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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Star Wars IV-A New Hope


I know this is a huge shock, but this is my favorite movie of all time. I remember the first time I went and saw it with my Dad in 1977 at the Cinedome 70 Theater in Riverdale, UT. In my opinion, one of the best theaters in Northern Utah to watch a movie. Sadly it closed years ago. I remember watching Star Wars and being in awe as the huge spaceship flew over head in the first five minutes of the movie. LOVE IT! Here are our stars for this movie:

Shalee-**********(10 Stars out of 5)- My favorite movie of all time!!! Can't say anymore than that. Love it, love it, love it. I can repeat the whole movie by heart. I know, I'm such a loser.

Jaycee-*****(5 Stars)-I love C3PO and I like Han Solo..he's funny.

Jordan-no idea, not a Star Wars fanatic..She likes them all. (not like she has a choice..ha ha)
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Star Wars III-Revenge of the Sith

So today we are on Episode III, which is my FAVORITE of the newer movies. I remember when this one came out. I saw it three times in one day. Once by myself, once with Jordan & Jaycee,& once that same night with my sister.... And several times after that. (I don't like Star Wars at all) ha ha

So here is our star ratings for this movie. Jordan is awake so far so we will see what she says.

Shalee-*****(5 stars)-I LOVE this movie. I love the story of how Anikin goes bad and how pride brought his fall to the dark side. Good lesson in life,pride will bring us to the dark side of life. I love ObiWan (Ewan McGregor..ahhh) I love R2-D2 in this one, cute little thing. I love everything about this movie.

Jaycee-*****(5 stars)-I like General Grevious & R2-D2.

Jordan-Not sure how many stars. Don't know what I like.
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Star Wars II-Attack of the Clones


Ok, so we are on movie #2. Here are our ratings for Attack of the Clones.

Shalee-****(4 stars)I like this a lot better than the first one. Only thing I don't like..little too mushy for me. My favorite part of this movie is when Yoda fights Count Dooku. That little guy can fight like nobody's business. I think he could give Jack Bauer a run for his money...Of course, Jack would pummel Yoda into submission later, but it would be a good fight.

Jaycee-****(4 stars) I like the clone part where ObiWan is talking about the clones. I also like the fighting part w/Yoda.

Jordan-unavailable for comment..Guess getting up for Seminary at 4:30 am everyday has done her in for the night. She is asleep while Jaycee & I are watching..We will see if she has anything to say tomorrow...ha ha Even though she won't remember us even turning on the second movie.
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Star Wars Episode I-The Phantom Menace


Tonight is pizza night and Phantom Menace. Here is how we rate Episode I on a scale of 1 to 5 stars.

Shalee-*** (3 stars) Not my favorite episode, can't stand Jar Jar Binks. But I LOVE the fighting scene with the Sith. Plus, Ewan McGregor is in this one..ahhh

Jaycee-*** (3 stars) Doesn't like the blue flying guy. Don't care for the pod racing part..boring. I like C3-PO & R2-D2 in this one. They are really funny.

Jordan-I don't know.. I just watch it..Actually, LOVE the pod race part. I always wanted to drive in the pod race. I don't like the sandpeople though, they freak me out.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Star Wars Marathon Weekend

Every year for about the last 5 years or so Greg has an annual "Brother's Only" trip to Mesquite, NV with his brothers. They go down there to go skeet shooting and have a lot of fun.

While Greg's gone, the girls and I have our traditions. We always go out one night for dinner, and our other tradition is Star Wars marathon weekend. We start on Friday night and watch all the Star Wars movies 1-6. It is a lot of fun. We just relax, have snacks, pizza and stay in PJ's most of the day. The girls seem to enjoy it and it gives us something to look forward to.

This weekend we are going to have pizza Friday night and maybe Carrabba's on Saturday, and have our Star Wars movie marathon. The girls & I look forward to it. We may have a Harry Potter marathon next weekend, if Greg is still gone.

Now if using the force would help me get my house cleaned up, we would be in good shape.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Florida-3 Years Later


Well, it has been 3 years today that we moved to Florida. We have really enjoyed it. We have been to Key West and the Southern Most Point. We also fed HUGE tarpon; We have fed flamingos, we have held gators, fed scrub jays, we have canoed with gators, we have seen burrowing owls, bald eagles, many cottontail bunnies. Always love seeing dolphins at Venice Beach.


We have been shark toothing at Venice beach, sand dollar searching at Siesta Key Beach. We have played at South Beach in Miami, we have been to Fort Myers Sand Sculpting competition, we have seen three Space Shuttle launches.

We have been to Disney World, and love it more every time we go.
We been able to go to the Orlando temple to do baptisms several times, always a highlight of our day.
We have been so Sanibel Island & Gasperilla Island to see lighthouses.


We have gone to Rays games and LOVED when the swept the Red Sox!


We have made new friends and have loved hearing from old. We have grown together as a family and learned to love and depend on each other more.

In all our experience in Florida has been wonderful. I love it here.


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Sunday, January 25, 2009

YW Weekend


This has been a busy but AWESOME weekend. Saturday was our Little Philliemont for the YW Leaders in our Stake. A lot of praying, planning & work to put this together. But I think it went well. It's over so that is a huge item off our plate as a Presidency.

Friday I went to Fort Myers to help Mary & Ofa decorate, set up the room, and make sure we had everything ready for Saturday morning. We spent about 3 1/2 hours getting everything set up. It was fun in a busy, crazy way! I know that sounds dumb, but I love those women with all my heart. We have such a good time together. We are laughing one minute and crying our eyes out the next. I love them and learn so much from them.

Saturday, I left the house a little after 6 am so that I could get to the Stake Center by 7am. We got breakfast ready for the leaders and were nervous wrecks to have to teach. (At least I was). It went really well. Our Bishop was there and Pres Clover was wonderful as always.

The spirit was amazing and I hope that the leaders that were there knew how much we love and appreciate them. Very neat experience for me.

Today, we went to Ward Conference at the Bahia ward in Naples. Jaycee and I left this morning at 6:30 am to be at the church by 8am. It was a great day. I love the YW leaders in that ward. They have many challenges, but they are doing everything possible to help the girls in their ward. Amazing women.

I feel so thankful to Heavenly Father for all he has blessed me with. When Pres. Clover & Jack Alexander (my cousin--a few times removed, but whose counting) set me apart as Stake YW 2nd couns. Pres Clover said that by having this calling my perspective would change on the YW and the focus of the girls would widen. It has done this and then some already. I love these YW and their leaders. It makes me thankful for the things Heavenly Father has blessed me with.

Today I'm thankful for the following:
-Two girls who always try to make the right decision, even when things get tough.
-For the Gospel.
-For my testimony that has MAJORLY increased the last couple of months.
-For a husband who supports me in all I do.
-Date nights once a week with Greg.
-Jordan being sweet to me.
-Scripture reading with Jaycee.
-Jaycee for going with me to Bahia ward today. She is one amazing girl.
-I'm thankful for my friend Linda, who I love with all my heart. She is amazing and even though she is thousands of miles away, I feel she is right next door and would do anything for me.
-I'm thankful for Latter-Day prophets who lead and guide us.
-I'm thankful for the Temple and the blessings it has for us if we go.

I could go on forever. But for today I will stop here.

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Thursday, January 22, 2009

States I've Been To

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Anniversary-18 Years and counting...

Today is mine & Greg's anniversary. We've been married for 18 years. WOW!!! I still remember the day he proposed...(Amazing, since I have a hard time remembering what happened 10 minutes ago) Anyway, Greg & I met in 1988, just after he got home from his mission. I was managing the Karmel Korn in the mall, and he had just got a job at a furniture store across the hall from me. After many failed attempts to get me to go out with him,after he dated pretty much every one I worked with,and after being stood up by me a few times, (I know totally uncalled for; but I did) We dated for about two years. He asked me to marry him in October at Layton Park. Very cool night.

I found our wedding invitation today, and yes we look the same..ha ha (I wish)
I am very blessed & thankful for all that I have. I love Greg with all my heart and I have 2 awesome girls who are the best things that have happened to me.

Here are 18 things I love about Greg:
1-He makes me laugh.
2-He is patient with me when he has every right not to be.
3-He has taught me to try to not take things too serious.
4-He is a great Dad.
5-He is the best baker in the world.
6-He has taught me to love myself.
7-He tells me everyday that he loves me.
8-I love his dumb jokes that he tells over and over.
9-I love that he can't walk on the carpet or grass in his bare feet. (It tickles his feet)
10-His lips twitch when he is trying to be sneaky or is telling a HUGE story.
11-I love that he takes the girls shooting and bought them a shotgun for Christmas.
12-He puts up with me through good & bad.
13-He does all he can to take care of his girls...me included.
14-He is brave enough to go skydiving..Not me.
15-I love that he tells the girls he loves them every day, even though he may not get a response.(Teenagers ya know)
16-I love that we went to Maryland this summer for our first trip together and didn't have one disagreement.
17-I love him for having enough discipline to finish school for both his Bachelor & Master Degree.
18-I love Greg for being a great husband and the best friend I've ever had.



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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The 5 Browns


Sunday night in Fort Myers our Stake was lucky enough to have the 5 Brown's do a Fireside for the youth. It was wonderful!! They each spoke, played the piano and were huge inspirations to everyone who attended.

They were amazing and their testimonies were very touching and inspiring. They met with the youth afterwards and were so sweet & kind to talk to everyone who wanted to meet them. Jaycee got all their autographs, and Jordan got to talk to most of them.

I'm so glad we got to go. It was amazing!

Here is a little bio on the Brown family:
The 5 Browns -- Ryan, Melody, Gregory, Deondra and Desirae -- are the sons and daughters of Keith and Lisa Brown from Utah who wanted their Mormon children to have music in their lives. The goal was to raise “five good people.” Not only did they achieve their goal, but they also managed to raise five great pianists. Each child at around age 3 showed a clear talent and interest in piano lessons, and while the children were introduced to other instruments, their passion was the piano. Playing came as naturally to them as eating or sleeping and as early as age 9 they had each made their debut with a major symphony orchestra-a major pay-off for the hours of practice and dedication the entire family had devoted.

When Desirae began to plan for college – Deondra, a year younger, decided to accelerate her education in order to attend with her sister – the family began looking into music schools and scholarships before deciding upon New York’s Juilliard School. One year later when Gregory, Melody and Ryan were accepted to Juilliard, they became the first family of five siblings ever accepted simultaneously and so the entire Brown family, along with their five pianos, moved from Utah to New York.

They are amazing people and their music is beautiful. If you want to read more about The 5 Brown's, you can go to http://www.the5browns.com/



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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Being Virtuous in a not so virtuous world....

I looked up the word virtue today, and here is the definition.
vir⋅tue[vur-choo]
–noun 1. moral excellence; goodness; righteousness.

Moral excellence! Don't you love that? If everyone lived the definition of virtue, what a wonderful world this could be.

I love the new value that was added to the YW values recently. I think it is something that is definitely needed, and has been needed the last few years. What a wonderful thing to have divine inspiration from our Heavenly Father in these Latter-Days.

I loved the statement from the Young Women general presidency — Sister Elaine S. Dalton, Sister Mary N. Cook, and Sister Ann M. Dibb — regarding the addition of the value Virtue to the Young Women theme and how it will impact Personal Progress:

"There has never been a more important time to understand and practice virtue. We call on each young woman to do her best in accepting and acting upon the value of Virtue. We promise that a young woman's life will be blessed, her family will be strengthened and her confidence will "wax strong" as she becomes pure and virtuous and prepares to assist in the great work of preparing the earth for the Savior's second coming."

Although this is geared towards the YW of the church, I feel as leaders, parents, & most importantly WOMEN of the church; we need to remember to be virtuous in word, conversation, deed, faith, thoughts, charity & purity. As the Mutual theme is for this new year. "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." 1 Timothy 4:12

I know there are things I can work on to be a more virtuous daughter of my Heavenly Father. What does being virtuous mean to you?
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Friday, January 9, 2009

'24'


For Christmas we got Seasons 1-6 of '24'. We love this show and have been crazily watching them all since Christmas. Season 7 starts next week and I can't wait..I found a few funny quotes that '24' watchers will appreciate.

-Most pilots need 5,000 feet of runway to land a plane. Jack Bauer needs 100 feet and a gun.
-Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.
-Jack Bauer is the only human in the world with the ability to make Chloe O'Brien drop the personality disorder and patch him through.
-Don't ever ask Jack Bauer what is going on. He'll explain in the car.
-Jack Bauer doesn't take fingerprints, he takes fingers.
-You can lead a horse to water. Jack Bauer can make him drink.
-When the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Jack Bauer.
-Jack Bauer's family threw him a surprise birthday party when he was a child. Once.



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Thursday, January 1, 2009

HaPpY nEw YeAr!!


Happy New Year!
Love,
Greg, Shalee, Jordan & Jaycee
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Last Post for 2008

I can't believe how fast this year has gone by..and that Christmas was almost a week ago already.

I wanted to post my last post for 2008. Jordan & Jaycee are at YW's for a fun New Year's Eve party, they started at 6pm and are going thru till 12:30am...They will have fun. Jaycee is going to have a sleepover at her friends, and Jordan is bringing her friend Taylor home after the party at church.

Greg & I went to dinner and are spending a nice quite night watching our '24' DVD collection that we got for Christmas. Actually he and Jordan are on Season 3 and I've tried not to watch since I get very into 24 and want to watch all of them non-stop. I can't wait for Season 7 to start.

Actually, I will probably be asleep in another hour, so Greg will finish up Season 3 on his own. We are both home tomorrow, so that is always nice.

May God bless you and your families thru the upcoming year. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! (In a couple of hours)
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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Jordan's Year In Review 2008

So I just went on Jordan's blog and she did the cutest picture slideshow of what she did in 2008. You've got to see it. Very talented girls I have. (Click on 'VIEW ALL IMAGES')to see what she has been up too.


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