Lately I've had some things on my mind. Things that are troubling to me and things that I don't understand. If there are two children and one of them is blond and blue eyed and the other is black, do you automatically think that the blond child is somehow more important simply because of their skin color? OR.... do you see two sweet and innocent children of our Father in Heaven?
Two years ago our family was blessed with a beautiful little boy. A little boy that, I believe, was literally prayed into our family. He is sweet beyond words and intelligent beyond his years. He is curious and mischievous and full of love..... and his skin is black. I fell in love with him the minute I laid eyes on him and that love has grown every day of his life. My heart bursts every time I hear him say "love you, Auntie", or I see him running to me, arms held up for me to hold him. I feel the same love for him that I feel for Kelly's biological children. He, like her other children, is a gift from God and a blessing to our family.
And yet, even in 2009, I see the looks when we walk into a restaurant or a grocery store and, unfortunately, even into church. I see the stares and hear the whispers.....the assumptions that Kelly slept with a black man. And what if her husband was black? Would that make it better or worse in these narrow minds? Aren't we all children of God? Aren't we all created in His image? My Mother taught me that we are, but it is clear to me that some people don't think so and that kind of thinking is something I will never understand.

Boys will be boys will be.......crazy?

What is it with teen-agers and saran wrap? So far this year we have had the steering wheel of my car, our front steps, Randy's entire car, and once again my car, saran wrapped! Last night Randy and Robert thought it would be funny to saran wrap a shopping cart to the back of Damian's pick-up. Good grief!

Homecoming 2009

Joe Montemagno, Maya Rugg, Alex Padilla, Randy McCormick, Sam Webster, Damian Knight
Damian and Randy getting ready for the dance


She said "yes"

Randy had a lot of fun this year with Homecoming. It started with the parade, which, unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of. I had to work and haven't been able to find anyone who took pictures of their float. Randy asked Alex Padilla to the dance by filling her car with balloons and candy. She answered him by toilet papering our house and leaving a note on the door in the middle of the night :) We weren't so creative when I was in school.
The day of the dance Randy, Joe, and Damian went to Showlow to cheer on their dates at their soccer game. After the game they went bowling and to Pizza Hut. Then they came home to get ready for the dance. All three boys decided to dress the same with black pants and shirt and a gold tie. (black and gold are Round Valley colors). They all looked very handsome and the girls looked beautiful. I took lots of pictures and then they had to make the rounds so all the parents could do the same....six stops :) But they humored us "old folks" so we could have a little piece of the fun and excitement.

On a different note.....It was General Conference this week-end and it was so good, as always. I'm always amazed that every year at least one talk seems to be speaking directly to me. I am so thankful to have the Gospel of Jesus Christ in my life and to have a living prophet on the earth to lead and guide us. I'm thankful to know that my Savior loves me and that my Father in Heaven hears and answers my prayers.

Back on-line

I am so glad to have my Internet back!!!! Any of you who have ever "fought" with the phone company will understand when I say I was ready to rip somebodies head off.....and after a year of this I really didn't care whose head. Finally, FINALLY, I got ahold of someone whose name and number I may have tattooed on my forehead. By the time she was done, not only do I have my Internet back, I also have a $98.00 credit.