Prop 8 Protest...please watch

There will be a nationwide protest on Saturday November 15. If you are looking for something to do and want to go out and support a very important issue visit this website to find a city near you http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/?t=anon``

You will want to pause my normal music player before you watch the video so you can hear it

Maroon Eagles are #1

Well yesterday was the last normal game of Mychaels football season. They won the game which means that they are #1 in the league. It makes me so happy for the whole team. As I have mentioned before on here Mychaels team is the only team that is made up of all kids who have never played before. The other teams have all played before and are made up of older kids. So our team was the youngest, smallest, and most inexperienced and they went out this season and kicked butt! I am so proud of Mychael and of the whole team. Now they have to play the championship game in a couple of weeks. I put together a slide show of the last couple of games including yesterdays. In some of the pictures you can see the size difference in the teams. It makes my heart almost stop sometimes but it doesn't seem to faze Mychael at all. Ill keep you updated on the outcome of the championship. My family will be coming up for it so I'm excited for that as well.

See ya,
Christy

Nothing much to talk about...but Im sure I'll still fill the page :)

Man am I SICK of all the racist jokes being passed around now that Obama was elected. I keep getting texts with all these stupid jokes. Its just old. Its like everyone saved them up just to use them the minute the results came in. Oh well...hopefully it will get old quick and will stop. I am still emotional when I think of it all. I tivoed Obamas speech so Mychael could watch it and even watching it again I sat there and cried. It doesn't help that I'm at that "emotional time" so I'm crying easy anyway. I was so proud of Mychael last night though. Being a kid I know it is sometimes hard to understand that the differences in peoples skin color means nothing and its whats on the inside and so I wanted to see where he stood with it so I kinda tested him. We were getting ready to watch Obamas speech and I said "you know his daughter is really cute. You could start dating her and that way all of us could go to the White House" and I really kinda expected him to say something about how shes black even though I know we have taught him that its whats on the inside of people that counts. So he said "where is she?" and I told him that she was getting ready to walk onstage. So we waited and when the family came on stage he goes "yeah she is pretty cute!". It made me feel like we have taught him well. I'm not ready for the dating stage yet but the fact that he doesn't care about the color of skin (she just has to be cute!) makes me feel like he understands. I would think a lot of kids his age wouldn't understand white/black or gay/straight. Luckily Mychael understands both and accepts people for who they are. Hes such a sweet kid.

Speaking of gay/straight. I am saddened by the Prop 8 passing. Even though I don't live in California I watched that one closely and my heart hurt for those it affected. I cant imagine how it makes you feel to be told that you don't have the same rights as everyone else. I cant imagine how it would feel if Dave got hurt and someone told me I couldn't go into the hospital room. I cant imagine someone coming up to me now and telling me that our marriage was being annulled because people decided we shouldn't have the right to be married. How powerless and helpless I would feel if that were to happen to me. That is why my heart hurts for these people who are affected. No one has the right to tell you who you should/shouldn't love. Marriages between man and woman don't always go the way that they are technically supposed to. Cheating and divorce aren't supposed to be a part of marriage but a lot of times is these days. Isn't it supposed to be "til death do you part"? I know a LOT of people (me included) that it didn't work out for the first time. Does that mean that once you didn't do what you were supposed to that you should lose your rights?!? Should those of us that broke the vow we took in church not get a second chance? I just don't get why anyone has the right to judge that part of anyones life. Anyway...I'm probably not making sense because I'm getting fired up. I have a hard enough time making sense when I'm not getting worked up and trying to get my millions of thoughts typed out quick. So Ill shut up :)

Think good thoughts. think good thoughts...hmmm what to talk about now

So tonight Brayden and I watched Mychaels football practice. I was pretty excited because once it gets dark so early they cant practice for very long so that means less time sitting in the cold. I had also been counting the moments until it was dark so we could leave and I could finally eat for the first time today. So it finally gets dark and I'm ready to pack it all up when some dumbass parent decides to pull his truck in the field so his headlights would provide a little light for them to finish up. Well then that starts something and everyone starts pulling their vehicles out on the field to circle the team. Before I know it my daydreams of Arbys roast beef was slipping away headlight by headlight. So over an HOUR later the park security guy finally comes by and tells everyone they cant put their vehicles in the grass and to move it. I was ready to jump him and kiss him. My stomach was loving him. So finally I think we are leaving cause it is then pitch black and they cant see the ball right?? Yeah but they can run in the dark!! So then we sit out there for another 25 minutes while they ran. I love watching Mychael play but today was one of those days where I had my plan (meaning dinner) and I don't like when my plan gets screwed up (meaning don't mess with my food!).

Marlene (my mother in law) came back from Germany tonight. It is good to have her back. It seems like she has been gone forever. I was excited for her to see Brayden because of all the new stuff he is doing now. So she got to spend some time here after Dave picked her up at the airport. Then she went to Tanjas to see everyone and stay the night.

Well I am getting distracted by a tired and crabby Brayden so I am done for tonight. Told ya I could still fill the page LOL

See ya,
Christy

Our new President!! WOOHOO!!!!

I am so emotional right now. How exciting it all is!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Just a little something for you. We love you and hope you had a great birthday!! You might have to mute the music player to be able to hear it.

Old OLD pictures

Tonight I was going through pictures and came across a few that I scanned onto the computer just so I could embarrass myself and my family. Some of them I came across were just cute and so I wanted to share those too. A lot of them made me go "awwww" and some of them made me go "ooohhh my God". Im sure you will be able to tell the difference between "cute" and "what the hell were we thinking?!?!" LOL. Hope you enjoy! I also added a few new songs on my playlist. The second one that comes on is called "Cheater Cheater" and I think it is so funny so make sure to turn your speakers on.

all the girls on a "girls only trip"

oh Lord

cool Mom

me getting into stuff (Im being paid back

for that now with Brayden)

me and my great Grandpa with our false teeth

awww...Jimmy and Nathan

Oh wow...no words

I seem to be concentrating on what could be

in the box and Julie just looks irritated to be there LOL

me, my dad, and Dillan AWWW

I think this one is so cute! My brother feeding

Nathan as me and Julie look on

we look so young!!!

See ya,

Christy

I've been slacking

Lately I have not been keeping up with the blog and I apologize. Daves procedure went good. We should have the tests back soon. I didn't get to go back to the recovery area so I don't have any funny stories from him coming out of the anesthesia :( The nurses did tell me that he was cracking them up saying some off the wall stuff. I asked him if he was nice but he didn't have a clue lol.

So in the last week Brayden has figured out how to get into sitting position on his own. He could sit before but you had to put him into the position. Now he crawls around and then sits for a while and then crawls some more. Its so fun to watch him. Then two days after he started doing that he shocked the hell out of me and Dave as we were sitting here messing around on the computers. I was sitting on one couch and Dave on the other and we both looked down just in time to see our little baby boy pulling himself up on the couch to stand!!! So now he crawls over to the couch and pulls himself up and stands here looking around. We were in shock. Hes only 7 months old! Hes not supposed to be getting so big so quick! So now hes a crawling, sitting, pulling up machine. I guess the only thing left is walking. He better not start that in a couple of days! LOL

So tonight was Halloween. Dave had to work so he couldn't trick or treat with us :( but we did have a lot of fun going around the neighborhood (besides getting a little...okay a LOT lost). Mychael decided this year he wanted to be Darth Vader. He looked pretty badass in his costume. I had bought Brayden a fluffy puppy costume that I was so excited about and after he woke up from his nap I colored his nose black with some eyeliner and went to put the costume on and it didn't fit. He was too long for it :( So instead he went as a firefighter. After we got done trick or treating we went and seen Dave at the fire department. The guys seemed to get a kick out of his costume although I'm sure every firefighter has dressed their sons up as firemen LOL. We took pictures and I'm posting them underneath this so make sure to check them out.

Well I'm off to try to get Brayden to sleep. He was trying so hard to go to sleep for like an hour around 9pm and I wouldn't let him so we could go to the FD and then come home and eat and after I fed him apparently he got a second wind. Tomorrow Mychael has a football game so we are heading there in the morning. Ill write soon (I promise!)

See ya,
Christy