(We slept inside because we have the youngest kids, and also a baby... and Brian had just camped out for a whole month and had had enough! :)

Ham roasting over the fire.
Linda going through the slides to find ones with the Petresens.
Tractor Ride with Poppa
Uncle Pete jumped in too!

Look at all that food!!
Dinner time. We spent every evening around the fire... eating dinner, reminiscing, making smores, and just staying up really late talking... especially about PROMO FEET! :)

Another birthday celebration for Brian.
Some presents for Daddy.
Kristen makin' bacon.
Natalie said, "Daddy's a good pancaker" (pancake maker, I guess? :)
Allie and Evan
We went to the local pool one afternoon.

Snack time.
Cousins
Doing pushups... can you tell they have military dads? :)

Playing Cornhole--A fun beanbag toss game. Brian is actually making a couple sets with Penn State colors... I'll post pictures once they're completed.

Look carefully and you can see TWO on the swing!
Love this one of Adam
Evan loves to scoot to the edge of the blanket to play with the dirt, sand or grass or whatever he can find. He's trying to crawl already but I'm not encouraging it... I like that at least one kid is still not mobile!
We had grilled chicken, potatoes and corn one night.
Tubing Day! Hooking up the trailer to our jeep.
We were all tied together as we floated down the water.
Trying to get everybody in a line.
Couldn't take the camera in the water so we didn't get too many pictures but here we are ready to get back out.
Time for a snack while we pack up. 

The kids loved playing inside the tubes.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Petersen Reunion
Blake and Brian's Birthdays
Brian was gone for the whole month of July at an Army ROTC camp near Seattle. I won't even pretend that 30 days is anything compared to year long deployments...but since Daddy's been home so much this past year, it felt long to us! We didn't have any communication until a couple days before he came home so I think that's what made it harder. But we stayed busy, and Brian was busy (and did really well!) and we were ALL happy to see each other when he got home!
Up next: Reunion at the Yoders with the Petersens!
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