9-7-08

Hi family! Hope everyone had a good Labor Day. The kids needed to get out of the house that day so we went and visited Cake at her house. Then we had Cake and Steve over for BBQ hot dogs cause none of us wanted to make dinner :-) Tuesday was back to the routine, Webelos for Gwen and Presidency mtg for Jim. Wednesday we made dinner for a family in the ward who just had a new baby and then off to Reagan's soccer practice. It will be fun to see these girls play their first game. Thursday Jim was in Tucson and Gwen and the kids went to the Dinosaur museum after Reagan got out of school. It was so nice because there was hardly anyone there (everyone was still in school) so the kids ran around freely. We were even the only ones in the "panning for gold" and they loved it and got really wet of course! We got Arby's on the way home and had a "picnic" on the kitchen floor. Friday Reagan went to school and had Grandma come to school for a special Grandparents Day. It was fun and together they made a colored noodle necklace and a decorated framed picture of Reagan. Right after school we headed to Pinedale. The work on the brick skirting has begun so we didn't have a porch which was kind of a bummer but the mosquitos were bad so we weren't out much after dark anyway. We dumped our stuff at the cabin and headed to the lake where we went fishing again. Reagan caught two little fish all by herself (Jim didn't touch the line until she had pullled it out of the water) and Jim caught another good sized one. Then to dinner and home. Saturday morning Cake and Steve came and we all went to the soccer games of Stockton and Reagan. It was fun to watch them and then everyone hung out at the cabin. All of the kids had a great time playing and everyone, including adults, played kick the can until dusk. Sunday the Thornleys went back to Pinetop/Mesa and Petersens headed home a little later. Now it's back to the routine. Just to let it be known, the Petersens are now more excited about this Presidential race - it's going to be an interesting couple of months. Have a great week everyone! Love, Jim Gwen Reagan and John