Are you serious Sunshine State?

As I sit here wondering what in the world has happened to the Republican party, I can't help but notice what a low life John McCain is. He lies about Romeny three days before the primary, runs negative ads up the butt, yet somehow Romney is the negative one in all of this. Come on GOP, are you really going to vote for a guy who worked on three different pieces of legislation that pass as liberal? As you can see, I'm very upset about his Florida victory. Jer keeps telling me that I need to calm down, but it's just not that simple. Throughout this primary season there have been two I like and two I hate. Suckabee and McCain being the ones I hate, and now I hear that my number two guy is about to endorse McCain. What a JOKE!!! I'm calling Sean Hannity tomorrow to complain about the party. Honestly, if this thing comes down to Clinton/McCain, I'm not voting!! I think they should run on the same ticket, they both suck! In fact, I don't think I'm going to call myself a Republican anymore because if they are going for a guy like this then clearly I'm just not one of them. This is why people should stop being stupid and start doing their homework. Smart people don't go for idiots like McCain. I heard one person tell a reporter that she was voting for McCain because he's so charismatic. WHAT? Sorry, but I don't really find 75 year old guys appealing. Don't be a loser, research these people before you vote! I'm losing faith in Americans, I'm not even kidding. Romney should have won the GOP vote by a much larger margin than he did. OK, I'm going to take a hot bath in my big tub and see if I don't feel better. Oh, and if I hear one more person complaining about the rich getting tax cuts I think I'm going to throw up. I pay enough taxes for my family and about 20 others, that's why I get tax cuts....cause I pay the taxes.

And then there was Blood!

Yes, that's her snot glistening in these pictures

Today Isabelle had a nasty fall. She seemed to be lost, but I found her hiding behind the couch. I asked her what she was doing, but said it before I got to her. The next thing I knew, all I could see was her little body flying towards the floor. At this point I wasn't sure if she had jumped off the couch or just tripped. I picked her up and held her for a second, then as I pulled her away from me I noticed that she was bleeding everywhere. I think it really freaked her out because she kept on putting her hands up to her mouth and then looking at the blood. All of this was accompanied by screaming. By the time I had her sort of calmed down, we ended up with a bloody rag and a ruined sweater, but no broken teeth....Thank goodness. Once again she is boxer Izzy and has the fat lip to prove it. I figured out later that she was behind the couch pooping, hiding as kids of her age tend to do. I think that I startled her and as she went to run away from me, she tripped. Later, I had to cut the very large piece of skin that was hanging from her top lip. She was very hesitant to let me, but cooperative in the end. Seriously, this kid scares me. She fell head first off the couch about 20 min before this incident, but only cried for a second on that one. I guess the rug was there to shield her. She still hasn't healed from her last fall at Christmas time.....I'm thinking, SCAR

Drunken Sailor

This is what happens to our sweet little girl when bed time has come and gone. She turns into the drunken sailor! Thar she blows, maties! And yes, that's Jer you can hear singing his all time favorite song, apologize. (Not really, he hates it)

Ahh Shutters!

Alright, here are my new shutters. I love them, but it's really weird to have window coverings now. We have them in all the front windows, so including the garage as well as our bedroom, but I just put up pics of the highlights. I know, I know it's going to be tough on the neighbors, I'm sure they will miss our concept of open living. Not really, they are probably very glad they don't have to watch our creep show every night. Mostly, it consists of me running after Isabelle to get her pajamas on and cleaning up or catching whatever shows are on the DVR. Still, not a lot of privacy when you have those big windows everywhere. At least we have normal neighbors. I'm pretty sure that if this were our Concord apartment, we would have had a break in by now. I'm telling ya, it was a scary street to live on. Just a lot of weirdos and that sort of thing. Come to think of it, a funny thing happened today. I was telling this friend of mine about how NE has a very high mental illness rate and wouldn't ya know it, I read a story on Fox News about some lady from Mass who walked her niece and nephew, (who were from NH) out onto the highway, killing all of them. You can read about it online, or you've probably already heard about it by now. Crazy. Anyway, back to the shutters, good thing to have and they look good too.

Chef Isabelle

Yesterday we made cookies. Izzy doesn't like to open her eyes for the camera, so this is all I could get. I did however, want to show off this cute apron/bib that I picked up in my travels. It's really a bib, but I think it works well as an apron too. It's really cute and I'm sure it would be really easy to make. I'll take a picture of it so you can see the layout of it. She didn't really help much, but she was happy to be part of the action and loved sneaking her little fingers into the batter as much as possible. Hum....come to think of it, my Mom used to tell us that we would get worms if we did that. I'm sure it was just a ploy to keep us out of things. Then on the other hand........

Putting on your own clothes

So I told Izzy to put her shirt on yesterday and this is what we got. I guess she's trying to figure it out. I didn't even realize that she was doing this until much later. I quickly grabbed our camera and said, "Hey, do that again." She did it and I got a couple of shots. She does funny things all the time. I wish I could get them all, but some are just too quick for me. It's tough being 18 months, that's for sure.

Way to go Michigan!!!!

I have to give a shout out to Jer's home state for voting MITT!!! It's so nice to see that they are rooting for my guy. Since NH sucks right now, (not really, all of you who live in NH) I'm going to say Michigan rocks. Plus our Grandma lives there, so she rocks too. I'm sure she voted for Mitt. Actually, Jer's Mom grew up with him and we hear they were good friends. I guess when you're LDS, the same age and grow up in any state other than Utah, you are bound to know each other through various activities. Well, thanks for coming through MI. I just hope you all don't turn around and vote Democrat in the final election, which you probably will because MI is usually democrat. (Sorry to all friends/family who are democrats, It's a loser party, but I still love you anyway.....Grandma T that means you)

NH VOTE MITT!!

Ok, since this man is not my Dad, father-in-law or grandpa I would just like to say, I want him for my president. I am a big Mitt fan and would like to encourage all of my NH friends to get out and vote Mitt. I'm sure it will be cold and possibly you are all tired from dealing with kids and such, but I feel strongly enough about this to post it on my blog. You need to vote. Please talk to all you can tomorrow at church and urge them to get out there and support him.

Normally I would encourage you to vote, but I feel so strongly about voting for Mitt, that I wanted to share my recent Internet experience with you. So if you know me well, you know that I am very political. In fact I've just added glennbeck.com to my site. I love politics and feel that it is my duty to vote for the things that I believe in. Also, my husband is in a high tax bracket now, so it's essential for me to stop anyone who wants me to pay for their universal health care bill. I won't name names, but as far as I'm concerned Hillary and I only share the same name. It ends there.

So as I have been searching the Internet, checking the polls and what not, I've found a entire web base of different blogs and sites that are not only anti Mitt, but are anti Mormon. I've never been one who checks out the anti Mormon crap, but when you Google Mitt, your in for it. Some I click on, just because I'm curious about the headline or the picture that's attached. I don't really know where to start with all of the crap that has been posted, but let me just say that it's amazing to me how my entire demeanor changes when I leave those sites. It all started when I was searching for a picture of Mitt to place above this post. I wasn't planning on this being so long. I was only planning to put a small message about voting for Mitt on the page, however I soon found myself in a tailspin as I tried to find the right photo.

I clicked on a picture of two missionaries standing on the side of the road in New Orleans, each holding a book of Mormon, with Marti Gras beads hung around their necks and kissing each other to top it all off. Again, since I'm new to this anti Mormon thing, I made the very big mistake of clicking on the photo to figure out the authenticity of it. Well, the pic was not there, but a long fake interview with Mitt was the result. It wasn't the stupid made up Mitt answers that bothered me, it was the comments that were posted at the bottom. It seems that it's just OK to talk about Mormons like they don't count. I feel like shouting, "What is wrong with you people, would you really say stuff like this?" If we were talking about a black person, Al Sharpton would be all over that and someone would be fired in the end. It's just so sad.

Unfortunately, it didn't end there. I had the guts to take on another anti M blogger. This site was all about out false doctrines and basically how if Mitt is elected he will follow Gordon B. Hinckley over anyone. Meaning that President G wants Mitt to take over the country. Honestly, are people just stupid, or am I taking crazy pills. I know, I know, these people are far left or right and they are anti to begin with, but it's irritating nonetheless. I was so mad while reading these blogs and their so called "truthful comments" that I found myself becoming just as mad as they were, only it was directed right back at them. I wanted to comment so bad and something inside just kept on telling me that it wasn't worth it. The old don't throw your pearls before swine kind of thing.

Alas, I came to my senses and figured I needed to stay out of the anti blogging world for good. It causes too much contention within me and makes me really angry. (Just what you know who wants). I decided to go right to the source and pull a photo off of Mitt's official site and forget about Google. I started by clicking on the photos and then went onto the blog that's been set up by his five sons. Honestly, I cannot even tell you what it did for me. I went from total contention to ease. Looking at the photos of their family and how happy they all are just reaffirms my testimony. Then I saw the photo of Mitt with his latest grandchild. It melted my heart and I thought, here's a guy that no matter what any idiots say about him, he gets it. I feel like if you are setting up an entire blog or web page devoted to tearing someone down......well, that's just not what Jesus would do. I know that they think we are Satan and all, but come on, really, that's your argument against this guy? I bet if you said that about any other group in this country they would look at you with disgust and think you belonged to the KKK. Not so for Mormons though.

It saddens me and at the same time, I think it makes my testimony so much stronger. I realize the opposition and can't believe that others don't see how hypocritical these comments and accusations are. It's kind of hard to give your testimony over the world wide web, so let me just end by saying, VOTE MITT. Tell your friends and get out there if you can. If you just plain don't like the guy or his policies, fine you don't have to vote for him. But let's stop this madness and stand up for what we believe in. I'm sick and tired of taking a back seat.

I also did not intend for anyone to vote for Mitt because he's Mormon. I just got a little heated because of all the trash talkin I've heard. Vote Mitt because he's the right guy for the job!!

Sorry this was so long, I guess I just had to vent. Thanks for reading if you did.

You're forgetting the camera!!

My personal favorite! I guess the cart was getting away from her.

Well, my camera died not too long after we arrived in Utah and then to top it all off I forgot the charger. What makes it even better is the fact that no one seemed to think about taking pics on Christmas morning. I'm surprised we even managed to get the video camera involved. That being said, I decided to take some pics of Isabelle with her shopping cart. It was pretty funny. Earlier we had been shopping and found a cute store here in SLC that sells European children's clothing. We bought her an outfit that has a tutu around the waist. Really cute, but coupled with a coat and hat, tends to fall on the bag lady side of fashion. So add a play grocery cart to that mix and you get Izzy the homeless girl. It was still cute however, so I decided to take advantage of my parents camera. Good thing we have a back up!!