The Lichtenberg's Visit

This last week my good friend Martha and her kids came to California for a wedding. We were lucky to have them stay at our house for the week. We had so much fun and her kids have grown up so much and are beautiful girls and Matt such a handsome boy. We went out to lunch, shopping at the mall, lunch at Alex's work ,and of course a day at Disneyland,the happiest place on earth. It was so much fun and made me miss them being so close. Madeline and Lauren were so glad to see each other, and they are planning to go college together. We love the Lichtenbergs, and were glad they wanted to stay with us. Thanks for coming we miss you already!

Martha's kids all grown up!

Madeline and Lauren when they were 8

Five years later! Now they're 13!

Lunch at Mendocino Farms! The best sandwiches in LA!

Me and Martha

DISNEYLAND!!

Alex and Steph

This lady got in my way

My beautiful kids!

The Office

His lovely office before

The mess!

Doesn't it look so nice?

Now you can actually see the chair!

My husband has a beautiful office and over the past few years it has become a junk room for all unwanted things. We have a beautiful leather chair and ottoman, and the room has beautiful wood work. The other day some important papers were lost in this room of things, I couldn't stand it any longer and decided it would be my friday project. I kept it a secret from Scott, one to surprise him and ,two he HATES me to touch the stuff in case there is something "important" among the piles of junk.  If you know me these are the projects that I get excited about. Organizing and cleaning out rooms , closets, or anything is what I really enjoy. Its what the kids and I did on school breaks when they were young, I think they have fun doing this too? It took me 2 full days and I had so much fun, after Scott got over the fact that he could find everything and I threw out very little he was gratful, I actually found him sitting at the desk today paying a bill. He never really spent much time in there in the last few years. I have a list of the other places in my house to be cleaned out and every friday thats what I will be doing. 

Never to old to learn

Today I learned something new, I was playing with my blog and changed the color. Wow I was so impressed that I decided it was worth sharing. I hope to get better with all of this because I have so many friends and family that live away. This is such a fun way to keep in touch and when my friends find my blog they may want to make one too. I am so glad that my girls helped me do this. What a great time to be alive and I am just grateful for all the things in my life that bring me so much happiness. So maybe next time I can add a photo, who knows, I just keep learnig.

OCTOBER FUN!

Well October is here and that means its Halloween season! I love nothing more than to take full advantage of this holiday and all the opportunities to scare myself. So far weve started off the month with an oh so fun camping trip ( which if you know me...the idea of going anywhere with out indoor plumbing is pretty scary)and a visit to one of utahs many haunted forests! The camping trip was a blast...tons of food friends and fun! Unfortuantly it did start to rain but luckily we were already prepared! So instead we just enjoyed the sound of rain from inside our tents! We told scary stories around the camp fire as well to keep in tone of the holiday! To my suprise the whole experience turned out to be much more enjoyable than scary!

Next we were off to the haunted forest! As most of you know its one of those set up haunted house type things..but this one had a house and a forest! I was nervous to go considering I had never been to one before. The thought of real people being able to jump out and grab me didnt really sit well with me! But I do love a good scare so I went along! Well two hours later we stumble out of this forest..tired scared and freezing cold! We were not prepared and had no idea it would take that long! Room after room..corner after corner we were suprised to find that this little adventure wouldnt be ending soon! I think they had every scary movie ever made represented somewhere inside! All in all though it was a good time and definantly gave me the scare i was looking for! But October is not over yet soo well have to see whats in store next!!!

PRESERVING MARRIAGE

SAY YES TO PROP 8

PLEASE READ THIS EVEN IF YOU AREN'T A RESIDENT OF CALIFORNIA AND THEN COPY AND PUT IT ON YOUR BLOG. EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, I'M SURE PEOPLE WHO READ YOUR BLOG DO. IF WE DON'T STOP IT FROM PASSING, THE REST OF THE U.S. WILL FOLLOW. WE NEED TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES IF MARRIAGE DOESN'T STAY BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.

Six Consequences if Proposition 8 Fails:

1. Children in public schools will be taught that both traditional marriage and same-sex marriage are okay. The California Education Code already requires that health education classes instruct children about marriage (§51890). Therefore, if the definition of marriage is changed, children will be taught that marriage is a relation between any two adults. There will be serious clashes between the secular school system and the right of parents to teach their children their own values and beliefs.

2. Churches will be sued if they refuse to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in their religious buildings that are open to the public. Ask whether your pastor, priest, minister, bishop, or rabbi is ready to perform such marriages in your chapels and sanctuaries.

3. Religious adoption agencies will be challenged by government agencies to give up their long-held right to place children only in homes with both a mother and a father. Catholic Charities in Boston have already closed its doors because of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts.

4. Religions that sponsor private schools and which provide housing for married students will be required to provide housing for same-sex couples, even if it runs counter to church doctrine, or lose tax exemptions and benefits.

5. Ministers who preach against same-sex marriages will be sued for hate speech and could be fined by the government. It has already happened in Canada--one of six countries that have legalized gay marriage.

6. It will cost you money. A change in the definition of marriage will bring a cascade of lawsuits. Even if courts eventually find in favor of a defender of traditional marriage (highly improbable given today’s activist judges), think of the money – your money, your church contributions – that will have to be spent on legal fees. And think of all the unintended consequences that we cannot even foresee at this time. Where will it end?

It’s your children, your grandchildren, your money, and your liberties at stake. Let's work together to protect them. Join with us in walking precincts and phoning voters to vote YES on Prop 8.

Here we go!!!

I thought I would make this blog...with the help of Alex, to record some of the things our family has been up to! I am not very computer savy so we will see how this goes. Hopefully with the continued help of my kids we will be able to preserve some fun memories for us to look back on! Please have patience! HAHA