Monthly Archives: August 2011

Lately

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So we’ve been a little bit busy, this is what we’ve been up to as of lately…

We moved to Orem! A few fancy things about our new place: it has two bedrooms, a dining room, air conditioning, a dish washer, and washer & dryer. Pictures to come!  Also, this place did not include millions of bugs, mold, terrible landlords, a shower that was literally crumbling, and rude loud neighbors who we shared our bedroom wall with… But we’re more than happy to let those things go :)

I also left Kelvin and went home to California, surprising my mom and two little brothers! Only my dad and sister knew, it was pretty funny to see all of their very different reactions to my surprise visit. I was home for five days, and I got to celebrate the Fourth of July with them. We went to the coast, swam every day in our pool, and I got my one true Mexican meal, it was fabulous. I want to go back already.

Then two weeks later my parents and two younger brothers came to see us in the middle of their mighty road trip. They went from California to Utah to Mount Rushmore to Canada, and to Oregon. When they were here went to the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, went to Kelvin’s Dad’s house for Pioneer Day fireworks (that are illegal in California) which means they were way more entertaining! Had Sunday dinner in Alpine, and went to a small water park (it was just a big pool, two slides, and a kid area) in Provo.

Kelvin’s youngest brother, Conner, left for an LDS Mission to Toronto Canada, Mandarin Chinese speaking!  He’ll be learning more Chinese (he has had four years of Chinese already!) in the MTC for about three months so he’ll probably actually get to Canada in October or November just in time for some cold weather to start up.

Also, because I’m a kind of a procrastinator I didn’t get everything done in time to get residency in Utah for UVU. This means I don’t get to go to school starting this year.  So that’s a bummer but I, hopefully, will start in January.

Movies- July 2011

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Last month was a good month! We were super busy doing a lot of things.. which will be revealed in a later blog entry. We tons of fun though.

Hitch (2005)
Watched on: 10 Jul 2011
Rated: PG-13
Three actors: Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James
Reaction: Jilleun- I love this movie, it’s definitely a “classic” to me. We mostly watched it so that we could see all the different places in New York we went to that was also in the movie.
Kelvin- This is a pretty good movie. I think Will Smith is in a number of excellent movies, and he does a great job in all of them. The movie has an upbeat message and is really pretty funny. I don’t know if I would call it a “chick flick” but if it is, it’s a good one.
Rating- 5/5

Larry Crowne (2011)
Watched on: 11 Jul 2011
Rated: PG-13
Three actors: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Reaction: Jilleun- I really like this movie because it just seemed honest.  Real people go through the same thing every day. It wasn’t a movie that you needed to see in the theater and it was a bit slower, although I was delightfully entertained. It didn’t hurt that I thought all the actors were great, I LOVE Tom Hanks.
Kelvin- Good, honest movie. I don’t know if it did very well in the box office, but who cares. It told a pretty good story. I don’t know how much I liked the chemistry between Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, but it worked enough to be convincing. Get it from Netflix, I don’t know if it’s good enough to purchase, but everyone has their opinions.
Rating- 4/5

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Watched on: 16 Jul 2011
Rated: PG-13
Three actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
Reaction: Jilleun- Awesome. That is all.
Kelvin- Good movie. Wraps up the story nicely. Part 1 was better, in my opinion, but that shouldn’t stop you from seeing it.
Rating- 5/5

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Watched on: 23 Jul 2011
Rated: PG
Three actors: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray
Reaction: Jilleun- This was quirkier and actually more funny than I expected. I usually can’t get into cartoons or more childlike movies, but this one I thought was great. I think everyone should see it at least once.
Kelvin- Weird… nothing was wrong with the (voice) acting really.. it was just kind of a strange story mixed with some really odd characters. I’m glad I didn’t see it in the theater, which would have been a waste. It was good enough to get from Netflix and see once. I doubt I’ll watch it again.
Rating- 3/5

Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
Watched on: 29 July 2011
Rated: PG-13
Three actors: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore
Reaction: Jilleun- Crazy, Stupid, Love is hilarious! It was a bit dirtier than I expected…but still it was sooo funny. It was a bit like Easy A or Date Night humor. Super entertaining, so fun to watch, loved the story, just hilarious.
Kelvin- This is not a chick flick at all. This is just a comedy. I’ll equate it somewhat to Date Night (with Steve Carrell) but much more funny. This is the first movie that I’ve cried in for a looooong time. I cried because I was laughing so hard, not because it was emotional. Oh, and it has Emma Stone aaaaaand she’s pretty cute.
Rating- 5/5

Life as We Know It (2010)
Watched on: 31 Jul 2011
Rated: PG-13
Three actors: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas
Reaction: Jilleun- This was funny, and cute. It was a little predictable but overall enjoyable.
Kelvin- Pretty predictable, I hate that about some movies. It was a chick flick that I would have veto’d if I knew what I was getting myself in to. Plus, listening to a crying baby for an hour and a half isn’t exactly what I want to see in a movie.
Rating- 3/5

Some stats
6 movies
PG-13- 5
PG- 1
Favorite movie this month-
Kelvin- Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Jilleun- Crazy, Stupid, Love.