Dear Mr. Obama,

Please do not send you daughters to a public school, that you have said yourself were failing, to make a political statement.

Be a parent before a politician.

Your beautiful girls are going to have a rough time ahead of them. Give them the best education you choose for them. We won't begrudge you because that is what we strive to do for our kids.

Now some parents really do not have a choice because of the circumstances they are in but their lack of choice does not take away you right to choose. And if by some chance you are able to give those parents choices during your term of office you have my support.

Putting your family before policy and politics makes its own statement.

No tricks, Just a treat

So none of my pictures turned out great.
You can tell that the face paint is wearing off.
Kid could not stand still for pictures, Jesse was in the other room going though their haul for safety.

3 cat and a hunter.
Cat costumes were 3.00 a piece.
Hunter 8.00 for the clothes. 5.00 for the weapon. All items are still being used.
Face paint 1.00.

Total: 23.00 for a night on the town.

Next year I will take pictures before we go out.

Also note that Becka's son was also a hunter. Funny how we did the same thing without knowing it. Her daughter was her webkinz puppy and Devonae was her webkinz cat. Must be that sister connection.

Obama Fear

So a lot of moms on a site I frequent want an answer to the question:

Why does Obama scare/terrify you?

A very legitimate question that I feel deserves a response.

My answer is… I am not scared of Obama.
He is a man.
I do not know him but I truly believe that like the majority of people his motives are not evil.
He will be wrong, make mistakes, and have opposing views to mine but I would be willing to say that all people would fall into that category.

So why did I oppose Obama?

While socialism and communism is admirable in theory it cannot work on a large scale.
So while I personally find some of the ideals of socialism to be sought after I do NOT believe that the government should play ANY role in it.

It is an individuals right to act upon their compassion for mankind.

But my primary reason for opposing Obama is life.

I am pro-life.
I understand this stance is in conflict with the majority of Obama supporters.

I believe life begins at conception and abortion is wrong.
Evidence shows that Obama does not align with my beliefs.
I believe denying medical care to a living baby that survives an abortion is wrong.
I believe allowing babies to die because they might not have the “quality of life” WE think they should have or it might impede on OUR “quality of life” is wrong.

I see a trend that goes…
It is O.K. to kill…
Unborn babies
Born babies that we should have killed on the first try
Disabled/premature babies that might not live up to someone’s standards for “quality of life” be it hospitals, governments, parents etc.

“Quality of life” can move farther…
Elderly, sick, disabled etc…

The slope is a slippery moral issue that frightens and saddens me.

Obama is just a man.
One of many that must act in accordance to take us down this slope or get us off it.
The president is a man.
People are mistaken about his power.

I am not afraid of Obama.

I do distrust government and want less of it not more.

I have been praying for Obama and his family.
I am scared FOR him.
There are crazy, hateful people out there.
I am scared for his daughters and pray they do not have to hear their father being cut to pieces by the hatred that Bush’s daughters endured.

Obama will be my president.
I will respect him as a person created by God.
I will respect the office he holds.
I will oppose the ISSUES I disagree with.

They voted

So my oldest 2 have now seen the voting process in action.

They were not impressed.

Getting up at 6:15 so we could be there when the polls opened at 6:30 was not their cup of tea.

Arriving at 6:40 and seeing a long line out the door had us all waiting in the cold.

Wrapped in blankets they were very patient. For kids that is.

Karist voted to go to the potty. We found it. No lines.

We finished voting with Devonae as her Daddy's partner and Danny as mine.

8:30 was too late for our plans to eat breakfast at Bob Evans so we drove through McDonalds and picked up breakfast for the kids to eat at home.

I think the kids vote that we don't so this again anytime soon.