Monday, December 22, 2008

Twilight Movie vs. Book




Of course the book is better but if you want the full details of my thoughts, email me at kendiknop@gmail.com and I will send you my list of thoughts. Much too long for you all to read here.

Bottom line, I will buy all the books and all the movies. Also, if you receive the email, the list of things I don't like is much longer than what I do like because more things are left out of the book and that aggravates me of course. BUT, I left in love Edward and while that is only on bullet on my list, that feeling is incredibly important to me.

If someone knows how to load a word document onto blogger, I would gladly take that advice. Then I could put my list of likes and don't likes as a link instead through email.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

We missed the memo...


(Sorry the image is small. It is from Facebook)

These three ladies at one point were all my college roommates. From the left, Emily, lived with me my senior year. Allison, the blonde, lived with me 3 years, and Katie lived with me 2 years. All three were bridesmaids in my wedding and this picture is from our wedding week about 2.5 years ago. So why put the picture up now??

Well, I missed the memo we were all going to moms before June 2010. Emily had beautiful Alyssa (who you can see on their blog; check out Pollards link) who was born June 21 and now Allison is due with baby boy on March 15th and Katie is due May 27th. NUTS!!

Congratulations to my lovely, beautiful friends! All are, or are going to be, great moms. I love you and can't wait to see pictures. I'm just bummed I don't get to see the babies as soon as I would like.

This of course begs the next question; when do we want to start a family? If I had received a memo, Cory and I would have thrown it away/ignored it. Three words are definitely keeping the baby issue at bay; JAMAICA IN MAY. So now you know you don't have to be in suspense about if anything is happening before that. This is all we know though. Just because we go to Jamaica does not mean we want to start trying when we come back either. So now you don't need to ask about the baby situation.

And Rae, if you read this, you are next following Anne's theory...The summer of 2007 weddings started in this order and I know because I was in all of them: Emily and Lemar on May 19, Cassie and Chris on May 24, Allison and Zach on June 9, and Rae and Matt on June 16. Emily had Alyssa on June 21,2008, Cassie (who is not in the picture but also a dear friend and great mom; check out the Donatells link) had Malachi in July 2008(sorry I don't remember the date Cassie), and Allison and Zach are due in March. Rae let us know when you are due!

J/K! Love you Rae and wait as long as you like. We are!

P.S. Cory and I do want a family, we just don't know when yet. When God says we are ready, we'll be ready.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Took Forever, But Thanksgiving Highlights

While this took stinkin' forever you should, it partly due to my obsession with the Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. That's right, I read all 4 in 8 days! They rock, love them, and part of me wishes Cory was a vampire. Not really, but Stephenie Meyer writes in a way you fall in love with every important character.

P.S. I know this is a long blog, but it is all worth the read. A picture I promise you haven't seen and a story that is annoying!

My mother's beautiful table. Mom, you are an awesome host who goes over and beyond always!

Me and my mom. I look fabulous; still in PJs!

Not only did we have Thanksgiving, but we my nephew Brice's birthday and my stepdad Ron's birthday. We fondued for Ron's birthday on the 11/29 but forgot to take pictures. However, on the 28th we had a pool party with Brice and cake. I can't figure out how to get my videos to work on here, but the picture will suffice. The only request from Brice on his birthday: slam my face into the cake.

And he did it!

Most of the vacation I was sick but that did not stop Abby or Cory insisting we still play cards. Also I sneak at the beautiful pool we swam in all vacation!! And, Cory kissing me before he knew how sick I was and then he stopped kissing me for over week! ARGH! No kissing when you deep into a semi-romance fantasy novel is killer!




Lastly, coming home. Should be easy but not if you are flying from Fort Worth, TX to Great Falls, MT. Our itnirary said our flight to Denver was 8:50 am so we showed up to the airport at 7:00. Plenty of time, except, when checking, we saw United had us on a flight at 11:48. No courtesy call! So I call Ron, who has just exited and paid the toll, and he comes back and drives us back home, an hour away!! Cory convinced me to stay up late the night before because it was our last night and everything, so now I am sicker and exhausted. We sleep an hour at home and load up the car again with my brother, Brett, and Abby. We check in and waiting by the gate, but as of 11:30, no plane at the gate. United worker informs of the delay and I know we won't make our connection in Denver to Great Falls, MT; meaning the next flight to Great Fall from Denver gets us home at 11:30. I was planning on sleeping all day at home and now, I won't be home until 11:30; or so I thought! The weather was so bad in Denver, that our flight was cancelled. In case you can't tell, in the picture, the departure time is a frown face!!!

Now, the real frustrating part starts, we wait in line for about 1 hour and then are told we are waiting in the wrong line to get our bag off the plane. We go to the "correct" line and I ask another United woman if this is where I got my bags. Her response, "No, all bags for Denver flights are headed out on the 4:00 flight to Denver." Great, my bags are going home, but not me. I immediately told everyone in line they were in the wrong line again (by this time we were all friends) and went to Baggage Services. Luckily he got our bag and we waited, and waited, and waited to speak with representative for a new flight. We were lucky though, because my mom was on the line acting as me to get us on another flight too. Finally, my mom got us booked on a 6:00 am flight to Salt Lake the following day and then to Great Falls. Now we had keep waiting in line to get confirmation from United to pay for Delta flights and then Ron drove to back to the airport for the 3rd time that day. Guess what! We had to wake up at 3:30 am to get to airport by 5:00 for the 6 am flight!! Now, I am even sicker and more tired.

The upside, while in Salt Lake City I could not sleep or talk because my voice was gone, so I bought Twilight. My obsession started. I could not even go to work I was so sick until Friday, so I read all 4 days at home. And now, I recommend it all to everyone. The second book is my least favorite but central to the story...the fourth book is AMAZING!!! These characters became real to me. Nuts, but now I know we might be able to live without cable but then I need to find some more great books!!