Well can you believe that Christmas has come & gone again? I hope everyone had a great day. I do hope Santa was good to everyone. He did come & visit our house. Sweet girls of mine were up at 3 a.m. but they were smart & did not come to wake us up until 6:45. By 2 Miranda was out and asleep on the floor up in her room. hahahha Our tree is down and decorations put away. We are looking forward to 2009. I wish everyone well. Santa was nice enough to put movie tickets in my stocking so guess where Mikayla & I went today?? YUP to see TWILIGHT!! OMG it just gets better each time we see it. Mandy & Brittney went with us. We had such a great time.

Wow what a week! We survived it! Here are some pictures from the week. 1) Mikayla's talent show 2) Miranda's class party 3) Cheer Party at the house. That was all Friday. Saturday Miranda had a cookie decorating party. I think we are partied out! But the girls had fun & that is all that matters!

Elf Dance

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Miranda had her Girl Scout skating party tonight. What a fun time she had. They remodeled the Rollerdrome & they were the very first ones to see all the changes. The much needed changes! Her friend Lexi from Sunday School and Dance was there. They are not in the same troop but got to hang out tonight. Huge treat. Miranda is really good at skating she did take a bunch of falls but gets right back up. She had hot dog & a drink for dinner there & back to skating. We are so happy to have found the troop she is in. It is right at her school. Perfect! Just a heads up that in the next month or so she will start pre-ordering Girls Scout Cookies so get me your orders! :) Hmm I love Girl Scout Cookies!!!!!!!!

What a fun party Mikayla had. They watched Little Shop of Horrors, made sundae's and danced the night away. Instead of gifts Mikayla asked everyone to bring in can foods for the food bank. We had 51 items to bring in! WOW!

Look who turned 13 today! Wow! She had an amazing day. Her friends got the entire lunch room to sing to her. Her teachers embarrassed her! :) Then I had her to go to the Rec Center with me while Miranda had swim lessons & they even told her Happy Birthday! While we were out Andy went & picked up Ryan & they went to get an ice-cream cake. We surprised Mikayla w/ a mini surprise party. Can't believe Ryan was sooo good all week & did not spill it! Good job Ryan. So needless to say w/ all the fantastic gifts. Chheuv got her $50 (OMG) mom & dad $13 & the comforter set she wanted for her room, Penny & Joe $20, Ryan candy & $15 gift card and us Vest, shirt, Twilight shirt, necklace stickers & keychain. She had a great night. Now for the big party. On Saturday she is having about 13 friends over to watch Little Shop of Horrors. So you can bet there will be lots of pictures!

Report: Release Date Set for 'Twilight' Sequel 'New Moon'
Dec. 10, 2008, 10:52 PM ESTEntertainment Tonight.
As the fan frenzy continues to surround the vampire romance 'Twilight,' its highly-anticipated sequel 'New Moon' may be hitting theaters sooner than you think!
Entertainment Weekly reports that Summit Entertainment has tentatively set Nov. 20, 2009, as the release date for the follow-up film to 'Twilight.' The magazine reports that production begins in mid-March.
Earlier this week, ET confirmed that 'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke would not be returning for the sequel. According to Entertainment Weekly, film maker Chris Weitz may be in talks to direct 'New Moon.'

Guess where I will be Thursday at midnight on the 19th????? Who wants to join me mark your calendars now & it is a date! :)

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. We had a busy busy one. I did not take any pictures so you can just enjoy Edward! :) Thursday~ my friend Mandy & I went to see yup you guessed it Twilight!! Still amazing after 5x. Friday~ Mikayla went w/ Ryan to see Twilight; Andy, Miranda & I stayed at home & watched movies. Saturday~ Wow busy day. Hair appt; mall for Christmas shopping; Mikayla went to a friends b'day party & then we went on a journey to Nyssa, OR to see Mandy & Zach's place. Talk about in the boonies! hahaha but we had a great time. Sunday~ Sunday School, Church, Youth Group, grocery store and now we are watching the Ten Commandments. I am tired just thinking of everything we have done. We are set for another busy busy week. From cheerleading, gymnastics, swim lessons and oh yeah work! Mikayla will be turning 13 on Thursday can you believe that? 13 I am not old enough to have a 13 year old. HAHAHAHHA Enjoy gazing at Edward like I do. Have a great week!

Wow what a day! First I forgot to add a very important part in my last blog. When Miranda & I went to look for the camera in the car when we got home she went upstairs & closed the door. I went up & asked her what she was doing. She told me "I was praying for God to bring back your camera". How sweet was that? I explained to her that God doesn't always answer your prayers immediately that he does it in his own time. So that was that for the night. Well, I am at work today & I get a call from the school & first thought was oh no Miranda is sick & the secretary asks me "Did you lose a black kodak camera?" I was speechless. She told me that someone found it in the middle of the road & went through the pictures & saw Miranda in her Willow Creek t-shirt & then they brought it to the school this morning. They went through some of the pictures & recognized Miranda! WOW! That right there was a God thing. Miranda was beaming when she saw my camera! God is good & he answer sweet little girls prayers.

So, I have learned 1) to listen to myself when I am talking to myself. 2) There are amazing people out there everywhere & 3) My little girl is the sweetest thing ever. I am truly blessed with all the wonderful things in my life & things like this make me stop & Thank God for it all.

God Bless all of you my dear friends & family.

Okay so this is the picture you get! I was planning on putting our Turkey Day pictures in but here is the funny story. Andy was up on the roof putting up the Christmas lights and of course I was taking pictures and as I was doing it I was saying to myself "I really should not put the camera there not a good idea" well I did not listen to myself and put the camera on the back of my car. Well guess what I forgot to get! Yup you guessed it. I remembered when Andy & Mikayla were 1/2 way to Boise to the Stampede game. So needless to say I am without my Turkey Day pictures but on the bright side AWESOME Twilight picture right????? I did have a fantastic holiday. We had a quiet dinner and decorated our tree. Mikayla got a call from her friend & they went to see Twilight! On Saturday, Donna & I were up and at Fred Meyers at 5:00 a.m. Got some good deals we went to a few other places and then back home by 10:30! After tooling around the house patiently waiting for 2:00 to come & I was out the door to meet my good friend Mandy to see Twilight! :) hahahha her 1st time seeing it! My 3rd. Boy, it gets better each time I see it. So quiet evening at home cause I was out by 8:00! Then Saturday, Mikayla & I had hair appointments in Meridian at 11:00 so we decided to meet up w/ our Friends Carole & Marissa yup you guessed it to see Twilight! Boy it is funny I caught stuff I missed the first 3x I saw it!!!! So it was a fantastic Twilight Turkey Day Weekend! Even tho I lost my camera I get to go see Twilight on Thursday again with Mandy! YEA see I am looking on the bright side! hahahhahaha I hope everyone had a fantastic day! We are off to the rat race of the Holiday seasons. I love this time of year. I am sitting in my living room yelling at Razah to stay out of the Christmas Village & enjoying the pretty lights. Hey I would send ya pictures but hahahhaha my camera is somewhere between Nampa & Boise probably on the freeway!

What a week we have had! Miranda got to go on a class trip to the ballet so she was all dressed up. Razah was being crazy and of course the BIG TWILIGHT premiere. Ryan, Tyler & Mikayla were patiently waiting. We got there an hour before & were lucky enough to be first in line & boy o boy it filled up FAST! I highly recommend going. It is a fantastic movie & they did a great great job following the book! We all really enjoyed it & on the way out we noticed that 1/2 the cheerleading squad was there in the same theater! Insane. It is sold out all weekend. I will be going at least 2 more times. I missed some parts... too many nice looking vampires it was hard to see what was going on in the movie! :) But I shall pay my dues to help pay for the next movie New Moon by purchasing at least 8 more movie tickets! Miranda wants to see it again & of course the girls do & Andy is feeling left out so I told him not to worry I will go again! tee-hee
Again, if you haven't seen the movie I recommend it. Really really good!!!!!!!!

HAPPY TWILIGHT DAY!!!!

For those of you who have been living under a rock for the past 3+ months it is finally out in theaters!!!!! I know some lucky people who have already seen it & all I would get out of them was OMG!!!! So, that made me even more excited. I have 8 hours 40 minutes until I get my opinion on the movie! I hope everyone has a Happy Twilight day & GO SEE THE MOVIE that is if you can get tickets! :)

I could not pass up this photo! Watch out Edward....... JAMES is HOT!!!!!!

3 days & counting!!!!!

Miranda had a fun day today. Troop 31 went to make decorations for the festival of trees. She was so excited. She got to make 2 of them. We are gonna try & make them for our tree. They turned out so nice. I can't wait to see them all on the tree. There were about 50 girls there. Not all were her troop but they all were making different ornaments. Such a neat idea. She has fit in so well with her new Brownie troop. She is the youngest on but all the girls have welcomed her in with open arms. Best of all they meet at her school. So every Thursday she walks down to the cafeteria after school & I pick her up. How awesome is that? I love after school activities. I guess there is a big camp out in the Spring that I might let her go to. I think Mikayla was 7 or 8 when she went to Oregon for a week so I think I can let her go! UGH maybe not! I will see. She is growing up too fast. Both my babies are getting older. So, I guess all I can do is sit back & enjoy the ride. I am so truly blessed with my girls.

Just In Case You Did No Twilight Premiers In...

Here is Miranda at gymnastics tonight. Boy does she love it. I did not have time to change between work, picking up Miranda from school to Lone Star to see Mikayla cheer to Miranda's gymnastics so I got to watch tonight instead of working out & bonus had my camera! :) She does so well. They are fantastic with both girls. And since it is at the Rec Center I get in a good work out each time. (with the exception of tonight). So after a long & busy day of working & running I thought I would update the blog so my mother would not get mad at me! :)

So I am getting in trouble by my mom! For not updating my blog since Halloween! We Armbruster's have been very busy this past 2 weeks. Between Cheerleading, Brownies, Gymnastic, Parent-teacher conf. it has been crazy. Andy left for Texas so I also have to be the cook in the family. And everyone knows how much I lOVE to cook! NOT!!!!
Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks. Mikayla infront of her locker; Mikayla & Ryan cheering, Miranda stylin and the girls on the trampoline. I had Andy take a ton of pictures to get the Christmas cards ordered. He did fantastic! :) Looks like the girls had a blast. I was at work so I did not get to enjoy the beautiful afternoon. It is said that we might get snow in the next week so winter is offically here. Have a great week & I apologize for not keeping this up to date I will do better.

Happy Halloween everyone! Can't believe it is come and gone. The girls had such a fun day. Miranda got to spend a couple of hours with her friend Cali & then got to go trick or treating with Liz , Cali, Josh & Seren. Then she was off to Liz's party at her grandma's. Mikayla was invited to Ryan's party & then a bunch of them went trick or treating & she is staying the night. Andy & I are enjoying a nice quiet evening w/o kids! WOW that is a first. I hope everyone had a great Halloween & a safe one!

Miranda had her Harvest Party at school today! Lots of fun. I love her classes mates! Mrs. Labrum is wonderful and has so much patience!