Pastor Anderson on the Alex Jones Show

Live on the Alex Jones Show:



And also on the Nightly News:



Best of all, he was able to make it to Texas and back without being molested by the TSA! Which these days, is newsworthy in and of itself.

Citizen of Israel vs. Nazi Checkpoints

This is from the same trip as yesterday's clip.



"I 'splainin to you!" - classic! Where do they find these goons?

Bwahahahaha....!

I'm so glad I'm married to a real man! I keep watching this over and over again, it's so funny.





If you listen carefully, you'll be able to hear a second agent in the back saying: "I've often wondered that myself."

There you have it, folks! Nobody really knows WHAT she is.

Another day at the office

My husband was working in Southern California earlier this week. On his way there, within a short amount of  time, he was stopped at three random, internal checkpoints along I-8, which is an East-West highway that NEVER intersects the international border. As usual,  he refused to answer any questions, which he legally has the right to do (although it really ticks these little Hitlers off).

His video of two of the three encounters has since gone viral, so I thought I'd share it below for the enjoyment of all.

Can you say BUSY?

Thursday of last week, my husband got up at 4 am to head down to Yuma for his jury trial, where he was scheduled to appear at 8 am. Being the super wife that I am, I got up with him, fixed him pancakes and bacon, ironed his shirt, shined his shoes, and kissed him good-bye. Or maybe I just hit "off" on the alarm real fast, rolled back over, and instantly went back to sleep after asking him to please be very quiet as to not wake up anyone else in the house. You pick which scenario you like better... :) Life changes a little when you have been married 10 years and are expecting the 6th child in that time.

The kids and I spent the morning finishing cleaning out the last closet in the house, as well as the master bedroom, after having made our way around all rooms in the last couple of weeks. My space in the closet is somewhat limited, and does not accommodate my regular as well as my maternity clothes at the same time. I finally moved all my normal clothes out, and all my maternity clothes in. While at it, we also hung/folded all the clean laundry in the house. It's a never-ending job!

Boxing up and moving all the kids' toys out of their reach has been the single best solution to keeping the bedrooms looking nice for an extended period of time. It is so nice to walk past the sleeping kids' rooms at night and seeing them spotless, and to not trip over a bunch of toys if I decide to sneak in and give them each a kiss and a pat in their sleep. They have honestly never once complained about being bored, because they play more with each other pretending to be this and that than they play with toys. Plus, my remedy to boredom has always been to give them a chore when they complain of it, and strangely, I cannot even remember the last time any of them told me they were bored! :)

Nap/Quiet time was spent taking care of phone calls and online business transactions. After the girls woke up, we did several science experiments that all had to do with weight and gravity.

For dinner, I decided to take the easy way out and took the whole crew to get a large pizza at Whole Foods. While there, we picked up a couple of groceries we needed, too. By the time we got home, it was 7 pm and time for the kids to all get in their PJs, as I was determined to get them all in bed on time (they had stayed up past 10 pm on Wednesday, a church night). We did story time and they all headed to bed around 8:30. Since I did not have a dinner mess to clean up, and since we had put away every last bit of laundry in the morning, this gave me a nice quiet evening to relax by myself and work on a couple of blog posts.

Friday was our 10 year wedding anniversary, although my husband was still down in Yuma for his second day of court. He was found "not guilty", but not before 5 pm, which meant he was gone the whole day.

The kids and I were supposed to spend the day cleaning the house (as opposed to organizing/decluttering), and doing some final organizing in our school room, as well as getting the guest room ready. We were expecting company the following Tuesday, and since we were planning on celebrating our anniversary on Saturday, were going to be in church most of Sunday, and Mondays are always already busy trying to get caught up from the weekend, I knew Friday was my last chance to get my house cleaned and hopefully maintain it that way (hahahaha).

Instead, I threw reason to the wind and took the crew downtown to the science center for a fun and easy day. Ah, procrastination... I figured since the house was already tidy, it wouldn't take too much to also get it clean in just one day on Monday.

This contraption simulates a free-fall. It looks a bit like something found in a torture chamber.

Miriam had brought her baby doll along, and was thrilled to find this play shopping cart that had a seat to put her baby in while she went shopping.

My husband got back from Yuma late in the evening bearing flowers and ice-cream. He was slightly confused by the fact that pregnancy cravings got the best of me - I turned down the Ben & Jerry's chunky monkey ice-cream, and instead made myself onions and cabbage fried in a little butter with lots of salt. Yum!! :) I had the leftovers for breakfast the next morning, after which Miriam informed me that I "smelled like bad soup that tasted yucky".

Saturday was the day we "observed" our 10-year wedding anniversary. I had wanted to do something outdoors. Only problem was, the nearest places with temperatures in the bearable range are 2+ hours away. Since we had a lazy morning getting up and ready, it was really too late to go somewhere that far away for the few hours we would have had there. Plus, my husband really did not want to drive anywhere far, since he had just been to Yuma (3 hours each way).

Instead, we had lunch at a really good Bavarian/German restaurant in Mesa. After that, we stopped at a favorite thrift store of mine that I rarely go to because it's a half hour drive from our house. My husband entertained the kids while I shopped for an hour. In the end, I bought 30 books (for the kids), a maternity dress and maternity shirt for myself (both like new), a "My Brest Friend" nursing pillow, and a very cute gardening apron for a wonderful friend of mine who had mentioned she needed one.


The books I was particularly excited about finding were:

• American Grub: This will go perfectly with this year's curriculum: Cantering the Country. We are supposed to cook a dish from each of the states we cover every week.

• Everything Kids' Travel Activity Book: We spend a lot of time in the car going places, and love books like this one. I gave away our last similar book to a family who had a 7 hour road trip with few to no stops ahead of them with four little kids in the car. This is a wonderful replacement. Plus, the book has interesting information on all 50 states, which again will tie in nicely with our curriculum.
  

• American Girls Paper Dolls: new and in great condition - Miriam and Becky cannot wait to cut these out with me and play with them. Very good quality and sturdy paper dolls, which is hard to find. I love the style of clothing in this book, too!

• World History by BJU Press: We have several of the BJU Press history books, and although I do take issue with many things that BJU stands for, it is still nice to be able to find a history book that has a Christian perspective and starts out with creation, rather than "billions of years ago" and cavemen.

Each of the kids has their own favorite books from the above selection. I never go to the thrift store without buying a stack of books. It always makes for a very quiet rest of the day as the kids sit and read for hours without so much as stirring.

(apron not in picture, but it was cute)

With all the sales that day (6 of the books were free, and the cashier picked the most expensive ones to take off the total, rather than the cheapest), and the fact that she also used a $3 off coupon that I did not give her (she was just being nice), the total came out to $34.01. That's an average of $1 for each of the above items! I LOVE getting good deals shopping. It is so much fun - like treasure hunting!! Even though we could probably afford to buy our stuff new, I so much prefer to shop at thrift stores. It's frugal, it's fun, and the selection is endless! The maternity section had literally dozens and scores of clothes that I liked, whereas a department store usually only has a couple that I would consider (because they carry everything in multiples in each size, taking up all their store space). The only reason why I did not buy more clothes was because I already have so many. Plus, it saves time. I would have had to go to three "regular" stores to buy the same items, or to a mall, which I hate.

I was also very excited about finding that particular nursing pillow. I almost bought it at BabiesRUs when Becky was a baby at the regular price of $40. Mrs. Duggar has mentioned it several times, and I have seen her wearing it in their weekly show. Because it wraps all around the waist and clips on the side, it can be worn while walking around, making it easy to nurse one-handed while getting other stuff done around the house. It feels VERY comfortable because it offers really great back support, also. Another great feature is that the pillow has a slip cover that can be very easily removed for washing - definitely a must with a new baby and five siblings that want to constantly have their grubby little hands all over their newest little friend.

After the store, we headed home because the girls needed to nap, and the heat was unbearable. We had thought about going to a nearby lake and go paddle boating, but it sounded like torture given the heat. Instead, when the sun finally started going down around 7, we left the house again to go to a nearby kiddie amusement park where my husband and the boys took a paddle boat ride while I bought some ride tickets and took the girls on the carousel.


When the guys came back from the little lake, we spent another hour or so letting each of the kids go on a couple of rides, and snacked a bit on a dinner we had brought along. The temperature at that time was still 103 degrees, in spite of the fact that it was now completely dark. I found it almost unbearable. This pregnancy more than any before, the heat is really bothering me. The most I can take is 5 minutes at a time, which is just long enough to get from my van to a store, or from a store to the van and pack up what I bought. Right before the summer heat started, I had already been landlocked by my severe morning sickness, so I think I am now going on 5 months straight of being cooped up indoors - can you say "cabin fever"??









Sunday was church in the morning and evening, as usual. We had yet another record attendance in the morning service, which was exciting. It was also creating a space issue, as we have had consistently high (and increasing) numbers in all three weekly services ever since my husband started pastoring full-time a little over a month ago and scaling his fire alarm business back as much as possible. Him and several other men from the church started doing some work in our building on Monday to make the auditorium larger.

For lunch, we had roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy, steamed string beans, and tomato salad on the side. It was so good! Then the kids and I spent the rest of the afternoon resting and relaxing at home, while my husband was out soul-winning in the scorching heat. I cannot fathom how he can go for 5 or more hours every single day in this weather.

Monday, we finally had to get down to the business of getting ready for company the next day. I also was in charge of making lunch and dinner for the men who were a the church building working, so that made for one busy day.

My husband took the oldest two along to help with the project, while I took the three younger kids to the store to buy the food needed to feed hungry, hard-working men. I served a huge platter of sandwiches, as well as banana-cream pie. Since it was all made from scratch it took me all morning to get all that done.

Then my husband informed me that a news station was coming to the house to do an interview at 1 pm. For me, it meant cleaning up the messy kitchen and floors in time for that. After they were all done and left, my husband again took two of the boys to work with him, and I was able to nap for a couple of hours.

I spent the rest of the evening making dinner, and FINALLY cleaning up the guest room and guest bathroom in time for my mother-in-law's visit. Having raised four kids, she is really not at all the type who expects to arrive and find my house all clean and perfect - it's just something that would bother me if I didn't get it ready in time.

Tuesday morning, my husband went back to work on the building project at church, while I spent the morning doing some more chores and then fixing lunch for all the men working at the church building (burritos, and peanut butter chocolate bars for dessert). Grandma arrived just in time for lunch.

Later, she helped me make dinner for the men (egg rolls made from scratch), who finished the remodel at church in the late evening. The new, larger auditorium looks great, and added room for as many as 50 more people (although for now we spaced the chairs out more comfortably and only added about 20 more chairs).

In the evening, after the kids were down for the night, my husband and I went out on a date to The Melting Pot for our 10-year anniversary with NO KIDS in tow, while my mother-in-law stayed home watching the sleeping kids. At least we thought they were sleeping. As we found out the next morning, Solomon had quietly slipped out of his room, roused Isaac, and they were sewing clothes for Isaac's stuffed teddy by the light of a flashlight. I had timed the dishwasher to run just as we were leaving, because it gets the girls to fall asleep immediately, and my mother-in-law was in the kitchen washing and slicing 8 lbs of strawberries to help me, so she did not immediately hear their little stunt on the other side of the house. When she did, she sent them back to bed and that was the end of that, and thankfully, the boys did not wake up the little girls in the process.

Anyway, my husband and I had a great time. This was the first time in SIX years that we have been out by ourselves. It felt strange riding in a 5-passenger vehicle, just us and no kids. I can honestly say that I did not miss the kids for one second, or feel bad about not having brought them along. My husband had wanted to bring the kids, and we have been to that particular restaurant with them on several occasions, but it is not nearly as romantic and relaxing when you constantly have to make sure no little fingers are getting burnt on the hot stovetop on each table, and no eyes are being poked out with the pointy fondue skewers. Plus, it would have tripled the cost of the date! He is not around the littles 24/7 like I am, so to him bringing them along would not have been a big deal. I should clarify that we do not allow anyone to watch our kids ever, but Grandma is an exception because obviously she raised my husband and all his siblings, so it's almost like one of us parents is watching the kids. Plus, she is a Christian who believes like us and we don't have to worry about her trying to undermine our parenting. Best of all, she is not the type who would call just to tell us the baby is crying, which would obviously ruin the evening.

Wednesday, the kids and I took Grandma to the science center, where we watched an undersea documentary at the IMAX. I thought it was okay, but the kids really loved it. Except for Miriam, who was scared of the 3D effect and kept asking me if we were really under water.

My husband suggested that since his Mom was going to be at our house that night as well, we should go on another date because it's so rare that we get to do so. After church, he teaches a German class that keeps him until about 9:15 pm. I took the kids home after the service, and had them in bed by the time my husband got home an hour later. That night, I made sure to clarify that they were not to leave their beds under any circumstances. To help, I had let the kids go swimming for hours in the afternoon, which combined with being out later than usual for church that night had made them so tired that they actually were too tired to even think about getting out of bed.

Today, I got to sleep in a little while Grandma fed the kids breakfast. Even so, I was so tired from having been out late two nights in a row that once I had made the dough to bake this week's bread, I lied down again in the middle of the morning for an hour, and then took another nap after lunch while the girls were also napping and Grandma was playing board games with the boys.

We dropped her off at the airport in the afternoon for her to fly back home, and then the kids went swimming again at the house. After dinner, we are going to head to the library until bedtime. I plan on getting to bed early tonight myself.

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This gives you a little glimpse into our everyday life. It's fun, but very tiring. I am completely done organizing every room in the house, except for the laundry room (which is not too bad) and the school room (mostly done, except for one big book case). We are starting school August 30th or September 7th, still not quite decided on that. The kids have been doing some school work all summer long, but it was a very light schedule.

This year, Solomon (8) is in 5th grade, Isaac (7) is in 3rd grade, John (5) is in 1st grade, and Miriam (3) is doing Pre-K. I'll write about my curriculum choices in another post.

We definitely have very busy months ahead of us: all five of the kids are celebrating their birthdays between late September and mid-February. Add to that the birth of the new baby in December (now that makes 6 birthdays within 4 1/2 months), as well as Thanksgiving and Christmas, and you can imagine how burnt out I feel after the last birthday passes in February and the "party season" is over. It will be nice to have another Christmas baby, though.

Hope you are all enjoying the end of summer with your families!

Not Guilty (again)

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The two traffic-related misdemeanors that my husband was charged with following the abuse he suffered at the hands of DPS and Border Patrol were dismissed with prejudice back in December of 2009.

The state prosecutor appealed this ruling, and his appeal was accepted, which led to the jury trial that took place in Yuma yesterday and today.

The verdict of the jury was "Not Guilty" on both counts (obstructing a public highway; disobeying an officer's orders directing traffic). I believe that this ruling cannot be appealed by the prosecution.

I don't have any more details at this time, but I am sure my husband will be posting more information soon.

Thank you to all who prayed and showed their support!

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Edited to add: There are a few more interesting facts I wanted to add about the trial:

• As it turns out, the dog never alerted to my husband's car, as per the dog handling expert that was called on the witness stand. The wording that he used was that the dog was "on the fringe" or probably about to alert, but never did. The supposed "dog alert" was the probable cause that border patrol was citing for sending my husband into secondary inspection. On my husband's video tape, at the very start, one of the agents can be heard while my husband was still rolling up to the stop, telling the agent doing the stop to send my husband to secondary inspection for having a video camera on. Then that agent approaches his car, telling him he needed to pull into secondary inspection because the dog had alerted. Obviously, they were just lying to justify their harassment of him. My husband repeatedly asked for the dog to be brought back out to prove that it would in fact alert, and that it wasn't just fabricated, but border patrol would not do so, even after being asked by DPS to bring the dog back to the vehicle.
  

• DPS (highway patrol) officer Jones, who was called on scene by border patrol (as they have no jurisdiction to hold people for no cause or force them into secondary inspection), never one time told my husband to pull over into secondary inspection, in spite of the fact that under oath he testified that he had told my husband twice. This was supposedly him "directing traffic", hence the charge of disobeying an officer's orders directing traffic. Thankfully, the whole hour-and-a-half incident was chronicled on my husband's video camera, so there was no denying the facts. In fact, before officer Jones ever even approached my husband, he had put stop strips (nail strips that would have slashed the tires) in front of my husband's car tires, as well as a "stop" sign, which would have made it impossible to obey such an order if it had been given (which it wasn't). Hence, the jury unanimously concluded my husband did not disobey an officer's orders directing traffic.

• The other charge was "obstructing a public highway". For this charge to apply, my husband would have had to knowingly cause a dangerous obstruction of the highway. For one, this was happening in the middle of the night, when there was very little traffic, with two inspection lanes open. My husband was only stopped in one of them, and what little traffic there was moved seamlessly through the other lane. Secondly, he was not the one causing the stop - they were forcing him to stop. He was willing to leave anytime they told him he could (leaving before they say you can is a felony). In fact, the whole border patrol checkpoint is THEM obstructing the freeway. If it were not for that, people would be traveling down that strip of freeway at 75 mph (the speed limit there), rather than slowing down to 5 mph and then having to stop completely. Again, the jury came to the verdict of "not guilty" based on the video evidence.

• My husband had been told he had been tasered for 18 seconds - first a deployment of 13 seconds, and another one for 5 seconds immediately following. As it turns out, there was a 3-4 second break between the two taser shocks, something my husband did not feel at all, because obviously his body was still feeling the pain during that time. That means that to him, it felt like he was being tasered for upward of 21 seconds, although it probably took his body several seconds to stop feeling the pain after the second deployment as well. In contrast, the DPS officer who deployed the taser, officer Mitchell, testified that he first deployed the taser for 5 seconds, and then a second time for a little longer, maybe about 10 seconds. That was the guy who bust out my husband's window and tased him with a smile on his face, as again caught on camera.
  

I am so glad my husband had his camera on that night. He has been through these checkpoints hundreds of times while traveling for business, and without that solid evidence to prove his innocence, the jury might well have believed the lies (intentional or due to poor memory) of the involved agents.

Quick Update

Seems I never have enough time these days. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that I am always tired, and even when I am not sleeping/napping, I am going slower than usual. I look forward to having this baby, because it always makes me get my energy back overnight!

I had another prenatal checkup earlier this week. Everything was well and uneventful. A friend of mine who is about 9 weeks pregnant came along to the appointment because she is considering a home birth. She immediately became my best friend when while the midwife was listening to the baby's heartbeat she remarked, in surprised admiration, that I had no stretchmarks at all! Just kidding, I am not that vain. I told her that I did, in fact, have a few on the side of my pregnant belly, but being fair-skinned, they usually fade away pretty nicely. Then my midwife took my weight and I had only gained one pound in four weeks, and only three in the month before that. Maybe I am that vain after all. I do not try to limit my weight gain in pregnancy, and follow a healthy diet, but I'm glad to hear about every pound I won't be having to lose in a few months from now. My midwife also showed me how to feel where the placenta was at in my uterus. This little person inside me is very active, but in a mellow sort of way. I am getting excited about meeting him/her, although the prospect of labor is never an appealing thought. Recently, someone asked me if after having given birth 5 times, labor was even still painful/exerting/unpleasant, and I had to laugh. Um, yes, it is.

Yesterday, I spent the whole day decluttering and organizing the girls' and my closets, as well as the kitchen cabinets. It was a productive, but tiring (and frustrating!) job. By the end, I think I had packed up 5 or 6 bags and boxes of clothes and kitchen stuff to freecycle. The boys' rooms have been spotless every day since I went through them 2 weeks ago and took out all their toys, and strangely, they have never once complained about being bored. It gives me hope that all my work is not entirely in vain.

Church today was good, as usual. We had a new record attendance on Sunday morning - 60 people, one more than our previous record. Plus, four of the ladies who were there were pregnant. I am excited that there are so many other ladies having babies, and so many young children for our kids to play and be friends with. Seems like we have so many little kids at church these days! Tonight, my husband was going to preach a whole sermon on "Satan's Attack on the Family", but he instead preached the whole sermon on the first point only, which was "birth control". It was great, but I sure would like to hear the rest. He was going to go in chronological order from birth/birth control, daycare, public school, college, etc. all the way up to people putting their parents in old folks' homes and euthanasia. I really hope he finishes the sermon next week.

This Friday, my husband and I are celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary. He will most likely be spending the day in court in Yuma as his jury trial is scheduled for Thursday and Friday. He was cleared of all charges back in December, but the prosecutor filed an appeal, which was just recently granted. So now he has to go back to court. The prosecutor has already made it clear that he will appeal any and all rulings in my husband's favor. I told my husband to be summoned to court in Hawaii next time, rather than in Yuma. I will try to post a more detailed update early this week.

That is all I can remember for now. Plus, I really have to go to bed now.

Update on my husband's case

It's been a while since I updated. If you recall, the case against my husband was dismissed back in December. Below are a few excerpts from the court hearings that day. All the video footage relating to this case is over 13 hours long, and much of it we just received this week, so there is still a lot that has never been published yet.















As you can see, these guys are not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. Lest you feel pity for them for looking like such fools in court, these are the same people who brutally abused my husband the night he was wrongfully arrested.

Agent Gomez can actually be seen in one of the tapes doing stretches and warm-ups right before my husband's windows were bust out in anticipation of the physical abuse he was anticipating engaging my husband in, someone who had not threatened him or been combative at all.

Of course, as we had expected, the prosecutor has since appealed the court's ruling. The court has yet to decide on whether or not they will accept his appeal, so that is the stage we are in right now. To date, this case has been passed to I believe six or seven different judges now, as one after the other recuses himself from the case. One of the judges who has handled the case has even passed away.

The prosecutor has already told my husband's attorney that if this court turns down his appeal, he will appeal to the next highest court. The guy seems to get his personal satisfaction out of harassing us to the full extent he can.

Talk about a speedy trial. It has been over one year since this all happened. This entire time, my husband's two video cameras, each of which are worth about $400, have been held as "evidence", even though the footage of them has been released. Even now that my husband has been exonerated and the charges dropped, they continue to hold his cameras.

My husband's attorney also just filed charges against all officers and agencies involved, so that part of this case is just getting started.

Case thrown out!!!

I just got a call from my husband. At the hearing today, the case against him was thrown out with prejudice. This means there will not be a trial tomorrow, and he is not guilty of the two traffic-related misdemeanors he was accused of. More details soon.

Thank you to all who prayed!

Quick update on my husband's border patrol case

Update on Legal Case

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Many have written asking if there were any news on my husband's court case, but there hasn't been any. For months, the prosecution has delayed the court hearing again and again. Back in August, the hearing was vacated because the judge assigned to this case was called into question. The hearing to rule on whether or not that particular judge should handle this case, or else which judge should, is scheduled for this morning at 9 AM, two and a half months later. Obviously, the prosecution is in no hurry because they get paid to harass people in court all day long.

Of course, several weeks ago we exceeded the 180 days that the prosecution has to bring charges against my husband. He has never once filed for a continuance or caused any other delay. My husband's attorney filed a motion to dismiss the case because it exceeded the requirements for a speedy trial, but this motion cannot be ruled on until they settle on who the judge assigned to this case is.

Hopefully, they will come to some conclusion about that today, as well as ruling on the motion to dismiss. We'll keep you posted later on today. Thank you for your continued support!

Update: The court ruled to leave the judge that has been assigned to this case, against the prosecutor's motions. As it stands, this is the third judge handling this case, after the first one recused herself, and the second judge then passed the case off to this third one.

After that was decided, the judge did not rule on the motion to dismiss the case based on it having been more than 180 days without a trial because the prosecution has until tonight to file their response to our motion. She should be ruling on it later this week.

The Alex Jones Show

My husband was a guest on the Alex Jones Show again yesterday. You can view the interview below (there are four parts to it).

Court Documents in PDF Format

For those of you who are interested in my husband's case in the border patrol incident, you can read up on all of the legal correspondence on his blog.

More personal blog posts to be published shortly.

I'm back! (well, almost)

First off, for all those who were wondering how my husband's hearing this past Wednesday went, you can read about that here. In brief, the hearing to dismiss the charges was yet again postponed because of the actions of the prosecuting attorney. It has now been scheduled for Aug. 21.

We are still enjoying our summer break. This year, we are starting school late, on August 31st, or maybe even the Tuesday of the week after that (Sept. 8). I want to teach all three boys at the same time in all subjects except for math and language arts, and have not quite settled on what to use. Right now I am considering Konos, My Father's World, Considering God's Creation, or Galloping the Globe. The two oldest are also learning Spanish, and Solomon is learning piano. Both Isaac and Solomon had asked about learning violin, and I am looking into that possibility. I signed all three boys up for a homeschool P.E. group, which I think they are really going to enjoy. My goal this year is to have a more relaxed homeschool approach and to give us all time to "stop and smell the roses". All three boys are 1-2 grades ahead of their peers, and I am worried they might lose their steam if they keep on trucking through school and childhood.

The last three days, we were in Tuscon with my husband, who was finishing up on a huge install at a Home Depot there. While he was working, we did all the fun tourist stuff and kicked back at the hotel at night. There is something about not having to do dishes or laundry for three days that is really relaxing. Especially when Starbucks enters that equation, or having room service bring you a hot cinnamon roll at midnight. Tucson also still has two Hancock's Fabrics, and that alone would be worth a trip down there. They had a huge sale on patterns, $1 for any Simplicity pattern, and I bought like 25 or 30 and have all kinds of fun sewing projects swirling around in my head now.

I have been working on various blog posts in my spare time, i.e. when I am not too busy taking a summer break, and will be back in the blogosphere in full force again really soon. In the meantime, you can keep up with me on Facebook.

Update on legal case

Just a quick update: A hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 5 regarding our attorney's petition to dismiss the charges against my husband. His arguments were very good, logical, and in line with the law. After the judge that had been assigned to the case back in April received the written petition, she recused herself from the case, and it has since been passed to the presiding judge of the court in Wellton, AZ. If the charges are not dismissed after the hearing, the day for the trial has been set for Aug. 25th. Your prayers in this matter are much appreciated.

Pastor Anderson Speaks at the Gilbert Arizona Tea Party

Legal update on border patrol situation:



Poem about the New Mexico border patrol checkpoint:

"Ode to Border Patrol"

Update on Court Case

Some of you may have known that my husband's pretrial conference was yesterday. The prosecuting attorney and our attorney did not come to an agreement, so my husband's case is going to court. This is regarding the two traffic-related misdemeanors he was charged with, blocking a public highway and failing to obey an officer's orders directing traffic. He was not charged with resisting arrest or anything similar, nor with violating any immigration laws.

This case is separate from the civil suit that my husband is going to file against border patrol (Department of Homeland Security) and highway patrol (Department of Public Safety), and the agents involved.

We recently received the records of the Taser gun used by officer Mitchell. He first deployed it for 13 seconds (meaning he activated it three times, and cut it off while it was going), then for another 7 seconds (which means he activated it twice more). In case you didn't know, a Taser gun will completely paralyze the victim and render them defenseless, so why it was necessary to tase my husband for 20 seconds is beyond me. Much less so since he was sitting calmly, covering his eyes, with his head in his lap in anticipation of flying glass. The report went on to say that they were considering pumping my husband's car full of gas, but that they decided against that since they were afraid that he would pull out a gun in all that smoke, or try to put the car in gear and use it as a ram. Should 12 public "armed servants" really be that scared of one unarmed citizen who is just obeying the Constitution? These people are sick and insane. Yes officer, I mean you. I wonder what kind of movies these guys watch at night to come up with all these "what if" scenarios.



The doctor that my husband went to see expressed surprise that my husband did not suffer heart problems and arrythmia, which is apparently very common. I guess getting shocked with 50,000 volts can do that to you (a regular outlet has 110). His neck has been sore ever since, which is probably due to the border patrol agents jerking his head and then stepping on it. One of his fingers on the right hand has damaged ligaments and keeps popping out of joint, which is both painful and making his job harder. If it does not improve through immobilization soon, my husband will have to seek more invasive treatment.

This reminds me of the ER bill we got after my husband was taken there to get stitched up. Officer Jones first took him to an urgent care, where they quoted him about $500 for the stitches. After the officer found out that we did not have health insurance, but that my husband didn't care and could more than afford to pay the bill, the officer then took him to the ER because he claimed that would be cheaper. How dumb anyone would have to be to think that the hospital charges less than an urgent care is beyond me, but then again, we are dealing with government employees here.

Finally, below are YouTube clips made by Shelton from The Phoenix Revolution who came out for the rally.

Shelton is also very involved with CameraFRAUD.com. Those of you who do not live in Arizona probably do not know that in addition to having speed cameras at almost all major intersections (operated by the various cities), there are also over 100 permanently mounted speed cameras every few miles on all major highways across the state. These cameras are operated by a private, Australian-based company (hired by the state of Arizona) who gets a share of the revenue, meaning that basically they more tickets they write, the more profit they make. The camearas record any and all vehicles that drive by, 24 hours a day, whether speeding or not. License plates of all vehicles are scanned, run through a database to see if they come back "clean", and time, date, and GPS-stamped. On top of all this, the Arizona DPS has unmanned patrol cars with mounted cameras, as well as real officers, up and down our highways. It is really just sickening and surreal to see "law enforcement" and cameras in all directions everytime I am in public. And all that not to make our roads safer, but to try to cover the state's budget shortfalls.

But back to CamereFRAUD - Shelton and some others are going to put up a billboard right in front of the checkpoint and are rasing money to do so, you can read about that here.



So much for tonight. I hope to get a chance to write a personal update of the last week sometime this weekend.

3 Recent Radio Interviews

1. Future Quake AM 760 Nashville, TN

Attached is a Press Release of a recent in-depth radio interview with Pastor Steven Anderson, who discusses the message this incident has for Christians in the future on the current "Future Quake" radio show, which is now uploaded to www.futurequake.com under the "Past Shows" tab (and will play all next week of 8 June on air at WENO, AM 760 in Nashville, TN).



2. People's Power Hour AM 810 WEUS Orlando, FL

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MP3 file of the interview



3. Freedom Fighter Radio

http://freedomfighterradio.net/?page_id=5668

In the audio player, click on "select a past episode" to find the interview.

Rally this Saturday

There will be a rally this Saturday at the exact checkpoint where my husband was brutalized.

Please come join us in defending our constitutional rights to travel freely and without harassment within our country.

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