My Cute Girl

A rare occasion where Lauren's hair has not yet been ruined. This was a little before leaving for church one Sunday and Lauren looked soo cute. I can't get too stressed about her hair because I really have had to come to terms with her fine baby hair. To make matters worse, she cut herself a few bangs and a little mohawk right where I part her hair.

A few Sunday's ago I was running late and I had not finished Lauren's hair. I told Chris to go ahead and take the boys and I would come as soon as I finished the hair. I get it done, get to church and sit down with the family. Five minutes pass and I look at Lauren and her hair is totally all over the place - static and a complete mess. Lauren had her blankie with her and had been hiding under it. You can just imagine the hair flying everywhere (it looked worse than first thing in the morning). My friend in the bench behind us was laughing so hard. I had to laugh too so as to avoid the crying. I guess I should invest in some serious styling gel (or maybe cement).

Thanksgiving Day

Is it too much to ask to get a half decent picture of anything we did on Thanksgiving Day? Apparently so. I only had to take nine to get this not so great picture. Anyway, our day was fun.

We went to Chris' sister Donna's house and had a delicious dinner with Scott, Donna and the family (except Ryan, who is on his Mission). Some of Scott's family was there too - Annette and Jamie and also Bill and Joanne. We visited and the kids had fun playing games with their cousin McKala. After dinner we watched a movie in the newly finished basement theatre room. It was really nice to see everyone. Of course I did bring the camera and forgot to take it out. Bummer!

Later we stopped by my Mom and Dad's house and the kids had root beer floats. That is where I tried to take at least one picture and this is the best I was able to get. My parents decided to celebrate Thanksgiving with us on Sunday, which was great because who doesn't want to have Thanksgiving dinner twice?


Jon and Laura surprised us that day and came down from California to visit. All of the kids decorated gingerbread men. It was fun seeing Jon, Laura, Matthew and Lana.

Twilight - Oh Yes, We Did!

Me with my cute friends Kim and Melissa at the Midnight showing of the 'Twilight' movie.

It was an adventure. We ate, we shopped and we waited, and waited and waited for the movie to start. Not to mention trying to get someone to take a decent picture of us and for some reasons this turned out to be very hard. I was the only one who remembered to bring a camera and this was a small miracle in itself. Camera, great - camera with batteries that are not dead, so much better. I was able to find somewhere to buy some batteries luckily.

We were pretty excited to have tickets to see the movie at Jordan Commons, or so we thought. Turns out we had tickets to a different theatre, which we were informed when we got there. Oops! It's okay Melissa, it all worked out in the end (even though you had to sit in gum and Kim had to put up with a scary make-out couple next to her, yikes).

Anyway, after waiting for so long, watching lots of previews (Harry Potter:), the movie finally started in total silence - yes, I do mean no sound. I didn't pay $9 and stay up till the early hours for a silent film. Sound got fixed, but we had still missed the first part of the movie. Melissa to the rescue! She went and told the manager to start it over or there would be lots of ticked off people. She also asked him if he was going to refund every one's $$$ if he didn't start it over. They had to rewind but we got to see it all with sound.

Loved Edward, you just can't take your eyes off him! Some of the acting was not the best (Jasper - what was with those eyes and that weird look on his face?), and there were a few cheesy things. Baseball was awesome and the accident where Edward saves Bella was really great too! The villains were fabulous and I liked Charlie's character better than I thought I would. I think I'm going to have to see it again. Now that I know what to expect I think I will like it better.

The evening was really fun and at least now Kim has decided to read the book;) She had to get the real Bella/Edward saga, how exciting!

Yes, I am a dork - it is now official!


Okay, that's what I'm talking about! We went to the Cheesecake Factory and this is my giant salad. We made and evening of it and had a fun girls night out. We also went shopping and just hung out. Thanks for the fun evening ladies, and thanks to Chris and Christian for babysitting so I could go have a great time.