52% is good enough for me

Last night we finally got the closure we needed to sigh a sigh of relief at least for now. With 52% of the voters voting in favor of Prop 8, I wonder how many times are we going to have to prove that it is important that marriage is between a man and a woman. As we look back on these past few months I am so pleased by those that choose to stand for truth and righteousness and do the things that the Lord has asked of us. I truly feel like we did everything we could and it paid off. The sad part of all this is as I am writing this people that were against prop 8 are protesting at the LA Temple grounds. It takes a little of the joy out of passing prop 8. Now they are making it hard to worship how we choose and isn't that right already in the United States Constitution. It makes me feel ill to think that there are people that are choosing to hate members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints just because of a political belief. The fight might be over to win the votes, but the fight is just beginning.

Sprint to the end

" Hello my name is Nicole. I am calling on behalf on the YES on PROP 8 campaign and was wondering if you have had a chance to get out and vote." Verbatim.
That is how Eli and I finished our Marathon for PROP 8. Like earlier post we babysat in the morning of NOV.4th and then late afternoon until the polls closed at 8 we called people to make sure they were able to go vote. I have to say it was a very spiritual experience for me. Aubree was at a friends house and Hayley came with us. Both girls have been troopers through this whole ordeal. In the end this will really effect them more than it will us. A man in our stake owns a company that is housed in a warehouse so that is where the call center was. We sat at tables set up in buffet style, were handed lists of phone numbers and names and just started calling. It was so neat to see so many familiar faces. It was incredible to see when the Prophet of the Lord speaks how many people listened.
As of right now we are up 52% to 48% with 96% of the ballots counted, so keep your fingers crossed.

Do as I'm doing

Yesterday as part of our sprint to the finish for PROP 8 we babysat some of the kids from our ward, so their parents could go and be apart of the call center (more on that to come). One of the kids we watched was one of Aubree's best friends, Julie. When Julie arrived Aubree's hair wasn't done, so when I asked her if I could do it she said yes as long as it looked like Julies. After getting it up in the pony tail she ran upstairs to get a white bow, just like Julie's. It's funny how your never too young to want to be just like your friends.

Girls just want to have fun

The girls really enjoy playing at Grandma and Grandpa's house. I usually get a few cute pictures a week so I thought I would just do one post. Hayley loves to stand up, so Grandpa got out the jumper and she loved it. Hayley is ready to do solids which we are starting tonight so pictures to come, but when ever we eat dinner she watches you take the food from the plate to your mouth so this is Grandpa giving her a little water which she also loved. As we are walking out to the car to go home one of Aubree's favorite thing is to be put in the tree. She will even ask for it if Grandpa forgets. She really is a monkey.

Signage

Saturday we went out with the YES on 8 coalition and hung door hangers to remind people to vote. It was by far the easiest thing we have done so far and we have to say it was a lot of fun. We ran our of signs at the farmers market so we weren't able to put on up. However we were given a few more to place around in public places. There is a NO sign out in front of our place so we decided to place a Yes sign out there a couple of planters away. Well the NO sign has been there for a month and no one has touched it, we put our sign up at 9 at night and the next morning

It hadn't even been up 12 hours. What the little thieves didn't know is I have about 30 plastic covers so they can take them all they want and I will just keep replacing it. The right will prevail. By Eli's parents house there are three houses in a row that have signs, its a great sight.

PS when I was looking up tickets on Fandango at the bottom there was a Yes on 8 sign. LOVE IT

Finally the real deal

Halloween Season has been quite the party, but this is the real thing. So to start off the night we had some yummy Chinese food and got then ready. Aubree's butterfly wings had been bothering her so she decided no the wear them, so here she is: We decided to take the double stoller so when Aubs got too tired she could climb on in. We started out just the 4 of us but quickly found some friends to go with to make the night more fun. As we were walking around this cat pretty much followed us the whole time, it was a neat kind of eerie. We all had a fun time and got way too much candy. Total Aubree did sometime of trick-or-treating 5 times.

All Hallows Eve Party

Aubree and I decided that it would be fun to have some of her little friends over for a party on Halloween. As I was getting ready for the party Hayley was wonderful, she just sat in her bumbo and helped out what she could. Here she is helping with icing the cupcakes. The party was really fun. The kids came dressed up, we had a small lunch, made a candy corn craft, had a cupcake, and took some pictures. It was pretty easy to put together so all in all I would say that I would do it again. Here is the "table escape" Making the craft The cupcakes I made