Christmas Dinner with Tom and Jen!

Tom and Jen James took us out to dinner as their Christmas gift to us! What a great gift! The food was so yummy and we had a blast! Here's some pics of our fun night!

Sorry, Jen but I love this picture! Thanks so much Tom and Jen for the great Christmas gift! We had so much fun!

Happy Birthday to ME!

My birthday was December 27th and I had a blast! It started at midnight! We went to dinner with Tim and Autumn to celebrate Tim's birthday on the 26th and mine on the 27th. It was a lot of fun! Here's some pics!

Then we went back to their house and opened Christmas and birthday gifts! It was fun! Then we went home and since it was past midnight, we decided I could open my gifts! Here's more pics!
I got a lot of great stuff! These are only a couple of things! Then we decided to get a little sleep before we had to get up early to go to breakfast with Tom's mom and sister! It was so yummy and fun!
We went home and crashed some more! Then we got up and Tom flew his helicopter and it flew away on it's own! It was so weird! Long story, but we looked and looked and couldn't find it!

Then when we realized that we weren't going to find it, we went to the mall and spent my Bare Minerals gift certificate! We had lunch and just enjoyed the time together! Then we went home. Tom had to work and I tried my hand at being domestic by making some bread in my new bread maker from Tim and Autumn!
Later that night I went with my sister-in-law and her friends to go see the Joseph Smith movie (so good I cried most of the movie) and then we went to watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was a fun night!

Then I came home and hung out with my cute hubby for a while! We went to bed about 12:30! It was a very full, fun day! Thanks to all for the birthday wishes!

We had a great Christmas!

We had an awesome Christmas! Tom's family came over and we all stayed in our little apartment! It was close quarters, but we had a good time! The night of Christmas Eve we had pizza for dinner and made homemade icecream! Then we watched National Lampoon's Christmas movie. Then we read Luke 2! My favorite part of the night! I am always grateful for a reminder of the real reason for this holiday! The next morning I got up early. I always do this when we have company. I don't want them to need something and I be alseep! It's kinda annoying though! Well, I put the traditional Egg Sausage Casserole in the oven and we opened gifts! We all made out like bandits! I got a camera, a digital picture frame, some slippers, a blanket, a picnic condiment set, the full box set of my favorite british comedy, The Vicar of Dibley, and some other stuff! Tom got a x box, a helicopter, slippers, blanket, a hat and sign from Australia, and some other things! We had a good time! Here's some pics!

Tom's grandma got this cool keyboard that rolls up and you can put it on the table, but it actually plays! It's really neat!

Tom's mom got all the Celtic woman CD's.

Tom's sister Melinda got the new Heavy Metal Shop Hoodie! Tom and his X-Box!and his helicopter!

and his hat!

What is it? What is it? I'm so excited! (Actually I am the one who wrapped is!) It's nice to be married and just get for each other and ourself at the same time!

It's my camera and I love it cause it takes great pictures and fairly easy to use!

The Vicar of Dibley!My digital picture frame!

That night we had a nice turkey dinner and thank goodness Linda was there cause I almost threw up when she was cleaning it out! I'm retarded, I know! All in all it was a great Christmas!

Merry Christmas to All...From The Hughes'

So I know this a little late, but I figure, better late than never!

Just figure I would give you a quick rundown on life for our little family over the 2008 year!

We started off the year celebrating our first anniversary! We didn't have a lot, but my cute husband wanted to do something nice for me for the big 1 year! We decided that we would go to Little America for the night! It was a BLAST! We are looking foreward to celebrating our 2 year anniversary in Wendover! We're excited that we are at least getting out of town and spending a couple days together!

TOM is working for Intermountain Healthcare as a Safety and Security Officer! He loves his job, but sadly he has to give it up in January. He will be going back to the school he worked for at the first part of the year because it works better with his school schedule. He is needing to find a job as an electrician, but we feel blessed that he has a little more time than originally planned to find that. With these hard economic times, we are just grateful that he has a job and that we are able to pay our bills. He is doing so well in school, and the thing he is most excited about is that he is completely done taking math...FOREVER! He is looking forward to starting his second semester with all his friends! He still enjoys being a big kid and has the biggest heart ever! He is constantly making sure that I am ok and taken care of! I couldn't have asked for a better eternal companion, and I am truly grateful for him each day!

NATALIE is still working at the Intermountain Medical Center in the Endoscopy department! I am still enjoying it, and will probably be there for a while. I am one of the charge nurses and have recently learned to do other types of procedures and am enjoying that! I am serving on the enrichment commitee in our ward and am really enjoying working with the wonderful sisters in the ward! I keep pretty busy with work, but like to get home to visit my parents whenever possible.

No kids yet! We'll see what happens in the future! As for right now, we are really enjoying our time together!

We are so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who has given us the gift of the Plan of Salvation! We are so indebted to Him for the gift of His Son, who's birth we celebrate this time of year! We are truly gratful for the promise of an eternal family! My husband lost his father when he was 14 and I am so grateful to know that I will meet him and that I am part of his eternal family, and Tom is grateful that he will see his dad again!

We are truly thankful for all of you! Your friendship, love and support means so much to us! We love each and everyone of you!

Merry Christmas!
Tom and Natalie Hughes

The Blessings of the Temple!

This last weekend I had the opportunity to go to the St. George Temple to be there when my uncle was able to be sealed to his wife and kids! It was such a neat experience because my mom and all of her brother's and sister's were able to be there. The first time ever that they were able to be inside together! My Uncle and Aunt were just glowing! The Spirit was so strong! After ward my aunt told her son, "You get to be my son forever!" He got so excited and said, "Forever? That's so cool!" He's like 5! He's so cute! It was a great experience! What an amazing blessing to be able to be with our family forever!

Tom Passed His Classes!

So, sorry this is a little late! Tom passed his classes and he NEVER has to take math again! We are so excited! So to celebrate we went to Tempanyaki(sp?) and it was so yummy! We tried Sushi for the first time! After dinner he took me to a movie! We saw Four Christmases and it was pretty funny! It was great to FINALLY have a weekend together! Poor Tom has had something going every single evening since school started and we were ready for the break! It's nice to spend the evening with my cute hubby! We've kinda missed each other! Here's some pics of our fun night!

Hughes Family Elf Fun!

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Merry Christmas Craziness!

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It took two weeks but it's finally done!

Holy cow! So we started decorating for Christmas before Thanksgiving, and we just barely finished yesterday! Sad I know! I have been working a lot of overtime and Tom has had school and work and neither of us have felt well. So, it's done and we are so excited to be able to use our living room again! So here's some pictures of us decorating! I made my own wreath this year and I was pretty proud of myself!

Tom put the lights on the tree!

And the finished product! All we have to do is clean up, but at least everything is up!

It was a lot of fun! We enjoy being together and preparing for the Christmas Season!

My sister-in-law took me to Festival of Trees! I had never been before but we had a good time! We were able to watch the Salt Lake Scott's play and that was pretty cool! I had never seen them before!

Welcome to the first part of our December!

Thanksgiving Fun and Time with Family

So, I know this is a little late, and I don't have any pictures, (I think I left the disk at mom and dad's) but I just thought I would post about our Thanksgiving! It was a blast. We left for Las Vegas when Tom got off work at about 10 pm. I already had the car packed and went to pick him up, I was all emotional cause I didn't get everything done I wanted before we left town, but my sweet husband just held me for a minute and reassured me that it was gonna be okay and we could just do these things when we got back. He reminded me that this was a happy time and we were going to have fun! So we drove and drove and drove. I couldn't handle it anymore and fell asleep just after Cove Fort and woke up befor the first Beaver exit. It wasn't a very long nap, but it was just what I needed. Tom spoiled me and drove the whole way, even though I offered multiple times to give him a break! It was nice to just sit back, relax, and be with my hubby! When we go on vacation the drive is usually our funnest part!
We got to Vegas at 5 am Utah time and 4 am Vegas time Thursday morning. We woke my mom up to tell her we had made it, I helped her get some things out of the freezer to thaw and then it was off to bed. We weren't having dinner until 12 and I had decided I was gonna sleep until at least 11. That was until Dillon, my cousin's little boy started crying at 7:30 am. I got up, got something to drink and tried to go back to bed but I couldn't, too many people were awake and I didn't want to miss out on a minute of what was going on because we only had a short time there! We had dinner and all of the rest of our meals at my Grandparent's house. The food was all so yummy and I am actually pretty proud of myself cause I didn't over do it! All the men folk went 4-wheeling that afternoon as well as Friday all day and Saturday afternoon. The weather was beautiful! They had a great time!
I can't believe it but me, my mom and some of my cousins went shopping on Black Friday! I vowed I would never do that! I went with a purpose though and accomplished my goal! I only bought one extra thing. I was pretty proud of myself! It was actually really fun! I think the funnest part was to just spend all day with my mom! I really miss her being this far away, and with Tom working weekends, we don't get to see each other as much as we would both like. Tom had to come home on Saturday morning for work that afternoon and I cried so hard when he left! I felt like an idiot, but I hate being without him! I was worried about him driving by himself and feeling a little guilty about not going with him and him not being able to stay!
Well, we had a family reunion for my Grandpa's brothers and sisters and their families and our family was in charge. It was simple but I think everyone had a good time! I was able to come home on Sunday with my cousins and that was a lot of fun, but it was great to be reunited with my hubby!
My mom had recently gotten copies of all of her and my dad's grandparents and parents old slides and she was able to get them on the computer and gave me a copy! Very neat! I love pictures! They are such a great history!
When we got home, Tim and Autumn invited us over for Sunday dinner! We gladly accepted and they had gotten one of our Christmas gifts early. They got us a LAPTOP COMPUTER! I was feeling so bad cause we couldn't get anything that nice for them, but they didn't care. They knew we needed it and wanted us to have it! They are so generous! We love it and it has been put to good use already! Thanks guys!
All in all we had a great time and everyone was safe! We realize that we have so much to be thankful for! We're truly grateful to all of you for your friendship!

We are truly "BLESSED"!

So, Tom and I have been stressing about some things in our life. Tom was told when he first started school, that he would have to have an apprenticeship job by January to be able to go on in the program! Tom has been trying, but with the economy being so bad, he hasn't found anything yet! He doesn't want to have to take this semester all over again, so when he found out today, from the head of the electrical apprenticeship program, that he had until next August to get a job we were both extatic! We have been really trying to get out of debt lately and my hours at work went from 12 hour shifts to 10's. I have to go in one more day a week, but I am actually getting just a bit of overtime, which will help so much! Another blessing! Well, the reason that I have thought of these as really special blessings, is that Tom was stressed about things above and beyond what he could handle the other night! We asked this guy in our ward, Charlie, to come give Tom a blessing! He and his sweet wife, Chantel, came over and just chatted with us until after midnight. They were so nice, they weren't even worried about the time! It helped to calm some of our fears and stresses just by talking to them, but then when Charlie gave Tom the blessing, the Spirit was so strong in the room that I just burst into tears! I know that the blessing was for Tom, but I felt truly blessed as well! It is neat to see some of the things that the Lord blessed Tom with come to pass, even if they are not quite the way we expected them to be taken care of! This job thing is only one of many answers to prayers and testimony to me that the Lord truly is aware of us and is ready and waiting to give us what we most need in this life, not necessarily what we most want! I know I am totally rambling! Part of that is due to the fact that my heart is so full of gratitude right now for my Heavenly Father and all of our blessings that I can't possibly get them all down on paper, and another part is that I am so tired after a long day at work, that I can't think straight! All I know, is that we are truly a blessed people and the Lord is ALWAYS watching out for us!

knock it off......

OK this is getting out of hand. What makes these people so much better than anyone else??? Theyre just pissed off because THE MAJORITY HAS SPOKEN!!! But because the LDS church believed so strongly that same-sex marriage is wrong that they funded to have the bill pass.
So freakin what?? The amount of money spent on this campaign was in the millions of dollars. All of it donated to the cause. It just so happens that more than half the people who voted, voted against this gay marriage , so people can get over it. If the LDS church is hateful because they suceeded in helping the "family unit" stay afloat what does it make the pricks, who in spoiled brat fits of rage, shoot out windows and vandalize churches, tag peoples homes and cars, and justify it with "well mormons hated us first!!" Get real. When you act like that youre no better than the people you despise. The church is not out to persecute anyone. This was decided in a completely legal democratic process. They fought hard and you know what, they lost, so lets just move onto something else.

Ok so I'm reading about all this bogus crap that being pushed onto the LDS church because they refuse to change their principles on this prop 8 thing. Good on 'em theyre one of the only organizations in the world that has not and will not change their stance on gay marriage. I commend them for it. The LDS church has taken the brunt of this frustration head on and stood their ground through a very difficult election. I've noticed that several other churches have caved under pressure and allowed the whole marriage thing to slide through based on who you love not what they are. People want a very unnatural thing and lifestyle to slide through as something that is natuaral and good............wrong. It's always been a different lifestyle and it appears that 52 percent of people want it to remain as so. This proposition doesn't discriminate and show hatred for anyone. It is just trying to sustain the few tattered shreds of the Family we are clinging onto, while trying to raise our children into good, respectable hard working people.

This boils down to all these people who pitch a fit when ever GOD is mentioned in politics. This country was founded on the principles of righteousness and goodness and honesty they have been starting political meetings and senate functions with a prayer ever since this country was first born. It's all fine and dandy to cry and whine everytime someone mentions god. But it's ok to try and teach 3rd graders about same-sex marriage?? If you dont' want god anywhere near your government you're in the wrong country and you're welcome, even encouraged to leave anytime.

We are SO blessed!

So, I applied for a couple of jobs and had some interviews. Endo was just feeling like a downhill battle for so many reasons! Well, I had an interview at Primary Children's in an office setting and was so excited about it! I had everyone praying that if it was the Lord's will, I would be able to get this job. Well, they called me for a second interview and I was STOKED! I would have more normal hours, wouldn't have to wear scrubs to work anymore and could actually feel like a person, and NO MORE CALL! This was the perfect opportunity! So I went to the temple yesterday and had such a neat spiritual experience! So spiritual and so neat that I tear up ever time I think about it and it's just too sacred to talk about! Well, not related to that at all, or maybe it is, I had this feeling that the job was not right for me and I needed to stay right where I was. I thought that was weird, but the natural woman that I am, I kind of pushed it out of my mind and actually made up my mind last night that if they did offer me the job this morning that I would totally accept it! Well, I was on time and the doctor interviewing me was 50 minutes late! I thought this was a little frustrating esp. cause a great friend was covering my shift so I could be there and I needed to get back to work so she could have her day off! But frustrating as it was I was grateful to just sit in the waiting room. There were few patients and so I was in there by myself for the most part! I folded my arms and didn't really close my eye's but just thought and prayed for that whole 50 min. I was grateful to be able to communicate with my Heavenly Father, but I was also so grateful that he was communicating with me! I started thinking how great it would be to have this job and everything got very blurry! My stomach began to hurt and I was so confused about what to do. Then a thought just popped into my head, "Why are you leaving?" I tried to argue my point and the sickening feeling got worse! As I began to think about how great I really had it, and what a benefit my job had been in my life and could be in the future, everything got clear. My sick stomach was completely gone, and the confusion was gone! I had got my answer, now would I listen? I still went through with the interview but it was so weird. They really didn't have anything to say to me and I didn't have anything to say to them. There was a weird silence that was very uncomfortable most of the time! Another answer to prayers I feel! I got to work and told my boss I was staying! A load was taken off my shoulders! Literally! I was actually happy at work today! I know things will get better! They have already improved significantly! I don't know what I was walking into and it might have turned out to be a good job, but what would I miss in the future if I had gone against what I felt was right? I hate to even think about it! I am so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father who gently pushes His children in the right direction yet still allowing us our agency! I am so grateful that He kept pushing until I finally pulled my head out and decided to listen!

On a bit of a different note, I have to say that I was very disappointed by the turnout of the election! I am a little frightened to have this man lead our country. However, the thought keeps coming to my mind, "Faith and fear cannot reside in the same place at the same time!" The morning after the election I woke up with just a great sence of peace! I know who is really running the show and I just have to be righteous and follow His prophets and I do not need to fear! We have been told in scripture that we have some trying times ahead! I fully believe this! I also fully believe that if we heed to the council of the Lord and do what we can do to get out of debt, build up our food storage, and get our spiritual lives in order we will be blessed! I do have to add how grateful I am that Proposition 8 passed! We do still have some people in this world that follow their moral compass!

Well Obama won but hey I figure the worlds gotta come to an end sometime right?? I'm pretty disapointed but the barrel doesn't always tip the way you want it to. I just hope he does this country well. He's so far from what I believe to be true and good but others see it differently. I saw what I saw and I don't and never will share your victory in this election _tom

What is this world coming to?

I really hope and pray that the Lord will help us through these trying times! Something as horrific as this is allowed to happen in this world! My cousin told me about this video and I feel like I need to share it! I just can't believe how sick this makes me! There are people that we walk around with every day that think this is okay! This is NOT okay! We have to stop men like this from leading our country! This is the most heartwrenching cruel inhumane thing! Please vote! We have to fight this! Please! This absolutely tore my heart out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYRpIf2F9NA

Happy Halloween, or Something...

So, our Halloween was a little different! I knew I had to work all day and was on call that night! Tom had to work 3pm till 11pm. I knew that it would be better not to dress up very much, and I am SOOOOOO glad that I didn't! We had a lot of cases to do and some of them got a little messy, enough said! Well, I thought I would at least be able to get off around when it gets dark to go trick or treating with Tim, Autumn and Scott! Well, that idea got shot to crap! I was still at work around 9 pm and Tom called me and said that he had called an ambulance for Tim. They had gone to see Tom at work and show him Scott's costume and Tim started having chest pain that was worse than he had ever had! Scared Tom to death! So, of course this is right in the middle of a case and I was starting to tear up a bit! Tm has kinda become like a brother or something! He is a great friend! So, I composed myself, finished the case, and went to the ER to see what was going on! They released him shortly after I got there and said his heart was fine, but they wanted him to go have a stress test just to be sure! This is an outpatient procedure so we'll see what's going on when he has it done. Let me tell you though, they gave him morphine, and boy was he funny! So, I ran back to clean up the supposedly quick procedure my coworkers were doing, and they weren't downstairs cleaning up after the procedure so I ran upstairs to where the procedure was supposed to be done and they had done it once, and had to wait for the patient to have another procedure before we could start again! I left at 11:30 pm and Tom was waiting at home for me and Tim(drugged out as he was) and Autumn took us to dinner at like midnight! That was probably the funnest part of the day! Hope everyone else's Halloween was great!

Yay for Bowling!

So we went cosmic bowling with Tim and Autumn on Friday night! We had so much fun! Scott got to come along too! He is quite possibly the cutest kid ever, and I have known a lot of cute kids! He would "help me" bowl! He would go sit right where the lane starts and I would put the ball in front of him and he would push it (I might have helped it a little) and we would both say "Go, Go, Go..." until it got to the end! We had so much fun, and Scott told me that I was his and it made me feel so good! In the mean time he was dipping his finger in a little container of creamer and eating it and spilled most of it all over me! He's so funny cause he gets all excited when he sees us and runs up to us to give us hugs and kisses! He always calls me "my Natayee!" This doesn't help the baby hungryness one bit I must say! He's even broke Tom down! Tom actually likes to hold him and he never holds anyone elses kids! He even lets Scott give him kisses! I only hope that our kids are as cute and as good as Scott! ... Back to Bowling! We had a blast! Thanks Tim! Autumn fell as she was bowling and it was so funny and I was totally making fun of her! Then wouldn't you know, not 20 minutes later, I did the same thing! I have never done that before! It was so funny! I was helping Scott bowl and as he was getting up, he was on his hands and knees and got up to his hands and feet and sliped and did like a somersault(sp?) It was so funny! He looked so surprised! Tim got a little excited, I think, and spilled coke in my shoe! Ah, great memories! Those guys are such great friends and do so much for us! We are so grateful for friends like them! The pics aren't that great, but I still wanted to post some!

Husband Tag

What's your husbands name? George Thomas Hughes
How long have you guys been married? Almost 2 years
How long did you date? Dated for 8 months, Engaged for 3 months
How old is he? Just turned 27
Who eats more sweets? ME! He doesn't like stuff if it's too sweet or "rich" as he calls it!
Who said I Love You first? I did. I can't believe it either! But don't worry the next words out of his mouth were, "Ya know what? I am falling in love with you too!" I had just said, " I think I am falling in love with you!"
Who is taller? Tom, and I am so gratful!
Who is the better singer? I like to sing more! But I love listening to Tom sing!
Who is smarter? Mostly Tom!
Who does the laundry? Me, unless I ask for his help!
Who pays the bills? Me
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Tom, I sleep closer to the door
Who mows the lawn? I wish we had a lawn to mow!
Who cooks dinner? Me, usually, but Tom will help if I ask! He's so good to me!
Who drives? Tom, mostly!
Who is the first to say they are wrong? I don't know! We are both really really stubborn!, but I think Tom's a little more stubborn! Sorry baby!
Who kissed who first? Tom
Who asked who out first? Tom
Who wears the pants? I would have to say Tom, but we have a pretty good team thing going on!

I tag whoever reads this too! Usually I don't do things like this on the blog, cause I do it on myspace or facebook, but I thought this one was cute and I want my hubby to know I love him!

I just found this on youtube this is my absolute favorite movie theme song i totally wish i could play this well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI3JesSo-sA

We have to protect marriage!

I have very strong feelings about this subject! I don't mind others having their own opinions, but I personally believe this is wrong! There are so many reasons! In "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" it states, "marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God". We need to protect this sacred value, as well as many others! It will truly affect our children more than we want to realize! Please watch this terrifying video about a family in Massachusetts who is having to deal with this issue head on in their young child's school! School is a place where children are supposed to learn things that will benefit their lives! Same sex marriage is being taught as normal! It is most definitely not normal! I was appalled at how this situation was handled! The school is there to assist the parents, NOT the other way around! Another act that I was terribly disgusted with was when a class of 5 and 6 year olds took a field trip to go see their teacher's wedding! It happened to be a same sex wedding. This is a very impressionable age and these children will remember this for the rest of their lives. The thing that made me the most mad is that the parents of these children should have had to sign a permission form to allow their children to go, and only 2 families stood up for the right and did not allow their children to be exposed to that! Why in the world are my tax dollars going to provide a field trip for students that is so against anything that is natural! To a wedding, let alone a same sex wedding! Field trips are allowed for the purpose of teaching children a valuable lesson that is not able to be taught in the classroom! This is not a valuable lesson! This is a lesson that is detrimental to the well being of our children and our society! The Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsome, was quoted at this event, saying, "The door's wide open now. It's gonna happen, whether you like it or not." What a coward! What about our founding fathers who built this country on the principals that God has laid down! What about fighting for what we believe in! That is what this country has always done! We don't just lay down and take it! The campaign promoting the legality of same sex marriage states that this will NOT be taught in our schools! Well, as you can see this is a blatent lie! One created by the adversary to lull us away from doing what is right! I hope this is okay, but I am going to use someone elses words now! One of Nancy Jones' friends wrote this and I think it is an important issue to think about as well! "If a new precedent allowing gay marriage is adopted, it could prove detrimental to our church. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints would be forced to adopt/accept gay marriage, or it would lose its tax exemption status. Just think for a moment what that would mean for the welfare programs--hence our tithing money. This is also setting precedent for gay marriage to be taught in schools not as an alternative lifestyle, but equal to the traditionally defined marriage." I say again, traditionally defined marriage is between a man and a woman! This view should not be changed and challenged in the young impressionable minds of the children of today! The Church also put out a great statement about this cause! Please read this, it is called "The Divine Institution of Marriage". Please, please, please help protect our children! Lets get the word out that we can fight this! We don't have to just lie down and take it! Another thing that we can do is pray! The Lord is mindfull of all his children and he listens to our prayers! I know this to be true! There is an e-mail going around that can bring the whole world together to petition God for His help in this matter and others surrounding this election! It is the following!
ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT
This is the scariest election we as Christians have ever faced, and from the looks of the polls, the Christians aren't voting Christian values. We all need to be on our knees. Do you believe we can take God at His word? Call upon His name, then stand back and watch His wonders unfold. This scripture gives us, as Christians, ownership of this land and the ability to call upon God to heal it. I challenge you to do that. We have never been more desperate than now for God to heal our land. This election is the scariest I remember in my lifetime.
2 Chronicles 7:14. 'If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.'
During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill, who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute, to collectively pray for the safety of England, its people and peace. This had an amazing effect, as bombing stopped. There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America. The United States of America, and our citizens, need prayer more than ever!!! If you would like to participate, each evening at 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time (8 PM Central, 7 PM Mountain, 6 PM Pacific), stop whatever you're doing, and spend one minute praying for the safety of the United States, our troops, our citizens, for peace in the world, the upcoming election, that the Bible will remain the basis for the laws governing our land, and that Christianity will grow in the U.S. If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along. Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have. Thank you. Please pass this on to anyone who you think will want to join us. God Bless You!!!
Please pass this word along! Please take the time to vote! It is a responsibility that we should not take lightly! Also please get involved by going to the Protect Marriage website! There is so much that needs to be done!

Happy Birthday, Tom!

Today is Tom's 27th birthday! Things are going oh, so great this week, at we were pretty worried that the day wouldn't be the great day of celebration that it should be! We're both still depressed about the puppy and stressed about work and school and bills and whatnot! Well, I suggested that we go up a canyon, didn't matter which, and hike around a little and look at what leaves were left to look at. Tim lent us his truck, we packed a lunch at Linda's and off we went! It was fun just to spend time together! We tried to go up Butterfield Canyon, where Tom has spent much of his childhood, but the road was closed so we went up Little Cottonwood! It was a lot of fun! We then went and Tom got to spend his birthday money from both of our parents! I suggested we go to a haunted house. For those of you that know Tom, you know he likes to be scared. Movies, haunted houses, whatever! For those of you that know me, you know that I absolutely despise anything scary! I don't like it at all! So, you know how much of a sacrifice this was for me to suggest it. We ended up going with Tom and Jen to Nightmare on 13th. I had my face burried in Tom's shoulder the whole time and about broke his hand squeezing it so hard. We were on some stairs down at one part and I was so close to Tom that as he lifted his foot I kinda stepped on it and fell down some stairs! Doesn't that just sound like me! The people gave me an ace bandage and I was able to finish. Tom had a lot of fun though, and loved it, which I am grateful for! I just want Tom to know how much I love him and that he is my everything! He completes me in every way! I really hope he had a great day! Love you baby!