The weekend before last we went out to Minnesota to visit Nathan's extended family for Grandma Vera's 90th birthday. Grandma and Grandpa Petersen are both doing surprisingly well health wise for being 90 and 94 respectively.
While in Minnesota we went out to the farm and had egg sandwiches with grandma and grandpa, which despite the name are really good! Dana had fun driving people around on the tractor in between doing odd jobs around the house. We put him to work when he comes and visits us too! In this picture is Carolyn (previousely highlighted on the blog during their visit in February) and her children Alex and Sydney. Their youngest Camryn, joined us later.
And here is more of the tractor. Notice how dark and fertile that dirt looks in the distant plowed field. Nothing like Texas's reddish clay.
This visit was my first time meeting a lot of Nathan's family on his dad's side. Dana is one of twelve children. They are all very nice, tall and have a similar sense of humor to Nathan. It was fun and I would not mind seeing more of them, which is good because I hear there is a reunion in the works for next summer!
Dana's sister Zina posted a video clip of her mother talking at the birthday party on u tube. The link is below. We met at the church house because no one's house was big enough. We did all meet at the local Chinese buffet The Wok'n Roll the night before though, Grandpa Edwin's treat! Thanks again.
It was raining outside so we had limited options for photos after. I will have to take some more of Corinne is her pretty dress and with the beautiful matching blanket my grandma Perkins made. We feel so blessed to have Corinne as a part of our family.
So by request here is Nathan's aunt Merilee's wheat bread recipe which I learned to make while BJ was visiting last week. I like this recipe because you don't have to hand knead the dough. You do it all in the mixer. 
Nathan took her in to the pool first and then I spent most of the time with her by the hot tub just splashing her with water. We didn't want to submerse her in the hot water. BJ also held her a lot. We only went at night and Corinne seemed to tolerate the water and the noise for about an hour each night before she was ready to eat and go to bed. 
She is making a funny face here. I wonder what she is thinking about? 
While in Minnesota we went out to the farm and had egg sandwiches with grandma and grandpa, which despite the name are really good! Dana had fun driving people around on the tractor in between doing odd jobs around the house. We put him to work when he comes and visits us too! In this picture is Carolyn (previousely highlighted on the blog during their visit in February) and her children Alex and Sydney. Their youngest Camryn, joined us later. 
And here is more of the tractor. Notice how dark and fertile that dirt looks in the distant plowed field. Nothing like Texas's reddish clay.
This visit was my first time meeting a lot of Nathan's family on his dad's side. Dana is one of twelve children. They are all very nice, tall and have a similar sense of humor to Nathan. It was fun and I would not mind seeing more of them, which is good because I hear there is a reunion in the works for next summer! 
Corinne had a fun first Easter. My parents sent her the Easter Basket with all the ducks and we bought her the little summer dresses. 
