Warwick Castle

  Today we got to go to Warwick Castle and it was a lot of fun.  I have been there before but I hardly remember, so it was like going for the first time.  We got tickets for two of the attractions that they have, The Dungeon and the Merlin Tower.  While going through the dungeon I thought it was going to be really scary but I ended up liking it.  It was a good mix of humor and horror.  We went through four rooms and while we went through we got to learn about the different types of tortures that were given back in the day.  We had a bit of time while waiting for the Merlin Tower so we walked around the house part of the castle and it was really pretty.  After a bite to eat it was time for the Merlin Tower I thought I was going to like it but in the end it wasn't was I was expecting, we only went through two rooms.  We wondered through the rest of the house and went over to the area where they had the bird show and it was really good.  They had four birds they started off with an owl and then a Vulture and ended with a few bald eagles and I enjoyed it a lot.  We walked through something called the Kingmaker and did a Ghost tour we were taken through the castle house we were told the different stories.  The last thing that we did is we went to see the Catapult and it was so cool watching the fireball into the air.  At the end of the day we were really tired and I cannot wait to turn in for the night.  I'm really excited to attend church to see what it's like and to have a rest until Monday when we go into London.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're Here!!

  We have had a very interesting first few days here.  We got through the airport without any trouble and had a really good flight.  We were scheduled to get in an hour early which was nice and spent the flight watching movies, playing games, and listening to music.  We weren't able to sleep for a long period of time, which left us very tired when we landed. We were able to get through immigration OK, and we got our bags and we went off to search for my Aunt and Uncle.  Here's where it gets interesting, on our way home and about half-an-hour from the house we discovered that the cars two front and back tires had a flat and we had to wait for an hour to get if fixed.  Finally we arrived at the house and was able to relax and we slept great that night. 

  Today was pretty much a lazy day but we still went out to do some currency exchanging and shopping.  While we shopped Kimberly and I filled our basket with sweets and I had to get some caerphilly cheese.  After shopping we went to go get some lunch and Kimberly and I went to McDonald's. Seating was limited so we decided to eat on the benches outside and while we were eating half of my hamburger fell on the floor due to Kimberly getting her sweater caught on the edge of my burger container and a big gust of wind.  Kimberly and I walked around the mall and we found a store called "Jessica's" which is a candy store :)  When we got home we went to go get Megan from school which she asked her mom if we could go get her, I thought that was really sweet.  In the late afternoon we got visits from Nina, Pete, and Steve it was so nice to see them I love my family.  We have just finished our dinner and tomorrow we are off to Warwick Castle, it should be a good day. Let's see how more interesting the week can get.

 

 

 

 

Off We Go!

After 6 months of anticipation and preparation it is time for my mom, Kimberly, and I to go to England.We are so excited and cannot wait to get there.  I will be blogging while I am there but the pictures will have to wait until I get back in two weeks.    

My Summer

My summer this year has been pretty calm, not too much excitement but I have had some fun times.  Kimberly and I went to see "Snow White and the Huntsmen" in June and I thought it was really good.  In July, Carlos, Karla, Jacky, and Alexsandra came for a visit for two weeks.  It was so great having them here and seeing the girls.  Kimberly and I went to the midnight showing of the "Dark Night Rises", I was so looking forward to seeing it and I thought it was good.  Katie and I are planning to go see "Step Up: Revolution" I have been looking forward to seeing that too.  That's it I guess not too exciting, I did warn you though.  My exciting time won't be until September when we go to England.  Until now and then I guess I can find more exciting things to do, but I promise I won't get into too much trouble.

Alexsandra 3 and Jacky 6

 

 

 Frank and Josh as "Batman and Robin"

So hilarious!!

"The Hunger Games"

Kimberly and I went to see "The Hunger Games" yesterday, after reading the books I was really excited to see it. I thought it was really good and I was surprised at how well it turned out since this was the first movie of the book series. For those of you who don't know the story in a nut shell there are twelve districts and each year two kids from each district the ages of 12-18 are picked to fight in the games and it is televised. Everything that I had visualized in reading the book was portrayed really well, from the people in the districts to the people in the Capitol. It was really interesting to watch the scenes that were added, I liked watching the people inside the control room and watching the peoples reactions outside of the games. Jennifer Lawrence did a great job portraying Katniss, Katniss is such an amazing charter, full of courage, bravery and strength and she is definitely a charter that we should look up to. I did tear up a few times, when Katniss volunteers for Prim (her sister) after she is chosen to go into the hunger games at the reaping; the other while in the games when Rue is killed I also cried during it while I was reading the book. A few performances stood out to me the most being Elizabeth Banks as Effie she stole every scene that she was in and I loved her outfits too. Also the girls who played Prim and Rue did a good job too. I really like Lenny as Cinna and Stanley Tucci who played Cezar Flickerman. I cannot wait to see Catching Fire if it's as good as the Hunger Games it's going to be awesome.

Catching Up

Well I guess that there isn't much to catch up on I just felt like writing, it seems like I haven't done it in a while. December for me and my mom was a very interesting one, it seems like things tend to wait to break down during this time. This year it was the heater and the fridge and they happened to break down within a few weeks of each other. It was a good thing that nothing major was wrong and it was able to be fixed. Also, in between that I dropped my ipod in the toilet, I could not believe I did that. I was so scared to tell my mom I burst out hysterically crying when she came home from work. But everything worked out fine and it works now, I was so happy. Christmas was great, my mom and I both did good and we were both happy with what we got. We went to Rose and Lyle's house for something new and it was a lot of fun. My mom and I now are planning a trip to go to England for September for my birthday this year. I am so excited and I am bringing Kimberly I think that she is more excited then I am. We have a few things planned already and all we need to do now is book everything. Well I guess that's it for now, sorry if it was boring.

"Breaking Dawn Pt1"

Kimberly and I went to see "Breaking Dawn Pt1" today. Even though the book wasn't one of my favorites of the book series I was looking forward to how they would portray some of the scenes. It didn't take long for 'Jacob's' shirt to come off, it was off a few seconds into the movie right after it started and never to be taken off again :( The wedding scene was beautiful and I loved the wedding dress, everything and everyone was really beautiful. I was most interested in seeing the pregnancy and they did that really well, but it was really weird seeing 'Bella' so pale and skinny. The wolf fighting scene was pretty cool, such a lot of great effects in this movie. I was looking forward in also seeing imprinting scene between 'Jacob' and 'Nessie' ('Bella and Edward's daughter), now 'Jacob' can stop his whining lol. The birth scene was really gross it felt like I was watching a horror film. But after the baby was born it was really sweet to see 'Edward' with 'Nessie' I hope there are more cute family moments in pt2. It was interesting to watch 'Bella' transformation, I was able to understand more about the transformation process and how it's done. The only thing that I wish was in the movie was the joking around between 'Rosalie' and 'Jacob', it was my favorite part of the book. I like the movie it was really different from the other movies. It had a good mixture of humor and drama but mostly it had drama 'Alice', 'Charlie', 'Emmett', and 'Jessica' really make me laugh. I am looking forward to part 2 to see how everyone's relationships change after 'Jacob' imprinted on 'Nessie' and seeing the other vampires. If I spoiled the movie for you sorry, but you should good see it anyways my blogs of movies don't due them justice.