Isn't it just wonderful! Yum! Happy Feasting!!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
A Cry For Peace!
SACRAMENTO 7 November 2008 (This news release was issued by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento) The following statement was released today by Bishop William Weigand, head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and former Bishop of Salt Lake City, in response to attacks on (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) for supporting California’s Proposition 8, defending the traditional definition of marriage:
“Catholics stand in solidarity with our Mormon brothers and sisters in support of traditional marriage — the union of one man and one woman — that has been the major building block of Western Civilization for millennia.
“The ProtectMarriage coalition, which led the successful campaign to pass Proposition 8, was an historic alliance of people from every faith and ethnicity. LDS were included — but so were Catholics and Jews, Evangelicals and Orthodox, African-Americans and Latinos, Asians and Anglos.
“Bigoted attacks on Mormons for the part they played in our coalition are shameful and ignore the reality that Mormon voters were only a small part of the groundswell that supported Proposition 8.
“As the former bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, I can attest to the fact that followers of the Mormon faith are a good and generous people with a long history of commitment to family and giving to community causes.
“I personally decry the bigotry recently exhibited towards the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — coming from the opponents of Proposition 8, who ironically, have called those of us supporting traditional marriage intolerant.
“I call upon the supporters of same-sex marriage to live by their own words — and to refrain from discrimination against religion and to exercise tolerance for those who differ from them. I call upon them to accept the will of the people of California in the passage of Proposition 8.”
SOURCE: Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento
“Catholics stand in solidarity with our Mormon brothers and sisters in support of traditional marriage — the union of one man and one woman — that has been the major building block of Western Civilization for millennia.
“The ProtectMarriage coalition, which led the successful campaign to pass Proposition 8, was an historic alliance of people from every faith and ethnicity. LDS were included — but so were Catholics and Jews, Evangelicals and Orthodox, African-Americans and Latinos, Asians and Anglos.
“Bigoted attacks on Mormons for the part they played in our coalition are shameful and ignore the reality that Mormon voters were only a small part of the groundswell that supported Proposition 8.
“As the former bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, I can attest to the fact that followers of the Mormon faith are a good and generous people with a long history of commitment to family and giving to community causes.
“I personally decry the bigotry recently exhibited towards the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — coming from the opponents of Proposition 8, who ironically, have called those of us supporting traditional marriage intolerant.
“I call upon the supporters of same-sex marriage to live by their own words — and to refrain from discrimination against religion and to exercise tolerance for those who differ from them. I call upon them to accept the will of the people of California in the passage of Proposition 8.”
SOURCE: Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento
Friday, November 14, 2008
Princess Mania
Will this phase ever die out? Ames is a great playmate...she'll be whoever Ellie decides for her to be. Or should I call this first sibling syndrome???
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Venice
We took the Eurorail to Venice and it was so convenient and nice to look out the window at the beautiful countryside of Italy. When we arrived, you could tell you did because immediately you were surrounded by water. How incredible this little town is on the water. You have to take the water taxis everywhere, or you can walk practically everywhere it would just take you a while. The streets are so narrow and whindy. You walk down the alley and turn a corner, you are more than likely that you will run into someone if you are not careful. the town is so quaint. While we were there they were having the Venice marathon, which sparked James' interest and is now recruiting participants....The food in Venice was better than Rome, and it was sure cold! I neglected to pack warm clothes, but indulged in buying some scarfs. Everyone wheres a scarf in Italy. Even men! We were there for two days and a half, and saw everything within a day. That's how intimate it is. Even with 21 million visitors a year. It was gorgeous!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Rome
We are back! Our trip was amazing!!! Italy was amazing! We are still recovering from jet-lag, but we are happy to be back with the girls. Since we took so many pictures, I am going to do three different postings for each of the cities we visited. So here are our pictures of wonderful Rome!
Happy Halloween!
The whole clan came over to the house for some Halloween fun! Ethan was a S.W.A.T officer, Luke a blue power ranger(he looked so dang cute in tights!) Ellie of course had to be a princess, Belle to be exact and Amerie was a little fairy...
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