i can't wait

for this election to be over. i can not tell you how OVER it i am with seeing no on prop 8 commercials. i am not kidding you when i say that EVERY SINGLE show that i watch has at least 1 no on 8 commercial. today when i was watching yesterdays ellen, i saw this one for the first time.



i'm a mother in california, and for them to say "on behalf of so many mothers living in california" ughgh! i can't even begin to tell you how upset and annoyed i am at this particular commercial. i feel like my identity was stolen or something.. no one talk for me. ughgh.

so i would like everyone to know that i am a mother living in california, and i am voting yes on prop 8. because i want my children to know that there are things in this life that are sacred. marriage. and my children will still learn love, acceptance and compassion without sacrificing that sanctity.

so for my friends that are on the fence with this issue, don't watch that commercial and think to yourself "oh well my totally rad friend jenny is a mom so she is probably against prop 8, so i am going to vote with her." seriously.

and just to reiterate. YES ON PROP 8

i would also like to say how dissapointed i am that obama and bidden changed their stance on this issue just because they were appearing on the ellen show. and though i am not happy with either of my choices for president, i would like to give mccain props for sticking to his guns, and not giving into that. for him to look her in the face and tell her he doesn't agree with her marriage was awesome. snaps to him. bidden just says what we want to hear. get a backbone, and stand up for what you really believe in.

why

oh why did i cut it?


cheesy picture eh? just wanted to prove my point. i shouldn't have done it. my sister called me last week and asked me to talk her down form the edge. she wanted to cut her hair but i told her not to. take it as a lesson my dear sister. put down the scissors and walk away from the mirror.

wondering

where i have been the last few weeks? well you could have found me here



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i know i know i know... i'm a little behind on the twilight series, but better late then never right? i just can't believe i read more books in the last three weeks then i have since i graduated.. that is pathetic. i may be fabricating that, but who knows. i just like that i got baker to start reading too.

so now that i am out of things to read, any suggestions?

irvine park

we decided to branch out and take a field trip to irvine park. it was so much fun. they have this huge pumpkin patch with a maze, a mini haunted house, and things to do like a train ride, horse riding, and a hay ride. the kids were in heaven. it was nearly 100 degrees (not kidding, in the 90's) so i wasn't quite sure i felt we were in the same place.

this is em with charlie, luke and delany. we were very surprised to find them all being able to stand together to snap a picture. and we realized that they had all hit two and a half feet. they are getting so big.

charlie wasn't really into being the cat, and em could really care less about what she was..

when we first got there, emmy was so drawn to this tractor. i had to split up a couple fights over it. she is just too much right now it is hilarious.

she loved the train ride. so did i. we were in the shade, she was sitting still, and we got to see all her favorite animals. the ducks, a dog, some horsies. she loved it.

she loved it so much, she wouldn't look at me once. she was so into what was going on outside the train. she is so curious at this stage in her life. i love to see her taking it all in and learning so many new things. its absolutely amazing.

as you can see below, she was very eager to share her snacks with her friends... as long as she was allowed to feed them.

it's time

that i finally sit down and write about this. i have been been meaning to do it, and i thought today would be the perfect day. fitting since today is my and baker's 3 year anniversary.



had you asked me to vote on this issue 2 years ago, i probably wouldn't have cared either way. now having my own children it has really opened my eyes to what this would mean for them and their future. i'm not sure our society is seeing this for what it truely is. this isn't an issue about gay rights, intolerance, or anything along those lines. this is about the sanctity of marriage and what it was intended for. this is about children being entitled to having one mother and one father. the way it has been for centuries. marriage is sacred.

for us, it's cut throat. "marriage is between a man and a woman". end of story, enough said. no legal rights would be taken away from gay people. they still have their domestic partnerships that will allow them all the benefits that they have always had. the same rights that married men and women have. if prop 8 passes, nothing changes that. nothing changes at all besides an amendment added to our constitution stating just that, "marriage is between one man and one woman".

however, for them it's a bit more complicated. if prop 8 doesn't pass, this means that our children as young as kindergarten will be taught about gay marriage. it means that referring to "husband and wife" or "mom and dad" will be taken out of curriculum and considered hate speech if used in the classroom. it will take away religious rights to churches that believe that marriage is sacred. it is opening a can of worms for our society as a whole. soon man will be able to marry 3 women, or 4 consenting adults will be able to marry. how about a father marrying his daughter. he loves her, isn't that enough? shouldn't he have rights?

the ramifications are endless. which is why the passing of proposition 8 in california is crucial.

marriage is sacred, it is between one man, and one woman. vote yes on prop 8!



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i'm a sucker

the lab that i have pictures printed at include a sucker in ever order. either a blow-pop or a tootsie-pop. i don't eat them, so i throw them away. well sort of, they sit in the box that sits near the trash, and when the trash gets taken out so do the boxes. there is normally more then one.. but that is besides the point.

i was trying to finish twilight yesterday (i know where have i been? that book is so old), while em was just hanging out dancing to music and playing with the vacuum (more on that to come). she was being particularly happy and giggling. now this isn't completely out of the ordinary she laughs at herself alot, but i was intrigued.. so i investigated. and there she was. so happy. she had found the sucker.

she had even managed to take the wrapper off. something she has never been able to do before. you see we had a similar run in last time we were at grandma and grandpa morphys. only then she wasn't smart enough to open it.

lucky for me i found her before she had managed to get it all over the house. nothing was harmed, except her vacuum of course. (still more to come). so of course i let her eat it. well enough of it to let me snap some pictures.





of course she wasn't going to get away without trying to share with mom.

also, does this classify me as a bad mom since i let my daughter eat out of the trash?

i've decided

i'm a bad blogger now. am i over it?

harvey family sneak peak.

i love that this family wanted to explore downtown with me. they were game for anything and I loved that. here are just a few for kim to tide her over until she gets her disk!

also kim, sorry your sneak peak took so long!