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Football Photoshoot Yesterday Bryce took some pictures of McBaby. Be warned, your head might explode by over exposure to adorable. I wanted them with a football because of this cute picture of Handsome Bryce, back when he was Ickle Babykins Bryce: Also my mom has this picture of my little brother from back when he was a baby: Now I can have a collection of my favorite boys with footballs.

In Which I am not Funny at All I was recently talking with a good friend who I hadn't seen in ages. I told her about a friend who was flooding me with every kind of pro-gay link, web sites, groups, comics, jokes, sheesh it was getting overwhelming. I laughed because, dude, I get it. You're gay. It's not really that interesting to me, and really it's not like it came as a shock either. I'm not always telling you about my straightness, can we talk about something else besides your gayness? But then I saw two things that made me think. The first was a picture of this billboard regarding Amendment 64 in Colorado: This type of campaigning doesn't sit well with me because it is passive-aggressive. The group is asking you to pass judgement on a person so that they can criticize you for being judgmental, either that or just agree with them. The second thing I saw was this video. It's long, but good. The person who uploaded it described it with: "We hope this vi...

Petits Fours This Saturday was a really special day! My niece, Maddy, got baptized ! Children who are born into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (Mormons) don't get baptized and become official members until they are 8 years old. This is because we don't believe that children begin to be accountable for their choices until this age, as I mentioned before . Maddy is a fun girl who likes pretty things, animals, and wrestling with her dog. I thought petits fours would be a fun treat for after the baptism. I had never made them before but I followed the directions on this site . They were fairly easy*, although I didn't realize that her pan was smaller than a normal full jellyroll pan, so I ended up having to make two cakes and a filling to put between them, otherwise they would have been "trop courte fours" . (I just made that up, is it a thing? I am deciding it is a thing.) Also the poured fondant was not extremely difficult*, but you definitely have...