Vaccination & Autism

Interesting.

http://wisvic.org/compare.aspx

VACCINATED

The general population of children in the U.S.
1 in 100 diagnosed with autism. (reference) (actually much higher in numbers)

UNVACCINATED Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1 in 4,875 diagnosed with autism. [Note: of the four in 19,500 children who have autism, one had been exposed to high levels of mercury from a power plant. The other three, including one child adopted from outside the Amish community, had received their vaccines.] (reference) Amish of northeastern Ohio 1 in 10,000 diagnosed with autism. (reference) Homefirst Health Services, northern Illinois 0 in 35,000 diagnosed with autism. [Note: It’s not just lack of autism that stand out in this sample of 35,000 children(90% have had zero vaccines). Asthma rates are so low, insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield's systems flagged the "issue". BCBS actually contacted Homefirst inquiring on how this could be! Their patients are so healthy, a lawmaker proposed a law requiring that a study be done to determine why these unvaccinated patients are so much healthier than their vaccinated counterparts.] (reference)

Cal-Oregon Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated Survey Vaccinated boys have a 155% greater chance of having a neurological disorder like ADHD or autism than unvaccinated boys [survey of over 9,000 boys in California and Oregon] (reference) Forward! Wisconsin Fourteen "studies" have determined that a link between vaccination and autism cannot be established. Look at who conducted those studies. Separately, do you know that vaccine efficacy (that they work) has NEVER been proven? The reason given for why double blind placebo studies can’t be done to prove vaccines work is that we cannot ethically leave some people unprotected to do a study. That argument makes little sense. We have large populations refusing all vaccines, and they would be happy to be used as control groups. Other research that has never been done despite the constant urging of those who question the efficacy and safety of vaccines is a full blown study into the health of the vaccinated vs. the unvaccinated... the results would be devastating to the goals of the pharma powers that be. Please don’t assume your doctor knows and understands vaccines. Make yourself the expert. This page was last modified on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 22:51

Honeymoon pics

The second day we were on Virginia Beach I remembered to get my borrowed camera out and take some pics.

This is a day or two before tropical storm Ida hit.

We are lots of seafood. Margie and Ray's is a little local place nearby where we stayed where the locals like to eat. We went to often enough that the waitresses started to recognize us :) They have fantastic grilled shrimp! I'm not sure if their claim to have the best she-crab soup in town was accurate because I haven't tried all the other places but it was very good. In fact, I don't think we ate anything there that we didn't like.

Ida came pouring down and left the roads looking like this.

This beached barge was quite the attraction. Apparently it came loose during the storm and drifted up onto the beach. As you can see, it's really up there.

The drive home. They don't call 'em the Smoky Mountains for nothin'!

We also went to Yorktown and Jamestown, but the camera battery died as soon as we pulled into the parking lot :(

One of these days I'm going to make a trip to town and get a camera so I can take pictures of the goings on around here. One of these days ;)

When you're eight years old.........

There's only one way to get wedding punch from point "A" to point "B".

Wedding Thanks

Looking back on our wedding day and the days leading up to it, I am just amazed by how the Lord has blessed us with so many wonderful friends. Without their help, none of it would have been possible. How will I ever repay them?

Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of them all, but I do have a few. So, in no particular order.....

Serving the cake.

Left to right is: Rachel Castille, Mallory Powell, Peyton Carpenter and Hannah Burton

Can't believe we only got one picture of our videographer Dylan Pine who drove half the night so he could be there to man the camera.

The Harper girls watching the after ceremony photography and waiting patiently so they could tie up the bustle on my dress. Without them, there would have been no dress.

Mr. Powell who did the officiating

Mr. and Mrs. Price., Grandparents to two of the cutest kids in the world :)

Our pianist Mrs. Lowry.

Jordon, Levi and Shane folding programs before the wedding

My sister-in-law, Rachel did way more than her share.

Lorrie Matthews, queen of the kitchen.

Amelia Matthews on the left and Rachel Stokes on the right.

Lydia Fairlamb made all of the bouquets, corsages and boutineers.

Hannah Elliot decorating the cake.

Both Hannah and Lydia are from northern Michigan.

Our wonderful hairdresser Charrissa Jackson with Linda Castille assisting on the left and assistant photographer on the right.

Anna Price keeping all of us girls halfway decent looking for the photographer ;)

Our excellent photographer David Price who drove over four-hundred miles for the occasion.

Assistant photographer Trish Ann Lingo.

T.J., The film dude himself was responsible for the fact that we were able to video the ceremony.

The Clean up crew:

Several young men carrying chairs

Boaz pushing chairs. You can see Mr. Burton in the background, he and his family were an instrumental part of the wedding clean up.

Noah Burton

Linda and Lorrie cleaning up at the sink.

Those aren't even half the people and quite frankly, I don't think I know who all was involved. Everybody's help was very much appreciated. Thank you so much!

I also want to say a special thank you to the Stokes family for all they did. They made sure to clear their schedule for the entire week of the wedding so they could be available to help. I think they worked non-stop from Thursday through Saturday. Because of them we were able to sleep the night before the wedding instead of staying up and doing all the things we would have had to do had they not been there.

Thank you!

Wedding Pictures

Here are just a few pictures from our wedding taken by my sister Laurel, which is why there are none with our whole family. I hope to post some more soon.

with our parents

Rachel Roberson, Brian Powell, Rachel Draper, Johanna,

Gabby Neuman, Zoe Neuman, Me, Gabriel, T.J., Mike New,

Jordon, Matt Barsotti, Caleb Hall, Levi

Four Generations

Wedding Preparations - Four Days to Go!

The girls and I working on the cutlery and napkins.

The finished product

Decorating practice



T.J. using my *ancient* computer to make wedding programs.

The next few days should be a lot of fun. Friends are planning to come help with food and other preparations starting tomorrow so there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to get everything done right?

I have very sternly warned everybody against stressing. (It remains to be seen whether they'll listen to me ;)

Happy Birthday Mom!

Sorry but yeah, this is the only pic I've seen from mom's birthday (she hides when there are cameras around).