Off to Round Valley-Ville… November 26, 2008

“No it’s Springerville…no it’s Eagar…let’s just agree on Round Valley. OK!

Is it Round Valley because it’s shaped like a circle?”

Just small excerpt from dinner conversation the other night…

We made a sort of last minute decision to head to the lovely White Mountains for Thanksgiving. And from what we hear they may actually be white this weekend! The kids will absolutely love the snow! There won’t be much but that’s not the point! So here’s hoping for some of the chilly white stuff…and also hoping it waits for us to get there and melts before we need to head home. Although it has been awhile since we had a nice extended drive home due to the slippery, snowy roads. HAHA! Not that I am missing that of course. Anyway…

So we will be spending Thanksgiving with Mom and Lori and family and Alan and Terri and Chaz’s dad. It will be good fun! And a nice long break from school and work!

Chaz’s mom and sister Becca will be down in the Valley picking up Buck! He is finally coming home from Iraq! I am pretty sure we can all guess what their little family will be giving thanks for this year!

So see you around!

Have a great weekend!

AND!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

So…Twilight…The Movie… November 22, 2008

If you don’t wanna know don’t read…HAHA!!

This picture is here as a break…so you don’t accidentally read what I have to say! HAHA! I don’t go in depth or anything but I could ruin it for you.

I went to the movie tonight, alone. I was surprised though when I sat down and some good friends of our, The Thompson’s, sat down next to me. So I wasn’t alone, alone. I had a great time, although, I am so used to having Chaz there to laugh with or give a what the heck look too or whatever, that it wasn’t as fun without him.

First off…if you watched the trailers…you pretty much saw the movie. LOL!

Second it was low budget and at times that was painfully obvious.

Thirdly…it was a bit on the corny side…

BUT…

I thoroughly enjoyed it! And can’t wait for the next!

I really like to go watch a movie for what it is and not compare it to the book. Obviously if you go with the expectation that it needs to be the book. You will be sorely disappointed. I feel they did a decent job of staying true to the book.

SO! Keep that in mind when you watch it. It’s two hours long…you just can’t fit 544 pages into that time.

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I just read a news story that said New Moon is a go since Twilight has already done so well! Twilight was made on a $37 million budget…and made over $35 million on Friday night alone. I also read that there is a worry that since Edward is largely not a part of the book that the movie won’t do as well, without the draw of the hunky front man. I thought that was an interesting concern…I can’t see it being a problem though. That is the way the book was written!

Plenty of Money ~ Pictures!!!! November 21, 2008

Yes, there are tons of pictures…because that’s what I do!

HERE THEY ARE!!

Thanks for checking them out!

PLENTY OF MONEY! November 21, 2008

Back story…

The school that my kids attend is called Franklin Phonetic Primary School. The principles are Mr. and Mrs. Franklin. Their school puts great emphasis on the arts and entertainment aspect of learning. Children can join before and after school band, drama, choir, science club, art classes, chess club…and many more I can’t think of.

Last year they expanded their small auditorium to a nice big auditorium so they could accomodate the large crowds for the drama, band and choir performances. In the past they had to have performances during school and a couple night performances to allow everyone to see the shows.

The Auditorium is call The Albert O. Davis Auditorium. Up until last night I had no idea why it was called that. :/ I never bothered to find out. So last night while announcing the show. Mrs. Burkitt, drama teacher, mentioned that the play “Plenty of Money” was written by Albert O. Davis. Who is Mrs. Franklin’s father AND she played Grandma Maude when she was in 7th Grade. I thought that was cool bit of information.

This is Mrs. Burkitt, left and Mrs. Franklin, right.

And the program…

 

The Disclaimer at the bottom of this page cracked me up.

I know guns are an important issue in this day and age and are to be taken seriously but I couldn’t help but laugh.

Oh and since the summary of the play is on here also I luckily don’t have to do that! HAHA! So if you want to know what it is about…read on.

  

The play was a success! The kids all did an awesome job! They only had about 2 months to prepare for the play! Mrs. Burkitt mentioned that if we had all seen their rehearsal on Monday they would have never thought it would come together just 3 days later! Just as the program says it was very funny! There was a moment in the play where the FBI Agents run out in front of the curtain while the scenery was changed and there was obviously something not going as planned and the young actors did a great job of maintaining their character and I think that made it even more funny watching them try to cover up the break in the story. The show must go on!!

The boy on the left is Corbin’s good friend Duncan…He played the bank manager. And he has quite a talent for acting!

I had to laugh during all the bank scenes…there were four “customers” at the bank. And they just rotated in the line. It cracked me up!

The FBI Agents were too cool for school! I loved all their suits and trench coats and aviator glasses! They looked the part for sure!

Corbin forgot his jacket in the first scene he came out. But I love this pic of him and the other “Gang” members singing. It was cute! And the boys sang great!

*I wish the whole play had had this great lighting! HAHA!

Grandma Maude! I think she was by far, everyone’s favorite character! She was so funny and sweet and such a crack up!

And her rag tag group of money laundering, world saving grannies and grampies…they all looked great!

 

 

And what play is complete without a singing quartet!

And of course the Hooligans! Horace, Spike, Killer and Knuckles.
*The original Knuckles moved just a week before the play and everyone was quite sad about that.

This girl, though, did and awesome job! She had the perfect attitude! I am sure she had been the understudy all along so she had been practicing the part. But for just a week to take on the part completely she was awesome!

 

Grandma Maude tipped off the FBI with one of her “originals”. Nicely wrapped and ready to go…

So the bad guys were caught in the end and my son was hauled off in handcuffs! HAHA! While they sang about it all being their parent’s fault they ended up the way they did. lol…

*Corbin’s oh so cool…lol…jacket was a nice after Halloween Sale I found! I was lost on where I was going to find a leather jacket for him. It’s hard to see but it has bones showing through on the front…this FREAKED OUT! Seth, Sage and Ashlyn…they didn’t want to look it cuz it was GROSS! LOL!

I have sooooooo many pictures from the night so I will be posting them in a gallery later today after I go through them all. I will post a link to them later.

THX for stopping by!

Quick Heads Up! November 20, 2008

Corbin’s Drama play is tonight! He’s excited and nervous.

They get to put it on for the school this afternoon at 1:30…he told me not to come, LOL! I’m not sure what his reason for that is but I hadn’t planned on it.:)

They will also have it tonight at 7:00 so we will see it then. I am excited for him! Last year he had a small part with few lines. He was very fidgety on stage and had a hard time with it. He did great with his own lines but got bored when he was just standing around. So I am excited to see how he has grown in a year!

He’s very expressive and acting is a great thing for him to be involved in! I know he is going to do great!

So! Wish him luck!

I will update tonight or tomorrow with pics!

Speech Therapy Update!! November 20, 2008

ORIGINAL POST HERE!!

So Seth had a Speech Evaluation back in September…it took awhile to hear back from them. Then it took awhile to hear what the plan would be. Well that was over a month ago and he still hasn’t had any sessions…

So a couple weeks ago we had parent teacher conferences and Seth’s teacher…Ms. Young…oh and his teacher’s aid’s name is Mrs. Young…so when I go in, there are 3! Ms. Young’s! YIKES! It’s pretty funny actually. Anyway…I digress…LOL!

I talked to Ms. Young about his upcoming Speech Therapy and she told me that they have a Speech Therapist at the school. Which I figured but never bothered to ask after we had been set up with one through the doctor’s office.

Sooooo…we made the decision to have him do it through the school. This way he won’t have to be taken out of school for a couple hours at least, a week. He will just miss a 30 minute block of school a couple times a week. And we won’t have to drive over to Prescott. It isn’t that far but I really avoid going over there as much as possible.

So here’s hoping the school is able to get him started with the therapy, quickly!

He’s a Wolf! November 19, 2008

Tonight, Seth nervously went to his first Cub Scout meeting. He hasn’t been wanting to go. He’s pretty shy. So I promised him I would go with him the first couple times. At first he found a corner and hung out there quietly. I had to nudge him into the group.

I had to run back home real quick to get my camera and another thing. I told him I would be right back and he gave me a pleading/goofy look. When I got back he was in the middle of all the boys and enjoying himself. I knew he would have a good time once he saw how much fun it was!

The boys made Bagel Bird Feeders and Granola Mix. They had a lot of fun. Got really messy…and after all of their hands were covered in peanut butter the Den Mother asked. “Is anyone allergic to peanut butter?” oops! LOL! She meant to ask before and got side tracked. LUCKILY…no one was allergic.

The boys each had an ingredient they had to measure out and then add to the granola mix. Seth was in charge of the almonds…YUM!

 

Next they were given a plate with a glob of peanut butter and a mini bagel tied to yarn. That’s got disaster written all over it! LOL! So they were to smear peanut butter all over the bagel…avoiding the yarn…and then put it in the bird feed/oat mixture…Ashlyn and Sage even got to join in on the fun! I had to laugh when I look down at the table and everyone is pretty much done smearing peanut butter…and these 8-9 year old boys are covered in peanut butter, their hands anyway. And my 3 and 5 year old girls are nice and clean. LOL! BOYS!

YUM! PEANUT BUTTER HANDS!

Sage’s Bagel Bird Feeder…

K’NEX ~ Dragon’s Drop Coaster! November 10, 2008

Well here it is! Seth cool coaster!

Granted, I ended up putting it together…but the kids LOVE playing with it!

And a video too! Yeah I know the background is annoying…ignore it! haha! Ugh…it is really hard to see uploaded…sorry…but you get the idea!

Happy birthday to seth! happy birthday to seth! November 8, 2008

Happy Birthday to SE-EEEEETH! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SETH!

The day of course started with early morning present opening…we have never done this in the past, I guess they are just too impatient now! lol So we got up sang Happy Birthday and Seth opened his gifts! Here he is with his K’NEX Roller Coaster! It’s really cool! It was a hit with everyone! I need to get some good pics of it and a video too. I will have to do that tomorrow and post them.

So for Seth’s “cake” we made cupcakes! The kids all iced and sprinkled them! They had lots of fun with that of course!

   

Then we put it together like this! I hadn’t planned on the letters…apparently Corbin tricked Chaz into buying them…hmmmmm…Anyway, I thought it turned out cute! Notice how the one with the “8″ candle is rather big and fluffy…I had said to Seth that he could put more icing on his because he was putting a thin layer. So Corbin heard that and proceeded to put half the jar on one. HAHA!

 

I always have to take the lit up cake pics! I love them!

 

This face was just perfect! I’m so happy I caught it!

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

I asked Corbin…Are you going to eat all those NOW!? He replied…Yeah, I’m gonna try! LOL!

Happy Birthday to you! November 7, 2008

TOMORROW!!

Seth turns 8 tomorrow!

I took cupcakes and apple juice to his class today and totally forgot my camera…GRRRR…duh. This is the bad thing about not taking pictures much anymore…I totally space out on taking it to things that matter!

It was a nice afternoon so they went out to the picnic tables to enjoy their dessert and I could have taken lots of cute pics of him with his classmates…oh well I’ll get pics tomorrow!