Oldies but goodies

Some great photos I found while perusing through old files...

Scott snowshoeing in Franconia Notch, 2007 - isn't he handsome?

(taken by me)

Dad and me coming down the beach, heading to the wedding, 2003

(taken by Steven Johnson)

I loves my Daddy.

(taken by Steven Johnson)

Me and Laurel at Profile Falls, NH, 2007

(taken by Scott Snyder)

Matthew as a baby, curling up in Tip's bed! 2005

(taken by me or Scott)

Scott and me, just after our wedding ceremony on Ogunquit Beach.

(taken by Steven Johnson)

Ally in the Lupine, Sugarhill, NH 2007

(taken by Scott)

Allison & Scott coming down the aisle as a happy married couple, 2003.

(taken by Steven Johnson)

Me and Scott, kayaking at Grape Island, 2005.

With Tip's ears in the front corner!

(taken by Laurel?)

This Very Moment

Things that are right and good in my life:

1) I am finally starting to get over this hideous cold.
2) Said cold caused me to decide, again, that I do not want to smoke.
3) The cold also caused me to lose 2 pounds. Go, cold!
4) I have a beautiful husband who is so good to me.
5) I have a warm home, with a well used guest room.
6) My mom is close by and did NOT, unlike my horrible dream this morning, have a stroke.
7) Lauren and Co. are doing okay and even have puppies!
8) Hillary and Matthew are over the swine flu.
9) I have one good job.
10) My freelance editing is turning up some jobs here and there.

For all of these things I am very, very grateful.
~Ally

Yes! A victory for loving couples everywhere. Victory for progress!

New Hampshire Becomes 6th State to Legalize Marriage for Gay and Lesbian Couples

Governor Lynch signs bill only hours after legislative approval

CONCORD — Governor John Lynch signed legislation that will give the legal protections of marriage to gay and lesbian couples in New Hampshire . Acting swiftly and decisively, Governor Lynch signed the legislation only hours after the legislature took the final vote on the issue.

“Today is a historic day for all Granite Staters,” said Mo Baxley, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition. “We applaud Governor Lynch, Speaker Norelli and President Larsen and the leadership of the General Court for making sure that all loving, committed couples have the freedom to marry. Today, our shared values of individual liberty, freedom, and fairness have been upheld.”

New Hampshire is now the 6th state in the United States that extends the freedom to marry to gay and lesbian couples. This new law will go into effect on January 1, 2010.

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written by:
Statewide LGBT education and advocacy organization. http://nhftm.org/