No Wonders we like them!

This a recent interview with Stephenie Meyer

MTV: Did you purposefully plan out the demographic you were writing for?

Meyer: The surprise was really the young adults, because when I wrote "Twilight" it was for me, and I was 29. So it was for the moms who still remembered what it was like to be 17. But then it really caught on with the 17-year-olds, and I'm not surprised at all by the 30-somethings. I love them all! [Laughs.]

MTV: Do the tweens and 30-somethings get different things from your novels?

Meyer: One of the things I've noticed — and this is just a generalization and I know there's a lot of exceptions — but it seemed like the moms were more willing to give the idea of second love a chance. Whereas a lot of people who have never fallen in love before want to think that when you fall in love, that's it, and you won't again.

HBP teaser trailer

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Fire!

I have to give props to the Nampa Fire Department. I have heard that they have the fastest response time in the state. Well on Sunday we gave a sigh of relief for this fact. When we were unpacking from the cabin our friends walked by and said "wow, you missed all the excitement." We were distracted by the fact that our neighbor had his RV parked out front, we didn't notice that two houses down there was a huge fire. On Friday while we were up at the cabin they had a party. One of their friends put a cigarette out in their trash can outside. (they don't smoke). the fire burned up the back of the house and all through their attic and bonus room upstairs. The downstairs is ruined as well because of water damage. Our next door neighbor said at three in the morning he heard water hitting his house (he thought it was our sprinklers) and a roaring sound (he thought was his fridge going out) He got up to check and saw the red lights flashing. when he went outside they were hosing off his RV and house so it wouldn't catch fire as well. Our entire neighborhood smells like a campfire. They bought the house the same time we did. Luckily they have insurance which will replace almost everything they lost. Except of course the things that can't be replaced, so sad!

Cabin week

Well we just got back from our vacation at the cabin. It was a lot of fun. We wished we could stay longer. It was so nice to just relax with our families. We went up for the whole week. Michelle's family came up with us, as well as Nate and Melissa's family and Gma & Gpa. A highlight of the first weekend was the hot springs, soooo relaxing. Michelle's family went home on Monday and the rest of Stillman's family started showing up for the Reunion. We played games, Water skied, Jet skied, watched movies, tore apart the deck, ate, ate, and ate, some more. We even went to church in a barn. The McCall Bldg was under construction so they now hold it outside in a barn. It was fitting as it was Pioneer Day. It was great to see all of you from Utah, we sure do miss you. I made a video of our weekend, because I didn't want to take up a lot of space with pictures. Make sure you mute our music. Hope to see everyone again soon. Don't forget to post your own adventures on the Cabin Blog, let me know if you are having trouble viewing or if you need to be invited to view.

Memory Lane

I found this on someone's blog and I thought it would be fun! You can leave a memory about Stillman or myself. Also even if you're not a blogger you can comment, just click comments below and then type in your comment (Type in the letters that it asks for) Then under Identity click on name and type in your name.
Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.So let's have it! Don't be shy! What do you remember? Anything funny, embarrassing, silly...

Belated Fourth of July pics

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