Kindergarten Grad!

Last week my granddaughter Evalie graduated from Kindergarten!

Here's she is with her brother Evan and Aunt Noelle.  

(Sorry about the terrible cell phone photos)

What Has America Become?

This was posted online by Raymond1 today in response to President Obama's latest press conference, where he said the "private sector is doing fine".    Only to retract his statement just hours later, by saying that the economy is actually NOT doing fine, which is why he held the before mentioned press conference in the first place!

What has America become?

Has America become the land of special interest and
home of the double standard?
Let's see: If we lie to the Congress, it's a felony
and if Congress lies to us it's just politics.
If we dislike a black person,
we're a racist
and if a black dislikes whites,
it's their 1st Amendment right.  
The government spends millions
to rehabilitate criminals and
they do almost nothing for the victims.
In public schools you can teach
that homosexuality and lesbianism is ok,
but you better not use the
word God in the process.
You can murder a child in the mothers womb,
but it's wrong to execute a mass murderer.
We don't burn books in
America, we now rewrite them.
We got rid of the communist &
socialist threat by renaming them progressives. 
If you protest against Obama's
policies you're a terrorist,
but if you burn an American flag or George
Bush in effigy, it's your 1st Amendment right. 

You can have pornography on TV or the internet,
but you better not put a nativity scene 
in a public park during Christmas.  
In America, criminals are now called sick people.  
Parenting has been replaced with Ritalin & video games.  
The land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs.  

And how do we handle a major crisis today?
The Government appoints a committee to 
determine who's at fault, then threatens
them, passes a law, raises our taxes,
then tells us the problem is
solved so they can get back to
their reelection campaign.  

Crazy Boys!

Could these boys possibly be any cuter, crazy-er, or adorable?

Time Out for Women (and girls!)

Love, love, Loved it!  Great weekend, and we will do it again, asap!

Bike Hike

Lately, Isaac and I having been doing a little exploring at Farragut National Park.

 Jumped on our bikes and had a great time.

This creek is runoff from the mountains, headed to the lake.  Super, duper cold in April!
I know, I am late late late posting this!

Happy Lucky 7th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Dillon!  Your Grandma and Grandpa and aunts and uncles and cousins all LOVE YOU!

Pinewood Derby winner!

Congrats on your first time out, First Place finish!  You are awesome!

(and so is your dad!)

....and sorry about the terrible cell phone photo, buddy.
Love you,
mom

It's not the end of the World! (or is it?)

Today....

My son Isaac turned twelve today.  He is one of the best kids around.

I will tell you a little story about his cake - yes this cake -  to give you an example.

 

He wanted a cake that he could decorate himself with his favorite candy.  

All boy, this one.  

So we picked up a cake at Costco, his favorite flavor.    

He didn’t want any cartoons or pictures on it 

and he didn't really want anything written on it, either, 

(but mom prevailed).

We got it home in one piece, 

but I set it down on our bench near the fridge 

while we moved things around to make space for it.  

What I didn’t realize is 

that I had set the edge of it on a binder 

so it was at a slight angle, 

and while we fussed with the fridge,

it s-l-o-w-l-y slid off the binder and upside down onto the floor.  

THANKfully the thick plastic wrap was still on it 

so I was able to pick it right up and flip it over.

However,

It was pretty odd-shaped and mushed, to say the least.

But instead of having a meltdown 

or refusing to have it at his party, 

Isaac just dealt with it.

He knew that it was too far to drive back and get another.  

(We live about 12 miles from town, 

and we have a Suburban.  Yeah.)

He knew that I didn’t have the time or 

the baking supplies to make him another. 

So he just cheerfully covered it with candy – 

I know - it looks kinda crazy. 

But crazy like the 12-year-old young man that he is becoming! 

Happy Birthday, Isaac!  I Love you!

Conservatism, Explained

Why My Liberal Neighbors Aren’t Speaking To Me Anymore

I recently asked my neighbors’ little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, are liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, ‘If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?’

She replied, ‘I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.’

Her parents beamed with pride.

’Wow…what a worthy goal.’ I told her, ‘But you don’t have to wait until you’re President to do that! You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I’ll pay you $50. Then I’ll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, (*or to the neighbor who hasn't had a job in a year; or to the student who is getting ready to go to college, etc etc) and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.‘

She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, ’ Why doesn’t the homeless guy (*OR the unemployed man, OR the Student) come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50? ‘

I said, ‘Welcome to Conservatism.’

Her parents still aren’t speaking to me

From the Independent Journal Review

*My additions, lest you think that I think that the homeless guy is just too lazy to get a job....I don't)