End of Summer Fun!

Before summer ended we decided to take the kids to Gateway to have lunch and play in the water with our little buddies Trevor and Loftin. The kids loved it, even Brynlee!! She walked around there like she was some big stuff!

Trevor was not wanting to get wet. But Hayden sure wanted him to.

Loftin joins in getting Trevor to come get wet with them. Silly Boys! "

Loftin and Hayden

When we first got to Gateway Bryn was checking out the water and this is what she thought! You can tell by the look in her face!


Trying to cover up the water holes. The boys thought it was funny to sit on the holes and then the water would skirt their behinds. BOYS!

Walking around like big stuff!

Water splashing on my head.

Looking to see where the water goes. Lucky for Bryn, she never got squirted in the face!

Alexis Sheree...

On August 4th I became a new Auntie to Alexis Sheree....who is named after me!! Big Smiles!!!

She looks exactly like Landen but of course with a girly twist! She is adorable with her chubby little cheeks. She looks like Jenna! I don't know how more perfect and complete the Dimick family could be! Shaun and I both have a son and a daughter. The boys are the same exact age and the girls are a year apart. Just perfect!! We are so blessed to have these perfect little angels in our lives!

Congrats Shaun, Jenna, and Landen and Welcome Lexi Sheree!!

The Proud Mommy, Daddy, and Big Brother

Our Little Nakey Runaway!

If we would let her she would stay this way all day long! She wants to run and play after getting out of the bath. No clothes or jammies for this girl!

Nursemaid's Elbow?!?

I had never heard of this......so I thought! Brynlee has Nursemaid's Elbow. Such a fluke type thing but here is the story.



Sunday afternoon Nate and I had left the kids at my parents so that we could go grocery shopping. Just as we got back Brynlee was crying in the back yard and I just thought it was her being a little stinker and not getting her own way. Well, that's what it all started out to be but she was crying because she was hurt. My Mom, Jenna my sister in law, and Shaun my brother, were all in the back yard with the kids when Bryn started throwing a tantrum over something and he had a hold of her hands/arms pulling her up so that she wouldn't throw herself down on the cement and hit her head. All the while Bryn is pulling away from him making this whole situation even worse. I got there kind of in the middle of all of this and my Mom said she is acting like her arm hurts. So I picked her up and held her and she did have a different kind of cry/whine so I felt like something was wrong. She kept holding up her left arm. I lifted it up and bent it and felt all around and she just kept somewhat crying/whining. So we went inside to settle her down and see if she would use her arm at all. She settled down but something still wasn't right and it didn't seem as though that she was using her left arm. So we headed to the Magna Clinic to have an x-ray done. I thought we would start there just in case maybe she just pulled a muscle or something rather than go to the emergency room and pay a grundle and I am glad we did.



The Doctor looked at her and asked what happened as though maybe we were the ones to hurt our sweet baby. That was kind of disturbing to us but I understand why they do it and I am glad they do. Once he heard the story he checked out Bryn's arm by doing the things I had been doing, lifting and bending. then he turned her arm so the palm of her hand was facing up and that's when Bryn started screaming. He then said, "just what I thought". While he was telling us what was happening with her arm he was fixing it and we didn't even know it. She has what is called Nursemaid's Elbow.



Nursemaid's Elbow is a pulled elbow. There is a ligament that keeps the two bones of the forearm in the correct place and this ligament was torn. When this ligament is torn, a part of it slides upward and gets trapped in the elbow joint. This is very painful! Luckily, it is a very easy fix. The doctor can pop the ligament back into place. However, once the elbow has been injured, it is more likely that it will happen again in the future.


My cousins little girl who is 4 has the same thing. We had been told about her incidents and thought what a strange thing it was. I had no idea that it was called Nursemaid's Elbow and I never imagined that that's what it was that Brynlee has. They have told us how painful it is for their little girl when this happens to her and now I know firs hand. I feel terrible! I hate to see my baby in so much pain. But at least now we know and we can be extra extra careful with her.


Nursemaid's Elbow.....serioulsy! What a freakish thing! But I am so glad that's all it is. It could always have been so much worse. So I think we can live with the Nursemaid's!

Summer Camping Fun!

We spent a lot of the summer camping this year. Who wouldn't when you have one of these things?

This is the newest edition to the Peterson Family! A 2011 Cyclone Toy Hauler. It's our home away from home. I hate to say it but this thing is nicer than our real home! We have enjoyed camping in it this season and are sad that it is over now until next year. I guess it doesn't have to be though. Just because snow is just around the corner doesn't mean we can't go camping! Our first trip out was memorial weekend and guess what....it snowed!! It was a little crazy with all the wet and mud and here we are in this brand new home on wheels. A little nerve racking for me but I had to keep reminding myself that this is why we bought it, to camp!! With my husband that means rain or shine...... or snow! After all this is what we enjoy doing and think it's great that we have decided to raise our family doing what we love. Here are a some pics of our 2011 camping season which we spent mostly at Strawberry Reservoir and out in the desert in Vernon.

Landen riding his new four wheeler Santa brought him.


Best Buds....Nate & Jared


Bubba & Sister

Bubba riding his new four wheeler that Santa brought him.

Bryn in her fancy camp chair that her Mommy just had to have. It's cute huh?!

Precious Little Girl!

Daddy & his Princess

The Peterson Camp

Bubba's first four wheeler wound. A split open eye. We debated on if he needed stitches but we decided it would be ok. And now after about 5 Months I have to say it healed pretty dang good.

They sure do love each!

Daddy and his Bubba



Crawdad fishing at Strawberry



Our catch for the day....approx 300!

Bryn loved putting her feet in the water!

Brynlee and Bradley Brace! What a little hunk he is!!

Grandma and Grandpa

Hayden & Baylee playing cards

How sweet is this?!

Grandma and Bryn.....having her favorite treat of the summer, popsicles!

More crawdad fishing...I surprised myself and picked one of these creepy lookin things up!

YIKES!! Nasty looking things but they don't taste half bad!

Brynlee loves the four wheelers! Everytime one would start she would go running and wanted to get on too!

Hayden playing in the river.

Handsome Boy!