Sour face!

Last night was a pretty fun night. Another Vampire Diaries marathon. I have to admit that watching them one time each is enough for me for awhile, but it's still fun to hang out with everyone while watching.

Funny story - My sister and I had gone shopping in Idaho Falls on Friday and we bought some tangerines. Some of them are good, but others are incredibly tart (but still good). Anyway, I was standing around eating a few of them and sharing them with Aubrey, when we came across one that was particularly sour. And that happened to be the moment when my mom asked if she could have some. Apparently, after popping the piece into my mouth, I made an unavoidable face because of how tart it was and she changed her mind. Then I spent the next 30 seconds convincing her I was kidding. Aubrey and I both told her that they were actually really sweet and that I was "just teasing". (My eyes were starting to water because of how sour it actually was). Anyway, my mom tells me that if I'm lying she'll "take me over her knee" (she can't handle sour stuff) and pops the piece in her mouth. A few seconds later she's pressing her fingers to the back of her jaw and making a hilarious sour face! THEN SHE ACTUALLY SPANKS ME! Hahaha! It was hilarious!

I suppose it's time for me to go get ready for church now. Later! :)

Today's Adventure.

Today was an adventure. My mother, sisters, Janelle, Sophie and I all decided to have a girls day out and sneak away to Idaho Falls to watch Breaking Dawn. Since there were six of us going, we decided to take my car because it's roomier than my mother's Cadillac. When Sophie and Janelle first showed up, Sophie was complaining about being cold because she hadn't brought a coat. Janelle told her she was crazy saying, "What would you do if we broke down?" Ultimately, Aubrey lent her a coat.

Since my vehicle was running low on gas, my mother stopped and put a few dollars in it figuring we could fill up once out in Idaho Falls since gas prices are cheaper out there. Janelle made the comment, "Watch - We'll run out of gas 5 minutes before we get to the theater."

Then we hit the road. The roads were icy for the first few miles, but dry after that. Anyway, once we hit Idaho Falls, we were driving down 45th East (or whatever that road is) aaaaannnnddd the car dies. It just stops dead at a stop sign. FIVE MINUTES BEFORE WE WERE TO THE THEATER! We all "yell" at Janelle and tell her to stop saying negative things since both of her comments came true (what are the odds?). The dude in the truck behind us helps us push it out of the way, and we call my uncle for help. He says he will help us asap, but that it's going to take a few minutes, so we have to wait. Aubrey and Sophie do a dance on the side of the road for entertainment until my uncle shows up with a gas can. My mom and I put the gas in the car -- and it still doesn't start.

(Us on the side of the road - sun in our eyes, waiting for our help to arrive. Hilarious picture!)

It's never fun when your car has issues, but it's even LESS fun when you just forked over $399 to have it's issues fixed. Gah! What is it with my stuff? I pay all this money and it STILL doesn't work? It turns out that my fuel pump is probably shot.

Anyway, we call my dad to have him come from Victor to pick us up and in the meantime my uncle says he'll drive us to the theater. So . . . we all cram into his truck, Sophie and Aubrey sitting on laps, and we make our way to Edwards. We laugh hysterically as all of us pour out of my uncle's tiny truck and people stop to stare.

(Aubrey sitting on my mom's lap - on our way to Edwards!)

We discover that the show starts in an hour and a half, so we walk to TGI Friday's for some lunch. (I had never eaten there before. It was pretty tasty.)

(Mom, Sophie and Janelle @ TGI Fridays!)

After we eat, we walk back to Edwards and head into the theater. Now . . . I know I've been exicted for this movie, but Oh. My. Gosh. There are no other words. It was . . . ridiculous. The people in front of and behind us probably HATED us because Janelle, Sophie and I couldn't stop laughing! We laughed hysterically through most of it. I believe Aubrey's comment afterwards was, "It started off bad and it just went downhill from there." It's so sad and so true. If the Mattsons hadn't been there, I'd have been so angry that I spent $7.50 to see that show. Ugh.

After we watched the movie, we made fun of it the whole way out to the car where we had to cram 7 bodies into a 6 seater Cadillac. Aubrey was on laps and we were all squished. It was pretty hilarious.

We made it home safely and now we have commenced our Vampire Diaries marathon. (Much more enjoyable.)

Like I said: Today was an adventure!

50 songs I'd recommend . . . and some other stuff. ;)

Most of you are aware that I am obsessed with music. I love ALL sorts of music (though - not Country so much . . . Ironic). Anyway, I've had a lot of requests for "good" songs lately, so I decided  to just put together another playlist of songs I really like. I chose 50 (fairly random) songs. Not all the songs I wanted to add were available (boo!), but these ones are pretty good, too. So, there you go. I hope you enjoy!

(A couple of songs I wanted to add, but couldn't:)

• Division - Aly & AJ
• With You in My Head - Unkle
• What If - Gina Rene
• Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth - Coheed and Cambria
• Nabbed - Yoshida Brothers
• Storm - Yoshida Brothers
• Opposite Direction - Union of Knives
• The Beautiful People - Christina Aguilera

(Just in case you want to look them up)



My piano piece is coming along. I haven't had much time to practice, so it's not as good as it should be, but it's getting there. Here - see for yourself. ;)

Haha. There is nothing more annoying than listening to someone struggle to play the correct notes on a piano. At least, there isn't for me. Maybe it's because I had to deal with three different siblings and their relentless practicing. Now they get to deal with it while it's ME who practices. :) Except for Barrett. Lucky duck is on a mission in California. ;)

I'm hoping that I get to go see Breaking Dawn soon. We finally had our Twilight marathon the other day, and you know what? It sucked. Vampire Diaries has ruined Twilight for me. Vampire Diaries is so much better. I like that I'm obsessed with that show. Weird, I know - but I do. I don't watch t.v. anymore - ever - and it's been nice having that to look forward to. My book has suffered because of it, though. I've only written a few chapters in the past week. Yikes. Oh! We're going to be having an "adult sleepover" (totally NOT what it sounds like) on Saturday night. Janelle and Sophie, (and maybe Wyatt?) are coming to stay the night and we're going to all stay up and have a Vampire Diaries marathon. Yes, I sucked them into it. (So worth it.) I love that crew. Look how cute we all are when we are hanging out!

Like the Turkey Day border? ;) (From left to right: Wyatt, Aubrey, Hailee, Milo, Yours Truly, and Sophie.) I love those people. We'll be spending Thanksgiving at their house, I guess. I'm looking forward to it. I'm looking forward to the sleepover, too. It's been YEARS since I've done anything like that. Last time I did, I was . . . 19?? Maybe younger . . .

Sharing is Caring.

Okay - I'm becoming obsessed with The Vampire Diaries. Seriously . . . I need to stop watching it. I've accomplished next to nothing over the past few days. Of course, I've been sick, but still. I'm in love with that series. Click Here if you've never seen the show and would like to see what it's about. (That trailer is really more for season 2, but it gives you an idea of what the show is about).

I have a couple of new favorite songs to share.

Click Here

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And Here


Enjoy! :)

Work out? Or freak out?

I woke up this morning feeling kind of . . . blah. It wasn't a great night. It was full of really strange nightmares. I don't even really remember them, I just remember they were scary.

Today marks day one of me trying to get my sister to work out with me. (Not Aubrey - although, she doesn't usually want to work out with me, either). Anyway, I woke up, washed my face, brushed my teeth (even though I'll be repeating those things in the shower here in about an hour) and went to wake up Hailee. She was all cool with getting up (thinking we'd be going downstairs to watch more episodes of The Vampire Diaries), but then I made the mistake of using the word "workout". Her reaction went like this:

"(In a whiny tone:) Uuuuhhhhhh . . . I didn't sleep very much last night. I probably only fell asleep like twenty minutes ago."

                                    (Me:) "Okay then, I'm starting the show without you."

"Wait, are you watching Vampire Diaries?"

                                               "Uh-huh."

"Okay, I'm coming."

                                                "Right after I work out."

(She closes her eyes again.)

                                                "Come on, let's go. You won't regret it."



Aaannnnnddd . . . she's still in bed. I'm going to go drag her out by her ankles and MAKE her workout with me. Which is going to be both difficult and dangerous. She'll be freaking out when I attempt it. What is with every one's reluctance to workout? I think working out is a lot of fun! Of course, when I first started, it was Hell. Haha.

Alright, I'm off to yank her out of bed now. Wish me luck!

(PS, I'm actually kinda hooked on the Vampire Diaries show now. Turns out I do, in fact, like it.)

Vampire Diaries vs. Twilight. Too much in common?

I just discovered the show "Vampire Diaries" today. I'll be honest: I can't decide what I think about it. I mean, I watched a couple of episodes, so clearly it was at least mildly interesting, but it's so much like Twilight . . . I just don't know what to think. I do, however, think the actor (the evil one - Ian something) is super, super hot . . . so . . . that helps. Ultimately I'll probably end up liking the show.

Speaking of Twilight, I have a confession. I'm a big fan. I loved the books and I love the movies. I'll be honest, I wasn't in love with the way Twilight was written. I thought it was full of cliche's and . . . basically poor writing, and that was difficult for me to get passed, but once I did, I LOVED the story line. I read the entire series in less than a week because the movie was coming out in less than a week and I wanted to read the series before seeing the movie. (At the time, I had connections at Edwards, so I didn't have to pay to see any of the movies. I miss that.)

The new Twilight movie comes out soon, as I'm sure most of you know. I'm SUPER psyched. Super, super. In fact, my mom, sisters and I are planning on having some friends over some time soon and having a Twilight marathon in preparation for the new film. It'll be epic. I'm not even ashamed to admit to such nerdy behavior. That's how much I love it. ;)

I wonder how many people learned to spell "Twilight" simply from the movies/books. Let's face it - it's a hard word to spell.


Okay, Ian Somerhalder. That's the sexy guy's name. He was also on "Lost", which I LOVED. I own the whole series. Isn't he sexy? Notice that he fits my little pattern?

Yep. Dark hair and blue eyes. I'm a sucker for that combination. (I don't know who to give credit to for the photo. It was already saved on this desktop for some reason. Haha).