More Cinderella pictures

Vanna, I mean Liv showing off the Carriage that Hubby made for the play. (It was very cool)
When the play was over, everyone wanted their picture taken in the carriage.

Last night of the play. This is the other dress I made.

Trying on the glass slipper.

Liv and her dancing partner.

Happy Day!

I just paid 1.79 for gas today!!! Yipee!

Twilight Review

Friday night we had our Twilight Party. We had 6 kids ranging in age from 12-15. The night started with Pizza making, playing at the park, Twilight Trivia, glow stick wars and ending of course, with the movie. Here is my review of the movie. First of all, I did not allow myself to be excited or get my hopes up about the movie, therefore I was not disppointed. With that said. The movie did nothing to draw in the viewer. One of the things I loved best about the books was the class and maturity that Edward has. He is respectful, charming, classy, graceful, a true gentlman. I did not feel that at all from Robert Pattinson. I felt they put too much of a grunge twist on the characters which I did not envision at all in the books. He didn't have the "look" I thought Edward should have either and they went overboard on the makeup. The movie was choppy and I didn't feel like they developed the relationship between Bella and Edward as well as they could have. I did not care for Jasper either. He looked like Edward Scissorhands. (Although, I liked Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands) If you remember that movie. In fact, when he first appeared the audience laughed. I did however like Alice, James and Victoria. They were a good match. My friend that went with us said she felt like she was watching an after-school special. It definitely got the attention of all the teenie boppers out there and maybe the next movie will have a bigger budget and the acting will improve. I would like to watch it again but I'll wait until it comes out on video.

Movie Night!

11.21.08

Where will you be?

I'll be at the movies seeing Twilight! I go to this movie with much apprehension. Although, I'm excited to see it, I feel I will probably be disappointed and let down. I understand that certain things need to be cut out because of time contranst but I really dislike it when they change the story or events of the book. I'm just trying not to get my hopes up too much and then I won't be disappointed. I'm having a little Twilight party before hand and then we'll go see the show. Either way it should still be fun.

Cinderella

Liv was in a production of Cinderella this past weekend. She was a townsperson. She had a couple of lines and learned some ballroom dancing! She made a lot of new friends and had a fabulous time. She's measures almost everyday, She's almost as tall as me! I hope to get some more pictures from other cameras, but that will come later.

Liv and her BFF, Court. Court was the wicked Step-Mother and did a fantastic job!

Although you can't see it, they're posing on the platform that Hubby made and I made the flags.

He also made the pumpkin carriage but I don't have that picture yet.

Getting ready!

Defending our Values and Beliefs

I can believe I'm living in a time where supporting and defending our values and beliefs are criticized and intolerable to some. I'm posting the latest news that's happening in our local community. Please check it out and if you fell compelled to help, please do so.
Click on Scott Eckern to read his story and then go to this blog that has been started on his behalf. Thank you!

Our day off!

This truly was a rare day off for us. All the kids were out of school for Veteran's day and I didn't have any babysitting kids AND hubby had off too. So, to mark the occasion we wanted to get out of town and do something fun. We decided that we would head over to San Francisco and go to the Academy of Science. Liv and G-man were greatly disappointed last month when the little ones got to go without them. Unfortunately, everyone had the same idea and the place was packed! So much so that we only spent a couple hours there before we decided that we would rather spend the rest of the time at the beach, so off to the beach we went.

I think the beach is one of my kids favorites places to go. While everyone struck a manly pose, Sweet Pea decided to try out a new dance move instead. (I think) While it was still a bit chilly, it never stops anyone from getting soaked.

The war against Prop 8 still rages. Stronger than before the election it seems. I think the No supporters were actually surprised that it passed. So now all their energy is focused on overturning the vote of the people and their efforts have been directly toward our Mormon community. Statistically, we were but a small number that accounted for the passage of the Proposition but I think we're an easy target so the opposition is taking advantage of that. It's been extremely disheartening to see and hear that our Temples and churches are being targeted with bomb threats, and vandalism. We took the opportunity to wave signs on a corner one Saturday and saw a first hand account at how intolerant the opposition was against us. Rude remarks, rude gestures, inexcusable language (even in front of children)butI never felt our lives were threatened. I have to say after reading the above article (click on temples) I'm not so sure. What validates my stand on this issue is to just do a brief comparison of the two sides. One demonstrated peacefully, with sign waving, smiles, and honking, the other protesting with stealing lawn signs, fist shaking, destroying property, hateful language. And apparently, we're the ones being hateful. Members of our church are having to stand guard our buildings to keep them safe. Sadly, I never thought I'd see the day when our religious freedoms would take a back seat to sexual freedoms. So back to the courts it goes. Where I will not be surprised to see prop 8 overturned (again) Anyone ready to move to Missouri?

On a fun note. My ambitious hubby has taken to some pretty exciting bike trips lately, his last one took him to UC Davis. Round trip he logged 67 Miles!! Wow! I'm so impressed. All this biking is in preparation for his ride to San Francisco next month. Just thinking about it makes my butt sore!

It's Over!

Yeah!, I am So glad the elections are over! I've had my fill of political endorsements of every kind. TV commericals, Radio ads, mail flyer's, lawn signs. Enough is enough. I do have to say how happy we all are that Prop 8 passed! (Although, I don't think we've heard the end of it.) I think it was a good experience for our family to have actively participated in supporting this proposition. Hopefully, they have learned that it's ok to stand up for what you believe in.
In the meantime, hubby has been busy building a pumpkin carriage for the Cinderella play that Liv is in. Of course, I didn't take a picture before we had to bring it to the set but it turned out very cute. I'll try to remember to take a picture at the next practice. Have a good week everyone.

Happy Halloween!

A quick Halloween photo. A viking, a witch, I don't really know what Liv was, and Yoda, gotta love the ears, hubby made them. G-man went out with friends, so he wasn't with us. We had fun even though we got rained on.