Bad influence

Isabella loves to "camp out" in the living room. Ken will pull pillows and sleeping bags down and camp out in the living room with her. Last night, Ken had to work and he didn't get home until about midnight. He checked on Isabella and she was about to fall out of her bed, so he moved her, which woke her up. Then he was still too wired to go to sleep so he decided to go down and watch some tv to unwind. Then he walks into Isabella's room and asks, "Are you awake?" She answered. He asked her, "Do you wanna go down and watch some TV?" She replies with, "Oh sure." Duh, like she's gonna say no. So at 12:30am, Ken brought Isabella down to "camp out" and watch some TV. He's such a bad influence.

Pride and Prejudice

Recently I've been on a kick for Pride and Prejudice. I have now watched three different versions and read the book and have a few opinions.

I watched this one before I read the book:



It was the one with Keira Knightley (who I'm not a huge fan of).

Then I read the book and really didn't like that version. It really didn't do the story justice.

Then I watched the old BBC version on Netflix (love Netflix!):



It was pretty good and stuck to the story really well.

Then I finally found a copy of this version:



Loved this version. Even though they took a few liberties with the story line and such, it was by far my favorite of the three.

Another Jane Austen one I like is Emma. The book was good and the only movie version I've seen is the one with Gwyneth Paltrow. It was pretty good, but sometime I'd like to see the BBC Miniseries.

I have also loved the mini-series North & South:


Again, I watched this on Netflix. It was one of their suggestions for me, so I watched it. It was very good. Then I read the book by Elizabeth Cleghord Gaskell. I know, backwards, but I tend to pick apart a movie if I read the book first. It was very good. A couple odd changes from the book, but very very good. (Note this is not the North & South with Patrick Swayze that was about the Civil War.)

So if you need a couple suggestions for things to watch, here you go:
Pride & Prejudice with Colin Firth
Emma with Gwyneth Paltrow
and North & South with Daniella Denby-Ashe

Run Forest Run

So Ken and I have decided that we need to do something to get in shape. We figured running was the easiest because you don't really need any special equipment. We already have a treadmill, which is a necessity with the summer humidity here. I do need to get some good running shoes, but that will come soon enough. I started running, and then my knee was bothering me so much that sometimes it hurt to walk. So I stopped and let my knee recover. I started running again this week and so far so good....no knee pain. We plan on signing up for a 5K in September so that we have a goal we're working towards. Now hopefully we keep it up and hopefully no more knee problems.

The many faces of Bryce

So Bryce is our resident goofball.  (He learned well from his Daddy.)  You never know what you'll find with him if you leave a room and come back.  He gets into everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, and has no fear.  His latest favorite is to sit, and sometimes stand, on the arm of the couch.  Sometimes he even jumps off.  He loves to be shirtless and tries to take his shirt off frequently, which is funny to us since his almost 4 year old sister still won't get undressed without help.  He gets very excited by the music on Disney Junior.  He especially loves their short clips of Mousekercise.  He really loves to dance and cracks me up with dancing.  Most of the time, he is happy go lucky.  He is crazy but loveable.  Yup, we sure do love him.

Brother and Sister

They really do love each other.  This is Isabella playing games on the DS and Bryce watching.