Some exciting news!!

In case you haven't heard the exciting news...

SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES TWILIGHT SEQUEL - NEW MOON

Los Angeles, CA November 22, 2008 — Summit Entertainment announced today that the studio is officially moving forward with the production of NEW MOON, the second installment of its filmed franchise TWILIGHT, the action-packed, modern day vampire love story. The movie will be based on the second novel in author Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series titled, New Moon. The first movie in the TWILIGHT franchise, the self-titled TWILIGHT, arrived in theaters this weekend to sold-out showings.

Stephenie Meyer stated, "I don't think any other author has had a more positive experience with the makers of her movie adaptation than I have had with Summit Entertainment. I'm thrilled to have the chance to work with them again on NEW MOON."

Twilight

As you all know, I am a huge Twilight fan so I was determined to see the new movie on opening night. We planned a Girls Night Out and went out to dinner before catching a late night showing. We thought that by going late at night we would avoid the crowds. Boy, were we wrong! The theater was showing Twilight every half hour and every showing was completely sold out. Luckily, we were smart and bought our tickets well in advance or I would have been very disappointed. Even though we already had our tickets, we had to wait in line for an hour just to be seated in the theater. It was the craziest scene I have ever seen inside a movie theater. Once they opened the gate, everyone starting running to find a seat. I almost got into a fight over a section of seats that I was trying to reserve for our big group. Once the movie started, the crowd went crazy cheering, screaming, and whistling for a full minute. During the movie, the crowd screamed and cheered whenever Edward and Bella kissed.

Despite the craziness, I loved the movie. Many people are disappointed in it, but given the limited budget they had to make it I thought it was great. I loved how closely it followed the book. Yes, there were some subtle differences, but overall it was a close match. I knew exactly what was happening before it happened because I had read the book. At first I was so disappointed in Edward because I had built him up so much in my mind from reading Bella's perspective, but he grew on me as the movie continued. By the end, I was in love right along with Bella. I can't wait to see how much money it brought in this weekend. I am so happy for Stephenie. I am going to catch it again next weekend to support her...no, really just because I loved it and really want to see it again. What did you think of it?

School projects

This is Trenton's second school project of the year. Last month he had to construct a 3x5" house which he creatively turned into an outhouse with a moon and everything. This month's project was to make a pilgrim or Indian out of a clothespin. I was very nervous about how this was going to turn out, but I think his finished project is darling. It is the cutest Indian I have ever seen. He is so proud of it...and me too.

Go Maytag!

Who knew a stocking hat could be so much fun?

Cast Your Vote!

For fun on election day, we had a family dinner election where everyone voted for what they would like to have for dinner. The kids loved getting to vote. Even Owen cast his vote. I put pictures on the ballot to make it a little easier for Ashleigh and him. The winning choices were...drum roll please...Dad's homemade pizza, dinner rolls, hot chocolate, and my triple chocolate cake. It's maybe not the healthiest dinner, but the Borders' have spoken!

Little Miss Cowgirl

Ashleigh got to wear her Halloween costume to school on Halloween. They had a costume parade and classroom party. I love this profile shot of her in her pink cowgirl hat.

This is Ashleigh's "desk" at school. She got lots of goodies during the party.

Don't you think the homemade felt vest completes her look?