Hmmm... Twilight

Well I went yesterday. And BOY was that an experience. Now I don't consider myself as old... as I am not yet 30, but I felt it. Man, did I feel it. I went with a group of 4 and sitting just to the side of my group was this little girl. (I'm thinking 13 or so) I seriously thought we were going to have to sedate her at some point. She was shaking! For the full 2 hours, she shook. My friend who was sitting next to me kept leaning over to me saying to look at the girl and she was making these facial expressions that were just hilarious!! (while she shook of course) LOL! And of course, when Jacob came on screen and Edward and Carlisle and every other decent looking male the audience erupted into screaming that you missed their first few lines. And the kissing scene you couldn't even enjoy because there was a hum of anticipation and then more with the screaming...

So I don't know if my review is based more in my prejudice against my fellow Twilighters in the theater or the actual movie itself, but I was kind of sad. I liked the movie - I really did, but I didn't feel the connection between Edward and Bella (which I guess you could say would be KEY to the whole movie). They just seemed cold and forced like they weren't really enjoying each other. They acted the part where they had to be careful around each other, but they never seemed to smile and be happy they were in love! I don't know, maybe they did and I was too busy watching this hilarious 13 yr old sitting next to us. :) (very possible)
I'm glad I get to take my sister on Monday so I can see it again hopefully with a new perspective. The 13 year olds will be in school and I already know the plot changes, so I won't have to try and figure it out. I can just enjoy it as a movie. I have tons more to say on scenes that they left out or did wrong, but for the sake of people who haven't seen it yet - I will hold off. All I can say is that even though Alice had only half a dozen lines, she was great and I can't wait for the next few movies because something tells me she will steal the show. I just love Alice.

Happy Birthday Chris!!!!

Yesterday was Chris' birthday. My wonderful husband is 32 years old now. What a good man to put up with my craziness for the last 7 1/2 years.

We didn't do much, but we went out to eat at a Mongolian BBQ place and came home to eat cupcakes that Eli and I made in the afternoon. As you can see, we all got candles in our cupcakes and we ended up singing to both Chris AND Eli... I swear to you, the kid loves birthdays.


Sorry honey, I just had to share this gem... Can't tell whether this guy is the 32 year old or the 4 yr old in the family. You decide. ;)

And the happiest one of all. Nathan enjoyed a cupcake as well and loved every bite. Too bad he still woke up at 5am this morning. ugh.

Very very tired

You reach a point where "tired" becomes a word that doesn't mean anything any more. Nathan has gotten up at 5:45 every morning this week. I've tried to go to bed a little earlier, but its never been before 10:30 unfortunately... and with as long as it takes me to fall asleep - lets just say 5:45 comes very very early. I think the worst part of it is that he is ready for his first nap by 9:30 or so and sleeps the rest of the morning which in turn throws off his afternoon nap. Its a vicious circle!! Oh well, I guess there isn't much I can do but don't worry about calling me early in the morning.
I'm up.

2 days left!

::sigh:: Twilight...
Is it wrong that I find the actor who plays James better looking than Edward? Hmmm.... there is something very wrong with that.

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Slackin'

I have no excuse except that I don't like the women in my ward very much... they keep giving me books to read and I can do nothing else while I read. I seriously have a hard time putting them down at all.

Anyway, Saturday was Eli's first pinewood derby! And wouldn't you know, he came home with 3rd place and Chris got 1st. Chris thinks it probably should have been the other way around, but thats a whole other conversation that you are never allowed to bring up in his presence. LOL! Whatever. It was a fun night and Eli had a blast. Chris made a spiderman car for Eli, and he let Eli paint his car... a very interesting combination of black, orange and yellow. They both came home with a chocolate bar, so it makes Momma proud ;)

Chris got 3rd place in the 'anything goes' race. I don't remember what it was really called, but they didn't worry about weighing the cars. His was under the regulation weight and still made the top 3. Not bad honey!!

I've still been reading. I guess I feel the need to make up for the last 10 years of not reading in a single month. Yes, I'm crazy. But I will admit that I have had more fun in the last month than I have in a while. I just finished another book called "These is my words" by Nancy Turner. Excellent. Its set in the 1880's on the Arizona frontier and is written like its her diary. I'm pretty sure its based on a true story, but I don't think its an actual diary. Anyway, Carrie has a couple more books that I need to read to finish up the Goose Girl trilogy and then I'm going to take a break. I really want to buy the Twilight series for Christmas, so maybe my break can last until then and I will reread Twilight at the beginning of next year.
Only 11 more days until the movie comes out!!!!!!!! And yes, I'll be there opening day.

Emergency!

Emergency at the Porter house. We're fine, no harm done, but the CO detector was going off all last night. We left at 1:30am to go to a hotel and Nathan wouldn't go back to sleep. Lots of fun. Chris took him on a drive, but still he only slept an hour or two. I'm hoping we can all sleep in today. Anyway, we came home this morning and called the gas company. He found no CO in the house, but whether that was because it had aired out or there was never a problem - he wasn't positive. He found a couple potential problems that could have caused it - mostly because of the pressure in the storm we're getting right now. We'll just have to change a vent and bore a hole through our house... no biggie. ;) I'm grateful that we called him so we can get it fixed. I swear the whole 'home ownership' thing is just a learning curve. So much to learn.

But for now, we're fine. We can turn the appliances back on when the storm passes. For now the biggest problem will be taking a cold shower.

Happy Halloween

Finally got around to uploading some Halloween pictures. Eli was a Ninja Turtle this year (Raphael to be exact). He had a blast. We hit the trunk or treat and a bunch of houses and he started complaining that his bucket was too heavy. I guess that means he made out good.


sorry... this one is blurry...

the "man" behind the mask.