That's what he said.

Some of you probably received this same email from Prop 8 organizers, but I thought this excerpt was great to hear and reminds me that not everyone is jumping on the band wagon to appeal something that has already been put to a vote. I was not planning on posting about Prop 8 again after the election, because I was treating it like when you are on summer break you don't say the S word, (school) but I liked this statement.

Elton John: Heterosexual Couples Have Marriage, Same-Sex Couples Have Civil Partnerships

USA Today published an article yesterday in which Sir Elton John spoke about his position on Proposition 8. John clarified his position on Prop 8 while attending the annual benefit for the Elton John AIDS Foundation. He was accompanied by his longtime partner David Furnish, whom he joined in a civil union in 2005. John was quoted as saying, "We're not married. Let's get that right. We have a civil partnership. What is wrong with Proposition 8 is that they went for marriage. Marriage is going to put a lot of people off, the word marriage."

John went on to emphasize that civil unions grant same-sex couples the same rights afforded to married heterosexual couples. He stated, "I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership…the word marriage, I think, puts a lot of people off. You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships."

Apartment living

Today I realized how living in an apartment is like sharing a house with strangers. I was working on my computer designing a marketing piece for my Dad when all of a sudden some Fergie song starts blasting, literally 30+ on the volume control. Our neighbor beneath us is very eccentric. He loves his 70's music, Night at the Roxbury soundtrack and now Fergie. Not to mention our neighbor that shares our master bedroom wall- we can hear every night that he snores. But it is very funny and unpredictable at times.

Seconds on Pumpkin

Kc's pirate pumpkin, and my bird saying "boo"

This Halloween Kc and I went nuts and carved 4 pumpkins. We bought two pumpkins in Half Moon Bay and carved them on a Sunday night, in a rush so we could go to bed and wake up for seminary. But Kc's favorite part of carving pumpkins is baking the seeds, so when he accidentally burned them we knew we would be buying more pumpkins. However, we got lucky and won a pumpkin at the ward Halloween party for guessing the accurate weight, and then had a FHE at a family's house in our ward that gave us a free pumpkin, and dinner- they are too generous. So we had to think of new ideas to carve, and bake the seeds for a little less this time. Kc and I dressed up like Popeye and Olive Oyl for our ward Halloween party. Most people loved it except for this 11 year old girl who kept accusing Kc of being a smoker- all night long.

We ended up finding everything in our closets except for Popeye's hat.

All dressed at the Church

Pumpkin carving phase 2. I carved these pumpkins with a linoleum cutter and then rolled black ink on the raised original pumpkin part.

Change is coming

Ice Cream is always good to eat especially after getting laid off. So last week my boss told me that they were not making the same amount of income and advertising sales were going down. Therefore they ended up cutting all part-time workers and are now overloading the full-time employees. I am really glad I left that environment, but am not too happy to be back on the job search. I am hopeful for a better job. Thanks Anne for planning this night out. (Anne is taking the picture of course.)

It has been a long while since I have cut Kc's hair. This isn't how he usual wore it-
this picture was taken after a Sunday nap. Before haircut

After

Half Moon Bay

1528 pound pumpkin- the winner.

This guy also wins, but I am not quite sure for what yet

Kc and I made our annual trip to Half Moon Bay for pumpkins, driving up the coast, and Halloween festivities. It was so crowded with mobs of people but after a whole day we ended up with a loaf of delicious pumpkin bread, a game of chess, and two large pumpkins for carving.

Kc's is the pirate pumpkin on the left and mine is a bird saying Boo!

Surf City of Northern California

On Saturday Kc and I ventured down to Santa Cruz to check out the Boardwalk, walk through the surf museum, and around pacific ave. We went to Santa Cruz for the first time a little less than a year ago on Halloween day and the boardwalk was closed- so we had to come earlier this year. It was a lot of fun, very colorful atmosphere and we will definitely go back again for the things we missed.

This is the view from the Ferris Wheel, one of my favorite rides.

Kc and I try to hit all Ferris Wheels in places we go- sort of like a collection.

About to go on the Logger water ride- it looks like you don't get too wet! Right?

I was wrong. I got a full coat of water all over.

The surf was small on Saturday, yet Santa Cruz and Huntington Beach still have had to share the name Surf City after a long battle of ownership of the title.

The Parable of Prop 8

For those of you who don't know, Molly and I were called to teach seminary to the youth in the Alameda Ward starting this school year and it's been an awesome experience so far. It's been fun studying and preparing lessons with Molly and for the most part the kids are great. The past couple days we've been discussing why Jesus taught a lot gospel principles by using parables. In Mark 4:34 during part of the Saviors Galilean ministry the record states that "without a parable spake he not unto them." We learn the reason for the method. It was to veil the meaning. The parable conveys to the hearer religious truth exactly in proportion to his faith and intelligence; to the dull and uninspired it is a mere story, "seeing they see not," while to the instructed and spiritual it reveals the mysteries or secrets of the kingdom of heaven. Thus it is that the parable exhibits the condition of all true knowledge. Only he who seeks finds! So...I want to share with you the parable of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. It goes a little something like this:

Behold a peanut butter and jelly sandwich was prepared to be made into a delicious morsel of satisfying grub for lunch...or maybe dinner...or maybe even breakfast. One piece of bread was laid upon the counter and in a few swift motions was smothered by delectable smooth peanut butter whilst the other slice of bread was smothered by mouth-watering raspberry jam. When the bread with the peanut butter and the bread with the jam were placed together as one it was approved of God and called a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Now behold there were some who were absolutely in love with peanut butter and had no interest in jam so both slices of bread were covered with Skippy. And then there were some who couldn't resist the mouth watering taste of the jam therefore both pieces of bread were soaked with Smuckers. WHO HATH EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR. And those reading this blog post said unto K.C., why speakest thou unto us in parables? And K.C. quoting Jesus said, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given." And it came to pass that for some odd reason those who made peanut butter and peanut butter sandwiches along with those who made jelly and jelly sandwiches wished with all their heart that they could call their sandwiches "peanut butter and jelly sandwiches" and fought and fought and fought (I could go on forever) for the right to call their sandwiches "peanut butter and jelly sandwiches". I say unto you all ye ends of the earth, WO WO WO unto ye residents of CA...and all ye ends of the earth... who wish to call those peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!!! For they are not so! If ye make a "like" spreaded sandwich ye are not permitted to call it a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. To you it may be delicious and you can enjoy the benefits of the sandwich thereof but IT IS NOT A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH! "They seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they UNDERSTAND....For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I (the Savior...not K.C.) should heal them."

So that's that! The parable makes perfect sense to me and I hope it makes sense to you too. I know that marriage between a man and a woman was and always has been ordained of God from the days of Adam until now. Everyone who is registered to vote in CA...PLEASE vote yes on Prop 8 if you wish to preserve the sacred institution of marriage. If I didn't believe in the power of marriage and family I wouldn't be married to the beautiful woman that I love so much with all my heart. Next time you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich...ENJOY IT! And remember that it actually makes sense to name it as such.