Rock Me On the Water

This is my new favorite song. I have a feeling if I were alive in the 70s I would've been a huge fan of Jackson Browne. I'm a sucker for the singer/songwriter wielding a guitar.

Old Foto Friday

Ivy, my oldest niece, turned 11 this past week. This is me and her the day she was born, April 3rd, 2001. I sorta love her. (Whoa, that close-up flash is not doing me any favors; I promise I did not wear a layer of white make-up in high school.)

Old Foto Friday

Em mowing the backyard at our house on Spaulding in Pocatello. And our dog Max. I think this is summer '99.

Book Club: Entwined

This month's book club was Entwined by Heather Dixon. It is a retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses fairy tale (which is Pam's favorite fairy tale). We all enjoyed it and had a great discussion about it, especially the confused identities, family vs. romantic love, and the act of dancing as a way to tell if someone would be a good partner. We also learned that Pam would make an incredible audio-reader.

I Saw The Hunger Games

My mom, sister, friend Pam and myself went to the midnight showing of The Hunger Games last night. I've been looking forward to this for months, loved the books, talked about it nonstop with my friends and family. Of course expectations were high. It didn't suck. Read these if you want to know almost precisely how I feel about it:

My friend Pam's review of the night and movie
NPR's review
Entertainment Weekly's review

I'm still going to see it again with Book Club and other friends. Go check it out if you haven't already!

Old Foto Friday

Me and my best friend Amber. Third grade, doing some scavenger hunt-type thing at Scout Mountain.

Old Foto Friday

My mom with me and my sister. I look to be less than a year (right? I'm very bad at judging ages). So this is probably late 1983 or early 1984. I think Em's face is pretty classic. I wonder if 4/5 year old Jared took the photo?