November

November 8-9, 2008

Pulse

November started with a trip to Las Vegas for Jen, Kelsie and Rachel. After a nearly two hour wait at the airport for a cab, next time I will look into alternative transportation, we got to our hotel. Once at the hotel we found that all the rooms with double beds were gone, even though I booked a bed with two beds. They put us in a room with a king bed, and promised us a roll away bed for Rachel. Well at 1 a.m. we gave up on the extra bed, so Rachel slept on the couch. Not so comfortable. Even with the hotel problems we had a great time.

Pulse is a dance convention where several big name choregraphers come to teach the girls. The girls love learning different styles and moves from them. I love to watch the classes (I tried to read my new Eragon book, Bringsinger, but I didn't get very far), the choreographers are so cute with the girls. This year they had a class from Tyce Dioror, he is a popular choreographer on the girls favorite show So You Think You Can Dance, he taught them a way fun routine. The other favorites were Mia Micheals, of course, and Dave Scott (Step Up Choreographer).

November 14, 2008

A tour of the House

We took some friends on a tour of the house, and we wanted to check out the trees that were just getting done and the cabinets that they had started to install.

My new cabinets in the family craft room



Kelsie and her friend Melia (this is the hood that goes over the cooktop)



The artificial tree and cottage in the play room





November 20, 2008

Twilight

Today was the day we had been waiting for, Kelsie put the date in her calendar on the phone months in advance. Twilight the movie came out. We were able to get tickets to the midnight showing, at the new theater in Orem. After Rachel's performance (she and her friend won an award for reflections at school for a dance they choreographed), Kelsie, Melia and Nell went to the theater to save our spot in line. Rachel and I went after Jason got home from his sales appointment. They let us in the theater at 10 a.m., luckily we weren't waiting in line outside until midnight.

I ended up liking the movie, Kelsie and Rachel loved it. We can't wait for the next one.

Waiting in line outside before it started







Kelsie & Melia sleeping in there seats before it started



Jamie was such a good sport, she wasn't going to come because she was so busy that week. But she couldn't resist when we were all planning to go, so she slept for a while before it started.



November 27, 2008

Thanksgiving

We spent the last Thanksgiving at our old house. We had about 40 relatives over, from the Richins side of the family. We only had to cook the potatoes and cheesy cauliflower, so that part wasn't so bad. And since we had to clean, we really cleaned and started getting some packing done. We made huge progress!!

Thanksgiving dinner was so yummy!! You can't go wrong with turkey and mashed potatoes. After dinner we played games for a long time. The favorite game was Curses, I don't think we have laughed that hard for a long time. My favorite was Kelsie having to talk like a vampire, with her nose plugged the whole time, and Jamie who had to hit herself in the head every time she talked. It was hilarious.