Team Jacob-New Moon

Ok, I am really not that obsessed... I just think it's actually kind of fun to be excited over something in this life. And I was really excited to spend some time with my nieces, my mom and my friends to see the 12:35am showing of New Moon.

I decided to have a little pre-party before hand. I made my own gift bags for my nieces, mom, Sarah and her sister Leah. We had pizza and watched Twilight before we left at 11:30pm to go to the theater.

I ordered shirts for Abby, Allie, Lindsey and myself to wear to the show

All 7 of us piled in my car. 5 in the back and then mom and me in the front to go to Gateway. Mom and me were just comfortable. I am not sure what every one else was complaining about.

We were in theater 11! There were so many people there! I was amazed. You should have seen the lines for the concession stands and the bathrooms! Sarah told me some of the women decided to into the men's bathroom because they didn't want to miss the starting.

Allie, me, Lindsey and Abby in our Team Jacob shirts. I seriously love these girls and I got to sit next to Lindsey and she was so funny! It was so much fun to spend time with them. We laughed so hard that night.

I love watching movies from the back row. No screaming girls behind us and we could just enjoy the movie. And more leg room! Once the lights went down, a certain hush came over the crowd. The only time there was some slight screaming was when Jacob took of his shirt... Oh that's right.... it came from me!

Sarah really liked the movie and gave it a thumbs up! It was so much better than Twilight. The acting, the effects and the story line actually stayed closely with the book, definitely no funky weird stuff the other director put in. I really liked it and was so excited to see Jacob and the rest of the wolf pack's abs throughout the movie. Worth every penny! I had so much fun and I can't wait for Eclipse to come out in June so that we can do this again! Love my Twilight girls

Emma Elizabeth Royall

November 18, 2009 Nate and Jen had their baby girl. She was a little stubborn and didn't want to come out on her own. She weighed a little over 8 pounds and was 20.5 inches long. She was born about 1pm. Nate called me yesterday to see if I would mind if they called her Elizabeth. I told him it was fine, just as long as he knew I was going to tell everyone I knew they named her after his favorite sister! Congratulations to Nate and Jen! I went over to hold her on Thursday and she looks exactly like her sister Kate. Same face and all. So that means.... we'll have another "mini-nate" in the family!

Rebekah Kathleen Cheney Griffith..

Is that a name or what? She's just Bekah to me. When I was about 14 yrs old, my family moved from Fruit Heights to Bountiful. It was about a month after 8th grade started. I hated moving and of course it's just hard to meet friends anyway. And let's face it. Jr High is just socially awkward. But in my ward there was a girl named Bekah Cheney. And she talked to me and we kind of got along. I remember going to a Seniors place for a young women's activity. We went together and then she came over to my house where we made ourselves sick with Dr. Pepper and Cool Ranch doritos. We talked, talked and talked. Even in the morning she stayed until noon, talking. It was awesome! Anyway, needless to say, she became one of my best friends. But then she up and got married to some great guy she met in Vegas at 20 yrs old, moved to Ohio, where he was from and had 4 kids! But we have been able to keep in touch throughout the years and she's moved back and now living in Washington Terrace(South Ogden). Last night, we finally got together and spent some time together. We went out to eat and talked and talked and talked. I think we drank over 7 diet cokes.... I left the waitress a really nice tip. Then we went back to her house and hung out, talked some more and watched some Bill Engvall. HILARIOUS! I got home about 1:30am. It was a blast!

We went to Chili's for dinner. Before we left Bekah's husband said that he wanted 2 bites of her dinner.... Well, we brought home 3 bites.. of broccoli. We thought we were pretty funny. Try asking for a "to go" container without laughing....

Michael couldn't wait to tear open the 2 bites of her food.... I don't think he thought it was as funny as we did, even though he's smiling.... That's Bekah's little girl Sydnee on the couch.

Thriller

Friday Night, Jess, Kadee, Rebecca and I went to Thriller. I haven't been for quite a few years and I love dancing! I do! So I was really excited on going! We all met up at Market Street Grill near Kingsbury Hall We we ate in a boat-type table. The bread was delicious, the diet coke flowed and the Halibut was wonderful! We ate ourselves sick that night. Then we headed up towards the theater. There were zombies walking around. You'll have to check Jess's blog for those pictures.

'Cuz this is Thriller! Thriller Night!" Of course it opened with Thriller by the masterful Michael Jackson. It was great! There were a couple of dances that I remember from the last time I attended but then there were several new ones to me.

I hadn't seen the Scarecrow one. And this one was my favorite! Because it was hip hop and that is my favorite type of dancing! It was completely awesome!

Some of the pictures were blurry because I was in the upper section of the hall. But this is the River Dance type of dance. I can't tell you what happens at the end, especially if you haven't seen it. But it is hilarious at the end!

As if we weren't sick as is and we thought that Hatch's was going to be closed.... we stopped by anyway where Jess bought a white chocolate pear and I got a chocolate/carmel pretzel and some rich delicious hot chocolate. It was so rich and we got sick! It was a great night!

It's a family thing

It's been a very busy week! My sister Jen, her husband Dave and their 3 kids came out for the entire week. And guess where they stayed? At the parents house. Which means, the peace and quiet that I am used cease to existed for that entire week. Monday we had family pictures. Imagine.. trying to get 31 people posed just right and over half of them were kids. But it turned out ok and then we all went to Spaghetti Factory for dinner. Tuesday was just a time to hang out at home. Wednesday Night was girls night. My mom, my four sisters, me and a couple of nieces, we ate pizza, talked for a few hours and then laughed our butts off at Another Stakeout. It was really fun! I love those times the best. Thursday, I got off work earlier and went shopping with Jen and Mom at Gardner Village and Tai Pan. I spent way too much of course but that night, Jen, Dave, mom and me went Erin's show Evita at Rogers Memorial. And again, not just saying it because it's my sister, but she played Eva Paron perfectly and I was so proud of her. Friday Night we went to dinner at Z-Tejas and then saw Paranormal Activity. I am not kidding... I was seriously thinking of walking out because I was seriously freaked out. And I'll admit, I was closing my eyes and covering my ears because I'd be sleeping by myself that night. Saturday, my sister left really early in the morning. They did arrive home safely back to Oklahoma. It was a good time to see them and spend some time with them.

How's that smile? That's what I thought of the pictures!

I took this picture of my parents and changed the color a bit. Isn't that a good one?

Leaving dinner. Lindsey, Matt me and Abby

Ella, she actually liked the lemon!

Girl's Night Out at Rachel's house

One thing that we all do well is eat.... There was pizza, steak and donuts.... we all made ourselves sick!

Erin's show-Jen, Dave, Erin(Evita) Nate and me

Erin, Nate and Jen after the show.... I think this is the wrong movie?

Frightmares 2009

My niece Abby works at Lagoon and she is able to get family passes once a month to get 8 people in for 10 bucks a piece. Now I am certainly not the kind of person to spend 40 bucks to go a full day of Lagoon. It just isn't that worth it. But if I can spend ten bucks to get in, then that's more doable. I love going to Frightmares because the lines aren't that long and you aren't standing in line when it's 90 degrees. It was the perfect day to go to Lagoon and spend it with my sister and her 4 older girls. We had such a great time! And laughed uncontrollably!

Abby, Allie, Maddie, Rebekah and Olivia

They dress up Lagoon in Halloween themed stuff. Do you think I need a new life?

We started off riding Wicked, then hit Colossus and then found some new Halloween costumes for the girls and Rebekah.

Waiting in line for the Music Express. Abby, Allie, Maddie and Olivia-My girls!

Rebekah, Abby and Me-Musicland Express is about to start

Allie, Rebekah and Olivia had never done the SkyCoaster. They were a little frightened! But loved every minute of it!

Abby wanted to go on the Skycoaster and somehow she talked me into going with her. I told her I hated her all the way up! When it was over, I told her how much I loved her.

We had a great time and laughed so much and ate so much! We made ourselves sick. I am surprised that not one of us threw up from the rides!

Snow Patrol Concert

On Saturday, Oct 10th, Snow Patrol came into town. Sarah, Coleman and I had gone to their concert when they came to Salt Air about 2 yrs ago. It was a fantastic concert and we were excited to go see them again. This concert was awesome! Plain White T's opened for them but only sang 3 songs. The lead singer was sick. So Snow Patrol came on a little bit later and played a lot of their old stuff. SO GOOD!

Dinner Started off at the OG in West Valley. Then we took the long trip down to Happy Valley (Provo) Sarah, Me and Coleman-Sarah's Little Brother

Of Course you have to buy a shirt!

Sarah and Coleman- We got matching shirts!

Lead Singer of Snow Patrol

The Bass Guitarist and the Lead Singer of Snow Patrol