The people who weren't allowed to attend the ceremony in the temple

On the morning of the wedding, we determined to sleep in a little bit. We were planning to meet April and Susan at the Hobbs' house, and we wanted to wait until we were sure that Brother and Sister Hobbs were gone to avoid crossing them and dealing with whatever wrath was the consequence of Rex's mother's visit the night before.

I had put on a church-style dress for the day, which wasn't my favorite thing to do, but I was willing to make a sacrifice for a special occasion.

At Matt's parents' house, we found the people who were not allowed to attend the wedding in the temple: April and Susan and Judy, my mom and her new husband Richard, and everyone who was too young to go to the temple, including Sam and Joe, plus a bunch of my little cousins. Read the rest of the story ->

Fellow Tribes?

To a Mormon (even a cultural Mormon), the parallels between the Mormons and the Jews are totally obvious. To a Jew? Not so obvious.

It hit me the other day that perhaps it might be amusing for Jewish people to hear about the Mormons' affinity for them, and ask them what they think of it.

To that end, the kind folks at Lubab No More have allowed me to write them a guest post My Tribe.

Have a look, and see what you think! :D

Rational Moms!!!

I've just joined a brand-new group blog called Rational Moms!!!

This new blog is all about skeptical parenting -- a subject you know I like to talk about (see my parenting posts). But I'd kind of been talking about it in my own little corner of cyberspace even though I know there's tons of great discussion out there I could be joining in. Naturally, I was thrilled when I heard about this new group blog starting up, and doubly thrilled when I was chosen as a contributer! :D

Please have a look and read my first post Aaaah… Turn green! in which I talk about teaching Nico and Leo a fun little magic trick. Then stick around and read some of the other stories and discussions posted by other rational moms!!! :D