Tuesday, February 28, 2012

"Finding Joy in the Journey"

"This is our one and only chance at mortal life—here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now."
-Thomas S. Monson
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I love this quote! Life is too short to spend all our time wishfully longing for the day when our troubles are gone and life is "perfect." Because let's face it, it's never going to be! I think if we can learn to find joy now, and be happy every day, then life will be a lot better. Don't you think so?

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Pedersen Family

Welcome to the new blog! Rather than trying to stay on top of 2 separate blogs, I thought I would try to combine the 2 here. Hopefully it makes it so that I am better at blogging more often :) Anyway, back in January we made a quick trip out to Utah to visit family. We got to meet our new nephew and take lots of pictures of him and his older sister! Here are a few favorites:


What a stud!

Don't you just love baby feet??







This look makes me think she's saying, "I'm innocent, I swear!"







They sure are a cute family!