TAG - ROAD TRIP

So, our plans have recently changed (for those of you who knew what they were), or haven't (if you didn't know). Dan and I our moving together down to Destin, Florida. We will be making a TRUE cross-country road trip in less than 2 weeks from Auburn, WA to Destin, FL. We have 12 days to pack our moving truck, unpack at our destination, and drive across our great nation with stops that will include Mr. Rushmore, Nebraska - to see the Johnson Family :O), Oklahoma - to see family, and Memphis Tennessee - to see...(I'm not sure yet. For some odd reason I've always wanted to go there. Anyone been there before? I know that is where Elvis lived, and supposedly they have great music?) We are very excited! So, in preparation for our road trip...

Here is the TAG!

To: Anyone and everyone who reads this blog,

Post about your most memorable Road Trip experience. Now you can take "memorable" to mean whatever you want, but I am curious to see what sort of trips stand out in everyone's memories. I look forward to reading them!

Breaking Dawn Madness...

So, I've never been one on top of new releases of anything! I didn't get into Harry Potter really until they were all out. I've never done the midnight matinées of ANY movie, and I've never waited in line longer than a normal ticket line or grocery for ANYTHING! In fact I will wait until movies get to the $2 theater before even if I really want to see them. Well, I guess there is always a first for everything.

I have been encouraged by many people to read Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series. I had to wait until school and state boards were done, but once I started I really enjoyed them. Now, I don't think I would say enough to get myself to Borders books or Barnes and Nobles at midnight for the last of the series release. But due to my Mom, sister, and a few women in the ward I somehow ended up making shirts with my Mom and sister and going to a Twilight Party that ended with cramming into a suburban with 8 other women and young women to be at Barnes and Nobles to pick up our copies of Breaking Dawn. And it was actually a lot of fun. We had a trivia game of all the books at the party, there were party favors and pictures one woman and her daughters had put together from their trip to Forks, WA (where the book takes place) and the bookstore was having costume contests, trivia, and more. It was fun to hear debates of the the books and hear people share their favorites and so on. All in all, it was a fun night, and it was fun to be a part of the group to celebrate something little, but fun!

(For those of you who know sister Sodenkamp - she was there and she was hilarious. We were walking from our parking spot to the book store and she screamed and started running for the doors saying, "I just can't wait! Why are we walking!!!" It was fun!)

Book Tag

1. Pick up the nearest book to you (one of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

Well, I had my choice of the 4 books of Stephanie Meyers Twilight series all stacked next to me when I read about this tag. Since I haven't gotten to page 123 on the newest book I just grabbed and opened the second book. It sounds weird if you haven't read it and you may be wondering what kind of book this is, but here it goes.

"I wasn't paying attention to where I was driving - just wandering through empty, wet side roads as I avoided the ways that would take me home - because I didn't have anywhere to go. I wished I could feel numb again, but I couldn't remember how I'd managed it before. The nightmare was nagging at my mind and making me think about things that would cause me pain."

TAG: Brandi, Mookie, Tori, Amy, and Chris