Our First beach trip of the year and our Shane's first beach trip ever. He was so good, just soaking it all in. He of course was so happy and found the sand toward the end.
When Leonard graduated, all the kids and Kathie put on cap and gown because it was a family effort, and they all did it together. I loved the idea so here is our Petersen Graduating Family!
Like I said, lots and lots of emotions on this day! The 4 people we couldn't of done it without. I can't tell you how many times I would hear Josh talking to his parents on the phone. From the beginning when we were deciding to come to Houston to the very end, Josh's parents have always been there. My parents we literally couldn't of done without. I think it was 2 weeks after we moved to Texas I ended up in the hospital with kidney stones while being pregnant. Dealing with that and then a colicky baby for 4 months we ended up staying at my parents house almost the first year of Josh's law school. My dad has and still is Josh's best friend here. If there is anything he needs or someone to go do something with its been my dad. How lucky I am that they have that kind of relationship. Then throughout the entire time we were here my mom watched the boys while I went to work. Working and leaving the boys was hard enough but everyday I had to leave them I was able to have some comfort in knowing they were with my mom. This was definitely a time commitment for my mom and a little mixed feeling for her making sure she was still the grammy, and then once Shane came even more of a struggle. It was hard on her at times, but through the 3 years she never threw in the towel. I know where I get that drive from and love her so much for it. There is no way to really ever let our parents know how grateful we are to have them, and we truly mean when we same we couldn't of done this without them. We love you very much and thank you for everything!
