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Saturday, November 28, 2009

righteous insubordination

Thought this was interesting ...

Below is a portion of Letter from the First presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day Saints in 1941. It is a response to Roosevelts cabinet soliciting support from the church and and its members for the (heavily propaganda laden) Defense savings bond program to fund the war.

"The Church as a Church does not believe in war and yet since its organization whenever war has come we have done our part … we do thoroughly believe in building up our home defenses to the maximum extent necessary, but we do not believe that aggression should be carried on in the name and under the false cloak of defense. We therefore look with sorrowing eyes at the present use to which a great part of the funds being raised by taxes and by borrowing is being put … We believe that our real threat comes from within and not from without, and it comes from the underlying spirit common to Naziism, Fascism, and Communism, namely, the spirit which would array class against class, which would set up a socialistic state of some sort, which would rob the people of the liberties which we possess under the Constitution, and would set up such a reign of terror as exists now in many parts of Europe … "

I'm positive this stance still holds true with the presidency today in regards to the current(propaganda-laden) war.


and on that note....GO COUGARS!


Monday, November 16, 2009

Crus cake wreck

CRU TURNED ONE!


This time last year I was feeling fantastic. Labor was over and I was just enjoying my percocet high.


Not to be cliche...but it is strange to imagine life before Cru. He brings so much joy to our lives, and emptiness to our bank account.


We had a surf theme party for him in honor of his San Diego roots. We made surfboard cookies and a surf scene cake


I definitely don't consider myself a baker. Not really my strength. That's why I had the help of my sister Jacque and friend Kristen. However, when it comes to mischievous, sarcastic or morbid ideas, I would consider myself an expert. Which explains the disturbing scene on Cru's cake of a drowning baby getting eaten by a shark.


Of course it is not Cru. He's the super talented one, safe one on the surf board.




It was a wonderful day

Happy birthday Sweet baby Cru. We love you!


Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Our kid speaks prehistoric bird

He's not even one year old and he has already perfected the
pterodactyl mating call. I'm sure this video is just a small
insight into his linguistic genius.


your kid may walk or have 20 teeth but Cru speaks pterodactyl

Jealous?