{breaking dawn part one...part two}

the premiere!!!

a twelve hour drive, standing in endless lines, camping out for 4 days,

it all came down to this...

the night before.

since it took the crew two days to set up for this event, we thought we would capture the moment. it was spectacular! i have never been to a movie premiere before. i can't believe all that it takes to pull it off. all the crazies at TENT CITY told us this was the hugest thing they had ever seen.(and i believe them, for most of the people there, this was their fourth time coming. they are all camping out for hunger games too...aye-yi-yi.)

here we are waiting for the stars to arrive. we had to be there at 2:45, and the peeps didn't start comin till 5 or 6. my back was killing me...

one thing we were not expecting was all the other celebs that showed up. the darling guy from 17 again, the kardashian little sisters, cody simpson

the girl from step up, heather locklear, HGTV guy, "fox face" from hunger games

ron artest and the 1 foot tall, bruno mars.

apparently, there is a new 90210? well, they were there.

some "american idol" alums. lauren alaina could not have been sweeter.

the cast of "revenge."

and then THE cast...

i'm not sure of all their names so well just refer to them as their character names.

(much to the twi-moms dismay, they say they don't like it. really, twi-moms?)

tanya and kate from the denali coven. 

eric & alec

mike newton.

billy, renee, stephanie meyer, and darling little renesme.

leah from the wolf pack.

the rest of the wolves.

in my opinion, best dressed of the night...

alice. she was stunning.

esme.

rosealie, carlisle and jasper.

we knew the second the "BIG THREE" arrived.

we were pushed and shoved in every which way, and the screaming was deafening.

BUT, it was sooooo worth it!

there they were, standing right in front of us.

i was so impressed with the way all three of them handled themselves. they spent a few moments with the media and then blew them off for the fans.

they went around to every section took pics, signed autographs and chatted.

wow! i now know what it means to be "starstruck."

i do know these names,

and they need no introduction...

R. PATTS.

even better in real life. serious.

he was the hardest to get to hold still. his body guards were right there

ready to smack away any hand that tried to touch him...

(ahem...paige:)

              kristen stewart.

      the surprise of the evening. she was so sweet. i thanked her for signing my arm, she looked right at me and said, "no problem!" awkward in interviews, very nice in person.

       and in my opinion, beautiful!

           the couple then posed for a few pics.

                       my sister paige found this middle pic online in the washington post.

     look who it is...the 3rd wheel in this relationship...;)

         not together in real life my eye...

    

         although i am NO jacob fan, i am a taylor lautner fan. he was so darling! amazing skin.

the idea of the evening was to get pics with our faves, but when we realized that was going to be next to impossible, instinct took over. i got ALL THREE to sign my arms.

ALL THREE!

just when we thought it couldn't get any better,

IT DID!

we all got tickets to go inside the NOKIA theater and watch the world wide premiere

of "breaking dawn-part one" with all the cast.

incredible.

what an experience this turned out to be!

favorite moment: (besides r. patts holding my hand while signing my arm...)

being with my 4 best friends, my sisters.

i never laugh harder then when i'm with these girlies. love all of you forever.

to all the tent city crazies: thanks for the killer entertainment. memories to last a lifetime.

to my AMAZING husband: (who supports the addiction with a smile on his face)

thank you for being you. taking a week off work to watch the banchies while your crazy wife is off in cali being, well, um...crazy is medal worthy. i don't deserve you. loves.

and to the cast of "breaking dawn-part two"...

see you next year!

{BREAKING DAWN part one...part one}

Since i'm fairly confident that blogger would crash if i posted ALL the pic's i have from my little trip, i've decided to break it up into two posts.

the first being

TENT CITY

the happiest place on earth

(no, seriously)

As i said in my previous post, my sisters and i showed up in LA,

 (in the middle of the night thanks to our little detour we took in vegas at the H&M...love it!)

not really knowing what to expect. we knew they were handing out wristbands at 6am, but that was pretty much the extent of our knowledge. however, we were ready for anything! i had my running shoes on, my eyes on the prize, the rocky anthem playing in my mind and i wasn't going to take any prisoners.  after hours of scouting out the competition and worrying about EVERYTHING, we finally got the wristbands that guaranteed us a spot at the premiere. and no one even got hurt in the process...:)

SUMMITT closed down what seemed to be all of downtown LA to create this little universe in which the very bravest and most dedicated twilight fans were to reside for the next 4 days. this is TENT CITY... 

after we set up camp, (took a while because the tent we brought was too big, so we had to run and buy a new one. actually our new friend beverly ran all over town to find one for us. love ya bev.) we came to the conclusion, we didn't hold a candle to our fellow campers. i mean, we thought we were twihards.  we LOVE the books and have read them a million times. we LOVE the movies and have been at every midnight showing and then waited in the nasty walmart lines in the middle of the night to be the first to OWN the new release on DVD. for heavens sake, we left our husbands and children to drive from utah to attend the world wide premiere of the second to last movie. that should count for something right? wrong. we are definitely not twihards, we are but mere fans in comparison. these people live, eat, and breath twilight. some a little too much.


check it...

So, not to be completely outdone, we got to work.
made t-shirts, check.

made posters, check.

decorated our tent, check.
embraced the crazy, double check.

we soon realized that tent city was as much for publicity as it was anything else.

we, along with all the other campers, became local celebrities being interviewed by all

the local media. and who wouldn't want to be on camera after camping for four days?

   

once we got home the most frequently asked questions were, what did you do all day and did you ever get to take a shower?

 response: 

this is the twi-fi lounge, hosted by YAHOO movies.

all day every day there were games, contests, prizes, loud music and dancing. SO fun! so much fun, we didn't want to miss out on anything. yes, we had a hotel, but it was only used for a quick shower and a quick cell phone charge. we didn't even sleep there. we did not want to miss out on anything. all this, plus you never knew who was coming to visit...

you could even marry cardboard edward.
and um, no. we had to draw the line somewhere:)

we partied all night.

every night they would show one of the three twilight movies. we became deef from the screaming...
one of the nights they had five of the bands that are featured on the soundtrack put on a concert for us. it was awesome!  it was emceed by "demetri" from the volturi.
better stick to acting...love ya charlie.

as i said before, you never knew who was coming to visit us at tent city.

here we are waiting for some surprise guests...

stephanie meyer came and handed out autographed books.

the oh-so handsome, "carlisle".

one of the denali vampires..."kate".

here is one of the most darling werewolves you will ever meet..."seth".

 note to self, never trust the sixty year old "twi-gram" with feathers in her hair standing behind you to take your picture. this is half of me, completely cut out sister brynne the rest of the sisters and another beautiful werewolf, "emily".

this guy quickly became one of our favorites. he brought us doughnuts, and totally stayed and hung out..."emmett". i know, right?

so next up,
grab a snack and a bev, maybe even a little brown sack to breathe heavy into because the premiere was off the hook!
stay tuned...

{attention fellow twi-hards...}

BREATHE...

OK now i'm ready.

 my sissies and i are back from our wild and crazy trip to the LA premiere of "breaking dawn." we weren't exactly sure what to expect. we just kissed the kiddos, jam packed the car and took off into the sunset. after A-LOT of intense moments while waiting in line for our wristbands, camping out for four days, rubbing shoulders with the stars, experiencing a real-life massive blockbuster world wide movie premiere then actually getting into the movie and watching it with all the stars of the show...lets just say, EXPECTATIONS EXCEEDED! so, after i thumb through all my bazillion pic's and try to narrow them all down, here is a sneak peak at just how close we were on the  red black carpet...

these photo's aren't zoomed in...
this IS where we were standing.
believe it or not, they are all even
better looking in real life.

and can i add, "breaking dawn" part one, is my favorite one by a long shot.
edward and bella can finally be a normal couple. the wedding, the honeymoon,
it's all so magical. can't wait to see it again tonight at 6pm.
twice before it's even been released...i've got a very understanding husband:)
can't wait to hear how much everyone else falls in love...