New Addition

My sister Lacey had her baby this morning! Miller Nathan Page came in at 8 lbs, 20 inches long and looks like he might be a cute little red-head!

Some favorites

It has been quite a while since my last post... but alas, the holidays are over (except new years of course) and I am ready to rejoin the blogging world. I will have lots of fun holiday pictures and stories to share in good time but for now, I wanted to share some of my favorite new websites for clothes. Some of you may already know them, but they are new to me and I really love some their stuff.

• Modcloth can be a little overwhelming with the volume of items available but they have some really cute stuff and a lot of their selection is reasonably priced

• Ruche is a more comfortable price range for me, and they too have some adorable pieces. Their shoes especially are really cute and completely affordable

Well I hope you all had a lovely holiday and I wish you the best for 2010!

New Moon....New Low

New Moon is bad. No, really. It's honestly the most ridiculously cheeseball and over-the-top melodrama I may have ever seen. Megan and I were giggling through a lot of it. It's just so blatantly horrible-romance-novel dialogue (about 10 too many lines of "You are my only reason for living") and between the shirtless underage boys, predictable smell-the-fart acting from Edward and Bella, and Edwards floating head through most of it, it's just embarrassing. And I actually liked the first movie--I didn't love it--but I liked it.

Perhaps the reason I didn't like New Moon is because I don't love the books. So if you like the books, the movie is a pretty accurate portrayal. It shows a really weak teenage girl who apparently can't be happy unless she has a boyfriend. Oh and she literally can't survive unless she has a guy there to protect her. And my favorite aspect, the only way she can be happy is to change herself to be like the guy she loves. A really great role model for teenage girls...

Anyway, back to the movie...It wasn't all bad. I really liked the soundtrack, and the sequence with Victoria was really cool. The werewolves are a nice balance to the vampires and bring a little more warmth to a lot of the scenes. Charlie was good. Dakota Fanning was probably the best actor in the whole thing but she only had a few lines. The scenes in Italy were a nice change of pace and there were some funny moments--mostly provided by Bella's high school friends. And it was just fun to be a part of the hype and fanfare. But there were a lot of really bad moments. The scene where Edward is about to reveal himself in the square and you can see that they had to use makeup to give him muscle definition, and the absolute pinnacle of cheeseball was a flash-forward moment from Alice--I honestly thought I might have fallen asleep and was dreaming because no one in their right mind would show that and not be joking (you'll know it when you see it). I think the idea behind the Twilight series is great. A girl falling for a vampire, it's creative and fun. But I guess it's just the fact that the central relationship drives me crazy is why I can't wrap my brain around why this is so popular.

Sorry to offend anyone, to each their own. I'm sure sitting next to Megan, who was laughing about half the time, didn't help :) I know plently of people in my theater really liked it.

Picture tag

Okay I was supposed to do the 10th picture in our first picture folder, but that was a boring one from Brody's mission, so I did the first photo in the tenth folder. This is us at the Demolition Derby in Kamas, red-necking it up. These were taken in July of 08. It was a great time, and produced some great pictures and I couldn't pass up the chance to post more....

Can't Wait

I am so excited to see this! The trailer is amazing and I think we all have fond memories of reading this classic as a child. Oh and if you are wondering what the song is it's "Wake Up" by The Arcade Fire.



I couldn't have that nasty zit video be the first thing people saw when they looked at the blog

Warning!!!

This is honestly the most disgusting thing I have ever seen. Seriously it's so much grosser than you can possibly imagine, so if you have a strong gag reflex please don't watch. I really debated whether I should even post it, but it's just so unbelievable that I couldn't help myself. Oh and the girl with the camera drops the f-bomb towards the end... so maybe put it on mute if that is going to offend you.



You can't say I didn't warn you....

HGTV

I was on a complete HGTV kick this past weekend, and may I just say that Candice Olson's designs truly are DEVINE. Well, all these home decorating, renovating shows, etc. got me thinking about owning a house someday. So yesterday I wandered onto the Utah Real Estate website and did a little dream house shopping to pass the time--very fun, but a little depressing. I finally settled on this little gem, but would prefer it in a different location...riiiiiight.

sigh...






Yes, this could be yours for a mere $1.8 million dollars. It is a fun way to pass the time when bored though...