Twilight Midnight Release Party

Friday night was the Midnight Release Party for Twilight! I had planned to just go to the Borders here in Fort Worth because I was supposed to have to close at work that night. Well, I ended up working on my day off and trading shifts with one of co-workers so that I could go with Lauren. Thursday, they announced that someone from the movie would appear at one of like 10 locations in the Dallas area. They were supposed to announce it on Access Hollywood Friday. I watched the show at 6:00pm, and nope! They didn't announce it! We were so mad! Luckily, Lauren had gotten word that something was going on at the Allen Borders that "we didn't want to miss"! So, we ended up there and decided we would still have fun even if it wasn't the right one. I got there around 8:30pm. Lauren had her laptop with her, so she was still searching to see if they had announced where the star would be, and finally it was confirmed that we were at the right one! WoooHooo! We were soooooo excited! We still didn't know which star would be there. It started at 10:00pm. We played Twilight trivia book vs. movie until around 11:30 and then started lining up to buy the DVD. Right before Midnight, in walks CATHERINE HARDWICK! For those of you who don't know, she is the Director of the movie! Sure, it wasn't one of the actors, but she freakin' directed the movie! If it wasn't for her, there wouldn't have been a movie made!!! They announced that she would only autograph the first 300 DVDs. Lauren had a blue wristband, so she was in the first 100. I had a pink wristband, and the line looked reallllyyy long, so I was worried that I wouldn't get an autograph, but I did! I was so happy! I still can't believe we got to meet her! She couldn't stop to pose for any pics with people while sighning autographs, so you had to kind of stand to the side and take pics of her if you wanted. I have a couple to share. And after she was done and about to leave, she actually posed for a pic with Lauren and her TwilightMoms friends because Catherine LOVES TwilightMoms! It was an awesome night and I'm so glad I got to share it with Lauren!

Birthday/Anniversary Vacation

I'm excited! We decided that for my birthday/our anniversary in May, we're gonna go to San Antonio for a couple days. We had originally planned to go there for our honeymoon, but then decided we'd rather go to Galveston. We really wanted to go back to Galveston, since that's where we went on our honeymoon, but since Hurricane Ike, I don't think many tourists are going there right now. I think it would make us sad to see all of the places where we made memories gone. So anyways. We're gonna go to Sea World one day. We'll go see The Alamo and we'll go to the Riverwalk. We're also probably gonna go to the Natural Bridge Caverns. I've been to San Antonio a couple times, but not since I was a teenager. Chris has never been. If it was up to him, we'd never go anywhere because he never went anywhere growing up. I was the total opposite. We took lots of family vacations. I went on vacations with my BFF every year as well. We even went to Paris, France and lived there for a month while babysitting her brother-in-law's daughter while he worked over there. I love to travel, and I want our children to experience the world around them like I did. So, yeah. I'm excited to start planning for that!

Tomorrow we're heading up to visit my parents. Hopefully it will stay nice out like it has been the last couple days. We're gonna BBQ some ribs! Yummy! Friday, I have to work, but then I get to go get my TWILIGHT DVD!!!!!!!!! I'm soooooo excited about that! I'll try to get some pics at Borders since I'm gonna go to the Midnight Release Party there!

Angela wanted pics of the new furniture, so here is the living room...