Pumpkin carving time

We had a great time carving pumpkins with the girls today. The girls decided to create their own faces and Ryan had to show a little team spirit with his Y pumpkin (he really wanted to do a Notre Dame one but it was too hard).

Here is the finished product. We can't wait to put a candle in them and light them.

Protect Marriage

In a little over 2 weeks people in California will be voting on a proposition that is very important to me. It is known as Prop 8. I will give you a little background on the proposition and tell you why it is so important to me. In March 2000, California voters passed Proposition 22 to specify in state law that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. In May 2008, the California Supreme Court wrongly overturned the people's vote and gave individuals of the same sex the right to marry. Proposition 8 states that "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." I am voting YES on Prop 8 because I believe that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God. Our society can’t begin to fathom the lasting negative effects of legalizing same-sex marriage, and it’s up to the people of the United States to stand up and vote against same-sex marriage if we want to avoid the foreseeable and unforeseeable consequences of scrapping God’s model of marriage. Here are a few links that I recommend looking at.

www.preservingmarriage.org
YouTube links:Proposition 8 Question and Answers:
Will same sex marriages hurt others? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-jc4ujp9Ok
Sick and tired of intolerance? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4nqtDrJI7A
Are others supporting Prop 8? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIvS7redS8M
Will courts overturn it again? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4tTRvmgZKM
Didn’t we already vote on this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsHqrHoxTiM
Don’t others deserve the same happiness? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP2ERL6Xykk
Will existing rights disappear? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IGPxqHScjk

www.catholicvote.com

We're Back

We have finally returned from our 2 1/2 week road trip and boy did we have fun. We started our trip off with a visit to our best friends from Tucson who recently move to Las Vegas. Peyton was so excited to be reunited with her friend Rachel and I was so excited to see Lena. We had so much fun talking, playing and celebrating Rachel's birthday.

Rachel and Peyton together again.

Thank you so much Lena for letting us stay at your house. We can't wait to visit you again.

Our next stop on the trip was Provo, Utah where we visited with Ryan's brother Tyler and his wife AnnaMarie. We took a trip up to Aspen Grove and the girls had a fun time posing on the bear statues.

Of course we had to go bowling at BYU.
Another must for the girls is a trip to the Cougar.
We were also able to spend a lot of time with my sister Christin and her family and also my brother Andrew and my sister Rachael.
We had a great time going to the park together.

The girls had fun playing at the Church History Museum in Salt Lake.

We visited the Tabernacle.

We also visited the Salt Lake Temple Visitor's Center.
I was able to go to the Women's Broadcast with my sisters and some of my cousins. We had dinner afterwards and Andrew decided to join us.
We went to the park and played a lot with my sisters. Rachael was pretty proud of herself for making it to the top.
Summer didn't want to be out done by her Aunt Rachael.
One final goodbye picture before we had to leave.

Our final stop on our trip was Arizona where we spent time with my family and some of Ryan's family. We were able to play with the girls cousins a lot and they loved it.

We all went to Organ Stop pizza and had a great time.

I took the girls to see a movie with their cousins and they had a lot of fun.
Hailey was able to meet her cousin Dean for the first time.
Peyton hung out with Noah and Dean also.


The girls were able to spend some time with their Great Grandpa Gaisford.
They enjoyed playing games with Grandma and Grandpa Cardon.
Hailey loved doing flips with Grandpa Cardon.
The girls loved hanging out with their Uncle Scottie.

We had such a great time visiting everyone and we were so glad that everyone took time to play with us. We can't wait to see all of you again.