Forks, WA

Chloe went with my Mom and my sister Lisa to Forks, WA today. They went to have a nice drive, and to see the landscape in the Twilight series. Chloe has read 3 of the books, and was not too impressed, but liked the time with her Grandma and her Aunt.

She took the above pictures. One is of the table reserved for Bella and Edward at the cafe that they had lunch at. The other is from the sign from the local motel.

My Mom got a couple of cute T-shirts, and it seems like they had a nice time, so all was not lost. :)

G-Force

We went to see the movie G-Force last night (Friday). It was a really cute movie. I wasn't going into it expecting much, but I love guinea pigs, so I think I enjoyed it more than a lot of people would.

We saw the 3-D version, and I found myself wanting to reach up and pet them at times. Chloe, of course, thought that was hilarious.

The story revolves around an elite force of guinea pigs, a mole, and a fly that were trained as special agents. The new commander in charge of their unit thinks they're an embarrassment, so he wants to close them down. They decide to show them that they're worth keeping by cracking a large case that the FBI has been working on for years.

The voices in the movie were pretty funny - Nicholas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Jon Favreau, Sam Rockwell, and Tracy Morgan as the mole and guinea pigs, Steve Buscemi as the crazy hamster. Nice job on the casting for that!

One thing I really liked about the movie, was that they had references to other action movies. "Yippie-ki-yay coffeemaker!" was one of my favorites. (Die Hard is one of my favorite movies, and my favorite Christmas movie. Ever.)

It was a nice night - we went to The Rock for pizza, then the movie. Fun night out for the family.