Never ever let your husband go to purchase something at Best Buy ALONE

So hallelujah, we have a camera!  And I would like to take a minute and address all the harassing that went on during our blog break.  I am not a deep thoughts blogger, I need a picture...I was waiting patiently for my camera to get started again and you will never believe what actually took so long.  So we sent our camera in to get fixed thinking we would have it back before Christmas (bitter subject...I had to use the disposable cameras for Christmas this year where all you can see is a face...half the pictures are so dark we can't even figure out what gift the kids are holding up...that's okay, Christmas 2008 really wasn't that important) Anyway, the camera's warehouse happened to burn down!  We couldn't get a hold of them for weeks because of the fire and once we did it took them forever to find out that they had never received our camera.  So then we had to deal with the post office who decided they didn't have it either.  We luckily put insurance on the camera but by the time this process was over and after a million phone calls, I was so irritated.  Brian could not have been happier.  He loves electronics and as he was searching for a new camera he also decided we needed a new computer.  So last Saturday I sent him to Best Buy to look.............He came home with a new Apple (that I do not know even how to attempt to work and consumed 30 minutes of my day yesterday trying to figure out how to turn on the internet), a new printer, a camera, memory cards, cords that I am sure are not necessary AND he told me he almost decided to throw in a new LCD TV while he was there.  On his behalf, I did tell him to just get what he wanted BUT I did not mean for him to get everything in his heart's desire.  Anyway, I learned a lesson and a couple of things were reinforced to me.

I still hate the post office

Disposable cameras should be illegal to sell

Never ever let your husband go to Best Buy alone

Cole loves to play in the car

One of these days he going to drive off and leave us. Up side to this...entertains Cole for long periods of time. Down side... when I go to drive my car it is all jacked up and takes me at least 10 minutes to figure out how to get it back to normal.

Some photos from the Beach

These are the Christmas pictures we took at the beach this year. It happened to be one of the most windy days of the month. Ella's hair looks like a lion's mane and for most pictures all my hair is stuck to my lip gloss. Poor Jonathan trying to get us all looking decent at the same time.

Red Capet Twillight Premiere

Okay, first of all, my camera is broke. I don't know what happened but I can't post my Halloween or anything else until I send it back...which requires me going to the post office...my absolute worst chore (if you get a package from me this is a big deal). This could take weeks, months...it just depends on how long I procrastinate. Anyway, I will have nothing new for awhile, which should not be anything new but I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving in the meantime.

So I went to the Twillight Premiere with my girlfriends...yes, we did scream along with hundreds of teenage fans and yes, I felt a little nerdy but it was so much fun and I figure I better do some things like this before we leave. And what better premiere to go to than that of my beloved Twillight. I still haven't seen the movie but it was interesting to watch how premieres work.
p.s. I now really want to be famous. I was so tempted to jump the fence and go running in the theater. One girl was actually picked from the crowd to see the premiere for having a Twillight tatoo...which she proudly displayed for all to see (yikes)...another was picked for her awesome vamp outfit. If only I would have known... Anyway, it was a fun night, as if I needed to be more star struck.


Access Hollywood


Laurent

Jenny Garth who is the wife of Charlie

Stephanie Meyer, who by the way is the cousin of one of our best friends from Portland. I wanted to shout that out to her when she walked by and see if she might invite me in.

Jasper

Jacob Black

James

A sobbing Twillight fan who had us in tears explaining how much she loved Twillight. I am not kidding when I thought Rachel Riley might have to recess her from hypervenilating. This is after she got Edward's signature.


Esme

Edward

Emmett

Edward

Denny from Gray's Anatomy, I love him.


Bella

Some wild fans

Charlie

Tagged by Mowrey's and Brandon's

5 joys, 5 fears, 5 obsessions, 5 suprising facts, 5 tags

Brian...

Joys (this is the order Brian told them to me)
Food
Baked goods
Louis L'amour books
Alone time with Rach
Kids

Fears
Death
Heights
LAX getting bombed
Kid's choking
Starvation

Obsessions
Fantasy football
Golf
Watches
Military garments
Napping

Suprising Facts
I like some chick flicks
Used to wear cowboy boots to church
Can't stand milk
Used to have a tail (a hair tail, not a real tail, but that would even be cooler)
Slept naked from Freshman year until I got garments

Rachel...

Joys
Brian
My kids
Getting my back scratched
Fall time/ Halloween
Dancing /Singing

Fears
Saying my fears out loud (more likely to come true?)
Major disaster happening in LA while we live here (just to name a couple since we live minutes from both LAX and the beach...tsunami, terrorist bombing, earthquake, the city being swallowed up by the earth)
Getting locked in a bathroom (I had a bad experience with this when I was little and it makes me panicky everytime I go in a bathroom that you have to lock the door)
Walking to Missouri
The dark and possible ghost in the dark

Obsessions
Analysing people's relationships
See's candy
Reading love stories
Vacuuming
Good music

Suprising Facts
I actually dread singing in church. (There is something so awkward about walking up to the stand in total silence, singing, and then smiling at everyone as you walk back to your seat in total silence.)
I am extremely clumsy
I can twirl a rifle like nobody's buisness
I lost my first wedding ring
I am shockingly good at the game show Family Feud


5 TAGS
Brody and Kenz
Erin and Mike
Shane and Kim
Dave and Kirsten
Angie and Nick....you will need to start a blog for this but you have two kids now...it is a requirement.

Partners in Crime

This was the box from Cole's new chair. It kept them entertained for days.






Of course Ella gave Cole the broken pair.






Ella and Cole really do love each other...I think it is so funny to watch them play together.

Happy Birthday Cole Monster

Cole turned a year on Sept. 27! I honestly think that was the fastest year of my life and it makes me somewhat sad because Cole is such an enjoyable little baby. If all babies came to earth this way I think people would have more children. I still would like to have 4...Brian's count went down to 3?...