This brightened my day!

 Ok this pic just made my day!

I had such a good laugh here!!!

Now I'm looking forward to Easter!



Does it matter?

Does it matter if the Presidential Candidates use birth control? Does it matter if they don't agree with your usage of Birth Control or non-usage of Birth Control? Does it matter if the President believes in Abortion? Does it matter if he doesn't?

Why are Americans being so stupid??? Does it matter?

Are Americans so oblivious to the fact that it doesn't matter?

The 2012 election is NOT about birth control or abortion. It is about the economy, the 14 Trillion deficit, the unemployment, the foreign ploicies, the wars, our 2nd Ammendment rights, the oil production, the fact that Obama has shut down all our production and left us with a country that doesn't produce anything, and ObamaCare and tax codes for the middle class.

54% of AMERICANS DON'T EVEN PAY FEDERAL INCOME TAX!

There is so much that this election is about; but ITS NOT ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL!

Some people may be asking the question: "Why does the candidate keep talking about Birth Control?" It's because the mainstream media WILL NOT STOP asking them the same STUPID questions! During the debate 2 days ago, 25% of the questions revolved around this idiotic topic! 25%!!!! Are you kidding me? Is this a joke? Is it Groundhog's Day again? (The movie, not the actual day)

If we spend our time talking about this over and over and over again, then we are missing out on what does matter? I am not saying that Birth Control doesn't matter to people. I'm saying why does it matter what the President or the Presidential Candidates believe. THAT is NOT what is on the agenda to fix!

So again, DOES IT MATTER???

What does Obama and his camp gain by dragging on this idiotic rhetoric over and over?

It makes people STOP asking questions about WHAT DOES MATTER!!!!

Think about that!

No President, right or left, is going to go to Washington and actually stick Birth Control on the agenda to fix!

How stupid can Americans be?

Ask WHAT DOES MATTERS!

Just Us.....and everybody else....

Here I am....Almost 1am....can't sleep....in Wenatchee...here for the "Apple Cup"...I really hate this hockey tournament above all hockey tournaments that ever was and ever will be. Last year was a horrible experience. I said I would NEVER come back and this town and this Hockey Association would NEVER get a dime from our family again! Anddddd....here I am....at the Apple Cup.....again! I must have not learned....and I forgot to run by Dell's Farm and Tractor Supply before I left town so I could buy a COWBELL!!! Yes, I said a COWBELL! These hockey players out on the farm out here use cowbells instead of clapping for their beloved little cheatin' hockey players. I'm deaf by the end of a game because they seem to love to clank those dang things every moment of every minute...While their little spawn devil hockey players are elbowing their opponents in the head and cross checking from behind and boarding from behind and tripping from behind....the "roughing" that occurs is the only time the opponent sees them coming. They actually want you to see their faces as they are "roughing" (for all non-hockey players....roughing=punching)....Anyways, enough about the cheaters....Every bantam and peewee hockey players from our organization is here, except the Tier 2 Peewees, but even some of them are here due to siblings....I brought Clayton. He somehow thinks he can talk Juston into letting him play in the tournament...(he can't do this of coarse....because no Tier 2 player is allowed to "play down" in Peewee C league...Oh wait, this is Wenatchee....they do that all the time....yea, now I know where he gets the idea it's allowed, it's because he is in....Wenatchee....) Yes, last year, they had their Tier 2 players playing in this tournament even though they advertised the Tournament as Peewee C Leagues. Then when they were called on it, they said "well, we just wanted to have enough teams for the tourney. We needed to make 2 teams, otherwise we would have had to cancel the tourney"....(double the cheating)....YEA!!! Because NOONE wants to come to this tournament! I don't know how they managed to get 8 teams this year to come. Ok enough about "them"! I know I said that already. But really....enough already.....

Did I say I can't sleep? Well, got up really early. Packed. Barely made the ferry by like 30 seconds....Prayed Obama's trip to Everett didn't mess with our tight schedule. It didn't. I guess he flew out of town from somewhere else instead of Boeing Field. (that's all I needed....to have "that guy" ruin my day). Went to Seattle Temple....now that was AWESOME!!!! Clayton's 1st Temple Trip. We saw so many people we knew. We were leaving as many of our friend's were coming in for Stake Temple Session. I even saw Sister Anderson (one of the Temple Matron's and my Stake President's mother) coming in as we were leaving. She looked at both boys and said....."the soccer players?" I laughed...."no...hockey players".....she said "oh that's right"....She is one of the kindest ladies I know....The Seattle Temple is lucky to have the Anderson's serving their mission there!!!....I wish I had a nickel for everytime someone has said that to us though....No child in Africa would be hungry. I'd be so rich, I would feed them all! (After I put the first Ice Hockey rink in the middle of the Congo of coarse)....I had a friend from my ward take pictures of me and the boys in front of the Temple for this magnificant day for Clayton! I promise I will post the pics, as soon as I charge my Ipod ....that's where the pics are....Yes, I packed the camera in my suitcase and only had my Ipod Touch to take pictures with....I know....lame....but I did get some!

Then off to LDS Distribution Center, then off to Deseret Books....where I spent way too much money....but I did get bargains and that's what counts right? Winter Clearance Sale....I GOT DAVID BEDNAR's new book there!!! Yea me!!! Normally I would Kindle that baby, but it comes with an Interactive DVD and if you don't buy the "real....hand held" book, you don't get the DVD.

Just in case, you want to run right out and buy such an awesome book and be as cool as me, here is the link.

http://deseretbook.com/Increase-Learning-David-Bednar/i/5072000

Click the link to see the book that makes me so cool right now!

Then, of coarse...Yep, you guessed it....Chipotle for dinner!

In Issaquah! If there is a Chipotle, I can sniff it out no matter where we are!!!!

Then we spent so much time, out and about, it started getting dark and raining. Raining hard....Carl said we better get to Wenatchee..."It will be snowing in the pass".....Huge Understatement.....It snowed all the way to Wenatchee...Roads were slick bad. Icy and we even saw a car hit the barrier wall at the Snoqualmie Summit and we saw a truck jacknifed on the 2 lane highway after you get off the Interstate to go North. Got to hotel, to find out, we are like the last of our hockey group to get here and all we wanted to do was go to bed....but no we stayed up. I visited with Marlene (another hockey mom....a Canadian nurse....eh?)....she's great! I love hanging with her! She drives this cool Orange with a black racing strip Charger that is like smokin' hot and she looks way cool in it! Clayton and Michael want so much to ride in her Charger! What's up with that? Boys and cars??? She gently let them down (when of coarse they asked if they could ride to one of the games with her family) and told them, the Charger is at home. Her hubby drove the truck....Just like mine did! lol....4 Wheel Drive or no way was anybody going to get here at this time of night. You would've had to come up during the day to make it here without 4 wheel drive.

Ok....well....I have typed my way into being really tired! So goodnight all! More to come from the new blogger who has left facebook to have more time away from computer just to find myself blogging now instead!!!! Hmmmm.....does this mean I should go back to Facebook????

Noooo.....Never.......Bad Facebook.....way to many games and Zuckerberg needs to quit changing stuff on those silly whims of his!

Anyways....hope to find a good apple around here....I mean IT IS the Apple Capitol of the WORLD....so they say.....

A Temple Trip

My son, Michael has a hockey tournament in Wenatchee coming up this weekend. His first game is Saturday morning and we have all day Friday to get there. So we made plans!!!! haha

We are going to go the Seattle Temple. Clayton has never been to the Temple. He just turned 12 in January and was ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood on Jan 15, 2011. In my church, you must be 12 to enter the Temple (unless you are directly involved in a Live Ordinance). There is a Youth Temple Trip in April, which the boys will attend. But we want to take Clayton before then. So we find that the opportunity is presented to us to take them to the Temple on the way out of town. We are in no hurry. It will be awesome to explain the Temple to Clayton. I made appointments today for 1pm. Can't wait!

This is a picture from Michael's 1st Temple Trip Last Year. This was Michael's friend, (the other Deacon in his Quorum....haha) and his two Advisors, Bro Hoecherl and Bro Butherus. I won't mention the name of his friend to protect his identity and privacy. (But we know who he is!)

I will add photos from Clayton's 1st trip this weekend after we go!!!

Can you believe this???

Can anybody out there believe this???

The propaganda of Obama is unbelievable!

This ad would be so so so so awesome,

IF IT WERE TRUE!

What a crock of crap!

The lies are so outrageous.

"How do you kill 11 million people?"

YOU LIE TO THEM!!!

Why did the Germans fall down a deadly path???

Because "THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE FREE"...

Americans are being lied to. And they are self absorbed to not see the truth. Mainstream Media is so out of control. Even our enemies don't watch American News (unless they are seeking a good laugh). I never thought that the country I grew up in, would be the laughing stock of the world.

Life is not to be endured, it's to be enjoyed!~~Gordon B Hinckley

Find Joy in the Journey

General Conference Address by Pres Monson, Oct 2008, Click here to read!

Brooke Porter & her RM

Yesterday a most wonderful Young Lady I know, Brooke Porter needed some help with a contest.

She and her fiance entered a contest to win an engagement ring. Brooke is from Great Falls. My first Ward I was ever in. She is the daughter of Susan and Barclay Porter. They are such a great family and Brooke is one of the sweetest girls I know. She is in her 3rd year at BYU in Provo, Utah. She seems so happy in her video. I hope she wins. Anyways, it reminded me of the kind of life I want for my boys. When they are Return Missionaries and come home and go to school, I hope and pray they find their dream girl. Garrett Wahlquist has no idea how lucky he is to have Brooke! She is so awesome! Just some thoughts I had about it! Doesn't every mother want the best for their children? I hope my boys lead a life that will grant them such a wonderful gift from our Father in Heaven.

Sooooo, speaking of.....Sunday, just a few days ago, Clayton is in his 1st 5th Sunday Combined YM/YW meeting for church. It's his 3rd Sunday since being ordained as a Deacon. President Jensen asked all the young ladies if they wanted to marry a Return Missionary. They all raised their hands and said yes. Then, President Jensen asked the Young Men, "what does that mean if you don't go on a mission?" Clayton raised his hand, he said, "It means you won't get all the ladies!"

Such a great answer. Getting a "lady" from our Heavenly Father is going to be a great reward for them as they return from their missions!

Here is Brooke's video for her contest....Love the song!!!!

Brooke and Garrett

or

Here is an update on Brooke and Garrett's video contest.
They won!!!!
Brooke won a $3500 Engagement Ring from a local jeweler in Provo, Utah for having the most "likes" on Facebook.

Standard Works Reading Chart for One Year

This is from Emily Freeman's blog. She has a Reading Chart for all the Standard Works for one year, 7 pages a day. We are doing this as our Family New Year's Resolution. Wish us luck! I have a Link on the right side of my Daily Journaling about the readings we will be doing. So if you actually want to hear my thoughts on the Bible and the Book of Mormon and all the Standard Works, that's where you will find it!

http://dailyclosertochrist.com/

My Views on the "Redistribution of Wealth"

I wish I could say I wrote this, but I didn't....

I saw this on Facebook, and I had to steal it. It is so true and I truly believe this could be a test if you don't know what the difference is between a Liberal and a Conservative....

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be very liberal, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of high taxes to support more government programs, in other words, redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch conservative, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the... lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying,

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?" She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."

Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to you friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the conservative side of the fence."

If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a great test!

If a conservative doesn't like guns, he doesn't buy one
If a liberal doesn't like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn't eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for everyone.

If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels. Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down.

If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God & Jesus silenced.

If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it. A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.

If a conservative reads this, he'll forward it so his friends can have a good laugh.
A liberal will delete it because he's "offended"...

Another thought I have

Liberals and Conservatives both believe that "we" as a country have some major problems in our country that need solving and actually agree on most of the problems as to what needs to be solved. Where we differ, has to do with HOW to solve the problems.

A Witness of Christ

Henry B Eyring, First Councelor, First Presidency and 10th Sr Apostle of the Quorum of the 12

This was so touching!!! I am so proud to be a member who sustains this Amazing Man!

George Washington

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