Daddy, Papa and Me

So, this weekend I had a lot of dreams for some reason. One sticks out in particular.

I was dreaming that I was sitting with a group of friends from my college days at BYU. These were all Mormons. We were sitting at a round table.

They were arguing with me why I shouldn't be able to be married to Guy.

I said "But we've been together for decades and love each other and are committed to each other" (ok, it was a dream... we've "only" been together for 12 years :)

"It's still wrong" they said.

"But we have children who we love and have raised with love and devotion and who are happy, well-adjusted, good, charitable, kind people"

"It's still wrong"

Really, sorry. Having a hard time getting back to this blog I LOVE. But I'll continue going on! So, here are some updates for you:

1. Emma is gorgeous, smart, funny, fun, happy and has 'big emotions' but you knew that :D.

A recent photo taken by a friend:

Every time Barack Obama does something or some setback besets him that has me wavering in my estimation of him,

his response causes me to realize my estimation of him should have been higher.

Every summer we spend some time in Hawaii, on the Big Island, and every year I experiment with recipes for our time in Hawaii. My criteria:

1. Ingredients have to have a local origin or _could be_ grown commercially on a local basis if there was demand.

2. Ingredients (some at least) have to have some local significance culturally. Either the recipe origins should be Hawaiian (LauLau's) or the ingredients have cultural significance (rice from immigrants, taro from Hawaiians)

3. Healthy

Last couple years I've modified an Avocado Pie to include a brown rice flour crust (though wheat does grow in Hawaii and grown commercially, I substitute rice flour instead for cultural and health reasons) and made my own version of Lau Lau to be a bit healthier than pork (chicken and local crab, w/ sweet potato).

I just started my new banana bread recipe experiment (see notes below), but version 1.1 was a hit this weekend!! :

This same-sex couple (like us) with adopted kids (like us) living in Utah (like we used to) are former Mormons (like us) and one is a biologist (like us).

Yikes, it's the twilight zone :D.