Em receiving her diploma.
Em with Sean Bradley her Asst. Principal (I know you are wondering, he is 7'4").
Em and Kyle
Westridge friends
I did it!
All smiles
Yong Women Leaders
Mom and Dad
Bro. Sherwood,
awesome family friend
Sis. Jones, Young Women Leader
Every time I see one of Kristyn's cakes I am amazed and reminded of how talented she is. Who wants to eat such a pretty thing?
There is no doubt she is a Petersen. I can't wait to see her.
I woke up this morning just before 5am to Kristyn texting me that my sister, Jessica was on her way to the hospital to have baby number five. I was so exited I couldn't go back to sleep. An hour later I received a call that Aftyn Clarissa Petersen was here. Mom and baby are doing great and I cannot wait to see all of them . I miss them sooooo much. They have the sweetest family.
Then we all went to Em's High School Graduation. It was a beautiful ceremony. There was a lot of music and
inspiring talks. Instead of the talks being about, 'now it's all about you" or "go have fun" it was about how they had what they needed to succeed in life and to use all those experiences and knowledge they have and go serve and make this world a better place. To make sure they stay close to Heavenly Father, always (you have got to love private schools). I loved what one of the students, Laura said in her talk. She said, "remember your past only enough to know how far you have come and go forward continuing the better you." It was an emotional celebration to say the least. Em was glowing. Some of you might not know that Em did a year in a half of High School in 8 months so she could graduate early. She also did 83 hours of community service during this time. Way to go Em! She worked very hard and to think that last year she thought she was never going to graduate. She is now planning on college. She is looking into Art Colleges for the future but will take her general studies at SLCC. I have to say that today is one of those "best days of my life" moments.
We had a blast in Idaho at the dunes. We had several people come up and played for 3 days in September. I love to see Robert out in the sand. He's just like a kid. I just don't think about how fast he goes!
I...
I am: a daughter of God, wife, mother, daughter, sister, daughter-in-law, sis-in-law, mother-in-law, friend
I think: sleeping is overrated
I know: that God lives
I want: a new digital camera
I have: the greatest family
I wish: life wasn't so short
I miss: my mom, kristyn, sean, holly, hannah, ok, all my family that lives away!
I take: life for granted sometimes
I feel: gratitude for to many things to list
I hear: robert telling me what to put on this list
I smell: robs chips and salsa
I crave: to see my family more often
I search: the scriptures for answers
I wonder: when will there be a cure for MS
I will: strive to be happy no matter where life takes me
I regret: everytime I loose my patience
I love: my life
I care: what people think of me
I always: try to be nice
I am not: going to let fear get in my way
I believe: there are good people in the world
I dance: in my head but my body won't follow
I sing: like Celine Dion (ok, in my head)
I don't always: brush my teeth before bed (only when I'm to tired, sorry Andrew)
I write: orders for docs to sign
I cry: when my kids are hurting
I never: swear (maybe not never, but that's my goal)
I listen: to my Hillary Weeks CD almost daily, she inspires me
I can usually be found: at home in my PJ's
I am scared of: loosing people I love
I get: cranky when I'm tired
I am happy: when everyones happy
I tag: Mom, Raylene and anyone else
1/13/09 She gets to keep her finger!
We are happy to say that Em gets to keep her fingertip! We went to the doctor today to see if her fingertip was going to get to stay on. Her finger is healing well. It looks so much better than just 2 days ago. The tip is nice and pink. Warm too. I get to take the sutures out in about 9-10 days. When I told her that I would remove the sutures myself she just stared in shock. Hello, I do this kind of stuff for a living. She by no means would be the first or the last. On a serious note we are thrilled and grateful everything has gone so well. She is taking her antibiotics like she is suppose to so she should continue to keep healing.
1/11/09 Back to the Hospital again! Pictures below. Beware they are bloody.
So this is what happened. I am sitting in Sunday School when one of Em's friends comes in with a frantic look on her face. She tells me that Em has broke her finger. I go into the classroom and Em has her face in the trash can with blood dripping from the tip of her finger. She was moving her chair and then sat down without moving her finger from the folding part of the chair legs. Now the problem is I have to teach Relief Society next hour. I'm thinknig to myself, we can just wrap it up and I'll take her to Urgent Care when church is over. Then I get a good look. Oh boy, we have a problem. Now several people have come to help. You know, the mormon telegraph. Everyone was so kind and worried. Of course the fact that she started hyperventilating wasn't helping. Then the vomiting in the trash can (remember she is still in the sunday school class) begins and I know she is about ready to pass out. We start breathing excersices to keep her from dropping and then I realize she is about to get shocky. We drop her to the floor and raise her feet. Somehow during all of this the bishop and Bro. Coleman give her a blessing (yep, Robert was out of town again). We get her in the car via wheelchair and off to the Emergency Room we went. By the time we arrived the pain has really kicked in and she is about done. The nurse doing the traige tells us all the beds are full, of course. The nurse was great and went and got the doctor who came out and... was the same doctor who saw Kristyn a couple of weeks ago! She gave her a block to get things numb, thank goodness. We were in soon after and the pictures tell the story. We irrigated for about 10 minutes. You can see she is much happier. The doctor came in to suture her up (we didn't get a picture of that, sorry). The X-ray showed she broke the tip of the bone. The doctor said she wasn't sure at first if she could save the tip but there seemed to be good profusion so she thought it was worth a try. She has a high risk for infection but has antibiotics for that. She will get it checked in 2 days and we will see if things are good. The doctor said after treating both of our daughters she felt like part of the family! She was awsome. The nurse tells Em while doing the discharge that there were only two things he forbade her to do. No picking her nose or flipping people off!
Celine Dion
I love Celine. My family teases me all the time about listening to her. On New Year's Eve I made everyone watch her concert on cable. Kristyn and Aunt Reenie were terrible with all their jokes about how Celine dances, the moves she makes with her fingers. Totally rude! Kyle absolutely can't stand her and actually gets in a bad mood if he has to listen to her in the car! I have always wanted to see her in concert, however I couldn't afford Vegas tickets. Robert got me tickets to see her in concert here in Utah. I am sooo excited. Of course Rob wont go see her with me, he doesn't like her either. Thank goodness for Em! She understands the talent Celine has. We have had many concerts with Celine singing back up while driving. Em of course said yes when I asked her to go. I can't wait. I'll let you know how it goes. Feb. 22nd, we'll be there!
I woke up this morning just before 5am to Kristyn texting me that my sister, Jessica was on her way to the hospital to have baby number five. I was so exited I couldn't go back to sleep. An hour later I received a call that Aftyn Clarissa Petersen was here. Mom and baby are doing great and I cannot wait to see all of them . I miss them sooooo much. They have the sweetest family.
inspiring talks. Instead of the talks being about, 'now it's all about you" or "go have fun" it was about how they had what they needed to succeed in life and to use all those experiences and knowledge they have and go serve and make this world a better place. To make sure they stay close to Heavenly Father, always (you have got to love private schools). I loved what one of the students, Laura said in her talk. She said, "remember your past only enough to know how far you have come and go forward continuing the better you." It was an emotional celebration to say the least. Em was glowing. Some of you might not know that Em did a year in a half of High School in 8 months so she could graduate early. She also did 83 hours of community service during this time. Way to go Em! She worked very hard and to think that last year she thought she was never going to graduate. She is now planning on college. She is looking into Art Colleges for the future but will take her general studies at SLCC. I have to say that today is one of those "best days of my life" moments.
