A Lot of Goings on and Thanksgiving

I hadn't been home since Halloween. Which may not seem like a long time, but, for me, it felt like forever. Thursday I worked half the day, drove 3 hrs to Boise, went to dinner (with Candice, mom and my sisters), Kathy Griffin, and then the New Moon midnight showing all in one day. Yowza, no wonder I fell asleep during the movie.

I miss hanging out with these guys. Especially Noelle's and my weekly Costco samples trip. Here are Laura, Noelle, Danielle, and Josie at the Cheesecake factory before Kathy Griffin.

Then Laura and I went to Kathy Griffin. You could say she's a tad raunchy. As you can clearly tell from this picture, she's wearing a Boise State shirt. Then comes the New Moon midnight showing. Candice went before we got there to save our place. Keep in mind, I bought our tickets 2 months ago. I'm not sure exactly what went down, but Candice was bugged and talked to the manager, pulled some strings (or whatever she did)and we were able to get our seats when we got there at 10:15. I told Candice I would pay for her ticket if she dressed like Harry Potter like she did for the Harry Potter midnight showing, but she chickened out...how awesome would this have been at the New Moon showing?Holy crap, teenagers at midnight showings can not be more annoying. Anyway, as you may have seen on Candice's blog, our first attempt at a group picture was a fail. Then we had some kid take this picture for us. I think that chick above us is dying, and also, Candice and I are apparently holding hands.

Surprise surprise, I actually really liked the movie. It followed the book really well. The visuals were much better, and everyone looked better. I will admit the acting isn't great, but, hello, didn't we know that going in? I do, however, wish they would have made the Alice's-vision-to-Aro-of-Bella-as-a-vampire-running-through-the-forest a little less cheesy. And yes, I did fall a sleep during parts - many parts. Never fear, I saw it again with Steph and Marlee. Also, Danielle and Candice still owe me a movie *cough cough*. Lily wanted me a take a picture of her with my iphone.
Then one of her from afar...
Josie's smile is probably my favorite smile ever. We celebrated Nicole's and my birthday on the same day. We decided on Chuck-o-rama, because come on, admit it, it is tasty. And if you get something you don't like, you don't have to eat it. Win/win.

Russ was confused, he thought it was date night with Nicole. Thanksgiving was at Steph's house this year. Noelle, Laura and Danielle all went to their in-laws so mom and dad came here to Pocatello. We celebrated with the EchoHawks - Paul's parents(Larry and Terry) and his brothers - Matt, Michael, and Mark and his family. Then we closed the evening by playing Nerts, Rockband, and a photoshoot...

Then we went to The Blind Side. It was actually packed so we ended up in the very front row. So that was awesome. Reguardless, the movie was really good.