Coming Back

It has been a really long time since I have posted anything. I like to think of it as an extended summer vacation! I am not promising much because right now my life is in full caios mode! Between kids, husband, day to day stuff, yw calling, PTA, and training for a half marathon, I can barely keep my head above water. I would really love to find time to give all the details of my summer, but I'm not sure that will happen. Will see what I find time to post.

For now, just a few updates:

*Best news ever, my little brother is Cancer free and doing well - Hurray! Thanks to all of you who kept him and his family in your prayers!

*My nephew Chris is in training to be a Marine. He graduates in October. I am so proud of him and am thankful for his willingness to protect our country.

*Dave is rocking his school. Every class session he tells me, "this is the class that is going to bring down my GPA". Big fat liar, he is a straight A student and only has one more class until he is done, well that is if he doesn't decide to further his college education. Not sure that will happen right away, I think he is geting burned out plus his job is extremley stressful these days. Still I am super proud of him for his accomplishment. Way to go!!

*Kassy entered the Miss Teen Utah Pageant and made it to the top 150. Her pageant is this Saturday. Congratulations Kassy! I will let you know how she does. Her dress is beautiful, her shoes are insanely spikey, and she looks so darn grown up and gorgeous that I think to myself, "there is no way that is my kid." I am proud of her for going out of her comfort zone and trying something different. Saturday should be an exciting day!

*Jessy is messy as ever - lol. That girl can destroy a room faster than you can shake a stick. Still I love her to pieces. She is doing well in school and is a social butterfly. Her favorite thing to do is have playdates. She is still in gymnastics and recently moved up a level. She can almost do her back handspring by herself. She is a BYU fan, but I keep telling her that she should be a UTES gymnast. Will see what happens.

*Cody is RED through and through. He loves the UTES and is super excited to go watch the football teams private practice and then eat dinner with them. However, he is not a big fan of going to the football games, they are way to long for his liking. He is playing soccer and is doing really great this year. No goal yet, but we still have a bunch of games to go. After soccer is over he thinks he might like to give Karate a try. hmmmm! He is really smart, but struggles going to school. He says it's because he wants to stay home with me.

*Me, I am trying to stay a float. I kind of gave my rundown of craziness above. I ran a marathon relay a few weeks ago. It was a kick. I can't say that I love running, but I love the way I feel after I am done and I love running with my friend Sandra, she busts me up. Maybe one day I will be able to talk to her while we run, but for now she carries on the conversation for both of us. We are training for the Halloween Half Marathon in October, I am really excited for this challenge, but am also very nervous.

Those are just a few of the highlights. I will try to catch up more later. For now I've got a hundred plus things I've got to get done!

Glad to be back!

Computer Issues

I haven't blogged in awhile! It's not because I haven't had lots to blog about, it's because I was in Lake Powell for just under a week and then when I got home, my computer decided to act up and be weird. Just fyi, if you try to send me an email, I probably won't get it, not sure what's going on with it. Anyway, I don't have a lot of time tonight, have to get dinner and be a mom, but I will catch up these next few weeks. Lots and LOTS going on. Gotta love summer time!

Eclipse Review - two thumbs up!

Eclipse was my favorite book of the Twilight Saga, and now it is my favorite movie. I absolutely loved it. It followed the book pretty well and covered most of my favorite parts. There were a few things that they left out, that I wished they would have put in, but on a whole, I thought it was great. Like I've said before, my favorite part in the book was the tent scene, and I think that was my favorite part in the movie as well!

If you haven't bought the soundtrack, run to the nearest store and get it, it's got some great music on it and fit the movie perfectly. It's my favorite soundtrack of the three as well!

Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did, and yes, I will be going to see it again - SOON! Anyone wanna come?

Just In Case

Just in case I don't have time to blog after my 5:30pm showing of Eclipse, I thought I would blog now. That's right, I said 5:30pm that is in 2 1/2 hours. Hurray, Hurray it's Eclipse movie day. I'm sure I'll have lots to say about it tomorrow.

Missing Blog Post

I really did blog yesterday, I just happened to post it on the River 4th Ward YW Blog Site. It was applicable to most of the girls though, because like me they are anxiously awaiting the movie Eclipse. Which I just so happen to be going to see tomorrow night at a 5:30pm showing. Thanks to my friend Denza! Oooo, I am so excited, Eclipse was my favorite book in the series.

Recently a friend of mine was asked why she liked the Twilight series. The lady said, "it's not like it teaches you anything." To that I say, you are right, it didn't really "teach" me anything, I just enjoyed the escape from reality for a moment, ok more like alot of moments. The thing I liked most about the series is the connection I found in some really great friends, that I might have otherwise not connected with. To that I say, thank you Stephanie Meyer and the Twilight Saga.

On a non Twilight subject, I finished Cody's room this morning at 2:30am. I couldn't sleep last night, but since it was Sunday, I knew I shouldn't be painting. I stayed up and read my book "DARK FLAME", which by the way was fabulous, and at 12:01, I pulled out the paintbrushes and began painting. This morning when I got up, everything was dry so I was able to put his room back together. It looks so awesome! We still have a few things to touch up, and I promised him we would hang his Utes stuff, as well as paint all of his furniture black, but that'll have to wait for another day. For now, all I can say is, "Whew, I am glad that is done, and go UTES!"