Paul's last bash at CFA

So, on Paul's last day at CFA he had "Paul's last bash". Basically, this meant that they all hung out in the parking lot after work and had a jam session. Back in the day, before Collin was born, they had a jamming session ever Saturday night practically and I went all the time. It was these three, Brandon, Paul and Jason. But, they all started going on their ways. Brandon is off at school and Jason started his career. I don't think the three of them have gotten together to jam in a while so Brandon came back from school for this and Jason came up to CFA and they had a final jam. It was awesome and great to see them both again. It was really awesome hearing all three of them play and sing again.

Proud mommy brag moment:

They started playing "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz and Collin knows every word so he sat down with them in the middle of that large group of people and sang right along with them. Super cute! I loved it!! :)

What makes you notice someone?

Well, the first thing I notice about someone is their smile. Generally, I smile at everyone and if they return my smile then it makes me think that they're a nice person, sure, but occasionally there is someone who smiles at me with a fabulously genuine smile. One of those smiles that makes me think that they truly wanted to smile. That person really is happy and wants to share that happiness. That is what catches my attention. There was a lady like that at the grocery store today. I saw a lot of ppl but this woman is the only one that I actually remember her face and that she had a little girl with her. When I smiled at her she gave me one of those real smiles. I loved it!!

We Are Marshall

I am a girl and am not a big fan of watching sports on television. However, in school I was on the basketball team (favorite!), tennis team, soccer team, and swim team so I love to play sports and I enjoy watching people I know play sports but I hate watching games on television. Why on earth would I watch a movie like this you ask? Well, that's simple. In movies like this the viewer gets to know the people playing the game and is able to see all the hardships and trials they go through to get to where they are. I enjoy the story behind the players. When I watch sports on television, I just don't get that (except for sometimes the olympics).

Anyways, I really enjoyed this movie. It had mild language but no sex scenes or anything. It is about a town who's football team and some other students and staff were in a plane crash. They lost the entire football team except one coach and three players. The devastation hit more than just the team or even the school. It hit the entire town. They had a hard time dealing with it. The school almost closed down the football but with a lot of hard work from the college president they were able to build the team again. They didn't win any awards their first season, they only won a few games but the story was about a town overcoming an incredible hardship and accepting this new team. They had to overcome their grief and not let everything football remind them of people lost but to see it as a new beginning and a way to honor those lost. It was an awesome story!

Would you rather....

Would you rather be wealthy and ugly, wise and sickly, or beautiful and stupid? This is the prompt given for today. I think that out of these options then I'd rather be wise and sickly. I don't care much for wealth or for being ugly and I definitely don't want to be beautiful and stupid! Who really wants that? However, I am not very smart and I think that being wise would be awesome. Although, being sickly would not be much fun either but out of the options given, this is the best one in my opinion. Which one would you be?

NaNoWriMo

Another thing happening this month is National Novel Writing Month and most of you know me and know that I enjoy writing. It's one of my favorite things to do in my spare time. So, this month, I am writing a novel based on the Screenplay I wrote in April for Script Frenzy. :) Why do I get myself involved with these things? I think I'm busy enough with kids, being a full time student and being the primary president. Do I really need other things? Evidently, I do. I love it too much to not do it! So... here is the synopsis of the story I'm writing for this month.
"A woman travels across country to help a friend prepare for her wedding that the groom knows nothing about. She unexpectedly finds herself the confidant to a dying woman, reliving dangerous pasts and falling in love with the last person she ever expected to."
And the poster I made for it:

If my mortgage was free...

If my mortgage was free my financial situation would be so much nicer. I mean, our mortgage really isn't that bad but our income isn't that great either. If our mortgage was free then we wouldn't be so worried about selling this house. We would already have our new house. We could rent this one out and not have to worry about making two mortgages. Here is a picture of the house the kids and I have picked out.

It has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. So excited about it!! I just hope that we can sell this house soon since we do pay mortgage on it and can't afford two. :)

NaBloPoMo

So, if you haven't heard yet, this is National Blog Posting Month. We'll see if I can do it. This month I have to make a post for each day of the month so we'll see if I can do it. :)