Great trip

I failed to add this to my last blog the last time I posted. It was of Abe and
 Dallin on our front porch when they came out in July by themselves to visit us!
We had lots of fun with them.

Roma and I have wanted to go on a church history trip for a long time. We always had a conflict of some   sort or another and had never made it. We decided this spring along Roma's brother and sister and their spouses to do a road trip that would include Nauvoo, IL, and Kirkland, OH. We wanted to include some antiquing along the way. Roma's sister and brother are into antiquing. So we used some frequent flyer miles to fly to DFW and then went antiquing around Fort Worth (where Dick and Jane, Roma's brother and sister-in-law live). Then we took two days to get to Nauvoo and spent a day and half seeing the sites. We attended a temple session (that was a special experience).

Next we took two days to get to Kirkland passing through South Bend where I convinced the crew to go see Notre Dame stadium and touchdown Jesus. That was a blast.

Then the next day we spent in and around Kirkland. We toured the Kirkland Temple. It is owned the the Community of Christ church. They gave us a very nice tour of the Temple. It was fun to see where a lot of Church history took place.  Then we visited the sites owned by the Church. The Newell Whitney Store and the John Johnson farm. We experienced a very spiritual time at both locations.

Our part of the trip ended near Pittsburgh at my brother Jim's home.  Grechen's, (his wife) parents own an antique business. We hit the mother lode as far as antiquing goes. They had to rent a trailer to haul everything home. They left us in Pittsburgh and we stayed two glorious days with Jim and Gretchen. Its such  beautiful place. We just relaxed and spent a lot of time on their covered porch, swam in their parents pool, and ate lots of really good food. Tuesday Jim and Gretchen drove us over to Matt and Emily's home just it time for the earthquake and hurricane. No damage was done here but it was an exciting time.

The following week Emily had her baby. They named her Jane Marsha and she is a cutie. She was 8 pounds 5 ounces and 20 inches long. She has lots of dark hair.

I feel great except some tiredness. We have had a great time and appreciate all the kindness we have been given.

Jane's prize Longhorn

On the road

Nauvoo Temple

Carthage Jail 

Touchdown Jesus

Kirkland Temple

Johnson Farm

Jim and Gretchen's yard

Home

My brother Jim and his better half Getchen

Jane Marsha

Jane

Jane

Sanderson Family 

Football Day 

Navy/Delaware Game

Update and some great pictures.

We have had an eventful and busy summer. Since I last reported I had another MRI that thankfully showed no growth in the new tumor. The Doctor didn't change my treatment. They will do another MRI in a couple of months and see if there are any changes.
Emily and her kids came and visited us in June. While here we celebrated Isaac's birthday, Owens (Nate's 2 yr old) birthday and generally had a good time. We  also celebrated Tyson's (Tommy's 2 yr old) birthday in June. We spent a few day in St George with the Randall clan. Emily's husband Matt surprised us and came out for the last week of her visit.
After Emily left my 3 brothers came.  Its the first time we have all been together since my Dad passed away in 2000.  They helped me out with my yard work and spent a lot of time catching up on old times. I appreciate their help and their love.  I have good brothers!
We look forward to having a few more experiences this summer.  I have sure appreciated the love of my family and friends who have treated me so well.  I am doing quite well, a little tired from all the fun activities, but will hopefully rest up this week.  Life is good.  All is well.

Cute family! Lydia, Shelly, Nate, Owen

40 years together!

Big boy Owen

Feeding Grandpa's fish

Eleanor, she didn't fall in!

Double trouble! Isaac and Miles

Tripple trouble! Ella, Miles, Isaac

A water fight in St. George

Ella's first curls!

Pretty girls.

First annual Peterson Freedom run for Juan (Paul)!

Miles finishing the race!

Noah, first one across the finish line!

Here comes Abe!

Wild Man Cooper!

Tyson was afraid to cross the line, Grandpa helped him!

First ride of the year.  It was great!

Grandma, Tyson and Lydia

Hiking up by Bridal Veil Falls.

Sanderson family at Big Spring picnic grounds.

Enjoying our summer.

Owen's 2nd birthday!

Swimming party for Owen's birthday

It's hard to get them to pose together!

Me and my brothers: Jim, Dave, myself, and John.

Abraham's Baptism

Molly and Jesse (from Toy Story)

Abe's baptism day with new scriptures in front of his baptism quilt
from Grandma

Molly and Tyson

Abe's Family 

Brother and Sister
 

Here's Trouble

Snoqualme Falls with a babe in front

Roma and Molly

It's beautiful but rainy in Lacey

Rainier on the flight out

Last week Tommy arranged for us to fly out to Seattle for Abraham's baptism. Thank you Tom and Kristine. Our kids take such good care of us. We've gotten to spend some quality time with all our family which we most like to do. By July we will have spent time with each of our kids who live out of the area this year. We are so blessed.

Since the news of a couple weeks ago we have shed tears of joy and tears of sadness.  But we have experienced an outpouring of the spirit in our lives and a feeling that the Lord loves us and is in charge.  Whatever may happen in the next while we are confident of the Savior's love for us and our love for the Savior.  We appreciate all the prayers and services that you provide to us.  We thank you so much.

Yesterday was our 40th wedding anniversary!  We had a good time; better than last year when the Dr. called to give us the pathology report that Paul's cancer was indeed stage four glioblastoma.  Yes, its been a year since my first surgery.  We love you all.