The Howell Family

I honestly do not even have the words to fully express or explain in any way, shape or form how awesome this girls weekend was with my besties at Twi Tour. I will let my pictures do most of the talking and explain some along the way, but this was honestly one of the best weekends I have ever had and I can't wait to do this again next year with the ladies!

Here is me and Melinda on our way to the Wig Wam for Twi Tour. We had just been at the Forever 21 they have there and it was HUGE. We bought a lot of fun things for our weekend.

The first night they had a concert and Gil Birmingham performed some songs. Some of the songs he said he had never performed in front of an audience before.

Justin Chon who plays Eric Yorkie speaking during his panel

Chaske Spencer that plays Sam the leader of the wolves. He is sooo cute :)

Christian Serratos who plays Angela

The very good looking Alex Meraz. On the night of the Ball he performed with his dance troupe. It was awesome.

Chaske and Alex during their panel. They were so funny together. During our autographs I asked Chaske if he would be in costume for our photo op meaning no shirt on like the movie. He laughed and said, "Sorry, no costume." So I got up to Alex to get his autograph right afterwards and said "Alex, Chaske says you guys are going to be in costume for the photo op. That's awesome." He laughed and said, "Are you lying to me right now?" And then looked down to Chaske and said.. "Hey, did you say we were going to be in costume for the pictures?" And Chaske said, "I told them you would be." It was silly and funny. I still laugh when I think that I actually asked them that!

Me posing with Edward and Bella

This is me posing with the Hillywood cast. They MC'd the weekend the whole time. They did a really great job!

This is Carrie, Melinda me and Espe hanging out by the pool after the Ball.

Me and Melinda doing the "JENHOW" on top of the rocks by the pool. It was pretty funny when we were climbing them. We may have had a few drinks before this. Hahaha.

Me and Melinda at the Ball (be warned... there are a lot of us)

Us again

Enjoying a drink

Again

Melinda by the pool cracking up at me. Yes... I'm pretty hilarious :)

Me and Espe at the Ball

Me and Melinda with Mike Welch at the Ball. He plays Mike Newton in the Twilight movies.

This is the centerpiece me and Melinda made for the centerpiece contest. Bella and Edward actually turn in the middle

All of us dressed up in our best ready for the Ball. I LOVED the feather and crystal headband I bought for my hair

Me and Whitney posting with Edward by the life size chess set they had

Edi Gathegi who plays Laurent during his panel. He is hilarious!

Whitney, Me, Carrie, Espe, Melinda and Tina. The whole gang

Chaske, Gil and Alex during their panel. It was funny... me, Melinda and Whit were filling out questions to ask the cast during the panel. All the sudden someone by us says, "What are you doing?" We turn around and it is Catherine Hardwick talking to us. I didn't get any good pictures of her, they all came out too dark. She helped us think of a question for Gil. She said to tell him that "Catherine told us you have a harem of girlfriends. How does that work and how do we apply?" We laughed so hard. When we got his autograph we asked him and she cracked up. But never really answered the question! LOL!

Carrie, Me, Espe and Melinda dressed up and ready for the celebrity breakfast. We had so much fun there. Chaske, Alex, Christian and Justin all came to our table and talked with us for a while. It was really cool to get to talk to them one on one.

Here is a picture of me leading the Twilight Mom panel. It went really well.

And the ladies on the panel with me. Espe, Kristen, Whitney, Carrie and Tina.

And how can I end the post without another picture of Me and Melinda. LOL!

We decided to just do a staycation this year and took the kids to a resort in AZ that has their own waterpark. We were there for a few days and all had a lot of fun!