Graceland in Memphis

As most of you know, Jeremy travels a lot. One of the places that he has had to travel to is Memphis, TN. I had a desire to go see Memphis and so Jeremy's last trip to Memphis, I tagged along. Now, I am not really a big Elvis Presley fan, but I felt that if I was in Memphis, I should visit Graceland. Even if you are not a fan of Elvis, you can't deny that he is apart of American pop culture history. Since Jeremy was working, I went by myself. I thought it was very enjoyable. Jeremy is just fine to travel with, but it was nice to go at my own pace with no interruptions. I thought it was pretty interesting and I was glad that I went. If you look below, you can view some pictures I took of Graceland. Sorry some of the pictures aren't clear. I had an annoying camera, but pictures should be clearer now in future posts....Jeremy got me a new camera for Mother's Day.

It's a Hard Knock Life.....

Emilee has been taking a musical theater class since January. They have been learning some dancing, stage presence, and other performance skills with learning about musical theater. In Huntsville every year, there is a Arts Festival called "Panoply". Emilee's little group was asked to perform at it. A few weeks ago the girls started learning It's a Hard Knock Life from Annie, so they were able to perform it at Panoply. This is the first time the girls have been able to perform in front of anybody. Emilee was very excited. All day she wore her hair in a pony tail with the hopes of taking it out right before so she could look all messy. I thought the girls did pretty good for their first time in front of anybody. Emilee came home and said,, "we were the very best ones." I just love her humility, don't you?? Well, you can check out the video below. Just pause the music on the left. Emilee is in the back row with the red apron on.

At Panoply they have all sorts of things to see and do. They have a ton of crafts for the kids to do. The food smelled so good. Too bad we had dinner before. The kids were having lots of fun, until the rain started, so we had to end early. Maybe next year we can enjoy more of the festivities.

Better late then never--Easter

Well, I know that I am a little late posting these pictures. I usually get these things on right away, but all I can say is time has not been my friend lately. Also, I know that these pictures are terrible. I desperately need a new camera. I don't know what is going on with mine, but it can't focus for anything. Even though the pictures aren't very good, I have to make them work. I mean, this is our family journal, I guess you can say, so how could we not have a memory of a great Easter posted. It really was a good Easter. As always, the kids woke us up early and made us check out what the Easter Bunny left. They wore their Easter clothes the Sunday before, because this year General Conference landed on Easter. (Which was a great conference) I think the kids really liked what the Easter Bunny left them. So enjoy the pics, even if they are terrible. I guess that should be my next big buy....a new Camera.

Having a Six Flags Day

Well, for most of Spring Break, we couldn't go anywhere. I had a Relief Society Birthday dinner to prepare for. Things were busy, busy, busy. We decided that it would be nice to go on a short trip, starting Friday and coming back Sunday. We didn't want to tell the kids about anything. The Friday we left, they were surprised to see me packing the suitcases and were like, "where are we going?" It was 20 questions after that. When we were almost to Atlanta, we told them that the next morning, we were going to Target to pick up a copy of New Moon. They didn't know what to think, but I stuck with my story. Megan kept saying, "what so special about that Target? You could have done that at home." I told them that was the surprise and they couldn't believe it. I really wanted to keep them going, but Jeremy couldn't do it anymore. Right before breakfast on Saturday morning, the kids wore Jeremy down and he told them we were going to Six Flags. So weak I tell you. Though we did end up going to Target right before to get that copy. HAHAHAHA!! We had a good day. The weather was absolutely beautiful. Hardly any crowds at all. I think the most we stood in line was maybe 20 minutes. The first roller coaster I took Megan and Emilee on was a big white wooden coaster. Reminded me a bit like Colasses at Magic Mountain. Emilee screamed the entire time. Probably not the best choice for her first big coaster ride. Megan, of course loved it. She is my coaster girl. She wants so much to build one in our backyard. Ya right. I told her, how can we do that when we don't even have a swing set yet.

Superheros was definitely the theme. They got to go through Metropolis and Gotham City and even had capes to fit in with the superheros, which they wore all weekend long and some. Megan really tried to wear hers to school, but I just couldn't let her do it.

Emilee wanted to go on a coaster with one loop, so we took her on the "MindBender ride" After we went through the first loop, she screamed "I don't like the loops, I don't like the loops" Then what do you know, we entered a second one. She was not a fan of that ride either. Megan though, of course loved it. I see that my girls are very different. Which is wonderful.

Hunter was just glad to ride the rides in Bugs Bunny World. He loved the swings, the big tug boat, Thomas the Train, the airplanes, and much, much, more. He didn't like the Monster Mansion though and when he was done he said, "Mom, you didn't take a picture of me crying, did you, 'cause that would be really uncool." I told him, no teary pictures today. He was glad to hear that.

What a day! We stayed 'til just about the park closed. I loved to see the kids having so much fun. It was trips like these that I remember most as a kid and I hope the same is for my kids.

New Eclipse Trailer

Since I did this with Twilight and New Moon, I thought I would share the 90 sec teaser for Eclipse. Enjoy......

Emilee's Second Grade Program

When we have PTA meetings at school, they end with a performance by one of the grade levels. This time is was second grade's turn. Emilee couldn't be more excited. Here are a few pictures of the evening and some video. Excuse the camera. It was freaking out on me, so the pictures aren't very clear and the video is not the best. My Emilee is a funny girl. She has been taking theater classes the past couple of months, working on a sorts of musicals, dances, singing, and stage presence. You should see her "Hard Knock Life" hair spin flip. What a girl. They will be doing a big performance in May, so we will keep you posted.

Look, It's Amelia Bedelia

A couple of weeks ago, the author of Amelia Bedelia, Herman Parish, visited the kid's school. What a treat and of course they had to have books that he could sign. Me being an avid reader had to let that happen, so I let the kids pick the books that they would like to have for him to sign. How exciting for them. They were so excited to tell me all about it when they got home. Well, today I dropped off a folder for Emilee at school and I ran into Hunter's teacher. She handed me this newspaper clipping she found in the paper of the event and what you know, it was Hunter having his book signed by the author himself. I thought that was totally cool. Doesn't my Hunter look so big? How fun that day must have been. (It is just a small caption, but I think you can click on the picture and it should go larger to read the print)

Well, of course, Mr. Parish had to bring Amelia Bedelia along, so there she is. That is her brushing Emilee's teacher's hair or something. You know that Amelia....she is always doing something funny.