in the tub & it created tons of bubble. Logan had a blast to say the least & I just had to get a few pictures. Brent will probably kill me once he realized I posted these though!

Bookworm. Logan was really quite in his room one afternoon & I peeked in to see what he had gotten into. To my absolute surprise he was just sitting there surrounded by his books & was actually thumbing through one of them.

Last thing...we've finally given up bottles...yeahhhh!! My pediatrician has been on me since Logan turned one that I needed to get rid of bottles. But no one seemed to provide me with any convincing information of why I had to do that at 12 months!!! It's not like I put him to bed with a bottle in his crib (we are slightly dentally minded in our family & I know all about baby bottle caries). And there are plently of moms who nurse their babies until they are well beyond 12 months. I didn't see the need to make my baby grow up any more quickly than he had too; this was one of my last ways of snuggling with my little baby & he seems to enjoy his mommy time as well. But he's 19 months now (can't believe it) & we're finally settled here in San Antonio so I figured I'd go ahead & cut the bottles. We just went cold turkey on Monday. That day he was very upset that I was not giving him a bottle & he cried for almost an hour that night. I had to go in & calm him down & I think by that time he was so tired he just gave up & fell asleep. But that was it, he's been a champ the rest of the week & he goes right down (thank heavens). I think I need his nap time as much as he does to regain my sanity (& patience sometimes). Next comes the binky...that's not going to be for a while though! :)

Adjusting To San Antonio

2009-07-07T14:59:00.008-05:00

Moving to a new area is always an adjustment. We greatly miss everyone in Ohio, but are grateful to be moving onto the next stage in our life & are excited to get established here in Texas. So far, the biggest adjustment has been the heat! I knew it was going to be hot, but I wasn't quite expecting this...it's been at least 100 or hotter pretty much everyday since we've been here with sun shining brightly. So it's been too hot to do anything outside except for swimming. So while Brent's away at working loving his job, Logan & I have been scouring San Antonio for cool things to do. Here's a few things that we've been up to.

I've been trying to think like meadow park would & creating fun things for Logan to do & explore. With all the boxes we had around we made him a little fort complete with a window! He loved until he realized that it would collapse everytime he tried climbing on it...ok, next idea?!

His new home. He especially loved it when I put his fuzzy rug in there.

Thanks to Alyssa's great tip, we took Logan to the children's museum in New Braunfels & he loved it, we even went ahead & bought an annual pass (because he can run free inside with air conditioning. He was obsessed with the mini grocery & loved emptying the shelves into his basket & then crashing his basket into the counters! He also loved the mini house & doing the dishes (if only he'd do that at home).

HAPPY 4th!

Ok, its actually the 3rd, but we didn't do much on the 4th & he was all decked out in red, white & blue, so Happy 4th anyways.

He loves to try and smell the flowers; everytime he see flowers he starts snorting, it's very cute.

We bought an OSU Brutus floatie before we left columbus & when we got it out he kept trying to give it kisses...he's a true buckeye.

Right now Logan is obsessed with trucks & becuase we live in a new area there is no shortage of moving, delivery & construction trucks. Logan has a perfect view from his window & one day I looked in his room & my little monkey had climbed up onto his chair to get a better look at the moving truck right outside his window. He kept banging on it & the people downstairs were very confused...sorry. Also, everytime we get in the car & go by a truck he yanks his binky out of his mouth & tries to say truck (it sounds much more like car) & then as soon as it is out of sight he starts grunting & signing "more" furiously & is generally not satisfied until we come across another one. If only I could get him to have as much fascination with regular cars because there is definitely no shortage of those on the roads around here!

So Logan & I have become domesticated now that we're staying home together. We got a new trash can (our other one finally stopped working due to Indy knocking it over one too many times). Well, this trash can happens to have a motion sensor to open it & Logan has been fascinated with it. I kinda thought this would probably be a problem when I got it, but it was so cheap at costco then I just went for it. Now I'm finding thins other than garbage in the trash & anytime he comes near it, it opens & he then stands there & plays with it for 15 minutes!

He's already folding laundry!!! Now if only we could get the clothes to end up in the basket. He's also been very entertained by the new washer & dryer. He likes to go over to the laundry closet & open the doors to see if they're going...most often times they are!!!

Hiding behind Brutus. He was all ready for a bath & wanted to take Brutus with him.

And lastly, we celebrated Brent's birthday. The girls at work were kind enough to get him a cake (they most have known that I was definitely not going to be baking one...I was going to order dessert through take out though). We had a nice quiet night with takeout from BJ's & a new movie from Best Buy.

Road Trip

2009-07-06T22:22:00.005-05:00

After graduation & farewells were completed it was time for us to road trip out to texas. Fortunately, my parents were kind enough to take Logan back with them to California for a week so we could do the drive without having to stop every couple hours! And then Brent's family took Indiana with them, where he's going to stay for the next year or so until we've got a yard for him to run around in! Logan did great on the trip to Cali with my parents (at least that't what they tell me) & had a blast in california with all of his aunts & uncles who I'm sure spoiled him rotten! Indiana was another ordeal though. Because of weather conditions we had to ship him on Delta Cargo. When we dropped him off at the shipping dock we could still here him howling when we were all the way out in the parking lot (I felt really bad for that pilot & the other animals/living beings on the plane). JB was kind enough to pick him up in salt lake and said that he was frantic but very excited when he was picked up. Pore dog...he's never going to want to do that again. He then got to hang out w/Bryan for a few days until Brent's parents got back into town. Bryan's dog sleeps outside, so they put Indy out with him- aparently that didn't last very long & he was inside for the night snuggling in someones bed (he doesn't like roughin' it). But now he's in doggy heaven running around Utah! Brent & I are enjoying a break from caring for the dog, but Logan really misses him. When he first came home, he walked in the door & immediately starting signing "dog"!!

Anyways, after toddler & dog were shipped off we headed out of town on monday, june 8th & drove all the way to memphis. We actually made pretty good time & the drive through kentucky & tennesse was just beautiful. It kinda stunk though that we had to drive separately (Brent drove the truck hauling the accord & I drove our civic). I managed to entertain myself singing at the top of my lungs though pretty much the entire time; my voice was a little horse by the time we got to memphis. We decided to spend a day doing touristy stuff in memphis before we headed on to Texas. We went & saw Graceland (Elvis' aboad) & the Peabody Hotel. Graceland was...interesting. It was probably had more fun people watching-there are some crazy elvis fanatics out there. It was ridiculously expensive & probably not worth the $$$, but when are we ever going to go to Memphis again.

Brent styling the headphones & recorder for the audio-guided tour!

Graceland

Living room w/green shag carpet on the floor AND ceinlings! I think I'll do that in our next home...that should help with sound insulation, right??

The basement, again, fabric on the ceiling & the walls.

He's got the moves!

PEABODY HOTEL

Ok, the peabody hotel has a tradition of marching it's resident ducks (yes, ducks) on a red carpet from the elevator to a marble fountain in the lobby every morning & then back again in the evening. I won't go into all the history, but apparently it's a big to-do & it was pretty entertaining to watch. I was amazed that the ducks listened. At the end of the day, the ducks are taken up to their penthouse suite on the roof.

Ducks enjoying the marble fountain.

There is a Duckmaster who leads the whole ordeal, & everytime he came near the fountain the ducks would start quacking and following him around.

At the peabody.

The Penthouse suite on the the roof (they probably would prefer there not to be anygates...???)

On top of the Peabody

After a day in Memphis we headed to Dallas to stay the night with our good friends the Whitesides. This drive was not as enjoyable unfortunately. As soon as we crossed the border into Arkansas it was like we had entered into another world. I thought West Virginia had some interesting people....Arkansas definitely takes the cake. Brent even contemplated just stopping & setting up shop right there!!! (Unfortunately, I don't think dental care is high on many people's priority list there). Then as we neared Dallas we could see very foreboding weather off in the distance (Jenn even called to let me know there was a very bad strom going through). But in true Rigby fashion we pressed on and then when we were in the middle of this horrible storm we got stuck in traffic on the middle of a bridge. I seriously thought we were going to die as I watched the ginormous lightening bolts coming down around us, rain coming down in buckets and water blowing up from the river. I was wondering if we should just get out of the cars & run for cover!!! :) Well, after an hour or so of this we made it to the other side of Dallas to the Whitesides. We caught up with them for awhile & then went to bed while the storm raged on. After about an hour of trying to sleep we kept hearing a car alarm going off. So Brent was trying to be the good house guest & was going to make sure it wasn't our car or the whitesides' & as he went outside to check he set off their house alarm!!!! (Sorry guys...at least the kids didn't get up!). It turned out to be a neighbors car...I don't think we'll be invited back anytime soon!! :)

The next morning, still storming, we made our way to San Antonio. We of course managed to stop off at the Ikea just north of Austin to pick up some stuff for Logan's room (I so wished we lived a reasonable distance from Ikea). We finally made it to San Antonio & the sweltering heat (about 102) around 5pm. We got checked into our apartment (unfortunately, we were a little disapointed with the apartment situation-it was definitely misrepresented somewhat; but, the actual apartment is still very nice & it will work just fine for the next little while). We decided that we'd at least get a few things off the truck that evening. Brent went to unhitch the trailor towing the car & immediately threw out his back (before we even touched anything on the truck)!!! So much for that plan; we got a hotel for the night so he could rest & go to his orientation the next morning. Fortunately, his back was nothing too bad & was feeling ok (so he tells me) the next afternoon. We managed to unpack most of the truck that afternoon (again, soooo hot here) & I got sunburned. After a few hours we were dead tired and left the last few items for the next day. Saturday, we managed to finish up (I was very impressed with ourselves though; we got everything off that truck just the two of us, including our ginormous & incredibly heavy armoir- it shockingly fit in the elevator)!

We spent the next couple days resting & then my mom came into town on monday with Logan. I convinced her to stay the whole week to unpack as well...there is no way I would have gotten everything unpacked without her help!! Brent also started his job on monday, which he's tolerating at this point. It's always a struggle to go into a brand new office & start with new staff & work with materials that you're not familiar with. And there's the added pressure to get patients in the door & keep your production up. But, right now it's a job & a paycheck & it managed to get us out to Texas. We'll see where we go from here.

Farewell to Ohio

2009-07-06T21:43:00.006-05:00

Our First Home Together!

After seven years in Columbus it comes time to say goodbye. We moved to Columbus just a few weeks after we were married back in 2002, it was our first home together. Ohio will always hold a special place in our hearts- it's where we bought (& sold) our first house, where we both graduated from college (brent a couple times!), had a couple great jobs (I'm the sugar mama), where our beautiful baby boy was born & where we've established so many wonderful friendships. We will always be buckeyes, even barried here in the heart of Texas.

Just a recap in pictures of the last few weeks.

The girls at work

Goofing off at work...did a lot of that!

During the last few weeks in Columbus, I went golfing with the girls (this was my first time golfing on a real course; it was immensly entertaining)!! We also had a cookout @ the Medors to say fairwell. (we miss everyone sooooo much).

Lynne, me & Kristen

Logan & his ladies!

GOLFING!

Lynne & Kristen

Attempting to actualy make contact with the ball.

Not so successful...this only happened about a dozen times over 9 holes! (sorry about the grass)

Me & Lynne

Goofing off...again.

I had to include this picture of Keely & Logan (this was Logan's primary care giver @ Meadow Park; it was truly a blessing to have him there while I was working, we miss all the wonderful people that cared & loved Logan there).

I have to tell everyone THANKS again for helping us with the move. It was wonderful to have Lynne pack up my entire kitchen for me (nothing broke!) while I ran around and signed closing papers on our condo. We managaed to get the rest of the house packed & loaded within only a couple days thanks to Brent's parents, brother & my parents who were out to graduation. THANKS!!

Now that's real man power! You get a few Rigby men together & anything possible!

Our life packed away in a 22' truck!

Graduation...again

2009-07-06T16:52:00.007-05:00

I'm finally getting around to recapping our last few months, we've been busy! Brent completed his prosthodontic residency at OSU and is officially done with school (that is until he decides he wants to go back & do a surgery program or something...hopefully that won't be for many more years!!)

We attended the graduation dinner at Confluence Park on Friday, June 5th where Brent & his two other classmates were awarded their Prosthodontic Certificates (huge accomplishment!). Everyone made speaches, and more speaches, Brent passed on the chief resident badge to Mariano (congrats); however, the badge had gone missing earlier that day, so he was just more or less told that he'd be the new chief. We were lucky enough to have Brent's parent & one of his brothers in town (randy), as well as my parents...we pretty much took up an entire table (it was great to have everyone there to show their support for brent, but it was also incredibly helpful to have the extra man power in moving).

Yeahhhhh!

At Confluence Park

Brent & Mariano

Brent & Pako

View of Downtown Columbus

Mom & Dad Rigby, Randy & Brent

The next day between lots of packing & loading the truck, we made it to the graduation bbq at dr. holloways where Logan went around asking everyone for ice cream (he would go up to people that had cake & ice cream & sign more to them...pako kept giving him ice cream off his plate & he'd get very excited & I think just assumed that everyone else would give him ice cream as well)! Logan also learned how to whack a pinata after watching all the older kids have a turn & even discovered that there were toys inside! Too cute.

Logan makes contact w/the pinata

He immediately went looking inside for goodies

He kept watching everyone else put these in their mouths & make noise...he got the putting in the mouth part but just kept sucking on it...couldn't quite figure out the noise part.

Nice shades Pako!

Logan even found the kitty bed and crawled in with his blanket & snuggled up...I'm tempted to get him a dog bed for home!!

San Antonio Here We Come

2009-03-29T20:24:00.005-05:00

I've put off posting this because we didn't want to jinx ourselves; but, everything seems to be moving as planned, so, I'm happy to officially announce that we are moving to San Antonio, Texas in June! Brent signed a contract with a corporate dental group called Brite Now (Monarch Dental) and he will be working in a brand new office on the very north side of San Antonio in an area called Stone Oak. It's a beautiful location and the office will not open until we get there in June and as of now Brent will be the only doc there. Brent was a little disapointed to be taking a "corporate" dental job, but it seems like a great opportunity, a good fit as far as location, hours & pay goes...and most importantly, it's not school anymore!!

The biggest coincedence is that it happens to be literally 3 miles from the only people we know in San Antonio...Alyssa & Grant (and Olivia). (Thanks again Alyssa for a wonderful dinner and having us over). It's also about a block away from the temple. When Brent was out for his interview, one of the associates drove him over to see the office and they drove right by the temple. She then proceeded to tell Brent all about the temple & the mormon church (Brent then reminded her that he did grow up in Utah & that he himself is LDS).

We just got back this week from San Antonio and were fortunate to be able to find an amazing apartment. We spent the first day looking at houses but couldn't secure anything because no one wanted to hold a house for 2 months. I also got a little sad looking at the houses because they were not nearly as nice as our condo and we've spent so much time over the last 6 years, we hated to move down. But we ended up finding these brand new apartments in a beautiful neighborhood that just happens to look over the new JW Marriott Resort (we figured that would be a seller for my dad). You can check out our new place at this link: http://www.towersattpc.com/Floorplans.html#

Unfortunately, we didn't think to take any pictures while we were there. But here's Logan checking out the San Antonio park...he loved the rocks!!

And thanks again to Mom & JT coming out to watch Logan so Brent & I could house/apartment hunt all week!!

New Shoes

2009-03-29T20:13:00.004-05:00

We finally purchased Logan his first pair of "real" shoes. Up until now he's just been wearing these mocassin things from Target...mini stars, robeez knock offs (I love them!!). But, now that he's truly walking around everywhere, including outside, it was time that we get him something a little more durable.

So we took him to Stride Rite, got his litte feet measured, picked out some shoes and tried them on. When we stood him up with his new shoes on and tried to get him to walk it looked liked we had strapped huge moon boots that weighed 50 lbs onto his feet. It was the funniest thing to watch. By the time we got him home and stood him up he pretty much refused to walk and would just stand there looking at his feet then at Brent & I. Then he'd just plop down and start crying...it was really quite sad. Finally after 2 days of this, he figured out that he could walk in his new shoes.

Please ignore the very bizarre outfit he has on!

SOLD! (Well, "in contract")

2009-03-29T20:09:00.003-05:00

I know I'm very delayed posting this, but we had the condo up for less than 2 days and are now in contract for full asking price!!! Yeahhhh! We won't be closing until June 8th, so we're just holding our breaths until then & praying that everything moves forward as planned. Fortunately, we've continued to have quite a bit of interest in it, even though it's listed as in contract, so I feel ok that we'll be able to sell it if anything happens with these buyers. So far so good though!

Condo For Sale

2009-03-06T00:33:00.002-06:00

Here's the link to our condo website...pass the word along to anyone that might want to purchase an incredible condo in Upper Arlington!!!!

http://www.upperarlingtoncondo.blogspot.com/

Logan helping

2009-03-05T17:56:00.004-06:00

Some planters that we bought to put on our patio were being stored in our living room for about a week and Logan thought it was great fun to crawl in & out of them. I was able to get in very easily but getting out was a little rougher & he pretty much did a somersault each time he tumbled out.

Even more fun was helping dad figure out how much space we had in our corner cabinet for a shelf! As soon as he discovered that he could crawl in & out of here he would beeline for the cabinet as soon as I set him down when we got downstairs. He even found it hysterical when I closed the door on him and started knocking! Too cute!

Logan Napping

2009-01-27T21:46:00.003-06:00

So I put Logan down for a nap yesterday evening and then went downstairs to clean up (right below his bedroom) and of course he was NOT sleeping. I kept hearing all sorts of talking, and then banging, and then I could hear thing hitting the floor. I had no idea what he was doing but I knew it was not sleeping. Later, I went in to get him up and cracked up when I walked in. There was a handful of binkies that had been thrown over the edge of the crib along with a toy that I must have forgotten to take out of the crib before I put him down. As I got closer, I also saw he was missing a shoe, but I couldn't find his shoe. When he got up, it was clenched in his hand under his head.

"Design on a Dime"

2009-01-27T21:20:00.003-06:00

During my extended 2 week stay in California with Logan, my mom and I decided to completely redo JT's room and bathroom. Unfortunately, boys, dogs, and carpets do not mix well and the room & bathroom were in desperate need of new flooring; and because JT loves to color on the wall we wanted to do something on the walls that he could legally draw on. So we tore up all the carpet, prepped the plywood floors, and laid vinyl "parquet" flooring. We were surprised at how good it looked considering the time & money we'd spent. I then became rather ambitious and helped finish it off by laying quarter round to finish the trim...I was fairly impressed with my skills on the saw & nail gun. I figured I'd watched Brent enough over the last 6 years it couldn't be too terribly difficult. And the black paint you see on the walls is "chalkboard" paint- I think every 6 year old should have this in their room! We finished the walls off by trimming them with quark board and stained rope trim (more great skills with the saw!). If you couldn't tell, there is a cowboy theme in the room. I left before we were able to get the furniture moved back in, but mom has assured me it looks very cute & I'm waiting for mor pictures! Not bad for two handy women!

Rona Hawkins Photography

2009-01-26T20:10:00.008-06:00

While we were visiting in California over christmas we got some wonderful photos taken by Rona Hawkins! She is truly talented & we loved the pictures! I couldn't decide which photos to post so I posted them all!!

The Park, Petting Zoo, Disneyland, & Another First Birthday

2009-01-08T01:18:00.005-06:00

During our stay in So Cal we were able to take advantage of the nice weather and we went to the park to feed the ducks and go down the slide, went to the petting zoo, & to Disneyland.

Logan loves the slide...but he likes it best by himself!

Boys will be boys.

Nice purse & sunglasses dad!

Loving everything about the park!

The petting zoo was a definite hit. Logan & his cousin Christian couldn't get enough of the animals.

Disneyland!

Logan was mesmerized with the carousel @ disneyland. We're hopefully going to go again while I'm here when it's not sooooo crowded. We just happen to be there on one of the most crowded days of the year. Not the best experience with a one year old!

Tenants of the "Toon Town Jail"

Happy First Birthday (Again)!

Nonni couldn't resist giving Logan another first birthday party...No complaints from Logan.

He loves his sugar!

Laguna Beach

2009-01-08T01:06:00.005-06:00

No mistaking that they're related!

I just thought these pictures were so sweet of Brent & Logan. But I'm mad at myself for not grabbing Logan's binky out of his mouth...oh well, he's still cute!

Everytime we come back to California Brent and I like to go to Laguna Beach to walk around. But we haven't made it out there for awhile, so we were sure to get there this time. This is where Brent proposed 7 years ago & Logan was just a twinkling in our eyes! This was also Logan's first trip to the beach too.

As soon as we walked out onto the sand Logan was squirming to get down...I could barely hold him. But it was kinda a chilly and the sand was damp so I didn't want to let him roll around in it. Finally I gave in and let him sit on the edge of a blanket and immediately his had went to the sand and back to his mouth. I thought, ok, he'll taste it and spit it out because its well, sand. But nope, he put it in his mouth, thought about it for a second, then went back for more. I was mortified...I could get the sand away from his mouth. Well, after talking to my mom, apparently I did the exact same thing as a child...ate sand! I guess we know where he got that taste from!

Christmas 2008

2009-01-08T00:28:00.007-06:00

Ok, I'm finally getting around to posting some christmas pictures. I decided to stay in California for an extra two weeks to help my mom out with stuff around the house while poor Brent had to head back to freezing cold Ohio last week to finish up his last two quarters of school!!! This is the first time we've been apart for this long in a very long time & I always forget how hard it is to be apart; but, I'm grateful that he was able to sacrafice being alone for a couple weeks so that I could spend a little bit of extra time with my family here in the warm weather.

The tradition in the Peterson household is that all the kiddos (& now the grandkiddos) have to line up on the stairs while mom & dad (Nonni & Pappa) take LOTS of video and pictures of everone before coming to see what Santa has brought. Every Christmas morning is such an ordeal trying to pile everyone on the stairs...actually, its the getting everyone to the stairs that is the ordeal. And apparently in the last couple of years my mom thought that everyone should be adorned with santa hats or antlers...it really does make quite a picture!

All the "Peterson girls": Megan, Kat (david's wife), mom, meredith & me.

Logan trying to open christmas gifts. It was pretty funny to watch becuase we'd give him a present to open and he would inspect the package, then start wripping the paper, then the paper would go into the mouth and then finally he'd discover that there was a toy inside. Then he'd get really excited about the toy and wanted to play with the toy. But then we'd take the toy away that he had just discovered to give him another box with paper...he was getting a little annoyed that just as soon as he found a new toy we'd take it away from him! Maybe next year he'll catch on a little more!

David, Kat and Christian

Josh (Merzy's hubby) taking over trash duty.

Merzy & Sophie

Megan & Erik

Logan was fascinated with this mistletoe ornament on the tree.

The first thing Logan pulled out of his stocking was a candy cane & it immediately went in the mouth. So, since it was christmas I unwrapped it and let him try it...he loved it. We couldn't get it away from him and soon his hands, face and jammies were covered in sticky, candy cane drool!!

Dad was not thrilled that I let our little guy suck on a sugary stick so soon...I did at least brush his teeth later!

Nonni got this great rocking horse at Costco for the grandbabies...they loved riding on it and making it "nay".

I went ahead and let Logan finish off his second christmas with more sugar. He completely devoured the chocolate "yule log" cake I gave him and insisted on eating the cake I had on my plate as well. Christmas was a success!

Happy New Year to everyone!

Peterson Elf's...Elf Yourself

2008-12-14T20:37:00.002-06:00

My sister Megan did this of 5 of us Peterson kids...I thought it was pretty hilarious. Thanks Megs for a good laugh!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/bDxlEYvYwwXscKbTqUu0

I had to do one for our little family too; enjoy the "Rigby Elf's Starring Indiana, Logan, Brent & Kristen"!!

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/ndeqCmvOpKU2sHc1IFwa

Happy 1st Birthday!

2008-12-14T11:32:00.010-06:00

I can't believe my sweet little baby is 1 year old! It just seems like yesterday that we were bringing him from the hospital & wondering what on earth we were supposed to do with this teeny little person. Now Logan is a full 21 lbs, crawling all over the place, babbling none stop and just learned how to climb the stairs. We are so grateful to have this sweet little angel in our lives. He has brought us so much joy over the last year it's hard to imagine what our life was like without him. He makes everyone light up around him with his infectious laugh & huge smile!
We had a small birthday party for Logan with all of his "Ohio cousins". Logan loved being the center of attention!

Logan was mesmerized by the candle. We enlisted the help of all the kids to blow it out because Logan just wanted to grab it!

I thought for sure Logan would dig right in and start shoving the cupcake into his mouth, but he took his time exporing it first and squishing the frosting between his fingers before he even tried to put it in his mouth.

Finally, he took a taste...and loved it!

It didn't take long for him to get it everywhere.

Logan loved opening his gifts. This one was from Grandma Rigby. Indiana was just as intruiged!

He was very interested in the wrapping paper. We had to try & keep it out of his mouth!

And he made it to the gift.

And then it went straight to the mouth!

Our little boy is 1!!!

A video of Logan opening his gift from Grandma & Grandpa Rigby! (sorry, I can't figure out how to flip it right side up, so you'll have to watch it sideways).

Happy Turkey Day!

2008-12-06T16:58:00.008-06:00

Logan's 1st Thanksgiving was a success! He ate turkey & potatoes like a pro & taunted Indiana relentlessly with all of the potatoes flying overboard.

Laundry Helper

2008-12-06T16:51:00.004-06:00

I just thought these pictures were cute. Lately, Logan has

discovered the washer & dryer. He loves to watch through the glass when the washer is on and now that he can pull himself up, he pulls right up and pounds on the glass as the clothes spin around. But he especially loves it when I open the washer or dryer & he practically climbs in the washer or dryer to pull the clothes out (whether or not if I want them out).

Austin, Texas???

2008-11-22T14:37:00.003-06:00

Last week we went to Austin, Texas to see if that might be a place we would consider moving and....we loved it (much to the dismay of our wonderful ohio friends). Over the last few years we've been discussing places that we would be willing or wanting to move to and Austin always seemed to come up even though neither of us have been there. The only connection we really had was that one of my friends while I was at the "U" was from there, but that's it. Brent started doing a lot of research online about the area & everything always looked really good, so we finally decided to just go out there & see if we actually like it. Here are some reasons we loved austin:

1. WEATHER (I know that this should probably not be #1 on my list, but it's less than 30 degress right now with wind chill & it's already snowed here in Columbus & I really just don't like to be COLD). While in Ausin, we roamed around in t-shirts & flip flops. I know it's not southern california weather, but that's ok with me, as long as it's not 30 degrees or less for 4 months out of the year & the sun is shining...I miss the sun!

2. The economy doesn't suck (well, as bad as it could).

3. Housing prices are much more reasonable & stable than southern california.

4. Great Schools

5. University of Texas? (I think this is a plus. We will always be buckeyes, but we've loved living in a community where everyone has "team spirit". Austin seems like they are into their Longhorns & I might be able to don burnt orange for a game or two. We figured our first baby was little brutus, our next one could be little bevo).

6. Temples are not too far away

7. Lots of outdoor recreational activies (there were lakes EVERYWHERE. I actually think they were just extensions of the Colorado River). And, because the weather is nice you can actually do these activities year round!!

8. I don't have to take a board exam to transfer my license!!!!!! (this is probably number one for me actually. I found out I would have to take the California board if we moved there since I've been practicing less than 5 years...NOT FUN).

So Brent is now continuing the tireless search of finding a job. Ideally, he'd love to get a job so we have some sort of paycheck & then we could start working on opening a practice at the first of next year after we get a better feel for the area. But until he finds something, we're staying put in Ohio.

Here were some cute pictures of Logan @ the hotel showing off his naked bottom!! Unfortunately, we were too busy getting a feel for the area we didn't take any pictures outside of the hotel!

Blue Jackets

2008-11-22T14:23:00.003-06:00

A couple weeks ago Lynne hooked us up with some free Blue Jackets (hockey) tickets. Since they were free we didn't feel too bad about brining Logan with us.

We showed up just in time for the 2nd period (score 1-0 blue jackets), won a hat that was dropped down to the fans, made it through the entire 2nd period (Logan is always such an angel) then decided to ditch Lynne & her friend before the 3rd period started so we could get Logan to bed (score still 1-0). As we were walking out to the car, Lynned texted me to let me know that the blue jackets just scored 2 more goals...we must have been bad luck! (but we had fun).

Happy Halloween

2008-11-22T14:01:00.008-06:00

So here is the adorable costume that my mom made for Erik when he was about 18months (he's now almost 16!!) and Logan looked so cute in it...BUT, he was completely pissed off that we made him where the hat. He lasted for about 5 minutes in it; just long enough for us to get some cute pictures.

So we ended up getting him this Yoda costume which was hilarious.

Brent & I rolled when we saw the costume because we always joke that he looks like yoda when he gets out of the bath & is wrapped up in his towel. So we couldn't resist & dressed him up like yoda.

We took Logan trick or treating with his "Ohio cousins" & had a blast. The weather was gordeous & it was fun to get out with everyone & their kids. Logan just loves all of his little buddies.

Logan with "Auntie Lynne" and maddie
Logan was not sure what to think about this huge monster mask...it was pretty funny.

Logan with his favorite babysitter!

Logan with "Auntie Kristen"

I had to post this, becuase this is when Logan 1st pulled himself up @ the beginning of October (I know, 1st time parent syndrome).

Sunday Excursion & random pictures of Logan

2008-11-22T13:40:00.006-06:00

A few weeks ago we took our sunday drive to Miami University (of Ohio). It was such a beautiful day & the campus was gorgeous so we got out & walked around and let Logan strecth out on the grass. If we move from Ohio this summer, we will truly miss all of these beautiful fall days that we've been able to enjoy.

But, I'm sure we'll be back for some buckeye football & a fall drive! Here's Logan attempting to eat some grass...EVERYTHING goes straight for the mought.

Logan is fixated on Indy's water bowl; any chance he gets he b-lines right for the bowl. I'm still amazed how quickly he can get to the things he really wants but should not have!

Since he was already covered in his breakfast, I figured a little dirty dog water wasn't going to hurt him.

Afterward, he needed a bath. He absolutely loves bathtime...or any kind of water actually.

All Things Buckeye

2008-11-22T12:36:00.003-06:00

It's saturday & the OSU vs Michigan game is on (GO BUCKS!!) and Logan is down for his 4 hour saturday nap (another yeahhh!), so I'm attempting to update our blog since it's been awhile.
(Brent & I @ the Penn State Game)

Well, fall in Ohio means 2 things: Buckeye Football & beautifal foliage. So every saturday is spent watching college footbal & then on suday, if the weather is nice we take a long drive to somewhere in Ohio.
(The Buckeyes entering the stadium to ACDC "Thunder Struck")

Brent & I were lucky enough to go to 2 Buckeye games this fall: Minnesota & Penn State. The Penn State game was awsome!! Jim Tressell called for everyone to participate in "Scarlet Fever"...it was incredible to see the entire stadium of 105,000+ fans in scarlet. I am continually amazed how mean peopleactually fit into that stadium.
(Daddy & Logan watching the Buckeyes)

And he's off...

2008-09-30T17:22:00.002-05:00

Logan has finally taken his first "crawls"! Last night as Brent & I were running around getting stuff ready for the next day Logan decided that he just had to have Brent's laptop computer cord that was dangling from the chair a couple feet in front of him. As I turned around, our little acrobat was on all fours and finally crawled toward the cord (of all things...he was surrounded by a bizillion very entertaining baby toys AND the dog with his toys; but, he wanted a computer cord). So our life is now about to change I'm afraid...baby gates up and things put away!!

You would have thought that he had made it to the moon and back by our reaction (he is 10 months after all; Brent was getting a little concerned, but I have been very content). Logan kept looking at us very confused when he would crawl because of our reaction & then he would just giggle after he realized that he was the entertainment. I unfortunately didn't get pics b/c my battery was dead, but we did get video. However, I'm not that high-tech yet (we barely know how to use the video camera), so I'll have to post that another day (if ever).

Brutus on Display

2008-09-30T17:01:00.004-05:00

Logan is napping for a minute so I thought I'd blog a little instead of vacuum (much more fun; this has been very theraputic for me lately). So we finally picked up our OSU season tickets on Friday and ended up having to stand in line for ONE HOUR to get them...the buckeyes are crazy! But we spent the time wisely (at least Logan & I, Brent was in line) doing a little shopping and then afterwards going to look at the "Brutus on Display". For all of you non-Buckeyes, Brutus is our mascot (a nut) and they've had this display up for a couple months now. It's Brutus dressed up as all sorts of different people. Out favorite was Archy & Coach Tressel.

Then next day, Brent and I actually got to go to the game. My dear friend Lynne took Logan for the day (ALL DAY) and Brent & I had a blast back to pre-baby days. This year our tickets are actually pretty good despite being in the south stands...we are only 14 rows up from the field. It was really fun to be that close and see all the action. I think we're going to end up going to a few more games than we normally would...(ie MICHIGAN!!). As always, pictures to recap our weekend.

In the second picture Laurenitis is looking at me (#33)!!

TOUCHDOWN!!

Go Bucks!

Carmen Ohio with Coach Tressel.

Bad wife or just a busy one? By Orson Scott Card

2008-09-28T19:57:00.002-05:00

I thought this was so cute I'd actually go ahead and post it. The link is below if you'd like to check out his column.

Bad wife or just a busy one?

By Orson Scott Card
Thursday, Sep. 25, 2008

I wondered if my wife had a kind of Joan Crawford thing going on when she told me, about six years into our marriage, that she could not live with the idea of my taking my shirts to a professional laundry.

"What is it?" I asked. "The plastic bags? We can tie them in knots so the kids can never play with them."

"It's not the plastic bags!" Kristine looked so miserable. I decided to cheer her up with humor.

"The wire hangers?" I asked, pointedly.

Since this was only a few years after "Mommy Dearest," she got the joke. It didn't cheer her up at all. "You think I'm some kind of monster."

"No," I said. "I don't. I think you're a very busy woman, doing things that the whole family needs you to do."

The list of what she was doing really was quite remarkable. Our then-youngest child was born with cerebral palsy, and Kristine was taking care of him along with our other two children -- and handling the family finances, and dealing with scheduling and transportation, and anything that required making a list and remembering 10 minutes later that there was such a list and where it had been put.

The traditional division of labor was not for us. I had vowed to myself before I even proposed to her that there would never be a job so loathsome, tedious or difficult that my wife could do it and I couldn't. I could clean a toilet, wash and dry dishes, cook a meal, and vacuum a floor (not in that order, of course).

When she handled the check writing, the checks went where they were supposed to go and did what they were supposed to do. When I wrote checks, they often found their way to the Great Banking Trampoline. Our lives became so much better when I no longer carried the checkbook. Ever.

And while our firstborn loved the lullabies his mommy sang to him, when it came to seriously trying to go to sleep, that was daddy's job. From infancy on, he needed a deep baritone voice to fall asleep to. (In my years of teaching, I've found that many children and adults share this trait. I'm always happy to oblige.)

In my son's case, getting him to sleep was a long, long labor. I spent years lying on the floor of his room every night, with a little slant of light from the hall letting me see and grade student papers or stories that I was going to review, and all the while, hour after hour, I'm singing the only song that he'd accept, "Away in a Manger," over and over, in every season of the year. All versions, all verses.

It was my job because he would accept no substitutes. He has no memory of this, though it persisted till he was 5. But I still dream it.

We divided the labor according to my mom's and dad's old slogan: "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." (None of us knew that it was an old Communist precept.)

When it came to my shirts, though, I ran into a wall of irrationality.

Because, you see, my wife had internalized the idea that a good Mormon wife irons her husband's shirts.

"So let me see if I understand this," I said. "You can't let me take my shirts to the cleaners, even though we can easily afford it, because if I do, it will mean you're a bad wife."

"Yes," she said unhappily.

"So the shirts pile up in the laundry room until there are 30 shirts there and I have to buy a new one. Or iron them myself. My mother taught me how. I have the skill. Only I don't want to iron them, I want to take them to the cleaners. Why won't you let me?"

"But if you take your shirts to the cleaners, it will mean that I've failed as a wife!"

"To whom will it mean this?" I asked. "Not to me. Not to the kids. Who else will know?"

"It'll mean that to me!" she wailed. "I know I'm being irrational, but that's how it feels."

"It also feels like a colossal waste of your time to iron them, and that's why you don't do it," I said, "because at any given moment on any day of any week of any year, you have something better to do than iron any shirts of mine."

"But if the other women in the ward found out that I ... "

And in that moment, she knew and I knew that I had won. I gloated immediately. "I thought we prided ourselves on making our own division of labor based on what worked in our marriage."

Glumly she nodded.

"Right now I own 30 shirts, all of which are in the laundry room, most of them clean and waiting to be ironed. Other men don't have to own 30 shirts in order to have a hope of a clean, ironed shirt to wear."

"Go," she said. "Take the shirts. Have them washed and pressed by the pros."

You'd have thought it was 1870 and she was giving me permission to take a plural wife.

Skip a few years. Now we shall talk about bread.

I grew up on homemade bread. There was no better food in all the world -- no, not even a spice cake with penuche icing for my birthday, not even pistachio ice cream in Brazil or France or Italy -- than my mother's bread, white or wheat, when it was still so fresh out of the oven you could barely slice it, eaten in thick slabs full of melting butter.

If they don't serve that in the celestial kingdom, I'm not going. Not that I expect my mother to bake bread every day in heaven. Once a week will do.

My wife knew this. But she is not a bread baker.

Don't misunderstand. Kristine is a great cook. She makes perfect pie crust every time. Her gravy always tastes perfect and never has lumps. And she never serves me Jell-O or anything involving Cool Whip. But for one reason or another, she never learned to make bread.

So when, in the late 1980s, I turned up with a breadmaker, she didn't view it as a cool piece of cutting edge technology. She saw it as an insult to her Mormon wifehood.

Because, just as Mormon wives had to iron their husband's shirts, they apparently also had to bake bread for their families.

"But you don't bake bread," I pointed out helpfully.

"Because I'm a terrible wife!"

"You're a wonderful wife who doesn't bake bread. Every now and then I'd like a loaf of hot fresh bread. Making bread is a lot of work and neither of us has time to do it or even time to learn. But this machine already knows how. Let's let the machine bake bread for us."

I think the machine has made two loaves of bread since 1989. Why? Because we both know that when the breadmaker comes out of the corner of the kitchen counter, my wife feels like a failure.

So we buy all our bread at Great Harvest Bread Co. It's almost as good as my mother's. If you toast it or nuke it, you can get butter to melt on it.

Somehow buying good healthy bread from a bakery is something a good Mormon wife can tolerate. But at least one good Mormon wife can't let a machine bake bread for her.

O my fellow Saints, ye males and ye females! Hearken to my voice!

There are so many ways to be a good Mormon wife. They involve taking all the talents and all the time and all the means that God has given you and using them to serve others, especially your family.

The key phrase is that you use the talents God has given you. And you use the time that you actually have.

Not everybody is good at everything. I can't manage money. Kristine can't write novels. So I write the books and she pays the bills.
Not every possible use of your time is as important as every other use. Kristine didn't have time to take care of our kids' needs (including the handicapped one), do her church callings, run our business, and learn to make bread and iron my stupid shirts.

Here's what a good Mormon wife does: Whatever must be done for the good of her family.

Here's what a good Mormon wife does not do: Beat herself up because she can't do every good thing that she's seen other Mormon wives do. There is no article of faith or temple recommend interview question dealing with shirt-ironing or bread-baking or even money-managing.

We all have our own marriages, our own talents, our own lives. Keep the commandments, be kind to each other and provident and wise with your children.

After that, whatever you do is what Good Mormon Wives and Husbands do; and whatever you don't do is obviously something that you don't have to do to be a Good Mormon Spouse.

Another Trip to California

2008-09-19T21:16:00.004-05:00

Logan is becoming our frequent flyer. We made another trip out to California last week because Brent had a few interviews scheduled(yep, for a big boy job). One at USC which went awsome and could potentially be a good opportunity for him to start making some connections in the area. The other one was in San Diego just down the block from the Chargers stadium. That one was a little disappointing becuase the practice was not very nice to say the least. Anyways, it's still VERY early on, so the search continues. But Logan and I managed to tag along so we could visit with the fam. The plain ride was a little more challenging this time because we have a VERY wiggly little man on our hands and he does not like to sleep when there is so much going on:( But we made it there in one piece and I don't think we made any of the passengers want to jump off the plane (thank heavens Logan is such a flirt, he's able to get away with a lot)!! Just some pics to recap our trip.

@ The airport preparing for the loooong flight.

Logan's first time on the trampoline...he loved it.

Logan wasn't so sure about the tramp once his wild & crazy uncle JT climbed on.

Loving the swing!

Logan loves going out to dinner with Papa!

Logan want's to be just like his Uncle Erik...a track star. He's already practicing!

Nonni, Uncle Erik, and Logan

Logan loved to look out the window on the airplane; especially as we passed through clouds.

Almost home!

Are we there yet??????????? I think we're done flying for a while!

Our bathroom is finished

2008-09-19T20:52:00.002-05:00

Ok, most of our summer udates on our condo are complete...hurray! Now we can sit back and enjoy Buckeye season (and maybe just a little house work here and there). Our upstairs shower was pretty much our last BIG project (there's a never ending list of small ones). I kinda took this upon myself to do because Brent did not seem too motivated...I can't really blame him since he did just finish our kitchen and he's kinda in school full time. Anyways, I went to Home Depot/Lowes and got all of the supplies (I even inquired about a tile cutter in the rental dept- the guy thought I was out of my mind). I successfully got all of the materials home and moved forward with the demo of the old shower. It felt awsome to pound all the old nasty tile off the wall (well, not so much the next day, but at the time). Unfortunately after I got all the old tile off I discovered a little mold in one of the corners (GROSS). So I called Brent to tell him I was going to cut the old dry wall out and put new backer board in...and he promptly told me not to touch ANYTHING and that he would be home any minute!! Brent became closely involved in the project after that! My handy hubby replace the nast backer board, built in great little cubbies for storage and installed new hardware. I was pretty much in charge of placing tile while he cut. All in all, the project went fairly smoothly & I'm fully confident that I can retile our next bathroom (not in this house) all by myself. Here are pics from the project.

8 Months on 8-8-08...

2008-08-25T21:57:00.002-05:00

So Logan was 8 months on 8-8-08...that has got to be lucky somehow, right?? I know I'm a little late posting this, but at least it's still August. So on August 8th we went back to kiddie kandids to have MORE pics taken. Logan was such a ham at his last pictures at kiddie kandids that the girl who took his photos actually called us to see if I would bring him in to get some more pictures taken so she could finish her certification because he was so easy to take pics on. The girl was very apologetic on the phone when she was asking me to bring him in & I was thinking to myself "not a problem, twist my arm to bring my adorable child in to have his picture taken"! Anyways, these pictures turned out so cute (at least we think so, not that I'm biased or anything)!!

Continuing my update...

2008-08-04T21:37:00.012-05:00

JUNE
June was a very eventful month for us. It all started off with the Prosthodontic graduation where Jason Peacock & David Moreno were awarded their Prosthodontic certificates...congratulations guys!! (only 10 more months to go & then it's Brent's turn...hurray!!!) We had a blast at the graduation BBQ hosted by Dr. Holloway where we got to enjoy everyones company. Then it was the graduation dinner held every year at the Confluence Park Restaurant. There Brent was passed the badge of chief resident by Jason...hopefully he won't let the power go to his head!
Quick photo show of all the fun:

Brent & Jason lounging @ the BBQ

Kristen, Logan, Courtney, Seth & Alex

Liz & Logan

Jason & David with their graduation cake...don't they make such a cute couple!!

Bringing Dr. Holloway into the fun

What would a BBQ be without the video games?
Brent receiving the badge of honor from Jason...congrats chief resident

OSU Advanced Prosthodontics

Jason & Courtney...how cute!

After all the graduation excitement Brent's parents graciously offered to spend some time with us in Ohio...Brent's Dad to help with the kitchen remodel and Brent's mom to watch Logan for us for 2 months. They also brought our nephew Brandon with them to hang out with us for a few weeks. So we had a houseful of people (6 people & a dog) all while we (I mean the boys...I was very good a trying to play foreman)completely ripped out our existing kitchen, re-wired it, added new drywall, etc... and voila, we have a new kitchen.

We figured since we will most likely be selling our condo next year that we should remodel our kitchen now so we can at least enjoy it for a year. I'm really glad we decided to because I think the boys did an awsome job & I'm so impressed with the way it came out. We ended up getting most of our stuff (ie cabinets & accessories) from the brand new Ikea that opened up near Cincinnati this spring. Their stuff turned out to be great & very budget friendly! (we would definitely recommend their cabinets). Well, all of the big stuff is pretty much done, we just have a couple of odds & ends to finish up; but it is functional now. We'll have FINAL pics up hopefully in a couple weeks. For now, this is just the work in progress.

So, I need to hunt to find some good "before" pics of our kitchen because we started demmoing it before I took some (oops), so this is from Thanksgiving a couple years ago but you get an idea of the terrible cabinets & countertop that we had in before.

The demmo is complete & the drywall is pretty much done.

The boys hard at work!

All the cabinets are in (minus a few doors); we also added some pantry cabinets...it is sooooo wonderful to actually have some storage now in our tiny (but now very efficient) kitchen!! And I'm thrilled to have an over the range microwave & new dishwasher...the things I find myself getting excited about these days...I would have never thought!

During the kitchen remodel, mom & I took Brandon & Logan on some outings so the boys could get some work done without us being in the way. We went to our fabulous zoo here in Columbus, saw WallE (very cute), and went to COSI...from what I hear, it sounds like we did such a great job entertaining Brandon that he's ready to come out for his next visit!! :) (we'd love to have you anytime...Indiana has been very lonely ever since you left!)
Our pics from the zoo:
A gigantic turtle

Logan got to pet his first snake...eewwwwwww!

Brandon & Grandma playing the bongos

We decided Brandon was actually the stinkiest flower!

Just to keep things exciting this month, we also decided to finally start Logan on solids...he absolutely loved the experience and everyone was very entertained everytime it came to feed Logan!

JULY
Brent's Dad and Brandon took off at the end of June and things settled down for us a little in July. Brent's mom stayed to watch Logan for another two weeks while we're waiting for him to start at his new daycare in August. We were so lucky to have her here helping us...I don't know what we would've done without her!! During that time we managed to get some very cute pics taken at Kiddie Kandids wich I posted a couple weeks ago.

After Brent's mom left, I got a couple weeks off work to recoup and try to put my house back in order after we tore it apart. I also tried to play Martha Stewart and my friend Lynne & I made pillows and curtains for our homes...I was pretty impressed with the way they came out too!

And the final the event to wrap up July was the wedding of my good friend from Hygiene school. While Brent & I were in school we set up 2 of our friends (Heather who was in hygiene school with me, and Mike, who was in school with Brent) and now they're married! They had a beautiful wedding in Canton, ohio & I of course forgot to bring my camera. Congrats to Heather & Mike!!!

The Last Few Months

2008-08-03T12:11:00.006-05:00

So it's the day before I'm supposed to go back to work & I'm just now getting around to updating my blog. So here's just a quick run down of what we've been up to over the last few months...I apologize for the grocery list, this is pretty much my journal & I try to keep track of pics & dates so I can (one day) go back & scrapbook them.

APRIL
April seemed to drag on for us as we waited for the warm weather to come to Ohio & for everyone to get healthy. I think Logan & I were sick off & on for the entire month & we were so grateful when May arrived. Logan had a pink eye scare & couldn't go to daycare so he ended up coming to work with me. I am so fortunate to work with such wonderful people who are mothers themselves & fully understand trying to work & be a mom. So one of Logan's honorary Ohio auntie's got to look after him all day @ the front desk. (thanks auntie lynne!) Logan did great & just snoozed & laid contently on the floor.

We also did manage to get a quick family pic thanks to the Peacocks.

Logan & his good bud Alex

MAY
In May we looked forward to our annual Palm Springs trip (which we unfortunately don't get to attend every year). But this year we were determined to go because it seemed like pretty much everyone from our group was going to be there. We had a great time & Logan did wonderful on the plain ride again. He's going to be our frequent flier by the end of the year...I wonder if I can get him a frequent flyer membership even though he sits on my lap? This year in Palm Springs it was surprisingly chilly; I can't remember it ever being this chilly over the last twenty something years that we've been going. So with Logan getting a cold I was hesitant to take him in the pool; but we did make it out on our last day. Logan seemed to enjoy, but I think he was more confused. We spent our time this year at the outlets, and inside the condo working on a very difficult puzzle. We managed to enlist Josh & Meredith's help but never did finish. It's waiting at mom & dad's for us to finish when we go out in September.

Papa & Logan at Sunday Brunch

Logan in the pool.

Auntie Merz & Logan.

Uncle Erik, Dad, & Logan...Logan is very interested in that steak knife!!

Me & Merz (Megs, we need more pics together...I don't have any!!)

Also, while we were in Palm Springs Rona Hawkins was kind enough to take time out of her vacay to take some much needed family pics. She is so incredibly talented.

The Peterson Family

The Rigby Family

Erik & JT

Megs & John

Merz & Josh

Quick Upload for the grandparents!

2008-07-19T22:09:00.005-05:00

I've been very deliquent with my blog for the last few months and I hope to update it in the next couple weeks during my time off. But for now, I'm quickly posting pics of Logan & me that we had taken last week.

California Dreaming

2008-04-02T19:41:00.008-05:00

I took Logan on his first plane ride all by myself to visit my family in California for Spring Break. Unfortunately, Brent had to stay behind and see patients (so much for Spring Break). Logan was a complete angel on the plane ride out to California and everyone was commenting on what a good baby he was (of course I would have to agree)!!

Logan @ the airport...totally ready for the airplane.

We made it through our first flight...just about to land!

It was so fun to see my family and get some much needed sunshine. Winter feels like its been dragging on forever here in Columbus. Logan got to meet his cousin Christian (David & Kat's baby) who is just 3 1/2 months older than him. It was pretty funny to see them together and we had a blast taking pics of them on St. Patty's day decked out in their cute little matching outfits (courtesty of Grandma Rigby & Murphy).

Introductions: Christian meet Logan, Logan meet Christian.

Starting to tip...we're not great a sitting up by ourselves yet.

Nice to meet you!!

Best buds already...oh the trouble we're going to get into when we're mobile!

Logan also got to meet the rest of his Aunts and Uncles. Here Uncle Johnny is giving him some much needed advice...I can only imgaine what it is?!

California was also a time for 1sts for Logan...1st trip to the park and his little tootsies got to go in the sand. It was adorable to watch; his face was so darn cute.

Logan with Nonni about to experience sand between his toes for the 1st time...oh I can't wait...

This feels so good...

I love the sand!

I have such chubby toes!

The other 1st for Logan was the pool. Logan loves his bath time so I thought he'd probably enjoy the pool as well. He didn't get too terribly excited, but I think he was just enjoying the feeling of floating around!

Mom & Logan ready for the sun & the pool! (had to borrow Christian's hat which is way too big...that's why I look like such a dork!)

I have my "chillin' in the tub" face on! (this is Logan's "chill face" whenever he takes a bath)

Mom & Logan with Aunt Katherine & Christian

More fun pics from our trip:

Logan with Great Grandma Peterson

Logan, Mom, and Nonni @ the park

I love to laugh...I'm just sooooo happy!

My Sleeping Boys

2008-03-10T18:33:00.002-05:00

Last night Brent, Logan & Indiana all snuggled up on our bed as I was putting away laundry and ironing. About 15 minutes into it, I looked up and all three of them were asleep...it was pretty cute and I was lucky enough to get my camera before they all woke up.

2008 BLIZZARD!

2008-03-08T19:46:00.012-06:00

It's officially March and it looks like the middle of winter here in Columbus, Ohio! It has been snowing nonstop since yesterday morning and it's just now starting to lighten up. We're under a Blizzard advisory until this afternoon (I think this is a first for this SoCal girl). When we took our pictures this afternoon we were at 15 inches! I think this is the most snow we've gotten since we've lived here.

As much as I am ready for spring, it's been kind of fun to see all of the snow fall and to have an excuse to stay in and veg; life gets so busy and hectic it's nice when the weather forces you to slow down and just enjoy the people you love. Brent and I have had such a fun couple days enjoying our little family; hopefully we'll be able to find the time to do this more frequently...minus the blizzard!

We took this opportunity to introduce Logan to the snow...he didn't seem to thrilled about all the cold, wet flakes falling on his face. So we quickly snapped a couple pictures and got him right back inside (10 minutes to get bundled up, 10 SECONDS outside, and another 10 minutes to unbundle)!

Indiana on the other hand was absolutely loving all the snow. It was hilarious to watch him pounce around in the snow that came up higher than him.

One of Indy's favorite things to do in the snow is to try and catch snow balls...pretty funny to watch; he can't seem to figure out why he can't catch them.