Thought's on Election

I wanted to share what has been on my heart today about the upcoming election. I will be so bold as to say which party I am for. I am conservative;republican if you will. I believe that the life of a baby starts at conception, so therefore I am pro life. I am not big on "big government". I am thankful for the freedoms that we have in this country and I would prefer to make my own choices on things such as health care and what to do with my money. I do believe that a marriage is a sacred union between a man and a women. Also, being the homeschool mother that I am, I believe that we should be able to chose what form of education our children have public or otherwise. There are more issues but it seems like those are the "biggy's" that people usually bring up in conversation.

Even though I believe so strongly in my opinions about what is right, something even bigger is at stake here. Say McCain and Palin win; that would be my preference or even if Obama and Biden wins there is really only so much that they can do in each of these issues. Yes, most definitely they can have laws passed to make a big difference in my lifestyle positive or negative but they will never legislate my heart or my morality. I guess the point I am trying to make is that it is not solely some politicians reponsibility to mandate morality through legislation. It is the responsibility of the church to set an example to the world and to love the world unconditionally, and let Christ bring about the change.

By the church I mean the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, not some physical building that we go to on Sunday and Wedneasday, but the Body of Christ also known as the Church. It is not a political figures' responsibility to console a young, hurting girl that just got pregnant and doesn't know what to do. That is what I am called to do. I must be the one to speak life into her. I must give her words and prayers of hope that she will be ok. It is my responsibility to allow Christ to speak through me and reach out and love through me to a hurting world. I don't want to go into every other politcal issue because that would just take too long and the answer would be the same for every one. The answer is this: If the Body of Christ is
demonstrating Jesus to the world then all of this political nonsense will align itself under His authority and His will.

Regardless of the outcome of this election my prayer will continue to be that GOD'S WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN!

Leave a comment and let me know your thoughts.

Laura's High School Alma Mater Loses in Grand Fashion!

Today I was quite surprised to hear about my high school making national news. It's pretty bad, however, when the news is that your high school football team has lost
91 to 0. What's up with that?! Here is an editted version of the story that was on Yahoos home page this morning.
GO WILDCATS!!! Win or lose, I still love ya!

ESTERO — The Estero High football staff gathered in head coach Rich Dombroski's office late Friday, almost in stunned silence.
Earlier that night, Estero lost to Naples High by 13.

Not by 13 points. By 13 touchdowns. That's right: Naples 91, Estero 0.

The rout fallout has been growing since the game ended.
"Hey," offered Estero defensive line coach Pat Hayes after the one-sided affair, "I didn't even know 91 was a multiple of seven."
With that, the coaches all got a much-needed laugh.

A half-hour away in Naples, Eagles coach Bill Kramer — the man on the winning end — could use one of those.
He looked at the scoreboard late in the game, saw 91-0, and said he felt sick to his stomach. Kramer's team ran only 31 plays and he kept most of his best players on the sideline — for the entire game in some cases. But still Kramer knew what was coming.

Soon after the game ended, his inbox began filling with angry e-mails, some from Estero parents wondering why so many points were necessary, some from Naples parents wondering why their kids didn't play more in an effort to pad their stats.
"There's only one way to describe it," Kramer said. "Just bizarre."

Dombroski isn't blaming Naples.
"Naples did absolutely nothing wrong," Dombroski said. "We just didn't do anything right." Kramer has been in this spot before.

"The real irony is we've got some of our parents upset that their kids didn't play or didn't play enough. And you just say, 'Wow.'"

"Our team might not be winning or might not be on top right now," said right guard Mike Perez. "But we all have to do the best we can do. We can't forget that."

Lindsey gets a hermit crab

Since her trip to the beach Lindsey has been talking about getting a hermit crab, she has looked at prices online and at the local pet store. Well today was the day that all the baby sitting paid off, this little guy or girl (I can’t begin to imagine how you could tell) is the newest member of the family. Lindsey calls it Hermoculese (her-mock-u-lee-s) or Hermy for short.

Perogies

As I was perusing other blogger sites, I came across a fellow Halupki lover. I am Polish and my gramma would always make halupki and perogies. I miss her :(

I had commented that I was inspired to cook a Polish meal for my husband. Well, Cameron is not a big fan of Halupki but he does enjoy Perogies. So here they are:

Just roll out your dough and fill with mashed potatos then fry 'em in butter!

Brad my Bro

This past weekend was filled with great surprises. As we were in Chapel Hill visiting my friend Lisa and going to the UNC game, my brother Brad called me on my cell. He said that him and Crystal were in Raleigh. Raleigh! That's like right down the road from where we were! They had plans to meet up with Crystal's family that night but said they would come out to Wilson the next day. I was so excited! Here is all of us on our front porch:


Jasmine and Lindsey throwing the football



Brad and Me
"Bones" and "Santa" (our childhood nicknames: he was skinny and I was well...Santa!) lol


Oh yeah, the Redskins won that day so Uncle Brad was in an extra good mood. The kids got a taste of just how LOUD the Wilson family can be when a Skins game is on!

Lisa Freeman!

Thirty-two years have gone by since that scary, first day of kindergarten class. Yes, Lisa Freeman and I have known eachother that long. Cannon Road Elementary in Silver Spring Maryland....ahhhh, the memories.
It has only been about 15 years since we last met up though.

A few months back another friend of mine found Lisa on Facebook and discovered that she lives in Chapel Hill, NC. I had to see her and catch up! Cameron and I were going to the UNC game and decided to meet up with her and visit before the game. What a reunion that was!
Lisa has such a big heart for college students. She is persuing a PhD in education to become a dean of students. She is living on campus at UNC and oversees 8,500 students. I am so impressed! I believe these students realize what a blessing she is because they don't hesitate to knock on her door at all hours! Just in talking with her, it is so obvious that God has placed so many giftings within her. She is indeed speaking life and truth into the lives of this next generation. I thank God for you Lisa, my old friend! (young friend) lol

Charlie starts flag football

Last week Charlie started flag football with the Wilson Rec Center. He is on the Panther team. They had a scrimmage on Monday and played their first game on Thursday. The score was 12 to 6, unfortunately not in the Panthers favor. Charlie is having a ball though! He is eager for tackle football which he can do next year.

Charlie doing the Hulk Flex

Run guys ruuuun!