LOST.....I will miss you!

Disclaimer: Don't read this if you haven't watched the finale yet. I love, love, love LOST. I did not watch the original season from the beginning. I became addicted through renting the first few seasons before getting all caught up. I have to admit, it's much better watching them chunks at a time rather than waiting, anxiously, week to week, hoping they'll start answering the many questions being posed.

I have never been this addicted to a tv series! I became very attached to the characters and their lives. I might've cried many times, starting with Charlie....and Sun and Jin, you made me cry too. I wasn't quite sure what to expect for the series finale. I was excited to watch it, yet sad to see it all end. Definitely bitter sweet! Thank you Natalee for watching it with me! It's much more fun to share it with someone. I was surprised at many parts (What, Jack and Juliet were married, divorced, and had a child?). I might've exclaimed out loud, "I knew it!" when Hurley became in charge of the island. I cheered for Jack to push John off the cliff.....I yelled for Jack to run so he wouldn't die in the cave. I also might have cried when Sawyer and Juliet found each other at the candy machine. I'm still not sure if I quite understand the ending. Did they all die? How did they die? Was the "alternate universe" not real? What was real? Don't you worry, I have preordered the last season on dvd through Amazon, coming out August 24th. I think beginning all over again on Season 1 could possibly be in store. :)

Pajama Party

This past weekend my niece, Ashlie, had a sleepover with me. We started out with grilled cheese sandwiches and watched Princess and the Frog in our pj's while cuddling on the couch. She was then determined that we put on some music and dance around the house. Of course we did it. We read stories before bed and for the next hour or 2 Ashlie had a million questions. Can I have a drink? I'm thirsty. I'm hungry. When is it morning? Can we read more stories? Can we watch Veggie Tales?..... She proceeded to tell me, "I can't sleep....I have too many questions." Haha! She fell asleep around 11pm and I headed off to bed.

I was hoping she'd sleep in until 8 or so, since she's usually the one that sleeps in longer since she takes so long to fall asleep. However, around 6:30 I hear little feet running on my tile. I wake up to Ashlie standing in my doorway staring at me. She climbed in bed with me for a while and we tickled and giggled. During breakfast she told me, "This was a great sleepover!" We watched some more movies, played some games and had a great time.

As I was taking her home this was the conversation we had. "Melanie, I'm sorry I missed your birthday party." "Ashlie, you were there. Remember, it was at Grandma's house?" "Oh yeah. I forgot. I'm going to invite you to my family party AND my friend party. Cuz you're my friend! Only friends and brothers are allowed to come to friend parties." What a cutie she is! And what a fun sleepover/pajama party we had!

New Hobby

My mom and I signed up to take a few golf lessons in June. My mom has taken lessons previously and has her own golf clubs. I've never golfed in my life, unless you count miniature golfing or going to the driving range. I thought it would be a fun new hobby to try out, and we'll see if I like it. I'm kind of excited to try something new. My dad, brother, and mom are all golfers. Wish me luck!

Field Trip

The 3rd grade is going to Mt. Timpanogos Cave next month for our field trip. I have never been to said cave, but have been excited to go! The park service ranger explained that it will take us approx. 1 1/2 hours to walk up to the cave, just under 1 hour in the cave, and 45 minutes to hike down. That's a heck of a lot of hiking! I'm not quite the outdoorsy, hiker type of gal, and I'm getting sort of worried that I'm going to DIE. Hehe. We will need water bottles to carry up the trail, and I heard to bring a jacket for inside the cave, being that it's cold. Has anyone else been to the cave? Any suggestions?