Natalie Bowman, Me, Laurie Oakes,

April Hunt and Amy Merrill all went on a fun night

outing to see the new movie TWILIGHT.

Started the night out with dinner at PASTA PLANET.

Pretty good.

Then off to the movie theater EARLY to

stand in line for over an hour to make sure we

got a good seat. We knew we had to be

early because we knew there would be

20 million teenieboppers there too.

Second group in line. Mission accomplished.

Excited and ready to see the movie. April and Natalie if you can
believe it had not read the books, but we were glad for them to come
cause who wants to miss a night out with the girls, RIGHT?
We ended up being asked to save like 25 seats, cause I think our
whole YW's were there.


The movie was good. I want to see it again.
I laughed in some parts because at times it was
a little cheesey, but otherwise it was entertaining.
I think my favorite vampire is definitely Emmett.
What do you think?

The BIG 8's

8 Things I am passionate about...
1. Jeremy
2. Braelyn
3. Becoming a better Mom
4. Being a good wife
5. Anything to do with FAMILY
6. Church
7. Try to be my best in every aspect of my life
8.Living in the MOMENT ...life is short

8 Words or Phrases I use all of the time...
1. No way!
2. Are you for real?
3.Shut up..no way..(I need to quit this one).
4.Goodness
5.You know what ( I use this one sternly when Jeremy frustrates me)
6.You know what I mean
7.Whatever (Use this one when my family thinks of another way to tease me about my height)
8.I am sure Jeremy could think of some.

8 Things I want to do before I die...
1. I would like to run a half marathon no walking.
2. Travel everywhere I want to
3. Go to General Conference
4. Have all my pictures in albums
5. I want to see Braelyn happily married to her prince.
6. I want to see Braelyn BEING the mom I did my best to be.
7. Everything that Jeremys' heart desires.
8. I want to die completely content with my life.

8 Things I want or need.....
1. A laminator
2.A really expensive violin that I saw
3.I really need and want a new wardrobe
4. I hope for another child.
5. More date nights with my husband
6. A karaoke machine for a party
7. Unlimited Credit at Pottery Barn, Bed Bath and Beyond, Banana Republic, ETC.
8. Go to Josh Groban and ONe Republic Concert

8 Places I would like to visit....
1. The Eiffel Tower but this time go with Jeremy.
2. Hawaii
3.Fiji for the scubadiving
4.Italy when the temple finishes there.
5. New York
6.Boston
7.Church History Sites
8.Disneyworld

8 Restaurants I LOVE...
1. Red Lobster
2. Texas Road House
3. Bubba Gump's
4.Ruth Chris Steak House
5. The Lite House in Cayman
6.Sweet Tomatoes
7. Benijana
8. Romeo's Greek Food / Jamba JUICE

8 Shows I like to watch...
1.Lost
2.Chuck
3.Life
4.Mystery Diagnosis
5. ER
6. So you think you can dance
7. The Office
8. Max and Ruby with Brae

8 People I tag...
1.ANyone
2. that
3. reads
4. this.
5.I
6. am
7. tagging
8. YOU!

Learning to play the VIOLIN

I have begun teaching Braelyn Suzuki Violin.

I am super excited about it. She is excited too!

She can't wait to get her real violin.

This is actually my little violin I started on. I rewraped it in new paper.

It is my original Grape Nuts box.

As the child gets used to the weight of the cereal box,

you add a couple of rocks to make it a bit heavier.

Gradually building up to the weight of a 1/10 or 1/16 size violin.

When Braelyn can hold her polka dot violin with her chin and

take good care of it, she gets her REAL violin.

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN LESSONS LET ME KNOW.

My goal is to get enough children together for private and group lessons.