Black Friday Firstie!!

Yes, I am ugly at 2 am in the morning, what did you expect??? :0)Old Navy
Walmart
Target

I have never done black friday shopping before, the waking up in the middle of the night and standing with other insane people in the freezing cold, but I wanted to experience it this year! I was going to try to get the Lego RockBand game free at old navy, but, that didn't happen. I went with my friend Laura and it was a blast!! We got up at 130, thats right, AM, and headed off to Old Navy in AF to stand in line with my other friend Robyn, who was there with her daughter. We got there at about 155 and stood in line til 3 am, then it was a mad dash into the store to find some great deals!! There were people everywhere and everyone was grabbing stuff, it was seriously the craziest thing I have ever seen. After about a half hour we got into line and it took us a little over an hour to get through it, it wound through the whole store. CRAZY what people will do to save a few bucks( im not quite that crazy!) I just wanted the experience of it and to see the people. So at 440 it was off to walmart, where they let everyone into the store ( after that man got trampled to death last year) and wrapped everything up in saran wrap. So people are standing around what they want ready to grab it as soon as it was opened up. At 5 am we just happened to be walking by the Nintendo DS gaming kits when it was opened and it was like shark frenzy!! People were grabbing and pushing....it was crazy! My friend Laura grabbed one just because everyone else was, and it ended up being a good thing, cuz it was a great deal!! Laura wanted to see if she could get the 98$ Nintendo DS so we went and stood in the line for it. This mother with her little boy ( about 8 or so) got into line behind us, he was so excited! His mom told us that he had been saving his money to buy a DS and that with this deal he could afford to get it. Well, with about 10 people in front of us they ran out of DS's. The look on that little boys face broke my heart as he buried his face into his moms arm and started crying. I knew that look on his moms face, the hurt she was feeling on behalf of her little boy who had worked so hard and waited for this. If any of those people in front of us had had a heart they would have given up their DS to that little boy. But no one did. Even as I write about it now I am tearing up for that sweet little boy. Life just isn't fair sometimes.

But after wandering for 20 minutes or so we got into line with Lauras sister. I found a few more good deals and we waited a little over an hour in line at Walmart. Then we were off to Target. We got there too late to get any of their good deals, but still ended up finding a few good things. Another line, another wait for about an hour. When we went into Target it was still pitch dark and when we got out it was light!! Time to go home. I walked in the door at 8 am just as kaleb was walking out to go to work.

It was such a fun experience. Next year we will bring food and drinks and blankies ( i was starving by the time we got to walmart) but we are planning on doing it again. Not because we are crazy and are trying to beat people up to get that one great deal :0) but because it was a fun experience!!!

Our New Moon Experience

Can I just say that it was one of the greatest nights??? I think the anticipation of it makes it that more exciting. And I am so glad that me and celine got to see it together, we had a great time!!

Our movie started at 12:37 pm, thats right, right after midnight. My friend Kylie rented a theatre and sold the tickets herself, so we all had assigned seating which was AWESOME!! No waiting in lines for hours and hours trying to get a good seat. It was fun and relaxing, and it was great to be in a whole theatre full of people you know, cuz there was lots of yelling and woopin and hollerin going on!! Its so fun to have a daughter to share this with, me and celine both are Twihards, it was one of the best nights with her!! and i ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE MOVIE!!

Celine started the night off by watching twilight with her two best friends!!

Here we are just getting to the movie theatre, it was cold outside!!
i made us both shirts for the big occasion.
Mine says " i married my edward"
There were literally HUNDREDS of people in the parking lot at the movie theatre...it was INSANE!!
We are definitely TEAM EDWARD!
me and my cute girl. loveher!
I guess Jacob is ok....:0)
In our seats waiting for the movie to start....so exciting!!
Here we are after the movie was over, happy that it was all that we hoped for and more!! Now we just have to wait for Eclipse...... AH!
Love you celine, thanks for a great night! ( even though you got sick the next morning, hope it was worth it!!)

New moon....

In exactly 72 hours from right now, I will be in my seat in the movie theatre, waiting for this movie to start....I don't think I can wait that long!!!

Pass It On....MERRY CHRISTMAS

* It was the month before Christmas*

*When all through our land,*

*Not a Christian was praying*

*Nor taking a stand.*

*See the PC Police had taken away,*

*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*

*The children were told by their schools not to sing,*

*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*

*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*

* December 25th is just a ' Holiday '.*

*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*

*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*

*CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod*

*Something was changing, something quite odd! *

*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*

*In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.*

*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*

* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was nowhere to be found.*

*At K-Mart and Staples and Penney's and Sears*

*You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.*

*Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty*

*Are words that were used to intimidate me.*

*Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*

*On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton !*

*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*

*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*

*And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith*

* Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*

*The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*

*The reason for the season, stopped before it started.*

*So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'*

*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*

*Choose your words carefully, choose what you say*

*Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS , not Happy Holiday !*

Please, all Christians join together and wish everyone you meet during the holidays a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christ is The Reason for the Christ-mas Season!

My mom sent me this email. I think it is so sad, but so true. So read it, pass it on, say Merry Christmas everywhere!! Don't let them take Christ out of Christmas!

For April: First Snow

I knew it was coming, I could feel it in the air. Yep April, FIRST SNOW!! You love it the first day and then hate every day after(except for christmas!) Well, at least I do. But you have to admit, april, there IS something you miss about the snow being in California!! :0) So, I will bring a little bit of it to you, and don't worry, I am sure there will be plenty of it when you come home for christmas!!