Looking Back

Our Peterson Christmas Party

The best picture we could get of all of the grandkids

THE Girls

Bridger loves baby SOPHIE- I think we all DO!

Our Christmas Eve Party!

Christmas Pajamas

Dadda helping Bridge open his presents

Bridger LOVES dadda

Grandma and Grandpa gave Bridger the cutest little bear for

Christmas- HE LOVES IT!


Connor was making Bridger laugh so hard


Grandpa took Bridger on a ride on the 4 wheeler and he was so PROUD!


What a wonderful Christmas together


Bridger was so proud to take his bear home


After Bryce's basketball tournament at Skyline


Suzanne and Bridger at Bryce's game


Bryce's fan club! Thank you for coming to support!

We had the most amazing Christmas this year and LOVED all of the time we were able to spend with FAMILY! It went by way too fast, but we are so grateful for the fun memories that we created! I am so blessed to have such an amazing family who I consider to be my very best friends!

Christmas Time

Bryce putting up the lights!

Bridge posing in front of grandma's Christmas tree!

My mom's tree always turns out so pretty- we call it Fancy Nancy for sure!

My little bug

Whitney is so much fun to be with!

I could kiss him all day :)

Aunt Whitney and Bridger- He calls her "C"- we don't know why... but it's cute!

There is something very special and exciting about the Christmas season- and I love everything about it! It has been so much fun getting ready for Christmas this year and helping my mom with her house! I am so grateful for all of my wonderful friends and my amazing family! I love you all and hope that each of you have a wonderful Christmas this year!!!

Our Trip to Africa

Our first day in Kenya- outside the church at a zone conference

Bryce and his mom

We went to this giraffe center in Nairobi, and they let you feed the giraffes! It was so much fun

On the upper deck at the giraffe center

Bryce put some food in between his teeth and the giraffe did not hesitate to eat it! It looks like they are kissing-lucky giraffe!

On a balcony by the missionaries apartment

Inside of President Taylor's office- Such a cute couple!

The sister missionaries were so cute and so much fun to be around- this was after the stake conference

Our Safari Trip

to the Masai Mara

Right before we got on our tiny little plane of 12 seats- on our way to the Masai Mara to go on our safari

Outside of our tent at the safari camp

We were really excited and really proud inside of our tent just before we went out on our first ride
Our safari car!!! It was so exciting!
The first animal that we saw on our safari! The giraffes were my favorite- they are so pretty!

This hippo was just trotting so fast to get to the water- he was so big and so scary!
I loved watching the lions! It was always kind of scary being so close to them... but they didn't seem to mind. They are also one of my very favorites! They were so big and just acted like they owned the place!

Bryce by the daddy lion :)

Me by the mommy lion :) So fitting.
EWWW... They were cute! The momma lion and her babies.

The elephants were HUGE!!! They were so much fun to watch

The leopard was also one of my very favorites- I could watch them all day!


At dinner after one of our safari drives!


I couldn't handle the baby cheetahs with their mom! It was so cute I took about 100 pictures :)

Two of the baby cheetahs started playing on the car in front of ours. They were so darling.

OUR TRIP TO MOMBASA

Mombasa is about 8 hours from Nairobi. We went for a zone conference and stayed right on the Indian Ocean! It was absolutely gorgeous!

The Indian Ocean

Right before the zone conference on the balcony of our hotel room

Dinners were always so much fun


Bryce and his mom just outside of the huts where they make carvings to sell

A guy that we met that does his own carvings-

The little kids in Africa were all so cute and so happy! They would just yell and wave to you- it was really fun to see how proud they would get when you would respond and wave back!

Our camel ride on the Indian Ocean- It was so much fun!

KILAGUNI

This was the prettiest safari lodge with the most amazing view!

This was the watering hole at night- they would turn the lights on at night so you could watch the animals come in to drink. It was really fun to be eating dinner and see all of the animals come in for water.

We celebrated Bryce's birthday while we were here- Happy Birthday Bry! This was at breakfast.


We were watching the animals, and they brought Bryce some sparkling grape juice for his birthday- and so we made a toast!


Outside of the lodge just before we left


Our Layover in England

In front of the Buckingham Palace-On our way home, we had a 6 hour layover in London... and so Bryce's sister who lives in Oxford came to the airport at 5:00 a.m to see us- and so we took a train to see the Buckingham Palace! We just wished we could have seen Dallin while we were so close!


Bryce's sister Natalie-and her three kids Sophie, Riley, and Lucy is in the stroller

They had this Ferrari in the London airport- and Bryce could not help but get a picture by his dream car!


Bryce and I had the most amazing time together visiting his parents in Kenya, Africa. They were called to be Mission Presidents over the Nairobi, Kenya Mission- and left in June of '07. So, Bryce and I were able to visit them, and it was an absolute blast! They definitely treated us to a good time, and it was fun being able to see what they have been called to do.... and they are doing a fantastic job!

We decided not to take Bridger with us, and so my mom, dad, Whitney, and Suzanne took turns watching Bridge for us.... and even though it was so hard to leave him, it was comforting to know that he would be in good hands! I knew that they would love him and take such good care of him- which they did, and I could not be more grateful! Thank you so much!

It was so much fun being with Bryce for two weeks straight in Africa and experiencing the most amazing things together! Bill and Genie took us to the Masai Mara on a 3 day safari, and it was SUCH A BLAST! I cannot even begin to explain how amazing it was to see the animals up close and in real life! The whole thing was INCREDIBLE! They also took us with them to Mombasa for a zone conference and we were able to stay at a hotel on the Indian Ocean for 4 nights- it was beautiful! On our way back from Mombasa we stopped at Kilaguni, which is a safari lodge that overlooks a watering hole, so you can see all the animals come in to drink (and they light the watering hole up at night as well). It was gorgeous- the scenery, the animals, the lodge, just everything!

We had such an amazing time with Bryce's parents- they are so much fun to be with and we enjoyed every minute we had with them. It was fun being able to see where they live and experience a little part of their life in Africa! So thank you Bill and Genie- we will never forget it!