Please Help

Hi everyone,

I'm pasting an email a friend from California sent me. Being LDS is awesome for many reasons but one of the best is the network. An opportunity for service has arisen and through our great network we can help this the Sannar Family. Please do all you can, if nothing else please keep the Sannar family in your prayers. I cannot even fathom what Sister Sannar is going through but I know I can help ease that burden a little bit.
Below is the email I received from my friend as well as a link to a news page about the story. The story is legit and the pledge site seems to be legit as well. Please send the pledge link to anyone and everyone. Please help.

Today a man walked into a Mormon church in Visalia, California, and asked to see the bishop. Reports then indicate that he shot him in the face and chest - possibly in front of young children - and then fled the building. No one recognized him. He drove a ways, called the police to say he was the shooter, they arrived, he shot at them, and they shot back. Last word is that the shooter was taken to the hospital.

The bishop (congregational lay leader) was Clay Sannar, 42, a father of six children, the youngest just a few months old. He was a volunteer who happened to be serving when this disturbed man killed him. I do not know the bishop. I do know that he was a husband and a father and that he was serving God. That's pretty much all I need to know.

I now know that this family needs help. I cannot imagine what his wife is feeling right now as she looks at her six young ones who are now fatherless. I do know that I can help.

I figure that they are going to need LOTS of help from everyone. They will, of course, need our prayers. But I want to do more than that. I called my son, Connor, who answered, unsurprisingly, "I'm on it, Mom."

So - Connor has set up a paypal fundraiser. You can contribute if you would like. I figure if we all chip in $20, we can make a difference for this family. We can send them an immediate message that they are loved. That much we can do.

You can use either paypal or credit card. Here's the link:

http://pledgie.com/campaigns/12975

ALL of the money will be sent directly to the family. They can decide how to use it best.

Sometimes, we can DO something. Today is that day.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW WHO MAY WANT TO HELP.

Thanks. And don't forget to include the Sannar family in your prayers today. And hold your family close. Life is precious.

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=7636951

Lazy Montreal

I've been so lazy about blogging recently because I'm having a hard time with original thoughts. I think it's all the 3o Rock. I probably should cut down. Also, I've been wanting to go back to my blogging roots and blog more about food. I certainly cook enough, I'm just too lazy to upload pictures. Luckily for all of us we just got back from Montreal and that is going to have to take up space in the blogosphere. Before the pictures here's a survey of Montreal:

Sucky things Quebec got from the French:
1. Snootiness: There were some people at a table next to us that saw that we were American and were being snooty to our faces, not knowing the whole time that Brandon speaks french. I wouldn't have minded so much if we weren't being snootied during a really terrible meal, I was already in a bad mood.
2. Smoking: It felt like Vegas. I hate smoking with my whole soul. It's disgusting and horrible for you and others and is just the worst. Ugh.
3.Striking: I usually support people's right to strike but it just sucked that it interfered with our tourism plans and thus we couldn't go to the Biodome or the Insectorium. No Insectorium!

Cool Things Quebec got from the French:
1. French Food: Our last night there we got killer French food. Again, drool...
2.Delicious Pastries: I could eat Pain au Chocolate all day long.
3.Marches: Great cheese, flour, meats, produce - could you ask for more?

I put lipstick on Ellie on the drive up. It was really funny, she looks like a baby dinosaur.

Blame Canada!

Eating a delicious lunch of bagel sandwiches and jus d'orange at the Canadian Center of Architecture. Sorry New York, but Montreal bagels win.

I think because I see Brandon every day I forget how tall he is, but he really is.

A chapel at the Notre Dame

Killer stained-glass window

Celine Dion got married at this Notre Dame so get excited. It's actually amazing in here, every square in is decorated, just insane.

Ellie and Brandon at Olive et Gourmand's. Best trout sandwich ever. Drool....

Trying to hustle to the metro.

Canada's past at the Archeology Museum, these are the foundations from three different time periods.

At the top of the Tour.

Ellie getting ready in the morning.

Ellie not so sure about the poutine. I liked it.

Our driving snack on our way home - fresh from Marche Atwater.
A rare occurrence that bought us a few extra hours outside.
A blurry view of the Thousand Island area. Holy crap, that place is amazing. That's our next vacation spot.

I sheared Maggie just because it was time and now when she's super quiet she startles me because she looks like a giant rat.

All in all Montreal was really fun. We had to be in the hotel room twice a day for Ellie's nap but it was kind of nice, we were all rested and relaxed and were really able to enjoy our time outside. Brandon was excited because he got to practice his French and someone even thought he was Canadian. I even got to throw in my two French cents.