Twi-light budget

Loved getting together with the girls for the much-anticipated movie. If you tell anyone I went twice I will deny it--once with my bookclub girls. Connie arranged for us to drive up to Ogden and stay overnight in their condo. So much fun. Then again with the bunco girls and Amber. Amber snapped this, and I stole it just now from Kelly's blog.

The movie was fun. Way low budget--the vampires' necks were still pink. Finish your makeup, people!! Not a fan of the unnecessary obsession with trees or the monkey comments. Weird. I also thought they should have left Bella and her dad at home instead of eating out every meal in the diner. I thought that diverted from her character. And other things. A good first draft, but not Hollywood polished enough for all the hype. I heard on the radio the next one will start filming in March and that now they have enough money to actually go to Italy!!

Robert Pattinson, however, did a much better job than I had hoped. I think he could be an Edward. Kudos to Robert.

Oh, Christmas Tree!!

Ashley, Grace and I put up our living room tree today. Kourtney refused to help on principle because she said it looks too much like a Utes tree. I told her it's the same tree we put up every year and she's never thrown a fit before. She said that was because BYU had won in the past few years, but now this tree is just too red and white for her taste. I said it's just Christmas--it's fun!! She said it's not Christmas yet--it's not even December. Almost December. Bah humbug to Kourtney.

It took a few hours to put up because I made a Black Friday run to Tai Pan with Amber yesterday. I had to regroup and rethink some of the decorations. But it is up, and as I sat back in the lovely glittery glow I felt like "all is calm, all is bright." (The flash lit the room up a bit too much for the right effect, sorry) That is, until I looked around at the rest of the house. Good grief!!

Merry Blog-mas

Well, my blog is now all decorated and ready for Christmas--my house, however, is a bit of a disaster. Isn't virtual decor great?!!

Congratulations, Kerri and Brett

We've been waiting two long years to officially welcome Isabelle Allison Reynolds into our family!!
Kevin's sister Kerri and her husband Brett took Izzie into their lives when she was six weeks old, and she was finally adopted and sealed this week. By the time we made it down to the atrium the kids were beyond ready to go home. These were the best candid shots I could manage, but they don't do justice to the beautiful sealing dresses. AND they leave out the rest of the family. I'll take them though and get more from Kev's family later.
Beautiful Izzie

Grouchy Izzie and Kerri

Sweet Izzie

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
(Gracie's paperbag outfit from the preschool feast)

Tea Party Girls

Here's to long, lost friends--the kind you had themed, dress-up tea parties with in high school (our senior year we came as our future selves) and swore you would never forget, no matter what people said. Well it's been fifteen years, and I admit I let my friends kinda slip away just a little--okay, completely. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

It took a bit of effort, and Carol had to drive all the way down from Idaho, but we finally got together. Holy blast from the past!! We were a bit on the quiet side at first, but then the old yearbooks and home movies (of Jeanette, Carol and Christina performing Grease) came out. The ice melted, we reminisced about "remember when" and "Ooh, he was so cuute!" and "whatever happened to"...

Christina had us all over to her new house she's only been living in for two weeks--one of which she spent on vacation. It was immaculate and decorated. Nobody was shocked :) Hooray! Some things never change.

I stole these great pictures from Chris's blog--she was the only one with a timer on her camera. I don't even know when or how this little beauty was taken, but it's great. That is a classic Christina grin, and I have got a fabulous fan of eyelashes, plus a shot up the nose going for me.

Happy Nov. 4

Got my sticker. Went to the polls around 11:45, and luckily I beat the lunch crowd. Walked in, walked out, thanks to Charity. We did an election day kid-swap, and we were both done within an hour!