Dad's Passing

Carl R. Peterson passed away on December 17 about 8:15 am. We are sad to have lost him, but feel comfort knowing he is with Vicki, Mitzie, Eva May and his mother. He spoke of these women many times on his death bed. Dad, you are gone, but not forgotten.

Love always,

Adam, Sonya and kids

Well it has been awhile, so the blog is in need of an update. Halloween was a mothers dream. Our kids started a new school this year and they are not allowed to wear costumes to school. I thought this might be traumatic, but it wasn't. I did not have to get up at the butt crack of dawn to get my kids dudded up. i did not have to race over to the school to sit for 2 hours -1 1/2 hours waiting for the parade to start and 1/2 to watch the actual parade. It was early day at school, so there was plenty of time for a healthy dinner (much to my kids dismay) and cleaning their rooms. They went trick or treating for awhile. When they came home they watched a movie. We did not have to hurry to bed for school the next day. So, I would like to propose a change. I propose we change Halloween to the last Friday in October. All in favor?

A lot has been happening in the last few weeks. We are throwing a bridal shower for Kathy on nov 22. We are almost done with the planning of the wedding. just a few details left. We passed the anniv. of my grandpa's passing. it has been 4 years. i think him everyday. My mom has been having an emotional time lately. I wish life could be easier for her. She deserves some peace and happiness. Carl has been up and down. Up-he has more moments of clarity. down-he is trying to deal with his past and present and making peace and sense of it all. He has been praying for the Lord to release him. He has been very emotional and agitated. A nurse visits him every monday, wednesday and friday. he still has aides that come 2x's a day. This is a lot harder on him than I expected. He always said he was ready to go home to Vicki. So i did not consider that he might not welcome this with open arms. He forgets easily and thinks she is still here and he should be fighting to stay here with her. Adam has to break the news to him sometimes. Sometimes we just say "when she gets here you can go with her" That seems to bring him the most comfort.
well this is long enough i will post more this week end and update pics.
sonya

Dad

These pictures were taken on Sept 18th. We will post more recent ones later in the week. Dad is not doing very well right now. A lot has happened in the few short weeks he has been sick. He does not know who we are most of the time. He has been having conversations with his mother, father and a young boy (he tells me its my oldes son? Adam thinks it is Kenney.) Carl has been so easy to take care of. He is so sweet. Everyone of his nurses and aids tell me how sweet he is. He tries to be positive. He is not eating much at all and cannot drink well. His kidneys are showing signs of failure. He sometimes has an elevated body temp which is another sign it is close to the end. Yesterday Adam walked in around 9 am and Dad said to him "Hi, I really appriciate you feeding me breakfast" Adam said "oh Dad are you hungry now?" Dad said "well if you have a breakfast laying around some where that would be fine" So Adam went and made him some eggs. He could not eat very much but is was really funny. He was feeling somewhat emotional the last few days and he told adam he was a "flungin good fella" he cried as he also said while holding my hand and pointing at Adam "I am so proud" I want to add that I am too. It's not very often in life you watch your husband care for his father. Adam has been so loving to his Dad. My heart has been touched. I have watched these two somewhat none emotional men some how be very intimate with each other and grow closer together than either one had imagined. I can't say enough about my husband. I am proud that he is the father of my children and he is such a good example to us. and I am proud that Carl is my father in law. This is hard thing to face and he is so strong and brave. He has faced even this with grace.

-Sonya


I don’t want to turn this into a “no, you’re better than me! No, you are!” contest, but I must say that it is my wife Sonya who is the angel sent from heaven for Dad. I am amazed every day at how much love she has for everyone in her life, including the old man who invaded our house about one year ago. We had no idea his stay would only be just over one year. He could have been here 10 or 15 years, but Sonya was more then gracious in accepting him into our lives. When Dad is holding her hand and talking to her I can see love in his eyes for her, the love of a father for a daughter. When I walk into the room and Sonya says “Adam’s here.” Dad looks at me with an “oh-it’s-you-again. I-would-rather-talk-to-her-right-now-if-you-don’t-mind” look in his eyes. I could have searched the endless galaxy from the beginning of time to the end of ages and I could never have found a more wonderful and beautiful bride than the one the Lord gave me with Sonya. When all time passes and the last star finally expels its last light and all life has ended, my love for her will still be burning hot and I dare say will be lighting the universe for ever.

-Adam

Look dad I can do the worm

Callie is alot like her Aunt Shauna (remember the Phillips strut?). Callie does the craziest things. She has taught herself how to do the worm. And pretty well I might add. She just needs to master the centipede.

In the begining

This is Kathy and Jad. The were in high school. I thought it would be so cute to post some old pics. I hope they think so.

Camryn is getting ready for Halloween

Camryn has been getting ready to scare the pants off of her friends for Halloween. She is going to a be a bride just like Kathy. The only people that are scared by this are her parents. This is just the begining!

Flag Football

Kade and his friend Dustin played flag football again this year. They really love the game. They play at school, after school, after dinned and instead of homework (if that were an option).