Movie #18

Yesterday I saw my 18th movie of the year... Charlie St. Cloud. It was a romance/drama type of movie and I enjoyed it. It wasn't the best movie ever, but I really liked it.

This is probably going to make me sound like a silly little girl, but I think Zac Ephron is so cute! He has such pretty blue eyes, and I really liked his hair in the movie and I like the shape of his lips. This is going to sound strange, but one of my favorite features on a person's face is their philtrum -- the depression above the middle of their upper lip. Not everyone has a nicely shaped philtrum, but I think Zac Ephron does. Wow, this paragraph makes me sound 13!

I saw two movies this week, so now I'm back on track to make my goal of seeing 25 movies this year! 18 down and only seven more to go!

Blessisg Amy

My newest niece, Amy, was blessed in church on Sunday. It was memorable and made for a special day. I'm glad that Laura and Brett live close by so that we could attend the blessing. My sister Kristin and her family and one of Brett's brothers and his family were also able to be there, so it was great to have some of our family members there for the blessing. Unfortunately, Brett's parents weren't able to come at the last minute due to a family emergency. After church we all had lunch together in a conference room at the hotel where Brett's out-of-town family was staying. Here are some pictures from Sunday:

Picnic at Suson Park

The weather was absolutely beautiful this past weekend, so my family decided to take advantage of the lovely weather by having a little barbecue in the park on Saturday afternoon with my mom, my sister Chandra and me, along with my sister Kristin and her family. My brother-in-law Scott grilled some hot dogs and we also had broccoli salad, chips and s'mores for dessert. The boys enjoyed feeding the ducks and geese and had fun playing on the playground equipment after lunch. It was a great day and we all had so much fun together!

Pictures from the park:

Baby Aaron with his little tongue sticking out:I love making fun memories with my family!

Movie #17

I've been really busy lately, so my movie conquest has really been suffering since I haven't seen a movie in nearly two months. However, I took advantage of my sister Chandra being off work for Labor Day yesterday, and we went to the movies. There wasn't anything good playing at the regular movie theater, so we went to the dollar show. (It's actually three dollars, but they still call it the dollar show!)

We decided to see the movie Salt starring Angelina Jolie. It was a suspenseful, action-packed movie where you don't know who is good and who is bad until the very end of the movie. I thought the movie was pretty violent for a PG-13 movie, and people were constantly getting killed in violent ways! The movie was entertaining, but not great, in my opinion. If you're interested in seeing this movie, I personally would wait until it comes out on DVD.

17 movies down, and eight to go with just under four months left in 2010! I really hope I make it to 25!

When you meet me

I like meeting new people, but I always wonder what people think of me when they see that I'm in a wheelchair. I wonder if they think that I've always been disabled, or if I have some kind of disease or if I were in an accident, etc. A lot of times when new people meet me, they extend their arm in attempts to shake hands. This always makes for an uncomfortable few moments while I either wait for the person to put their arm down or I tell them I can't shake. (I think it's probably more uncomfortable for the other person than it is for myself, but either way it's an awkward situation.)

I think my situation makes me appear pretty intimidating to others because most strangers don't approach me on their own. They usually wait for me to introduce myself first (which I rarely do because I'm shy) or they wait for someone else that already knows me to do the introducing. I prefer to have people come to me since I can't go to them, but sometimes I have to improvise. Just for the record, I am approachable, even if my wheelchair makes me appear intimidating. I think most handicapped people feel the same way, so don't be afraid to strike up a conversation with someone who's disabled!