Christmas Carols

So, 2 years ago when I was in 7th grade, my teacher played this for the class because it was so funny and it was Christmastime. I had forgotten about it until I heard the actual version on the radio or somewhere. Maybe it was at Temple Square when we went this Wednesday. Anyways, It is a "very touching" christmas carol. I couldn't breathe during the entire video because I was laughing so hard. I hope you guys find it as funny as I do! (It may be slightly painful to listen to, but you need to hear the WHOLE THING. DO NOT STOP LISTENING UNTIL IT IS OVER.)

ATK Field Trip

My (Gracie's) Biology class (and multiple sevies that are NOT in Bio) went on a field trip to go and see them test the rocket engine at ATK, where Casey works. It was Awesome! Above are some pictures I took, and below are a couple videos, sorry that they're not that steady. I had to zoom alllll the way in and it was waaay far away. I guess that was a good thing though, because I learned that right up next to where it goes off, the temperature gets up to about 5000 degrees. I think we would have been roasted. If I had to describe this field trip in one word: Amazing. You could just see the smoke from it moving, almost like it was alive! It looked kinda foam-like, though. It was awesome to see. My teacher brought her daughter, and she was all like, "The cloud is coming! It's going to attack us!" (She's only 7). It was pretty funny because then she started to hide behind people and point at the clouds/smoke. Even though it was freezing and took a 2-hour bus ride (one way) to get there, It was soooo worth it. but I think they should have started just a few minutes later and kept the road closed a little longer, becuase we made it back to the school 'just in time' to get to our last period. For TEN MINUTES. I would have just gone to the library across the street, but then it would have counted as a sluff, so.......

P.S. Aunt Wendy, I am soooo sorry about your house being broken into!!!!!!! :'( Was it just during the day when everyone was gone or at work, or was it at night?

THE TWILIGHT MOVIE!!!!!

So, went to the premere, of course, and the movie was AWESOME!! I'm sure all of you guys have heard me rant on and on about how Robert Pattinson wasn't going to be a good Edward, but he was GREAT!!! AWESOME!! There is really no way to describe the movie. AND, they have already made it official that the next three books (New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn) are going to be made into movies, also!!! New Moon is (hopefully) going to be released in 2010, Eclipse an 2012, and Breaking Dawn in 2013. I honestly don't think that they can do it without leaving out soo much important information, but let's all just hope for the best!!

We Give Thanks......

Since Thanksgiving seems to be the "forgotten holiday" sandwiched in between Halloween (which has become WAY over rated) and Christmas, I thought I'd post a couple of prayers that I came across one day and I put them in my quote journal...

All we have comes from Thy hand, our Heavenly Father. Thou has given us life and provided us with the means of living. We thank thee for this food and thy loving kindness. Bless this home and those that sit about this table. Grant us peace of mind and joy of heart. Help us to love one another and to remember those who hunger and thirst for more of Thy love and righteousness. This we ask in the name of Jesus, Thy son and our Savior.

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Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank you for the food we are about to eat, for the home in which we dwell, for the love that unites us, for the peace to us this day. We ask that you give us courage, gaiety and a quiet mind that we may be temperate in wrath, constant in faith, and to the gates of Heaven, loyal and loving to one another. Amen

Countdown to the Movie

Fall Leaves

Saturday morning was spent raking the leaves from our two huge trees. The snow storm last week brought most of them down and its supposed to storm again so Tim rousted us up and we went to work. The backyard tree is totally bare now but the red maple in the front just keeping dropping them...as you can see from the picture it still has a lot left to come down....it ended up being a beautiful fall day.....

Sisters

This is a picture of my mother and her sister Marg. I think they were probably about 16 and 17 and were as different as night and day. But despite their differences, they could always count on each other. Marg was a big help with mom after her stroke and I could always count on her for moral support. Whenever I thanked her for helping, she'd say " you don't have to thank me, she's my sister" . Marg passed away on Friday.