Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Incredible!

Last week I finished reading "The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas" by By John Boyne. For those of you who have not read it, I highly recommend it. I am a big fan of reading WWII fiction and this book was amazing and provided me the opportunity of seeing through the eyes of a nine year old boy.

It is really an interesting perspective.

Here is the trailor for the movie:





One thing that I really liked about the movie is that it is actually very compareable to the book. Let me know what you think :)

Wild & Crazy Weekend...Full of Fun!!!

Jeff and I had been waiting for this past weekend to come. Sad to say, it went by faster than it came :( My brother (Jared) and his family came up from American Fork to visit and we had such a blast. We were packed like sardines into our tiny apartment, but it was great!!!

We made homemade pizza Friday night and Had fun watching the kids play video games. Haha...it was so funny to see Hayden (the 5 yr old) beat everyone playing Mario Kart. Jared, Jen, Jeff and I played "Golf" (a card game) the rest of the night and enjoyed each other's company.

Saturday morning, we got everyone together in record time to got to Bear Lake (we may have forgotten the lunches we packed...but we made it). The weather was awesome and the water was cold, but that didn't stop us!

After we got home and cleaned up (there was sand everywhere and in all of the WORST places), Jared made some hot wings and we listened to the BYU game on the radio (GO COUGERS!!!)...while the kids played more games. Later we watched "Facing the Giants".

Sunday morning we went to our ward at 9:30. The kids were AWESOME (like always) during church and got so many compliments. I was one proud aunt! It was a great day all in all. It was nice to e able to go home and relax. He had fun putting together a puzzle and playing games as a family. After an awesome spaghetti dinner, we just hung out and enjoyed life. Later we watched "The Other Side of Heaven" and the kids lived it. After the kids went to bed, the adults played more card games.

Monday morning, Jeff and I took the fam to see the USU stadium and went on a small tour of the campus. Afterwards, we went to the temple and just enjoyed walking around it. Afterwards, we went back home and had lunch and got ready to go to the Willow Park Petting Zoo. We really did have a great time and enjoyed being together as a family. Can't wait till Conference weekend!!!