Rachel's favorite actor right now is Leonardo DiCaprio. (Rachel just informed me that it isn't just right now, it's been like..... forever.  And will be forever.)   We have watched all the movies we have with him at our house over this spring break week.  What other films has he done?  We went to look and he's coming out with some new ones soon.  We also found some stupid list of the 50 best actors of all time...... we don't agree with half of them. So here is our list.

I don't think they are in any particular order and I'm also going to include some actresses as well.

Lawrence Olivier, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Stewart, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Colin Firth, Johnny Depp, George C. Scott, Daniel Day Lewis, Victor Garber, Mandy Patinkin
Dean Jones, George Clooney, Noah Wiley, Dick Van Dyke, Danny Kaye, Richard Harris, Robert Downey Jr.
Jude Law, Tom Hanks, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Liam Nissan, Gene Kelley, John Malkovich, Jeremy Irons, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Hugh Jackman, Meryle Streep, Annette Benning, Audrey Hepburn, Sandra Bullock, Renee Zellweger, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Claire Danes, Julie Andrews, Olivia Dehaviland, Donna Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Kathryn Hepburn,  Reese Witherspoon, Dakota Fanning, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Scarlett Johansson, Joshua Jackson, Timothy Dalton, Gabriel Byrne, Mary Tyler Moore, Sally Fields, Julia Roberts, Diane Lane.

Our crushes are:

Tom Welling, David Boreanaz, Michael Shanks, Hugh Jackman, Colin Firth, Colin Farrell, Zac Efron, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr., Joseph Fienes, Robert Redford, Bernadette Peters, Meg Ryan, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, Amanda Bynes, Jennifer Garner, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jake Gyllenhaal, Richard Chamberlain, Ryan Gosling,  Marc Blucas, Neil Patrick Harris, Michaela Conlin, Josh Duhamel, Joshua Jackson, Josh Hutcherson.

This is not a comprehensive list by any means and we're not telling you who has crushes on whom.  You get to guess.  Try it out...... it might be fun.  Comment and let us know what your answers are.

Posting some pictures of "Anne of Green Gables."

Lauren Pope as Anne and Lon Keith as Matthew

Facundo Regazonni as Gilbert and Eliza Allen as Diana

Caitlin Webb as Mrs Spencer, Mrs. Barry and Miss Stacy:
Hannah Stoehr as Marilla
Lon Keith as Matthew
Lynne D. Bronson as the director
Anne Roquemore as Rachel Lynde, Mrs. Blewit and Miss Harris
Facundo Regazonni as Gilbert
Lauren Pope as Anne
Eliza Allen as Diana

Hope you enjoyed those.  Now I'll add a couple from our photo shoot for the upcoming show "Crossing Delancey."

Nan Weber as Bubbie and Lynne D. Bronson as Hannah Mandelbaum

I just found out that Scott's old love is coming to Utah in July.  A shindig is being put together.  So..... what do I do?  I guess I should lose about 100 pounds and show up in my glamorous clothes and whitened teeth.  Jewels would be needed.  Or I guess I could stay home.  Staying home might just be the thing.  Or this could be the motivation to lose some of the weight I need to.  At least for the day she'll be here.  It's such a dilemma.

Now onto more important things.  I'm so proud of my children.  They are doing their part to keep the commandments and learn more about the gospel.  Rachel is reading in the New Era.  She is also reading the Book of Mormon and being a kind friend.  She is trying to get the most out of school and seminary.  I'm so pleased with the progress she is making.  She just reminded us that Conference is in one minute.  She's keeping us on the straight and narrow path.

Some of my favorite highlights.  Two words:  Stop it.  Thank you Elder Uchtdorf. There is some much for me to stop so that I can go forward and on to a better me and to make my family life better and our relationships stronger.

Also, "Come Thou Fount" was so awe inspiring and really needs to be in the hymn book as does "Faith In Every Footstep."  I love the music in conference.  Elder Holland's talk, as always, was very significant to me and to others in my home.  Now to listen to the last session.

I don't mind being fifty.  I don't mind being fat...... most of the time.  But when my cute co-workers come to work in the most DARLING clothes and the CUTEST bodies...... then is when I mind being the big 5 0.  Well, and larger than life.  And my eyes don't like to focus and see things close up.  Rats!  I'm getting old.  That I can't change, but the fat part...... I know I can, but do I have the motivation?  It would be so much easier if I didn't have to give up sugar and carbohydrates.  Not to skip over the fact that I need to exercise as well.   Sheesh!

The other thing is you have to have lots of money to dress the way the cute people dress.  You have to have those green bills with high dollar amounts to get the types of clothes I need.  You know, extra fabric equals extra bucks.  Lane Bryant ain't cheap.  Oh well..... maybe in the  next life.  Will there be sugar there?

Nothing of grand proportion has happened since the last post.  I needed something to do in the computer lab is all.  Oh, wait!  Rachel received her Patriarchal Blessing this past Sunday.  She is a very special and wonderful girl.  But then, we knew that already.  Also, rehearsals for "Crossing Delancey" have begun.  It's fun.  I'm going to have a great time.  I'm happy to be in the play for many reasons, but the first one is that I get to spend some time with my hubby.  Scott is so busy these days what with his job and then his writing.  We hardly see each other.  So being in the play that he is directing will be nice.  Plus I get to memorize all of those lines.  I guess I could do that in the computer lab.   Naaaah!

Saw "The Hunger Games" this morning.  We all loved it.  I think we all would have turned around and watched it again if there had been seats.  Great movie.  Well acted, well scripted, and once I got use to the jiggly camera, well shot.  I highly recommend it for anyone over 13.  Because, yes, it is violent.

I get to school today and Mrs. Headman, the Kindergarten teacher, tells us how her students don't ever listen to her.  A lot of them came to school today with pictures of themselves...... "It's picture day!" they said.  Yes, it's spring picture day.  We're going to take your pictures.  They look at her all funny.  Kids!

Paige and I saw "Woman In Black" at the Echo theater. Not the movie, the play.  It was fabulous!  Patrick Kintz and Chipper Davis were so wonderful.  Patrick played several characters with several different accents and pulled them all off.  And the pantomiming!  Oh, boy, you sure could envision that dog and that horse and cart.  ;)   Good on ya, Patrick.  And I wonder if I'm related to Christopher "Chipper" Sherwood Davis.

I took Friday off to spend the day with Paige on her 23rd birthday.  We went to see John Carter and then to lunch at Cafe Rio.  We stopped by F.Y.E. to spend her birthday money and then home to prep for the opening night of "Anne of Green Gables."  It was a splendid day.  I enjoyed being with Paige and eating yummy food and seeing John Carter.  The show went super well and the audiences are loving it.  I have a wonderful life.

I hadn't wanted to see John Carter.  I just didn't care, but I loved it!  I don't care if it didn't follow the book to the letter, having never read it, so the story was fun and very entertaining.  I know that there are those "purest" out there (Jim Adams), but as far as I'm concerned, John Carter was well worth the money.  I was going to do a little review of it, but I don't want to.  I'll just say this..... if you were wondering whether or not to go....... Just do it!  It was filmed in Utah, so the scenery is great.  The actor playing John Carter is fairly handsome, so the eye candy is great.  And last, but not least, the story is fun and interesting.  The music is fabulous and I came away feeling good.

Rachel went to a multi-stake dance Saturday night.  She wore green and had a great time with all of her friends.  I'll post pictures soon.

Rachel also spent a couple of hours last week in the ER.  Nothing serious, in fact...... Nothing SERIOUS at all.  She had run her finger through the sewing machine at school.  The secretary thought there was still the needle tip in her finger.  X-rays showed nothing.  So I have a 400 dollar ER bill for Rachel's newest story.  Sheesh!