Johnny Depp was fantastic as usual. He played the Mad Hatter and he did it so well! I actually liked all the characters. A much better show than Disney's animated Alice...of course the original is still probably better for younger children. Definitely a must see and remember it is a Tim Burton film so prepare for it to be a bit strange but then again Alice in Wonderland is a strange movie anyway.Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Movie Must See...
We went to see Alice in Wonderland last night and I have to say I really liked it. It was very entertaining and though I am not Tim Burton's biggest fan, I think he did a great job with this movie.
Johnny Depp was fantastic as usual. He played the Mad Hatter and he did it so well! I actually liked all the characters. A much better show than Disney's animated Alice...of course the original is still probably better for younger children. Definitely a must see and remember it is a Tim Burton film so prepare for it to be a bit strange but then again Alice in Wonderland is a strange movie anyway.
Johnny Depp was fantastic as usual. He played the Mad Hatter and he did it so well! I actually liked all the characters. A much better show than Disney's animated Alice...of course the original is still probably better for younger children. Definitely a must see and remember it is a Tim Burton film so prepare for it to be a bit strange but then again Alice in Wonderland is a strange movie anyway.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Are you coming Spring?
Our dog Coco has a favorite passtime....
it is sitting in this chair looking out the window. You can find her here most days. She pretty much waits for me to move the chair to the window every morning then takes her place for the day.
If she is anything like me she is waiting for Spring to come and with it, warmer weather. For her I'm sure it's because she knows she gets to go for longer walks in warmer weather. But for me, well, I just love warm weather! Spring is in the air...I can feel it!
it is sitting in this chair looking out the window. You can find her here most days. She pretty much waits for me to move the chair to the window every morning then takes her place for the day.
If she is anything like me she is waiting for Spring to come and with it, warmer weather. For her I'm sure it's because she knows she gets to go for longer walks in warmer weather. But for me, well, I just love warm weather! Spring is in the air...I can feel it!Monday, March 1, 2010
Sunday Dinner
I hadn't seen my sister Dona and her family for quite a while. We finally made contact and planned a family dinner for Sunday. I made Spinach Lasagna Roll ups (thanks for the recipe, Jenny!) Dona's husband Tony made a great salad and Han brought asiago rolls from the cafe she works at. Dinner was delicicous....
and the company was fun, too. Heather was the only one here paying attention to my picture taking. She is always ready to pose!
My niece, Erica and my nephew, Ethan. Poor Austin had to sit at the kids table so of course he wouldn't let me get his picture.
My sister Dona is due in May with their third child...so we had to get a baby pose!
Heather and Clint made this yummy Trifle for desert. I am sure she will post the recipe on her blog. So Good!!!
After dinner and desert, Ethan and Erica got out their violins and played their upcoming recital pieces for us. They did such a great job ( I think Heather recorded some songs for her blog)!
Erica has been playing for about 10 months.
Ethan has been playing for two years. Watch out.. he is in karate, too!
They even bowed after each piece. It was so cute! Their Dad, Tony has been playing most of his life and is so good! He neglected to bring his violin though. He tried playing a little on Ethans but it is a bit small for him.
We even got to hear them play a duet! They were not a bit shy about performing in front of us and did so well! It was so fun spending the evening with them.
and the company was fun, too. Heather was the only one here paying attention to my picture taking. She is always ready to pose!
My niece, Erica and my nephew, Ethan. Poor Austin had to sit at the kids table so of course he wouldn't let me get his picture.
My sister Dona is due in May with their third child...so we had to get a baby pose!
Heather and Clint made this yummy Trifle for desert. I am sure she will post the recipe on her blog. So Good!!!
After dinner and desert, Ethan and Erica got out their violins and played their upcoming recital pieces for us. They did such a great job ( I think Heather recorded some songs for her blog)!
Erica has been playing for about 10 months.
Ethan has been playing for two years. Watch out.. he is in karate, too!
They even bowed after each piece. It was so cute! Their Dad, Tony has been playing most of his life and is so good! He neglected to bring his violin though. He tried playing a little on Ethans but it is a bit small for him.
We even got to hear them play a duet! They were not a bit shy about performing in front of us and did so well! It was so fun spending the evening with them.Thursday, February 25, 2010
Happy Anniversary to US!
We are celebrating our 27th wedding anniversary today! Our trip to San Diego was the real celebration but I just wanted to tell my hubby how much I love him and how grateful I am for the man that he is. He is my best friend and I love the life we have built together. We have been through some hard times and great times together and each have brought us that much closer.He quite often tells people that I am his queen and he has always treated me much better than I probably have deserved at times. He is amazing and I am so lucky to have him forever as my eternal companion. Love you honey!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Layton High Swim Banquet
Last night Layton High held their 18th annual swim banquet at the Castle Reception Center. I have to say...dinner was not very good at all but the rest of the evening was fun. There were lots of funny awards handed out to various swimmers by the coaches and then they presented awards that were voted on by the team. Coach B remarked that every year the swimmers tend to vote for the ones he would pick so they do pretty good at giving the awards to the ones who really deserve it. Austin was a little surprised when his name was called to receive one of these awards....
He received the "Most Improved Swimmer" award. He really has improved alot over the year and I think this was a well deserved award for him.
He also lettered in swimming and received this certificate for that. To letter you have to attend more than 80% of the practices and all required meets, earn points for your team at meets , have good grades and place at region. We are proud of his accomplishments this year in swimming. Way to go Austin!!
He received the "Most Improved Swimmer" award. He really has improved alot over the year and I think this was a well deserved award for him.
He also lettered in swimming and received this certificate for that. To letter you have to attend more than 80% of the practices and all required meets, earn points for your team at meets , have good grades and place at region. We are proud of his accomplishments this year in swimming. Way to go Austin!!Wednesday, February 17, 2010
San Diego Trip Part 3
We came back to our room Thursday afternoon and found this elephant made from towels on our bed...just like they do on a cruise - love it!
A view of the hotel from the beach. This hotel was a little closer to the beach than most of the others along Pacific Beach.
Friday we took a whale watching trip on the Marietta. We stood right at the front that you see in the picture below most of the time that we were out on the ocean.
I would love to have a sailboat like this one. We passed a few that looked like they would be so fun to try out.
Sea Lions soaking up the sun on a buoy. We saw a few swimming along side the boat. We also had some dolphins checking out the boat. They were too fast for me to get pictures of them. We did see a Gray whale and followed it for a while.
The pictures aren't anything like the first whale watching trip we went on last summer but it was fun to be out on the ocean and see these giants in their natural habitat.
We ate at a restaurant called Anthony's - very good - then headed back to the hotel to warm up. It was a bit chilly on the sea. Saturday after having a scrumptious breakfast at Hennessey's Tavern (they had Captain Crunch French Toast. Sounds strange I know but it was sooo good!) some of us wanted to enjoy walking along the ocean and some of us wanted to go on segways so we split up and met back when it was time to go to the airport.
Steve, myself and Lanelle shopped and walked along the beach, watching surfers, gathering shells and getting our feet wet. I may or may not have seen a wave coming and got my pants soaked to the knees. I love taking long walks on the ocean shore!
Troy, Tony and LeAnn took to the segways and enjoyed riding through a park - I'm not sure where they went actually but they had fun.
This was a fun trip but a little short for me. I would love to go back and check out everything we didn't get to this trip. I don't think it will be too hard talking Steve into another trip...maybe this fall?!
A view of the hotel from the beach. This hotel was a little closer to the beach than most of the others along Pacific Beach.
Friday we took a whale watching trip on the Marietta. We stood right at the front that you see in the picture below most of the time that we were out on the ocean.
I would love to have a sailboat like this one. We passed a few that looked like they would be so fun to try out.
Sea Lions soaking up the sun on a buoy. We saw a few swimming along side the boat. We also had some dolphins checking out the boat. They were too fast for me to get pictures of them. We did see a Gray whale and followed it for a while.
The pictures aren't anything like the first whale watching trip we went on last summer but it was fun to be out on the ocean and see these giants in their natural habitat.
We ate at a restaurant called Anthony's - very good - then headed back to the hotel to warm up. It was a bit chilly on the sea. Saturday after having a scrumptious breakfast at Hennessey's Tavern (they had Captain Crunch French Toast. Sounds strange I know but it was sooo good!) some of us wanted to enjoy walking along the ocean and some of us wanted to go on segways so we split up and met back when it was time to go to the airport.
Steve, myself and Lanelle shopped and walked along the beach, watching surfers, gathering shells and getting our feet wet. I may or may not have seen a wave coming and got my pants soaked to the knees. I love taking long walks on the ocean shore!
Troy, Tony and LeAnn took to the segways and enjoyed riding through a park - I'm not sure where they went actually but they had fun.
This was a fun trip but a little short for me. I would love to go back and check out everything we didn't get to this trip. I don't think it will be too hard talking Steve into another trip...maybe this fall?!Tuesday, February 16, 2010
San Diego Trip Part 2
The Sunset view from our room the first night was spectacular. This was the only night we were in our rooms at Sunset so I am glad we saw at least one. So beautiful!
Thursday we headed to the San Diego Temple. What a beautiful temple inside and out! It was a picture perfect day,too. I should have reversed these two pictures- the second one is as we were going in...still a little cloudy.. the one right below here was as we were leaving.
After the temple we went to Old Town to check out the new Mormon Batallion Museum.
This is a must see for anyone visiting San Diego. It was amazing and so well done! I learned alot about the Mormon Battalion and what they helped do for San Diego. Here we are inside about to start the tour.
Steve and Troy posing beside a statue of one of the Bataalion members.
The pictures come to life as they tell the story of the Batallion members and their journey. They even walk from picture to picture (just like in Harry Potter)! You move with them from room to room as the story unfolds. It really is quite cool- amazingly well done!
At the end of the tour we had our picture taken and they e-mail it to you.
Then you head outside to pan for gold. This little girl was there visiting and she considered herself quite the expert in finding gold and was more than happy to teach us the right way to pan. She was very cute!
We ate dinner at the "Old Town Mexican Cafe" which was probably the best authentic Mexican food I have had. There were women in a kitchen at the front of the restaurant that you could watch from outside making the flour and corn tortillas. I had a veggie burrito and Steve had spinach enchiladas (see below).
We were entertained by this group while we ate. They were very good even though we didn't understand a word of what they were singing about.
Most of Old Town was closed for the night after dinner so we didn't get to go into too many buildings. There was a band playing at the edge of the town and we listened to them for a bit before heading back to the Hotel for some hot tubbing!!
Thursday we headed to the San Diego Temple. What a beautiful temple inside and out! It was a picture perfect day,too. I should have reversed these two pictures- the second one is as we were going in...still a little cloudy.. the one right below here was as we were leaving.
After the temple we went to Old Town to check out the new Mormon Batallion Museum.
This is a must see for anyone visiting San Diego. It was amazing and so well done! I learned alot about the Mormon Battalion and what they helped do for San Diego. Here we are inside about to start the tour.
Steve and Troy posing beside a statue of one of the Bataalion members.
The pictures come to life as they tell the story of the Batallion members and their journey. They even walk from picture to picture (just like in Harry Potter)! You move with them from room to room as the story unfolds. It really is quite cool- amazingly well done!
At the end of the tour we had our picture taken and they e-mail it to you.
Then you head outside to pan for gold. This little girl was there visiting and she considered herself quite the expert in finding gold and was more than happy to teach us the right way to pan. She was very cute!
We ate dinner at the "Old Town Mexican Cafe" which was probably the best authentic Mexican food I have had. There were women in a kitchen at the front of the restaurant that you could watch from outside making the flour and corn tortillas. I had a veggie burrito and Steve had spinach enchiladas (see below).
We were entertained by this group while we ate. They were very good even though we didn't understand a word of what they were singing about.
Most of Old Town was closed for the night after dinner so we didn't get to go into too many buildings. There was a band playing at the edge of the town and we listened to them for a bit before heading back to the Hotel for some hot tubbing!!I might as well spread this out trip out a bit more so tomorrow...San Diego Trip Part 3.
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