TWILIGHT the MOVIE!!

Well, Twilight FINALLY hit the theaters and swept us off our feet! In some ways-good... in others-not so good and just plain AWKWARD! But it was definitely an experience to remember!



Here's Shari, Kelli, and I waiting patiently before the movie! My shirt says, "Edward Cullen ruined ALL motals for me."! Kelli almost made a shirt that said, "Harry Potter for LIFE!" She should have because there was even a preview for the newest Harry Potter coming out this year! Can't wait for that...but not as much to make another event for!!

Eve, Mernette, and Maile... our official seat savers! Thank you girls so much for your punctuality!

Look how packed the theater is!! If just ONE showing was this crowded, then we're on the right track to making enough money for the next movie... New Moon!

Thanks Keana'aina family for coming out. I'm glad you guys enjoyed the movie! REAL men watch AND read Twilight!
And thanks baby boy Keana'aina for waiting till mommy saw Twilight before YOU came out! Hmm... what do you think of the name "Edward"?! Or Jacob?! hehehe!

You can't really see the writing on Chan's shirt, but it says, "My heart belongs to my husband, but Edward can have my neck."!!! TOO FUNNY! And the back of Man's shirt say's, "Screw Self-Control" which is hilarious considering that she's pregnant!

We literally built Twilight up to be the "Movie of the Century"! And unfortunately, it was not! I'm not saying that it was bad. I'm just saying that it wasn't perfect and because we had such high expectations, we wallowed in our dissapointment! (can you tell that I'm trying to look like Jasper? He didn't look as constipated as I do (I was trying not to laugh!), but the movie did make him look comically miserable! Which were one of the things that dissapointed me.)

There was lots to discuss at our "after the movie" review at Zippy's. The average rating was about 6.5-7. Those that didn't have high expectations really liked the movie! Shari (who hadn't read the book) absolutely LOVED it (she gave it the highest rating, in fact)! I guess it still holds true that books are better than their movies. Even Maile said that she would have enjoyed it better if she didn't read the book! The movie had quite a few cheesy parts and at times, it seemed that the actors "over-acted" to the point where I was embarrassed for them! Over all, I was happy to have the visual (or more like I was happy to finally stare at Edward!!) and I can't say that I wouldn't watch it again or add it to my DVD collection!

Love the shirts, ladies!!

This is the back of Maile's shirt! It's all of the Twilight "Flare"!! FABULOUS!! Thank you to everyone who had the Twilight spirit and even made shirts! As Mernette said, "The best part about the Twilight movie were all the events that led up to it!" It's true!! The anticipation of it all... going to the Borders movie event... making the shirts... wasting money on the Twilight Movie Companion and the magazines that featured Rob Pattinson (!)... going to the after movie hang out at Zippy's... and bonding with friends like we were all 13 again... PRICELESS!

Everyone went home that night with an apple for their thoughts and a nice little picture of Edward and I!! (hmm.. maybe this is why James REFUSES to support Twilight in any and every way?!!) Thank you again for those of you who came! It was an OUTRAGEOUS night!

I'd also like to thank our sponsor, Sariah Mossman (Eve's daughter!!), for putting together these aDoRabLe bracelets. Everyone at the movie premiere looked stunning in them!
If anyone is interested in purchasing more of these creative bracelets, please contact me and I'll notify Sariah Mossman Designs! Each bracelet is retailed at $.25 and 100% of the profits are donated to the homeless.

TWILIGHT at BORDERS!!

Tonight, Channy and I checked out the Windward Mall Borders Twilight Party. As awkward as we felt standing amongst a bunch of teeny boppers and wearing our silly Twilight shirts, we had fun! In fact, it was a little comforting to know that there are other psycho twilighters (even worse than us!) that would stand in the middle of a bookstore playing twilight charades and answering trivia questions! Unfortunately, we didn't win the movie tickets that were raffled, but Channy won a nifty little bookmark from showing off her twilight expertise!! All in all, it was a great night and we couldn't have survived the craziness of it all if we didn't have eachother!

Channy's totally going to kill me for putting this picture up, but here she is... acting out Renee, Bella's mom, in our SUPER COOL game of Charades! Can you tell that she's typing on the computer (to show that Renee mostly kept in touch via email)? Judging by the intensity of Channy's face, a teeny bopper guessed that she was "Edward playing Bella's lullaby"! Seriously, how could they NOT recognize the cUtEsT Renee impression ever?!

Mandy missed the events, but she made it just in time to show off her shirt and take some pictures for all of our blogs!!

*And where are all of our children while we're obsessing over vampires??!! Thank you Aunty Wendy and Uncle Steve (Chan's parents) for watching the 6 babies (who are ALL under 4 years old!). It probably didn't make it easier for them that Ezra was scared of Uncle Steve and WAILED everytime he was in sight!! Everyone survived, though!

bob the builder

Here's our little handy man!! At one of my work events, Home Depot gave me an apron and a not-so-hard hard hat to take home for Ezra. He pretty much destroyed the PLASTIC hat and ran around the apartment in his little apron! ! Too cute!

Halloween 2008!

This is our little "Ezra Cullen" (if you've read Twilight, then you should know what I mean!) He was the cutest vampire! We did A LOT of activities throughout the week just to give him more reasons to wear his costume...
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This is at Trick or Treat Street at the library. Instead of jumping to ALL the treats and books to read, Ezra had to greet his favorite LIbearIAN (get it?! hahaha!)!
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I made a cake for Tutu and Me's Community Service Worker Dress Up Day!

Ezra was a tour guide! (can you see the other costumes?! who knew snow white and lady bugs were community service workers! SO CUTE!!)
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Through all the chaos at the Lanakila Ward Halloween Party, I can't believe we managed to take a family picture! I AM NOT A BUM! I cut a hole in a basket and wore it around my waste, filled it with clothes and decorated a hat with shout wipes and drier sheets... so I was a basket of clean laundry! James was a "pre-kiss prince charming". He was such a cute googly-eyed frog, that if he really was a prince, I would have kept him like that!
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We were SO exhausted that I think Ezra could have fell asleep right then and there..
in my basket of clothes!
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Ezra was just winding down from the ward party with the
"Crazy Kung Foo Fitahs"-Tyler and Aunty Maile!
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Our little farmer at the Pumpkin Patch and enjoying a nice haystack ride!
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As we trick or treated at my office, we visited Camille (in the middle). Ezra was TERRIFIED of her FRO!! It was sad, and cute, and HILARIOUS all at the same time!
At first, he just stared at her...then slowly, his bottom lip started to form a frown... then his eyes got watery and finally... the WAILING hit!! He would NOT stop crying until she was out of sight! Infact, my other co-worker had to take him out of the picture because he was so scared!
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Our Halloween events were winding down and we finally made it to the "true" Trick or Treating in Mililani with the Eligios! Ezra had NO idea what was going on and he just ran down the sidewalks, screaming playfully with his arms stretched out (playing the part of a vampire, of course)! He only wanted to stop at the houses with dogs! Next year, I hope someone gives away healthy little puppies instead of candy corn and snickers!!
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I came across this pumpkin in Mililani and at first I had NO idea who it was! Can you tell? The camera may not give it much "justice", but it's President OBAMA!!
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CLEAN LAUNDRY & TOAD!
We both won awards at the Ka'imikaua Halloween party late Halloween night!
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After a LOOOOOOOOONG chain of events, this is all our little vampire had energy for! I'm so relieved that there is a whole year till the next Halloween!
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