San Diego 2010

our vacation to san diego was amazing as usual. we love the beach. we would jump at the chance to live at the beach. maddex is like no kid you've ever seen a the beach. he just lays in the sand and plays with cars, he runs out into the ocean and says he wants to go out far- he loves it. he makes it such a fun trip. we had such a great time relaxing... at least i did. tanner worked a lot in the mornings- but still got to enjoy a good bit. tanners favorite part was probably grilling almost every night- they have the best seaside market with great fresh meat. we don't get to spend much time with tanners "married" cousins- but every year at the beach we go out for dinner and catch up- i love that.

ah, i could go on-- but then it drags- so here it is:

Our Beautiful Peterson Family (missing Landry)

The Root Beer Tasting Contest

looking for sand crabs.

Grandma Anna & Grandpa Grant with their Great Grandkids

(Maddex, Briggs, Peter, and Alina... Drew was missing)

Maddex loves Alina...

He always says he wants a baby sister... :)

Trip to HB...

(taken with iphone)

we enjoyed a nice relaxing weekend in huntington beach, ca. justin and michelle went with us and we had so much fun. thanks to jana and leroy for letting us stay at the most amazing beach house ever. we layed out, ate out (sanchos i miss you), had a bonfire on the beach, took a long bike ride on the coast, went to church, biked for donuts in the a.m, and even did some shopping (michelle and i convinced the boys to drop us off at ikea for a "pit-stop" on the way home- we only had a bit but could have stayed for hours..and hours.). biking in hb is one of my favorite things ever- we loved it so much that when we got home we got some biking stuff and have been riding. i get sad when i leave, actually more like depressed for a few day- i am such a beach life type of person.

as we were packing to leave maddex strolled his suitcase outside and stood at the curb- it totally reminded me of the day i got upset with my family- packed my bag and went to the bottom of the driveway- (mom said good luck- considering about 2 cars a day drove past our house) ha. 
i whooped justin in tennis.. :)
maddex loves riding bikes... he is obsessed. he would ride from morning to night if he could. the other day he chose riding bikes over ice-cream... that is when you know he is in love.

*tanner picked him up a bike the other day and he has been riding it non-stop (more like sitting on it and trying to move)... he loves it. he tries so hard to turn the pedals- he is starting to get it. it is in the -pimp my bike- shop right now- :) but when its done we'll post pics* 

i only took a few pics... but michelle took a million so look her her blog.

OBX 2009

Outer Banks 2009. I think it is safe to say- this is one of our best vacations yet. For one, we love the beach. Two, It was Tanner and Maddex's first time in Outer Banks. Three, the 4x4 beach was awesome! And four, we had a great time with my family. You know you are on a true vacation when you leave your beach house/beach one time the whole vacation. We went out to eat at a crab sh

ack one night- and the boys went to a movie one day, but other than that we did nothing but lay and play in the sand. Ah, it was pure relaxation. I miss it.. I can't wait to go back. I was skeptical of the whole driving on the beach with horses idea, but it was so awesome! We had a great time... Thanks Mom and Dad for everything. Maddex loves the beach/ocean- he would run full speed into the ocean.. he had no fear. Now I on the other hand... di

dn't want anything to do with the ocean. It was so wild- Hurricane Bill gave us some killer waves and major rip-tide. I was fine with that though- I didn't mind laying out the whole time. Speaking of Hurricane Bill- We got hit by it on the way to the OBX. Thank goodness Tanner was driving... I had like 5 anxiety attacks on the way there. It was the worst rain storm I've ever been in, in my life! Here are some photos we snapped:

it's all fun until someone gets hurt. the best part about the picture below is that maddex is pointing to maddie.. i wonder why?

that would be shauna running. 

i love this pictures just because what we are doing. cant you tell- 

i'm pulling in my fish. 

m fell asleep eating an oreo. love it

brody had some weird obsession with the teapot