Werewolves

I got some insight as to what sorts of things a 2 year old might be grateful for when George blessed the food at breakfast yesterday:

Hev'y Fawwdder (that's Heavenly Father, he usually drags the Fawww out for several seconds),
Thanks that werewolves aren't real.
Thanks that lions are real.
And tigers.
And bears.

The list probably would've gone on and on, but he was distracted by my helpless laughter.

Three Amigos

Trouble (aka George)

Danger (aka Cousin Colby)

Disaster (aka Frank)

Trust me, these names are both appropriate and accurate.

We're Staying Put

Since Pete graduated in May, he's been looking around for a new job. He bid on positions at Tyson plants in Texas, Arkansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and I can't even remember where else. But he got a promotion at the plant right here in Union City, so we don't have to move. Yee ha

Twilight

No, I didn't fall off the face of the earth, I just spent the last week and a half reading the Twilight Saga. So for those of you who have already read it, here's what I think, and for those of you haven't read it yet, there aren't really any spoilers except for the last book...

Twilight The 15 year old girl in me loved the whole love-at-first-sight thing, even though it didn't make much sense. I didn't even mind that there was no plot or even any action until the last 50 pages or so of this almost 500 page book. One thing that did annoy me, though, was that Bella always seemed to be fainting, hyperventilating, or her head was spinning. She made me feel like a nervous wreck.

New MoonOnce again, I got really tired of Bella always crying, hyperventilating, holding herself together so she didn't splinter into pieces. But I loved Jacob - he saved this book for me. He and the other wolves were just fun.
And once again, the suspense at the end wasn't very suspenseful. Oh well.

Eclipse This might be my favorite installment of the Twilight saga because I loved the love triangle between Bella, Jacob, and Edward. And this time, there was an actual plot that built at least a little suspense and led to a somewhat exciting resolution.

Breaking Dawn** spoiler alert ** Wow, this one was a huge disappointment for me. There was so much promise for what a formidable vampire Bella could be - even Aro (head vampire guy) saying in book 2 that he couldn't wait to see how she would turn out - and then we didn't get to see anything. A 750 page book, each page building to what should've been an awesome good-vampires vs. bad-vampires smack down - and they resolve the whole thing peaceably and walk away!!! That sucked!!! Bella kept talking about her amazing newborn power and how she was dying to rip the bad guys to shreds...and nothing.

Despite the almost total lack of plot, suspense, and action - I still was completely addicted to these books, could not put them down, neglected my children and husband while reading them, and can't wait for the movie in November.