quote day

"Truly, brothers and sisters, in the strength of the Lord we can do and endure and overcome all things."

~Elder David A. Bednar

My stroller

So I was able to get this double jogging stroller for a really good price. I have to say that I love it! Since getting it on Wed. I have already taken it jogging four times. It is so nice to be outside with the kids jogging. My neighborhood is wonderful so many great sidewalks to jog on. It is so fun to go up to the clubhouse and jog by the golf course, so pretty I just love it. Plus my kids love going in the stroller they ask to go in it and are so good. Brayden gets upset if I do not stay out long enough. It has been such a great stress reliever, with Free gone most of the time and doing homework for the rest I have had a hard time, but having this stroller and being able to jog in the mornings has really helped me be able to deal with being a single (school) mom. I just have to say I love this stroller! So easy to push!

Vote yes on 102

Many of you know—and ALL of us should know—about the upcoming proposition 102 in our state. This proposition is about defining marriage. I was SHOCKED to find out the magnitude of how this issue could affect us as mothers. It is stated on the Church’s website that if this Proposition does not pass and same-sex marriage is legalized in our state, it could lead Arizona to have to declare same-sex marriages as a civil right. This would protect those in a same-sex marriage under the same discrimination laws as those defined by race, age, religious preference and so on. Here are some examples of what this could mean:

1. Churches, including OUR church, would be required to allow marriages of any kind to be performed in our chapels. If a same-sex couple wanted to be married in an LDS church, the Church would be unable to stop this due to discrimination laws.

2. Churches, including OUR church, could lose its tax exemptions and benefits if they do not embrace same sex unions.

3. Schools would be required to teach both heterosexual and homosexual relations as morally neutral and further erode our ability to teach our children traditional standards of marriage.

4. The LDS adoption agency would have to allow adoptions to both heterosexual and homosexual couples. This happened to the Catholic adoption agency in Boston and, as a result, rather than be forced to allow adoption to homosexual couples, Catholic Charities stopped offering adoption services in that city!

5. Married housing for same sex couples would be required at universities, including religious schools and universities.

This is scary!! To me, it is scary because it is saying that a group of people can make a choice in their lifestyle and then force lawmakers to make that choice a protected class. It is scary because it literally infringes upon the separation between Church and state, one of the most basic, fundamental beliefs of what made this country come into being and what makes it unique and wonderful.

This Prop. is not about rights...this Proposition does not discuss in any way the things same-sex couples are able to do as far as hospitization rights or medical care, fair housing, employment opportunities, or any of these subjects. And, in fact, the Church has even issued a statement saying they don’t object to those rights for same-sex couples. The media would have many believe that this Proprosition is about defining rights, but it is not. It is very, very simple—20 simple words…”Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state.” That's it!

Make sure you all are registered, you can still request a mail in ballot Go to www. azsos.gov, scroll down and click on 'Vote Arizona'. Then click on “County Contacts”, choose the county you live in and follow the link to “Request your Early Ballot”.

Today's quote

I just thought I would do this quote in honor of Free!
Very simple but I think it is great!

" I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it"
~Ben Franklin

Freeman

So this is totally a braggy post but I do not care. I just have to say I am so proud of Freeman. He is currently taking Pre Calculus Chem 130 and Bio 181 while working full time 50 hours a week. His Biology class is the harder biology for majors, so all the pre med people nurses pharmacy etc. have to take it. Well he had a test in that class last week. Free went in yesterday to class and he got his test back. The Teacher said that the average of the class for the test was 50% pretty low,so she did her own curve to help the class. Before the curve Freeman got a 99.5% on the test! After the curve he got a 109% I am so totally impressed! He got the highest grade on in the class, a class that averaged 50% I just have to brag because I think this is so amazing! Free works so hard and I am so proud of him.

Quote Day

Since last Sunday was National Grandparents day I decided to dedicate my quote day to grandparents! So here are a few Grandparent quotes.

Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. ~Author Unknown


There's no place like home except Grandma's. ~Author Unknown


Grandma always made you feel she had been waiting to see just you all day and now the day was complete. ~Marcy DeMaree


The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap. ~Author Unknown

Oh kids

This is from my birthday. The kids had so much fun playing in Grandmas dirt!

Brayden's Birthday

Here are some pictures from Brayden's birthday. Go ahead and laugh at the cake I know it looks funny. I tried to make it all cute and fun, a track for his trains on a mountain. However art and creativity is not a talent I posses, hey at least I tried, and Brayden thought it was pretty cool!

Quote Day YAY!

This is a good one! I do quote day because as you can see it has been a week since my last post!

"My plea is that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. I am suggesting that as we got through life, we "accentuate the positive." I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort."
~Gordon B. Hinckley