religion exception
This made me laugh:
Now the Vatican says that nuns are too interested in “the social Gospel” (which is the Gospel), when they should be more interested in Gospel teachings about abortion and contraception (which do not exist).
I was trying to explain to someone that I go to an evangelical church. I always find this hard to say without expecting I will immediately need to perform an exorcism; whomever I'm addressing invariably starts spitting as his/her eyes roll back in his/her head. I feel more comfortable saying our church is Charismatic and when they ask what that means I say, "You know, snake handlers and stuff. It's a good time. You should come by!"
But seriously, religious people, stop hurting America.
stow aways
Yesterday the boys and I visited the lovely Lauren at her new home in Stow. It's just beautiful out there! A few minutes drive west and it's like you're in New Hampshire or the Cape or some combination thereof.
We took a short walk around a flood plane. Who's that we see in the distance?
who's over there?
A group of horses and hounds coming in from a faux fox hunt.
hey, where's the fox?
The cowboy we talked to made sure to point out that the riders were wearing their "casual" riding attire.
sittin pretty
Now WE were actually wearing casual attire.
can we put our feet in the water? can we put or feet in the water? mama can we put our feet in the water?!?
Harvey got his way convincing us that it was time to put feet in the water. Even mama and Zion got in on it, even though it was pretty cold.
this doesn't feel like a bath...
While we had Lauren engaged as photographer I tried to convince Harvey to take a family photo. He could not be enticed.
yeah, that's pretty much what we look like.
All in all a very pleasant outing. The boys didn't fuss until it was time to go, and even then they fell asleep in the car pretty quickly. Then on the quiet drive home I found myself wishing Stow was a little FARTHER away...