Baby Bird Brina

Lately Sabrina has taken up a new way to communicate when she’s hungry. She looks wide eyed at whatever you’re eating and opens her mouth as wide as she can! It’s so cute, and she reminds me of a baby bird waiting in the nest for her momma to feed her. We all smile and laugh every time she does it. Such a cutie pie!

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Somebody Else Sees It Too

Rob forwarded this article on to me and I liked it so much that I just have to share it. Here are some highlights:

Find a fairer way to judge Mitt Romney by Rich Lowry

“For once, the media aren’t so thrilled by a “first.” Usually being the first African-American, woman, Latino or anything else to run for a major office gives a campaign a frisson of excitement in the press. Such pioneering campaigns are said to hold important lessons about the tolerance of the American public.

But former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney represents the first “first” that has elicited a lukewarm reaction from the media. Journalists constantly run stories about whether Romney can become the first Mormon president — with an undercurrent suggesting that they’d be just fine if he can’t.

…A trope in Romney-as-Mormon stories is that evangelical Christians won’t be able to vote for a Mormon. There is a whiff of wishfulness to this, as if reporters hope evangelicals prove as bigoted as reporters have always suspected they were…

…If Romney is the Mormon church’s intended instrument as president, it must be because the church has hatched a sinister plot to bring better management techniques to the federal government and cut wasteful spending, Romney’s rather unthreatening campaign pledges. There is zero evidence of the church having ever “controlled” Sens. Harry Reid, Orrin Hatch or Gordon Smith — all Mormons — let alone Romney while he served four years as governor of Massachusetts…

…Indeed, rather than recoiling at his Mormonism, Republican primary voters may conclude that the handsome, “golly”-exclaiming, (newly) down-the-line conservative is simply too good to be true.That wouldn’t necessarily be a “first,” but it would certainly be a fairer way to judge Romney than on his religious faith.”

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Pinewood Derby Champ

Hunter worked hard on his pinewood derby car for the big Cub Scout event! He and Rob went online and found plans for the perfect car. They ordered the pattern, got all of their tools and set to work. Hunter did most of the work, while Dad supervised. Mom supervised the painting, but Hunter did that too. The car is called Inferno, and it was super hot last night! Check out the gallery to see it in action. There were twenty cars entered in the race, and after all seven rounds were finished, Hunter came in third place! He took first place in every race he was in except the two he came in second! He was also awarded with a certificate for “Most Artistic” entry. Great work Hunter! We are so impressed!!

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Support Mitt Romney!

Unfortunately, we missed the debate last night, but we have been following the presidential nomination race pretty well. A friend e-mailed a link to Mitt Romney’s Sign Up America and I joined his team. Watch this video to see if he has the things you want in our next president too. Rob and I both feel that Romney has the best qualifications to lead our country. He’s got a great track record for saving failing endeavors, with large corporations and the Salt Lake Olympics. Since America has recently reached a low point both with our reputation in the world, and with our lack of unity among ourselves, I think he is the man to turn us around. So sign up to join him for 2008!

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Light Tent

For my birthday Rob got me a light tent. It looks a lot like a small white pop-up tent, and came with two lights and a black or white background. I hadn’t gotten around to setting it up until last week, and it is so much fun. I haven’t done much with it yet, but it is a great way to get an even light when photographing objects. I have also seen a lot of blogs that show you how to build your own, but it’s nice to have one that is a bit more substantial. I took a picture of some toys Hannah picked out for me, and a bowl Emma painted in an after-school art class. For anyone that’s big into Ebay, you might want to try this out!

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