reading together

I'll have you all know, Joe and I are going to continue reading together, even after the Twilight series. We have already started actually. We picked up The Outsiders on Saturday. I was surprised to find out that Joe hasn't read it or seen the movie; and seriously the movie with an all star cast http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086066/ , how can you go wrong? I didn't realize how many names were involved, I did remember Swayze and the Karate Kid....
But reading together is awesome. I think what makes it great is that we can discuss what we are reading as we go. It's been fun, and I think very much worth while. I highly recommend it.

Eclipse

We finished Eclipse on Saturday. At this point I'm ready for Breaking Dawn, I have to see where she's going to take this. Joe and I both agree, there really isn't a Team Jacob, he's more of an annoyance really, because seriously, there's no way she can choose Jacob over Edward. The fighting over Bella was amuzing, with how calm and cool Edward was the whole time, but Jacob doesn't stand a chance.
I think that Breaking Dawn has a lot of potential to build on the story of Bella becoming a vampire. I think that it would be very interesting for her to write about what the changes are and how Bella does when she becomes a vampire. If she doesn't become a vampire I will be very disappointed.
This book was definitely more sexual, as we all know Bella was willing to give it up to Edward. Ultimately, this is a romance series, so of course there will be sexual content. Becky and I have talked about what age group these books are for, I would definitely have to say older teenager. Even though these books are less risque than some, I do think that some kids will misinterpret the behavior as appropriate, simply because it's written by someone that is LDS, so there will be LDS morals involved. But seriously, we are dealing with a girl who is in love with a vampire, I would think at that point LDS doesn't even apply........
Anyway, I ultimately have enjoyed the series and I'm ready for a resolution...... as long as it's the resolution I want :)

For Mom

Here are pictures from the Thornton wedding.

Amanda, Chris, Nona, Mike

Me and Nona

Bruce and Tracy's son Alton

The wedding party

Todd, Katie, (Todd) Hudson

Another haircut

So I couldn't handle the mid length. I decided to go straight for the short hair. I'm still trying to figure out how I did it in the past. It will take some getting used to, but I already like it better than the longer hair. Plus it helps in the hot humid that we have here.

As you can see below, the humidity during my cousin's wedding was making my hair do the wave, bringing out some of the curl. Joe and I both think that I look like my mom, so that's fun.
I might start doing some tucking behind my ears, I'm still in experiment phase, so we'll see what happens. I'll post more pictures when it starts to look cuter :)

The Dark Knight

Joe and I saw The Dark Knight on Friday night with some friends. I was super excited about seeing it, ever since I saw the above poster I thought to myself how awesome and scary it was going to be. I totally loved the first new batman with Christian Bale, not just because he's totally hot, but also because I like this new dark nature of batman that they have going on. This movie did not disappoint in awesomeness, however, I was still bugged by they voice they have chosen for Christian to use while he's batman. It's a growling, cotton mouth voice, that sounds like he's going to spit up a lot of saliva when he's trying to sound mean. It's a bit distracting for me, but not enough distracting that I didn't still really like the movie.
And Heath, I was in love with Heath from "10 Things I Hate About You", which is a silly chick flick, but he was totally hot in it. His performance as the Joker was great, I really wish that his life had turned out differently because I would have liked to see where he was going from here with his career, I'm sure a lot of awesomeness could have ensued. Similar to Leonard DiCaprio's career, since The Departed. But alas, Heath is gone, but his performance was truly enjoyable...in a dark way.

New Moon

We finished New Moon last night. Mom and I already discussed how lots of people liked this second book the least. I'll have to agree. A book without a lot of Edward is not that awesome. Although, I did like the introduction of the werewolf story. It's fun to have a little more depth to the story and what not. Overall, I'm not swayed that there should be a "Team Jacob" I'm all about "Team Edward" vampires are way cooler than werewolves. Joe and I talked about this last night after finishing. I wouldn't want to be with a werewolf where he would morph into this huge monster wolf that wouldn't look anything like the person I was in love with. But with Edward, he's always a vampire, he doesn't morph into a bat, he always will look "human" and that's easier for me to deal with. So I'm making my judgement right now, even before we get into the third book, if Bella chooses to not marry Edward, and for some strange reason thinks that Jacob is better for her I will be very disappointed.
I still feel silly getting worked up over these things, but I might as well, it's fun to pretend sometimes.

funny

I love this stuff. You might need to click on the image to see the bigger size, I was trying to be discrete so it's a slightly awkward angle. Too bad their printer didn't mention they had spelled "meat" wrong......