Sheepishly Wrong.....

I do not have a hard time admitting when I am wrong,


I AM WRONG! we had the Ultrasound today, and it is a BOY!

So scratch that baby name issue, and share with me your favorite BOY names!!!

(Off to pack more boxes, supposed to movie today!)

Temple Site announced!

The Church's news room just announced where the Temple in KC will be!

it is in MY stake! It will be a short 40 min drive!

I can not tell you how thrilled we are as a ward (and Stake) to have this privilege bestowed upon us!


""For the temple serving the greater Kansas City area, the site will be in Clay County, Missouri, on residential land within the Kansas City limits that is already being developed by the Church. The development is known as Shoal Creek. ""

The Name Game

I think this kiddo (in utero) is a Female, so I am going to ask for a list of names for Girls
And I will share some of my favorites!

I want an old-fashion name: a Name with meaning, and one that is classic.

So help me out gang!

1- Clementine
2- Sophia
3- I am coming up blank

Wes's favorite is Eliza.

So post the name suggestions you have.... THANKS!

The Pledge

I've been listening to you boys and girls recite the Pledge of Allegiance all semester and it seems as though it is becoming monotonous to you. If I may, may I recite it and try to explain to you the meaning of each word?"

I -- me, an individual, a committee of one.
Pledge -- dedicate all of my worldly goods to give without self pity.
Allegiance -- my love and my devotion.
To the flag -- our standard, Old Glory, a symbol of freedom. Wherever she waves, there's respect because your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts freedom is everybody's job!
United -- that means that we have all come together.
States -- individual communities that have united into 48 great states.
Forty-eight individual communities with pride and dignity and purpose; all divided with imaginary boundaries, yet united to a common purpose, and that's love for country.

And to the republic -- a state in which sovereign power is invested in representatives chosen by the people to govern. And government is the people and it's from the people to the leaders, not from the leaders to the people.
For which it stands, one nation -- one nation, meaning "so blessed by God"
Indivisible -- incapable of being divided.
With liberty -- which is freedom -- the right of power to live one's own life without threats, fear or some sort of retaliation.
And Justice -- the principle or quality of dealing fairly with others.
For all -- which means, boys and girls, it's as much your country as it is mine.

Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country

and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance...

UNDER GOD - Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer

and that would be eliminated from schools too?


God Bless America!

Children are an heritage of the Lord....

As I approach the middle of my pregnancy, I really truly am pensive, can I do it agin? Do I have it in me?

Once these adorable creatures are in my arms, of course! I know it is all worth it, but the 40 weeks of misery, can I handle it .... Ever again?




"The Lord did not say to multiply and replenish the earth if it is convenient, or if you are wealthy, or after you have gotten your schooling, or when there is peace on earth, or until you have four children. The Bible says, "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: ". . . Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. . ." (Ps. 127:3, 5.) We believe God is glorified by having numerous children and a program of perfection for them. So also will God glorify that husband and wife who have a large posterity and who have tried to raise them up in righteousness."


President Ezra Taft Benson
Conference Report, April 1969, Pg.12