29 NINE DAYS COUNT DOWN. Announcements are in the mail now. So much to think about, I'm getting nervous. I don't want too much to distract from our special time up at the temple and visiting with out of town family and friends so I am trying to keep things as low key as possible. Please, if you are reading this and are in either Valley Oaks ward or Creekside ward and would like to help contact Jeanette at 209-474-9662 or email at chanssen@sbcglobal.net
Also, I find it interesting so I will mention it; at this time in California we are going through a huge thing with Prop. 8 coming up in the Nov. elections. If you don't live here then you may not know about it. Prop. 8 states that "Only marriage between a man and a woman is legal or recognized in California." These exact words were passed back in 2002 by the 61% of the public but have since been overturned this past summer by four Superior Court Judges in San Francisco. Now it is on the ballot again to be added as an amendment to the state constitution, which will be binding. So in our wards we have been going door to door, throughout the voter precincts to check how registered voters would vote and encourage a Yes vote and share information. You can learn more about this for yourself and even donate assistance at http://www.protectmarriage.com/ . I bring this up on our blog because when Alan and I are married, our marriage license will say Party A and Party B, instead of Bride and Groom, or Husband and Wife. I feel very strongly that we are not just 'parties', but male and female/man and woman, with unique and important qualities, that if understood and exercised correctly, will bring great happiness found only in marriage the way God planned for us, the human family. I don't care who you have sex with or who inherits your money, but it is not marriage unless it consists of a man and a woman making covenants with God and/or a contract with the State. I went off on a tangent, might as well get it out. So anyway, as you can see, marriage has been on my mind in more ways than one. This is by Jeanette, I don't know how to change the little thing at the bottom that always says Alan...