Cheyenne Sanford, Christian Wheeler, Erika Wheeler, Hannah Wheeler, Sydney Sanford, Cade Sanford
I'm trying to create a slideshow on photobucket to imbed, but so far I haven't figured it out. I can find the html text for individual images, but haven't found a way to do the entire slideshow yet. I'll keep working on it.
What happens when a type A girl meets a type B guy? Well, they fall in love of course, but somewhere during the happily ever after part they run into a few things that they do differently. One such thing that they do differently is pack and unpack for vacations. The type A girl works for days before the vacation, making sure all the laundry is clean for packing, menu planning and buying groceries, planning activities for the kids. The type B guy wonders why the girl doesn't know that Apple Cup Saturday is an official "no work" day. The girl takes her kids out of school so we can leave on vacation FIRST THING in the morning...the guy wonders why the kids can't be in school till at least noon so we can make a leisurely morning out of it. The girl has most of the packing done and into the van the night before, the guy realizes just moments before we are due to pull out of the driveway that he needs to starting finding his fly fishing gear, his fly tying gear, his snowshoeing gear, his winter boots, and order some studying material online.
Still...we love getting into the car together and chatting for hours till we reach our destination. As we watch the houses fly by, our conversation always turns to where we might live when we are retired. Do we want to buy a place on the ocean? Would we rather an apartment in the city and be able to travel?
We've got 5 more days of vacation fun before we return home, to another 4 hour road trip conversation, and then the unevitable uppacking...where I will want to put everything away at once and Scott will want to relax first. Celebrate the differences, right? (I was trying to say it in French, but I know the spelling wasn't right).
Before anyone congratulates me on how smart my eldest daughter is (and she is bright), allow me to remind everyone that Sydney is 6. Algebra? For a six year old? I remember taking it in 8th grade.
I know math is "different" these days. I just didn't expect words like algebra to come home on her report card. It must be a reflection of the problem solving math that her school concentrates on.
Not only is the way she learns math different than what I learned in school, but the way she learns science and reading is different too. There is so much less memorization and so much more "lets figure out what makes sense" kind of learning. Oh well, I'm not really complaining because she is learning tons and I'm impressed by how quickly she masters concepts. It would just be nice if I knew how to do her homework too. =)
This seems to be an age old problem - I remember when my kids were learning math, and it was different than when I learned, and I remember my mom saying the same thing when I was learning math. How many different ways can they teach math? 2 + 2 still equals 4, right? :)
Awww, I'm so glad you wore it! Is that one pretty thick? I think that was one of the first I ever made and I used to knit them with two strands. Now I just use one and they're not as thick and bulky. If you'd like another one, just put your order in and tell me what color! Don't think it'd get done by xmas, but eventually! :)
I like to read the blog of one of my daughter's classmate's mother. She is hillarious and is refreshing honest. I know from her blog that she came out of a strict Mormon upbringing and how holds all religion in disdain. The other day she posted about Proposition 8 (the California ban on gay marriage). She asked the question why anyone would vote for the ban. It seemed like an honest question, so I felt compelled to answer. There were already many posted comments on her blog from people that agreed with her, giving me more incentive to offer another view.
I posted that I believed that our first loyalty is due to our God and Creator, not to the "fairness" to each other that we hear so much about. I said that I respected God's right to set moral law and felt that my job was to fight for what God thought was right. I further stated that I didn't know of a single one of God's laws that wasn't meant to be in the best interest of his children and I believed that his law outlawing homosexuality must also be seen in that light.
Well...the angry comments are still pouring in. Let's just say that my comments were not well receiving by the blogging community. I find myself questioning the wisdom of posting at all. Was I throwing my pearls before swine? Is the blogging community not the right place to have a discussion of that sort? Really, I don't think someone who doesn't understand God's absolute right to make moral law will ever understand my position. But if we are silent on these issues...or only discuss them amongst ourselves... how will we share our faith to a lost and dying world?
Hmmm. I will ponder this more, but I don't think I'll read any more of the comments posted below mine on her blog.
I think more times than not when people ask a question on their blog what they're really asking is "What do you think about ______? But only tell me if you agree with me."
She asked for opinions and you gave her yours. At least you know there's a majority of people in California who agree with you! :) I think you did the right thing. Stop reading the comments even though it might be tempting to get into an all-out war of words with these people. You stated your piece and I think people can get out of it what they will but saying anymore or trying to argue seems fruitless and I think would fall into the category of "pearls before swine".
You let your light shine. You planted a seed. You never know how God is going to use that to His glory. Unless someone shows an interest in discussing the subject with you with an open mind, I agree that it would be best to not argue back and forth. Hopefully you won't be getting any death threats! :)
I can't help but think that you made a positive impact on at least one person. Even though you may never know of that influence for good, God knows. Way to go!
Good for you for posting! At least you know all those people read your comments and like it or not, they are forced now to think about what you said. I agree that if someone truly has an honest heart about talking with you about it, they will find you, otherwise they will just continue with argument after argument trying to justify their position and make you out to be hateful, unjust, etc.
I've always told my kids that you have just as much right to state your opinion and beliefs (which in this case isn't your opinion, it's God's law) as anyone else and even more so, we have a bigger obligation to speak out! I get frustrated at myself for shying away from possible controversy and letting the very vocal minority run rampant unopposed with their arguments, so I think you did great!
