Too important to pass up

My sister Jessica wrote a post on her blog last week and with her permission I am copying onto my blog. Read it, and check out the link:

"Here is the Church's (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) stance on the consequences of legalizing homosexual unions.

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/the-divine-institution-of-marriage

Please, take a minute and read this. Afterwards, get out there and talk about it with your friends, anyone. Voting might not be your favorite pastime, but this is a civic duty and when the definition of marriage in America is under fire, I think it is our religious and moral obligation. You know that anytime the Church comes out to express an opinion on anything remotely relating to society and politics, it is time to pay attention and take action."

Happy Haunting!!

Last week Rebekah had a few friends over to celebrate halloween (what can I say, I'm a sucker for the season and the cute costumes.) They had a lot of fun making spooky candy haunted houses and marching around in their costumes.



We also went to the Oil Ranch on Wednesday for play group. This is such an awesome place for kids. Rebekah had a blast on the pony rides, at the petting zoo, on the little john deer playground, riding the train, at the hay maze, picking out a pumpkin at the pumpkin patch (and throwing them down some hay bails) and feeding the cows. Last year feeding the cows on the hay ride scared her quite badly but this year she handled it like a pro.

Fall Festival

I'm always searching for fun things to do in the area to celebrate whatever holiday is coming up. Last year I stumbled upon the Nature Discovery Center's Fall Festival and as luck would have it, I somehow remembered about it this year just in time. (I mean literally just in time, I looked it up last Saturday, the morning OF the event.) So Rebekah and I called up a few friends and headed on over. She had a blast. Last year she was too small to really participate in anything so it was fun to buy her coupons to play games, etc. this year. Rebekah was really excited to go on the horse and wagon ride and to jump in the "Trampoline House" as she called it. She played lots of fun little games and got all sorts of prizes. I am glad that we didn't miss this because I just think it's a lot of fun to celebrate fall and Halloween and to create fun little memories with my little Beks.

It's October and it's cooling down!

I love the fall!!! And FINALLY this week it has been cool enough to actually wear pants and even attempt to wear a light sweater. Love it love it love it. Thankfully this past summer wasn't as oppressive to me as the past ones. I guess after six years I'm finally starting to get acclimated a bit. I guess. Well back to fall. So I love it. I love sweaters and curling up by the fire place with a mug of apple cider. Yes I know I live in H*, which is why we do not have a fire place, but still, I love doing it. And once October comes around we can start to decorate for Halloween which is also always very fun. Rebekah has even gotten into the spirit of Halloween and asks daily for her Halloween shirt, her Halloween Pajamas, and also to go outside and look at other people's decorations. We have a new October tradition apparently, every night after dinner we go for a walk to see the lights and the big blow up Halloween decorations throughout the neighborhood. Thankfully it's cooling down, right? So yes, Rebekah talks about Halloween constantly throughout the day and getting her to wait until after dinner to go out for that walk is getting more difficult as each day passing. I don't' know what she's going to do come November 1st. GULP Thankfully she's also already started to mention CHRISTMAS here and there...

Race for the Cure 2008

Last Saturday was the Race for the Cure for Breast Cancer. We do it every year, with the exception of last year. It was great to go back this year. I enjoy it so much and there is such a wonderful feeling there. All of these people getting together to raise money for a great cause. Rebekah and I went to do the family walk and Nelson did the competitive run. There were over 30, 000 people there, a Houston record and let me tell you it was packed. You could barely even move to get anywhere. For the non competitive walk it took over 45 minutes to even get TO THE STARTING LINE. Rebekah and I were trying to do that walk as well, but before we were even halfway TO THE STARTING LINE Nelson was already done his run. So... we stopped and waited for all the people to get past us. Yeah, that took another 15 minutes or more. But I can't really complain because the more people who are there, the more money that is being raised to find a cure. So yes, it was crowded but great.

The Election is coming

I have to admit that Nelson and I really get into presidential elections. While I am always interested in current politics, there is something about a presidential race that excites me and gets my heart beating a little faster. We really enjoy listening to talk radio, reading articles, watching the National Conventions (from the past month) and watching the presidential debates. I remember fanatically staying up and watching everything between John Kerry and George Bush four years ago. I get concerned about who is going to end up leading this country. I enjoyed watching most of the presdential debate between Obama and McCain last week. It was interesting to see the differences between them, and what they focused on. They both had their specific topic that they always tried to pull everything back to (Obama - change, McCain - his experience) and honest to goodness, if they used the word "strategy" one more time I was going to flip out (instead I just changed the channel.) I will admit that I was more impressed by McCain's being able to refer to his experience when answering most questions than by Obama's plans of what he would do, though he's never been in anything near that type of situation before. It's a hard thing for me to swallow, thinking of voting for something with so little experience, especially with wars going on and a quickly failing economy. Well, here's to another month of excitement.