Hamilton Happenings: Harry Potter Week

To start with, rant time: our week has been shaped by one thing and one thing alone.... crappy AT&T internet. (i think it may be the worst in the United States) We pay extra to get fast connection, and it can't even play videos most of the time. :/ So working from home on projects has .... taught us a lot of patience.

That is why you didn't hear from us last week. This week however, we were busy hanging out with our friend Allison who came to visit us.

Allison was our first California house guest, and it was fun to be able to show her around (i'll add photos later). Even Adler did pretty well. Sure, she was nervous and restless for 4 days, but i think she grew a lot ;)
I'll share more of what we did, when i add photos.

Now here is what we did LAST week:

The big news all week was all about Harry Potter!
On Saturday, the 9th, we finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (in case you missed it, I was reading them aloud to Jayson). That night also we started our HP movie watching countdown. What countdown, you ask? Oh, only the countdown to the LAST ever Harry Potter movie release! We thought about going to the midnight showing, but with the gorgeous perk of LA's pre-movie seat assignment we figured the best time to see the movie was Friday the 15th at 10 am! And let me tell you, so so so good. I definitely think the 7th book (and maybe even the 6th) are ones you actually have to read to fully understand the movies. There is just so much back story; it could get confusing without it. Still AMAZING movie.

Any how we got in the spirit every night by watching a HP movie, and drinking BUTTERBEER! (<---it's a drink from the Harry Potter books)

Thanks to friends in Fort Worth, we have in our possession an amazing recipe for actual Butterbeer! Apparently, it is much like the butterbeer from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios (i have not been to test this claim, but am all for someone paying to have me go out there to see!).

Sure sure lots of other stuff happened in our lives over the last two weeks other than Harry Potter and Allison's visit. I'm working on assisting the coordination for a CD Release show at the end of the month, and I had a great job interview last week. Jayson has been keeping busy with his part time work for Emma's Children, AND we have been randomly doing catering jobs.... which have been funny.

Lots of stuff happen in L.A. and it's grand. Every day I am so thankful that God has placed us here. Though I have missed family and friends in Arkansas and Texas, I have not for one moment regretted the move. It's been fantastic. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers.

-sass