Breaking Dawn

Last night I was able to attend a reception for Edward Cullen and Bella Swan--AKA, the characters in the Twilight series, which happen to be some of my favorite books! At 5:00 Jamie and her sis. in law (and my friend) Angel, came to pick me up. We drove to West Jordan for a potluck dinner at a "twilight mom's" house. For those of you who don't understand--many women are obsessed-more than obsessed with these books and their characters. There are so many groups to belong to and this is one of them. (I just joined this morning!) Angel had a friend that she knew who was helping with this production--For the release of Stephanie Meyers 4th book in the twilight series~~Breaking Dawn~~ and we got to help volunteer. The actual "party" was at Barnes and Noble at Jordan Landing. It was the craziest thing I have ever been to. Millions of women, teenagers, and even little girls gathered for the event. Being in the store made you feel claustrophobic. There wasn't room to move, but there was an excitement in the air that was hard to miss! People were sporting all kinds of t-shirts and twilight paraphernalia. Young girls pranced around in prom dresses. Girls and guys were dressed up as vampires with blood red eyes. I was lucky enough to be the volunteer with the nice camera, so I got to follow Edward and Bella around and take pictures of them. Lucky Me!!! What an excellent opportunity to practice my photography skills. At 11:00, Barnes and Noble closed their doors to the public, allowing the volunteers to get ready and brace themselves for the mob of fans that we were going to have to detain wanting to get in to get their copy of the book. I was in charge of handing out stickers at the front door, which unfortunately I left mine there in our hurry to get home. We had such a good time, had a lot of laughs, and best of all--we didn't have to wait in line for our copy!!! Yeah!