Who is Maryjane?

So a couple weeks ago I posted something on here that just sort of scratched the surface of something bigger. Over 4th of July my mom, daughter and I went over to Idaho to meet Maryjane Butters and see her store opening. In that time I have had so many people ask me about this "MaryJane person" and ask what her deal is. I sort of tried to explain it, but didn't do her a whole lot of justice in the process. So I did find a couple videos that explain who she is and what she is all about.

I discovered her through her magazines, but once I really got into what she was trying to teach us, something just clicked in me. Her philosophy on home keeping, and just better living is exactly how I grew up and had to be reminded about. I have made a lot of changes getting back to simple basics because of her. I feel I need to spread the word :)

Also I am starting m own farmgirl chapter. More info here. I will keep you posted on what exactly will happen with that. But let me know who is interested. I plan to have get togethers that involve big batch cooking, canning and possibly sewing or crafts. Women have been doing this sort of thing for generations. Why did we stop in the past couple of generations I am not sure, but I plan to fire it back up.

The Coston's cabin

So we have this cabin that we go to every summer. It is in remote central Oregon. It's a little log cabin with no electricity and a propane powered water heater. The whole place is wired for propane so we do have lights but it is pretty primitive. My in laws have been going since their kids were knee high and I have been going since I married in so this is something that we do every year without fail.

It is nestled along side a little lake stocked with tons of trout. There are also several osprey nests along the lake. The whole place is teaming with wildlife but not a lot of people. Some years we have been up there and not seen another person aside from our own family for the whole week.

The kids had a blast fishing and swimming and canoeing. We saw tons of deer and went on nature walks. All in all we had a great time.

Fan girl squeel!!!

So this week at the San Diego Comic con, the director of New Moon released some new footage of the movie. I felt the absolute need to share with the class.

I apologize for the crummy quality of the hand held camera and the thousands of teenage girls screeching but I will overlook it for the awesomeness that will be this movie. November 21st can't get here quick enough!!





Oh Mylanta!!!!

Just darn cute

camping

This past weekend we went camping at Fort Stevens outside of Astoria on the coast. My mom joined us in her trailer. We were in our 3 room tent. We had a blast. We stayed 2 nights and the campground was really nice. It was loaded with bike trails so we all loaded up , (Nana too) and hit the trails. We went on a 5 mile ride to the beach and a cool shipwreck and then on to the abandoned battery.

The kids had a blast all weekend making friends at the campground and riding their bikes all over the place. They had a great time. We will definitely be visiting again this summer.

But this one is better

Ok I know I already put up the New moon trailer, but this one is fan made and frankly better than the one the pros did. So there you go.


Did I mention I can hardly contain myself for this dumb movie?

:)

Boy scout field trip

So on Saturday my mom and I took the boys out to the military base by the airport for a boy scout field trip. It was "young American day" and so they let all the kids check out all the fighter jets and military gadgets. Also there were firefighters and police there to answer questions and let the kids touch and try on all their gear.

Bug and Peanut has a great time. Bug got to try on Kevlar and hold a missile launcher. (The highlight of his day) But the big highlight of our day was that it was in fact right on the runway of the airport so we were literally 300 yards or so from airplanes taking off and landing. Plus the base had fighter jets in the air doing fly-bys. My mom and I were practically chasing down the runway pumping our fist in the air. It was very exciting to say the least. Bug was a little off put by the extreme volume of the jets. My mom and I couldn't help but spend the rest of our day doing Top gun quotes and peeking around corners in hopes to find a sweaty volleyball game in progress somewhere. But to no avail.

We got some decent pictures out of the day though.

Yeah I am a dork.

Tell me somethng I don't know. But this is my blog and I will put all the silly Twiligt related stuff I want. So there :P.

Only 6 short months !!!!

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer in HD

Just a lovely slice of my life

Finally some Alaska pictures

I know it only took me a week to get these up here but hey, I don't jet set like I used to. Bouncing back after even a mini vacation takes a little bit of effort.

Really I told you everything that we did mostly. We went up for my grandpa's birthday and got to visit with my family which I very rarely get to see. Mostly because they live in Anchorage and I live here.

Also we drove out to Portage glacier, Whittier and went on a cool bike ride through the city.

Really, that about sums up our weekend.

But here are some cool pictures.

:)

We always forget just how pretty Alaska really is until we leave and come back. Around every corner was a "beautiful, gorgeous, wish you were here" moment.

Giddy up!!

So it cracks me up that all the movies made lately have been marketed solely to my generation of nostalgic freaks. What with the Dukes of Hazard movie, Transformers the movie and the upcoming GI Joe movie that are completely over the top and action packed , I thought it was high time they did something with a girls toy.

And so I give you My little pony the movie.

This made me giggle until it hurt.

It's here! That shocking time of year!

It is May 1st. May day.

And so I give you my favorite song from my favorite musical of all time . Camelot.

Because it is the month of "yes you may."

A nice spring day at the park.

Just a little video for fun.

Bug's birthday extravaganza

So Bug's birthday was back on April 8th. But with Easter and every weekend being packed with something I had a hard time finding a weekend to do Bug's party. But we found one 3 weeks from the actual day.

He decided that he wanted to take a couple of his friends to JJ extreme.It is a place near our house that has a warehouse of bounce houses and giant swings. We did a party a couple years ago there and frankly, I was not impressed. It was really expensive (like $200) and there were only 3 or 4 kids that even showed up. We had to buy (at extra charge) their food and we only got to let the kids play for 1 hour. But he really wanted to do it again and I had some coupons that I had been saving for the past year waiting for the right time.

He invited 3 of his friends and so I picked them up for school yesterday and took them over to JJ extreme. They all got in on these coupons and I didn't have to pay a dime. I was totally surprised that they would allow me to use them all at once. But they did. They boys bounced and jumped and nerfed and swung themselves silly. They got to play for 2 1/2 hours. So they were exhausted when we were done.

We brought them back here to our place and fed them pizza and cake and had ourselves a real party for Bug.

He had a great time and said it was his best party EVER!!! That is always what you want to hear :)

Here are some highlights.

Bug turns 8!!

So I know I am a couple days behind on this. I have been sort of bogged down with stuff lately. But as the title says, my little Bug turned 8 a couple days ago. I can not believe it has been 8 years since I became a mother. I can barely remember my life before kids. Although I wouldn't trade it for anything. I feel like these kids made me the person I am. Bug was the first one to break me in though. He has been challenging and hysterical all at the same time. The sense of humor on this kid is incredible. Some of the things that he comes up with are awesome.

I had a lot of fun putting this slide show together. I was able to keep my composure a little better with this one. There was no sobbing and (hardly any) drinking going on. I got a hold of myself before it got out of hand :)

So there you have it.

Happy Birthday Bug!!

ComiCon 2009

As you may already know, my family is it's own brand of nerdy. We love all things Star Wars and most things sci-fi. My Dad has always been a Star Trek junkie as I was growing up and my husband's Dad was a comic junkie. So when the two of us meet up and breed, our offspring really have no chance at coolness. But there is a place where we can come together and hang out with our nerdy brethren.

Comic conventions.

Now these are not what they once were. They used to be (according to my husband who has been attending these since he was knee high) Comic vendors only. Before Ebay and the internet, this was the only place the seasoned (nerds) comic collectors could go find super rare comics. Nowadays, it's like geeky Disneyland. Everyone dresses up as their favorite character and they sell every sort of action figure, figurine and toys that you could think of. It really is a lot of fun.

Believe it or not, I had never been to one of these, but I had heard tales of the sheer awesomeness. Also Bug's 8th birthday was coming up, so we thought we would take him as he is WAY into this stuff. He went to ComiCon when it came to Portland last year. This year the big one was in Seattle. So my sister in law, my husband,Bug and I all piled in the van and off we went.

It was a lot of fun. Also there were a couple of celebrities signing autographs. Will Wheaton of Star trek next generation fame (and also Stand by me) and my favorite, Jewel Satiton who was "Kylee" on Firefly and Serenity.

We also walked around downtown Seattle and had a nice dinner on the wharf.

It was a nice little day trip. Bug had a lot of fun.He saw a lot of cool costumes too. his favorites were the ghostbusters, Boba fett and a kioshi warrior from Avitar. We got a lot of good ideas for next year :)

Here's some of the highlights of our day. Some of these pictures are taken at the Children's museum here in Portland where we saw the Star wars 501 troop last weekend. We just follow them around :)

I was amazed at the detail these people went into for their costumes.

Hours of entertainment

Yes I am aware that I have the humor of a 12 year old and the attention span of a gnat. But dang it all if this isn't the most entertaining way to spend an evening with my kids.

To give a little background, I got this new Macbook that has a program in it called photo booth. It just has a camera in the computer and all these dumb effects that you can play with. My kids and I can play with these silly fun house effects for hours. We get to laughing so hard it is a little ridiculous. But really fun at the same time.

Here's just a small sample of what Bug and I spent almost an hour doing tonight.

For the last 3 of you...

Ok for the last 3 people left that have not seen this video, you have to watch it. If you know us, we are total mushy sissy la-las when it comes to animal stuff so needless to say we REALLY like this story.

Enjoy!

Jason's hike.

Here's a hike Jason took a week ago.

It's a hike called "Angel's Rest."


It was really windy and cold, but well worth it.

Here's a slide show from it:

Gasp!!!!

Only 2 more days!! I can hardly contain myself!!

In case you live under a rock, the Twilight DVD comes out in 2 days.

Here's my own private reason to live. A deleted scene from the bonus disc. I am most excited for the behind the scenes stuff and the commentary. Why you may ask, because I am a giant Twerd!



My friends and I are going to go to a midnight release party and battle it out amongst the glittered up teenagers. Can't hardly wait!! Don't worry, there will be pictures.