December 14, 2008

Hi! My name is Jennifer Casias. I wanted to create this blog to start my own electronic journal. To start off with, I would like to tell a little bit about myself. I am married and have 3 wonderful children. My Husband's name is Kris and my kids names are Zak, Kayja, and Lexi. Zak turned 5 on Halloween this past year. Kayja is 3 and will turn 4 April 9, 2009. Lexi is 1 and will be for awhile. She will be turning 2 on July 17, 2009. Her birthday is really special to me because she was born on my grandma JoAnn's birthday.

We live in Logan Utah and we love it here. Kris' grandma lives in Lewiston, Utah which is only about 20 min. away. We visit her all the time and the kids just love her. Kris' dog Hyacinth lives with her because we don't have a house with a yard yet. Hyacinth is an American Eskimo Dog. Kris got her as a puppy before he went on his mission. She is a fun dog and the kids love her. But they also torture sometimes when we are not looking.

So today we were supposed to go to Salt Lake for our annual Christmas Party with the Anderson Family. However, as we got closer to Sardine Canyon the snowier it got. We decided not to risk it and we went to Grandmas house instead. Gerryn took Zak and Kayja down to grandma with the basketballs house on Friday right before the storm. Grandma and Grandpa wanted to take them to the annual Policemans family Christmas party on Saturday night.

They all went and got to see Santa, and pick out a gift. They apparently have thousands of dollars of toys there for kids to pick something out that they wanted for christmas. Zak picked out Bakugans and Kayja picked out Barbies. (Of Course) These are both of their favorite things.

Lexi stayed with us for the weekend. She is such a cute little girl. She didn't really know what to do without her brother and sister for the first little while. But she is doing ok as long as we entertain her, and keep her busy. Lots of the time she is like my little baby doll. She is so loveable and hugable. She gives the best hugs and kisses. She also has the cutest laugh when you tickle her. Yesterday we were going to have someone babysit Lexi while we went to the movie. But the weather was too bad. So we took her. We were a little leary to take her because she hadn't sit through a movie with us yet. But this time she was good till the very end of the movie. It was quite an accomplishment.

The movie we saw was Twilight. It was soooooooo good. At least I thought so. Kris didn't like it because it was all a love story with no really plot and not a lot of action. However, I thought the love story was awesome. The story is about a teanage girl named Bella (Isabella). Whe was living with her mom in Arizona. Her mom got remarried to a minor league baseball player. He traveled a lot and Bella wanted to let her mom go with him. So she decided to move to Washington and live with her dad.

The town wasn't very big so there weren't a lot of kids in her High School and everyone thought she was like the shinny new toy. Everyone wanted to be her friend and the boys all wanted to go out with her. They were eating lunch and a group of kids she didn't know came walking in she didn't know yet. They were the Collins. There were 5 of them 3 boys and 2 girls. One boy especially caught her eye. His name is Edward. All the girls liked him but he didn't want to date any of them. Lunch ended and she walked into Biology class. The only person left to partner up with was Edward Collins. He acted disgusted by her like she was repulsive to him. He didn't talk to her the whole class. Then, after class he tried to transfer to a different science class, but the school administration wouldn't let him.

The weather turned good and he didn't show up to school for a few days. She was waiting to confront him as to why he was so rude. Finally, on a day it was pouring he showed up to school again. When they met in Science class he acted like their previous encounter never happened. They became friends at this point, but he still kept his distance from her.

One morning she was standing by her truck on the opposite side of the school parking lot from Edward, when a van came ripping into the parking lot. A car was starting to back out and the van swerved and went out of control heading right in bella's direction. Bella though she was a gonner. All of the sudden Edward was there protecting her. He put out his hand and stopped the van. He even left a dent in the side of the van. Bella knew something was strange. He was unusually strong.

Bella and the kid driving the van were taken to the hospital and examined by Dr. Collins. Which happens to be Edwards Foster dad. They were fine thanks to Edward. However Bella was the only one who really saw what had happened. She tried to confront him about it but he still denied that anything out of the ordinary happened. Eventually Bella does some research and puts all the odd things together about Edward. She realises he's a Vampire.

By this time she is in love with him because of all the things he did for her. Bella said she wasn't afraid of him and that she knew he would never hurt her. He said she was like his own personal heroine. That she was entoicating like a drug and that he felt the need to protect her and be around her. But he was afraid to loose control and turn her into a Vampire. But she knew he wouldn't.

Edward has lighting speed, great strenght and can climb like a monkey. He put her on his back and took her to the top of a mountain above the clouds. When the sunlight shone down on his face his skin glittered like diamonds. Bella though he was beautiful. He said people would know we were different if we came out in the sun. That is why we only come out on cloudy days.

At this point they start going to school together and everyone knows they are a couple. Edward takes Bella to meet his family. His VAMPIRE FAMILY. Don't worry because they are all friendly Vampires that only drink the blood of animals. It keeps the strong and healthy. Bella goes with Edwards family to play baseball during a thunderstorm, because this is the only time the sound of the bat hitting the ball could be masked because of their strength. This scene in the movie is really cool. It would be fun to play baseball with the strenght and speed of a Vampire or a Superhero.

Because they were out playing baseball they drew the attention of 3 other Vampires. These were bad ones. They had been killing people in the area. They didn't notice Bella at first, and they asked to play baseball. Just as they were going out to play the wind blew and Bella's scent wifted over to James. (One of the Bad Vampires). He said, "You brought a snack.." Edward was very protective of her and this spurred James on. Edward knew he had to get Bella out of there and fast. They jumped into the jeep and sped away.

They had to leave town and all of Edwards family split up to try and misslead James. However James wasn't fooled for very long. He went to Bella's moms house. He called her and told her, her mom would die if she didn't meet him at her old Ballet studio. So she went. He tortured her and almost killed her. He even bit her wrist putting the Venom into her system. Then Edward showed up. Took him on for a bit and then the rest of the family showed up and took care of James. He wouldn't bother Bella anymore.

Bella was dieing because of the Vampire Venom in her system. The only way she could be saved was for Edward to suck the Poison out of her blood. He didn't think he could stop. But he did. They love each other so much. He said they shouldn't see each other any more and she said he couldn't leave her. They got back to Washington after Bella recovered and went to the prom together. That night she said she wanted to be with him forever. That she was ready to be like him. But he wouldn't do it. He said isn't it enough to live a long happy life together. And that is how the movie ended.

It was really a good chick flick and lots better than I expected, because I wasn't much of a vampire person but the love story made it so good. I can't wait to read the next book. There are actually 4 books out in the series right now. If the books are anything like the movie I am going to love reading them. I am a hopeless romantic at heart.

I have always dreamed of being treated like a princess like Edward treated Bella. In this case she isn't a princess but I'm sure she feels like one because he wants her, loves her, and she is his world and treats her like it every second. Isn't that what any woman wants?

This is the reason I have decided to really do this blog. To be able to write everything down, and explore my dreams even if they aren't real. Words are so powerful and reading often takes you to a place out of the world you live in and into another dimension just for a little while. There is so much we can enjoy in books where the impossible becomes possible.