Some More Birthday Pictures

Thanks Fia for taking the pics!

Sundance 2012

I can not believe this week has come to an end!  So much thought and planning has gone in to this year of Sundance and I had a great time!  Okay, so I am going to be brief right now and simply recap this year's Sundance events for you.  However, check out the Hen Movie Blog in the near future for some in depth movie reviews from this year's festival.

To recap...

1. I saw 5 films at 4 different theaters, in 3 days, in 2 cities, with 1 new snazzy coat!
1. Bachelorette - Super funny
2. How to Survive a Plague - Inspiring
3. Liberal Arts - Lovely
4. The Words - Slightly Disappointing
5. Predisposed - Surprisingly Great
2. I cried in 2 films.  No ugly cries though!
3. I was inspired to action!
4. I was inspired to read more, to listen to classical music, to write my script and to start planning next year's trip.

Here are some pics from this year's Sundance Film Festival...

We ate at Roosters Brewing Company in Ogden prior to Bachelorette.

YUMMY!

Peery's Egyptian Theater in Ogden

Instagram - Organ playing prior to the filming of Bachelorette.

Instagram - Waiting for How to Survive a Plague to begin.

We ate at Barbacoa right before the showing of Liberal Arts.

Sundance Film Festival 2012 - Screen just prior to Liberal Arts.

Instagram - Waking up Sunday morning with two more films to watch.

Instagram - Breakfast at the Little America Hotel.  YUM!

Instagram - Little America lobby, aren't chandeliers so romantic?

Instagram - Waiting for Predisposed to start, admiring me pretty hand stamp.

The streets were lined with Sundance banners.

Willard and his gal pal outside of the Rose Wagner.

Volunteer ushering us in to see The Words at the Rose Wagner.

Waiting in line outside of the Tower Theater for Predisposed.

Beautiful mural on an otherwise forgettable house.

Thank you Melanie for getting all of my tickets.  I promise to be more on top of things next year!  Thank you Melanie and Peggy for being such great movie buddies!  Thank you Peggy for being a great travel companion.  Thank you Lua, Justin, Sione and Lorien for taking care of Mr. Daniel so that I could enjoy my time at Sundance this year.  Thank you Fia for letting me borrow your camera.  Thank you Melanie, Peggy, Cheryl, Laura and Grady for a weeks worth of intelligent, creative and enlightening movie dialogue! 

Can't wait until next year!

Merry Christmas

I know that we should reflect more often than just during the holiday season, on what we are so thankful for.  But I do want to take a moment and thank all of those who have been so kind, loving and supportive this year.  So much has happened in just the last few weeks and I'm so grateful to family and friends who took the time to reach out, help me move and offer their love.  We're really going to miss living with John, Lo and Inoke.  Daniel and I have loved being in our new home, but we've missed those three! And can I just say that I LOVE my siblings...boy are they the cats meow!  Funaki played in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl last Saturday and my uncle's funeral was the same day.  It was so great to see my family pull together to support my father, and my brother at the same time.   I'm also so thankful to the people I work with who laugh at my jokes, support my decisions and are willing to come in on their day off to cover a shift.  I'm so thankful to Daniel for understanding that sometimes Mom is just simply crazy and that at the end of the day, he knows that there is no one else who loves him more than I do.  I am so thank for my parents who have been so kind (oh dear, I'm starting to cry!)  They have been so complimentary of my choices and have supported me every step of the way.  Thank you to my friends who are the best friends a girl could have!  I love the people in my life!  I am so blessed!

Also, thank you so much to Marissa Gardner who was so patient with me as I tried out every prop I brought.  :)  Don't you love this location!  AAHHH, I love it!

Recent iPhone Pics

Here's what we've been up to:

Hangin' with Ari!  She is getting so big!

I went to the U2 360 Tour with Olivia!  It was amazing!  A whole post about it will be up soon!

I went to 'Roll Up Crepes' in Orem.  I got the Turkey Pesto...pretty tasty!

Daniel's final recital was Friday.  It was so fun to see him up on the big stage!  I was such a proud mama! Thanks to Sione, Lo, Inoke and Melanie for coming out to see him!

Daniel pretending he was cyclops!  What a goofball.  LOL!

Spring...please hurry!

I love Spring!  I love watching the flowers bloom, the trees bud, the birds nest and the grass grow green.  However, it seems like it's taking a super long time to get here this year.  We were able to find a few signs of it out in the yard today.  

Daniel's Picture Post

Daniel got a hold of the camera and took some pics.  I thought they were definitely worthy of a post.  :)