Spending Time in Seattle

Yesterday the whole family decided to go to Seattle and look around. We wanted to see the pier and what's around. Before we went out to the city though mom, Parker, and I needed hair cuts. Mine is a lot shorter than its been in several years. I like it--don't get me wrong--it's just way different.

After the hair cuts, we went to the pier and walked around. We went to the fish market where they toss the fish to each other. You know, the one they show on Food Network and such. Anyway, we kept walking around and found the pirate store that Jenni has visited a couple weeks ago. Then we started getting hungry and ended up at Ivar's. I ended up getting battered salmon strips and fries. Mmmmm. It was also entertaining because we feed seagulls and watch them swoop down to get fries from people's hands. Anytime they would sqwak I was reminded of Finding Nemo. "Mine? MINE!" lol. Dad kept throwing extra stuff at them and watched them catch stuff.

After that we decided to go to the mall really fast and show dad the Japanese store. It's a lot of fun. There's so much Japanese stuff there. Mom and dad got something to start lil' Jared learn some Japanese. xD Then we went to the oriental market and got lots of stuff there. I think a really big Japanese dinner is on the way. Mmmmm... Japanese.

Fish Market.

Pirate's Plunder.

Ivar's and its current residents.

Firmen with a sense of humor? Rope dummy?

Cardinals Game & MO

After we were in Wisconsin for a while and lil' Jared's blessing, we went down to Missouri. We had a lot of fun there. One of the major things we did was see a St. Louis Cardinas game. That was so cool. My family and I haven't been in the new stadium before and it was cool to see. The best part about going to this Cardinals game was that they won. And we got to see Pujols do a grand slam! So cool! Too bad the little boy was crying. He wasn't a fan of the loud noises. He was better once Oba and Amber got cotton balls for his ears though.

Also another day mom kicked us out of the house and we went mini-golfing. The second time in like two weeks for me. And later we went to a water park. It was fun for a small park. At least I go to spend time with friends and family.

Parker enjoying some Gobstoppers.

Zak and Madi

Breaking Dawn Party

August 2nd. Any Twilight Saga fan would know what that meant. Breaking Dawn was coming out. DUN DUN DUNN!

Amber and I decided to go to the midnight party for the book. Earlier that day I decided to make Twilight Saga themed charms. I chose to make the major element in each book cover and then some "E&B" necklaces. They were fun to make, but I gotta tell ya. The rose took the longest. Holy crow. (lol. Bella.)

Amber and I had fun despite feeling old the whole time we were there. I swear. I'm only 20 and the crowd made me feel old. Does that tell you anything at all? It's too bad that we didn't get there when it started because we didn't know that they were doing a color-coded bracelet system. Luckily though we were in the second group and didn't have to wait too long. Once we got our books we called Jenni because we knew that she didn't have the book yet being a hour behind us. Lol. You gotta admit, Jenni, it was funny.

Spoiler Alert! As for the book, I loved it. I think that it held onto the essence of the Twlight Saga. The book was told from both Jacob and Bella's perspective at different points, and I found Jacob to be kind of hard to read. However, I can't totally see why Stephenie Meyer did that. There was a lot more action going on from his point-of-view.

I loved that the readers can finally see that Bella was meant for Edward. (Bwahaha!) This was only proven more when Jacob imprinted on Renesme, Bella and Edward's daughter. And, by the way, I love that name. I think it's pretty. I think that if you're a true Twilight Saga fan that you'll love this book.

Botannical Gardens

Okay, so I have a lot of catching up to do. Let's start off with this. I can't remember what day this happened but I do know that I was in Wisconsin visiting Amber, Greg, and lil' Jared.

We decided to go to the Botannical Gardens. I think that I've only been to one before this one before and I remember liking it. It was nice to see all the butterflies and flowers. Even lil' Jared has a good time. Also at the gardens they had a huge... not pagoda... what's the word? Oh well. From Thailand there. It's the only one like it in the U.S. It's really pretty.

After a while we all started getting tired of bug bites and left. I think it was later on this day that lil' Jared went swimming for the first time. He was a baby sumo, let me tell ya. = D

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight returns! And in a big way. I really enjoyed this movie. I saw it yesterday with Amber and Greg and we all enjoyed it a lot. Even if out necks were strained from sitting in the front row of an IMAX. Heath Ledger does an awesome job as the Joker as does Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman. There were many parts of the movie that the Joker just strikes you as the creepiest villain you have ever encountered. Especially this one part where you think they are going to show something and you have to remember that it is a PG-13 movie and they wouldn't. It had Amber and I scared. I recommend this movie to all Batman fans.

Children's Parade

Last Saturday was a fun adventure. I had just been picked up from Rexburg by Granni and Granddad the day before and decided to call my mom that night to tell her I got there o.k. Then she tells me that Annette, Glenn, and the kids are with Gma and Gpa and to call them to see if they want to do something. I call Annette and she tells me about the Children's Parade.

When Annette picks me up from Granni and Granddad's house she tells me that we have to search for a princess outfit for Taylor. It takes Annette and I forever to find one but the one we found turned out to be really cute, although really expensive. It would shimmer anytime it was in the sunlight.

When we finally go to the parade we ended up being near the end of it. Annette begins to wonder if she and Taylor should just join the parade and then Gma tells them to. So they do. Who wouldn't believe that a cute little girl dressed as a princess wasn't in the parade? No one stopped them so everything turned out well. Everyone who saw Taylor was all like, "Look at the cute princess! <3" She even got some free stuff from people who were selling their wares. It was a fun time.