REALLY????

So, the stupidity of people, especially those who do stupid things in the name of Christianity, continues to baffle me. The most recent issue? Stuart Shepard, director of digital media at Focus on the Family Action (not to be confused with Focus on the Family lest they lose their tax exempt status), has produced a video on their website urging people to pray for “rain of biblical proportions” on August 28^th during Barack Obama’s nomination speech at Invesco Field. REALLY???? Is that what Jesus would do???? Not only that, but after some of FOTF’s own people complained, they pulled the video stating that it was meant as a joke. REALLY????? Does this organization not realize how many people blindly follow every word that comes from their compound as gospel??? Or how many people follow FOTF’s word and directives over even the Gospel itself??? I, personally, do not believe that the video was put on their website as a joke. Would they really spend that much time and money to be funny? No, I think they made a stupid mistake and got caught and instead of owning up to their stupidity, they made up a lie. Where is the responsibility and accountability for an organization that has such influence?

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Still More Fun in SLC...

The final day of our SLC Connect Pass marathon started with a trip to The Living Planet Aquarium.











It was small but we saw the plans for their future expansion... we'll definitely have to go back.












I was taking lots of pictures but my batteries died before we got to the sting rays. Do you think the gift shop would sell AA batteries? Nope!















































Next, we drove a few miles to Thanksgiving Point to the Museum of Ancient Life.









This was a cool museum because they had LOTS of hands on stuff for kids (and grownups) to play with.















































































We ended the day by going to the Bee's game. This was not part of our pass but, we just can't pass up a baseball game.




It was half price night (with a Cheeze-It box top) so we saw the game and had snacks... We had Dippin' Dots too!






Do you think he's trying to tell me something??







Tomorrow is the first day of Convention. Bill will drop me off at the hotel where Coleen and other's are staying and we'll start our four days of FUN!!!! Bill & Jamie will probably just hang out, play catch in the park, swim at Bev & Steve's and spend time with Grandma Brooks. I'll rejoin them on Saturday evening.

More Fun in SLC

SLC Connect Pass marathon continues...















Breakfast with Grandma Brooks

























































Riding the Tram to Hidden Peak at Snowbird Ski Resort. We took the tram up, hiked around and rode the chair lift down. Awesome!












































































































































We had lunch at The Lion House Pantry at Temple Square in downtown SLC. This used to be Brigham Young's home. They were having a private party so we weren't allowed to tour the upstairs. Bummer!





Newton's Daydream at Clark Planetarium









IMAX at Clark Planetarium














Discovery Gateway

































































































































































































TRAX light rail












The SLC LDS Temple
















Aunt Bev made strawberry shortcake for Julie's birthday. YUM!