Edwards Family: August 2007

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Visiting Grandma December 2006

July 15th, 2006 Grandma holding Joshua for the First Time

Grandma Stephens Christmas Eve 2005

Grandma Stephens Always Smiling and Laughing!

Grandma Stephens visiting us soon after we were married in Provo

Our Friends, the Thomas's watched Joshua for us for our Anniversary. John got home from the hospital around 3pm on Saturday, July 28th. Our Date began with dropping Josh off at the Thomas's and then John and I went drove to Lake McBride where we went canooing, swimming, and played frisby on the beach! It was so much fun. Afterwards we went to dinner at Mondos(it was so good) and rushed to the movie theater for the 10:00 showing of "No Reservations." It was a blast!

Our 3rd Wedding Anniversary (July 29th, 2007)

John and I have been married for 3 years now! He is the greatest blessing in my life and these last 3 years have been the happiest years of my life!

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Josh

John and Joshua at Nauvoo Temple

Josh had a blast with his dad. He loved playing "chase" at the Temple grounds. John had just caught Josh. He's harder to catch then you would think. Josh is becoming quite skilled at running. It's so cute!

We went down to the Nauvoo Pagent on July 21. Josh thought it was so fun, he actually sat through and watched the whole performance. He did think that the stage lights were the coolest thing about the pagent. He kept pointing to them and saying "light," which is his favorite word.

Josh loved the flowers at the Nauvoo Temple. They are always beautiful. Within minutes of discovering the flowers he realized that he could pick them and pull them apart. Josh thought that it was the funest thing.

Joshua and Marie at Nauvoo

FAVORITE QUOTES

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let out own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson

We must become the change we want to see

-Ghandi

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

-Ghandi

The secret to having it all, is knowing that you already do.

Your journal is your autobiography, so it should be kept carefully. You are unique, and there may be incidents in your experience that are more noble and praiseworthy in their way than those recorded in any other life... What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved?

-President Spencer W. Kimball

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.

-Marjorie Pay Hinckley

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.

-Sam Levenson

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

The journey is the reward.