Our Chunder Monkeys: Family Pictures!

All the cousins!

Here's my side of the family! We've been together all week in Utah! My sister, Lorel, just had a beautiful baby girl and we all decided to come out and enjoy a white Christmas! We've been staying at my sister, Cora's, house in Alpine and have LOVED every minute of it! Here are a few of our family photos that were taken today by a family friend, Ingrid.

About Us

About 95% of all jokes from our family are repeated, rehashed, or recycled. Could it be the lack of wit? Possibly our funny bones are connected to our coordination and not our humor? I like to think it is something else. We appreciate what makes "US" laugh, whether it be the inside joke that never gets old, or the funny chunder face on that baby we saw 7 years ago that still makes us fall to the floor laughing. Our laughter comes from a spontaneous comments and re-enjoying the past. Thus, we present the lives of the "Chunder Monkeys". We don't ask that you try to understand our humor - just appreciate that we laughed for one minute straight when came up with the name.

Finding Joy In The Journey

“Day by day, minute by minute, second by second we went from where we were to where we are now. The lives of all of us, of course, go through similar alterations and changes. The difference between the changes in my life and the changes in yours is only in the details. Time never stands still; it must steadily march on, and with the marching come the changes. 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.”

President Thomas S. Monson, October 2008

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Family Pictures!

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