Mrs. Utah Gala at La Caille

What a fabulous success this event was!  A great celebration and effective fundraiser to support the platform of the next Mrs. Utah.

Only 4 weeks until the pageant…. have you bought your tickets yet?  Tell me if you are coming!  I think I’m going to have the biggest cheering section that night.  I’m lucky to have a home court advantage having the event held in Provo!  More importantly, I’m lucky to have so many friends and family who are coming to support me.  I’ve been overwhelmed at the outpouring of support.  So blessed with so many wonderful people in my life who believe in my efforts!  So come… it’s only $15!   See you there!  Love Karmel

We are so in love

More new family photos coming soon…

Spring day at the park

We spent our day at the Pleasant Grove Discovery Park.  We met our cousins there and had such a wonderful time.  What a blessing to have family that are friends as well!  There is something just magical about children playing, sliding, swinging and laughing.  It makes life peaceful and filled with true joy.  I am blessed beyond!

Glenn Beck-We Surround Them

Check out this article!  I’ll be watching at 3pm!

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We Surround Them-The Unveiling
March 13th on FOX News 5pm ET

Host or Attend a Viewing Party Sign up on meetup.com to join the WE Surround them Viewing Party. Where is your gathering taking place? Let us know. Click the ‘more details about this meet up’ link to leave your comment… Radio stations participating in the We Surround Them gathering party Find a Viewing Party Click on your state to add/find a party near you. Share this page with your friends and family…

Do you watch the direction that America is being taken in and feel powerless to stop it?

Do you believe that your voice isn’t loud enough to be heard above the noise anymore?

Do you read the headlines everyday and feel an empty pit in your stomach…as if you’re completely alone?

If so, then you’ve fallen for the Wizard of Oz lie. While the voices you hear in the distance may sound intimidating, as if they surround us from all sides—the reality is very different. Once you pull the curtain away you realize that there are only a few people pressing the buttons, and their voices are weak. The truth is that they don’t surround us at all.

We surround them.

So, how do we show America what’s really behind the curtain? Below are nine simple principles. If you believe in at least seven of them, then we have something in common. I urge you to read the instructions at the end for how to help make your voice heard.

The Nine Principles

1. America is good.

2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life.

3. I must always try to be a more honest person than I was yesterday.

12 Values Honesty Reverence Hope Thrift Humility Charity Sincerity Moderation Hard Work Courage Personal Responsibility Gratitude

4. The family is sacred. My spouse and I are the ultimate authority, not the government.

5. If you break the law you pay the penalty. Justice is blind and no one is above it.

6. I have a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but there is no guarantee of equal results.

7. I work hard for what I have and I will share it with who I want to. Government cannot force me to be charitable.

8. It is not un-American for me to disagree with authority or to share my personal opinion.

9. The government works for me. I do not answer to them, they answer to me.

You Are Not Alone

If you agree with at least seven of those principles, then you are not alone. Please send a digital version of your picture to: wesurroundthem@foxnews.com and then stay tuned to the radio and television shows over the coming weeks to see how we intend to pull back the curtain.

Join Parents Television Council Yahoo Group

The Parents Television Council is the nation’s most influential advocacy organization protecting children against sex, violence and profanity in entertainment.

If you would like to be a part of the PTC of Utah Valley efforts to promote decency in entertainment, you are invited to join our newly formed yahoo group.  This enables us to network, plan, act, file complaints, etc. through e-mail to eliminate unnecessary meetings.  Email me at karmel.larson@gmail.com to join our group.

Sincerly,

Karmel

Happy to pay my 10%

Study: Utah No.1 in online porn subscriptions

Way to go Utah!

We’re #1, We’re #1, We’re #1!

By DAWN HOUSE
Salt Lake Tribune

Despite its conservative political bent, Utah’s per-capita appetite for online pornography makes it the nation’s run-away red-light state.

A study by a Harvard Business School professor shows that Utah outpaces the more conservative states — which all tend to purchase more Internet porn than other states.

This month’s primary scripture

Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God. D&C 88:119

We are grateful to the Goddard family for sharing their talents with us and we have their posters, listing the themes and primary scriptures, up in our home each month.  You will want to visit their website at www.ldsgreats.com.  Good people doing good things and always sharing so abundantly!  Thanks!

Here is a link to a great article by Daryl Hoole, one of my new favorite homemakers (thanks Ingrid for sharing).  Her article adds great insight to this month’s primary scripture.  http://www.theartofhomemaking.com/gospelcenteredhome.htm

Home school tip: We use these scriptures and many others for our daily copy work.  Each of the kids have their own scripture binders that they use for daily family scripture study, getting gum from the scripture gum jar for recitation and for their copy work.  There are alot of things in those binders… maybe a topic for another day’s post!

File a Complaint Against Fox’s Family Guy

As Director of the Utah County Chapter of Parents Television Council, I invite you to read and take action below.

It is alarming that content such as what is listed below can be shown on a Sunday evening during family viewing hours.  What is really scary is that many people consider the show to be a cartoon as opposed to an animated drama and therefore don’t consider its content prior to allowing their children to watch it.  What a deceiving title-”family guy”.  Oh the adversary is sooooo wise!  This kind of stuff motivates me to speak out!

From the PTC website:

Should a Sunday night cartoon show YOUR children bestiality, gay orgies and babies eating sperm?

Fox thinks so.

Create-I love this video!

Thanks to Cherie Burton for sharing this with me.  Love it!  We are gearing up to “create our garden”.  Also planting new blueberries, raspberries, grapes and and herb garden this year.

Home school has been my current greatest joy of creation as well.

Love to you all!  Enjoy-

Mrs. Utah Gala at La Caille

Would you like to enjoy an evening with us at the Mrs. Utah Gala at La Caille, One of Utah’s premier award winning restaurants?   This will be a night to honor and introduce the 26 contestants.  All proceeds will benefit the platform of Mrs. Utah 2009.  Our table will seat 10 and so we need 4 fabulous couples to enjoy the evening with.  Does the following menu look good?

Coconut Shrimp, Bruschetta, Spring Geens w/Raspberry Vinaigrette, Chicken Picatta and Tournedos Skewers., Fresh Breads.
Dessert Trio of Chocolate Chantilly Cake, Creme Brulee, and Fruit Tart.

This typically costs around $85 per plate!  For this event, tickets are only $55!  You can click on the invitation above to purchase tickets.  Be sure to e-mail or call me to let me know you are coming so that we can have you seated at our table.

Here are some more LaCaille photos and info about the Gala:

The celebrity guest is Johnny “The Jet” Rodgers, a VERY well known football player who won the Heisman Trophy in 1972. He will be bringing a autographed football with some of the recent Heisman Trophy winners on it, which has auctioned off for several of thousands of dollars.   There will also be other celebrities there including Miss Utah and other football icons.

You ONLY have until MARCH 23RD to purchase tickets. No additional tickets will be sold after that date, so be sure to purchase them before the 23rd!

Purchase tickets

Tickets Now On Sale For Mrs. Utah

Buy Tickets! Let me know if you are coming!  So many friends and family have told me they are coming to support me!  This is going to be such a fun event!

Thank you to everyone who has become an official sponsor for my platform.  It feels so good to have your endorsement and support!

If you would still like to become a sponsor, click here.