Quote of the day

Fear and faith cannot coexist in our hearts at the same time. In our days of difficulty, we choose the road of faith. Jesus said, "Be not afraid, only believe."

Elder Neil L. Anderson at the October 2008 General Conference.

America!!

We live in a nation of freedoms and dreams. Yet we are so fear driven as a society. How refreshing it is to know that the newly elected President is a President of hope not of fear. A President with dreams of a better tomorrow. This is something that is in line with what the leaders of my church said at a recent conference they spoke of hope, pressing forward, not being fearful, and yet So many people expressed fear once the decision was made. Though my post here may not be popular with some of my friends or family I feel good knowing the way I voted holds true to what I have been taught in my beliefs that is: WE VOTE FOR THE MAN NOT THE PARTY. We look for the person that holds our values and is intelligent and a good statesman (as said by Brigham young in his teachings, the lesson: Earthly Government and Kingdom of God). Though both parties have different beliefs and some are good and some not so much. The party in whom each candidate belongs to does not define who the person is or what is in their heart. I truly hope that the next 4 years are successful for America. No I don't think that tomorrow everything will be fixed. Obama has a tough road ahead of him but I believe he is going to try to make things right. I love a person with conviction and O boy does he have it. Not every decision a President makes is popular but I believe that our new President has this country's best interest at heart.
I belong to a Church that is not fear driven but is faith and hope driven. And so I say life is not over as we know it and we need not fear if we are doing the things that are right.


I did not write this to argue but to inspire and to promote hope not fear.

click on the link below to check out his speech from Tuesday night. Yes words are just words but I believe you cannot speak with that much conviction if you do not believe in what you are saying. ( notice he does not boast of himself but instead says "WE" rather than "I" he invites us to unite and become a stronger nation).


http://www.barackobama.com/

http://www.snopes.com/ (click on Barack Obama)

www.newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/public-issues/political-neutrality

Individual Pictures

Bradley a Transformer "Bumble Bee"

Jillian a Cowgirl

Baden a Pumpkin




Here are the kids in their costumes aren't they cute?

Trick or Treat???

I have so many cute pictures to show but this will do for now.
The kids had a great Halloween. Jillian and Bradley got ready right before Bill came home. As soon as he was home we were out the door. Jillian and Bradley ran from house to house while Baden sat in the stroller totally content.
I love Halloween because everyone is happy and it is a great night to get out and to get to know your neighbors.
Happy Halloween.

Halloween Party

Here is some of the pictures from the Family Halloween party on Saturday. We did Karaoke, played games and ate good food.
It was fun!!! Cant wait until next year!

Cute Hair!!!

I wanted to do some new things with Jillian's hair, so I went on the Internet and found several blogs with cute hair ideas. Here are some of the ones that I tried. They are not perfect but I thought they are cute.

Fall Break

Jillian had fall break this week so I had to come up with some fun things to do.
Here are the kids playing at the park on October 10th. I love Arizona!!!
Perfect Weather to play in the water.
We have had fun this week but I am ready for school to start again.

Do you think he likes it?

Personally I don't think he is that impressed.

Funny Bradley

Last night at dinner we told Bradley he had to eat his food if he wanted a treat. So he tried to pawn it off on me and Jillian ( he thought if we ate it he would still get a treat) when we said no he went to Bill and said "Daddy do you want to have some of this SUPER COOL beef." We were impressed with his amazing sales tactic. We tried so hard not to laugh but how could you not.

Yeahhhh!!!

No picture but Baden rolled over from back to front today. He was my latest child to do that. I started calling him the log but now I will have to come up with something else.
Also other good news of the day. Bill got a job!!!! We are excited!!!