Fun? in Carp

Well, we went to visit my folks up north for the weekend. It was a fun trip, other than the fact that the children refuse to sleep, play too many video games with Uncle Chad, and always seem to be finding something sugary to eat. The big excitement, however, was church on Sunday. Apparently, there were four police cars parked at the church at the beginning of the service. We were a few minutes late, and there was only one when we got there. In addition, there was a group of young looking people--looked like college students--in front of our family's pew taking notes throughout the Sacrament meeting. Everyone was really nice to them, although a few looked like they had swallowed something sour. There was one girl who was nice and laughed at all of Bro. Gonzalez' jokes, which were pretty funny, and she picked up a toy for Justin who probably threw it at her a little too hard. Anyhow, I just think that it is a sad commentary on what is going on today that families have to walk past police vehicles to just worship God. I mean, this is America, right? But, if it brings people who would never enter our churches into them, even if they are hostile, it can't be all that bad, right? My ward was apparently business as usual, but we live in a very religiously conservative area--for all I may say bad about Fo-town, the people are overall some of the best I have ever met. I am grateful to live in a town where so many of my neighbors, diverse though we may be, supported the view of our family on Prop 8. We never had to worry about our sign being ripped down or our house being vandalized (at least for that reason;).

Halloween in Hobbsland

We had a very nice Halloween even though it was very hot out. We started out by going to preschool and trick-or-treating through the classrooms. It was very hot, and Justin was dressed up as a fuzzy Panda. When I took the costume off, he was bathed in sweat. Believe me, I felt guilty.

That night we went to the Trunk-or-Treat at the church. It was a lot of fun, but still very hot, so we dressed Justin up as Hercules. Ian was very excited to be a Power Ranger. The best part of all, was that all the costumes were hand-me-downs, so it didn't cost a penny. (Thanks, Gen and boys).