So last night we had Charity FINALLY throw away her pacifier. I know 2 plus is a little long for still having a pacifier. It was a comfort for me too just to give it to her to sooth her from being upset or to get her to go to sleep.
We finally decided to do it because it was ripped on both sides and had a hole, and the last few nights it wasn't even helping she was just chewing on it. So Colby, Charity and I stood by the garbage as she threw away her pacifier. It took her about 3 minutes to decided that she would actually put it in I could tell by her movements that she wasn't sure she wanted to do it. We told her that now she was a big girl and that it was time that she threw away her broken pacifier. After a few almost ins she DID it!! We clapped and told her YEA!! WE just have to teach her how to go to bed with out it now. I am sure all will go well!!

Here she is after putting it in the trash!! Still watching and remembering the good times that she had with her pacifier. She was only a little attached (ok A LOT)!.

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I bear my solemn testimony that plural marriage is as true as any principle that has been revealed from the heavens. I bear my testimony that it is a necessity, and that the Church of Christ in its fullness never existed without it. Where you have the eternity of marriage you are bound to have plural marriage; bound to; and it is one of the marks of the Church of Jesus Christ in its sealing ordinances.
Three-fourths or more of the Mormon adults, male and female, have never entered into the polygamic relation, yet every orthodox Mormon, every member `in good standing in the church, believes in polygamy as a divine revelation. This article of faith is as much an essential and substantial part of their creed as their belief in baptism, repentance for the forgiveness of sins, and the like.
This article of faith is as much an essential and substantial part of their creed as their belief in baptism, repentance for the forgiveness of sins, and the like. And again: All orthodox Mormons believe polygamy to be right, and that it is an essential part of their creed.
Congress may make baptism, confirmation, ordination, partaking of the sacrament, gathering, building temples, paying tithing, and praying to God, crimes. If made so by law, they would be just such crimes as polygamy and unlawful cohabitation are now. Do you say that Congress can declare all those innocent ordinances crimes? Yes, if it chooses to; but it would be an exercise of unjust power, not derived from the governed. Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. Celestial or plural marriage was revealed from Heaven to the Saints, through the Prophet Joseph Smith. Everybody knows that it is a feature of our religion.

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Im going to talk about emotions first. While theology cannot be governed by emotions theology certainly contains emotions. If it didnt why would we put so much energy into theology and attach such emotion when we disagree theologically? One member of the presbytery said that it felt like we were doing a clean cut and that we should feel like a tearing was taking place. I agree with him. IT HURTS! With Oreland gone I feel like my arm has been ripped off. I feel like my wife just divorced me. How can beloved brothers and sisters in Christ leave me, my presbytery, the denomination of which I am a member? I know they will say that I am not the reason. In their statements they pointed to decisions made by General Assemblies, the failure to discipline people who did not obey the Book of Order, even some actions taken that they believe border on heresy or are ethically wrong and horrible. But while they do not reject me personally it still hurts. Now my close friends will not be at presbytery meetings. Now we cannot meet together and plan how to get some overture passed by the presbytery. There is an empty place in the presbytery and in my heart.

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Friday
I need to break this down by day so I make sense. So Friday night my husbands family came in close to midnight. I was already in bed with the baby so I didnt get to say hi to them. I had to rest up for tomorrows events too.
Saturday
I managed to squeeze in some workout time in the morning by attending a TKB (turbo kickbox) class at the gym. Im glad I did cause I knew Im gonna do some serious eating in the next 48 hours. Around 1 PM, I picked up my family at the airport and then we met up at MIZU Seafood buffet with all the families. So pretty much my family and the hubbys family were there. There was a total of 12 people there. I think that was the first time that both our families ate at an establishment. Pretty cool. Everyone had fun and of course Mr. Connor was the center of attention again. Later that afternoon, we met up with Connors ninong (godfather) and his fiancee. We ate at Crush29. It was our first time there as well and we really loved the food. Its supposed to be a wine country type of restaurant. Their prices are pretty decent too which is good. We originally wanted to go to Fats Dim Sum and Bistro but I guess there was a prom going on so they were booked at the time we wanted to eat there. We saw some prom goers at Crush29 too. After dinner, we could tell that the baby was tired so we went home. After we put the baby down to sleep, his godfather and his fiancee stopped by our place but they were also tired so they didnt stay too long.
Sunday
The Big Day. I still had to get a few things like gift wrap for the godparents gifts and pickup the cake. We went with the Strawberry Delight from Nugget Market and it was absolutely delicious! Everyone liked it and Im glad about that. Ill have to upload it on my Flickr account when I get the chance. So around 11 AM, Connors ninang (godmother), whos also my cousin, and her family came by. At noon, his godfather came by and then by 12:30 we were off. The baptism started at 1 PM and there were 6 babies that were getting baptized. I think there were 2 more sessions later that afternoon. The ceremony lasted about 45 minutes and Connor behaved okay for the most part. I think he was hot because his baptism suit had a shirt, a vest and he was wearing a hat. That kid is really sensitive to warm temperatures so thats probably why he was a bit irritated. I saw a younger infant that was wearing a full on long baptismal gown and she seemed calm. I was surprised about that. Then again, she was sleeping almost the whole time.
After the ceremony, I had to stop by the condo to pick up the cake. Then off we went to the reception place. The reception place we got is a community hall that has a nice view of the park. I think people were surprised, especially my family who lives in the Sac area because theyve never seen this place. We also rented it for a good price. The food were there when we arrived but the caterer forgot the bagoong (shrimp paste) for the kare-kare. My mom was freakin out on me (and so were other people). So I had to call the caterer for them to drop it off because they did forget it. I was glad that everyone got along REALLY well, especially my relatives up North and down South. It was as if theyve known each other for a long time. As for me, I was running around like a headless chicken. Some people got lost and Connor was being fussy. Poor baby was hungry so I had to feed him for a little bit outside. He was a trooper though. Everyone wanted to hold him and I dont blame them ;). We had the place until 6 but most people started going home around 4 so we just cleaned up after that. Im glad there were a lot of people that helped us because we were outta there by 30 minutes. Everything checked out okay so we should be getting our deposit back in 4-6 weeks. We had sooo much food leftover so I brought some to work today. For our favors, we gave out personalized fridge magnets that had Connors picture on it. We also gave baptismal picture frames to the godparents so well be sending them individual pictures later on.
When we opened gifts for Connor, we were surprised that he made out with more than $1000 from gifts. He had a few clothes and some books as well. You better believe we deposited that money the next day. Were so thankful that family and friends came by to celebrate his special day. Hopefully we get to see them again soon.

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What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as] instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

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Ray,
I have to confess that I believe I have done you wrong in continuing the conversation the way that I have. So Ill now say the following:
Over these past few months, you have said a lot of things that are out of accord with Christianity (i.e., the Bible).
- You have denied that salvation is an act that is all-of-God and none-of-man.
- You have denied that it depends not on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.
- You have denied the doctrine of original sin that the human race was in Adam and sinned in his loins and so fell, and became guilty of sin and judgment.
- You have since then denied the clear teaching of the Lord Jesus, saying that not everyone has to be born again to enter the kingdom.
- You have affirmed that the purpose of baptism is for the cleansing of sin, and not simply an outward symbol of profession of an inner reality.
- You have most recently denied that salvation is by faith alone, and have advocated baptismal regeneration, another doctrine repudiated by the historic church.
- For each of these errors, you have been presented sound, biblical correction and instruction, and you have refused to receive it. You havent demonstrated a teachable spirit, but have hated instruction. You have, on multiple occasions, ripped Scripture from its context and have done violence to Gods Word in order to support your own conjured-up positions.
Now, I want to say right now that I hope you hear no anger or bitterness in my words. I profess to you that there is none of that in what I just wrote. I also hope that you get beyond your knee-jerk reaction of screaming, Insults! Insults! and see that I am in no way insulting you as I say these things. There is no personal attack only a statement of the facts.
Now, having said all that, and based on those things above, my only honest conclusion is that though you profess His name, you do not know the Christ revealed in the Bible. I realize that is a strong and severe statement. I dont make it lightly, smugly, or without consideration. But I would be not only remiss but disobedient to refuse to say it to you.
Based on this conclusion, I recognize that to engage you in theological debate was wrong. My goal was to correct your theology. But a correction of theology is not what brings the salvation of God. What I should have been doing and what I will do this last time is preaching the Gospel to you.
My hearts desire, Ray, is that you would humble yourself before God and accept this instruction. You make statements about being a Christian for years, yet youve denied fundamental teaching and refused instruction. The Savior you describe is not the Savior of the Bible. The humanity you envision is not the humanity of the Bible. The sin you talk about being present in the world is not how the Bible describes sin.
The reality of life, Ray, is that there is a Holy God in Heaven who is the Creator of all things. He is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. And because of the judgment that all humanity has sinned and fallen short of that glory that perfect Light we have no part with Him. When Adam sinned, all of humanity fell from the state that we enjoyed with God; the state of exercising a free will in the interests of God and the true life that Adam and Even enjoyed with Him was lost. In Adam, we died. In him, we have all sinned. And so all of humanity has absolutely no claim to heaven because there is no darkness with a God who is perfectly Light.
And we have no hope of getting perfect. We cant do enough good or right things to receive Gods favor, because no matter what we do now, we cant undo the sin that is in us. But the hope of the world the Great, Glorious News of the Gospel is that there was One born into the human race who was God Himself. The Son of God, Jesus, was not born in the sin of Adam, He Himself being God. Yet He was a man, born of a woman, and lived as a human being for over 30 years. In all of those years, He met every requirement, fulfilled all the commands, and satisfied God the Father with His perfect obedience. He started out as Light, and remained Light forever.
Then, He freely laid down His perfect life before God the Father to be a perfect sacrifice for the sins of people who would believe in Him. God did not pass over our sin, or pat us on the head and say Aw, its OK. Rather, through the miracle of imputation, God imputed our sin to Christ, and then punished him fully for every sin of every believer throughout history on the cross. On the cross, God exercised His unrestrained wrath on His beloved Son, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. And thats the other side of imputation. Christs righteous life that fulfilled Gods standard and pleased Him in every way is now imputed to all those who receive Christ by grace through faith alone. And the sin that we had no hope of getting rid of is fully taken care of by Christs sacrificed. Its not passed over; its fully punished. Being so, those who believe can never suffer the penalty for their sins, because Christ has paid that penalty.
And that, Ray, the forgiveness of the sin youve borne since youre conception and couldnt get rid of by professed faith, baptism, and going to church is available to you! Though we died in Adam, we may have life in Christ! But we must acknowledge our total sinfulness, thus our need and entire dependence on Christs righteousness to save us from our condemnation.
Its my conviction based on all of the above that this hasnt happened for you. I pray that it does. Dont get to the day of judgment expecting to be welcomed by Jesus only to see someone different than you expect and hear, I never knew you. This is the day of salvation. Repent of your wickedness, especially in your denial of your wickedness, and trust Him. I beg you to do this.

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