The Peters Family

Emma’s first day of Kindergarten

Matt Peters — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:34:49 +0000

Well, we had a last minute schooling change last Wednesday, so Emma started Kindergarten at Legacy on Thursday. She had a great day! She loves her new teacher and class. My little girl is growing up so fast.

Here are some pictures from her first day of school.

Pictures at the lake

Matt Peters — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:18:36 +0000

So, our friend Brett Birdsong was in town last week, and we had him take some pictures of our family. Here are some highlights. The rest are here.

June 3rd is kind of a big deal in our family

Matt Peters — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:00:33 +0000

So, June 3rd is kind of a big deal in our family.

Jenny and I were married on June 3, 2000 in Claremore, OK.

We always said that we would wait 5 years before we had kids.

Exactly 5 years later, on June 3rd, 2005, Emma Grace was born.

And, 5 years after that, on June 3, 2010, my little girl will turn 5 and Jenny and I will celebrate our 10th anniversary.

Happy Birthday Emma!

And Happy Anniversary to me and Jenny

Happy Mommy’s Day!

Matt Peters — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:29:39 +0000

Here’s a couple pictures of my beautiful family on Mother’s Day.

Reading with my boys

Matt Peters — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:31:54 +0000

Caleb is here!

Matt Peters — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 21:08:13 +0000

Caleb Reed Peters was born at 10:44 a.m. this morning. He weighed 7 lbs 15 oz and is 21.5 in long.

We had to get to the hospital very early this morning.. 5:30am! Caleb was born just five hours later. He and Jenny are both doing great! The grandparents all came up to see him, bringing Emma and Christopher with them. Emma and Christopher were both very excited to see their little brother that we have bene talking about for so long. So far Caleb seems very easy going, which will be good when we bring him home into the crazy world of Emma and Christopher!

Here are lots of pictures from the first couple of hours. More are up at

Easter 2010

Matt Peters — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:25:28 +0000

We had our annual Easter cookout and Easter Egg hunt last week. It was a beautiful Spring day for it! We had fun spending time with my parents; Jenny’s parents; Chuck, Cara & Connor; and Brian & Christy. I grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, and brats; and then the kids hunted for Easter eggs. Here are some pictures:

And here are the kids all dressed up for church on Sunday morning:

Enjoying Spring

Matt Peters — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:12:15 +0000

Spring Break Part 1: St. Louis

Matt Peters — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:35:39 +0000

This year for Spring Break we went on our first family vacation since Christopher was born. We went to St. Louis. This was the first time for the kids to fly in an airplane, and that ended up being Emma’s favorite part.

While in St. Louis we visited the Arch the first day, and the City Museum and St. Louis Zoo the second day. The Arch was amazing, but we were totally unprepared for the amount of time we would have to wait to go up into it.

I highly recommend the City Museum for anyone with kids. Emma had a blast. Make sure to keep a close eye on your kids, though. I lost Emma for a brief period of time while there and it was some of the most terrifying moments of my life.

The St. Louis museum was good, but by the time we got there the kids were so exhausted that they were ready to get back to the hotel, so we didn’t end up spending as much time there as we would have liked normally.

We also spent a lot of time at the hotel swimming and resting up.

We had a great time on our St. Louis trip. More pictures from our trip are here. Now we are in Tuttle watching the snow fall and waiting for Connor’s birthday party, and the second part of our Spring Break.

New Ultrasound Pictures

Matt Peters — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:47:50 +0000

The ultrasound picture I used in the previous post was from last November. Last week we had another ultrasound. He has grown a ton in the previous months and is estimated at about 4 pounds now. The above picture is the best one from the set and is his profile.

There were several looking at his face straight on. They didn’t seem to scan as well, but here is the best one of those:

The exciting thing is that, even though this has been a hard pregnancy than the previous, everything looks good and we have a very healthy little baby boy due to be here very soon!

The official due date is still May 1st, but based on the ultrasound the tech believe it should be closer to April 14th. So, the due day may be moved up a bit.