Stand up for what's right!!

The following was from a friends Blog. Instead of trying to explain all about this I just pasted it to my blog. THIS MAKES ME SOOO MAD AND DISGUSTED. Parents Please beaware!!! You NEED to be involved and KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR CHILD'S CLASS ROOM.

My sister in Utah just went in and talked with her sons 6th grade teacher about a book that was being read and the teacher literally was stunned that she came in to talk about what the child was being taught at school. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME A PARENT HAD QUESTIONED ANY MATERIAL AND WENT TO THE TEACHER ABOUT IT. To me that says none of the parents care or are checking. They think all is well. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! THESE ARE THE LAST DAYS AND THE EVIL POWERS THAT BE ARE AFTER OUR CHILDREN.


(This book " KING AND KING" was read to a 2nd grader at school in Massachusetts.

Children's book portraying homosexual romance and marriage --
read to second-grade class by teacher.
At Estabrook Elementary School, Lexington, MA, March 24, 2006. The teacher had chosen the day's theme as "weddings" -- and this is the book she decided to read to the class. This book continues to be placed in elementary classrooms in Lexington and in others around the state.

"King and King" was read to second graders -- without any parental notification. As you can see, it's clearly written to normalize homosexual romance and "marriage" in the minds of very young children.

The Queen brought in several princesses from various places. The prince, of course, didn't like any of them. Then one princess brings her brother along. The book describes the prince's reaction to her brother: "At last, the prince felt a stir in his heart. It was love at first sight."

A few pages later the two princes are shown holding hands a their 'wedding'.

The book goes on to describe how they're not not just princes, but 'King and King."
Most upsetting to me, the last page shows a male-to-male kiss. Who cares there is a heart...EEWW! The message for kids here is pretty clear. . .


This book is published by Tricycle Press in San Francisco -- the same company that publishes "Who's in a Family", (click on title to learn more about this book and 2 others) the book about homosexual parents given to children in kindergarten!!
NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is reproduced for non-profit educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml

A friend emailed these links to me and I thought they were worth sharing...
The first link talks about the incident in Massachusetts.
Number 4 is from the UK urging the US not the make the same mistake they made.
1. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1352578267/bctid1784521903
2.http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1352578267?bctid=1784553601
3.http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1352578267?bctid=1784521903
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx-glEL5SHE


http://standformarriage.com/


So you can't pray or discuss religion in school but you can teach young children that homosexuality is ok WITHOUT parental consent! Shoot, they send a note home when they teach girls about menstruation and that IS natural. I feel religion and homosexuality are close enough topics to be left to the parents to teach - keep it out of schools!! Satan sure is a tricky fellow.)))

I will be checking Noah's school Library to see if they have it.

My 8 Things

8 Things I am Passionate About
1. My Testimony and keeping it strong
2. Chris
3. My Children
4. My Family (mom, dad, siblings)
5. music
6. Teaching the gospel to my children
7. Scrap booking
8.Gardening/Canning/Food storage

8 Things I want to do before I die
1. Visit the Sacred Grove in NY
2. Attend General Conference in SLC, UTAH
3. Go to the Holy Land, Greece, and Ireland
4. Go on a Cruise with Chris
5. Go see the Giant Redwood Trees in California
6. Take my family on a real family vacation
7. Fit back into size 12
8. Go back to college

8 Things I Say Often
1. Sit down and put your seat belt back on.
2. I love you.
3. Don't run in the house.
4. Do you want to stand in the corner?
5. How was your day?
6. You're so cute!
7. I need a Diet Coke.
8. Hello

8 Things that Attract me to a Friend
1. A Love for family and God
2. Honesty and Integrity
3. Similar Interests
4. Willing to give to the Friendship (not just one sided)
5. Sense of Humor
6. Can be spontaneous
7. Supportive
8. Easy to talk to and good listener

8 Songs I Could Listen to Over and Over
1. I'm going Home (chris Daughtry)
2. Forever Young (Alphaville...it's "our song")
3. My kids singing (anything and everything)
4. Live Like You were Dying (Tim McGraw...I like the message)
5. I Believe in Christ (I could put many more hymns here also)
6. In the meantime (from the "women of Destiny 2 cd)
7. Joseph a Nashville Tribute to the prophet (the whole cd)
8. Trek a Nashville Tribute to the pioneers (the whole cd)

8 Things I've learned this Year
1.How to motivate,teach and talk to Noah better.
2. 2 kids in diapers at the same time is expensive
3. Potty training one of those kids is extremely gratifying
4. How to make applesauce and pear sauce
5. How to can jalapeno peppers
6. My new calling as RS 2nd councilor over Enrichment
7. A matter of a few degrees does make all the difference in the end.
8. Faith is better than Fear

8 Random Things About Me
1. I like talk radio
2. I teach piano lessons
3. I sang professionally for a short time (well almost professionally)
4. I like HGTV
5. I have 9 brothers and sisters
6. I make really really good home made bread
7. My favorite color is RED
8. I like American Idol

A Flower Among Weeds

I have to tell you about the picture for my new header that I took today. First off let me start by saying that our lawnmower has been broken and in the fix it shop for almost 2 weeks. (I called on it today and they said there were still 8 people in front of ours and will maybe be done Tuesday.) Yesterday morning or maybe it was Wednesday I looked out my kitchen window that is over my sink and out of the tall, tall grass was standing this lone flower. I've never seen any of these flowers in my yard before. I guess we've kept it cut often enough that it never showed up. But I thought it very profound to see this beautiful flower in the midst of all the weeds and couldn't resist the photo. I likened it to us and how we must be the flowers in the weeds sometimes. If our house is dirty and cluttered, kids with there grimmy hands and runny noses we need to take time to be the flower among the weeds. If we are out in the world with it's corruptions and vices we need to be the flower among the weeds. People will be drawn to us just as my eye was drawn to the flower instead of my knee high grass. The girls discovered it today and came running into the house. "mommy, mommy, come see the flower" Of coarse I knew it was there already but I let them ejoy the discovery and sharing it with me. I got some really pretty pictures of them too.

What we"ve Been Up to Lately

Yes, It is me. I know you all must be shocked that I'm actually updating my blog. Actually, no one will probably see this since it's been so long and you have all given up on checking here for any new info. I'm sorry for the delay. Time just seems to slip through my fingers and when I have a few minutes to my self to sit at the computer it is bed time and I'm to tired to mess with it. But today I had a Diet Coke and so am caffinated and still able to keep going. Noah had his Birthday on Sept. 12. He is 9 already. Where did my baby go. He is now on his way to becoming a young man now. We spent the night at Grandma Argo's (all except Chris)
We I made the cake and brought Ice cream for after dinner. The Aunties all got him a few goodies and the cake was yummy. Chocolate chocolate. Who wouldn't love that right.
On Saturday we hung out at the house and Mom and I hit some yard sales and did some running around in town. That evening I took the kids with all the Aunties (my sisters) and went to the Franklin County Fair. My kids had a blast on the rides and us big girls sang in a Franklin County's got Talent Contest. Heidi and I sang in the over 17 category and Emily and Ashley sang in the Jr's. Ashely took 3rd place and Heidi and I took 3rd place.
We each won $50 bucks. Of coarse Heidi and split it and $25 was exactly how much I had paid for the ride tickets for the kids. So I ended up breaking even. Not a bad Free night out with the kids. It was after 10 though by the time I got back to the Argo's to get Ethan and load up our remaining things.
Then on Sunday I turned my head and I felt like I was falling and never coming to a stop. The whole world was spinning and I was sick to my stomach from motion sickness. I was bothered by it all night. Chris took me to the Doctor on Monday (this past) and diagnosed me with VERTIGO brought on by a virus. By Thursday though my sinuses were so impacted and was having pressure behind my eyes and on my ears that I called back to the Doctors and they got me an antibiotic. I'm doing much better. I just cant bend over or sit or stand up to quickly or my head gets all swishy. Well, that pretty much brings you up to day from here. Enjoy the photos.

Noah's First day of 3rd Grade

School is back in session!!!! Noah started 3rd grade this year!! He is in Mrs. Holders Class at Highland Rim Elementry. So far so good. He just completed his first full week of classes. He also is a Bus rider this year. That has really been a help. Except the 2nd day he missed the morning bus, so we are still working on our timing in the mornings to get him down around the corner to the bus stop on time. Here are some pictures of his first day.

Ethan's 1st Birthday

I can't believe my baby is a year old alredy. It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital having him. Time sure is flying by. He is the sweetest and easiest baby of the 4. Maybe I'm just getting better at this Mother thing. He is the only one of us to have blue eyes and I LOVE those big blue eyes. We spent the afternoon at the Argo's (my parent's house) and swam in the pool. We got Ethan all lathered up with sunscreen and a hat. It was his first time to get in the water. He loves baths so was hopefull he would like the pool. The water was a little cool for him at first but once he got used to it and Mamma was holding on tight to him he enjoyed splashing around. After our relaxing swim we headed inside for birthday dinner and cake and Icecream. Ethans birthday dinner consisted of Grandma's yummy Macaroni and cheese. His aunt Kimberly (she's 15) made his cute little cake and I brought the ice cream. You can tell in the pictures he really liked his dessert. He got a new toy. We didn't really have that many hand me downs from the other kids. And the other 3 would not stay out of the way and let him unwrapp and do it him self. Many times we had to tell them to leave him alone. Typical syblings. We visited for the rest of the evening and then headed home. It was a nice day. I can't wait to scrap the pictures and journal for him in his scrap book.

My Olympic Swimmers

As you all know the Olympics have been on for a week now and the kids have loved watching them with us. The girls especially. They really like watching the gymnastics but on this particular day swimming was the event of the day. We have a little pool out back and they have really enjoyed it this summer. More than last year. But Eve has been asking for some goggles so she can "swim" under water. This coming from the girl who doesn't like to put her face in the water. But I guess she felt the goggles would give her some courage. Anyway, I picked up these 2 pair for 75 cents at Wal-Mart and they were ready for their BIG swim. I didn't get out to take pictures of them in the pool. They have actually worn them more in the house than in the pool.