isn't it funny

I noticed this when I was home with my parents and now I'm noticing it with Joe. Isn't it funny that men are on their own when they leave home where they feed themselves, do laundry, and basically survive, but when they get married those survival skills diminish and sometimes fade? Joe will still help occassionanlly and I love it when he does! This is just an observation.

what I would include

I asked this same question to Joe one night. It intrigued him so much that he grabbed his palm and quickly found how many people voted for prop 8 and how many members there are in California. Over 6 million people voted in favor of proposition 8 and there are over 750,000 members in California (keep in mind this number includes 8 year olds).

The above statistic isn't necessarily why I support prop 8, but it gives them a broader idea of how small a number 750,000 is compared to 6 million! That is 6,000,000 vs. 750,000! I would probably give them this statistic and bear my testimony. Hopefully one or the other would shut them up and hamper additional attacks on Latter-day Saints.

what would you say ...

Let's say that a person who did not support proposition 8 asked you why you did, what would you say? And keep in mind that they probably don't share the same belief system as you, so the religion card probably wouldn't satisfy them (if anything really did).

2 month checkup

Corban had his 2 month check up yesterday where he also got 3 immunization shots and 1 immunization "shot". He is now almost 13 pounds and is 24 inches long! I can definately tell he's gaining weight when I carry him around in his car seat. I'm gonna have sweet biceps in a couple of months! It was sad seeing him get his shots, but luckily Joe was there to comfort both his son and wife. The rotovirus now comes in liquid form, hence the "shot" comment above ... get it? Anyhoo. Corban's legs were a bit sore last night. He would move them and then whimper. He slept okay, but not the greatest. Hopefully today is better.

private eye

Maybe I have been scared a little about our identities being stolen, or maybe I'm just following the popular mass, but we're going private. Leave your email if you want access to our blog in the future.

shopping spree

To go along with said weight loss, my husband has agreed that I can go on an amazing shopping spree if I get into a certain pant size. Let's just say that I've never been in that pant size before. EVER! If I make it to the size just above, then I get to go on a plain 'ole shopping spree.

Wish me luck.

weight loss

You may or may not know this, but I gained 58 pounds during my pregnancy. I was fortunate enough to loose 38 of those pounds at delivery, but I have 20 pounds to go to get to my prepregnancy weight and an additional 10 to get to my optimal weight.

I'm confessing this in the hopes that y'all wil keep me honest in my newly started weight loss program. I only weigh myself every Monday morning, so I don't know how much weight I've lost (if any), but my wedding ring fits more normally; I can actually move it around my finger without fearing that my finger is going to explode!

Anyhoo ... wish me luck. And if any of y'all want to go to water aerobics Thursday night around 8:00 p.m. at the SVHS swimming pool, let me know. I need a swimming buddy.

thanksgiving project

I got this idea from a sister-in-law and loved the idea. For everyday of November I will be taking a picture of the things I am grateful for. Her idea was to make a mini scrapbook on Thanksgiving day, but since I swore off paper scrapbooks, mine will be electronic. I may or may not share with everyone in the blogging world, but you should make your own thanksgiving scrapbook!

election 2008

Joe, Corban and I went and voted today. I thought for sure that there would be GINORMOUS lines to contend with, but we got there, waited about 1 minute, cast our vote and was on our way. 1-2-3-easy-peasy.

Joe and I voted at the same time, so Joe pushed Corban, who was in his stroller, over to the side right behind him. A lady behind us, took it upon herself to move the stroller closer to a lady who already had a baby in her arms! When I went up to Corban's stroller, the lady looked at me all surprised then asked, "How is your baby?" What the? Very weird.

Anyhoo ... be sure to vote today!

halloween '08

I must admit that Halloween is not one of my favorite holidays. That being said, Ihad a bad attitude about dressing up. Joe and I went shopping for costumes October 30 because he wanted to dress up at work. As we were looking, I bought devil horns and a tail. It was a pretty lame costume, so I didn't get any pictures.

This is Joe being Indiana Jones. The whip actually makes the sound and plays the theme song to the movie.

My two boys.


Don't let his expression fool you, he's a ferocious tigger.