11.21.08

Twilight moved up its opening! It looks like they have posted some stills from the actual movie and they don't look cheesy at all, so much better than the promo pics. I am very excited about our girls' night for the opening. I think I will get Garth and garth out of the house and we will have it at my house, we could get a hotel room, but I think it would be more fun at the house, I don't know, I guess we will see. Maybe we need to get a hotel room and the dads and kids can stay at our house. I know Liza is a go, hopefully at least Emily will come (the only Reed sibling I have yet to meet), then maybe some others will want to come to, we will do girly stuff and just have a good time. I can't wait!!! Only 3 months and 2 days to go! Woo Hoo! In case you are wondering, yes, I am that big of a nerd, and proud of it!

My Husband

Sometimes, OK well, most times, I feel like less than the 'perfect' wife. Far from it, actually. I know a lot of people take their frustrations out on their kids (usually they are the source of the frustration), but I always take them out on Garth. I am so grateful that he has stuck around and let me have my fits and love me anyways. We have been through a lot of emotional ups and downs in our 8+ years together. As we start this journey to be a healthier family, I am very excited to see how our attitudes change. I was reading another blog about a husband/dad's birthday and she was talking about her 'perfect' husband that does the dishes and puts up laundry, etc. I have rarely washed a dish and Garth always has a load of laundry going (most times it isn't separated and it is practically overflowing, but still). He is very generous and giving of himself and his resources. He doesn't think twice about himself if he can benefit someone else in any way. He has worked very hard in school, when some would have thrown in the towel, he stuck it out and as a result, in a few short months, he will be finished with school forever and will be making a very respectable income for his family. He is very funny and ALWAYS quick to forgive no matter what. Garth loves his son very much and, in turn, his son thinks he hung the moon.

I just don't give Garth the credit he deserves most of the time and I hope that I can remember that people treat you the way you treat them and I want to treat Garth the way he treats me, that is my goal. I want us to be a happy family for TIME as well as eternity. I know we have a lot of work to do in order to strengthen our family as far as gospel principles as well as just our human relations, but the best part is the love is there always and it is stronger than anything that comes our way and I know we can be better every day and I know that we will.

Garth Le's 4th Birthday

We had a really fun day yesterday. The night before we made Garth Le a birthday boy shirt and then, we woke up his birthday morning and went to the 'Fly Me To The Moon' movie at the omnimax theater, then played at the Science Spectrum for a while. After that we went to 50th Street Caboose to have lunch and play games. They sang happy birthday to him and he got a little ice cream sundae. After that we went to GiGi's house and played with his Martian making thing I got him for his birthday. Then we went to the Jump 'n Jungle (where his birthday party will be in 2 weekends). Then we picked up Daddy and Riley and Brooke to see Backyardigans Live. It was fun, although it did not go unnoticed by Garth Le that they were not the 'real' Backyardigans, just people in costumes, but he thoroughly enjoyed it, as did the girls. We ate at Chick fil a after that and let the kids play before we had to take Riley and Brooke back to their Aunt Laura's house. The kids had a really great time and frankly, so did I. Garth Le was very sad to take his friends back, but we will pick them up tonight and Jerm is going to pick them up when he gets off of work.

I just want to write about how much I love my son. My favorite part of the day is laying down with him at night. I used to want so badly for him to go to bed on his own, and now I wouldn't trade that time with him for anything in this world. We lay there in the dark and either tell each other stories, or do ABC's or just talk about the day and how much we love each other. This is the time he is usually FULL of questions, which is fun, but kind of exhausting at the same time, you know questions like "why does the sun make the sky blue when the moon makes the sky black" and other equally scientific questions and he won't stop asking until he is fully satisfied with the answer. I just love him so much, he will lay with me and stroke my cheek and tell me he loves me and he will kiss me on the forehead. He is very sweet and tender. He is 100% ADHD (which he comes by honestly) but I love his energy and I love him for him. I want to give him the world and I hope that he always remembers that his mother would and did do everything in her power to show him how much she loves him. He will always be my baby, but he is also such a big boy. I LOVE YOU Garth Le!!!

Pictures to come...

Finished

*Spoiler Alert*...oh, wait no one reads this blog...*Nevermind*

Well, I finished the 'last' book in the Twilight series and I loved it. Some may call it cheese that everything seemed to fall into place, but I just love those types of stories. This book is intended for youth and for me, apparently. I LOVED it. I am so looking forward to the movie of the first book coming out in December. It seems like a lot of people don't like the last book, I think it is my favorite aside from the first. It doesn't hurt that I called a lot of the 'twists' so I never really felt blind-sided, except when Alice and Jasper left, that I didn't see coming. I put 'last' in quotes because I think it is left open for anything in the future, should Stephanie Meyer want to go there...I think my favorite part was that Bella was finally able to protect her new family when they have all been risking their lives for so long (willingly or not) to protect hers. I just knew that Edward and Bella have a child, although some laughed at this speculation. I also figured Jacob would imprint on this child. I was surprised to feel a sort of respect for Aro in the end. I was nervous that they would have to defeat the Voltouri, because, like it or not, there still would need to be order and consequences for actual rogue vampires, and it wouldn't be in the nature of the Cullen family to take this responsibility upon themselves...well, maybe Jasper and Emmett...ok, so if it sounds like I have thought about all of this waaaay too much, you're right, I have. I think Renesmee was essential to the plot of the story, like my friend (and only reader) Eliza, I think it would have been a sad thing for Bella to have never been a mother, knowing how much joy is brought to your life through your children (I also think about what a great mom I would be if I never had to sleep...but I digress). There really was no other choice for her but to become a vampire, so I wasn't sure how she was going to do this, but Mrs. Meyer was and I liked how it happened...At the very end, I was so elated at Bella's ability to convey her feelings for Edward directly to him. Talk as people may about Stephanie Meyer's literary ability, typos, etc. but that woman has made hundreds of thousands of people fall in love with a vampire, which is no small feat. I quickly came to love the characters and their love for one another. Contrary to Eliza, I am not sad it is over, I actually hope that she doesn't write another, darker book, which is what I would fear because of how people are responding about the 'simplistic' ending to the series. I love a happily ever after and I felt very satisfied with the ending, a forever family...in one way or another. I could also dissect gospel principles from this book, but who has time...

Ok, so here are my choices for the cast, even though they are already chosen...These are mine:

I think the Bella, Carlisle, Esme and Emmett are fine in the current cast

Edward: (a young Brad Pitt)

Rosalie (Sienna Miller)

Alice (Rachel Leigh Cook)

Emmett/Edward/Carlisle (Paul Walker--he is really hot!)

Jasper (Jesse McCartney-he already has the pout down)