This is my bliss--

Do I need this?

 

So, I have been doing some searches on different food storage web sites and I came upon this military grade gas mask!!  I thought do I really need to buy this for my family?!! It is only $398.00 and has a ten year shelf life.  I don't think I will be purchasing these just yet, but the website I found them on is one of my favorite foodstorage sites--shelfreliance.com, you should check it out!! 

Random Thoughts

  Ok, so this photo really has nothing to do with this post but hey its James Bond!! The movie was alright definitely not as good as the first. I might have liked it more if he had his shirt off more often (wink wink!!!).  I really cannot believe how fast this year has gone I am already listening to christmas music in the car with my kids-crazy!  Last week I heard Glenn Beck play an old speech from Ezra T. Benson from when he was sec. of agriculture and it gave me chills, I tried to post the youtube video but for some reason it will not let me but you can listen to it here .  It is pretty amazing how you can see some of this coming true. As you can see all very random thoughts!!!

Halloween Fun

The girls had such a fun Halloween this year! I had bought a darling fortune teller costume for Kambrie but of course she did not like it! So for her school program she wore her Giselle dress up complete with red Dorothy shoes and for trick or treating she wore her sally outfit (not even a costume)!! She is such a picky girl-at least she is so stinkin cute.  Bailey was a darling mad hatter girl-I so love the white boots.  Although We did get rained on a little while out getting candy the weather was really warm, the girls did not even wear jackets.  Now I need to get rid of all this candy so I do not eat it all!

 

 

I know I'm Biased but...

I think my girls are absolutely beautiful!! I have been so excited to see these pictures!! Skye Johansen took them, she is amazing and I love everything she does!! I cannot wait to see them all but here are a few, check out her blog  here to see some more-Happy Halloween =)

   

The Real American Dream

 

An American Creed

 

I Do Not Choose to Be a Common Man

It is my right to be uncommon—if I can.

I seek opportunity—not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.

I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.

I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.

It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say, “This I have done.”

By Dean Alfange

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*Originally published in This Week Magazine.
Later printed in The Reader’s Digest, October 1952 and January 1954.

The Honorable Dean Alfange was an American statesman born December 2, 1899, in Constantinople (now Istanbul). He was raised in upstate New York. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and attended Hamilton College, graduating in the class of 1922.

I got this from Dave Ramsey website and he has asked that we pass it along. This is how I feel and what I think makes our country so great, I hope that we don't get fooled into giving up our freedoms for empty promises. 

Year of a Million Dreams

We made it back from Disneyland and Universal studios!! We had such a fun time and loved spending time as a family.  It was especially fun being with some of our extended family (Ryan, Kari and the girls!), Bailey and Kambrie could have spend every waking moment with their cousins.  I love going to Disneyland in October with all the fun Halloween decorations.  This year the girls dressed up in their Halloween costumes and went trick or treating at California Adventures, they came home with way to much candy!!! The weather was way to hot for fall, in the high 90's almost every day but at least the lines were not very long at Disneyland.  We cannot wait for our next family vacation =) Now back to work, politics and my mountain of laundry!!! ( I will try and post a album later!)

           

A little of this and That

The state of our country is really scary!! I find this whole thing about taxing the rich more and "spreading the wealth" as Obama told Joe the plumber would happen if he made more than $250k very disturbing.  My husband and I have and continue to work very hard to build are business up, we don't make that much money but I sure hope that someday we can.  So, why should we have to "share" our hard earned income with someone who is not willing to put in the hard work that we have?  I for one do not want any money to be given to me (like as in a tax rebate) from someone who has worked hard to earn it, I want to work hard and earn it myself!  I love how Dave Ramsey explains how wrong this idea on his website you can read it here , here is my favorite quote " We are in a dangerous place in our country today. A segment of our population has decided that it is the government’s job to provide all of their protection, provision, and prosperity. This segment has figured out that government doesn’t have the money to give them everything they want, so somebody else has to pay for it. That is how the “politics of envy” was born. “Tax the rich” has become the mantra of the left, and this political season it has been falsely dubbed a “moral imperative"  It is a great article!!  I am still trying to decide who to vote for, I know who I won't be voting for though!! At least for the next few days I can forget about all this and enjoy spending time with my family at Disneyland =)

Scarecrow Festival

Kambrie's summer dance class performed at the scarecrow festival yesterday. All the girls were different characters from Scooby Doo.  Kambrie looked so cute and did a good job-although she cried all the way there because she had to wear her hair in 2 buns and she only likes her hair down straight!! The girls had so much fun going on all the blow up slides and mazes, getting their faces painted and going on a hay ride.  They also loved all the junk food, it was a perfect fall day =)

       

Halloween Cookies

My family had our annual halloween cookie decorating party and it was a blast!! My Mom made her famous taco soup with fresh homemaid salsa-yummy!! The kids have so much fun decorating their cookies, they pile on so much candy you can hardley tell it is a cookie. (the sour cream sugar cookies are the best no matter what is on them)  I love getting together with my family, it is one of my very favorite places to be =)

 

 

Hamster food storage

 

The other day Bailey got into get Lola out of her cage and could not stop laughing!! she had stuffed her cheeks full of the new kind of food we had got her.  Lola's cheeks were about 3x bigger than normal! I guess she is just worried about the rise in food costs and wants to make sure she has saved up for a rainy day!!