Stand for Something! Stand for Truth and Righteousness!

California is having a moral battle in defining Marriage. Proposition 8 is on the ballot of this November's election. I have embeded a video that may take some time to download or you can click on the title "Stand For Something" for a link to "Preserving the Divine Institution of Marriage" where you can also see the video,

then join me.

Isa. 5: 20
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23 Which the wicked for reward, and away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.


FYI - I will not update my blog until this election if over.
This will be my lead in blog post. Join me!

TTFN
-Ron

Anemia?

I remember Nana once saying that a craving to chew on ice was a sign of anemia. Well, we better have some blood work done on Toasty. He must eat 10-15 ice cubes a day.



TTFN
-Ron

Fencing

Ben and Spencer had a neat opportunity to go to a fencing gym. This is not the kind of digging posts and stringing barbed wire. Instead, its akin to poking someone in the eye with a sharp stick. Hope you enjoy the videos.

Student of the Month

We received a letter from Thurman White Middle School notifying us that Spencer had been selected as September's Student of the month in Sixth grade science. The whole family got a good laugh out of that because we withdrew Spencer from school the last week of September.

Spencer was so frustrated with the kids in general and his science lab partners in particular. His lab partners didn't want to do science labs at all. What's more, Spencer was being bullied only like Jr. High School kids can do so well so that teachers aren't aware. Since we weren't in favor of that kind of socialization, we have now moved him to the virtual academy. He has his own computer for school work, he will work from home, have a regular teacher, attend all sorts of field trips with his virtual classmates. Vicki becomes the person responsible to record his time and help with school work. This should be a good experience.

A Short Break

Clark County School District Staff Development day provided the opportunity for us to get out of town for a day. We escaped to Mount Charleston on Thursday night and set up the trailer.

Oh how nice to be up in the mountains with trees and the cool breezes. The leaves were starting to change colors and the air was crisp. After dinner, Vicki pulled out a surprise. Huge marshmallows for roasting. Words cannot describe but pictures can. Spencer had two. The second was his Abrahamic marshmallow that he tried lighting on fire. These big marshmallows don't burn like the smaller ones.


One experience that we didn't anticipate was that camping near Las Vegas brings in the Vegas element. Our camping neighbors were up most of the night. Chopping wood for there fire, drinking and talking loudly including vulgarity laced rants. About 3:45 am I went over to there camp and asked them to go to bed that their noise was keeping us awake. They were clueless as they asked if it was there talking or the radio. I said it was the talking. When I talked with Vicki the next morning, she was surprised to hear that they even had a radio. We'll another 15 minutes and they settled down.

We finally woke up in the morning and started to get breakfast, only to find out that the last of the propane was used in keeping the trailer warm. With options running low we decided to have lunch for breakfast and then we headed out for a hike. The plan was to finish the hike head home and have breakfast for dinner. We choose a beautiful hike and with Toasty leading the way we found butterflies, log bridges, Christmas tree shaped pines and shear limestone cliffs.


As we headed home, ignoring the night time antics of neighbors, we felt refreshed by the experience and ready for more time in Las Vegas.