42nd Birthday

I spent my 42nd birthday in Whistler, BC (from May 21-24) with my husband and kids, my parents, brother, and uncle. We had such a wonderful, relaxing time. Our friend's place is so huge - you can hardly call it a "cabin" - it's more like a mansion. We hardly had any reason to leave it. We got caught up playing snookers or the pinball machine. Or got glued to the satellite TV. Or lapped up in luxury in the eucalyptus steam room. For me, I got caught up in reading the 4th book of the Twilight Saga, "Breaking Dawn". It wasn't as good as the previous books but I had to finish the series.

My brother, Geoff, cooked gourmet breakfasts and dinners (another reason to not have to go out). Why pay an exorbitant amount of money on dining when we have our own in-house chef? We did have one (lousy & expensive) lunch at the Longhorn, and great burgers at Splitz Grill.

Jaclyn had a great adventure hike around Lost Lake. I enjoyed hearing Michael teach her about old man's beards, moss, lichen, fungus and all the different trees. Then the kids dipped their feet in the lake while the seniors watched from afar at a picnic table.

Michael and I were able to sneak out to watch the new Star Trek movie. It was amazing, REALLY amazing. I definitely could see that movie a few times.

All in all, I had a great, relaxing birthday. I loved being with my family.

Sleeping Beauties

Look what I found after I checked up on the girls before I went to bed!!!

How cute is that!!! Jaclyn and Madison are the best of friends. They play all day together and still can't seem to get enough of each other.

Twilight

I read a thick book in two days. That's pretty good considering I am a mother of two preschoolers. At first, I thought, "Ah, it's just a tweener book. Teen angst. Easy read. No big deal." But as I got into more and more chapters, I found myself caught up in the lives and unforbidden love of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, the girl and the vampire. I have to admit, I loved it. So much so, that I had to reskim the whole book over again.
Then I saw the movie. How awful. The acting was deplorable. The quality was definitely low budget. Had I seen the movie first, I would not have had the slightest interest in picking up the book. But I guess that is always the case. The book is way better than the movie.

It reminds me very much of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice...not that anyone's work can compare to Jane Austen's. Edward Cullen is the modern day Mr. Darcy. Bella Swan is Miss Elizabeth Bennett.

I am itching to read the 3 next books in the Twilight saga. I have to have more of Edward Cullen.

Two Lips

Michael took the day off work yesterday. We took the kids to La Conner for a picnic and then a look-see of the Tulip Festival. It was a fun, relaxing day.
On the way there, we stopped at Home Depot where Michael bought 5 face masks in case of a spread of the swine flu, at the Seattle Premium Outlet for a Starbucks & to purchase 10 Webkinz, and at the Tulalip Hotel to see what it looked like (beautiful!).
We bumped into an old friend at the outlet, Renee Wong. We hadn't seen her in years, and we had only seen her once since our wedding. She was shopping with other fellow moms - 2 of which I happen to know. What a small world.

The tulips were beautiful. Not in abundance as in previous years but I think it's because it's the tail end of the festival. And La Conner is such a cute little town.

Enough rambling about nothing. We just had a great, relaxing, playful day in the hot sun.