SNAKES

OK so nothing to be squeamish about. The snakes weren't real, but defiantly not what I was expecting.

So Tyler had to go to Idaho Falls for a meeting for work, and knew that later that night he would be on a flight to Indiana ( Grandfathers funeral ) and so he brought these home for the boys. I am looking at these things as he is pulling them from the bag thinking GREAT play snakes so that I can be freaked out every time I find one or step on one, because they didn't look like normal rubber snakes, but low and behold they aren't toys they are GUMMY SNAKES, and the boys ate every last bite of them. So thank you dad for all the fun and YUMMY treat. We miss you! look the the length

YUMMMY!

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Spring Tease

Here was our warm weather teaser. We were able to get lots done though. We cut down 4 big tree in our back yard. We called them our trash trees I don't know what they are called, but they have the branches grow from the bottom and all over the trunk straight up so we just them all down. I didn't get pictures, because I wanted them out so we spent the day hualing them out of the back yard to the trailer and then to the green recycling center.

So now we are back to 40 degree weather, and it has been snowing :(

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Spring

I know that this doesn't look like spring, but just yesterday there wasn't a pile of snow left. Brigham city got 15 inches of snow yesterday. The Tabranacle look beautiful so I decided to stop and take a couple pictures. My favorite part of winter when it snows is the white on the trees. I love when there is snow on each and every branch. Although you have to enjoy it fast, because it never lasts long. I will have to add the pictures that I took of my flowers being covered by the snow( I just remembered I had them)

The boys in the snow

It was snowing so hard to take these pictures I had to take a garbage bag and cut a hole for my lens, and a hole for the view finder, and try to take pictures and not get my camera wet. there were some pictures that I was sad because the garbage bag kept getting in the way. Although I was able to keep the camera dry.
Kayden just after he got landen in the snow...Doesn't Kayden look proud!

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lashes

My little Landon has the most impressive lashes. Most girls would die to have lashes like these. So why are boys so lucky to get them. When I look at them I think...I wonder what would a little mascara do. Can ya tell I am in need of a girl to doll up, but ya know if I was to have a girl she would have hardly any eye lashes at all. So girls wipe that look off your face cause I guess long lushes lashes like these only come on the male species.

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http://cweeks-photography.blogspot.com/

So, go ahead I know you want to take a look. The site is still under construction. I have some more pictures to add so I will try to get them on soon. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think ( criticism is a good thing so don't be shy to tell me the truth)

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MIA...

So I only have a few good excuses for not blogging. So I am going to do one long post, and then consider myself caught up, and start new. With all the photography i have been doing I bogged down my computer until it was at a snail's pace. So for my birthday My sweet husband got me an "MY BOOK" External hard drive. So I have been transferring pictures to that which is making my computer a little faster. Now we just need to update our computer so that my programs aren't bogging it down, but at least it is usable. I have been having so much fun playing with my camera and trying new things so I have been attached to my camera lately.

We had so many birthdays in November and December that it felt never ending with Christmas, and our anniversary that we never celebrate in December because of all the other stuff we have going on. I also got creative this year, and we did mostly pictures for the families, and we had fun with that. here is the christmas present we did for NANA
(the boys almost blew it, but we managed to keep it a secret)

Also the BEST news yet. Me and Tyler finished our Temple classes. We haven't set a date yet, but it is in the working. We have both worked really hard, and both had our struggles, but it feels good to be back and strong. I have learned so much, and I wouldn't change anything, because I feel that it has made me a better person.

More good news Chance got his call to Brazil, and left January 20th for the MTC or as they say it CTM in Brazil. Then in a couple of months he will then go to the South Porto Alegre Mission. We are so proud of him, and he has helped make our lives better, and what a GREAT example he is to my three little boys. Here are some pictures we took before he left. The one with him and all the Boys we did for Nana's birthday!

We then had my Great Grandma's Funeral. She had always told us that she was going to die on her birthday, and she was close, she died on January 15th and her 102 birthday would have been on the 16th of January. She was a marvelous person, and has been waiting 13 years to be reunited with her husband. I loved my great grandmother and grandfather they were inspirations to me. She did so much for her family, church and friends and was a very talented lady. I had the opportunity to use a paper I wrote for her when I was in 7th grade as her obituary, and that meant a lot to me. I loved them so much and I can't wait to see them again. I unfortunately didn't get all of my grandmother talents, but I did take after my grandfather who was a photographer. I only hope that some day I can be as good as he was.

We had lots of fun snow days this year, and so here are a few of the boys enjoying the snow.

You would think that things would slow down when you kids start school...Well, NEWS FLASH it seems to only get busier. It seems I have less time in the day after I take the kids to school, run all my errands, pick them up from school (kindergarten with two more years to go) do homework, read books, bath and bedtime(that doesn't include all the normal stuff lunch, dinner, breakfast, bath etc). So then you add all the extra things like, volunteering at the school, being a room mom, going to meetings. So then starts the sports...Kayden soccer in the spring, fall and winter, Softball in the summer, football in the summer-fall, and then who knows when basketball starts. I thought they were hard young...I think I take that back becuase I do more running around then I ever have

Ok I am going to consider myself caught up, and I will try to update more often and not get behind!

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I Support Proposition 8

YES on Proposition 8
PLEASE READ THIS no matter what state you live in.
Failure to pass Proposition 8 will hurt children. If gay marriage remains legal, public schools will put it on equal footing with traditional marriage. Children will likely receive "age appropriate" information about sexual relations within heterosexual and homosexual marriages.
Failure to pass Proposition 8 will hurt churches. The court's decision will inevitably lead to conflicts with religious liberty and free speech rights. Society will become more and more hostile to traditional beliefs about marriage and family. Over time, greater acceptance of nontraditional marriage will be demanded of all people. This could impact the ability of any religion to teach and practice its beliefs. Including adoption agencies.
A YES vote will not hurt gays. In California, the law provides for marriage-related benefits to be given to civil unions and domestic partnerships. Proposition 8 does not diminish these benefits.
For your information:
On Friday, October 10th, 2008 a first-grade class took a field trip to witness a lesbian wedding in California. posted in an article from the San Francisco Chronicle.
A father in Massachusetts was frustrated when his twin kindergartners were taught about homosexuality at school by the teachers. He insisted he be notified in the future before such things were discussed so he could pull his boys out of school.He was taken to jail..
A Catholic adoption agency In the UK closed their doors because of the Government's new homosexual equality laws. The Equality Act forbids discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the basis of sexual orientation. The law was forced through Parliament last year despite past Prime Minister Tony Blair's recommendation that Catholic adoption agencies be exempted from the rules.
Earlier this month judges in Conneticut overturned the state law (just as the judges in California did) to legalized gay marriage. This is not just an issue in California. We voted years ago to keep traditional marriage as the only marriage recognized in the state of California, 4 judges overturned our vote…and we need to fight back. That is what this Proposition is about. This is happening everywhere and the leaders of the church and others have warned that the outcome of California's vote will affect the way the other states vote. So PLEASE…even if you don't live in California, put this on your blog or email this on. The internet knows no state line. You know contacts in California that I don't…and so do your friends. Please pass this on as it could eventually have an effect on everyone!
"Occasionally discouragement may darken our pathway; frustration may be a constant companion. In our ears there may sound the sophistry of Satan as he whispers, "You cannot save the world; your small efforts are meaningless. You haven't time to be concerned for others." Trusting in the Lord, let us turn our heads from such falsehoods and make certain our feet are firmly planted in the path of service andour hearts and souls dedicated to follow the example of the Lord." --Thomas S. Monson
Click Here for excerpts from the Broadcast given by Elders M. Russell Ballard, Quentin L. Cook and L. Whitney Clayton.
A good resource mentioned in the broadcast: www.preservingmarriage.org
October 20th: Last day to apply for an absentee ballot if voting out of state.
October 27th: Last day to apply for "Vote by Mail"
November 4th: Election day. Polls close at 8:00pm. Vote by mail must be received by this time and can be hand delivered if necessary.
YOU'VE BEEN TAGGED...Here's what you do:
In the broadcast we were asked to "go viral on our blogs, etc" by Elder Ballard. This is my way of going viral. If you feel this is an important issue I ask that you copy and paste this post...and post it on your blog. PLEASE keep it at the top of your blog through November 4th. which you can adjust each time you post under the "edit post" option. The internet knows NO STATE LINE. You know contacts in California that I do not...as do your friends and their friends...and so on. Please do this. If not for your own children and the effect it could have on them some day...for mine! After you have posted this...email this to your contacts and TAG all your blogging buddies to do the same. THANK YOU!

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