America: "We want Barabas"

We were given a choice for a man who sacrificed so much of himself for his country, a man who can not even lift up his arms because they were broken so many times by our enemies. But in our greed, and desire for the government to "help" contribute to our grocery budget, we have ignored our founders' morals and our christial roots. Well our greatest fears have come true, our country has voted in a velvet-tounged pro-murdered who promised the largest abortion provider in the country that his first act as president would be to make it easier to kill babies in the womb (and even out of the womb if they are born alive during an abortion).

We were given a monumental choice and we chose poorly, now we shall suffer the consequenses that we deserve.

This may be the last post you see from me as we swing towards socialism this blog will most certainly be shut off by the censors.

Mixed results from initiatives in states all over the country now further promote embryonic destruction, and abortion. On a good note, voters in California saw it in their hearts to protect some mothers and their unborn from cruel treatment, a proposal passed there to "outlaw the confinement of pregnant pigs, calves raised for veal and egg-laying hens in a manner that does not allow them to turn around freely."

silly boys

Joshua asked a question about the origin of the name duct tape: "Why do we call it 'duck tape'? Is it because it feels like a duck is biting you when you peel it off your skin?"

Samuel emerged from the pantry after being inside for a few minutes in suspicious silence, his face was covered in what appeared to be chocolate.
Before revealing what we saw on his face we asked what he had eaten.
We got a few sheepish "I don't know"s before we finally told him to point to what he ate.
He pointed at the powdered ovaltine.
Anna: "Did you eat the chocolate ovaltine Sam?"
Sam: "No it's coffee."

Twas The Night of Election

'Twas the night of elections*
And all through the town*
Tempers were flaring*
Emotions all up and down!*

I, in my bathrobe*
With a cat in my lap*
Had cut off the TV*
Tired of political crap.*

When all of a sudden*
There arose such a noise*
I peered out of my window*
Saw Obama and his boys*

They had come for my wallet*
They wanted my pay*
To give to the others*
Who had not worked a day!*

He snatched up my money*
And quick as a wink*
Jumped back on his bandwagon*
As I gagged from the stink*

He then rallied his henchmen*
Who were pulling his cart*
I could tell they were out*
To tear my country apart!*

'On Fannie, on Freddie, *
On Biden and Ayers!*
On Acorn, On Pelosi'*
He screamed at the pairs!*

They took off for his cause*
And as he flew out of sight*
I heard him laugh at the nation*
Who wouldn't stand up and fight!*

So I leave you to think*
On this one final note-*
IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM*
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!*

Keep Coming Down

What cost us over $70 to fill our minivan's gas tank only two months ago not only cost $35. I don't know what the root cause of this price drop is, but I am ok with it.

Found in a Run-down Boston Public Housing Estate: Barack Obama's Aunt Zeituni Onyango

(FROM: UK Times Online) So, his half-brother lives on one dollar each month in Kenya, and his aunt lives in dilapidated public housing in Boston. How wonderful. For a guy who is often seen as elitist and egotistical, this sure does a lot for that perception. Between Sen. Joe Biden's abysmal record of donations to charity--in the past ten years, the Bidens have given $3,690 out of their $2,450,042 in income--and Obama's failure to provide at all for his own family, the same family spoken of so nicely in his memoirs, it's a wonder that the pair can so successfully misrepresent themselves as caring for those who have less than they do. Amazing how they have no qualms about forcing ordinary Americans like you and me to share our wealth involuntarily, but have utterly refused to volunteer to share their own.

Little Baby Ray

At week 9 everything is going fine so far...other than "all-day" sickness that Anna is going through at the moment. Thanks for your prayers for our little one.

Red Green's Alternative Fuel Vehicle

how does it taste now?

if you have ever met my grandpa Ray you can probably imagine the innocent smile on his face during this quick exchange.
In September we were enjoying the fruits of the fall harvest that my parents neighbors had genorously given to us. Now these neighbors, Patrick and Michael, who are the nicest neighbors you'll ever want to meet, but they are not brothers or roomates ( if you know what I mean).
Now my grandparents were over and we were eating the most beautiful red ripe tomatoes you can imagine; these hems were just bursting with flavor. Half way through one my grandpa commented on how delicious they were. I responded that they were from the gaye neighbors...without missing a beat he said, "hmmm, now I'll have to take another bite and see if it tastes different."

why do we call it the library?

we pulled up to the library after church today and Josh asked:
"why do we call this the 'Libary' (pronounced lie-berry)?...because it lies and eats berries?

It is hard to keep a secret

Its hard to keep a secret especially when it is something that we want to share with our family and friends. So after only a few days of trying to keep it to ourselves I (Jesse) spilled the beans enough times that we felt everyone should hear it from us...so here it is: We are expecting.

Please pray for us and the new baby.

Funny quote

Sam and Maria were playing dress up and Maria announced "we're married now". Out of curiosity to see what her idea of married life was  I asked "what will you do now?" The immediate joyful response was "have a baby!" as she ran in her wedding dress to get a baby doll. 

The generosity of a 3 year old

After making a project Samuel said, "You can have it, I made it just for you"

A second later, "we can share it"

A second later, "well, it's mine, but we can share it"

In Dexter with the Brown Family

It has been a few years since we have seen our old neighbors, the Browns, but it seems like we picked right up where we left off. Amanda, Steve and Mike played so nicely with our kids and we all had lots of fun.

Little Swimmer

Maria is our water-loving child and she is now our first swimmer. Watch her paddle through the water without any floatation device.

Joshua lost a tooth

It started wiggling at the beginning of the week, and it just fell out Saturday afternoon. Josh was giggling with excitement and wanted to show everyone that he now has a window in his mouth.

They've got a ticket to ride

Joshua and Maria didn't have too much interest in giving up their tricycles, but within the space of a few days they really picked it up and rode with it.

Sam's Bible Verse

I was reading an article by a Francisian Friar and decided to share the following line with the kids "The devil always breaks the toys he plays with". Before I could attempt to explain it Samuel laughs and says "I don't want him in our house".   

This morning as the kids were playing super heroes I overheard Joshua say "Let's pretend we have so much power in our hands we can eat as much candy as we want with out getting sick!"