The Corn Maze

A few weeks ago we went out to a corn maze and pumpkin patch in Apple Valley. It was pretty cool, I'd never been in one before.


Hailey seemed to enjoy herself, though she did seem weirded out that I put her on the ground *gasp* to take some pictures.

Being the amateur mom I am, I forgot to bring a hat for Hailey. So I decided to take some sage wisdom from Michael Scott and fashion her pants into a hat to keep her head from burning. Needless to say, she was not so happy about this.

But the baby pumpkins made her happy again.

I <3 California

Lately I have been asking myself this question, "Kristi, why are you SO obsessed with California?" Well, Kristi, here are some answers I have come up with:

-The Governator: What's one part Governor, one part Terminator, and six parts AWEsome? Arnold! I wonder if he will go back to acting when he finishes pretending he knows anything about politics and the English language.
-Police Helicopters: Tell me, how do you know your safe at night? Here we have the soothing hum of a helicopter flying over head to tell us we our safe. What does everyone else have? Silence. How will they even know that there is a man with a gun in the neighborhood?
-Smog: I do not have to take any mineral supplements, one breath does the job.
-Traffic: Why would anyone want to go 65 mph anyway? That does not sound at all safe to me. 15 mph will get you where you want to go quite safely.
-Gas Prices: If it would cheap everyone would buy more. Ever heard of going green?
-The dirty looks strangers give you if you make eye contact: I know I am suspicious of anyone who smiles at me.
-Rolling Blackouts: "What is a rolling blackout?" you ask. It is when the electric company decides that we, as a state, are using too much electricity and turn our power off. It's there way of solving the "energy crisis."
-Spanish: I have been to things where it is the ONLY language spoken, English is overrated anyway.
-Star Bucks: We may not be where it started but without us that chain would not exist. I really appreciate it when I have two star bucks to choose from in the same parking lot.

The Devil?

And Why, you ask, would you make your sweet little 7 month old the devil?
It runs in the family:


But she had an alternate costume for grandma's sake. (This pictures for you Rachers, since I know you will see this)

Hi!

Hailey waved for the first time last Wednesday. My Grandma was visiting and when I told Hailey to say goodbye to grandma she started to wave. She waves at anyone who will pay any attention to her now. She has also started to clap but I have not gotten any video of that yet. If you watch this keep in mind that I am terrible with the video camera. It's still adorable though!

Proposition 8

Alex and I are not political activist. In fact we are not any kind of activist. We like to keep to ourselves, I think mostly everyone knows that. These past couple of months have been different though. There is a proposition that California will soon be voting on that has changed this, proposition 8. I know that most people know that Alex and I will be voting yes, I would like to take a few moments to explain why.
We are not opposed to all people having rights and protection. Proposition 8 does not take away anyone’s rights. Same sex couples have the same rights through civil unions. We feel that marriage is something specific, different, and sacred. Marriage has been defined as being between a man and a woman since the beginning of known history. It is what marriage is.
Of even greater concern to us is the threat that this issue poses to our own rights. The right to teach our family what we feel is the best family make up should be taught in our home and not mandated by the government to be taught to our young children in our schools, especially without parental consent. This has already happened in the state of Massachusetts where children are being taught about same sex marriage as early as kindergarten. Not only are parents not informed, they are not even allowed to opt. their children out as parents can for sex education. This is a fundamental attack on parental rights.



Religious freedom is one of the most fundamental rights guaranteed to us by the Constitution. This freedom is also being attacked. Catholic Charities in Massachusetts stopped adoption services after more than 100 years when faced with the requirement that they adopt children to same sex couples. Religions should have the right to preserve the values that they teach. Moral beliefs should not be legislated by our government.
Being married in your church is very important to most religious people. It is very conceivable that with marriage redefined to include same sex couples, churches could be required by law to marry same sex couples, or face losing the right to perform marriages. In light of the Catholic Charities situation, it even seems very likely. This would severely infringe on our religious freedoms.



We hope you will join us in voting yes on prop 8. For more information you can visit:

protectmarriage.com

She Stands!

Hailey's been climbing on things and trying to get on her feet all week. She finally found something she could use to balance herself on this morning. YAY, for Hailey!

The original prodigy

I found this picture and thought the last blog could not be complete without it.