a quick synopsis of my last few months

This blog is in much need of an update. I have been meaning to write what has been happening lately, but my few attempts have been very futile. Since I wrote last, I spent a couple of weeks in Utah visiting my family. It was my last big travel before the baby arrives. It was nice to see the family although because of some sudden plans to see my ailing grandfather in cali and then not going and then planning for the next weeek and actually going, i was unable to get together with friends. It was wonderful to be able to go to Cali and visit with family i haven't seen in many years. We were able to visit almost everyone that still lives in N. Cali, and to boot we were able to have a good ol' weenie roast. For those of you who have never done a weenie roast, they are fun. Not to say i am a fan of hot dogs (which on most occasions i am not) a weenie roast is definatly the exception. We went to my Uncle's house, where he has some property and he built a bonfire using old dried up christmas trees and other kindling, and we proceeded to roast our hot dogs and afterward marshmallows, while sitting around the blaze reminiscing and chatting. It can't get better than that!!

I also got to spend some good quality time with my sister and her kids. Here is a picture of my Nephew Myles munching on an Oreo. He is the funniest thing and he really liked me!. He was always coming over to me to play and sit on my lap and stuff. It was adorable. I didn't get a picture of his sister who is 4 and has quite a personality.

You can't go wrong with a smile like that!!

I also got to spend some time a couple of weeks ago at the UN for the Conference on the Status of Women. We were there to lobby for family and pro-life issues, in regards to the document they were negotiating. The Documents being negotiated aren't binding laws but once there is a concensus on them, lobbyists push for the countries around the world to honor what is in them. With all the controversy on Women's rights (gender roles and the equality of women, abortion rights, HIV/Aids, etc) the extreme left factions that are pro-choice or the extreme lesbian feminists hide their intentions within the document under seemingly harmless wording. Which means that other countries that are reading the translations are misinterpreting the true meaning of what is being put in there. So our job was to inform them and hope that they will stand up for wording that will keep the structure of the family intact. It was interesting as i was the only one in the whole building that was pregnant. The planned parenthood groups and other left groups just stared at me like i was some kind of alien for choosing to have a baby. I also had people approach me and touch my stomach and "bless me" for being there and having a baby. I definately knew who was pro-life and who wasn't. It was all very interesting. Luckily we did see some success at the end of the conference. Unfortunatly for us the U.S didn't help our cause. They were instructed to push their pro-choice, women's equality (we were pushing for Women's Equitability), and gay rights (marriage) agenda in the conference. Luckily they were not as successful as they wanted to be.