Camping

Well we did it. We went camping with a one-year-old and a mom that doesn't really like camping unless there are flushing toilets. It wasn't too bad as far as camping goes, I just wish the drive there was a little prettier and there wasn't so much dirt.


The highlight of my trip was seeing the giant sequioas. They were truly magnificent. I felt like they were made for Disneyland or something because it's so hard to believe that things like that exist naturally.


Is that a squirrel?


Nope It's just Jonah!


For Jonah the highlight for him was spending time in his crib.






I don't know any other child that loves playing in his crib so much. Everytime we got back to our campsite he was so excited to get into his bed and play with his little doggie.




For Braden I think his highlight of the trip was any time Jonah and I were happy.
Here's a little trivia. If anyone has ever wondered how far you can go in your car when the "gas empty" light is on, then I have the answer. We drove 85 miles before we found a gas station to fill up, and the whole way or light was on. I'm just glad it was down hill most of the way. We were a little worried we going to be the next episode of "I shouldn't be alive." Hooray! for civilization!

20 Year Reunion

We just went to Braden's 20 year High School Reunion! Yikes! It's almost been that long for me too. Where does the time go? I haven't ever gone to my reunions because I didn't really enjoy high school the first time. It just would seem awkward to me because let's just say that wasn't the peak of my social career.

The invitation to this thing said "Cocktail Attire." I looked it up and it's supposed to be short dresses for the ladies and a suit for the men. Well I didn't want just any dress and I didn't want another black one. We were going for the look that would make people go "Wow! Braden's come a long way since high school, and look at his hot wife!" I also had special needs like sleeves, etc. which is a little hard to find in a non-dorky style. I decided to make my own dress. And here it is.





I took a close up of the fabric because I thought it was really pretty. It had some gold sparkly stuff in it which made it look a little more formal.

We also dyed Braden's hair to get rid of the gray. I think it made him look like he was ready for high school again. Plus with with the cute clothes I bought him, we were indestructable.



The reunion was fun--it almost seemed like a high school dance though. I think I was the woman showing the least amount of skin aside from the other mormon Braden went to school with. I looked a little too conservative and not very showy. I wouldn't say I looked like a trophy wife, but I didn't care. I was proud of my dress. I thought I looked cute, even if nobody else did. I was also excited I got to where my favorite shoes and the necklace I wore for my wedding.

Choking Hazard

So this video is so funny! Jonah inherited his mom's giant mouth--except I don't try to put everything in it unless it's made of chocolate. This probably isn't the safest thing, so we threw away all the golf balls after this video. Don't worry it wasn't a real golf ball either. It was one of those cheap light weight plastic ones. I just had to get this on camera. We have such a goofy little boy.

Spirit Space #2

I just wanted to plug Braden's movie again. I'm so proud of him and how successful the movie has been. It's currently #2 on Amazon.com in the New Age category! I think that's pretty good. Especially for a movie that he pretty much did all the work on and financed out of pocket. There will be a screening at Agape spiritual center in October or November. Agape Spiritual Center
This place is a big deal because of the huge following and interest in this type of movie.

Next time hopefully I'll be writing about when we're going to appear on Oprah!

So You Think You Can What?!

OK. I know I'm probably going to be one of many people posting about this, but after watching last nights show today I just have to say something. I was so excited when "So you think you can dance?" came on the first, second, and third seasons. I thought, "Finally a show that shows real dancers and real dancing." This season has really started to bug me. These are the reasons why aside from the obvious Mary Murphy and her screams.

1. Why are there so many hip hoppers and hip hop routines on the show? Don't get me wrong, I appreciate a good hip hop routine and I KNOW how hard it is, but there are other genres that totally get overlooked. Being a person that was in ballet for 20 years, I feel like they are overlooking the toughest of all the dance genres. The ballet dancers are always the first to go.

2. Everyone's bad technique is being overlooked time and time again by the judges. Courtney never turns out her legs in her pirouettes and don't get me started on Comfort. What is the worst of all is the so called Russian routine the guys did last night. I have seen real russian dancing and that wasn't even close to as good. Plus their costumes were actually Ukrainian not Russian. I don't feel like any of the dancers are very technically trained as they were in past years. The ones that were left the show early.

3. Why is this new style of dance so frantic. I feel like the dancers never slow down for us to feel anything about their movements. It's all too fast.

4. Ok this is the last one. Why do all the dances have to have a story. Can't we just enjoy the dance movements and appreciate the beauty of the movements. The dancers have to be actors too. To me the purpose of dance is an expression of a person and what they are feeling. When you have to be so overt and explain a story that goes with the movements, it really takes away the art of expression. After watching Alvin Ailey on the show you can really contrast what real dancers should be doing and what they do on the show. They were amazing!

None of this really matters now because it's over, but I feel better.

Oh one more thing--I wish they would stop with all the different camera angles. I end up missing some intricate footwork because the stupid camera guy thinks I want to look at Chelsea's face. Just give me the wide angle.