Whew! Finally updated!

There, how is that? I finally got our updates done. I hope you enjoy them! :D Now, I just need to do better on keeping up so that doesn't happen again. Take care and Happy New Year!!!

Twilight Premiere (Nov 19, 2008)

Ok, so the weekend before the Twilight movie was to be released, I heard about an essay contest at Barnes and Noble bookstore. The essay had to be about, “Why I am the biggest Twilight fan” and if your essay is picked then you get a ticket to see Twilight the Tuesday before it opened, which was November 19th. I found out that I one the Saturday before. I was SO excited!!! It was first come first serve and I really wanted to go see it, so I met a friend of mine, Pam Frandsen, to wait in line at the theater at 8am. Pam ended up having to go to work about an hour later, but I was able to stay and keep our place in line. We were first. I was so excited! I was glad that we were first in line because when it came time to get our actual tickets, there weren’t very many seats left. There were about 6 or 7 rows of seats open. I was shocked because there was a long line of people waiting and they were not going to be able to accommodate everyone.

After I saw the movie, I didn’t know what to think at first. I was torn. But I found it better the second time I saw it. I think Summit did a good job trying to portray to story to film. There are a few things I would change myself, but in all, it was good. And I am anxious to see how the next one will be done. I did see the movie fives times within a week. Including the midnight showing on the 21st. Was it the best movie?? No, but it wasn't bad either. It's worth watching again and worth buying and adding to my movie library.

New Kids On The Block Concert (Nov 15, 2008)

My friend, Donna Mills, is a HUGE New Kids fan longer than I have known her. She had purchased tickets to see this concert back in May. The closer the date got, the more excited she got. It was so funny to watch her. She asked me to go with her along with another friend of hers. We met for dinner before the concert and then headed over to the E Center. As we walked into the building, there were tables of merchandise to purchase. Donna was taking a look at what was available and deciding if she should buy anything. At the end of the concert she purchased a tour t-shirt. Our seats were in the 37th row on the floor of the E Center. That was so great! And if we couldn’t think it would get any better, the New Kids went to the center of the floor and sang a few songs. That was right next to where we were sitting. I thought Donna was going to faint, she was so excited. Ha ha ha I was so thankful that we had earplugs as well. We could hear the music just fine with them in and we could still hear after the concert was over. I was never a huge fan of the group growing up, but I have to say that I like how they sound now that they have grown up. They did several of their old songs along with some songs from their new album. Thank you, Donna, for a great time!

Gina’s trip to St. Thomas, USVI (Oct 27-Nov 4, 2008)

From October 27 to November 4 I was able to visit my brother, Jesse, and his girlfriend, Leilani, who live in St. Thomas. I went alone and I had a wonderful time. And on November 3rd, our younger brother, Rick, and his girlfriend, Amy, came down to visit for that week. I loved seeing Rick’s big smile and see him relax. He was having such a great time. To spend a whole day with both of my brothers was awesome! The only person we were missing was our sister, Sheri. Jesse was able to let me go sailing with him on an OnDeck sailboat, which is where he works racing sailboats. I was able to sail and race another boat and on the way back inland, I was able to steer for awhile. That was a great experience and to see what Jesse does for his job from day to day. Needless to say, I was recharged and refreshed to come home and it was good to see Eric and Keira again. I am grateful for Jesse and Leilani for allowing me to stay with them. I was even able to see a little bit of Puerto Rico since I had a connection in San Juan. So there is another country to add to the places I’ve been. Although, I would like to go and look around a bit more in the future since that is where my Great Grandmother Warnick was born. (In picture: Jesse Burke, Gina Nielson and Travis Ross)

Halloween (Oct 31, 2008)

While I was away in St. Thomas, Keira and Eric went trick-or-treating as Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. They also spent some time with Eric’s sister, June, and her family. That is two Halloweens in a row that I’ve been away and I won’t be planning that next year. I’d love to go trick-or-treating with Keira and Eric. Keira also went out with my mother the day before. So, guess who got quite a lot of candy? And guess who helped her eat all that candy? Ha ha ha Yep…Eric. :D

Halloween Party! (Oct 25, 2008)

We went to the annual Halloween party on October 25. This time it was held at Brian Tervort’s home. He hasn’t been able to come to a party, so he wanted it held at his house. He and his wife, Dayna, were very hospitable in letting Donna and I do what we needed to do to decorate. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I do what I can to make it a good one. I dressed up as Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty. She is my favorite Disney villain. And Eric was a wolf. We had such a great time with all of our friends. We had some really good food and played some really fun games. A friend of ours, Kim Frandsen, made a James piñata. For those who have read the Twilight books, yep, that James. It was awesome. We also played a few rounds of one of my favorite games called “What If…” Now, the question is….what shall I dress up for next year???

Happy Birthday, Jordan! (Oct 12, 2008)

On October 12, it was my nephew, Jordan’s, 7th birthday. We went to his birthday party, which was held at Boondocks. That was our first time going there and it was pretty cool. They had so many games and activities. Keira played her first game of air hockey with Eric and she LOVED driving in the car game. She wouldn’t let Eric even touch the controls. It was great to see Jordan having so much fun with his family and friends. Happy birthday, big guy!

Merry Christmas!!!

Ok, I have to tell you…this was a great Christmas! It was our first time really doing the Christmas thing this year, now that Keira understands who Santa Clause is, and we had a great time. We didn’t have our Christmas tree up until Keira went to bed last night. So when she woke up this morning and saw the tree with the lights on…all she said was “Wow!” It was so adorable. Santa had brought her an art easel, which she went to first and wanted to start painting right away.

She also received a package of 10 cars and a car mat with streets, her first set of play dough, a book about dragons from a dear family friend, Ross, in England, a couple of outfits and a game.

We had some plastic candles with light bulbs sitting on a table at the end of the hall. Keira would keep going up to the candles and try to blow them out. It was pretty funny.

Eric made eggs, pancakes and bacon for breakfast and I made the ham dinner. We decided to stay home this year and it was a good decision. It was a blizzard for the first part of the day and the wind is blowing in another storm. Eric took the opportunity to shovel the walk and driveway when the sun came out for a short time this afternoon and Keira was out there with him playing in the snow. She loves playing in the snow and so we bought her a snow suite, which she wore for the first time today. It’s been a wonderful day for our family and we hope all of you had a special day with your families! Merry Christmas to all!!!

More info for those who want it!

Yes, it's about XanGo and Glimpse. I thought these were pretty neat and thought I would post for all who would like to see.

This link will take you to the list of 75 reasons to drink Mangosteen every day.

http://mangosteenhealthyoption.wordpress.com

And this one will take you to some before and after pictures of the Glimpse skin care users.

http://glimpsebeforeandafter.com/

XanGo!

So much for working on my updates. lol I'm still working on them, but in the meantime, I wanted to spread the word about XanGo! I just recently signed up with my sister-in-law, Paulette, to be an Independant Distributor for XanGo. It took me almost a month to join after hearing what the company was all about from Paulette.

They have a juice that is made from a single fruit called Mangosteen from southeast Asia. After reading about all of the benefits of this juice and hearing about a couple of people's experience with it, I had to give it a try myself. Paulette's husband has been drinking the juice and it is helping him with his joints...he doesn't hurt any more and then another who has diabetes and it has helped lowered their blood sugar levels. There is a list of at least 75 things XanGo helps improve. This is my third day and I'm seeing how it will help my knees. If you would like to have a taste, I have a bottle here at my home and/or if you would like to try a bottle for $37.50, you can order it from my website.


The company has just recently come out with a skin care system called Glimpse. Ok, I know I sell Mary Kay, which I still sell at 30% off, and I love the stuff, however, I have replaced my skin care with Glimpse. Holy Crap! It is the world's first green and clean, toxin free, Anti-aging skin nutrition using the topical application of the Mangosteen fruit that is performance driven. I was able to try it earlier this week and I was hooked...just with the one try. My big pores had gone down in size and my skin felt tighter, light and clean. With my other regimen, it would feel like I had moisturizer on my face, but with Glimpse...my skin was soft and hydrated without the feel of moisturizer on my face. There is a chart of toxins that are dangerous for ones skin and what products they are found in. I was surprised to see Mary Kay and ProActive on there. I also read about the benefits of the system including acne control. I know a few people who are allergic to Mary Kay products and I would like to try this on them to see if they get a reaction from Glimpse. It is said to lower, if not deminish, bad reactions with the skin because it is toxic-free. Anyway, if any of you would like to try it, please let me know. I'd be interested to hear what you thing of the product. One of the things I like most about this system is you have just cleanser, toner, serum and moisturizer. You don't have to add anything special for the eye area, etc. And another bonus...it can last from 30 days to 90 days depending on how often you use it!!!

If you are interested in learning more, please contact me and/or visit my website at: www.myxango.com/ginanielson

I haven't been this excited to share something with people since Twilight! ;)

Hope all is well!!!

First on the update list...

Eric did find a job within a couple of weeks of him being layed off. He had a couple of job offers and he picked one that was far from the field of land surveying. Well, not too far. He now works for Corrosion Control Technologies testing mainly water pipes for corrosion. He's liking it so far and has been to Texas, Roosevelt, Utah and is currently in Vernal, Utah. On the 15th he will be going to Denver, Colorado. We have been blessed for him to have the same (perhaps even better) income that he had at his previous job. I am still able to stay home with Keira for which we both are thankful. Thank you for keeping us in your prayers!

Where have we been???

Good question. We've been around, but busy. Eric has been out of town a lot for work lately. I've been busy working around home and frankly a little lazy on updating, which I wish I hadn't because there is so much to tell. So please bear with me as I give little updates on what's been happening. Stay tuned.