Mom's Day

So...... I am feeling pretty special. I had a very nice day yesterday. These are the reasons why:

Love One Another song in Church......... my mother in law's favorite (I miss her)

A beautiful vase of flowers

A very nice homemade cardA nice breakfast made by my husband

My most favorite beverage............ GODIVA HOT CHOCOLATE

A call from my favorite missionary
A special unexpected visit from my Mom and Dad Last but not least....... a very lovely email from my my long distance Kenyan daughter, who does not even know what Mother's Day is.
I am feeling so special, that I just had to cry!!

New Tom Hanks Movie

Tom Hanks has been causing trouble for the Mormon Church in recent years through his HBO series “Big Love.” The series – which Tom Hanks makes – depicts a fictional polygamist family in Utah.
The problem is that the show creates the impression that the people are Mormons.
Then he went political, and made reference to a recent vote in California that essentially banned both gay marriage and polygamy.
“And the truth is,” Tom Hanks said, “a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop-8 happen.
“There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American, and I am one of them.”
Let’s correct the record. Nobody gave anything to the church to “make” Proposition 8 “happen.” Rather, a great many Mormons donated money to a political fund and volunteered their time to help pass Proposition 8. They did this shoulder to shoulder with Roman Catholics, the evangelical group Focus On The Family, and any number of black and Latino churches.
That’s all the Mormons did.
And that’s what “a lot of people” Tom Hanks knows consider “un-American.”
“And I,” he said, “am one of them.”
So Tom Hanks considers giving money to a political campaign, and volunteering time, un-American?
That’s odd. And hypocritical.
Because Tom Hanks is himself a frequent and large contributor to political causes and campaigns.
Let’s look at the numbers.
Tom Hanks gave $28,500 to Barack Obama last year. And he gave Al Franken $10,000. He also donated to a liberal campaign fund called Midwest Values PAC.
The year before that, he gave other tens of thousands of dollars to Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Al Franken. In earlier years, he has donated to John Kerry and Patrick Kennedy.
And he’s never given a dime to a Republican.
So Tom Hanks has the right to donate very large amounts of money to liberal causes, but individual Mormons – contributing dramatically less per person – are “un-American” for donating to a conservative cause?
How does that work?
How is that anything other than a clear example of the arrogant superiority of the Hollywood liberal elite? A group of American citizens dare to disagree with them politically, and exercise their rights, and they are denounced.
That’s crazy.
Or, as Forrest Gump said and Tom Hanks proved: “Stupid is as stupid does.”

published by Boblonsberry.com

Tom Hanks did apologize for his comment, but shortly afterward, in his show " Big Love" he depicted a scene , (sacred to Mormons) made to look like things that take place in the Mormon Temple. His apology seemed short lived. Seems like maybe he has a little gripe with Mormons. That is why, I will NOT be supporting this new upcoming movie with Tom Hanks or any other movie with Tom Hanks.

i LOVE this!

so much, its now mine

Prom

Alta High Jr. Prom was a couple weeks ago, and since Bob is not getting around to adding these photo's to her blog, I will. Its pretty fun helping these kids getting all dolled up and ready to go. Its also very expensive! Good thing is: She is the last. I loved the color of the dress. Its really shimmery.We found some pretty earrings at the dress store and they were $60.00, so we took a picture of them on my camera and I went to the bead store and made them for $8.00. I was pretty proud of maself.Ok........ now what do you think of the converse shoes with a fancy dress? I think its kind of strange myself, but these kids are going for comfort. They actually want to dance and not break their ankle with high heeled shoes. Whatever!Oh... isn't it special?

I think she had a pretty good time, could have been better if she was totally in love with the boy, but no.

A Special V Day!

Happy Valentines Day Everyone! So today since it is Valentines, how appropriate that THE MAN would give me the most lovely box of V Chocolates! He must really love me because he knows how much I love V chocolates. Is this not such a cute box?And for real........ they look so cute, but they taste even better. How can that be possible? Please don't ask me to share, I just don't wanna.

And if you would rather have dipped fruit, these are super duper yummola! You can never go wrong with V Chocolates. If you would like to try for yourself, you can enter to win your own V Chocolates on this cool blog!

What could be better than V chocolates, especially on Valentines Day?

Ok Ok......... maybe a 100 carat diamond ring???

or maybe a diamond ring paper weight??

Sweethearts Dance

So, today was the Alta Sweethearts dance and since my Bob does not put the photos on her blog, I thought I would. She looks good in pink. I didn't get any photos with the boys, but maybe she will put photos on her blog when the dance pictures come back. That was the thrill of the week, this week.

Florida

So, last week we went to Florida for a convention. It was fun to get out of the cold weather and have some warmth. We were actually hoping it would snow here in Utah the entire time we were gone, but it didn't snow once. Oh well. We had a fun. We went to Sanibel Island. It was very nice weather. The beaches were awesome with lots and lots of shells. Then we went to Orlando for the convention. We also went to Univeral Studios one evening. We were not able to go see our missionary because we would have been breaking the rules. So we decided to be obedient, even though we did think about it for a second.Here is a photo of the shells I collected while on the beach. Sanibel is among the very best places on earth to collect shells. We didn't collect that many nice ones, because we were there but only a few hours. But we were happy with what we did get. Perty, don't you think?