Chick-fil-A

We are not a big fast food family but recent stories in the news (here, here) about Chick-fil-A irked me enough i decided to take a stand. Granted, it isn't much of a stand, but it is what i can do. 

In case you don't know, feel free to read the links i have above. My take home message is as follows: the president of chick-fil-a is a  devout christian, family man. So much so, chick-fil-a as a chain, is closed on sundays. He made a few statements about his thoughts on marriage and such and angered the chicago mayer enough he said they couldn't build a restaurant in their city. 

I told my husband, i am going to eat at chick-fil-a as a personal/financial statement against the mayer of chicago. 

he wants to throw a hissy fit because a business took a stand. 

my buck stays with them 

and i like their fries. 

I am a christian woman. 

I support those who hold fast to their beliefs, even if they don't mesh with mine. 

but don't hate me and those like me because we believe differently than you. 

I don't hate. I get irritated that personal belief and opinion have become such....fighting words. 

if we all agreed on everythin, our world would be totally boring. 

Read the declaration of independence or the constitution of the united states

Our country was never intended to be a homogenous mass of non-thinking people blindly following a government. 

Government should follow the peoples lead. 

so we went to chick-fil-a

Photo Update

 4th birthday cake: clifford. I had so much fun making this cake! And he still remembers it. Talk about hard work paying off. (really it wasn't hard at all! Thanks to my moms example in doing these types of cakes for us every year for our whole childhood.)

 Silver Lake in june

 Mighty hunter

 Mighty fix-it man

 First pie with a crust made exclusively from butter. I might be saying goodbye to crisco, it was that good. It was a fresh cherry pie (cherries courtesy our neighbor) with some strawberries and blueberries thrown in. 

Seriously...one of my best. 

 My munchkins post grandma hakes chocolate cake

 Halloween Costume on a hot day in june. I think he wanted to eat a banana looking like Curious George (his favorite show)

 Bath boy. 

Oh my...we say "colton do you want a bath" and he tears off running crookedly towards the bathroom. After every bath (courtesy daddy) he comes to find me cooing like a dove, and is so happy! 

he coos like a dove (always has)  when he gets particularly excited.

 My mighty protectors in matching red shirts, no pants and ski goggles. 

 I took this picture because colton climbs onto the chair all by himself and was eating lunch like such a big boy. 17 months

Stunning face hun? Really it was just to show the front of this hairstyle. Having such long hair in the summer is very hot so i am trying to find attractive styles to get my hair pulled up sans boring ponytails. 

 

I hope to blog more. It is beneficial for our family to document ourselves. Someday, when this is in a book format, the kids will love it (so i tell myself).