My oh My ! How things change

First off, just a couple of weeks ago we received a good amount of snow. It has been a long time since I have seen this much snow. We received anywhere from 6-8 inches with drifts around 10 inches. The snow was great and the only thing that could have made it better was if the snow fell during the week and I could have gotten out of work.

Anyways, Here are a couple of pictures of the boys..... (stay tuned after the boys pics for a surprise)







In addition to all the fun, we have an addition to the family - thanks to Amy. I would like to introduce to you our newest family member "Chloe". She is precious and a handful, but so cute you just can't get on to her - or atleast I can't, Amy treats her like one of the family members if she messes up the house -- yep, Amy gives it to the rabbit just like she does us boys 8-)

Chloe is a mini lop and won't get much bigger than she is right now. At full weight she will weigh around 3.5 lbs. She is stll trying to get use to us, but she is acting better everyday. (You can click on the pics to make them bigger)

What a difference a day makes

I was suppose to talk about the inaguration of our new president, but an event happened this morning that was a suprise. As I woke up to get ready to go to work, I was suprised to see small snowflakes in the air. Not thinking much about it, I continued to get ready for work. As I pulled out of the garage, I noticed that the snow had picked up considerably and to my suprised the roads were actually holding the snow pretty good.

This is exciting to me as I have always loved snow, it makes me think about how pure everything looks washed in a nice heavenly like white. I personally wish we got more of it.

I wanted to share a couple pictures taken this morning from my truck as I drove the boys to school and then to work.

The Beginning of a New Era

Tomorrow we will begin the era of a new president, but before that happens I would like to discuss a little about the ending of this presidential era. President Bush has been our Country's leader for the past 8 years and he has caught much of the blame for the economy and the shape it is in. Is this really a fair assessment or is this what the media wants you to believe.

Should President Bush be blamed for greedy CEO's stealing money and falsifying documents to make their business look like it is doing better than it really is, causing many people to lose their retirements and jobs? Should President Bush be blamed for the failing housing market with Banks lending more money to people than they can afford and based on future earnings? Should President Bush be responsible for the gas prices to sky rocket? Should President Bush be responsible for all the loss of jobs that are happening because the above mentioned issues?

My answer is simple: NO !! I do think he could have done a little more to fight the issues, but I do not think that he is responsible and nor should I think his legend should be a result of this. I can't say that I have been really excited about everything he has done, but most people do not remember what all he has done.

President Bush first increased every one's take home pay by making tax cuts permanent. These tax cuts are still in affect and if the new President takes this away, you will then realize the advantages this has given us.

President Bush has kept morals in this country by reinstating the abortion policy that was removed by Clinton which provides funding to organizations that perform abortion. Might I add that the new President is looking to overturn this again causing abortions to be more prominent again.

President Bush stooped Stem Cell Research on live stem cells. Without going into a lot of depth, this is basically a good moral move by President Bush. Sure it could possibly provide some advantages, but it would cause much more harm than good.

President Bush has provided stimulas checks to help spur the economy which did show some short term positive affects, unfortunetly, there was too much greed in this country to overcome.

None of these things that President Bush as done is as important as the one that most of you have forgotten about. When President Bush first took office our country suffered the worse attack on U.S. soil than it has seen in many, many years. A lot of this was due to Bill Clintons lack of security policy. President Bush has done an outstanding job keeping our nation safe since the 911 attacks. President Bush raised the level of our security by creating the Homeland security division and creating better communication between the FBI and CIA. Sure we have gone to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, but please remember we are not at war with those countries we are at war with the terrorist groups.

Again, I do not agree with everything he has done, especially in the last few years, but I also don't blame him for a lot of things the media does.

Just remember, we are about to embark on a new presidency which justifies himself based on Change, Well I am afraid we are about to see change and I will explain why in the next post....

God Bless and Protect,