Dirty Dancing Remake? Please Don't

I just read that they are planning a remake in 2013 of Dirty Dancing... Here is the link:

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Dirty Dancing is one of my favorite movies ever. It is my go to movie when I want to smile, cry, laugh, etc. I really can't believe they are planning this, especially since it was only made in 1987, a mere 24 years ago! (It reminds me of them remaking Spiderman after only 10 years - stupid move) Why not remake Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, or something else in black & white that kids don't want to watch because it's "old"?

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I really don't think that they should do this, Dirty Dancing 2 was bad enough (the movie was ok, but I really don't like sequels) Personally, I think it's an insult to Patrick Swazye's memory to do a remake this soon. I know others may not agree with that, but it's my opinion.

Also, is it really going to be able to do justice to the original? Just think about it. How many remake's do the original justice?

ARIZONA!!!

On Friday, Devlin and I flew down to Phoenix, AZ to visit family. He did really well and I was so proud of my big boy!

Here is a picture of Devlin with his baby cousin. I found them getting into the dog food and having a blast getting into trouble together :)



We've been having fun hanging out and on Friday night we went to a children's museum free night. The kids had so much fun with all of the activities that they had. The only problem was how crowded it was...

It is really hot here. I'm planning to go running some this week, I just hope that it isn't too bad. Time to start hydrating lol...

New Blog

Here is a link to my new creative blog.

Surprise, Surprise!

Today we were given a notice about a surprise inspection for our townhouse building. We were surprised and of course had to clean our house (mainly the carpet and outside). It was exhausting, but hopefully everything will be ok for them.

I fit into more old clothes today and it makes me so happy!

Jaren and I are budgeting a ton and we are creating a plan to be consumer debt free in a year! We will, of course, have our student loan debt still but it will be so much easier just to manage that debt instead of so many debts!! It will be such a relief to be so much closer to debt free.

Time Marches On

For Pioneer Day I made a Rocky Road cake that didn't quite work out because it was so hot and the Stake activity was outside. Jaren said it was good, but not to my standards lol!


I decided to chop my hair off to donate to Locks of Love!! I love it!



Devlin's new favorite thing is to go to the park and swing! He laughs so much and doesn't like to leave.


Jaren and I started a thing called The Fat Flush last week and we've been on it for 5 days. I've lost 3-4 pounds so far and a little over an inch on my waist. I can fit back into clothes that I haven't worn since last year!! I'm so excited, but I realize that I have an addiction to sugar. After I cut it out, I find that I crave it ALL THE TIME! I've given in a couple times, but only a little bit because I want to keep losing weight! Also, along with the new sensible diet, I've been running 2 miles every day and doing Pilates. I have so much more energy now. I've been on a weight loss plateau for about 6-7 months and it's sucked so much, so I'm glad that I'm seeing results finally.

Well, life goes on and I'm trying to get our house organized. I want to put a path in and I'm looking around to find cheap sod to put in. It's fun to research prices and put together a wish list!

Also, I'm almost finished with my Mom's inventory and that is exciting!

Busy, Busy, Busy!

There has been so much going on and the biggest is that my baby boy turned 1 on Sunday!!

I had so much fun making him his cake. Here are some pictures of my fun adventures in cake making leading up to his!


Last year for Jaren's 24th birthday! A Fun-fetti cake and frosting.


My first adventure into homemade marshmallow fondant. Jaren was playing a tank game, so I decided to make a tank. I used Fun-fetti and white fondant.


This time Jaren and I made a cake together. We had fun sculpting the roses and fairy and just experimenting with how we could make cool things with fondant.


I surprised Jaren with this chocolate covered strawberry with frosting cake for Valentine's Day.


Since we had tried fun things with fondant we decided to do a cool Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter Cake for Spencer's 23rd birthday. For the figures we used Crispy Rice with fondant. Crumbled cookies for dirt, Brown Sugar for sand. It was a blast. I made Yellow cake and Devil's Food cake with Lemon Cream Filling.


For our Friend Blake's 26th birthday we made a Liger cake for him. I made Devil's food cake with a peanut butter cream cheese filling and bits of Reese's in and on it.


For Sarabeth's 15th birthday we decided to do a fairy swim party cake and later added on Gnomeo and Juliet figures also. I made a Devil's Food Cake and Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Filling. We used crushed up Butterfingers for the tree trunk.


For Jaren's 25th birthday I made him a Mustafar cake with an epic Jedi/Sith battle. I did a Chocolate Cake and poured red jello in it and it melted the cake. I also made a cream cheese filling and colored it orange. I put some of the filling in the cake while it cooked and it made the cake fall in to look like a planet. It turned out so cool!


And finally Devlin's 1st birthday cake! We did a Teddy Bear Picnic birthday so I decided to make a picnic blanket with a Crispy Rice Bear and picnic basket. I made a Fun-fetti Cake with Raspberry Cream Cheese Filling.

I love making these cakes and I'm excited to do more. I already have my sister's baby shower cake to look forward to!!!

Flu flu go away

Oh the stomach flu. It loves me, but I definitely do not love it! I got hit with it on Thursday night and then all General Conference weekend I was feeling sick, but luckily I wasn't dead and having to be in bed 24-7. Also, Jaren and Devlin didn't get sick along with me!! Anyway I am feeling so much better now :)

So news..

We are moving again (as long as our application goes through all right, which I don't see why it wouldn't). Monday night I found this nice place online. It's about 150 MORE square feet than where we are now. It has 1 1/2 bathrooms, the place is also 2 stories which is so awesome. It has a fireplace, a really good sized yard and a kitchen that I know I will love so much. We looked at it today and then went and turned in applications. Now in the next few days I should get a call saying if things went through ok or not and if they did (which they should) then we will be moving the beginning of November!!

We've been at this place for a year in November. We've had a lot of problems, not with the place, but with the neighbors. I've been feeling for a while that we needed to move, but nothing felt right until today. It will be so nice living in a place that does not smell like smoke all of the time. I will actually be able to open my windows (they don't allow smoking!)

So I'm excited and ready to get packing.

That's pretty much all for now since it's so late, but I really just wanted to put that up here! Nighty Night all :)