Dress-up!

Tonight Macy and I played dress-up. Here are some low-quality camera phone pics. :) We used mardi gras beads for our crowns and I found an apron. It was fun playing with her!

I love to see the temple

We went to the temple on Wednesday because it's our Stake Temple Week. It just so happened that Wednesday was the day for us to email my parents and we didn't have any pictures. So we took the camera to the temple. Here are the pics! We thought there would be some pretty flowers on the temple grounds, but it's been quite brisk in these parts so the foliage was lacking.

Marla Hooch, what a hitter! lol

Congrats Craigger!

Craigger finished the Ironman Arizona TRIATHALON on Sunday. First he swam 2.4 miles, then biked 112 miles and finished by running a whole marathon - -26.2 miles. He finished all that in 12 hours, 51 minutes and 46 seconds! He's absolutely crazy and that's why we love him! Great job Craigger, you bus driver, you!

Here's a pic of Craig crossing the finish line with Noah.

The joys of Spring! Sort of...

Despite the fun we are currently having with the weather here, Jer and I realized it was time to start taking care of the yard. With a lawn to mow, a garden to plow, and trees that need trimming, we are set to have busy weekends for the rest of the summer. Whenever that gets here. It isn't as bad as I remember it, mowing the lawn and such. Our yard isn't that big so that helps, and my wife actually likes to run the lawnmower so that's nice too. I got to operate the tiller last Saturday, which I can't remember how long ago it was that I last did that. We ended up planting some peas (yuck) and carrots. It's fun to think that we will have our own garden going in a little while. Fun, until I have to start weeding it all anyway. And assuming the weather decides to let winter go away. I hate it when it's like this, I want summer! I can't wait for outdoor volleyball to start up either. I better not have to end up playing in a sweater because that's not right.

On Monday we tackled pruning the trees. We realized that what we trim we do not have to pick, so that provided a good game plan for us as we started our work. Here are some pics of us trimming the fruit trees...

Yes, I am wearing my pajamas. :)

Jer took care of all the lower branches.

Monday night Jer had another soccer game, and this time I will post a few picures I took. I like going to the games and watching her play. I just take my ipod along and take pictures for the 50 minutes we're there.

Jer on offense, she is about to bounce it off the wall to go around the girl defending her. I found that to be a fun part of indoor soccer, using the walls.

Jer playing defense.

Other than that, we haven't been up to much. I start my new job on Monday, that'll will be pretty weird. I'm excited for it though. And we're excited for the Jazz! Okay, maybe more me than her, but we like to watch the games together. Hopefully I can watch the game tonight, we'll see if my Youth activity will happen or not. I doubt the kids will enjoy playing steal the flag in 30 degree temperature...

Pictures

I get bored with blogs that don't have pictures, and that's exactly what ours has become! So, here's our last week in review. We're actually taking lots of pictures because every Wednesday we send pictures to my parents. So, it's not like we don't have them, we just don't post them. :)

This is us at the Real SL soccer game last Saturday.

My birthday was Sunday. Jamie made me trifle. Mmmmmmmmmm!

Ha - BJ fell asleep in the sunroom and ended up with some pretty good face lines.

Thursday night at the Grizzlies hockey game (thanks Mike and Misty!)

Here's the guy that sat behind us at the game. BJ had a hard time taking a self- portrait .

A lazy Friday night...

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And last but not least...

Happy birthday to BJ! Can hardly believe he's 30. :) This is him with his free Cold Stone ice cream. (If you haven't done so, go to coldstonecreamery.com and sign up for their birthday club. On your birthday you get a free ice cream. mmmm. We both went in and cashed in our coupons today.
Here's BJ and his girlfriend Sadie

And here he is after the Priesthood session of conference with his birthday cake. In his own words, his birthday was "conferific." (you know, conference and terrific rolled into one word.)

Movie requests

So, I was asked if I would post some movie reviews on this site. Every now and then I get someone asking me about a particular movie, or if I have any movies that I would recommend. Maybe if I blog about it every now and then it will save a phone call or two. :)

If anyone out there has any review requests, feel free to email me (b_densley@hotmail.com) or respond to a post on this site. I watch a lot of movies and from just about every genre there is, anything from classic oldies to the most recent stuff out there. It can be a chick flick, Disney, Anime, drama, thriller...pretty much anything that I think looks or sounds interesting. If I don't know the show then I can certainly research it, watch it and let you know what I think. I'm always up for finding something new and interesting. Or just entertaining.

It's hard for me to just throw out a list of my top five movies since there are so many different types out there. I'll give you a few favorites and how I would classify them:

Classic movie - Casablanca
Musical - Guys and Dolls
Comedy - Three Amigos
Action - any of the Bourne movies (love the books too)
Drama - Dead Poet's Society
Suspense/Thriller - Vantage Point
Romantic Comedy - Failure to Launch
Sci-Fi - Transformers
Martial Arts - Ong Bak. Tony Jaa will make your mouth drop with the things he can do.
Animated - The Emperor's New Groove
Anime (yes, I think there is a difference between the two categories) - Princess Mononoke

Like I said, not everyone will agree with me or enjoy the recommendations I make. The good thing is you don't have to agree with me for me to like a movie, or for you to enjoy it either! That's the one thing that can drive me crazy, when someone won't go see a movie that may look good to them simply because some critic didn't like it. Yes, sometimes they're right. But I would have missed out on some of my favorite shows if I had just listened to someone's opinion. Feel free to comment on what I have to say, I like to discuss movies and plots. Sometimes you enjoy a movie more if you learn a little about it and see it again. I've changed my opinions before. That said, let me know what you want me to discuss and I'll get to it. Here are some of the recent movies I've watched that I enjoyed:

Never Back Down - PG-13 Mixed martial arts movie. Basic story line of an angry kid that has issues (gets into fights a lot), transfers to a new school, is suckered into going to a party by a girl, gets beat up and embarrassed by the tough guy who thinks he's the greatest thing since Double Stuf Oreos. I love those. Then learns how to do mixed martial arts, meanwhile learns life lessons and how to control himself. Ends with a great match between the new guy and the tough guy. Great action, maybe a little above average on story and acting when it comes to this type of film. Violence, high school kids having parties, not much bad language as far as I can remember, and no nudity. This movie is more about the action than anything, but it does have a decent connection to the main character and his growth.

Juno - PG-13 Great show, very different than what I expected. Extremely clever. It may take a bit to get used to the way it's done, it's a lot like Napoleon Dynamite. The movie follows the life of a very witty teenage girl named Juno that gets pregnant. She decides to give the baby up for adoption and searches for a family for the kid. She goes through the pregnancy, and you see how the situation affects her life and those around her. Adult themed obviously, and very subtle, sarcastic humor. No nudity (that I remember), which is nice, but there is adult language.

Vantage Point - PG-13 It's always fun to see a movie that steps out of the usual cookie-cutter mold. The US President is at a summit and about to speak when he gets shot. The film repeats the same 20 minute sequence of events leading up to and after the shooting, and you are given clues towards solving who did it and why as you progress through the different characters. You follow, one at a time, the lives of about 5 people (can't remember exactly how many) that are involved some way to what happened. If you can adjust to the flow and repetition of events then I think it's worth watching. There is a lot of violence and some language here, but thankfully this movie avoids the seemingly common trend of unnecessary nudity in action or thriller movies.

I've got a list of movies that are just out or coming out that I am excited for, so be expecting a post or two when I am able to catch those. Again, let me know if you have any requests. Old or new, kids show or adult, I'll do my best to let you know what I think or recommend!

Changes

I am slowly approaching the age of *deep breath* thirty. What a weird thought. Thirty. T-H-I-R-T-Y. Wow. It doesn't really bother me that much, but it does make me think a little bit. The most depressing thought of all, next to the thought that I'll probably be 70 by the time my kids reach college, is the thought of work. I came to realize something last week that really disturbs me. If I work until the normal retirement age of 65, that means I have 35 more years of being at work. I have not even been alive that long! There is something so wrong with that to me.

Not that I don't believe in working, don't get me wrong. I think the big thing is that I don't want to be stuck doing the same thing for the next 35 years of my life, and then not be able to enjoy myself because I might break a hip. I have managed to take one small step towards my goal of retiring as soon as possible though, and that is taking a new job! I still grin thinking about it, I have been wanting to get out of my current work since I graduated college back in '04. And Jer is happy becuase it takes a little pressure of her and working full time. I really want to be able to have her home with the kids when that time comes and not have to worry about money. I made her a promise I intend to keep. :)

The two best parts of this new job are that I will make about 10K more a year to start, and that with the work schedule, I get every other Friday off. I love that! Hopefully I enjoy what I will be doing, that's the only catch. I start on the 21st of this month, so we'll see what I have to say then. It was fun trying to pick a start date with them, since I am going to Jamaica the first week of May. But luckily they had no problem with having me work my first two weeks and then leave for a week vacation.

Other than the new job, and my turning 30, Jer had her birthday on Sunday. So for the next 5 days or so she is only 3 years behind me. I love her so much, she defintely keeps me feeling young and happy. We had a good weekend together to usher in her 26th year. We went to the temple on Saturday, and then went to Real Salt Lake soccer game and dinner with her sister and two of her kids.

The morning of Jer's birthday we woke up to the dogs aroun 5 or 6 in the morning, and I decided it was time to sing to her. I did my best to get the dogs to join in. Moose just snuggled up to Jer and Sadie gave her some birthday kisses, which was nice. I joined in and gave her some birthday kisses too. I love my little family...