Our day off!

This truly was a rare day off for us. All the kids were out of school for Veteran's day and I didn't have any babysitting kids AND hubby had off too. So, to mark the occasion we wanted to get out of town and do something fun. We decided that we would head over to San Francisco and go to the Academy of Science. Liv and G-man were greatly disappointed last month when the little ones got to go without them. Unfortunately, everyone had the same idea and the place was packed! So much so that we only spent a couple hours there before we decided that we would rather spend the rest of the time at the beach, so off to the beach we went.

I think the beach is one of my kids favorites places to go. While everyone struck a manly pose, Sweet Pea decided to try out a new dance move instead. (I think) While it was still a bit chilly, it never stops anyone from getting soaked.

The war against Prop 8 still rages. Stronger than before the election it seems. I think the No supporters were actually surprised that it passed. So now all their energy is focused on overturning the vote of the people and their efforts have been directly toward our Mormon community. Statistically, we were but a small number that accounted for the passage of the Proposition but I think we're an easy target so the opposition is taking advantage of that. It's been extremely disheartening to see and hear that our Temples and churches are being targeted with bomb threats, and vandalism. We took the opportunity to wave signs on a corner one Saturday and saw a first hand account at how intolerant the opposition was against us. Rude remarks, rude gestures, inexcusable language (even in front of children)butI never felt our lives were threatened. I have to say after reading the above article (click on temples) I'm not so sure. What validates my stand on this issue is to just do a brief comparison of the two sides. One demonstrated peacefully, with sign waving, smiles, and honking, the other protesting with stealing lawn signs, fist shaking, destroying property, hateful language. And apparently, we're the ones being hateful. Members of our church are having to stand guard our buildings to keep them safe. Sadly, I never thought I'd see the day when our religious freedoms would take a back seat to sexual freedoms. So back to the courts it goes. Where I will not be surprised to see prop 8 overturned (again) Anyone ready to move to Missouri?

On a fun note. My ambitious hubby has taken to some pretty exciting bike trips lately, his last one took him to UC Davis. Round trip he logged 67 Miles!! Wow! I'm so impressed. All this biking is in preparation for his ride to San Francisco next month. Just thinking about it makes my butt sore!