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Monday, July 7, 2008

Just another fun filled Monday

We spent Monday at Willis D. Tucker Park

Emeline showed off her new suit

posed like a super model

played with her coordinating bucket

Liam had a blast with the sand

Jaxson was king of the big rock

Chaucer tried to eat sand, the paci got in the way

Then on to Angelo's softball game

Where:

Angelo got a few hits

The kids found a huge sand pile to play in

I ate crasins' until my stomach hurt

the boss hung out on the blanket enjoying the BEAUTIFUL evening

Saturday, July 5, 2008

a little bit of crying does a body good.........not so much a family

Our 4th celebration was a fun family event

we decorated our bikes in traditional red, white, & blue

and took a ride over to our wards fourth breakfast

it was nice to have Angelo around for the bike ride

I am really used to doing it on my own

The breakfast was good, the kids had a great time

Liam had a really rough time riding

( he is usually in the bike trailer.........screaming that he wants to ride)

He spent most of the ride crying, and telling us his legs hurt

this may be true, he seems to be in the midst of a huge growth spurt

however it made our family bike adventure not so peaceful

Some friends offered to drive the boyz home from the breakfast, so kind ! I like the kids to get exercise but it is really more important that they enjoy it.

So, Angelo and I ( with the boss on my back, and the princess on his)

enjoyed a non stop, non whine trip home

Thank You

Wilde Fam

Then we were invited to a BBQ & a little bocci ( spelling correct??)ball for the men folk

It was a beautiful evening, I LOVE the weather HERE

We arrived home late

greeted by fireworks on all sides

Amazing

I am a little sad we didn't venture out to see the fireworks over the water

we just couldn't bear to take 4 VERY tired kids too far from the casa

HOPE you all had a great 4th

Friday, July 4, 2008

HAPPY Independence Day

From the Carvajal's

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Out in the Open

I take the Seattle Times paper

and I was excited to see a special Times edition magazine in the paper this week on

how to be "GREEN"

I am trying to be a conscious of my decisions and how they effect the earth.

That said

I was horrified by the 3rd of 10 suggestions

3. USE CONDOMS

I read on to find out that they were actually suggesting that having children was not eco-friendly because of the amount of pollution those children will put out in their life time.

This idea to me is WAY beyond !

I still believe as our prophets have counseled in the

Proclamation to the World

that God's commandment to multiply and replenish the Earth is still in force today.

I am so sad to see the world becoming a place where living together & premartial sex is normal and marriage and procreation is odd or non eco-friendly.

I know that God is mindful of us

I also know that we are blessed when we obey the Lord's commandments both from the scriptures and from our Prophets.

I have been apologetic in the past about the number of children I have, I will not apologize any longer. I know that my children are supposed to be here with me in my family. I know that God has commanded us to have children, I know I have been blest through our obedience to this command. I also know that our living Prophet Thomas S. Monson is truly the prophet of our times. He has been called for this time to help all those who will listen.

I needed to bear testimony of these things, because

I KNOW