Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Caucus 2010

Last night our little family ventured out to the Republican Caucus. As we were nearing closer to Centerville Junior High we noticed there were a TON of cars, which equals NO parking. We found a nice street to park on and then walked up to the school. This was the first sign that this Caucus was going to be very different than the last Caucus we attended.

Pause...The last Caucus we went to was for Fruit Heights/Kaysville. There were 10 people from our precinct and it was really quick. We elected our leaders and were on our way.

Now back to this year. We get into the Junior High, meet together in the Gym to hear the platform, and then headed to our individual precincts. In our precinct alone there were about 75 people. I've always thought it would be fun to be a State Delegate one of these years, but definitely not this year. Not with this crowd. We had the co-founder of Franklin Covey, attorneys, Deputy director for Bob Bennett, a woman who had PRINTED out her speech to become a delegate, and many others who were very very knowledgeable about what was going on in our government. I was very impressed. We had each nominee make a speech and answer questions that we had. It was so entertaining and amazing to hear what they had to say. The basic question is, What do you think about Bob Bennett??? Should he stay? Should he go?
Most people there believed he had done an excellent job, but it was his time to go.

That's when Daron and I wanted to talk to our friend Clint who works in D.C. for Senator Bennett. After we got home from the Caucus we talked to him and he informed us what Senator Bennett was really up to. Something that Clint said was that Senator Bennett is one out of two Senators that has successfully carried out a filibuster. That is pretty impressive considering Republicans don't have much of a chance anymore in Congress. I can't see a brand, spanking new Senator doing that.

I feel that in this time of change in the White House, it's good to have a Senator that already has some power over the other Senators. Since Senator Bennett most likely will NOT be running after this next term (if he is re-elected) I feel he should stay in for one last term. This whole thing with the Health Care plan is crazy. Bennett of course did not vote for it, and so it would be interesting to see what he proposes if he were to stay.

Politics is crazy, but after studying it in college I love the debates and learning about what's going on. I could go on and on, but I will stop for now. I'm glad we went to the Caucus. It was fun to be a part of the democratic process.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Tradition Lives On! & 6 Months!!

First I have to start with our cute baby who turned 6 months old! He is so fun to have around. I love this age! I find myself so excited to play with him everyday. He is rolling all around the house, giggles a ton, and is sitting up really well. He LOVES real food, reading books, touching my face and pulling my hair. He also LOVES his daddy. He gets so excited when Daron comes home. Daron is so cute with him.

Here are the stats:
Height: 26 inches 33%
Weight: 18 lbs 8 oz 68%
Head: 69%

He's huge!


His silly pose!


Tradition lives on! Over President's Day we traveled with my family down to St. George. We started this tradition last year. I was teaching and antsy to get out of the snow, so we all went to St. George, rented a house and just played. This year was so nice since I wasn't pregnant (sorry Kimber) and we could enjoy little Austin.
We went biking


We swam in a nice heated pool. It was 65 degrees outside and 90 degrees in the pool! Austin LOVED the pool. He just kicked and kicked and smiled. We will definitely be doing some swimming this summer.


Austin loved being with his Grandpa


..and Grandma and Cousin Jaden


Has anyone heard of the game Hilarium?? It's hilarious! We played this one over and over. (Sarah I love the monkey gestures)

We stayed up late, ate lots of yummy food, got killer deals at the outlet stores, and enjoyed the SUN! I can't wait till next year!!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

I'm Done!

I've played basketball my whole life. Jr. Jazz, comp teams, school teams, and yes, even church ball. Last year I was called by the stake presidency to serve as a stake young women's sports referee. I was pretty excited. I love playing sports and thought this would be fun to socialize with the youth while being active. Boy was I wrong. The socializing was great, but the refereeing was terrible!

If you could all think back on the days of church ball, you will remember how totally crazy it was. Parents were all up in arms if a foul wasn't called. If I called every foul that happened, they wouldn't be playing at all. It was literally like...foul, travel, foul, travel, slide..into a travel, travel, foul, foul, ....air ball. Daron took pictures of the scores.... 2-4 at half time. Welcome to Young Women's basketball! We had one team that was using the elbows, swearing, and denying everything. Wow.

I finally made it through the season. I learned a lot! If ever I am playing, or coaching, I will feel for the refs, and try not to argue with them. By the way, we went to the BYU basketball game on Saturday and I was watching the refs. Who would voluntarily want to be a ref? It seems like cruel punishment to me.