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Ay Curumba
Whenever I am tempted to think that my husband lacks romance, I will just remember this.

LG may not have ever proposed,

and he may have chosen our wedding night hotel solely for the all you can eat breakfast.

But, at least he married me in a magnificent place.

What happened to us?

In 11 and a half years,

we went from the Salt Lake temple to having a date at McDonald’s the other night.

But I will take some comfort.

With their new McCafe’s, they are almost as classy as Starbucks now. 🙂

A pig that flies
It’s weird news Saturday.

This link is for Cally.

Because we all love the flying pig over her mantle.

It’s the favorite choice of artwork for LG and all of his old friends. Who are….you guessed it…getting very old.
And I think that this is Conan on the right of Matt and Scott on the left of LG. Am I right?

Lori…Cally…do I win…do I win?
If I am, I deserve a prize.
How about a flying pig.
Because the day that I can tell the twins apart every time, pigs really will fly.

86 wives…

…and he’s not even a Mormon.

My only question is this: how do you get to be one of the top 4? I would hate to be one of the 82 he divorces, or on second thought, I may be a little relieved.

Did I mention that Mormons outlawed the practice of polygamy in 1890. Have I ever told you that I am elated that I am a Mormon woman of the 21st century.

Oh, and the Mormons that you hear about who are polygamists, they aren’t mainstream Mormons, they are groups that have broken away from the church so they can continue to practice polygamy.

But, I tell you what, 82 other woman to do my laundry sounds good right about now.

Seeing things?

After watching this:
For some crazy reason my husband thinks that this mother of three can go from being a Soccer Mom/PTSO secretary to the Vice President of the country in about ten years?
I do have vision, but c’mon….politics?
If it were up to me, I think we would have no government at all.
I am very happy with two things.
1- The respect that mothers finally seem to be getting in this country is amazing!
And, 2- the fact that my husband thinks that I should be a part of it.
And the 2nd reason makes me happy for an additional two reasons:
1- He thinks I am smart enough (or dumb enough)
And 2- he wants me to have MORE POWER!!
Yahoo to that.
I am so glad to be a part of this new stay home mom turns power politician revolution.
Even if it’s only in my hubby’s dream world.
Besides, I don’t think I would make it as a politician.
I am sure I would overspend,
and it would mostly be on school supplies that were 75% off.
No school could ever have enough crayons or pencil sharpeners, could they?
If you want to really see something: go here,
and make sure you tell me what you think.

Youth Ministers

I recently read this post about some local youth ministers being charged with the sexual misconduct towards the girls they had been entrusted to minister.

I just couldn’t help but think about something our Bishop recently said.

He told us of a story where a church leader went to visit a Stake Conference far away. The Stake leaders showed up at the airport in jeans and t-shirts and it went downhill from there.

On the leaders way out the Stake President asked him why he obviously wasn’t impressed by his stake. The general church leader responded with, “I knew we were in trouble, the minute we got off the plane and couldn’t decipher you and the other leaders from the rest of the crowd. You don’t go down to the level of the youth to help them, you stand strong where you are at and they will want to reach up.” Something like that…don’t know if the story is even true; it was just repeated by our Bishop and things could have been added or taken away or tweaked along the way.

But, even if it wasn’t true. I am a believer now of the fictional or non-fictional story. Look at these two Youth ministers. And, I had typed a few more sentences here, but I will just leave the post at this. I pray for the victims and the perpetrators.

And, I also pray for the leaders who wear suit and ties in public yet still manage to hurt children behind closed doors. I believe strongly in following my gut as a parent and being very careful with whom I trust. And by golly, if I ever find out that any one of the people that I chose to trust has hurt my child for life, I hope they have a very very good pillow for their cell.