Caleb cut his first tooth!!!!!!

Well, I wasn't sure it would ever happen, but today Caleb finally cut his first tooth! Tonight he was running around, I we thought he had something in his mouth....so I went to see what it was, and when I stuck my finger in his mouth I felt something sharp on the bottom left side. HE CUT A TOOTH!! Holy cow, we were so excited! Delayed erruption is a symptom of Ectodermal Dysplasia, as well as missing teeth they manage to come in late.

Now, we know from some of the x-rays that our son is missing some teeth that are gonna affect the way he looks. With only canine teeth on the front, and only canines and maybe one or two molars on the bottom, he's gonna look like a little vampire when they all finally come in. I've attached a picture so you can see what it will look like...THIS IS NOT A PICTURE OF CALEB. But it is probably what he will look like (or close to it) when all his teeth finally come in. You'll notice the bottom picture is also a changing picture, that shows before and after dental treatment. It's pretty cool. Anyway, so no making fun. We're happy his teeth are finally coming in, and even though he's gonna look pretty silly till he's old enough for us to convince him to wear a denture, we just want to take this moment to congratulate Caleb on his first tooth, errupted at two years and five months.

Christmas Morning (pictures only)...

Okay folks, an awesome Harris family Christmas tradition is the Christmas morning breakfast. That's right, we eat before we open the presents. And it's a WONDERFUL meal!! My mom makes this texas french toast, covered in corn-flakes. It gets grilled on the skillet with lots of butter, and then we smother boysenberry syrup on it, and then top it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and some mixed berries on top. IT IS DELICIOUS!! I had two!! And texas french toast is like double the size of regular bread. And don't forget the bacon and sausage on the side. Oh boy, what an awesome way to start off Christmas!

Okay, these pictures are from Christmas morning with Caleb, me and Parker. It was kinda megar, but special. Sorry, the videos are on our video camera, and I'm not gonna figure out how to upload those tonight, so they'll come later.

Caleb's first present was a cowboy hat. He thought it was awesome! We had a hard time getting him to open the next present, cuz every one that he opened, he wanted to play with it and be done with it. And then we'd take the toy away so he could open a new present, and he'd freak out!! C'mon kid, it's Christmas! There's MORE! We got him a pack of plastic dinosaurs (and he likes to talk to them when he plays..."there you are dinsoooor!.....wess go dinsoor!" And so on. We also got him an ambulance (which makes all kinds of annoying noises, but he loves it), and he got some cars from the movie "Cars"....no bells and whistles, they're just like hot wheels, except they're CARS. Yeah. And we got him an aquadootle. He thinks that's pretty awesome too.

Parker got me a new pair of jeans, and a new shirt and neclace to match. Thanks honey, even though I picked it out and bought it myself...he DID wrap it. Don't worry, it was EXACTLY what I wanted!

I got Parker some much-needed basketball shorts (long enough for his long and skinny legs)...since he's a coach and all. And then I got him "Cranium" our new favorite board game. I think it's so fun, just to watch Parker laugh at the other people who are playing it. It's been a riot.

Christmas was awesome this year!

The rest of the family came over around eleven thirty and we opened all our presents from mom and dad. Even though we tell them not to get us anything every year, some how they manage to pull out all the stops. I GOT AN IPOD!!! When I opened it, I screamed! And everyone was so shocked they stopped what they were doing to see what I got. I was so shocked! I didn't ask for it, but of course I've always wanted one! Mom and dad you're so awesome, and extremely generous! We love you so much! Thank you very much!

Gingerbread Houses on Christmas Eve...

Over the years, the Christmas Eve traditions have changed just a little bit. However, this year was pretty fun. The whole Harris family went over to Mom and Dad's house and we had some dinner, and we made gingerbread houses. The kids thought it was great. Caleb did pretty well, considering I was pretty sure he'd lose interest in like five minutes. He stayed there for probably a half an hour, although it was only cuz he was eating candy and frosting.

Since he doesn't have teeth, I decided that we'd try to avoid the candy as much as possible. I tried to encourage him to eat the frosting instead so he wouldn't choke. And he did. You can see on most of these pictures, he's stuffing things in his mouth. But all the kids had fun.

"Twelff...firteen...fourteen!"

I just had to share some of these videos with you because it was just too cute. This is Caleb's first attempt at counting past ten.

Ecto-derma-what?

When Caleb was about a year old, I started to get a little worried, because none of his teeth had errupted yet. We asked the doctor about it, and he said that there are some one-year-olds that don't have teeth yet, and that we should wait till he was fifteen months old before we start to worry. So...fifteen months came, and still no teeth. At that point the doctor and his dentist started to wonder if he might have a rare condition called ectodermal dysplasia.

ED is supposed to be a genetic disorder. It's really rare, but it's even MORE RARE for it to just come up spontaneously, like in Caleb's case. In order to diagnose ED, there must be two or more symptoms shown. A common symptom is several missing teeth, but it can also affect the hair, skin, skin glands, and/or nails. Well, we finally made an appointment with the Genetics Clinic to see if we could figure out it it's really ED or not, and today we went. These are some pictures of Caleb in the doctor's office. He's not lying on that paper-covered table because we told him to....he did that himself. It was kinda cute. He was really good. The doctor did a thurough physical inspection, and looked at his skin, his hair, and in his mouth. Caleb was really good, and we even brought his toy doctor kit so that he could do an inspection on mom as well. :)

After evaluating all the assessments, the doc let us know that Caleb DOES have ectodermal dysplasia. We still don't konw what KIND, and that will require further testing. We will continue to find out what this will mean for Caleb's future as far as Caleb's health, as well as the chances that our other children (when they come) will have it....and if it will eventually pass on to Caleb's children. This will require blood testing, which we will be doing in 2009.
So the rest of this post is kinda a little science lesson on how ectodermal dysplasia happens. The funny picture here shows the neural plate. Back when the baby is a couple of microscopic cells, or an embryo, there are certain things that have to happen for the embryo to continue to grow. The neural plate folds in on itself, to create some essential parts called the ectoderm, the endoderm, and the neural tube. The neural tube is eventually what develops into the brain and spinal cord. And the ectoderm, is what develops into the hair, teeth, skin, and nails. The next picture is the neural tube, and the red is the ectoderm, the yellow is the endoderm, and the blue is the mesoderm. Each of these funny words develops into major organs in the human body. You can imagine, if something goes wrong with one of these tiny groups of cells...how that could cause some serious changes to the human body. Luckily for me, I took Embryology when Caleb was only four weeks old, and so I knew what ED was before I even knew that Caleb had it. Caleb is otherwise healthy. So there's no need to worry about anything. We're just trying to figure out the fine details of the matter. He's happy and healthy, and we'll keep everyone posted as we figure out more.

Forever a Fan....

For the past few weeks, Parker has been listening to some Harry Potter books on CD cuz he drives to and from Pocatello so much. He started on book 6 (our second favorite) and then last night we finished book 7 around 1:30 in the morning.

CAN I JUST SAY HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS BOOK?!!! I'd forgotten HOW MANY THINGS happen in this book. And it has THE world's best ending! After all the books I have read this year, which is a lifetime record for me, (All 4 Twilight books, two of which I read twice....The Host, Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Jayne Eyre) I still have to say that my all-time favorite book in the world Is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I love the symbolism, as well as the deep lessons learned about love and magic, and the always wonderful, good defeats evil. This book has it all. And I always finish the book feeling the world's greatest sigh of relief...."ahhh....now 'THAT was awesome" I love in the end, how Harry finally understands the strongest power behind magic, and how he throws it into Voldermort's face. Calling him "Tom." And I love the life-lessons that are in this book. How the dark lord's strongest weapon is fear. How he lies to people (telling all that Harry died trying to run away when he really died to save his friends). How he fears those whom he opresses, and how HIS fears of death, eventually became his downfall. I have never read a more perfectly planned series of books. They are flawless, and I love them all! This is my third time reading this book, and I loved every second of it! Those who have not read Harry Potter, I strongly encourage you to do so. It's much more than a story about a boy who does magic. It's an amazingly detailed story about how good defeats evil, and about how love conquers all. I will forever be a fan of the Harry Potter books.

Christmas Decorations.....

I've decided that it doesn't matter if a Christmas tree is stuffed full of homemade ornaments or if it has glass-blown hand-painted works of art. Every Christmas tree is beautiful. Today Caleb and I finished decorating the Christmas tree, and when we were done, he and I laid down under the tree and talked about the ornaments and lights. It was cute. The house looks so pretty at Christmas time. I took a picture of the nativity scene and the fireplace, cuz the decorations were so pretty. Okay, now I have a couple funny stories to tell about what Caleb did today. So when we were decorating the tree, I put up these gold bulbs, and when I put one up at his height he saw his reflection in it.....and he said, "Hi Caleb!! Mommy, wook at this!" And he just stared at his distorted reflection. It was really cute. Okay, the other funny story is this. Today I put Caleb in the bathtub today, and I left the room for a couple of minutes. As I stepped out I heard him toot in the tub, and he giggles to himself... "ha ha.....bubbles!" Oh my gosh I almost died! He literally laughed to himself. And I was crying cuz I was laughing so hard. Kids say the darndest things.

That's TOTALLY Wicked!!!!

Well I'm sure you've all seen this by now....it's like three years old. But this particular video is WAY more high-tech and has WAY more lights than the original one that happened three years ago. Plus I just can't get enough of it. I think I watch this stupid thing several times each Christmas. So I've decided to put it here for all of you to see.

The Man With The Bag....

Well....how dumb is this. Yesterday I sang in the ward Christmas party, and Parker was pretty bumbed he couldn't be there. So I had mom video my little solo so he could hear it. I had it on my camera and as I went to load it today.....I accidently closed the folder before the videos were done transferring, and then I deleted everything off the camera (like I always do after transferring) and now the video is lost. I'm so sorry Parker. And yes I checked the recycle bin! It wasn't there!

Okay, so just a quick note on this song. It's like one of my favorite Christmas songs. I can't even tell you who sings it though...but I love it. So make sure you listen to it okay?! And it's okay to dance or sing along....I know I do.

Well now I've gotta think of something else to post about. More to come I guess....

Coach Lyons

So not only am I married to an athlete, but I'm also married to a COACH! That's right.

Parker was asked to be the assistant-coach for Burley High School's JV Basketball team.

So here are some pictures of him doing his job. It's fun just to watch HIM, cuz he gets all fired up and yelling at the refs and stuff. And he's always giving good advice....(I think). Can't really tell what he's saying but, he looks really animated. So I'm guessign that's good advice. I think he's enjoying being back on the sports scene.

So while we were at the game, I told Caleb that Daddy is the Coach. And Caleb looked at me and said, "no....'sss PARKER!" And I said, "yeah but he's the COACH!" And he got all serious, " 'ssss PARKER!" Then I finally got him to accept it, and I got a cute little video of it. Sorry the screen is off, I was trying to hold the camera away from myself, but I didn't have it turned enough.



One of the awesome things about having Parker coaching is that it brings out the passion in him. I can tell he's really enjoying it. He told his dad the other day that sometimes, he just wants to run out on the court himself.

I think the boys look up to him, and he's easy to relate to cuz he's so young. And he went to Burley too.

So while at the game, Caleb sees his daddy and he kinda gets upset that he can't do what he's doing on the coach's bench. He says, "Daddy sap? Daddy sap?" (which...mommy's translation...means he wants to go sit on daddy's lap). But after the game, Parker let Caleb run on the edge of the court, and it was really cute. I got a video of that too. ENJOY! Good luck with your team Coach Lyons! I know you're gonna be awesome, and I also have a feeling that this is just the first of MANY coaching opportunities you'll have....even if it's just our son's little-league team. But I'm guessing there's more.

That old tree....

On the day after Thanksgiving, I climbed into Mom's attic and pulled out ALL THAT CHRISTMAS STUFF! The tree is almost as old as I am, yet it is still probably my most favorite tree in the world.

I've been putting up this tree pretty much all by myself ever since I was like twelve years old. And somehow, even though I've grown up and moved out, I still manage to be the one who gets it up EVERY YEAR. And it REALLY IS A PROJECT. You see, it's old so it's not pre-lit. And it breaks down to three separate parts. And every time you pull it out, you have to re-shape every single branch because they're all smashed from sitting in a box for a year. That takes the most time I would say. Then you have to run the lights, and I have a system. You can't just run the lights in a circle like you do a real tree. You've got to go Up and DOWN EVERY BRANCH, so it doesn't look fake. And that takes forever. Then it's the ribbon.

I've found that ribbons add so much to the tree, but it takes so long, cuz if you dont do THAT right, it looks stupid too. Once the ribbon's done, it takes five minutes to put on the ornaments, and then you're done. It literally takes ALL day to put that thing up, and I love it! It looks really good when it's finished.

About halfway through the process, Dejah came over and she got to help me. While she was putting ornaments on the tree (all in the same spot mind you), she was singing the entire time, "We wish you a merry Christmas" over and over again. I got a little video of it, but I don't think you can really hear her singing over the TV.....sorry. The other video is Caleb singing at the piano. It's pretty cute too.

When we got to Burley on Saturday, Caleb woke up from his nap, and he looked at me and asked, "Where's Christmas Tree?" I explained to him that we hadn't gotten one yet for this grandma's house. I think he's starting to catch on with the Christmas thing......he already knows Jingle Bells. He's so cute.

A Dr. Pepper Junkie's Turkey Coma.....

This post is to prove that Dr. Pepper is a HARRIS GENETIC ADDICTION, and it's not my fault.....we're all junkies. Let me show you what I mean. These pictures are from Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Harris's house today. We had lots of extended family come (as always) to partake of the wall of food. Everybody brings lots, including their own case of Dr. Pepper.

The picture of the fridge illustrates just how bad this family's got it. You will see THREE cases of Dr. Pepper, PLUS a six-pack of diet-Dr. Pepper. Now I ask you, who would drink all this?....the HARRIS FAMILY! It's a four-generation problem. It started with Great Grandma Harris. And she drank that stuff....pretty much until her dying day. Her son, my grandfather, drinks it.....and as a result my father (and all his siblings mind you.....EXCEPT Eileen, who is still dedicated to her diet Coke ....the ONE AND ONLY exception) drink it. As a result my siblings and myself are left with no choice but to follow their lead. There's a group picture below, and I want you to observe the ROW of Dr. Peppers at the head of EVERY plate down that table. Oh, and the Pepsi mug in front of my dad.....is filled with Dr. Pepper. I just thought you all should know, it's in my genes. It runs in our blood, and Dr. Pepper would stay in business if it sold only to the Harris family.

Okay, so moving on. Thanksgiving was lots of fun this year. Caleb had a blast, even though he mostly played by himself. But Grandma Harris has LOTSof tractors and trucks for little boys to play with, and he LOVED it!

I also just HAD to post this adorable picture of Nathan and Megan's daughter, Kaleigh, because she is such a little DOLL!! Her aunt, Ashley, always does her hair SO CUTE, she looks like a little child model! She makes me want a girl REALLY bad. I really can't get over how cute she is.

Okay, so this is pretty much just a picture of everybody in Grandma's garage in line getting food. Let me list my thanksgiving staples:

1. turkey

2. rolls

3. potatoes and gravy

4. jello salad

5. green bean caserole

6. cheese-covered broccoli and carrots

7. deviled eggs

8. pumpkin pie

9. Dr. Pepper

This is what I had on my plate(s) today. Yes, I won't deny it....I needed two plates. And no, I don't like stuffing.....or cranberry sauce. However, I did eat so much that I'm STILL stuffed. Parker almost finished two plates (I thought he couldn't do it) and now we're both so sleepy I think we'll go ahead and slip right into that "turkey coma."

This last picture is all of us eating, and on the left is Derek and his girlfriend, Amanda Stokes. Now, since they pretty much told everyone at Grandma's house, I think I'll spread the word that Derek proposed to Amanda last night, and they're engaged! The wedding will be soon. Congratulations you guys! Amanda is awesome, she's very nice and incase you can't tell also VERY pretty. I'm glad they're both so happy!

Okay, these final videos were taken after dinner while all the two-year-old boys were running around and playing. Caleb and Blake had a blast together, so much in fact that Blake was crying when Caleb had to leave. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Quiet = TROUBLE!

Well, any parent knows that if your two-year-old is being quiet that he's probably getting into something.
I was at Parker's parents house and I didn't hear Caleb for a while, and when I found him, he was in Claudia's bathroom, putting on Katelyn's makeup. Actually I think it was Katelyn who found him. She said "Caleb what are you doing?!" and he told her.... "MAKEUP!" Can you tell he's right-handed?! He only did his left eye.

Twilight Movie (WARNING: this post contains spoiler information)

On Saturday we had a girl's day and my sisters, my mom, and I went to see "Twilight."

We had tickets for 3:00 in the afternoon, so it was good, cuz that was exactly when the BSU game was.....so there would be less people in theory. The theatre was still full, though, but we came an hour early so we got the seats we wanted.....front row of the stadium in the Majestic, so that we could put our feet up on the bar.....(we kinda had to run to get the bar first....that was funny). ANYWAY. People keep asking me if I enjoyed the movie and so I'm gonna tell you all about it. If you haven't seen the movie yet, you may not want to read this cuz I'm about to write a bunch of spoilers. Did I like the movie?.....Yes. I really did enjoy it. HOWEVER!! There were so many things wrong that I just HAVE to list them here.

First of all, I understand that when a book is made into a movie, the storyline HAS t be changed to get all the important events within two hours. I understand that, and I'm okay with it. What bothers me is when they change characteristics of the characters in the movies. The first time I got REALLY fired up about this happening was when Harry Potter 4 came out in the movies. That book is LONG and they changed all kinds of plot things to save time. I'm okay with that, but then there was the part when Voldermort uses the "imperius" curse on Harry to make him bow. Now in the book, Harry has the strength to withstand that curse (you have to have a very strong mind and willpower to do such a thing). It was a really big deal in the book that he could do that, cuz it's rare that people are strong enough for that. Then in the movie, Voldermort makes him bow.....AND HE DOES IT!!! WHY would you change something like that?!! It doesn't make the movie shorter, it just RUINS the character. No reason behind it, except the writer or director, or whoever changed it is just really stupid. So, what character changes was there in "Twilight"? Let me tell you!

1. In the movie, Charlie was always drinking beer. The book NEVER talked about that....and WHY is that necessary?

2. In the movie, Bella and Charlie always ate at a diner, instead of Bella cooking for Charlie. BELLA ALWAYS cooked for Charlie! That did not save time, by taking that out. Bella's cooking shows that she's selfless, and that she's used to taking care of other people.

3. The book hardly showd any level of how much Edward cared about her.....how much he was in love with her. In the movie, Edward took her up a tree......the book Edward would NEVER take her that high up a tree, because he's so concerned about her safety. In the movie, Edward always looked upset about something......when we know from reading the book, that this was the happiest time of his life.

4. The POLITICAL CORRECTNESS!!! Augh! In the movie, Tyler (the kid that hit Bella with his van) is black. Angela and Eric (who is supposed to have greasy hair and a face covered in zits) were ASIAN! Sorry, but in a town with only 3,000 people, there would not be that much diversity.

5. When Bella goes to the Prom in the movie, she gets ready at her own house WITHOUT Alice's help. Why did they do that? It takes away from the fact that Alice LOVES to dress people up, and that Alice is just DYING to become best friends with Bella. In the movie, she just borrowed the dress from Alice. Okay, if you can't afford to make another scene at the Cullen's house then they could have at least had Alice go to Bella's house.

6. When all the other boys ask Bella to the dance when she first gets to school, in the movie they make that dance the Prom. In the book it was a girl's choice dance. Now this doesn't seem like a big deal at first glance, but Bella turned down three boys for that girl's choice dance by telling them that she would be outa town. By making those boys ask her to the prom instead, the movie makes it look like she turned down three guys and then just went with Edward. Bella cares too much about everyone else's feelings to have done that.

7. HERE'S THE KICKER! When Bella has been bitten by James, and the venom starts to spread, Edward realizes he has to either suck out the venom, or let her change into a vampire. Well, we all know that he loves her too much, so he sucks out the venom and then stops just when her blood is clean. In the movie, they gave Carlile a line, "Edward, stop....her blood is clean." WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!! It takes away from how much Edward loves her! He stopped himself, because he loved her.....not because Carlile told him to. That REALLY bothered me.

8. These last things are just picky things. I thought the filming was pretty cheap-o. When James is holding Edward up by the neck against the wall.....his thumb moves across his face! I'm sorry, but your thumb would not be moving like that if you're choking someone. I thought the music wasn't very good, and I thought the Cullen's house looked too modern. It's supposed to be like this all-white plantation house. Just little things.

Don't get me wrong, I honestly enjoyed the movie, but they made unnecessary changes that upset me. I realize it's a first film and the budget was not what it should have been. But....I duno. Just so you believe me, let me tell you what I DID like!

1. I LOVED the baseball scene. That was totally awesome. Good filming, good music, good special effects. That was great.

2. I loved Emmett. They did a great job picking the guy, and I thought he played the character PERFECTLY.

3. I loved Alice.....I imagined her smaller in the book, but honestly your imagination is rarely reasonable when you try to put it in real life. I thought she was perfect.

4. I loved Bella. Just how I pictured her honestly.

5. I loved how they had Mike Newton call Bella "Arizona." That was not in the book, but it was cool, and kinda funny.

6. Good job on Jessica. EXACTLY how I imagined her.

7. There was a lot of humor, especially at the beginning when Bella and Edward are just getting to know eachother. That was very entertaining. And you'll just have to watch the movie to see exactly what I'm talking about with that one.

8. I loved Esme. They did a good job showing how happy she was that Edward finally found someone. She was always smiling when Bella was around. I loved that.

9. I loved the graduation caps on the wall....that was funny and creative. Probably should have been in the book.

Okay, I realize this got too long way too fast but hey.....freedom of speech. I had to voice my opinions. I did enjoy the movie, I just thought there were too many unnecessary changes to the characters.

My Favorite Commercials

I was thinking about some commercials that get me laughing every time, and I just thought I'd post a few. They're my favorites!

I'm not sure what it is about the flame-thrower burger one. Every time it aired on TV I practically died. I'll put both those on, cuz there's a sequel.

OH P.S.!! I've been waiting to post this, cuz after all the fake-outs I had to make sure it was legit......

I got that temp job in Burley. Three months starting January getting paid what the experienced girl I'm filling-in for gets paid (which is more than what I'd start out with....lets just say that). So I'll be moving to Burley for a few months.....even though we half-live there anyway. And this will at least give me an income while I keep looking for something permanent. It's not my dream come true, but it is a light in the tunnel. Yay for me! But what's still sad is I have to wait a month and a half before I can start! Augh! Oh well.



Gotta love that one! Okay, my last bit of news.....I am SOOOO excited for Twilight to come out....except it came out last night. My mom, sisters, and I have tickets for tomorrow around three. (Matinee.....half price). I absalutely LOVED the "Midnight Sun" manuscript.....I thought it was BETTER than Twilight, cuz Edward is SO much more observant (stronger senses and all) than Bella is. And I really didn't realize how early he fell in love with her! It just makes it that much more awesome. I hope Stephenie Meyer decides to finish it someday. I know what happened was a horrible infringement on her rights, but her readers are loyal and we shouldn't all suffer cuz one person was stupid. I know I'll buy the book, even though I've read half of it. I believe in supporting the authors I love. I own all my favorite books. Some day I'll own hundreds of books! (Actually I probably do......but they won't all be textbooks....it's sad but very true). Anyway.

Also, the picture of a Lion in the header is NOT a possibility. We worked on it. I have to re-create my own template (which takes FOREVER....just ask Anna) in order to do it. And I probably will someday, but since I like it how it is (minus the header) and it took forever to get it how it is now....it's gonna stay. I still think it's better than two columns. Okay I'm done.

Some old videos....

I was going through the folders on the computer, and I came across these.....it seems like it was SUCH a long time ago! And look how much I look like a teenager!.....oh wait....I WAS a teenager!

Just a few pictures and videos from our honeymoon....thought you all might enjoy these. We went to Disneyland and an Angels game if you couldn't figure it out.....man that was fun. I can't wait till Caleb's older.

ENJOY!

Manuscript....

Well, I read the first chapter....but I didn't really know what happened. You see, Stephenie Meyer promised a FIFTH book in the "Twilight" series called "Midnight Sun" It is Twilight from Edward's perspective. Well, she released chapter one....and I read it and it was good. However, I didn't know that someone got ahold of her manuscript and put it on the internet. Over two hundred and sixty pages!! Yeah! And here's the thing, she got so upset about it, that she quit writing the book until sh she feels like getting up to it again. She may or may not ever finish now....it's suspended indefinately. However, since she knew the word was out about the leaked manuscript, instead of sending people looking for it, she just put it on her website. She said she did NOT want her fans to read it this way, and I was gonna be one of those loyal fans who would wait for the indefinate release. However, last night I started re-reading twilight, cuz I wanna be up to snuff when the movie comes out Saturday (girls night out post forthcoming). And then I remembered the manuscript. Well, I debated for about thirty seconds and decided to give in. And so far I'm loving it! But it's so long! Just thought you all might wanna know what I've been up to.....absalutely nothing! I'm worthless when I'm reading.

Blog Facelift!

Okay, I've been wanting to do it for ages......but I've been putting it off, because it's just so much work....I mean it erases ALL MY WIDGETS! But I finally did it.....I've gone to three-columns! Hope you all like it. There's a few kinks....
the template I chose won't allow a picture in the header. That's a problem, don't worry though, Anna said she'd help me fix it in a couple days.
Also, I've lost the family pictures I had on the side-bars. I'll put up temporary ones, till I can get back to my mom's computer where they're saved. I've also re-categorized the other blog links.... so they're on both sides now. And I've lost the slideshow on the bottom....that's okay, I don't think anyone ever looked at it anyway. Plus the pictures were way old. Oh well. It's new, improved LYONS PRIDE 2!

How is that fun????

The internet was down all day today! When we called the people, they said the internet was down with all of AT&T and since parker's parents go through Safelink (which aparently goes through AT&T) we had no internet. Then we got in the car and the talk-radio show was doing this thing on cyber-warfare. And it was talking about how people can break down communication by taking down the internet, and how bad that would be, and how it could be the next step in warfare. I wonder if that show was brought on cuz the internet was down today?..... was anybody else's internet down today? Just wondering.....how big was it? Okay, this is NOT what this post is about.

Parker and his dad, and his brother left tonight to go on their annual elk hunt. Now, I totally love Parker, and I love that he loves to hunt. I also love that he doesn't make me go with him. I'm sorry, but to me it just doesn't make sense (please forgive me Parker, I know you don't see it this way......) but they spent HOURS packing (after a full day of work and school). They dressed up in their camoflauge and orange (Oh YEAH! Don't even get me STARTED on that one! What's the point of camo if you're gonna wear neon orange?!!! Holy cow I don't get that one at all!). Anyway, they packed lunches, and tons of clothes, and like four guns and three ammo cans (those things are HEAVY!) and then they get up at like four in the morning, and hike up a mountain.....for HOURS. FOUR IN THE MORNING!! I'm sorry, but not only is that way too early for humans, but it's rude to the deer. Then the sun will come up, and they'll be at a top of a mountain and it'll be this awesome guy moment. It's quiet. It's beautiful. And IT'S FREEZING COLD! Time to keep moving. They'll hike all day and probably only see a couple of deer/elk and they'll not be ones they wanna shoot. At the end of the day they'll be hiking the MILES AND MILES they walked away from the car, and just as they're about to pack it up, they'll see the animal they want and they'll take it down. It's just before dark now, and now they have to drag the thing across the mountainside. Then they'll get their knives out and do whatever they do to those things to make it so they can take it home. It'll take HOURS after dark so they'll do it all by flashlight, and then they'll come home..........covered in mud and dirt and smelling like sweat. They'll track mud into the house and then procede to hang the animal up-side down in the garage. Then they'll dump ALL the stuff in the house, and once again, it will take HOURS to clean up and six loads of laundry. And then they get to find someone who'll butcher the thing. (Which is NOT for free, no it's not even cheap.) And then a week later, you have to go and pick up all this meat.....THAT DOESN'T EVEN TASTE GOOD! And then you, the wife, get to find ways to cook it for an entire year.....and just as you fry up the last package, it's time to go hunting again. I'm sorry, but how is that fun???!

Disney Voices.......you've heard them more than once!

Okay, since Caleb just LOVES Disney movies, we see a lot of them. Now I saw them all as a kid, but as I'm starting to watch them again, I've noticed how many voices I've heard on OTHER MOVIES!! It started with Winnie The pooh and from there I couldn't believe how many voice doubles there are. Now ALL of these I noticed myself. Although I did do internet research for pictures and the actor names I promise there isn't a single voice on here that I put on just from looking at all these websites. I noticed all of these voices from watching all these movies with Caleb. Okay, here we go.

#1.Sterling Holloway plays:

-Winnie The Pooh

- Kaa the snake

- The Cheshire Cat

#2.Elanor Audley plays:

-Maleficent

-The Wicked Stepmother

Now this is one that I noticed when mom and I had a "girls night"....(cuz the guys went to a movie and left us at home) and mom bought Sleeping Beauty, so we watched it together.

#3. Verna Felton plays:
-The Fairy Godmother

-Aunt Sarah (from Lady and the Tramp)

-Flora (one of the 3 good fairies)

- The Queen of Hearts

#4. Sebastian Cabot plays:

- Bageera (from Jungle Book)

- The Narrator from Winnie the Pooh

#5. Barbra Luddy plays:

- Kanga

- Lady

- Merryweather (one of the 3 good fairies)

Okay this one I realized while I was in the shower this morning.....no joke!

#6. Jim Cummings plays:

-Pete (from A Goofy Movie)

-Razoul the first Guard from Aladdin

Okay now this one is kinda weird, because I'm sure everyone in the world can figure out that Mr. Smee and The White Rabbit are the same voice, but he does a buncha other voices that you would never be able to figure out just by listening.

#7. Bill Thompson plays:

- Mr. Smee

- The White Rabbit

- Jock (from Lady and the Tramp

- Policeman at the zoo (from Lady and the Tramp)

- Dodo (the dodo bird from Alice in Wonderland)

-The Walrus (from Alice in Wonderland) AND

-Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

AND!

- King Hubert (from Sleeping Beauty....Prince Phillip's father)

#8. Kathryn Beaumont plays:

- Alice

-Wendy Darling

And I'm sure we all knew that Balu the bear from The Jungle Book is also Little John from Robin Hood. But it's also Thomas O'Malley the alley cat from Aristocats.

Finally James Earl Jones (the voice of Darth Vader) is also the voice of king Mufassa from The Lion King.

And lets not forget the revelation from "Cars" the same guy plays:

-Ham from Toy Story and Toy Story 2

- The school of fish from Finding Nemo

- Mack from Cars

- The abominable Snowman from Monsters Inc.

- PT Flea from A Bugs Life

- The Underminer from The Incredibles

Okay that was really fun. Hope you enjoyed it, I know I did!