New Moon!!

Yesterday was the midnight showing of New Moon. We went down around 2:00 and waited in line until 8:45 and then they let us in the theatre and waited some more until 12:01 p.m. The time went a little slow but not bad. We played some games,chatted with one another, and went and got some dinner. New Moon was so awesome. Jacob!! Oh man was he cute. I can't wait until June to see Eclipse. Here are some pictures of us waiting in line and in the theatre. Excuse my closed eyes in one of the pictures. In every picture someone took my eyes were closed. The movie theatre was so dark and the flash was so bright.

Our train ride to San Diego

Here are some pictures of inside the train. On the back of one of the cars it had a huge glass window to look out with stadium seating. It was really cool. Then their was a total of 3 different cars you could go on. We had a lovely lunch and the train and then everyone just visited. We stayed in a hotel in San Diego that night and had dinner and then the next day had breakfast and headed back on the train to L.A. We had a nice time.

BNSF business trip to L.A. and San Diego

Taylor and I left the kids with my mom and went on a business trip with BNSF Railroad. We drove down to Los Angeles and had a yummy breakfast at the Doubletree Hotel. We then got on a boat and took a tour of the Port of L.A. and Port of Long Beach. It was very interesting to know that all the things we buy at the store come in there and then are shipped onto trucks and then destibuted throught out the U.S. Here are some pictures of us on the boat and of our tour. We then proceeded to the Executive train cars and took a 4 hour train ride to San Diego. It was really nice.

Broccoli Cheese Soup

For dinner on Halloween night we had yummy bread bowls from Panera Bread and then we made different kinds of soup to go in them. My friend gave me this recipe. It was so good.

Broccoli Cheese Soup

4 cups peeled and cubed potatoes
1 onion, chopped (I used minced onion flakes)
2 cups sliced carrots
2 cups chopped celery
3 cups chopped broccoli
1/2 cup butter
3 tbs flour
1 lb. velveeta, cubed
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 tsp pepper
3 chicken boullion cubes

Boil all veggies EXCEPT broccoli in 2 cups of water for 10 minutes. Add broccoli and boil for 10 minutes. Do not drain. In saucepan, melt butter. Add flour. Add milk and cook, stirring constantly until thick(coats back of wooden spoon). Add cheese and other ingredients. Mix until smooth. Add to undrained veggies and heat together but do not boil.