Thunder and Lighting

We had a thunder storm last night. So, Tanya, Ethan and I listened for the thunder and looked for lighting. Ethan heard the thunder. We waited a few moments and saw a bolt of lighting across the sky.

I asked, "Was that bright Ethan?" He had big wide open eyes.
"That was COOL!" he said. In a big awed voice.

To vote or Not to vote?

All day yesterday this quote from You've Got mail was going through my head. I felt like Kathleen Kelly. But I wasn't getting a manicure and it was the Presidential Election. Really only the first line was running through my head. I hope you get the idea. If you haven't figured out yet I didn't vote. I just wasn't in to the election this year, I had no idea what either candidates were campaign. I'll have to do better in 4 years.

KATHLEEN: I have something to tell you. I didn't vote.

FRANK: What?

KATHLEEN: In the last mayoral election, when Rudy Giuliani was running against Ruth Messinger, I went to get a manicure and forgot to vote.

FRANK: Since when do you get manicures?

KATHLEEN: Oh, I suppose you could never be with a woman who gets manicures.

FRANK: Forget it. It's okay. I forgive you.

KATHLEEN: You forgive me.

Picture, Pictures!

Random pictures I downloaded off of David and Tanya’s camera.  They were pretty funny!

Yes, Ethan has plastic pants on his head.

 

Hut! Hut!

 

Ethan didn’t get enough Jell-O at dinner

As Promised

Well here are the rest of the pictures from the fair, with me in them.  I was actually there.  Amazing right?!

Big Trouble

Well I hope I can contain myself and check book. These favorite stories of mine just opened down the street from us.

Texas State Fair

Well I made to the fair (note to self don’t go on the last weekend of the fair, way to busy). Tanya, Christian, Jayna, Kaitlyn, Ethan and I made it finally. We went to the Pig Races, petting zoo and on a couple of rides. More to come with pictures of me at the fair.

Petting Zoo

Pig Races

Happy 10th Christian

This is a few weeks late but at least it is getting on here.  Christian turned 10 this year.  It was yet another great birthday on Oct. 3rd.  Grandma P. made him a delicious  Napoleon ice cream cake.

 

Silly Little Boy

Ethan: Mommy, Mommy!

Tanya: Yes, Ethan.

Ethan: I have a spider on my back.

Tanya: Okay.

Ethan: Mommy, Becky!  I have a spider on my back.

Becky: Oh do you want me to get it?

Ethan: No, I don’t want you to get it. Becky I have a spider on my back.

Becky: Ethan does your back inch.

(Ethan shacks has yes.  So I scratch for him).

 

While looking at Sara’s profile on facebook.

Becky: Who is that?

Ethan: Oh that’s Sara.  She’s beauty.

 

Ethan got new shoes this weekend.  He comes in and shows Tanya his shoes.

Tanya: I love your shoes.

Ethan: Becky loves them too.

My Sister Web Store

I want to spread the word that my sister Bethany started an online store.  She is very crafty and creative with use a sewing machine.  She has made little girl headbands, tutu’s, hood towels, and I am sure she will be doing more.

Here is her website Toodles.

Marriage

This post I got from my sister Bethany. Thanks Sis!!

Come November I am going to wish I was still registered to vote in California because if I were I would be one more voice in support of Proposition 8. Have you heard about this?

The information below can also be found here

• The Issue
  California voters passed Proposition 22 in 2000 by more than 61%, saying that a marriage in California is between a man and a woman. Earlier this year, four activist judges based in San Francisco wrongly overturned the people's vote, legalizing same-sex marriage.
• The Consequences
  The Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage did not just overturn the will of California voters; it also redefined marriage for the rest of society, without ever asking the people themselves to accept this decision. This decision has far-reaching consequences. For example, because public schools are already required to teach the role of marriage in society as part of the curriculum, schools will now be required to teach students that gay marriage is the same as traditional marriage, starting with kindergarteners. By saying that a marriage is between “any two persons” rather than between a man and a woman, the Court decision has opened the door to any kind of “marriage.” This undermines the value of marriage altogether at a time when we should be restoring marriage, not undermining it.
• The Solution
  Vote YES on Proposition 8 to overturn the outrageous Supreme Court decision and restore the definition of marriage that was approved by over 61% of voters. Proposition 8 is NOT an attack on gay couples and does not take away the rights that same-sex couples already have under California’s domestic partner law. California law already grants domestic partners all the rights that a state can grant to a married couple. Gays have a right to their private lives, but not to change the definition of marriage for everyone else.
  
  Passing Proposition 8 protects our children and places into the Constitution the simple definition that a marriage is between a man and a woman.

Go here to see what I believe regarding family.

Go here to voice your support of Proposition 8, whether you live in California or not!

This is a very serious battle of good vs. evil. The outcome will affect the nation, not just California. Please pray for the success of Prop 8...in a very real sense, "as California goes, so goes the nation..." Pray also for the success of the Arizona and Florida ballot initiatives to preserve traditional marriage. I can assure you that I will be.