BOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Miles was a cowboy, Lilly ~Little Bo Peep, Savannah~ Princess, Briggs~ a very fierce bee!!!

The kids had a great time carving pumpkins, trick -o- treating, trunk -o- treating and dressing up. It was great weather and I know they all got plenty of candy!

Will the Bailout help???

I couldn't have said it any better so I will just let you read this ....

Maybe to some degree in the short run, but that just means we'll have more inflation. You can't create trillion's out of thin air and not expect inflation. So although the dollar may be up a little bit right now because the markets are a little calmer, this just means that in time we're going to all suffer and pay for this, and we're going to pay for it with higher prices.
This is the serious problem. It's the attack on the dollar system. They're trying to save the dollar, but this system that we've had since 1971 is nonviable, and it's coming to an end. That's what this whole story is about, the end of a monetary system that we've had since 1971.
Something has to give. You just can't create more money out of thin air and propping up everybody. It's an immoral system. You're asking the poor people to bail out the rich. You're asking the innocent people to bail out the guilty. You're asking people to just totally defy the Constitution because there's no place in the Constitution that says that we can do these things.
Besides, economically, it's a disaster. This is going to cause a great deal of harm. It's like a drug addict taking a strong fix, and he feels better for a day or two, but believe me, we're going to kill the patient. And the patient here is the dollar system and our entire world economy. I would say let's get off this addiction.
But the big question is: Does the majority of the American people believe the government can still take care of us, or should we get the government out of the way, quit spending money, balance the budget, bring our troops home, and let the American people keep the money they earn? That means drastically reducing taxes.
Get the government out of this overregulation, and give up on this idea that inflation solves everybody's problems. If inflation, that is the creation of new money, could solve everybody's problems, which they're claiming right now, nobody would ever have to work again. If $5 trillion could save this economy, why work? Just print money, and everybody will be happy.
We should let the market make these decisions.
It's arrogant for the politicians and the bureaucrats to believe they can plan the economy and sort this all out. We've been doing it for all these years, and the monetary system is so confusing and so corrupt, that the sooner we get back to believing in ourselves, believing in freedom, believing in sound money, believing in the Constitution, we're going to solve these problems.
Maybe the American People will start thinking…. Maybe limited government and freedom works. Maybe freedom is popular, and maybe freedom really works. And this idea that we have to depend on government for all these programs is an illusion.

Ron Paul Oct 17, 2008

Sitting by the prophet at church

With Scott sitting on the stand at church I have my hands full trying to keep everybody quiet and behaving during sacrament meeting. People in our ward have been so great to help me. They offer to take a kid or two when I needed to go nurse Briggs, or when one of the kids start to act up and I need to take them out. Because of this, Savannah has gotten very use to sitting with other families. sometimes she hops from family to family. I try to keep some rules enforced so that she doesn't do this. So, now we go through the same rules as we walk into the church every Sunday.

1. you can only sit by Mommy unless she says you can sit by someone else. Then when Mom comes back you must come back.

2. Don't ask people for candy or gum.

and so on.


This morning we were getting ready for church and I thought that I would get a jump on going over the rules, so they were really stuck in Savannah's head before church. (If they aren't by now they probably will never be). Savannah repeated the rule back to me and then she looks at me and says to me "If the prophet is there can I sit by him?" I told her "If the prophet is there then you can sit by him, but nobody else. okay?" She said "Okay mom, Yeah, I get to sit by the prophet! I LOVE the Prophet!" I held in my chuckle until I got down stairs to tell Scott what she said.

Wouldn't it be great to sit by the prophet?

Briggs giving himself a bath

He must have needed a bath. I came in and he had helped himself up to the sink, sat down and turned the water on. Really we are lucky he didn't burn himself or flood the bathroom.

Shutting down for the winter

The garden got nipped by the cold last week so it was time to till it up.

Scott on KSL

Too bad they can't get all the facts straight.......

Jane on the Radio

Jane the crazy girl called Bob Lonsberry......

Happy Columbus Day!!!

We took the kids out of school early today to go goof off!!

It was way fun and the kids had a blast. 1st we went to the Hogle Zoo......



We have never seen the animals more active!!! It was so cool.
I kept telling the kids, "This would be great if there was just a few less people!"
I think we saw 3 or 4 other families the whole time!
The cool temps and it being during school hours must have kept people away.
I do believe it will be a Columbus Day tradition!

Miles had an epiphany. He looked up at Scott and said "You know what they should have at the zoo, seals. They could put them in with the penguins...........wait they eat penguins."
We all just started laughing.

So if that was not enough fun for one day...... We went to a movie!


Really cute show! The kids loved it and Jane and I enjoyed it also.
Then we finished Columbus day with a traditional Columbus dinner.....


Well... Columbus ate beans and rice didn't he??

Celebrity in our house!!!!

I can't decide if it was Napoleon Dynamite or Carrot Top.....Anybody know?

One of these is not like the others....

Savannah, Ashlyn, Gracie, Brinlie, Lilly

4 princesses and one super hero!!!
The cousins came over and played dress up.......
Savannah the protector of all princesses could save the world.....
(if only she could get her mask on straight!)

Curlers

Jane and the girls all did there hair in curlers.... how fun!!!! I even made Jane go outside with the curlers in her hair and we had two visitors from the ward .... she was so embarrased!!! This could have won the Before and after contest that Suzanne had.....

Jane said that curler manufacturers should be forced to label all curler packages.... "Use for girls 12 and under".

Big Shoes

Briggs found dad's shoes and tried them on. He thought he was sooo cool. Of course he couldn't move, which isnt all that bad for us.... he is getting into everything!!

The last 3 peaches

What a sad day. I mowed the lawn yesterday and as I went by the Peach tree I could smell the ripe peaches..... YUM!

Well there were only a dozen or so left on the tree. Today at lunch Jane and I picked the last of them. Harvest just doesnt last long enough!!

What a kid!