The BIG announcement...

Update: ITS A BOY!!!!!! According to the ultrasound everything is going well and the baby looks great! It is a boy and we are very excited. Takeing votes and name suggestions. We are thinking about a few but are still open to suggestions. If we don't choose your name don't be offended, we just didn't like it that much. ;-)
Either that or we liked another one better.

Standing up for what you believe in...

There are many times and places to stand up for what you believe. I got this "Paul Harvey quote" forwarded to me in an email and I wanted to put it up here for all to read. (I later found on snopes.com that its not Paul Harvey but Nick Gholson but its still a great piece).

Our nation is great and was founded on special principles, Christian principles, and that is what has made our nation great. God Bless America!


Nick Gholson, a writer for Times Record News in Wichita Falls, TX writes:

I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I'm not going to
sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December.
I don't agree with Darwin, but I didn't go out and
hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his
theory of evolution.

Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be
endangered because someone says a 30-second prayer
before a football game.

So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up
there reading the entire book of Acts. They're just
talking to a God they believe in and asking him to
grant safety to the players on the field and the fans
going home from the game.

"But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue.

Yes, and this is the United States of America, a
country founded on Christian principles. According to
our very own phone book, Christian churches outnumber
all others better than 200-to-1. So what would you
expect-somebody chanting Hare Krishna?

If I went to a football game in Jerusalem,
I would expect to hear a Jewish prayer.

If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad,
I would expect to hear a Muslim prayer.

If I went to a ping pong match in China,
I would expect to hear someone pray to Buddha.

And I wouldn't be offended.
It wouldn't bother me one bit.
When in Rome...

"But what about the atheists?" is another argument.

What about them?
Nobody is asking them to be baptized. We're not going
to pass the collection plate. Just humor us for 30
seconds. If that's asking too much, bring a Walkman or
a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom. Visit the
concession stand.
Call your lawyer!

Unfortunately, one or two will make that call. One or
two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do.
I don't think a short prayer at a football game is
going to shake the world's foundations.

Christians are just sick and tired of turning the
other cheek while our courts strip us of all our
rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray
before eating; to pray before we go to sleep.

Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a
handful of people and their lawyers are telling us
to cease praying.

God, help us.
And if that last sentence offends you,
well .. just sue me.

The silent majority has been silent too long. It's
time we let that one or two who scream loud enough to
be heard .... that the vast majority don't care what they want.
It is time the majority rules!
It's time we tell them,
you don't have to pray;
you don't have to say the pledge of allegiance;
you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him.
That is your right, and we will honor your right.
But by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights
away. We are fighting back ...
and we WILL WIN!

God bless us one and all especially those who denounce
Him. God bless America, despite all her faults. She is
still the greatest nation of all.

God bless our service men who are fighting to protect
our right to pray and worship God.

May 2005 be the year the silent majority is heard
and we put God back as the foundation of our
families and institutions.

Keep looking up.

If you agree with this, please pass it on.
If not ... delete and God bless you .