TEA PARTY !!!

Happy Tax Day !?!?!?

What a memorable tax day. Today I spent much of the day on the Boston Common, just below the steps of the old State House. It was here that an anti-tax rally occured.

Here's why I went: I find myself not defining my views anymore as Democrat or Republican, but as a capitalist...one who believes in a free -market society based on capitalism. Although it's a long story and many may be prone to say that capitalism is what got us into this mess, I can clearly and firmly rebuff those notions. I believe that it is/was an unethical/illegal congress, current and past presidents and CEO's that have sold out our country and caused a monumental collapse in our monetary system.

To now put our trust in these people, and to have them spend trillions and trillions (12 times over) of our dollars to "fix" a spending problem is crazy. The solution is to create jobs through lower taxes, make politicians, CEO's and other accountable - even to the point of business failure or especially getting voted out of office.

So, I went to Boston to try and send a message that it is time for Change. It's time to stop destroying our monetary system by spending money we don't have.

Emily and my sister joined me for the outing. We heard some good speeches that addressed both the national and state issues that we are currently facing. Emily was so excited to go she wanted her own sign:

Best sign of the day: "Stop spending my future"

Worst sign of the day: "I can stimulate myself" - I stayed far away from him!!!

April 15th

This is a very memorable day for my parents and all us children. It is the anniversary of when they were sealed together in the Washington, DC temple of our church. (Unlike most marriage ceremonys that only last "until death do you part", this ceremony binds husbands and wives for "time and all eternity").Sarah-ann & Buddy with granddaughter "Lexi"

I was almost 4 years old at the time and it was such a memorable ceremony that I still remember it today. In fact, it is probably the earliest memory that I have. It's always nice to have an eternal perspective on life to get you through the difficult moments!

Happy Easter !!!

Happy Easter...

This is such a great time of year, the thawing of the earth, the flowers starting to bloom, birds chirping and people happy to finally be able to go outside again.

Fitting that we should celebrate the resurrection of our Savior. Perhaps unfortunate that once again, another religious holiday gets blurred by the commercialism of it all, but you have to admit that the chocoloate helps to sweeten the holiday (yes, pun intended).

After a busy morning of finding Easter Eggs, eating breakfast and coloring eggs (yes, it was that kind of week where once again our plans keep getting pushed back). After a nice church service we were able to enjoy another holiday close to family. Aunt Sarah and Uncle Mike even made the trip up from New York!

In closing, let me leave you with an excellent video from an apostle of our church and his thoughts on Easter...

Conference Sunday

Don't you just love General Conference Sundays??? (for those who don't know, this is a semi-annual conference of my church where the prophet, apostles and other leaders speak).

This year I didn't get to relax and listen to conference. One of the owners didn't work the full weekend which left me to come in on Sunday to a job that no longer pays all the bills (how's my attitude???).


So I'm driving to our new Plymouth, MA community (over an hour a way) and while I'm singing a church song - no kidding, get pulled over by the police!!!

It seems that somehow my car registration expired in January (I could have sworn I renewed it online!). He then tells me, as he gives me a $100 ticket, how he's doing me a favor by not towing my car!!!!!!!


I guess God does have a sense a humor - he's killing mine! Can't wait to listen to all the talks.