Election results

The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued the following statement Tuesday: 

"We congratulate President Obama on winning a second term as President of the United States.

After a long campaign, this is now a time for Americans to come together. It is a long tradition among Latter-day Saints to pray for our national leaders in our personal prayers and in our congregations. We invite Americans everywhere, whatever their political persuasion, to pray for the President, for his administration and the new Congress as they lead us through difficult and turbulent times. May our national leaders reflect the best in wisdom and judgment as they fulfill the great trust afforded to them by the American people.

We also commend Governor Romney for engaging at the highest level of our democratic process which, by its nature, demands so much of those who offer themselves for public service. We wish him and his family every success in their future endeavors."

Best post I saw on facebook last night was a picture of my dear prophet and was titled appropriately :

I still believe the country would have benefited and headed in a much more positive direction with Governor Romney as its leader, but all I can do is vote & I did.  It is a sad day in my opinion and I believe the country will suffer for the decision made yesterday.  It makes it even more important to listen to our prophet and work on being better prepared and self-reliant.  We have been told that things will get much worse before they get better; I guess this should not be too shocking.  So I guess I will do my best today to follow him and get back to my own work of raising my kids & praying hard for a nation that is headed for even more troubling times.

Twirp 2012

TWIRP was this past week.  That is a girl's choice dance around here - just in case you didn't know.  Megan asked Til & they went on a triple date with friends.  They spent Tuesday night playing games & watching a movie at Grandma & Grandpa Petersen's house.  Then on Friday they headed to Pocatello for a little laser tagging & an all you can eat buffet.  They then came back to grandma's & spent a little more time before the dance.  I took a few pix of the cute couples:

CRUD - a game the cousins taught us has become a favorite activity for date nights.

Til Christman & Megan Stoor

Derick Pitcher & Amy Brown

McKaylee Lowry & Caden Kempe

posing for a group pix on Grandma's couch ~ can you see the super hero theme they have going?

And they are off to the dance!

Megan has a good group of friends that have a bunch of fun together - now we just need to get them back to studying & school.  Too much playing!!!

Halloween

Halloween kind of loses it appeal when you kids get so big that they have too much homework to go play on Halloween night.  My cute little neighbor girls were all set for a night of fun.  Don't they look great!  Especially since their awesome mom got dressed up with them & made it a night of fun!

Soleil, Shawnae, & Zippy

Oh - Shawnae - the teeth topped it off!

Oh Soleil - you are something!  See my baby girl with her books on the table  - doesn't have time for fun now that she is in high school.

Too cute to be a scary witch

Roundup starts today out at the company & Jim had to work last night.  So I was trying to be a devoted ranch wife and get everything ready for the day - early this morning.  I get up early & get things ready for myself to get to work & then start lunches for Jim & his dad.  Then at 6:30 a.m. - still dark outside, I head for the barn to catch the horse and get him saddled.  I know ~ sounds like wife of they year material, right?  The cats ran to great me - of course I figure they are out of food & just want me to refill the dish.  The horsed follow me to the barn also & I'm thinking this will be an easy job.  In the summer we leave the top half of the barn door open so the air can flow through & the cats can come and go.  Just inside is the lightswitch:

So I turn the light on and see a saddle on the ground - I'm thinking this is kind of weird, the cats don't usually knock them down:

I put my hip against the bard to undo the latch & my head is in the barn - then I see it!!  Hanging on the halters right above the lightswitch is the biggest raccoon I have seen in my life!!  I just about had a heart attack right there in the barn door.  I just back away & then peer around to look again & sure enough he is still hanging there & staring right back at me - I think he was just as scared as I was.  I knew he would get mean if he was cornered so I headed back to the house for the gun.  Just as I am going out the door with the gun - thinking the whole time - I don't want to do this, I see lights coming down the Jensen lane for home.  Yeah - it was Jim!  I meet him in the driveway with the gun & said help.  Maybe seeing you wife standing in the driveway with a gun when you get home is not the best sight in the world, but it is not the first time for Jim.  He was my hero and shot the darn thing & then saddled his own horse for roundup.  This is the aftermath of the barn:

I don't know if you can tell from the pictures, but he was huge.  Megan posed for a shot so that you could see how big he really was:

I know they are cute & fun to watch, but when they won't let you in the barn & they are making a mess - what are you to do?  In my defense, he also looked even bigger when he was 2 feet from my head!!