CALVIN!

These are Calvin's six month pictures. My cousin Kristi did them. I am sorry but you have to bare with me. I kind of think my son is cute. The other baby is Brandon - Trent and Ellen's baby.

What A Handsome Boy!

SO CUTE!!

One Nation Under God

As we get closer to another election the propaganda is getting a little thicker and heavier. I am amazed every election during the primaries how people in the same party are campaigning against each other and they sling mud back and forth and declare how incompetent their opponent is until......... they lose the primary! Now they are throwing their full support behind this person and they believe they will be the ticket to election. I am not a big political guy and I know I am pretty apathetic concerning a lot of the political items in relation to our governing body but i have a goal this year to spend a little more time forming my own opinion and voting in connection with that opinion.

With this goal in mind I found an interesting video on our friends blog and feel that it has some valuable points to consider against Obama. Granted it was created with a lot of ....(help whats the word for propaganda that claims to make factual arguments and that appeal to emotions through the use of flashy music and images). I don't think the story of Obama is as clear cut as this video makes it out to be. I do find offense that he decides to not show patriotism and honor to the flag. Now I realize maybe he was daydreaming about becoming president at this time of the picture where he is not saluting the flag and he forgot to raise his hand. What also really concerns me is what his philosophy's are and what his moral compass is like after spending so many years under the tutelage of vocally anti Americans.

My suggestion for everyone this coming election is to be a little more involved than you were last election. That is my own goal and I hope you make it yours too.

I get the chills every time I hear our national anthem and I know why. We live in a blessed country and it will stay blessed as long as the voice of the people choses to be governed by honest and upright individuals.

ps if you want to see the video go to Youtube and do a search for "i invented the internet obama"
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Fun at the Park!

My sister Janelle is in town for the week. MaryAlice, Bryce and I took the younger cousin's to the park on Sunday. Calvin went down his very first slide with his dad. Two things I love about Summer: 1. My mom's homemade ice cream 2. Going to the park. We did them both on Sunday! P.S. If you want to see our trip to San Fransisco and Bryce being attacked by squirrels, go to Laura and Dan's blog.

OUR HEROES!!

These are Milo's heroes! Bryce and I had an eventful weekend. Bryce, Calvin and I went to San Fransisco for the weekend to see Laura and Dan (I will post about that later). On Saturday, we went to a little fair at a park near Laura's apartment. While we were eating lunch, we got a phone call from my m0m. She was crying and saying "he is gone! he is gone! Milo is gone!" She was crying and saying Milo choked on a ball and died. I handed the phone to Bryce to calm her down. She was talking to Bryce and then said... hold on I will call you back!

So this is what is going on at home: My mom was throwing a ball to Milo. He came back to her to throw it again and he accidentally swallowed the ball. He was trying to gag the ball up but it wouldn't come. My mom tried to reach inside and pull it out, but he would bite her each time she put her hand in his mouth. She ran inside and screamed for James to come help. James came out and tried to help her. Milo was choking and they couldn't do anything about it. James nelt down on the ground and said a prayer out loud that he would know what to do. He just kept saying it over and over. Milo passed out and layed limp on the ground. James turned to my mom and said "he is dead mom." My mom couldn't watch. She ran inside and called us. She was talking to Bryce when she felt that there was still something they could do. She yelled outside... "try to get the ball out now!" James reached down into Milo's throwt and grabbed onto the ball while using the other hand to push it up from the outside. He pulled the ball out and threw it as far as he could. Milo was still laying limp with his eyes rolled back. James then felt to do mouth to mouth on him. Warren held Milo's mouth shut while James put his mouth over his nose and blew and pushed on his chest. After about ten breaths, Milo's eyes opened. He still was limp though. James carried him out to the car and they went to the vet. The vet said we were so lucky that he was still alive and wasn't blind (their eye sight is the first thing to go).

I just want to say thank you to my family for taking care of Milo. I am thankful they listened to the spirit. Also... Congrats to James for graduating from Brighton High School! Love you!