Somewhere in Time

When I was in Elementary school, mostly all the kids names were Sarah, Jessica, Emily, Josh, Jake, John. There were a few names that were a little different, like McKenna. I didn't really like my name in Elementary school because it wasn't like anyone elses. It was weird. In middle school, I began to like my name, and I asked my mom where she came up with it. She told me it was from a movie that her and my dad had liked to watch when they were first married. I'm twenty-two years old this year, and I finally watched the movie that my parents named me after. Adam got the movie for me for Christmas and we watched it together. 

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s, Elise McKenna. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, he manages, by self hypnosis, to travel back in time where he meets her. They fall in love, a matching that is not appreciated by her manager. Can their love outlast the immense problems caused by their "time" difference? And can Richard remain in a time that is not his?

This movie was made in the 1980's I think. I loved it! My parents always told that the movie was about a young beautiful actress named Elise McKenna and Christopher Reeves traveled back in time to meet her. They thought McKenna was pretty and named me after her. I feel special that my name came from this movie, and I love my name even more now! You should watch this movie, you might love it.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I have always loved Valentine's Day, for my whole whole life. I have always had such great Valentines'. Because I've always had good Valentine's, I think Adam wanted to make this one the best one EVER. I gave him a few ideas of things that I would like as Valentine's gifts. Shoes, flowers, chocolates, a scentsy, a dinner date. It's not about the things anyway. It's about getting to spend time with him. On Saturday, we spent the day celebrating Adam's best friend's wedding. We spent a couple hours at the temple, and attended the luncheon, and the reception. Adam was a groomsman, so I was mostly just tagging along. Luckily, Adam has great friends who will hang out with me so I don't have sit alone. I think Adam felt bad for me because I had to sit by myself half the night. He bought me a new pair of black high heels because my other favorite ones were falling apart. He also let me get a pedicure while he was taking pictures with the groom. I thought that those two things were going to be my Valentine's presents. I was perfectly happy with that. But, when I woke up this morning this was sitting on my night stand.

A scentsy! The exact one that I wanted. AND my most favorite box of chocolates from Costco. There is not one chocolate in that box that I have to spit out. You should try them, maybe you'll love them too.

We both had to go to work all day on Valentine's Day so after we got off work we met for dinner at Olive Garden. I got there first and waited for him on the bench outside. When he walked up I saw him holding a rose and a black bag. When I opened it, it was a gift certificate to get my hair cut and colored! He thought of that all by himself! He knew I'd been whining about my hair since Christmas, and decided it would be nice to get me a gift card to a salon! I think I pretty much have the best husband ever. Inside the bag there was also a card, that made me cry. Dinner was delicious, and Adam even asked if I wanted dessert. Of course I said yes, even though I didn't think I could fit anything else into my stomach.

When we got home, I felt bad that I only got Adam the movie The Italian Job. That was all he said he wanted, and he said that Valentine's Day was a girls holiday. He picked up our kitties and said they can be my presents too. He didn't seem very happy about that. But it made me laugh.

I'm so blessed to have Adam in my life. He's always makin' me laugh and smile. He always makes me better when I'm sad or mad. He puts up with me when I throw a tantrum about a pair of shoes that I really really want. He unloads the dishwasher when I ask him too. I love everything about him. He's funny, sweet, kind, handsome, a total nerd (which I love, I just can't get him to admit it yet.) He's loving and so much fun to be around. I think I'm so so lucky to have Adam in my life, and I love him so much.

New Car

My husband has an obsession with Mini Cooper's. He bought one from England right before our wedding, and it's from 1966. It's such a cute car. Now his Saturn is starting to die, and I really hated the Saturn, so we decided he needed a new car. And guess what kind of car he wanted....

I think my husband might have a problem. He is seriously obsessed! But I really love this car much more than his old one, so it's really okay with me. Besides, I sorta , kinda, maybe think it's a little bit cute.

Happy Birthday!

Last Sunday Adam and I drove up to Pine Valley to celebrate Ayla and Dallas' birthdays! Ayla turned three this year and Dallas turned five. Little kids grow up WAY to fast, but Adam has the cutest nieces and nephew ever. They got lots of new fun toys, Rachael made us a delicious steak dinner with potatoes and salad, and we had ice cream cake. I love birthday parties! Thanks for all the fun Rachael!

Aren't they SO cute!

Ayla is scared of me so she'll never look at me, but one day she'll like me. I hope. We had so much fun hanging in Pine Valley with the family. Grandpa and Grandma Herpel came over and we all laughed about The Grumpy Grandpa's of Pine Valley. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time! I love visiting everyone in Pine Valley, it's always so much fun.

Hiking...somewhere in Hurricane!

On Saturday we drove to La Verkin to go hiking with my parents. My dad has been wanting to go on this hike for awhile, but he needed some hiking buddies to go with him. I called him to see where a good place to hike was, and he told me about this one! I told him that mom and him should go with us, and he talked my mom into it! We drove up to where the trail starts, and we started hiking down into the canyon.

Don't you think Adam makes some really attractive faces? Ha!

My mom and I at the beginning of the trail!

We stopped along the way so the men could shoot the gun.

I was in such a dancing mood that day! This picture makes me laugh!

 My dad said, "Look! I'm driving the Titanic!" He even did it with his sippy cup in his hand! Hahahaha

Yes, he really did hike the WHOLE way with this cup in his hand, even when the trail was washed out!

This is another attractive picture of Adam. He said this was his Harry Potter wand.

We walked past tons of horses on our way back to our car. I think my mom was in heaven.

The La Verkin bridge

After about four miles of trail and four hours of hiking we were glad to be back to our car!

Thanks dad for taking us on such a fun hike! When it gets warmer we will take on the narrows in Zion!

The other day I got to have lunch with these ladies, (plus Brinlee). We had so much fun, as we always do!

I think my mom might have a mouth full of blueberries in this picture.

I wish we could do this every week! It's so much fun getting together with my family! I love them all!

Also, yesterday I forget to mention that I learned how to drive a stick shift. Kinda. It was a very traumatic experience for me. Because my car is broken, everyone thought it would be a good idea for me to learn to drive Adam's car. My mom decided to come with me and teach me to drive a stick shift. I didn't even get out of the driveway before I had stalled about four times! I was already frustrated and terrified. I finally made it out of the driveway and I was in the middle of the street, just stuck there! I started crying in the street by our house because I was so frustrated that I couldn't even move out of the road. I took a deep breath, and was able to slow down my foot while taking it off the clutch. I made it around the corner and down the street a little more before screaming and stalling again. I screamed everytime I stalled the car which was about every thirty seconds. We made it to the four way stop by our house and church had just gotten out so I had to keep waving to let everyone know that they could go. Someone actually pulled over and asked if we had broke down, but I just told them that I was trying to learn how to drive. After about twenty cars were out of the way, I was able to get out into the intersection without any cars coming. I screamed the whole way til I was clear of the intersection, and by this point I crying because I was laughing so hard. I made it down to the intermediate school in Santa Clara and my mom just made me stop and go in the parking lot. I was actually getting the hang of it, until the breaks started not working. I started freaking out, and told my mom that I think we should go back before the breaks go out and we can't stop. On our way back, the breaks got worse and I was unable to slow down while turning onto Red Mountain. I was screaming the whole way back to our house, and I ran the stop sign at the four way stop because I was too afraid to stop, and I didn't want to get stuck. I promised my mom that I would never learn to drive a stick. I think if I had a car that wasn't so crazy I would be able to do it, but I think automatic is just right for me because I'm such a blondie.