Jeremiah, Luke, Mark, Winston....

It is for real.

I love to get sonograms, because I feel again the joy that there is actually someone in there! My scanner is not working so this is actually a photograph of the image they sent me home with. I put it on a VHS for the kids too.

And this was just fun. They are sitting under my computer desk together and there were playing together SO nicely!

Bean Bag Journeys

http://www.save-on-crafts.com Aren't these fun? I really think they are cool. Everyone else seems underwhelmed. They are "lampshades" that you slip on top of your wine stems. Then you put a tea light in the cup and you have a cute little light at the table.

Back in Business

I need to get used to the school schedule! We are having so much fun so far, but it sure is a change from our relaxing summer! I look at all we do and don't know quite how it all fits in, but somehow it does and magically, all practices and lessons fell on different days and times. We did not double up hardly at all this semester!! whew! And we have less this semester than others. The girls dropped their cheerleading. Football kind of takes up a lot of extra time, but it sure is fun!! We all get out there wearing our Dragon Green! Luckily, Andrew's soccer team is the same green color!

We have

Family night

Football

Soccer

Ballet

Piano

Swimming

Activity Days

Show kids

Theater

Here are the kids heading off on their first day:

Andrew went back to school a week later to his preschool. I will get shots of him in here later. He LOVES his teacher. When we drove away the first day, he said, "goodbye I love you!"

Cheaper by the...Half Dozen???

We are SO excited about our cute six kids. We will get to meet this new little sixth person in February around the 25th!!! Oh and NO ONE else knows so SHHHHHH. :) But I can't hide the belly any more, unlike my dear beautiful sister who is pregnant with number one and tiny as can be. :) http://www.krisncath.blogspot.com/ But I feel great, look great (I can say whatever I want, I am pregnant!) and feel super blessed.

Pick your Colors

http://www.benjaminmoore.com

I just thought I would share my favorite place to pick paint colors for the house. I LOVE Benjamin Moore paint and I LOVE their colors. Pottery Barn will usually share which shades of BM paint they are using in their catalogs. My favorite part on this website is that you can paint imaginary rooms with their colors and see how well they look together.

Also, the US colors are good, but the Canadian colours are SO much better. It is difficult to get a US store to be able to get the formula, but I have found they can call the Canadian store and mix it here. You can switch to Canadian at the bottom of the website in small print.

Also there is tons to be done with spray paint that I am just now feeling brave enough to try.....if I actually do it, I will post the pics.
Happy virtual painting!!

Voice of the People

OK, I am going to get political on you, and I am about to disagree with Hollywood and Television and even three California Supreme Court Judges.

California voters voted into law by 61% that they want marriage in their state to be defined as a union between a man and woman only. This past May the California Supreme Court voted (3-4) that the law is unconstitutional according to the California Constitution. So 4 people just nullified the wishes of 61% of California voters. That is not how our system is supposed to work. We are a rule by the voice of the people. We are all about majority rule; and we assume that the majority of Americans will not likely make poor choices. (that is why America needs a moral society, but that is a soapbox for another day)

Anyway, I know it is a confusing issue. I know we don't like to "deny" anyone anything. But we must protect marriage as a sacred covenant. If we loose that, surely, everything else will soon cave behind it. Opening up a definition of marriage to include anyone who wants to make that union would destroy the institution itself. We would soon have society and government not recognizing unions at all, only dealing with individuals, because anyone could be a union at any time for any purpose. (and dissolve it at any time as well)

Don't think I am making sense, how about this example: Let's say I want a marriage tax break. My roomates and I all decide to get "married" (only legally speaking) until we are done with school. Think of it: Polygamy, bygomy, sodomy, all those omy's. How about health insurance? Another great reason to create a "marriage."

I know you won't read a super long blog so I will stop. Of course there are many great moral reasons to not support a same sex marriage: firstly, children have the right to be raised in the safest environment possible and studies have proven this to be a traditional marriage between a man and a woman.

But let's help those Californians get their voice back!!! Please send in your $$$$ to the organization below. My church is even supporting them and has asked that we give our best efforts to do the same.

http://www.protectmarriage.com/

I love people, even those making different choices than I agree with. I really do. I disagree with their choices, their choices now affect me, and it is time to take a stand.