First Date Day

Matt and I dont celebrate Valentines day. Instead we celebrate our First Date Day, which happens to fall on February 15th :)

This year we decided that we were not gonna spend more than 20 dollars each and here is what we came up with...


I made Matt a candy bar poster and Matt got me cows and an orchid!! I asked Matt to only give me cows for gifts this year. (I want to decorate my kitchen in cows ) :)

It was a great way to celebrate the beginning of our relationship.

Engagement pics

I had the fantastic opportunity to test out my skills as an engagement photographer for Chris and Angie.






I had a good time doing it :)

It has been about a million years since i have posted anything so here goes :)

It has been a hard adjustment for me since daddy died...This is me and Angie with Daddy last 4th of July

Matt and I had a pretty good Christmas. I got Matt the PS3 that he has been saving for and he got me all sorts of random awesome stuff! The best thing being a hot coco maker!! It is soooo freaking awesome and delicious!


Matt is in school full time right now. He is taking 4 classes which equals 11 credits. I am lucky enough that i get to take a class with him (for free). He has to take a choir class a semester and this semester they needed extra bodies!! Yea for me knowing how to carry a tune!!

Matt took me on a date the other night. We had a really nice time reliving our first date (without the dinner). He took me to the conservatory at the Bellagio and then we watched the fountains. It was so nice to get out and have a nice time together with out having to spend any money. I am so thankful that I have such an awesome husband who loves me enough to pick up on my hints that i want to get out of the house :)

This snail totally reminded me of the snails from Neverending Story! And look at this frog!! It was so beautiful!! I am so surprised sometimes at how creative some people are!!

In other news the entire family showed up to celebrate Fathers Day at my patents house. It was really nice to see everyone and to catch up and see how everyone is doing. Angie and Chris came up from Phoenix and we celebrated some June birthdays along with Fathers day. My camera died while I was walking around taking pics so there are only a couple...

A quick shout out goes to Megen!! She made the most delicious ribs EVER!! YUM YUM YUM!!

this is as close to a group shot as i could get... love the face Damon...
the chef extraordinaire!!


Hope you all had a great Fathers Day!!

Meet Honey.


She is the newest member of the family and despite being woken up at 0400 every morning we love her dearly.
She and Torro seem to be getting along very well and we are very pleased. :)



In other news,

Matt will be starting school this next semester. We are both VERY excited for this new development.

(that is it for other news... apparently we need lives)

Other then that we are the same old same old Pedersens. Just hanging out and having a good time.

Lucky Charms

So... a while back I went to the doctor for a full work up and he told me that I have highish cholesterol.

Learning this I did what anyone else would do and I decided to change parts of my diet to bring that sucker down. I changed my morning cereal, took eggs completely out of my diet and have started reading labels to stay away from saturated fats.

And I have come to this conclusion...

I miss Lucky Charms... sweet delicious Lucky Charms. Marshmellowy goodness in a box. How I miss you.



Thank you and Goodnight

Day shift

Well its official... i am now on day shift!! I am not so happy about the having to be at work at 7 am thing but am super excited to be able to have a relationship with my hubby once again!! Wish me luck on waking up early!!