Graduation fun

One of my best friends graduated with her doctorate this past weekend. It was really awesome. She is one of the most amazing people on this earth.












At her graduation party, I was able to see some of my friends and their kids. Isn't he so cute?!?

Hiking

I like to hike. Fresh air. Exercise. Friends. It's really quite the world's perfect exercise! This is me and two of my guy friends out hiking. Fun, fun, fun!

The Family

Okay, so I just read an article my sister sent me through an email about how our religion is killing us by telling us to multiply and replenish the earth. It preached that it was "selfish" to have more than your allotted two offspring because of using too many of the earth's resources. Selfish? SELFISH? Tell me, sir Oliver "Buzz" Thomas, author of the article, which is more selfish, your definition of family with two children living off of probably TWO incomes, or my family with five children living off of one income? Which family is using more of the earth's resources, the kids taught that Mommy and Daddy (or her significant other) will buy them whatever they want, including a large home and three cars OR the family raised being taught to conserve and be frugal, and sacrifice? It seems as though the two spoiled kids have just learned to use MORE of the world's resources than the kids from a large family who-dare I say it-learned to share the family's and the earth's resources!
So those are my thoughts for today.

I'm still planning on having my four or five children.

CHICAGO!

I love Chicago!















So I went to Chicago this past little bit. It was awesome! I've never seen such big tall buildings, and so old, too! This is me by the Chicago River at night. It was pretty chilly, too, especially since it had been in the 80's and 90's in Arizona! I attended a free zoo for the first time in my life--honest, we just walked right in-- and got attacked by a lion paw!

I can make Bread!

I can make bread-not just pouring bread mix into the bread maker, either! This is me posing with someone else's bread dough because mine was sent to the kitchen before I had a chance to get my picture taken. This is not my first time making bread, either. Bread making is one of those "lost arts." I will pass it on to my children and they will be weird because they will be able to make bread by hand! Ya know what, I will be okay with that! :)

Valentines

I went to a scrapbook store and purchased some cute paper and made some homemade Valentines this year to hand out at work. It was a LOT of fun! Here are some pictures of them!

So my sister just started a blog, too. That's way cool. We can now share our ideas about the world, like why women should actually raise their own children instead of shipping them off to day care for 8-10 hours a day. Yeah, many families need "dual incomes," but I think a lot of people have a lot of not-entirely-necessary things, and nearly could live on one income--depending on the cost of living, of course.
Any way, I think I am going to get my passport soon. It's a goal of mine and all In need to do is get an appointment with the post office and pay the bucks!

This is a picture of me at a work party. I am on the left in red. I supervise people. It's not all that easy, really. There's a lot of problem solving to do for other people. It pays the bills and I am learning a LOT about people. People are weird sometimes.

I can't wait to see what my sister puts on her blog! I already saw my cute niece and nephew on there! So adorable!