"I Live at the House With the Blue Door" crew

"I Live at the House With the Blue Door" is a dark drama that will go to the film festivals first, and we'll see if there will be a theatre release. If it comes to video, we'll let you know.

Anyone remember the season of The Amzing Race with the "hippies"? Tyler Macniven, "the hippy" was an actor in this film. Here he is! He's freakin' awesome!

Tod Huntington was the main actor in this film. McCord did some great assistant work for him and took care of him. They both have great respect for each other.

Dave Kranig played the drunk father in the production. He is an AMAZING actor and everyone knows it.

This is Renny (main actress and Producer), McCord, and Sarab (the Director)

McCord with Sahna: Production coordinator

McCord, Keith: the whole Art Department, Lindsey: PA with McCord, the sound guy, Andy: Grip.

Sahar: She and her hubby were the set designers (their house WAS the house with the blue door), then the make up girl, Danny and below is Mike: Director's Assistants, and McCord. Danny is going to market McCord's next production.

Kari: head makeup, McCord, Lindsey, again: PA and her fiancee Daron.

McCord with another actor in the show, and Natalie: Costumes.

Craig - Gaffer (sp?) = light & electric, and McCord.

McCord's movie #3, Weekly Update

"The House with the Blue Door" has started filming in Park City! We are thrilled that they hired McCord on as a PA (Production Assistant) and Extras Coordinator for this movie. Yes, they are paying him! Woo! He will be vigorously working on set M-F 5am-10pm for the next 2 weeks. He has also finished up post production for the 20 min scary short film. Classes start the end of August for him at SLCC and he's excited to be majoring in film.
I am still looking for a job as a CNA, or any job for that matter. We are loving SLC and hope to stay here for longer than a year (we haven't been in one place for longer than a year yet, new grounds for us.)

Pictures and Happenings the last little while:

Elder Jared Day:
Can't believe my little brother is an Elder! His papers are in and he's off to Germany for the next 2 weeks. He's been touring southern Germany and loving it. He'll return home and we'll open his mission call then. Turns 19 in Oct. So excited for you, J. We know you'll do famously.

Private, 1st class, Jake Sorenson:
Can't believe that Jake will leave for the war in october. I'll have 2 brothers leaving in october. Jake left today for training, and will leave to go overseas in october for 1 year. He'll be training until he leaves. We know he'll do great and we are so proud of you for serving this great country. Soldiers now-a-days deserve a lot of credit for offering up their lives for our citizens. We are SO glad that Jake has chosen to serve.


Uncle Gary's Ordination:

FINALLY FINALLY, after 50+ years of not being active in the church, McCord's uncle Gary (Paul's oldest sibling) received the melchezadic (sp?) preisthood. It was a wonderful experience to be there! Paul gave the ordination and so many tears were shed. McCord got to stand in the circle and that was a HUGE opportunity for him. This goes to show you that ANYONE can come back to the church to open arms if they want to. =) We love you, Uncle Gary.

Angie and Adam are closing on a house:
They found the cutest house in Mendon and they'll be closing on it next week. They've been searching long and hard for a place to call home and we are glad they found it!

Jo made the drumline on tenors and Nate on saxophone!:
Geez, the growing up never ceases. Jo's been practising hard to make the drumline this year at Sky View and he pulled it off. Nate made it on sax, and is contemplating running for student body officer. Looking forward to a great year of watching them perform. Jo will be 17 in sept and Nate will be 16 in April (driving, eek!). They both are planning on being on the track team this year as well as being brainiacs in school.


Larsen girls are in town:
This is the first time we've all been together in the last 1.5 years.
Courtni is back from 2 years in Australia and moving back to California. We are glad to have the whole family on the same continent again. =) It'll be so nice. We went to Bear Lake with the Larsen clan last week and it was so fun!
Mauri came from Minnesota this month and her car broke down in Nebraska. So McCord and I went with Mauri on a 24 hr. road trip to get her car back. It was great fun and good times.

4th of July, and catching up

4th of July!!! WE LOVE THE USA!:
This 4th of July was really emotional for us. In church everyone stood up to sing the national anthem and I couldn't even sing the first word. It has just been so long since I've seen such patriotism, even with a simple standing ovation in respect for their country. We listened to patriotic songs and shed a lot of tears that day. We are truly blessed to have such a great nation.
We watched the Taylorsville fireworks from our apartment complex. That was nice. We got to see the Logan stadium fireworks from the best location in the town. We were right under them. We loved it! We were right by a canal and my dad was throwing big rocks into the canal as other people would walk by on the other side of the canal. It would splash really high and get them wet. It was funny. After we went to Jamie and Justun's house, APX friends from NY, and Phillip. Enjoy the pictures. We had fun with the sparklers. McCord loves the sparkler pictures because he says it makes us look like we have super powers. =)










Saturday with Robert:
Robert Marx if one of McCord's German students came to Salt Lake City and asked us to show him and his mother around temple square. It was so fun and they were able to get a tour in German, which was nice. They had lots of questions that were answered. They treated us to Rodizios after for dinner. Here's some pictures:



Grandma Evey's Things:
I inherited some of my grandma Evelyn, who died in '98. My aunt Annette gave me these little gismos and the mirror holder. Most of them are from Japan. Some from D.C. and Seattle. I didn't even know that she went to those places. I feel pretty special to have these things. They remind me of her and apparently I'm a lot like she was.


Big Buff Brothers:
My brothers are getting so buff and handsome, charming and intelligent. We had a fun photo shoot at home. It was fun to look at the pictures after and see my size compared to Jared's in the picture. The one with all 3 of them is definately the best.





Friends Forever:

(Lt to Rt: Alex, Tristan, Chuck, McCord)
McCord's good friend from high school, Chuck got married on July 3rd. There we were able to get a picture of Cord and his friends from high school. All of them in this picture are married now. It's pictures like this that will always be memorable.

Moved in:
We are moved in! YAY. We like our little apartment and all is well. I have a washer, dryer, dishwasher, new carpet and tile, and a little storage place on the patio. We hope to be here a while. I'll post a video tour for those who are far away of our house and post it here later.

2ND & 3RD INTERVIEW AT U of U HOSPITAL:
I have a second and 3rd interviews with the U of U Hospital Gynecology unit!! YAY! This time it will be an interview with the board of physicians. The third will be in front of the rest of the staff. Got past the board of nurses in the first interview though. Hope that I can be better than all the other candidates. 2nd interview is on Wed 11:30-12:30. 3rd is on Thurs 3:00pm. We appreciate all the prayers that are going out on our behalf. We appreciate all of Justin's, my brother in law, great answers to interview questions. Keep us in mind if anyone hears about openings for jobs or anyone who is hiring. We are still looking for work.

Movies we recommend:
We've seen some great movies that are out on video. If you are looking for a good show, try one of these:
Taken
Eagle Eye
The Recruit
Ghost Town

Television shows we recommend watching:
Chuck
Cupid (got cancelled after 5th episode or so)

"My Boyfriend's Girlfriend", U of U interview

I have an interview on Monday at 2:30pm at the U of U Hospital, Gynecology Department. YAY. Keep us in your prayers. This would be the best job in the world for me. It's been one of my dreams to work in a hospital.

McCord will be on his FIRST movie set starting this monday!! Double YAY. He's going to start as an extra in the new movie "My Boyfriend's Girlfriend" starring Alissa Milano. They also said to send them his school schedule and they might have him work on some other things too. OH YAH! We are excited.

Keep your fingers crossed for McCord to get maybe a PA job, or some other position with this movie producing company and for me to get the job at the hospital. Love you all. Tschuss.

Accepted!

For those of you who may not know, McCord has been accepted to the film program at SLCC in Salt Lake City, Utah! We are so excited to continue with his dream to be a writer. He already has many ideas for movie scripts, and has completed 2 150 page screenplays. We are thrilled that he can get great experience in EVERY aspect of the film business through this program. Cheers to 2 more years in SLC, and to fulfilling dreams.

We got a call from the VP of the Fine Arts Department at SLCC. She said that McCord's interview went well last friday and they'd love to have him on the Fine Arts Student Leadership Board. Woo Hoo! We are so excited. He starts next monday. We are excited because this will allow him to be in the middle of all the Fine Arts happenings, including the Salt Lake City Film Festival! He is in charge of it! They meet every monday. They also pay for some of his tuition, which is huge.

CHUCK- Season 3...

CHUCK will continue!!! Season 3 is scheduled to come on the aire around this fall. We are so excited. This is one of our favorite tv shows (if not THEE favorite tv show). We are thrilled and invite all to watch an episode of Chuck. It's hilarious! After all, who can miss faces like these:





"Can you do it? Can you be awesome?"

Week with the Days

(Pictures to be added later)

Being home is so nice. I get to do all the little things that I couldn't do when I'm far far far away like:

Quilting with mom and sis. We come from a great line of talented women who can cook, clean, can, and sew anything. I hope to continue the traditions. For every occasion in our family, you get a quilt/blanket. When we got married we received and displayed 8 quilts. This is us quilting on Joe's eagle quilt.

Going to parades where my bros are marching, and J's lacrosse games.

Eagle court of honor. I've been to so many court of honors, but Eagle's are always the best. Seeing family is the best

Funny happenings at home. Nate was trying to warm up some of my Dad's hot fudge (Mmmm- he makes the best!) and he turned the pan on high and walked away to do something else while it heated. He came back to find the pan completely black and fudge burned and stuck to the pan, unable to get it off. My mom today decided she'd put the pan in the oven and turn on the cleaning cycle to get the crispy fried fudge off the pan. The oven door locked shut unable to open and toxic fumes filled the house. =) A day in the life of being a mom never never will be boring. We open windows and all will be well.

This reminds me of when I put a casserole dish of brownies from the oven onto the stove to cool. The burner on the stove was still on. Most of the mom's know what's gonna happen next. You guessed it. The dish exploded like a military grenade and scared me to death.
Last story. Who's ever ran out of dishwasher soap? ME! Who's ever tried to put liquid dish soap in the dishwasher to compensate? ME! Oh ya! I put liquid dish soap in the dishwasher and went to the store to buy more (this is when we were in NY). Came home to a kitchen ful of waist high bubbles EVERYWHERE. I was literally swimming in bubbles across my kitchen to get to the dishwasher to turn it off. It took all day to clean up the mess. Lol. Some things you just have to learn from experience.

3rd Anniversary. On different continents!

Today is our 3rd year anniversary and we are on separate continents. "Fidamt"!

TRIER, GERMANY

Trier, Germany is the oldest Roman city in the world and was founded nearly 1300 years before the roman empire. On top of that, it was the Roman empire's first capital city. "The Gate" to the city is mostly original and still standing. This is shown in the picture below. "The Gate" was built in 108 A.D.!!!! It was so cool!

Inside views of the city from inside "The Gate". The Gate was our favorite part of Trier. There are pictures of the big town square from the top of The Gate, and other views to show the old architecture.






This is the Jewish part of town. In the 14th century the jews were required to live in a separate part of town. This was their street.


This was the HUGE catholic dome in the middle of the city. It was built before the bible was compiled. This was one of Constantine's palaces.

Our favorite thing in the dome was the ceiling:

This is the Basilica. It was Constantine's throne room.


This is sorta like a mini colosium. They used this area for sports.



At the public baths. They actually had heated water from the ground, and saunas, that people would come and bathe in. There were huge tunnels underground showing us the technology of the heating of the water, etc. Very facinating. This structure I thought was beautiful.