Come on Over!

We have a few "blog bugs" and are opening up a new one. We will be private in the next few weeks. Come visit and leave your e-mail, if you want access, at http://kateburdett.blogspot.com/. See you in a few days!

Emily's Surgery Update

Emily had sinus surgery today and did fine. We spent the day in the hospital and hopefully will see some good results for her in the coming weeks. It is a tough surgery--but she was a trooper and very brave.

The Perfect Movie List

Thanks for all the recommendations! I thought you might like to see a complete list---

13 Going on 30

Charade

Hairspray-The Musical

How to Marry a Millionaire

It's a Wonderful Life

Meet Me in St. Louis

Miss Congeniality

North Shore

Pride & Prejudice-BBC version

Rear Window

Return to Me

Room with a View

Stardust

That Thing You Do

The Incredibles

The Way We Were

Waking Ned Divine

What About Bob?

You've Got Mail

Are you inspired! I am! Let's go to Blockbuster and rent a movie!

WhatchaDonin?

While these two are off visiting everybody in Las Vegas and attending Rachelle Taylor's wedding (one of Em's best friends from high school--yep, they graduated together!)













This good guy is navigating a cross-country drive to bring Em's "college stuff" from Ogden, Utah to Mt. Vernon, Illinois














And Eliza and I are home-babysitting this guy




















working (a little) and READING a lot!
She is devouring this one:
















and I am thoroughly enjoying this one:

Missing everybody tonight. I'm feeling a little lonley and homesick. Anybody have any other book recommendations out there? (most of all-- I'm missing him!)

Celebrating 21!

James and I celebrated 21 years of marriage on Friday July 18, 2008. How grateful I am to have him with me everyday. He is a wonderful man and my best friend. (Thanks Lizzy for the picture!)
We had dinner and a movie date to celebrate and James in his most kind and gallant way went to see Mama Mia! with me and delayed his Batman experience for a few days. We saw Mama Mia! (the play) in Las Vegas and loved it --and I'm a big ABBA fan-- so I was so excited to go. I wanted it to be GREAT and while it had great moments, I have to say it was just good. Sorry to be a downer--but I get frustrated with the need to use "movie stars" in Broadway roles. Meryl Streep did a good job, Collin Firth was adorable, Julie Walters was DYNAMITE but Pierce Brosanan?????? Why??? Arrogant, obnoxious and a really, really bad singer. WHY??? Anyway ---we started talking about PERFECT movies---movies that are great stories, perfectly cast, classics and came up with a pretty great list. So here are James and Katie's combined list of PERFECT movies--

REAR WINDOW--Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly--Do we need to say more? A young Raymond Burr as the bad guy--awesome
CHARADE--Audrey Hepburn--amazing! and Cary Grant--so darling and debonair! Great plot, great twists, great cast
RETURN TO ME--A newer movie, but seriously my favorite movie! Bonnie Hunt and David Duchovny are fabulous, Jim Belushi is hilarious, Minnie Driver is so believable and the old guys are so GREAT!
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS-Our favorite Judy Garland movie and James' favorite movie ever! We love Grandpa and Tootie and St. Louis!
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE-The BBC version with Jennifer Ehle and Collin Firth. Lots of good versions of this book and movie--but this is the best. I think I have it memorized!

So now it is your turn--what are your PERFECT movies? We would love to know!

Virginia EFY

Mollie went to EFY this year at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, Virginia. SVU is a liberal arts college that is run by members of the LDS church. It is a beautiful campus with great colonial red brick buildings. We drove her there on a fun road trip with Brad, Liz and Sadie Harris. Sadie and Mollie were roommates and met lots of great teenagers during their time there. I'm so glad they got to go!

Missing Fish Lake and Family

Fish Lake Memories

So many fun, happy memories Feeling a little homesick today--Hope everybody has a fun time at the cabin this weekend! It has been too long since we've all been together. Love and miss you all! Take pictures and SHARE!