What are we doing with today?

How fragile life, how certain death. We do not know when we will be required to leave this mortal existence. And so I ask, “What are we doing with today?” If we live only for tomorrow, we’ll eventually have a lot of empty yesterdays. Have we been guilty of declaring, “I’ve been thinking about making some course corrections in my life. I plan to take the first step—tomorrow”? With such thinking, tomorrow is forever. Such tomorrows rarely come unless we do something about them today.

President Thomas S. Monson

Some thoughts......

I have so many things that I want to do in my life. Long term and short term. It seems that lately there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done. It has been almost 6 months since I have been back at work full time, I still haven't quite found that balance between work and home! I am getting there but I have lots of things I want to improve. Maybe if I list a few of my goals it will kick my butt in gear!

Goal #1

Planning dinners for the week. I am not sure why this is so hard for me, but it is! Maybe the problem is that I don't really actually like to cook! :-) Fortunately, I married someone who is a great cook and loves to do it. Unfortunately, he works long hours and is usually home after dinner time has long passed. And by the time I get the kids and get home it is about 5:30. Sophia is usually starving by this time and all Jr wants is my attention.

Goal #2

Work out at least 5 days/week. This is something that Jeremy and I are doing together. Every night before we go to sleep we go The Biggest Loser on the Wii. We have been pretty good at sticking to it and it is actually a great time for me and him to spend together while the kids are asleep. Now don't get me wrong.........there are some nights we are both beyond exhausted and collapse into bed before we can even think of working out, or the other nights when Jr. refuses to go to sleep and my workout is constantly interrupted by his screams of "mommy!" from his room. But such is life! The intent and want is there so hopefully we can stick with it.

Goal #3

More time for myself. Now this is a hard one, because I am NEVER by myself. Even in the bathroom, there is always at least one kid pulling on me or wanting my attention (you mothers out there know what I mean). But lately I desperately yearn for this, so I have decided if I get up at 5am every morning I can at least have 45 minutes to myself in complete silence. And of course there are lots of mornings where my bed is just way too warm and I am too comfortable snuggled up to the husband to get up that early. But it's a goal and I am going to work at it! I think it is a great way to start my day!

Goal #4

Finish school. I am now back in school. I am doing it online, hopefully it will fit my schedule better that way! I'm a dork and I really love school. I love learning new things! And I have worked so hard over the years. I was put off track a bit when I had kids, but I am back on track! I am doing it!!!

I have soooooo many other things I want to do and strive for every day. As soon as I can figure out the balance between a 1 year old and a 2 year old, I'll be good! Ha! That won't ever happen. But no matter what I do or don't get done every day it is so fun to see my babies discover new things every day! It reminds me of what is really important in life!

Moments That Matter Most

I love this video! We all get wrapped up in our every day lives and sometimes we forget what really matters! I will admit, I am guilty of this. But I think we should all make it a goal to notice the small things that we so often overlook.

We are still here!!!

As I look at the blog, I realize I haven't posted in FOREVER!!! Sooooo many things have been happening in our lives lately. I have many pictures to post and lots of updates to give. It seems so hard to pin everything down lately and find time to update. But I will be back soon (hopefully this weekend) and let you all know how the Pedersen family is doing!

xoxoxo

Spiritual Bliss!

This is where I am going tonight and tomorrow! It is a women's conference put on by LDS church. I am so excited to have some time for myself and to spend time with my mom. The daily chores and chaos can take over our lives at times. Sometimes we just need to step back! That is exactly where I am right now. Between working 40 hours a week and my precious kids and everything else, things are crazy! I am so looking forward to hear all the wonderful speakers and soak it in!

Brrrr....It's Cold Outside

This weekend we decided to head up to the mountains and take the kids to the snow. We met up with Jeremy's brother and family and headed up. It was quite chilly and I knew the kids wouldn't last long. Then we get up there and I realize I forgot one key thing....Jr's coat! I felt so bad.....I bundled him up in layers of shirts and sweatshirts and gave it a try.

This is where it turned bad.....he got his hands wet. (Just a side note on Jr's hands....he is such a boy and loves to get dirty and play outside. But AS SOON as his hands are dirty or anything is on them, he wants them wiped off) Well his hands were ice cold and he was not having it.

Which lead to the saddest face EVER! And lots of tears.

He was perfectly happy sitting in the Tahoe with the heater on watching everyone else play in that horrible, cold, wet stuff :-)

Then we have Sophia...she is totally mellow all the time. As long as she has a clean diaper and a full belly she is happy. She went outside for a bit with daddy and didn't seem to mind the snow falling on her little cute pink head.

She did keep her brother company most of the time though in the truck.

Cam had a blast with his cousins sledding down the hill and playing in the snow.

Me and the hubs.

Isn't the snow absolutely beautiful!

Although, I love the snow. I think it so pretty and I love how quiet it is. But I will admit, I love it most from my car. With the heater on. And I think my kids probably feel the same way.

Finally!

We all know Jr has the best hair ever. I mean, seriously. Have you seen his curls!

We decided to take him to get his haircut. Now, I tried to take him a couple weeks ago to the lady that does my hair. He would not have it, within minutes he was a complete mess and a puddle of tears. So I found this awesome place called Cool Cuts for Kids in Fresno. This place is amazing! Every station has it's own TV and each kid gets to pick out which movie they can watch. And of course, he got to drive his own taxi the whole time.

And there were plenty of bribes during the haircut as well. Sad but true. I had to do what I had to do! The curls are staying but we had to get his bangs out of his face.

So with his hot wheels and monster truck he was good.

Then we moved on to bubbles.

Overall, he loved it! And looks cuter than ever now that we can see his eyes again! And the curls are staying...for now.