Fall Portraits

Last week I took the boys to the park and we did some pictures! They turned out so cute! Andrew's came out so much better then Peter's which is funny because when we did spring pics it was the opposite! NE ways... we had a lot of fun and I realized how well trained my boys have become. I pull out the camera and they automatically poise and say Cheese! My boys are the best!

Halloween 2009

Halloween this year was a lot of fun. We started in early October to work on our costumes! I had a lot of fun making the boys costumes this year, as well as Anth's and I. Peter decided that he wanted to be a fireman for Halloween but I didn't want to buy an expensive costume so I researched online and found a homemade pattern so easy even I could do it.

Andrew was dubbed our Clifford! Peter was going to be Clifford but then bailed out so Andrew got to be that. (I'm so thankful that he hadn't reached the age of knowing what he wants) He refused to smile or let me take his picture. He was so cute though. He had a cute red hat, that my sister-in-law Tabitha made that had cute felt ears. The boys had so much fun trick-or-treating. After Andrew got his box of raisins though, he was done! Out of all his candy, he was most excited about RAISINS!

Anthony came up with the idea of Waldo! It was a big hit! Everyone thought he looked awesome! He won a prize at his family party for best costume! Its amazing what you can do with duck tape!

I decided to be Super Mom! I had a lot of fun with this costume! The wig was my favorite part! It was alot of fun to wear and be! And it went perfect with our Halloween surprise for Anthony's family!

Anthony and I found out we were pregnant about three weeks before Halloween! We were so excited but decided it would be found to wait and tell his family at Halloween! It was so fun to watch their faces as I walked in the room with my stuffed belly and watch their reaction! It was priceless! Alot of them thought we were just being funny, playing up the Super Mom thing and then it was the double take and the "Oh, Really!"s that made it so fun!

So I am about nine weeks pregnant and the official due date is June 21st! We are excited, especially Peter! He loves to tell people about the baby in mommy's tummy!

A Warning From a True Prophet

[Posted by Anthony]

[Please forward this to your friends (of any religion) if you want help to keep America from Loss of Freedom.]

A True Prophet's Warning

The quotes below come from an article entitled A Witness and a Warning from President Ezra Taft Benson originally published in the in the November 1979 issue of the Ensign Magazine.

Perhaps this article will will help us decide who to vote for in this coming election and in the future. Below are some direct quotes I have taken from the article. If you don't read the article, please at least read the quotes taken from the article.

• "Communism is Satan's counterfeit for the gospel plan..." (This is quoted from Marion G. Romney)

• "... we have to a great extent accommodated ourselves to Communism -- and we have permitted ourselves to become encircled by its tentacles."

• "Isaiah also predicted there would be those who would 'seek deep to hide their cousel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark...'"

• "... Communism, established, would destroy our American Constitutional government..."

• "We call upon all Church members completely to eschew [shun] Communism.

• "Never before has the land of Zion appeared so vulnerable to so powerful an enemy as the Americas do at present."

• "No nation which has kep the commandments of God has ever perished..."

• "... once freedom is lost, only blood -- human blood -- will win it back."

• "The righteous will be preserved by His power."

• "We must demand of our elected officials that we not only resist Communism, but that we will take every measure to prevent its intrusion into this hemisphere. It is vital that we invoke the Monroe Doctrine."

• "...pray that He will intervent to preserve our freedom just as He intervened in our obtaining it in the first place."

• "We must do as the Lord commanded us by revelation in 1833: "Wherefore, honest men and wise men should be sought for diligently, and good men and wise men ye should observe to uphold; otherwise whatsoever is less than these cometh of evil.'" (D&C 98:10)

• "Men who are wise, good, and honest, who will uphold the Constitution of the United States in the tradition of the Founding Fathers, must be sought for diligently. This is our hope to restore government to its rightful role.

• "Last: We must study the inspired Constitution and become involved in the political process ourselves."

• "He expects us as members of the Church and bearers of His priesthood to do all we can to preserver our liberty."

If you have read this and you don't know who Ezra Taft Benson is, it is my testimony that he was a true prophet of God called to lead people in righteousness in these latter days in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints .

[Please forward this to your friends (of any religion) if you want help to keep America from Loss of Freedom.]

Preserve the Divine Sanctity of Marriage. Also Vote Yes on Proposition 8.

[Posted by Anthony]

It is true that people have a choice as to whether or not they want to co-habitate with a member of the same sex. However, the term "Marriage", was not intended by God to include same-gender unions. The sanctity and original meaning of "marriage" must be preserved! Marriage is about raising families in God's way.

What Am I Trying to Say?

• In the short-term, if you live in California, vote yes on Proposition 8. (If you don't know what that is, see the videos below.)


• In the long-term, no matter where you live, support anything that supports traditional marriage and don't let other people decide what "marriage" is. Accept and support God's definition of marriage.

Where Does The Church of Latter-Day Saints Stand?

• Here is a news article about the issue of same-sex marriage by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -- of which church I am a member.


• According to the article (link above): "Legalizing same-sex marriage ... may well place 'church and state on a collision course.'"


• The article also states that the LDS Church has also joined ProtectMarriage, whose aim is to preserve traditional marriage and ensure that the California constitution only legally regognizes "marriage" between a man and a woman. http://www.protectmarriage.com/

What is Proposition 8?

Basically it comes down to this. Here is a direct quote from the Tell-A-Friend letter that ProtectMarriage.com has setup.

"Voting yes on 8 protects our children from being taught in schools that same-sex marriage is the same as traditional marriage, and Californians from facing mandatory compliance regardless of deeply held personal or religious beliefs."

(Source: http://www.protectmarriage.com/tell. November 2, 2008)

Take Action To Support Proposition 8!

• Watch the Videos Below!
• Join the endorsement list.
• Tell a Friend
• Post a Gadget or Graphic on your Blog. (Scroll all the way down at that link for the icons)
• If you live in California, Vote Yes on Proposition 8!

Halloween Surprise!

I will provide more details later! We are very excited though!