Rich Blessings on the Up and Up.

2010, has started out as such a good year so far. With so many blessings already here and just around the corner. Especially for me and my family.

Blessing number one:

My brother Isaac and my sister in law Heidi were blessed with a little baby girl. Isabel Winter Robinson. Sweetest thing ever and is so tiny compared to how large her older brother was when he was born.

There were come complications when she was born, but she remains in our prayers and we are glad to have her as a member of our ever growing family.

Blessing number two:

It was announce that my older sister Kathryn is getting married in June in Utah, so we'll be going up there for that. She asked me to be a bridesmaid which I said yes to so this week end I am going out with my other sister Susan to go looking for a dress so that the other bridesmaids can match in color.

Blessing number Three:

On Sunday my sister Kimberly just had her second baby, this time a baby boy named Beckett Scot McOwen. I haven't seen him yet because they live in Utah, but I've seen pictures and he looks super cute. But we are going up there this week-end to drive my mom up there so that she can help out with the new baby and my niece Ella. So we are driving up there and I'll get to see him and my other nephew and nieces. Which I'm really excited for because the last couple of times my parents have gone up there I wasn't able to go because of work, and my friends wedding. It's only for about a day and a half that we'll be there. But I'm still excited to go. And besides after that my sister is driving back down with my mom and her kids so I'll be able to see them :)

Blessing number four:

My other brother and sister in Law, Jacob and Heidi, are having a little girl. She's still on the way, but things are going good and we are all happy for them.

Blessing number five:

I still have a job, (rant about job still in progress). I enjoy my job for the most part. But being on your feet for several hours at a time is exhausting. Not to mention some people are crazy. But I get along with my co-workers for the most part and having a paycheck is really nice. Speaking of which I really need to do my finances.....

Blessing number six:

I've got my lap-top finally. And it is ubber Nifty! It's got a multi-touch screen, 17' inch screen and is just really Shiny. There was a couple of fix it things when I first got it, but now it's working well and I am loving it!



Blessing abound around me right now and I am ever thankful. Life is good.

Extended Absence.

I realize I have been gone for a very long time since I wrote last time in the blog. I don't have really any good reasons for the long absence from writing. But make of them what you will (as most people tend to do anyway.)

Reason #1:

Frankly, I'm lazy and some times I just don't feel like writing. Which has become more and more obvious by my lack of writing for my course which I'm almost done with anyway. Seriously I should just do the last two assignments and then I wouldn't have to worry about them.

Reason #2:

Lack of anything decent to write. My life isn't interesting enough to write many things. I don't have a real social life and my dating life is still non existent. Good enough reason for me? You bet ya!

Reason #3:

I actually work now, I have a job at "Hobby Lobby" craft store. Which actually takes a lot of my time now. (Ranting about the job to come later, but the money is nice.)

Reason #4:

It's been the holidays, which is another reason to take up my time along with work. And I had a wedding for a friend at the same time. Most likely the other reason why I haven't written anything lately.


So there you have it. My reasons for not writing in the blog lately. But now I should have a lot of things to write about considering that I haven't been on forever. I have a lot of things to catch up on. WOOT!

I'll catch you up on some of the things that I've been doing with my time at a later date. Until then have many happy roads in life and such, yeah.

'Be Our Guest'

Date: Aug,21,2009
Event: 'Beauty and the Beast' At Hale Center Theater.

I have been looking forward to this for about a year since I found out Hale was doing it. My parents were kind enough to get me a ticket and so I waited for it to start and tonight I finally got the chance to go.

Now I got the chance to go see it at the Gammage Theater when it came like forever ago. And I only remember bits and pieces of it. And I was up in the balcony so it was kind of hard to see from where I sat.

But in the close audience feeling of the Hale Theater. The experience was so much better.

Now I love Hale performances, they are always enjoyable. But this was enjoyable for several reasons.

One: The acting. Several people really stood out for the show.

'Lumiere'(Thomas Brower): With his dynamic character, he really made the character stand out and was amusing. He was fantastic and a joy to watch.
'Gaston'(Gary Caswell): First of all is an amusing character to begin with. With the Broadway version of the classic Disney movie. They have extended the character well into the stage. The actor portrayed him very well.

Now for the main leads: Belle(Linsey Maxson), was good. With a great singing voice and a sweet personality.
But without a doubt, the one character who stole the show, at least for me, was Beast played by Tyler Maxson.

Tyler Maxson is a superb actor with a strong singing voice that always manages to portray all the passion and pain his character is going through. I also had the chance to see his role as "Percy," in "The Scarlet Pimpernel" another strong role where he was amazing. And I am glad I got the chance to see him in this one.

Two: The costumes and Choreography.

Were imaginative and fun. The costumes were especially great in "Be Our Guest" with the dancing silverware and plates, with several bright colors that caught the eye. My personal favorite was the spatula. Another great number was "Gaston" in the bar where the whole ensemble broke into a dance involving the banging of cups together.
That they were so choreographed and together was amazing to watch.

Only one thing bothered me about the choreography, was when Geston ever beat up on 'Lefou'. After a while it became a little to slapstick and a little over done. Making it seem cheesy and out of place.

The wolves during the moments were the Beast fights them off to save Belle, or when they attacked Maurice was nifty. Frightening creatures with red eyes as they came down the stairs to attack their pray. With the darkened lights of the theater their eyes stood out the more giving a really nice effect. Which brings me to my next point.

Three: Lighting, Sets and Effects.

I happened to take Stage Craft while in High school and spent most of my time either on or behind stage. Helping build the sets and figure out lighting was something that I still enjoy. Seeing how Hale does their sets with such plays is always something that I look forward too. With it's theater in the round layout it's always interesting to see. For this production, they pulled it off beautifully. And used their space well.

The lighting was great and the effects they pulled off with the transformation at the end was very well done. The bright lights during 'Be Our Guest' made it even more enjoyable.

At the end the night was ended with a shower of streamers that shot across the room over the actors and the audience as they made their bows. All in all a very enjoyable experience and one I would gladly do again.

Other things that made the experience enjoyable: Being Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' naturally several parents brought their children. Little girls were dressed in princess dresses that made you smile, and during intermission, some of them were dancing in the middle of the floor on the painted ballroom scene that was there. It was all very sweet.

During 'Tale as old as Time' I got to watch one little girl dressed in a yellow type Belle dress. As she scooted forward in her seat as Belle came down dressed in her own. That moment watching them dance, made me feel like a little girl again and made me cry. I am not ashamed to admit it. It was the same feeling one gets when going to Disneyland.

All in all, It was an enjoyable experience that I would recommend to anyone in a heartbeat.

Ya Got to Love It!

This, is the latest google.com creation for their always changing logo. This is brilliant for a couple of reasons.

Number 1: It is a subtle tribute to some of the great comic characters of the time.
If you can't tell who they are, here the characters are as follows.
G: Batman
O: Fantastic four (I think)
O: Wonder Woman
G: Fantastic four again (I think)
L: The green flash
E: Part of the first o and the g.

Number 2: It is there ONLY because this week end happens to be Comic-Con in San Diego California. (Where one of my good friends happens to be right now. She goes every year.)

And Number 3: It proves once and for all the people working for google.com especially the people who create the logo are in fact, complete nerds. Which is brilliant.

Sorry, saw it, loved it, had to share it.

LOL, Brilliant!

'Star Trek' , 'Angels & Demons' & "Night at the Museum 2' ( A Review )

Lately I have been taking time to go see a lot of movies, mostly by myself because I can't find someone to go with me and also because ever since I went to go see 'Twilight' alone. I have decided that I really like seeing movies by myself every once in a while. You don't have to wait for anyone else to be ready, and I like to spend the time by myself. It's actually a really pleasurable experience. I still like seeing movies with other people though, because you can just sit there and laugh with them.

But Anyway:

I have seen three movies recently by myself in theaters. There was 'Star Trek', then 'Angel's & Demons' the sequel to 'The Divinci Code' and then just this last week-end there was 'Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian.'

'Star Trek' was a BLAST to see. I actually ended up seeing it two times in one day. Once because I went by myself in the morning. And then again at night with my family, but I didn't pay so why not. It was very well done. The acting was great and the special effects were fun and the story was good.
I grew up watching Star Trek: Next Generation with my father almost every night. So I have some very fond memories of watching it with my dad. So in a way I am a very mild Trekkie. And before the movie came out my dad had me watch some of the old movies. I loved those.
It was a good movie and I easily think all Trekkies and non-trekkies will find it a blast and a joy to watch. There were so many little things that just match up to the original series that it made me laugh. Great movie, go see it if you haven't.

'Angels & Demons' was not as spectacular as 'Star Trek' but they did a very good job of it. There was of course a couple things that I would have changed having read the book before the movie came out. But considering what they had to work with and a time limit they did a good job. If you have seen 'The Divinci Code' I liked 'Angels & Demons' better.

'Night at the Museum: 2' was in short okay. Not entirely spectacular but decent. It was as good as the first one in other words. Still has charmingly funny as the first but not awe inspiring. Amy Adams was cute in it as 'Amelia Earhart' so I liked it. If you liked the first one, you'll like the second.
The only thing that bothered me about the second movie was the singing cherubs that were totally the Jonus Brothers. Their gag was funny, but the fact that they were the Jonas Brothers was a little dumb frankly. I don't even know the Jonas brothers well as singers. But I was still knew it was them in a matter of seconds.

The next movie I'm trying to go see is Disney's 'Up' Still looking for someone to go with me. Not that I have money to go regardless. Aw well, its a work in progress.

Simply Amazing!

I found a new Hobby!

I'm going to start making little music video's and such of family and what not. I was bored one day so I made this. It's fun and I enjoyed makeing it and really was pleased with the outcome of how it turned out. Sometimes I might do Slideshows, some times mixes of video and pictures, sometimes just video. It all deponds on what I have on my camera. Check it out.