election crazy

So far I kept my feelings and comments to myself about the elections and all that is going on in our world. When people would discuss, often heatidly, about who is who and what is what and what crazy man picks a running mate who has no experience I have shook or bobbed my head in accordance with their views. I know of people who get daily multiple emails about who they should vote for according to religion. It is all just crazy.

We are all individuals and the right to vote is our right. Who we decide to vote for whether it be Super Dell for Governor (not likely) or which of these two guys running for president, is our own personal decision and truthfully no one needs to know. I don't believe that anyone has the right to make my decisions for me or tell me what to do. We fought a war to gain these rights and as citizens it is our duty to make use of them.

I admit that this is a very important election. The country is in a mess that whoever we choose is going to have to find a way out of. This will not be an easy fix as it is going to take a long time to get though the current financial trouble and get us back on a positive track. No one, even Obama or McCain has a magic wand that they are going to wave and poof we all are happy and weathly and wise and our houses are worth millions again and anyone can get credit. It is not going to happen.

Choose who you think will do the best job, read up on the issues, be and informed voter, do not let any one group sway your decisions, make up your own mind, and most of all get out and vote. It is your right and responsibility.

adigators and family dinners

D's little brother moved back to Utah last winter from Arizona. They built a beautiful (huge) new house out in Stansbury Park. I had not yet seen the finished house so they invited us over to dinner yesterday to see the house.
Bee has been driving us cookoo (not that it is a far trip) to go to the zoo so we combined the two activities. We took the kido's to the zoo for a quick trip around (we have season passes). Caught the elephant show looked at the animals and of course the obligatory trip to the gift shop. Well to everyones surprise all of the white alligator stuff was 50% off so the kids (except boo) got little white adigators (Bee's word).
We then got lost in Salt Lake because D thinks that I-80 East and west are joined. Luckily we did not get too lost it just took an extra fifteen or twenty minutes to get to his Bro's house.
Dinner was nice, the house is beautiful and spacious, I would love to have their master bedroom closet. It was a fun day except for the no homework getting done but it was really nice to get the invite and to see family. These are bee's closest geographical girl cousins almost her age so she was in pink pony heaven and it was hard to pull her away to go home.

Thanks Ken and Steph- We will have to have you over to our house next.

Oh and D's littlest bro proposed to his g-friend and they are getting married in April. Congrats Matt and Crystal.

To my sister

You are the best and I do love you more than you will ever know. I love to spend time with you and your great family. I did not mean to make you sad or feel bad or like I didn't like you because I do, you are my sister.

 You are beautiful and I appreciate all that you do. I know we are a bother and you probably wish that we had not moved so close. Sometimes it is just hard to be around everyone and yet inside ourself feel not a part of what is going on. It is nothing on you but all on me. 

I envy your commitment, your spirit and light. That through all of lifes troubles you seem to stay strong in the faith and committed to your family. Others of us are just not that strong. We just don't have the ability to fit in and always feel the outsider no matter the situation. 

I have the problems and the issues for I am so far from perfect. It is hard to be me sometimes, in a family of such beautiful people and you are the only one overweight and not beautiful. Like the ugly duckling who never got to be the swan. Maybe I am just in a funk with so much pressure that this was the outlet. but as you once said about your blog this is my outlet and if you don't like it I am sorry but it all can't be happiness and light all of the time. 

My Meemer, take heart, I do love you and I respect all that you do. You are my best friend and I did not mean to hurt your feelings. You are so beautiful, fun, interesting, loving and most of all the best sister I could have ever wished or hoped for. 

Forgive me-

Where do I fit?

Have you ever wondered where you fit in your family? As we get older I think we loose that place where we once fit. I feel so alien with my family some times. Like I am the one that it is easiest to forget or to not ignore exactly but gloss over, like an afterthought. I blend in with the furniture and seem to dissappear. I have two very beautiful and outgoing sisters who seem to be so vivid and so full of "look at me" I feel so frumpy and old and fat next to them. They both have beautiful little babies that along with a niece and her beautiful little baby always seem to steal the show. I have no cute little baby (not that I want one) or that ability to make everyone want to spend time with me.
I was always the good kid. I got straight A's, I did not date. I was the peacemaker and spent my time doing school work or reading. I loved cars, like my dad, so he would take me places and I felt a connection with him. I did not have a lot of friends as I was shy and had a hard time moving outside my comfort zone (I still do).
My mom and sister get to spend time together as neither of them work. They seem to have so much fun and I feel so left out. My other sister just has a lot going on in her life and demands the attention. My brother is always knee deep in problems that need solving. I am just me.
My mom tries to involve everyone and I love her even more for her efforts but when you have the choice of beautiful and interesting over frumpy and fat I know who I would choose.
This is not a pity me party (mom don't freak out), just mussings over how, as we get older, our place seems to shift and adjust. When we once felt like we mattered in the grand scheme we now find that we are less than we thought.
If we do get to come back, once this life is done, I want to be pretty and interesting.... not frumpy and fat and boring.

Just a thought

Soccer Update

Okay friends and family

Boo's truly last La Rocca game for the season (the makeup game) will be this wednesday the 15th at 5:30 at Ellison Park in Layton. (this park is on the road by Sam's Club in Layton that runs east west and is by the swan lakes golf course)

If you can make time to come you are very welcome. The weather is supposed to be better and I am sure that she would love to see anyone that can come.

Indoor will start in about three weeks. They are looking at playing at the Sportsplex in Kaysville.

Please come......

Support our soccer girl

Anyone for Octember?

We woke up to an interesting site for october 12. 

SNOW

not just a little snow but almost a foot and it has snowed most of the day. 

these pictures are after most of it had already started to melt

the kids have been in and out all day building snowmen, building a snow fort and having snowball fights

The puppy loves the snow and she has been bounding in and out and through all of the big piles all day as well. She comes in wet and cold and jumps on uncovered legs...

They are predicting highs in the 70's later in the week

welcome to Utah.......

Begging Pleading Asking

Boo's final LaRoca fall season game is tomorrow morning at 10:30 at North Layton Jr. High (this is the jr high on antelope drive accross from Chili's and Lowes). Any of you who can come we would very much love it. She could really use the support. She has worked so hard practicing twice a week and has improved so much. It does not even matter if you only stay for half of the game or come for the second half, it would still be nice for her to see her family and friends supporting her. The games usually last about an hour and a half so it will be done by 12:00.

So if any of you can clear some time and come support my super soccer girl please do!!!!!

They do not have a playground at the school but anyone can drop off kids at my house and they can play with G, Bee and the puppy.

PLEASE PLEASE COME, IT WILL BE FUN !

Puppy Crazy

Well the kids have found out how much fun puppys are. I would think that they would have remembered Izzy but I guess you forget after a few years. We named the puppy Kemieko (I know I am not spelling it right) Sakura (I know the kids did it). I call her CoCo for short but she is a little fireball. Her greatest joy is to tease Izzy. She will stand in front of her and bark and bounce and do all kinds of crazy things trying to get her to play. Izzy growls. The puppy loves to jump and chase and bite, like puppies do, and the more the kids scream and yell the more excited the puppy gets. The pupply likes to chew and although she tries to tell the kids that she needs to go out they sometimes don't get the hint in time and we have to clean up after her. Ty has been really great and has been sleeping on the couch up stairs in order to listen and take out the puppy at night. The downside is that the puppy gets excited when D comes home in the morning and jumps on Ty's head. Little claws, ouch!