wasted money, lost rights.

So, our country made history this week! We should be excited! I'm sure everyone is wanting to end our country's horrible financial situation and the vicious war in the middle east as soon as possible. I'm glad to see that a dramatic change is in our near future. There is one measure in the state of California that was passed that makes me cringe inside. I guess I should really not give a damn as some would say because I live in Idaho, and this wouldn't effect me. From my understanding of our government there was supposed to be a seperation of church and state. Proposition 8 in California was passed abolishing same sex marriages. Proposition 8 is a proposed constitutional amendment titled Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry Act. This right was given to same sex couples May 15, 2008, only to me taken away less than 6 months later. I was so surprised to see this on youtube:


How would a government be allowed to take away someone's rights? The reasons given by the Mormon church are that we need to protect what God intended marriage to be. This completely defies the separation of church and state. This is so sad for California, such a liberal state, to give their citizens these rights and then take them away; because an extremely wealthy group of religious people were able to force their religious beliefs into their society. $20 Million. I don't need to say this, but that's a lot of money. Where did that $20 Million go? To take away their rights. So that they could let the United States of America know that this group of people should not have rights according to their beliefs. For a church that claims to be so charitable, I imagined that $20 Million would have saved no less than one persons life, or fed a minimum of one hungry soldier.

Trick or Treat!

Reggie dressed as Bob the Builder! I took Reggie trick or treating around half of the neighborhood and Tyler did the other half. Now Reggie has a years supply of candy. And not to mention the 250 kids that came trick or treating to our house, left us with an abundance of leftover candy.

Halloween Festiveness

Carving Pumpkins! This was the 1st Halloween that Tyler & I have had together where we decided to carve pumpkins. Reggie had so much fun! I was surprised that I couldn't get him to stick his hand inside of the pumpkins. He kept saying "yucky mommy." Reggie was trying to use his toy sword as a knife to carve the pumpkins, his exact words were "my knife." Tyler decided that pumpkins need ears and eyebrows too. The pumpkin carving was a success. Next year, we will wait until just a few days before Halloween. The pumpkins were pretty moldy and shriveled when the day actually came, I was pretty surprised since we did it the carving on the 20th, but now I know for next year. I also read somewhere that if you rub Vaseline on the carved edges, then it helps to keep the shriveling down.

boo...its monday

Monday! Back to the routine. This week looks more promising than most, with the plans to take off a few hours early from work on Friday for trick-or-treating. Reggie will be dressed as Bob the Builder, we've been refferring to him as Reggie the Builder, so he doesn't get confused. (thats just what we need is a 2 year old who thinks that his name is Bob). We went to Boo At the Zoo on Saturday and braved the crowds. Reggie had so much fun and he was the only kid I saw dressed as Bob..ahhem.. Reggie the Builder. My friend Megan joined us with her son, Conner, who is 3, who was dressed as Spiderman. Needless to say, Conner was only a small fraction of the Spiderman population that we saw at the zoo that day. I originally wanted to dress Reggie as SpongeBob Squarepants (his favorite cartoon) but I looked everywhere for a costume (I even ventured to look online where I would pay $35 for a costume my son would wear once) & everywhere I looked was sold out of them. I expected to see half the kids there dressed as SpongeBob, but I didn't see a single one. So can anyone tell me where all the SpongeBob costumes went?

yay for me!

This is my blog! I delayed this for a long time and I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do. I love this little man more than anything! Reggie is 2 1/2 years old and is growing into an amazing person. Every moment of being a mom is a challenge. But, that is the #1 reason why I wake up every morning..Being a mom is the #1 reason I do just about everything that I do....But believe it or not, I do manage to fit so much more into my life & I want to be able to do more. My thoughts & hopes & dreams. I want to share what I've already accomplished & plan to create. That is what this is about for me.