TEAM JACOB? or TEAM EDWARD?

I was at my brother's house last Sunday and we were talking about New Moon. I had figured out that I have read Twilight and New Moon around 25 times since August of 2007. Eclipse isn't far behind that tally, and Breaking Dawn hasn't had enough time to allow me to have read it that many times. I was a little surprised at how many times it was!

Okay, so since that time back in 2007 I was a Jacob fan. I loved Jacob, I thought he was better for Bella and I didn't really get on board with Edward, even though it would be nice to have someone adore you like that, until Breaking Dawn. Once he got over himself enough to just be happy with Bella, he annoyed me a little. SO I have always rooted for Jacob.

I kinda sorta forgot about how much I liked Jacob until I watched New Moon play out on the screen. The movie cannot even be compared to Twilight. They need to throw that movie in the trash and do it again. The makeup and special effects were sooooo much better! It was also better because Edward wasn't in it very much, so you didn't have a lot of time to just watch how horrible of an Edward Rob makes. Jacob was unbelievably nice to look at. Even if he is only 17. So it was easier to look past the few scenes that NEVER HAPPENED IN THE BOOK. Like when she slaps Paul and he turns into a werewolf right in front of her to attack her! Yeah right! She breaks her hand doing that to Jacob in Eclipse, why would they add that in? And the fight scene in Italy, that wasn't in the book either, but it was kind of cool. I need to go watch the movie again, so those parts don't surprise me. I liked how they did the passage of time with those months where she was kind of out of it. Very cool.
There is one quote from the movie that I just about died laughing at. No one else laughed at it, probably because it was not very politically correct for me to laugh at, and really I wasn't laughing because I thought it was funny (haha) I was laughing because they just HAD to throw it in there. It is when Bella goes to see Jacob after she figures out he is a werewolf and she still thinks that he is the one killing all the people. She says to him, "Can't you just NOT be a werewolf?" and Jacob responds, "Its not a lifestyle choice Bella, I was born this way!" HA! How many times have we heard that excuse before!

All in all, the movie had some really cheesy moments-like Alice's vision of Bella being a vampire. LAME!-but I will see it again, and I will most likely buy this movie. The werewolf parts were awesome! I didn't know how they were going to pull that off, but it was very cool.

Eclipse comes out June 30, 2010, and that is the end of the movies so far. Stephenie says she doesn't want them to do Breaking Dawn until they can do everything right. There would be some tricky parts in there to create on film, plus all the nakedness with Bella and Edward and Jacob and the werewolves. So it should be interesting to see how they end Eclipse. Will they end it with a wedding? or leave it a cliff hanger? I am excited to find out!


And on a side note as far as movies go, Jeff and I saw Blind Side Friday night and it was GREAT! A great feel-good movie that is a true story! Go see it!

Update coming soon!

Good Morning! I came on the computer early today so that I could do an update and realized that I haven't downloaded any pictures from October or November yet so I can't! Jeff has the camera, so I am out of luck until he gets home from work.
In the past 2 months, Ethan has turned 5, we had a fun Halloween, and we are looking forward to Thanksgiving in Arizona.
I am also looking forward to New Moon this Friday. I am trying really hard to not get TOO excited for this movie, even though it looks TEN times better than Twilight! I guess if I get to watch Jacob for a couple hours it can't be all bad! LOL! Anyway, I have a couple friends who are looking forward to my review, so I will post that on Friday or Saturday.
And by the way, if you want to come with us, we are going to the 7:30 show on Friday in Temecula.
Be back soon to post pictures!

Shoe Fettish!

Zack is a shoe stealer. If you are missing your shoes and Zack is around, he probably has them. He really loves high heels. I don't know why. Here he is in Stephanie's shoes. It was hilarious.

First day of school

Andrew started 1st grade this year. He loves it! I am hoping that the reason his homework is stuff we did in Kindergarten is just because they are doing a review. Otherwise he is going to be so bored!

This is what I want my house to look like...

Cake time!

He did not like getting sung to at all! He was covering his face and starting to cry. It was funny because this kid always wants attention, and then when he gets it he doesn't like it.

He's 2! He's 2!

Zachary is 2 now. He has grown so much lately, that I can't really call him Baby Zack anymore! I still do, but I really should stop. His favorite things are mommy, balls, trains, Bolt we watch this a LOT!, jumping off of everything, riding scooters and playing with his brothers. He is a crack up and does stuff just to get attention. He is by far my most stubborn child. He has a will of iron. But we love him sooo much!

TEN years!

On August 7th Jeff and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. I can't even believe it has been that long. Part of me feels like we have always been married, and then the other part of me feels like it happened just yesterday. Once you have kids, time goes crazy fast!

Nothing like a poke in the eye!

See this cheerio? Zack has a handy knack of sticking anything and everything in all cracks, holes and eyeballs on his body. I have taken a couple erasers and popcorn kernals out of his nose and ears and now I had to take a full on cheerio out of his eye! It was the creepiest thing I have ever seen! He just randomly started screaming bloody murder right next to me and I look over and all you see is cheerio, no color in his eye at all just cheerio. Andrew had to hold his arms while I dug it out. It was very sad. Poor Zack! (July 2009)

Family night

We have not been really good in the past about having FHE. I can't believe I am actually admitting it! However we are trying (& succeeding) in changing that. This was the first night we planned the whole thing and Andrew was in charge of the dessert. He was so excited! We made the cake in my pampered chef rice cooker in 9 minutes! It is not the prettiest cake by any means. In fact it looks like we majorly messed up on it! But it is the best tasting cake ever! Yummy! (July 2009)

My baby is braver than me!

This summer we spent a lot of time at the beach with my family. My nephews showed Andrew how to boogie board and he was starting to get really good at it! He had so much fun out there in the ocean. I do not like the ocean at all. well going in it at least. But I am glad that the fear has not been passed down to my boys. Although a little fear wouldn't hurt them every once in awhile! But that is how boys are I have learned.

Stinker!

Zack is my mischievous little child! You have to watch him constantly. When he gives you that cute little cheesy grin, watch out!
The poor guy sitting in the chair at the beach kept having his nice volleyball stolen by Zack. If there is a ball in sight, Zack must have it or he is throwing a tantrum. Luckily this guy let him play with it. We may have had to cut the day short otherwise. It is seriously that bad! Zack is also a very sweet kid! There are two sides to him. (July 2009)

Sweet dreams

I put Ethan to bed in my bed one afternoon, and I came in to check on him and this is what I found. It was so cute! I think he was trying to block out the light. (July 2009)

Catch up- again! Starting with Jake

The weekend of 4th of July we thought it would be great to get the kids a pet that we had promised them. So we adopted Jake. He is one of the sweetest cats ever! However my children are not, and poor sweet Jake had to go back to Petsmart. I was so sad! He was very loving and huge! His paws were massive, I have never had a cat that big before. I hope whoever has him now, is loving him so much!

Reading

I have always loved to read. When I was growing up, my mom would buy me a book but then she would make me wait to read it until I got home, or it was finished by the evening. She would get so frustrated with me because I finished all my books so quickly. When I was handed Twilight in 2007 I kind of got stuck. I couldn't move away from it. The story became my escape to another world, because mine was too difficult. Now that the movie has snapped me out of it, and the crazed obsession by the book with the general public, I have moved on. I have read 2 really great books over the past 2 weeks, and I was reminded of why I love to read. I just now finished the Time Travelers Wife. I cried! I also read it in 3 days. It is a really good book. There is a lot of language in it and usually that keeps me from finishing, but I finished! I highly recommend it. I have no idea how they will make a movie out of this, but I am interested to find out.
Anyway, kind of random thoughts for today. I have a whole bookshelf of books waiting to be read! I am excited!

Fun in San Clemente part 2