Have you been waiting???

Have you been waiting??? Are you there right now? It is 10 o'clock here in Utah, but 6 minutes ago, in the eastern part of the country, film started rolling... finally...(yes Robyn, I know you are taunting me...)
Ok, I gotta fess up here... while I am excited to see this movie, I had absolutely NO desire to see it at midnight... I want to see it when I am awake, and can enjoy it properly. JordySue and I will be in our seats for the 5:30 showing tomorrow night, then off to a great dinner after that. We are taking along a few 'twilight' fanatics with us... Lindsay, Porshae, and fun for me, my roommate from college, Dawn. She is from Washington... ya know... up there where Forks is??? Makes her almost neighbors with Edward...right? And speaking of Edward... have I mentioned that I am a JACOB girl??? Yep... I know... we are a very rare breed. That boy makes my heart pitter patter...anyway... enough about Jacob... I do need to get to sleep tonight...hehe..sweet sweet dreams, my little wolf boy...I'll be seein' you tomorrow...

A real fighter...

So winter time has set in at my house... ok, not really, but we have had some VERY cold days... snow even. The winter frost has done her handiwork...

Look at this poor poor planter box...

and this sad pitiful peony...

and how about my gorgeous tomato plants...

Yep... she has really done a number on my garden... except for...

TA DA!!!!! Take that would ya frost... I am not going down without a fight!!! Isn't it gorgeous? I love a flower with spunk =)

I know, I know... you're telling me to take pity and put the garden to bed for the winter all ready...

I have won a MAJOR award!!!

See it??? Right here on the left? Isn't it beautiful??? I am sooo excited... imagine, me... winning such a prestigious award! Ok... it is possible that I am making a bigger deal over this than I should be... but I am pretty jazzed...so thanks Christine... you made my day! (go check out her blog... she is one of of my favorite new blogging buddies).

So here's the scoop on the bestowing of this grand award business...

The qualifications to receive the award are:
A. Display a cheerful attitude.
B. Love one another.
C. Make mistakes.
D. Learn from others.
E. Be a positive contributor to the blog world.
F. Love life.
G. Love kids.

The Rules:

1. Must link it back to the creator.
2. Post the rules.
3. Choose 5 people to give it to.
4. Recipients must fill the characteristics above.
5. Create a post to share this.
6. You must thank the winner.

So here's the hard part... choosing 5 blogs to bestow this amazing honor on... and the winners are:
1. What is done in love, is done well
2. On the verge
3. From Melissa's desk
4. Cinnamon, Spice, and everything nice
5. The Junk Drawer
Check them out... good stuff I tell's ya...

Roadshows...

And the winner is..... ok, there wasn't a winner... no awards at all, but if there had been...
Our stake had roadshows this week. The theme was Disney movies... but then got changed to Animated movies... for fear of copyright infringements...yeah, I think we would have been safe, since they were original scripts and all, but I guess you never know... anyway, our ward chose Aladdin...the story line went like this. Aladdin is welcomed home by his father the Sultan (I know... Aladdin was a beggar boy, but there is a twist here...) from his two year 'mission'. The Sultan has hand picked 3 beautiful girls(also known as the Chica Mamas) for Aladdin to choose to take on a date. It becomes very apparent that Aladdin is more interested in the servant girl... Jasmine. The Chica Mamas become very conniving (with help from Jafar...who's costume had an uncanny resemblance to the devil...haha) in their attempts to win Aladdin's heart. They set Jasmine up, make it look like she has stolen their precious things...(ipods, cell phones, etc.). Jasmine is sent to prison. Aladdin works with the Genie to prove her innocence... she is released from prison... the 3 Chica Mamas are taught the gospel by some wandering missionaries, and everyone lives happily ever after.... Ta Da!!! I have to say the kids did a fabulous job. Their costumes were adorable. The music was good. And the choreography was second to none.... Broadway quality, baby...





Jordyn as a Chica Mama...


























Colton playing both a missionary, and a palace guard...



Cameron as the Sultan...(we know Cameron's not in our ward, not even in our stake... but he is my unofficial son, so they let him play)






And Peter as Aladdin, and Jasmine as Jasmine...
Great job guys!

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN...

So check out the cute penguin to your right ---> See him? Is he not DaBomb? Now I know what you are thinking, and before you start lamenting about Christmas Countdowns starting too early, hear me out.... I am helping... trust me. See, look at it this way... he is not telling you that you ONLY have 42 days left to shop, but that you STILL have 42 days left to shop... see the difference? It's all in your perspective, my friend... I like to think of myself as a glass is half full kind of girl...and yes, you're welcome...

Back

Well... I'm back. Got home Saturday afternoonish... tired, but happy. When we flew out on wednesday morning it was a near blizzard outside... BUT.. we flew home to 51 degree weather... see? Worked out great. The weather in L.A. was of course perfect. I had a nasty cold for the whole trip, but still had a good time. Sorry Kori about the extra extra loud snoring... =(... she says no prob... she wore earplugs... couldn't hear a thing... then in retrospect says she maybe shouldn't have, just in case I suffocated myself from the congestion... maybe should have listened for you to stop breathing she says... hmmm... cute. Anyway, as promised, I took my camera into Pantages Theater this time around. Turns out I probably should have taken a shot of just the theater so you could see the grandness of it all, but you'll have to make due with our ugly mugs...

So this is Betty, Crystal, Cindy, me, Kori, and Heather...
Betty is Heather's mother-in-law (yep, her face got cut in half... stranger working the camera, ya know? sorry Betty...)
Cindy is Betty's sister, and Crystal works with Cindy. Cindy lives in SanDiego. Mark, Heather, Betty and the kids went for a quick visit, and the girls drove up and met me and Kori at the theater.




Ok, this shows a little more of the theater, but not much... I could have done so much better... so I guess the only thing to do is to go again.... and speaking of going again... Wicked is moving to San Franciso sometime in January, and Phantom is taking it's place!!! Who's in? (K Shan, this is your official invite... sometime in the spring... be ready girl =).

Wickedly Fun Trip

Well my friends.... I am off to see the Wizard tomorrow night... I can't wait to see Elphaba... I have missed her... like a dear old friend. I really feel like we had bonded on my last trip... If you haven't seen the Broadway production of Wicked, you should... and if you have, you know exactly what I am talking about. I'll bring my camera to the theater this time. The architecture is breathtaking. Amazing. I didn't bring it last time because I was sure they wouldn't let me bring it in... but they would... and I was bummed...
Try to carry on without me, but don't have too much fun... you know how I hate it when people have fun without me...

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!!!

Unless you are voting for Obama... then please stay home. =)

Trick-Or-Treat...

Chandler, Olivia, and Ian

Halloween.... I love Halloween...Here are a few pics of some of my favorite trick-or-treaters in the world...

Roper.... cutest rodeo clown I EVER saw...












on the job training...













Jaelon as Dorothy (and don't forget Toto)






















My buddy Camden... check out those muscles...

JordySue...wacky, psycho soccer player... or whatever it was she was calling herself..
and Ed. Have no idea what he is, but this is his costume EVERY year... all that matters is that he is blue... very very blue... right Ed?

Addison... now don't tell me that's not cute...




Kaden as Will Turner... not to be confused with Jack Sparrow... good job Kaden. Will's my man...








Baby Carter... trust me... he's in there somewhere...














And don't forget my Joshie... that's one bad looking Spiderman... (bad as in cool, tough, you know what I mean)...

My poor baby sis...

Just want to let everybody know that Heather had her apendix taken out tonight just around 7pm... It went really well. Kerry thinks she will be home tomorrow. She is in McKay Dee hospital. I know that she could really use some help with the girls, especially Dant while Kerry is at work during the day for the next week or so, so if you could help out in any way, please let them know...I hope she recovers quickly... she has had such a hard time with her health lately. Maybe you could add her as part of your fast tomorrow... I know I will.