Winner of Oscar Awards 83rd 2011

And the Oscar Goes to:

 For BEST PICTURE:

• Winner- The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers

Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers

The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers

Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers

The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers

127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers

The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers

Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Darla K. Anderson, Producer

True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

For DIRECTING:

• Winner- Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)

Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

David O. Russell – The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)

David Fincher – The Social Network (Columbia Pictures)

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit (Paramount Pictures)

For ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:

• Winner- Colin Firth – The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)

Javier Bardem – Biutiful (Roadside Attractions)

Jeff Bridges – True Grit (Paramount Pictures)

Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network (Columbia Pictures)

James Franco – 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

For ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:

• Winner- Natalie Portman – Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)

Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole (Lionsgate)

Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions)

Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine (The Weinstein Company)

For ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

• Winner- Christian Bale – The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)

John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions)

Jeremy Renner – The Town (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)

Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)

For ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

• Winner- Melissa Leo – The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)

Amy Adams – The Fighter (Paramount Pictures)

Helena Bonham Carter – The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company)

Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit (Paramount Pictures)

Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom (Sony Pictures Classics)

For ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• Winner- The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy

Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich

True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

For ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• Winner- The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler

Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh

The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson

Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Written by Christopher Nolan

The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg

For FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• Winner- In a Better World (Sony Pictures Classics), Denmark

Biutiful (Roadside Attractions), Mexico

Dogtooth (Kino International), Greece

Incendies (Sony Pictures Classics), Canada

Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) (Cohen Media Group), Algeria

For ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:

• Winner- Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Lee Unkrich

How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation), Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics), Sylvain Chomet

For ART DIRECTION:

• Winner- Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures), Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (Warner Bros. Pictures), Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan

Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr

True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

For CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• Winner- Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Wally Pfister

Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Matthew Libatique

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Danny Cohen

The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Jeff Cronenweth

True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Roger Deakins

For COSTUME DESIGN:

• Winner- Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures), Colleen Atwood

I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures), Antonella Cannarozzi

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Jenny Beavan

The Tempest (Touchstone Pictures), Sandy Powell

True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Mary Zophres

For FILM EDITING:

• Winner- The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Andrew Weisblum

The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), Pamela Martin

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tariq Anwar

127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Jon Harris

For DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:

• Winner- Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics), Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

Exit Through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency, Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz

Gasland (Rooftop Films), Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic

Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment), Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger

Waste Land (Arthouse Films), Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

For MAKEUP:

• Winner- The Wolfman (Universal Pictures), Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Barney’s Version (Sony Pictures Classics), Adrien Morot

The Way Back (Newmarket Films), Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

For ORIGINAL SCORE:

• Winner- The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

How to Train Your Dragon (DreamWorks Animation), John Powell

Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Hans Zimmer

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Alexandre Desplat

127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), A.R. Rahman

For ORIGINAL SONG:

• Winner- “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

 “Coming Home” from Country Strong (Screen Gems), Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey

“I See the Light” from Tangled (Walt Disney Pictures), Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater

“If I Rise” from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

For SOUND MIXING:

• Winner- Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley

Salt (Columbia Pictures), Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin

The Social Network (Columbia Pictures), Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten

True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

For SOUND EDITING:

• Winner- Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Richard King

Toy Story 3 (Disney•Pixar), Tom Myers and Michael Silvers

TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney Pictures), Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague

True Grit (Paramount Pictures), Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey

Unstoppable (20th Century Fox), Mark P. Stoeckinger

For VISUAL EFFECTS:

• Winner- Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney Pictures), Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (Warner Bros. Pictures), Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi

Hereafter (Warner Bros. Pictures), Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell

Iron Man 2 (Paramount Pictures, Marvel Studios), Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

For DOCUMENTARY SHORT:

• Winner- Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

Killing in the Name, Jed Rothstein

Poster Girl, Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block

Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

The Warriors of Qiugang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

For ANIMATED SHORT FILM:

• Winner- The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

Day & Night, Teddy Newton

The Gruffalo, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

Let’s Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe

Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastien Dubois

For LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM:

• Winner- God of Love, Luke Matheny

The Confession, Tanel Toom

The Crush, Michael Creagh

Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt

Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

8mos

Levi you are 8months old today!  I cry!

I get teary eyed thinking about how fast you've grown.  

How will I get through the day when you turn 1?

As you will be able to tell in the pictures, the monthly photo is getting difficult.  :)

Here is what you're up to these days:

*you weigh 20lbs

*you wear a size 3 diaper

*you are loving all baby food!!

*you also get four 7oz bottles a day

*you are finally sitting up all by youself!!  such a big boy!

*you have 1 little tooth on the bottom, but it's not out completely.  And one on top barely showing.

*you woke up one day and decided to do the army crawl!  so so sweet to watch!

*you love the activity table!

*when eating, we moved you from the bumbo to the high chair.  you love it!

*you have been taking your naps by us simply laying you in the crib and turning on the sound machine!  you've been putting yourself to sleep little man!  however, this momma is starting to miss the cuddle time in the recliner.

*you are Jacob's #1 fan!  and he adores you as well!

*you have such a contagious smile!  oh my goodness, i could eat you up!

*you have the sweetest soft voice and you've been saying "da da".  not sure if there's any correlation to your daddy though :)
*you love to blow bubbles and raspberries.  such a little entertainer.
*you can be a little squealer.  sometimes it sounds like we have a parakeet in the house :)

Oh Levi, you light up our lives!  

My heart wants to burst!

Love you sweet baby!

hi there. would you like a CERTS?

 

Happy Birthday Kris!

Today (better late than never) is Kris' birthday!

I work till 2:30pm everyday and so we decided to have a late lunch/early dinner once I got off work.  

Then Beth offered to watch Levi while we went to see a movie.  Jacob has been at my parents house since Sunday, and we get that little monkey back tomorrow.  Can't wait, miss him!!

We ate at Abuelo's, practically had the place to ourselves.  HA!

Then we went to see The Fighter

It is up for Best Picture this weekend at the Oscar's.

It was a really good movie, but oh my, the language.  Woo Wee!

So I never know what to get Kris for his birthday.  It's become almost a joke to see what I get.  

I saw this at Hobby Lobby and thought, sure, why not!

He plans to redo our landscaping this spring, so I thought he could use this. :)

When Beth came over to watch Levi, she made Kris close his eyes so she could bring in a snow shovel!

She knew we didn't have one and had a hard time getting out of our driveway when it last snowed.

However, Kris had a better use for it!

I think it should take up residency in Jacob's room.
This room is always a disaster!

Happy Birthday Lovebug!

1 is not enough

Wishing you a restful weekend!  :)

Some Randoms

My sister Beth and her family came over this past weekend.

Kate finally got some lovin' on Levi. :)

I thought this was a sweet picture :)

Levi has had a couple of firsts this week:

Sitting up during bath time (before we were using a bath sling)

And a high chair!!  (before we had the bumbo on the counter, supervised of course)

After he ate, I gave him some toys.  He was very content and I was able to put dishes away, clean the kitchen, etc... while he took notes watched.  :)

You may recall this post where I mentioned Kris and I were going to see Martin Short.

Well that was Tuesday night and we had a good time!  It was so nice to go on a date!  It had been so long!

Beth was so sweet to watch the boys for us.  Before the show, we were able to enjoy a nice dinner.

Martin did not disappoint!  We got some good laughs!

He reprised his role as Jiminy Glick 

Ed Grimley from SNL

And Franck from Father of the Bride II

It was such a fun night!

Way Back When-esday

Timeline:  December 2007

Age:  9mos

*oh Jacob, how I miss your sweet baby face!  these days seem like a blur now :(

Happy Valentine's Day

Hope this day has been lovely for you. 

I just love my little loves!

Yes, this shirt is definitely true!

Here is Jacob (on the left) in 2008 celebrating his first Valentine's Day.  He was 11mos old.  

Today, Levi in the same shirt, just shy of 8mos!  

We were either A. starving Jacob or B. Levi eats a lot. :)

And for my main squeeze... lovebug, I dedicate this song to you!  I love you!!

May I take your order?

Welcome to Old McDonald's, can I interest you in a frappe mocha?

Meme got Jacob a McDonald's playset for Christmas and we got it out today.

See, it's like Christmas again if you wait to open every single gift.

He loved it!  He walked around the house with the headset on all day.  So funny!

We even called Kris at work and Jacob asked him if he could take his order.  We got a good laugh!

Hey Jacob, is that Quarter Pounder ready yet?

Quality control!  Gotta taste the goods!  :)

When Meme and Papaw are in town they will pick Jacob up bright and early and take him to get breakfast at McDonald's.  He loves pancakes!  Jacob always refers to it as Old McDonald's.  :)

Snow, please Go!

We woke up Wednesday morning with a lot of snow!
It snowed throughout the day and we got a total of 20"!  I don't think I've ever seen this much in AR.

Looking into the backyard

Craziness!

{and yes, we'll be replacing that umbrella this summer}

And on those frigid nights, this is keeping us warm!  :)

Levi is sitting up so good on his own!

His little face is taking a beating.  I think it's a combination of dry skin, drooling and baby eczema.

But he's still adorable in my book. :)

And Jacob continues to be a little stinker, he's getting quite good at it.  :)

When I'm snowed in, I find myself wanting to cook/bake more.
I made chicken enchilada soup using the trusty crock pot, and I made Pioneer Woman's Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie.  OH MY!

{since we're close to Valentine's Day, I added the heart}   :)

So looking forward to next week's weather!

Arkansas weather is so crazy! 

The snow needs to GO!  Hopefully the heat wave next week will take care of that!

Sound Asleep

Sounds just like his Daddy :)

Way Back When-esday

Timeline:  Circa 1980 (?)

Age:  Beth 7, me 5

Ya'll, there are soooo many comments to make about this picture:

*for starters, you can definitely tell our mother cut our hair!

*why do I have on a fancy fu-fu dress and Beth doesn't?  I'm sure that thing itched me to death!

*as you can see, I've always had great posture!

*what's even funnier is that in another family photo done a couple of years later, I am wearing Beth's dress!  

I will have find that picture!  

The Super Bowl XLV the kickoff time and national anthem

The Super Bowl XLV the kickoff time and who will be sing the national anthem.

 By Sunday it’s kickoff time. Kickoff time for the game is scheduled for 5:25 PM CST.

 NFL Season will see the AFC Champion Pittsburgh Steelers battle against NFC Champion Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, USA. But before the big game begins, Christina Aguilera will be on the field to sing the national anthem. Once the game begins we will be treated with a musical spectacle at the half. It will be air live stream on FOX.

As of now, prepare for trouble because the Superbowl XLV 2011 kickoff time is almost their. Be always prepared, relax and watch Superbowl 2011 Live Stream this coming Sunday night.

Winners Announced!!! Take 'Em Home!!!

First, the BEST RESPONSE EVER:

(given anonymously)

And now.....here are the winners of the ADOPTATHON along with their suggested names:

1.(duck): "Ducki Puke-a-lot" (Anna Givens)

2. (panda): "Mr. Darcy Got Run Over By An Elephant" (Joan Gordon)

3. (2 bunnies): "Colonel Megadeth & Jeeves XIII" (Linda Ge)

4. (cell phone dog): "Explosivo" (Jay Schleidt)

5. (grey sheep): "Gilbert Grey Guff" (Rudy Salgado)

6. (white sheep): "Prodigal Son" Jenny Haynes

7. (paddle ball dog&badger):  "Wrangle and Tangle" (Teresa Moralez) 

8. (red monkey): "Rusty Red Claw" Chelsea Jacobs

9. (elephant): Mr-Sky-Fly-Wears-a-Blue-Bye-Bye-Cape-in the Eye (Lisa Johnson)

10. (horse): Horse-Shit (Dhuha Tawil)

11. (frisbee kitty): "Dain Bramage" (Ryan Bentzinger)

Thank you for opening your homes to these needy refugees of the State of Innocence!!!

Traditions

If I've never mentioned before, Kris is a big Colts fan.  In particular, a Peyton Manning fan, ya know, since he's a former SEC college player like the Hogs. :)  Anywho... since having Jacob, we take an annual picture of them in their Colts attire.  This year, Levi joins the traditional picture.  :)  And yes, we are very late in getting around to this.  I realize the Super Bowl is today, and the Colts are not playing. :(  

Here are the years past: 

{2007, 2008, 2009}

And this year!

As you can imagine, there were many takes!

Never could get all 3 to smile at the same time.

I love traditions!  I need to do more.

Do you have any interesting traditions to share?  

p.s.  Go Steelers!  

Staying Busy

The sun is shining!  Some snow is melting.  I hope this means we can get out tomorrow with Kris.  

Until then, we continue to play...

Explore...

Pretend...

{this is Daddy Thomas, Mommy Thomas, Jacob Thomas and Levi Thomas according to Jacob}  :)

Be silly... as usual and still rocking our Christmas pajamas

Picking on little brother who doesn't seem to mind

{that is a plastic saw from his tool set from Aunt B and an oreo mustache}

Speaking of Jacob, we've had a couple of sweet conversations this week:

The other night I had a headache and I went to bed before he did!

He saw me brushing my teeth and afterwards said, "what are you doing mommy?"

I said I'm going to bed.  He said, "I'll tuck you in."  And he did!  :)

Levi was crying and I was fixing him a bottle and his cry got louder and Jacob came running in the room and ran up to Levi and said, "oh my, what's a matter Levi?  Jacob's here."  :)

It was bedtime for him one night and I told him to pick out a book and I'd read it to him.  

I got settled on his bed and he pulled out every book he has then he said, "I found Jesus!"

It was The Little Golden Book-Story of Jesus.  So sweet!