The Hunger Games

I saw this book on Stephenie Meyer's website and thought I really like her books so maybe I should look into this one. I got on the Internet and found that I could read the first chapter on Amazon.com. After reading it I could not get that book fast enough. I could not put it down. Each chapter has a pull at the end so you have to read the next. I read this in less than a day even though it is over 300 pages. I am not going to try and explain the book to you because I don't think I could do it justice. I would suggest you look on Amazon but you might want to put yourself on your local libraries waiting list first because you will definitely want it as soon as possible. The only thing I did not like about this book is that it is the first book and it came out this year, which means it will be a while until the next one comes out and we can see how it turns out.

My Weekend

This weekend I set aside to prepare for the primary program. Friday I got my hair cut and my eyebrows waxed. I had to buy a white long sleeved t-shirt to complete my ensamble for Sunday. Once all that was done I got tickets for the girls and myself to go see High School Musical 3. (Martin opted out.) We went to see the movie straight after picking Alex up from school. The movie was okay but I truly wonder if Zac Efron knows the amount of screaming that takes place in the theater due to his removal of his shirt in one scene. It wasn't even that wonderful due to the fact you only see his naked back. Saturday we had the primary program practice. It was a little crazy with kids talking and skirming around. We only had 3 teachers show up to help keep the kids quiet and prompt them when it was their turn. We also have a really small primary so we are begging the kids to sing as loudly as they can.

The kids did the best they could in practice but I was also worried because they had a wedding reception going on during part of our practice. Technically it shouldn't be a problem since we are in two separate rooms but the people involved in the reception were obviously worried. They continued to come in and look to see who was singing in the chapel. I went to speak with someone so I stopped in the kitchen and tried to talk to the ladies in there but once I had done that someone came and talked to me. I promised that I would do my best to keep the children out of any part of the church except for the chapel and the closest bathroom. I don't know it just made me laugh. We all know that things happen on your wedding day and you just have to roll with the punches. My bouquet broke while taking pictures at the temple. Katie had the fire department come at least twice to hers. (Which is my personal favorite story). Helmut had his temple recommend washed in his pants pocket right before his wedding. Not to mention all of the eyebrow waxing and other tiny things that could happen that make your wedding day yours. With out all the little problems it would just be another perfect wedding.... How boring!

Well, tomorrow is the program. You know I don't even really care if we have to prompt every single child that it is their turn to speak as long as the kids have fun and sing like the choir of angels I know they are I will be happy. Wish us luck!

Fall Break

So today I was determined to do something with the girls. Yesterday, I am pretty sure they watched TV from breakfast to dinner. This morning after we got dressed we went over to play with Andrew. The girls always have fun with him. We went to the park and ate lunch with Katie and Andrew. It was just a nice morning, not having to worry about what time it was and who I needed to pick up where. After we came back, we tried to figure out what movie we were going to see. Martin and I had promised them yesterday that if they were good we would go. We ended up going to the American Fork Cinema aka the Sticky Shoe Theater deemed by Kendall. It is just a tiny theater with 2 screens that is $1.50. I have always wanted to go just to see what it was like. We saw Wall-E, which was pretty slow moving but the girls seemed to enjoy it. Alex said the movie was about love. Once the movie was over we went to find something to eat. Our neighbor gave us some gift cards to Bajio's the other day because she said that if they eat out they don't eat mexican food. (I would say hers is probably better than anything you could buy anyway.) So Martin and I had Bajio's and the girls had Wienerschnitzel. Bajio's was okay but Martin and I still prefer Cafe Rio.

Tagged

I was tagged by my sister-in-law, Jenny, so I better do it now or it might not get done for a while.

10 years ago I was...
1. Sophmore at BYU
2. Living in the Glenwood
3. I hated my roommates
4. Loving my Chem 101 class
5. Trying to find out who I was

5 Things on my to do list today...
1. Clean Chadwicks house
2. Call Bette about Primary Program
3. Call Shyley about 8 year interview
4. Find something fun to do with the kids for Fall break
5. Rest to get over my cold

Snacks I enjoy...
1. Dark Chocolate M&M's
2. Any type of ice cream
3. Oreo's
4. Popcorn
5. Chips

5 Things I would do if I were a millionaire
1. Buy a bigger house
2. Let Martin do whatever he wanted to with his car
3. Travel all over the world
4. Give alot of the money to the charities that are always calling and coming to the door
5. Not spend one more second worrying about money

5 places I have lived (Like Jenny I have lived in Texas and Utah so I am changing it)
5 Places I have vacationed
1. Maui
2. Ireland
3. Nauvoo
4. California
5. Oregon

Well, there it is. Katie, tag your it.

Happy Birthday Stephanie!

Stephanie Cottrell is one of my best friends and today is her birthday. We met 8 years ago when her husband Shawn became our home teacher. It was then we realized they lived in the apartment directly below us. After we finished up the contract at Cambridge Court we got them to move in right next to us in some really awful apartments on 5th. Stephanie and Shawn have been true friends ever since, even when they decided to move out of state. Stephanie is smart, fun and a great listener. I don't have very many close friends but I am truly blessed to count her as one of them. Thank you for being my friend Steph, I hope you have a fabulous birthday!

In the Line of Duty

Last night I was assigned to help with traffic for the football game. Out of nowhere a fawn came out of the trees and was struck by a car. The fawn had a broken leg and numerous other injuries. The fawn would not survive. There were several hundred people on the sidewalks walking to the game that had seen what had happened. Many were asking if the deer would be OK and if I had a blanket to cover the deer. Others saw that the deer was suffering and asked that I put the animal down. I explained that I could not shoot a deer in front of hundreds of people. One man pulled out a knife and said I will do it! I dragged the deer to a less populated area in some trees and shot the deer. Mandy says that Bambi is in Heaven now.

No longer 21

So, how do you know when you are no longer 21? Well, my friends your body begins to feel it. I would have to say that most of the time I feel as if I am still young and loving life. These past few days I have been feeling a little bit differently. On Wednesday, Katie and I went over to Jenny's to help her cut out all of the paper for her Super Saturday enrichment cards. The next morning I woke up and the under side of my upper arm was so sore. What did I do? I was in charge of using the cutter, so it was the pushing down over and over again that did me in. Yesterday, I helped out at the Forbes Fall Fair. I was in charge of the Bottle Knock Down game for 1 hour. I sat on the floor for easy access to re-stand up the bottles after every person. I was leaning on my left thigh and rocking back and forth on it in order to reach the bottles. This morning I woke up and my entire left thigh hurts like the dickens. I just keep thinking how when I was 21 nothing like that would have phased my body. I suppose life goes on and we have to go with it.

Forbes Fall Fair

Tonight was the fall fair at Alex's elementary school. We got there a little after six. After getting our prepaid for tickets, we headed for the cafeteria to eat. 5 Buck pizza and soda was not the best dinner... oh, well at least I didn't have to cook. After we were done the first thing the girls wanted to do was get their hair spray painted. Ashlynn asked for pink and Alex got blue. They wanted to be called Strawberry and Blueberry after that. Next we tried to play some games but there was way to many people and the hallways are small. (It is usually outside but due to bad weather they had it in the halls and in the cafetorium.) For the last hour I had to work at one of the games so Martin and the girls parted ways with me to spend as many tickets as they could. The girls had fun and I suppose that is all that matters.

Time together... time apart

Last night Martin and I had tickets to go see My Fair Lady at the Pioneer Theater. Jenny watched the kids and had them sleep over. Martin and I drove up to Salt Lake and had to find something to eat. We ended up going to The Training Table for dinner. He found it quite amusing due to the fact we were dressed up. But it is one of his favorites and we don't get to go there very often anymore since it is so far away. We drove back to the theater and searched campus until we found it. It wasn't really too hard to find since we just had to follow all of the old people who were also dressed up. The theater was smaller than I had imagined it would be but I suppose that just made the actors seem that much closer. We had the front row of the balcony which was really good due to the length of Martin's legs. He would have been truly cramped if he had to sit in an actual row. I think next time I will try to get tickets that are on the end of a row in order to give us some more elbow room as well. I felt way to close to the lady next to me and can not imagine how claustrophobic Martin must have felt. The play was good and still funny with a few extra bits the actors added to their characters. It was still hard not to compare the woman who played Eliza Doolittle with Audrey Hepburn, but she still did an upstanding job. The play got out pretty late and due to all of the construction and the many detours we did not get home until about 12:30. I went straight to bed happy I would be able to sleep in without Ashlynn waking me up at 6:30am. I met Jenny at Roberts this morning to help her with somethings and to pick up the girls. When I asked Ashlynn if she had missed me her answer was a resounding "NO". Oh, well.