Girls Night Out

It is Girls Night Out at Bitner Manor. Tonight I am going out sans kids and husband and meeting up with a few of my close friends. What are we going to do, you ask? Oh, you know, the usual: dinner, dessert, girls' talk--nothing out of the ordinary... unless you think it's weird that--around at the stroke of midnight--we'll transform into these squeeing, love-sick fangirls:


That's right, we're going to see New Moon, the second installment in the Twilight saga.

I know, I know, I can't believe I'm going to go see New Moon either. Ever since I read Breaking Dawn I've become a very out-spoken critic of the series. And I was extremely disappointed in the first movie of the Twilight Saga. I even wrote about it. Despite all my criticism I've always maintained that New Moon is my favorite book in the series. Besides, this movie was directed by Chris Weitz not Catherine Hardwicke, so I figure it cannot possibly be worse then the last movie (knock on wood).

Anyway, I'm excited!  I'm grateful that I have a husband who puts up with my love/hate relationship with the Twilight series and is cool with my going out tonight--a school night.  I'm glad I have an opportunity to go out with my friends.  And even if the movie is the worst thing to ever grace the big screen, I'll still have a great time (though I won't hesitate to post a scathing review here).

Here's to vampires, werewolves, irritating protagonists, Girls Night Out, good friends, and awesome (read: patient) husbands (I love you Duane.  You are My Jacob, which, in my book, is a very very good thing)!

TEAM JACOB!

P.S. Speaking of Duane, he now has his very own blog.  Check it out.

The Bike Wash

Here are some photos of the girls at Renae's house. They had quite a bit of fun playing with Owen and Ava and the rest of the neighborhood kids. They ran around in their swimsuits and held a 'bike wash'. Some of the neighborhood kids brought over their own bikes to be washed. The bike wash lasted quite some time but they sure had fun.

It was so cute because Mayah and Malia just blended in with the rest of the neighborhood kids--the more the merrier. I sat on the porch with Renae and her hilarious neighbor. I can't remember when I've had so much fun just sitting around talking.

Later on, Renae broke out the snacks. The neighborhood kids gathered around to get their share of cookies, popsicles and soda. My girls were in kid heaven. We never have that many snacks in one sitting. I think they might want Renae to adopt them. I wouldn't blame them one bit if they did. I want to live at Renae's house too. She's got a great setup because she has a safe neighborhood with nice neighbors. To top it all off, she lives in a cul-de-sac. Lucky girl.

It was quite fun to watch all the kids play because it reminded me of my own childhood. Many of you might not know this but I actually grew up in Utah ( was born in Utah). I had completely forgotten about all the hot summer days I spent running around with my friends and my older brothers. We used to have water fights with the pesky neighbor kids, climb our cherry tree, play night games like 'Ghost in the graveyard' and 'Kick the can', and eat otter pops like there was no tomorrow. Good times.

I love summer. :)