Killeen, Texas

Yep, we made it to Killeen! Alive and Well. And the weather is WONDERFUL!! I think we're at 80 degrees this morning. But I can't really stay and say much, I have some laundry to go grab and I need to download some pictures, so stay tuned in...........

Cute Little Charlie

At work tonight we had some free time, the girls actually went to bed on time. (It could have had something to do with the fact that I made them run 3 miles on the track this afternoon, hehehehe). Anyway, we started watching YouTube and I could not stop laughing at this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

Chess with Ireland

Ireland asked me to play chess with her today. I said sure and the game begins. So far, I think I'm loosing. I'm not really sure. But I do know that you have to kick the other guys in order to win and she keeps kicking my guys. I also know I'm loosing cuz I don't wait for the magical pony to say its my turn, so then I loose a turn. So in about 4 minutes, Ireland has won the game. So what were the rules again?

Hiking We Ago............

So today at the group home, I had a special guest speaker come in. Kandice Carter, she's 18, running for Miss Orem and has had a really rough year. She spoke to the girls about how she's suffered from a number of different mental issues and has tried to commit suicide twice in the last year. She told of how she finally had to just deal with the fact that no one was going to be able to help her, other than herself. She told of how she had really low self-esteem and that she dated a guy that only made her feel worthless. She was really amazing to listen to. She did a great job speaking with the girls and explaining what her platform for Miss Orem is all about. So after hearing this wonderful speaker, we had dinner and I then took them to the Provo Trail and made them hike 7 miles. It was AWESOME, cold but AWESOME!! I wore them out! We came home made some cinnamon toast and hot chocolate (I actually made hot chocolate from scratch) and then put them to bed. I have to say that this was the best day I've had at the group home.

Matchbox Twenty

Yep!! I saw Matchbox Twenty last night! Hello Rob Thomas! Our night started out with me picking up all the groupies and heading to the E-Center. We're all hungry so we stop at Chili's where I ordered the yummy Ceasar Salad Pita. We get our checks and pay (and some cheap-o didn't leave Jordan a tip!) and then leave for the concert. Gretchen, (who rocks!!), picked up our tickets at Will Call and we head into the concert. The first act, which I can't even remember their name, was beyond weird. They started jumping on the piano and busting up their drums, it was really bizzare. Then Alanis started, and again very weird! I like her music, but her concert was beyond me. I didn't get what she was doing and I kept texting Gretchen so she could explain it to me. At one point Alanis was spoofing Fergie, again, beyond me. Then MB20 came on! Wha-Hoo!! I love watching Rob in concert! He does one great show!! He played on his piano this time, which was awesome! My favorite song of the night was Bright Lights, (Rob played the piano). And Paul sang a song that Rob originally sang, I can't remember which one, I lost concentration because some lady started breast feeding her baby at this point. Okay, really? What parent brings a baby to a concert and then needs to breast feed? Gross! And if that wasn't enough of a distraction, we had the 40-something drunk white trashers in front of us. At one point they turned around and told us that this was a concert and that we needed to act like we were at one. (Uh thanks for the news flash?) I hurried and moved Erin and Kate away before we had an all girl smack down right there on the balcony. Bless the Peace Makers!! We moved and it just happened to be over to where I think their boyfriends/husbands were sitting. Which was kind of a joke and I can see why they spend their time drunk and away from their husbands. I think they might swap husbands too, and teams. They were weird. But back to the concert! MB20 played a lot of their new songs which was really fun and they ended their encore with one of our all time fave's, Push.

By far, the best Matchbox concert I've been too. Wish they would have let Rob play some of his songs, but understandable (it'd break the band, and they just worked out their "issues"). And just in case Miss Sawyer asks anyone...................I AM THE BAND!!

BBC Rocks!!

Okay, so when Kim asked me if I had seen this version of Persuasion I had no idea that I really NEEDED to see this version of Persuasion. I loved this movie! I loved it as much if not more than I love North and South. Soooo, once again! Thanks Kim!! I love your taste in movies! Please feel free to send any others that you like my way. And Dibs on Wentworth!!

Nothing Really

So I haven't anything exciting to say, other than yesterday I was supposed to go into work and I was told I could have the night off. How wonderful is that? I was so excited!! I ended up doing some hair. But man was it nice to have the night off! I ended up spending 42 minutes in the Taco Bell drive thru line with Erin and then we went over to grab some glue at Robert's. I came back home and fixed Erin's hair and then put some dark back into my own. It was a great night off! And today in Sunday School, that one annoying seminary teacher that never shuts up, only spoke 3 times, and I actually liked his third comment on how a King would save a man that was condemned to death by putting his rob over him. So the phrase "I've got you covered" comes from this action. I thought it was cool, even though it came from one of the most annoying men the world has ever heard.