Oscar Night!!

We celebrated the Oscars at the Clubhouse in our neighborhood last night. We had reserved it so that we didn't have to stress about filling our hosue to the brim to invite everyone we wanted to. It was such a good plan. So much easier to relax.


Me & Ben


Nick & Korianne


Emily & Jenny


Vanessa & Kevin


Julie & her daughter


Tanner & Reagan (Korianne's daughter)

That wasn't everyone, obviously, but they're the best pictures. . .

I was a bit surprised at the winners. And when I say a bit, I mean that when I guessed, only got 7 right out of 24 categories. Jenny was our big winner with 14 right, Ben & Kevin each got 13. The rest of us were pretty pitiful. I am becoming more and more convinced that I don't even need to watch the movies. It doesn't help me. . . .

This is the list of winners:


Picture: “The Departed”
Director: Martin Scorsese, “The Departed”
Actor: Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”
Actress: Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”
Original Screenplay: “Little Miss Sunshine”
Adapted Screenplay: “The Departed”
Cinematography: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Editing: “The Departed”
Foreign-Language Film: “The Lives of Others”
Documentary: “An Inconvenient Truth”
Animated Film: “Happy Feet”
Makeup: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Art Direction: “Pan’s Labyrinth”
Sound Mixing: “Dreamgirls”
Sound Editing: “Letters from Iwo Jima”
Visual Effects: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”
Costume Design: “Marie Antoinette”
Original Score: “Babel”
Original Song: “I Need to Wake Up,” from “An Inconvenient Truth”
Animated Short: “The Danish Poet”
Documentary Short: “The Blood of Yingzhou District”
Live-Action Short: “West Bank Story”