baby justin [take one]

Justin is three weeks old today! He's just so cute! Jess + Jason were nice enough to let me practice my photography skills on him. I will admit trying snap photos of a little wiggly baby is tough, but fun, and he provided all sorts of entertainment as well! :)

fondue if you please

Thanks to everybody who came, and sorry I didn't get everyone in these pics I got distracted and didn't finish getting everyone! Mmmm fondue!

tag you're it

Tagged

So I've never been 'tagged' before so here it goes! Thank you Brandy!

Here are the Rules:
1. Link to the person that tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself
4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs
5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
6. Let your tagged peeps know once your entry is UP.

n0.1- I can touch my nose with my tongue.
n0.2- I'm never sarcastic. never.
n0.3- I love to travel.
n0.4- I walk too fast.
n0.5- I have a history of bad driving, it's just not on my record anymore.
n0.6- I love Dole Orange Peach Mango.

I am tagging Danielleeeeee, Jamie, Janelle, Angela, Sarah, & Tammy poo

a salt flat sunrise

Danielle and I decided that just for fun we wanted to get up and 4 am (drag Mike and Brandon out of bed), drive to the salt flats and watch the sunrise! It may sound a little crazy but we had seen pictures from a class we are taking and decided it would be worth it. It was AMAZING the views were incredible. We decided to make a tradition out of it, we're going to find beautiful places that we can go watch the sunrise and document it with photos. Nevermind that is was FREEZING cold, we just forgot because it was so beautiful! I also hearkened back to my Native American ancestors and danced a Sun Dance it was really quite rejuventating until I got distracted by the salt crystals below my feet and felt compelled to dip my finger in and lick it. It is called the 'Salt Flats' for a reason, and Mike is convinced I'm infected with some type of water born disease now. Neat. Danielleee made a great video with our pics, it's about ten minutes and totally worth the watch. Ch Ch Check it out. P.S. Because of the stupid blogger photo upload none of the photos are in order, but i guess you can kind of figure it out by the sun.

pro equality

I would have been there if I could've, and I'm glad Utahns are peacfully standing up for what is right!
photo from Danni C

you're all invited...

We just wanted an excuse to get eveyone together, so why not fondue? I hope you can all make it, see you soon!

Host: Brittany + Mike
Location: Our House
When: Saturday, November 22, 7:00pm

Please contact me for details, and yes I mean all of you readers out there, please come!

thanks keith

catchin' up

I've gotten caught up in all the political issues lately because they are really important to me. However I have been doing some other stuff lately so I thought it was time to catch up! Our friends Jess and Jason had a new baby boy! His name is Justin, and he has one of the cutest little dimples that I've ever seen!

I texted Jess at 8 AM and she said I could come visit but she was only dialated to a 4 so I figured 'man they've got plenty of time!' So I arrive at the hospital at 10:30 and when I walked in Jess's sister told me he had just arrived! Talk about perfect timing!

Mike went hunting for the weekend, so my sister and I took the 'FUN BUS' to Wendover for the night!

We had to kill some time so we ate a second dinner at 11PM and then walked the entire 'strip' back to Montego Bay.

This was supposed to be my stripper pose straddling the UT/NV border but, Jackie O got in the way.

We still had two hours before the bus came to take us home, but being the frugal gamblers that we are, we survived on $20 bucks between the two of us, ate two meals, and drank 'free' drinks all night! Never the less by midnight we were beat! But we made it until 2AM and rode the bus home!

This was just a pretty sunrise one morning!

yes on 8? then yes on this.

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yes we can and we did

It's time for change. HOPE is here. Victory.

'The war was won, and a battle lost' -this is what I was told by Danielle this morning as I expressed joy and dismay as the results of the elections poured in.

Even in little old Utah the presidential numbers 57% R to 41% D to the 2004 Utah elections numbers 73% R to 26% D and I think this shows that people are finally waking up!

With that said it saddens me that Proposition 8 in California did not pass, change is in the future this was a battle lost but this fight is not over. Change is imminent. Proposition 2 was another VICTORY. This is the beginning of change for animal rights as well.

california's prop 2

I will warn you that this is hard to watch, but it IS a reality.

hope

"There has never been anything false about hope."
-Barack Obama

The upcoming election brings hope, fear, anticipation, and so much emotion for me. I think we are all influenced by the voices around us, propaganda, or our religious and spiritual beliefs, but we must not be blinded or led astray by any of these things. We must remember that ultimately within these issues such as civil rights, animal rights, war, the environment, etc. that we should put first and foremost that we are humans and we should deny no one person the right that another is entitled to, whatever it may be.
Most of all the issue that has made me think the most is the discussion about Proposition 8. I find the arguments from religious entities the ones that have motivated me to think long and hard about this issue. How can we govern who some loves? I have a hard time believing that God would deny anyone the right to love. I refuse to believe that we are only a tool for procreation, or that there is only one type of family. We are here to LIVE, THINK, and LOVE. So we must question, learn, and think and take a stand, but this does not mean it is any one's job to pass judgement on one another. So to those that find discrepancy between what a religious institution has taught you and what your heart and brain are telling you, remember whether it be God, Buddha, Allah, etc., whose job it really is to pass judgement! It is not your neighbor, family or friend's job, so who cares what they think? Take a stand for yourself! Proposition 8 is divisive and discriminatory. Plain and simple. Whether you choose to ignore that or not. I HOPE we really can look past our differences and embrace each other for them. We must think for ourselves in order to do so. If we truly do believe we are all created equal then the answer to this issue should be simple.

"We have an obligation to pass along to our children a more tolerant, a more decent society."--Samuel L. Jackson

yes we can

vote, or you have to shut up