And So It Has Begun...

Let's Talk Movies

We love movies at our house. We watch them as often as we can. We love going to the movies, watching them on our TV, i Pad, i Phone, you name it.  Most of the movies we see have a super hero or two, a hobbit, or some flying object, but lately we have managed to see two that don't have either of those things..
So if you know us at all, you know that we subscribe pretty heavily the the Whedonesque world. It probably boarders a little bit on the obsession side, but we LOVE it!! I don't remember a time where there wasn't some Joss Whedon thing we were into--Buffy, Firefly, Angel, Toy Story, Dr. Horrible, Dollhouse, Avengers, and Agents of Shield. We love them all. Just recently we watched

Oh my goodness!!! It was good!! So sweet and so well done. So Joss Whedon. Basically a bunch of friends got together and shot it over a weekend at the Whedon home.So many of our favorite characters from past Whedon projects. The chemistry between Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker is amazing and Nathan Fillion is so funny. I loved the black and white and it was so fun to see Shakespeare taking place in a modern house somewhere in Beverly Hills.  Seriously, it made you laugh, made you cry, made you want to be there with them. If you haven't seen it, it is a MUST!!

We are also total Disney fans and this one did not disappoint. I can honestly say it is in my top 3 favorite Disney movies of all time. I loved it!! The music, the characters, the scenery, all of it-Gorgeous!! I was in heaven from the first song to the last. I loved that I saw it with my girls and my sister. I couldn't help picturing it on a stage the entire time. So excited to hear that is exactly where it is going. Loved it and can't wait to see it again.

I've Gone Country

I don't know what it is, but lately I have totally gone country!! It could be my love of this show.

Or could be this guy...

Could be this gal....

 Could be this guy too...

I just like looking at this guy.. 

Probably started with this gal...

I am pretty sure it started with my Carrie Underwood station on Pandora and then I heard the song Austin from Blake Shelton and then it was We Were Us from Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban, and then...well it just kept going from there. I am driving my family crazy with all my fun new country music. I even made them watch all of the country awards this year.
I love, love, love Nashville. It is my favorite guilty pleasure.. I even have a Nashville station that I love. Can't wait for the new episodes to start.

Christmas 2013

Christmas came and went quietly at the Weaver house this year-exactly as we like it!! Retail kind of kills some of the Christmas fun, but we were still able to find time to spend with each other and do all of the things we love. We even had Aunt J-Me here to celebrate with us. I can't tell you the last time we had family with us during the Holidays, so that was really fun for us.
Many years ago we embraced the Franz family tradition of doing all of our celebrating on Christmas Eve. It always starts with dinner. This year it was prepared by the amazing staff at Famous Dave's. I am totally thinking that is going to be a new tradition. My favorite part was not having to cook it and clean up was a snap. Such a good idea, so glad I came up with it.

Then it is over to the tree for family pictures. I am horrible with a camera, but I love torturing the kids by making them pose. Here are a few of my favorites.

Then it is off to the presents. We know that Christmas is not about the gifts, but we had some real favorites this year. Ali loves all of her gifts and jumps and screams with each one, but I think one of her favorites this year was her Laloopsy Goldie Luxe. 

 Goldie Luxe

Ryen's favorite gift this year was her Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster. "Once More, With Feeling" is her very favorite episode and the poster is a copy of the playbill. It is pretty stinkin' cool. 

 

 The Poster

The Reaction!!

Randy's favorite gift (and my favorite gift to give this year) was his Star Wars book ends. Super cool and they look great in his office. He already had a place for them so I thought I better get them.

 No reaction picture, we didn't want to tip him off. He had no idea. It was the best reaction ever!!

I got a couple of great gifts this year. My favorite is my i Home and this great t-shirt, cause yep I am Mormon and pretty dang proud of it!!

We spent the rest of the night hanging out, watching Christmas Story, and playing Disney Infinity. Christmas day was a little bit more of the same. We watched movies and played Apples to Apples, and had yummy dinner.

Christmas past

I love Christmas and all of its traditions. I love to decorate the house inside and out, all of the Christmas cards, the tree, everything!! One of my favorite traditions is that we take pictures under the Christmas tree every year. The first time I remember doing it was in Faro in 2006 and we have been doing it ever since. My kids hate it, but they are nice enough to endure it every year. Thought I would share some of my favorite from the past years before I share 2013.

 2006

2007

2008

 

2009

 2010

 2011

2012