Busy Week For Dylan!

The last week in May was busy for our newest graduate, Dylan.

His Senior Prom date started at 8 a.m. I'm not sure what seniors do around the country, but here it is popular to have a "day date," lunch, then a couple of hours off to get ready for the big finale of the dinner date and Senior Prom. It makes for a long day. Dylan rented a tuxedo for this special occasion.















A few days later was the Venture Crew Court of Honor where Dylan received four awards. He could have earned five, but we didn't get the paperwork done on time.










Tonight was the Seminary Graduation Ceremony for our Stake. Only 31 Seniors completed all four years of Seminary. You would think here in Utah that more youth would graduate Seminary. We are very proud of him.

Well it's not over yet. In two days is his High School Graduation. It is so large a production with the number of students and family attending that it is held at the Utah State University indoor Stadium.

The Bishop asked Dylan last week what his plans are for the future. Dylan's response, "get a job, work for a year, then go on a mission." He is a great kid--couldn't have asked for a better son!

Love you Dylan. Congratulations!
mom

Okay, maybe I'm bragging, but I really don't have much to brag about, except, that is, my garden. I've been eating Sorrel from my garden since the first of April. Sorrel is a very tart tasting lemony spinach that takes some getting used to. I can't eat it all the time or I'd get sick of it, so I haven't picked it for a couple of weeks. Today I went to pick some and noticed that it is already going to seed. Now you may think that means it is done and gone for the rest of the summer, but in reality it means that in a couple more weeks I'll have a fresh new baby crop of sorrel. Last year I got three crops; this year, the way things are going, I'll probably get4 crops.

I owe it to tire gardening. Have I told you (hee hee) how much I enjoy my tire garden!!!

The Brink of the Next Civil War !

Here comes the fire storm. If they are successful in separating the state from the federal government, then not only does the state lose control over themselves and the voters of that state are shunned, but it opens the door for all types of relationships including polygamy and any type of relationship people want to claim.. Why couldn’t I marry my cat and then claim him as a dependant?

“We and our relationships should be treated equally under the law. Our goal is to advance the cause of equality for all Americans." (quoted from lawsuit in opposition to Prop 8 filed 5/09. See article below.)

If this is successful then it means that individual state constitutions and individual state laws are null to the ever powerful will of the federal government. This is the very thing that the Civil War was fought over.

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This is beyond dangerous!

Berkeley couple challenges Prop. 8

Bay City News Service

Posted: 05/27/2009 12:15:47 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)

In the wake of the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8, the state's ban on same-sex marriage, two couples are pursuing a new tactic with a federal court lawsuit.

A lesbian couple from Berkeley and a gay couple from Burbank filed the lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco on Friday.

The lawsuit claims that Proposition 8, enacted by state voters on Nov. 4, violates the couple's federal constitutional rights to due process and equal treatment by denying them the right to marry.

The couples are represented by prominent attorneys Theodore Olson of Washington, D.C., and David Boies of Armonk, N.Y., who argued on opposite sides of the Bush v. Gore case that decided the 2000 presidential election.

Today, the attorneys filed a motion asking for a hearing on July 2 before Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco on their bid for a preliminary injunction blocking Proposition 8.

The two couples said in a statement today, "We and our relationships should be treated equally under the law. Our goal is to advance the cause of equality for all Americans."

Until now, battles over same-sex marriage in California have centered on the state constitution. A year ago, the California Supreme Court said by a 4-3 vote that the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment provides a right to gay marriage.

But state voters overturned that ruling when they enacted Proposition 8 by a 52 percent majority last fall as a state constitutional amendment. On Tuesday, the state high court ruled by a 6-1 vote that Proposition 8 was within voters' power to amend the state constitution.

The new lawsuit is based on separate federal constitutional rights.

Among other cases, the lawsuit cites a 1967 ruling in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Virginia ban on interracial marriage and said the freedom to marry is a "vital personal right."

The plaintiffs are Kris Perry and Sandy Stier of Berkeley, who have been together for nine years and have four sons, and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo of Burbank.

Both couples say they tried to get married last week, but were denied marriage licenses by their county clerk's offices because of Proposition 8.

Theengs Thaut Piss Mee Ofph

People who ...

ask my opinion then tell me it's wrong
ask my opinion then want to argue that their opinion is right
don't know the rules for a four-way stop
don't pay attention when approaching a four-way stop
slow down while driving because they are on their cell phone
drive in the turning lane
turn from the driving lane
make right turns from the left lane (exception: semi-trucks)
ask people personal questions about other people
make rude comments about others behind their back
try to sound smart by using "big" words but use them wrong
judge people by their size
judge people by their color
categorize people as a means of criticizing them
pretend to like animals when they really don't
chew gum
talk with food in their mouth
talk just for the sake of hearing themselves talk
ask questions and don't let the person answer
ask questions but don't listen to the answer
ask questions they already know the answer to
care more about looks than character
can't park correctly in parking spaces
park in the no parking zones in front of stores
can't pronounce the short "e" sound correctly
say "these ones"
don't know the difference between subject and object pronouns
don't use correct tense (ex. was, were--arghhh!)
use apostrophes incorrectly
misuse commas
brag
talk incessantly about a movie or a book
tell the ending of a movie or a book I haven't seen or read yet
think their "rights" are more important than mine
criticize others to make themselves feel important
look to me for their personal "validation"
ask my advice on the same situation more than once
contradict themselves in order to always be "right"
say "sorry" but don't indicate for what
walk down the center of an aisle and expect you to move for them
don't pay attention to what is going on around them
listen to mp3 players in shopping centers
make statement/comment but imply a question
get upset when I don't answer a non-existent question

. . . piss me off!


Hey, it's my blog I can vent if I want!


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God is Definitely at Work in Our Lives

Samantha decided she wanted to spend more time with her little sis Andrea, so she invited her shopping after school. Andrea's co-worker was going to pick her up for work, but Samantha said she would take her to work so she and Andrea could have more time together. On the way to work traffic was backed up about a mile on Main Street, so Samantha decided to take the back roads. Andrea just ended up being a few minutes late.

Later, Samantha got a phone call from Andrea informing her why the traffic was backed up. The girl that was going to pick up Andrea and take her to work was side-swiped by another car. The accident was bad enough to block both lanes of traffic. The vehicle's passenger side was completely smashed. If Andrea were in that seat, we may not have her anymore!

"Freedom Is Indivisible" --Ronald Reagan

"Freedom is indivisible--there is no 's' on the end of it. You can erode freedom, diminish it, but you cannot divide it and chose to keep 'some freedoms' while giving up others." --Ronald Reagan


I thought this quote fitting for today when so much of our freedom is being stripped away.

Samantha shared with us a movie she watched in one of her USU classes. As we watched it, she told us to think about what is happening today right in front of our noses with our current president. I recommend you rent the movie Triumph of the Will. It will be in the foreign film section. It is a German propaganda movie made in 1935 after the Nazi Party took control. Its main emphasis is to show how great "The Party" is and all the great things they are doing for Germany. Compare it to what's going on now--very enlightening.

Home Grown Super Hero -- Andrea!

Everyone who knows Andrea knows she is special. It has only recently come to our attention of just how special she is or in her case how "Super" she is. Last week Andrea learned she could pop out bones (and she loving acquired the nick name of "baby breaker" --sorry, personal story). Last night she learned that she could also break through metal. Robert was the unfortunate recipient of her super power display. It's a good thing Andrea now has a job so she can replace the toilet handle.

Andrea now comes with a warning: Caution. Remind Andrea to turn off her super powers before she touches anything!