Lunch With Great Grandma and Gus

Bryson loves his Great Grandparents...and Long John's!

Great Grandma admiring the curls.

Touchdown is appropriate at any occasion.

Loves his Grandma too!

Kickin back with Grams Grewe.

Showing Grandpa the way.

Pretty blue eyes.

What a fun day!

Jessica Simpson

Last night was a very exciting night for me. I finally got to see Jessica Simpson in concert! I dragged Brett with me (thanks honey) and we had a really good time. Jessica is just darling, and funny, and a great singer. She sang a bunch of new songs that will be on her country album which comes out September 9th. She really puts her emotions in her songs. She even cried a little during this one song about breaking up. She commented that was a hard song to get through. She talked about her boyfriend, Tony Romo from the Dallas Cowboys, and said how in love she is. She really puts herself out there, wears her heart on her sleeve. She forgot the lyrics to "Whose bed have your boots been under" (originally by Shania Twain) and it was funny. She stopped the song and asked the audience to help her remember the lyrics. Then she started it over. After the concert Brett and I decided to take advantage of the night and we went and rode the ferris wheel (the concert was at the State Fair) and then we (Brett) won a bear for Bryson. It really was a fun date for us, we don't get to do that too often. The weather was perfect and the night was so enjoyable. I'll never forget it!

Twilight

Can't wait for the movie. I jumped on the vampire bandwagon and I finished the first two books this week. Not sure if I'm team Edward or team Jacob yet. How about you?

Just Because It Was Thursday

Elsa Letterseed Update

Good news, I won best actress for the Norther California Film Festival!
I didn't want to offically blog about it until I had the certificate in hand. Here it is!

This is a flyer from the festival.

I even got to keep a movie poster, thanks Sarah!



Brett had taken me to Modesto (where the festival was held) so we could show our support. We only stayed for the Q and A after the movie had shown and mingled with some of the crew afterwards. Some I hadn't seen in years. They all loved meeting Bryson and couldn't believe how cute he was. We didn't stay for the awards ceremony, so Sarah (the writer, director, producer of the film) called me later that night to tell me I had won.
The film also won best feature film along with two other awards. There was another Film Festival in L.A. just before this one that Sarah said we won an award for best editing.
If anyone would like a copy of the film you can check out elsaletterseed.com and you can purchase a dvd. I also have some copies I can sell to you for $10. The money will go to Sarah to help her pay off some of the bills from making "Elsa". My friend Brooke wants to have a movie night so all my friends can finally see it. I'm toying with the idea. It is cool to see someone you know in a film, I could understand that, and since I'm not very humble...maybe I will have a movie night and promote shamelessly how amazing an actress I am.

Bryson's Walking

Bryson's been walking for a while, but just yesterday he finally let go of the couch and walked into the middle of the room by himself. No help from mom or dad, just him, ready to take off and explore the world....or just the living room. Now he's been working on standing up from a squat. Today squats, tomorrow, President of the United States!

Old Friends Found

When I came back from Oregon, I was suprised to come across some new comments from my old friends on my blog. Maryann and Cathy. Of course I had to look through my photos and find them. I'm sure they'll be stunned to see their photos on my blog! These were from one of our trips to the Ashland, Oregon Shakespear festival. It was a highschool field trip, can't remember which year...1993, 94? not sure.
Check out the Flight Jackets and Doc Marten shoes, we were so in style!
From left to right, Cathy, Maryann, and me.





This was another trip. The Exploratorium in San Fran with the youth.
Me, Michelle, Maryann (standing) and Raegan (another blogging friend)

A young womens activity to the ocean. That was a fun trip. We stayed in a cabin.

Back to Ashland. Sorry they're out of order.
Whatever happened to Stewart? Anyone know where he is nowadays?


Maryann, you havent' changed a bit. That's what I love about you, steadfast and true.

It was fun looking back on some fun times. So glad we were able to find eachother again and stay in touch. Isn't technology a wonderful thing?