Dancing in December...

Hayli had a very eventful month in December. She tried out for a part in her dance studio's annual production of "The Nutcracker" ballet and was happy to get the part of a sheep in the Reeds. Between the many hours of practice- she was also in 2 other dance numbers, 3 sets of pictures, and 2 all day back-to-back dress rehersals from 8am to 8pm, she was kept very busy to say the least. On top of ballet, she also auditioned and made her dance studio's Dance Company this year. So, in addition to Nutcracker she was also performing a holiday "Polar Express" number at other community events like the Newhall Parade.


Hayli is lucky to have family come to see her perform. The activity day girls at our church also went to see her as an activity!
Here is Hayli as a sheep with her friend. They both were in 3 numbers and had 2 that were back-to-back with no break inbetween. Talk about a quick change! It was very stressfull- but probably more so for me than Hayli.
Here is Hayli at the parade- getting into character!

No, not another "twilight" post...well, maybe.

Yes, there are other things going on in my life besides "twilight" and here are some pics of events that have happened in November. Over Thanksgiving, the Hawkins clan got together and we took lots of various family photos. This one is of Tony and Nina and ALL the grandkids. Can you believe it, we were all together. It was great. Bryan and Heidi were even out from Maine!
Okay, so I lied. Twilight was still going on in my life. The day after Thanksgiving, "Black Friday" all the ladies get together and we go shopping at 5 am. It is fun. First stop is always to 7/11 for the Dr Pepper Big Gulp. Oh yeah! But, after a long morning of shopping til we dropped, we had to head on over for another viewing of the movie "twilight." I know, I know...it's a little excessive, I've heard it all before...

Zachary made a Chargers sailboat for his Scout's Raingutter Regatta. Yes, I did help him paint the lightning bolt. Doesn't it look awesome?
Brittani's 14th birthday was in November. She made her own cupcakes for her birthday party (her choice), which was a trip to see "twilight" (her choice), and dinner at Souplantation, (again, her choice). Do you see any pattern with teenagers?

Oohh yeah, it's twilight baby!!

Well, the time had finally arrived for the midnight showing of twilight, and boy, was it ever crazy. We got to the theatre 3 1/2 hours before the show began and there was still a line of people (mostly young girls, of course) wrapped all the way around the theatre and out along the main road.

Here is a shot I took of the line, which doesn't even do justice to just how many of us insane fans were there.Brittani was lucky enough to get to bring along one of her best friends, Delaney. Considering it was a school night for both of them, and we didn't get home until 2:30 am, I think we just might be the coolest moms ever- if I do say so myself!

Once we got inside, there was still more waiting. Here we are fast asleep dreaming of Edward. Ha, Ha. Oh, and by the way, even though we were sooooo early, we still ended up in the 2nd row if you can believe it!!
Like I said, we had A LOT of time on ours hands, or should I say feet? Don't we have the cutest shoes ever? Anyway, the movie was definitely worth the wait. Although, I do have to say I wanted to LOVE it, and the first time I saw it, I just really LIKED it. But...do not despair, because the second time I saw it, which was later that same day, I LOVED it. I don't know why that is. The first time seemed kind of choppy, but the second seemed to flow much better for me. I did miss out on some of my most favorite lines like, "Do I dazzle you? Frequently," "If I could dream at all, it would be about you," and "Stupid, shiny Volvo owner." Otherwise, I loved the music, baseball scene, and of course...Edward. Aaaahhhh.

Bella's been re-cast!!

Check out the new Bella Swan!!

Steve did this picture of Brittani with the twilight cast for her birthday- she turns 14 today. Can you believe it? I can't, and I had her!
Happy Birthday Brittani!!

Midnight showing. . . here we come!!

Brittani, Julie, Dawn, Brandi, and I have a girls night out planned for Thursday, November 21, 2008 at 12:01 am, along with about a thousand other crazy girls. Of course, this is the first official showing of Twilight and you better believe that we will be there with our Dr. Pepper IV's!! And...not to mention, our really sparkley, homemade "I Love Edward" t-shirts. And yes, we our in love with a 90 year old fictional vampire! That's just how we roll, you got a problem with that?!?!

Remember when...

In honor of Zachary's 1st Halloween, I had to post this picture. My last two posts have been about him, so I decided to keep it going and continue "the love."

By the way, this was back in the day when I sewed all the kids costumes. I didn't actually sew Zach's, but I put it all together myself. I did sew both Brittani's Jessie costume and Hayli's Minnie costume though.

Another "Zach-ism"

We were at the Fall Festival at the kid's school on Friday and Zach hands me a carnival ticket and says, "Here you go mom... get yourself something nice."

Now when you read this, you have to read it with "an accent" like you're REALLY doing someone a BIG favor. Something like from the 1920's or 30's will do.