Reepicheep is my Hero!!!!!!

Time is short this Sunday since it's Daniel's b-day, so this'll probably be short... we just had a lovely meal of melanesa and we're preparing for the treasure hunt and carrot cake and I really need to finish my b-day card for my brother... anyway...

Monday evening for FHE we went and saw the new Narina movie which my brothers were ecstatic about... you'd think all they had to eat the whole day was sugar from the way they behaved! It was pretty good, but I didn't like how they kind of made it into an adolescence movie. Peter spends to much of the movie trying to prove that he's the High King over Caspian (just like a teen) and that's not in the book. It doesn't even make sense, since he already went through adolescence once before (he grew up in Narnia and then became a kid when he went back to our world) and would have learned his lesson. Same with Susan. She's not the inexperienced young teen they make her out to be, with a first crush on Caspian... she was almost engaged before for heavens sakes! Plus, Caspian should have been about 12 years old instead of more like 18.

Anyway, after that rant there were still parts I really liked... Reepicheep for example was amazing!!! I love his gallantry and his exploits, he's just what I imagined he would be. Of course, it's also C.S. Lewis, and even though it's not exactly the way I imagined there are so many cool parts about the story... I really hope you've read the Narnia Chronicles. They're amazing! One of the lines that stuck out to me in this movie was when Lucy remarks that Aslan has grown, and he tells her he always will grow with her. If you compare Aslan to Christ that's kind of how it works in our lives... as we grow older and mature, our comprehension of God's greatness increases. Anyway, we enjoyed discussing all of this over ice cream and brownies, and I went into way to much detail...

Okay. So Monday I also got a letter from BYU saying that I had made the Dean's list for the college of humanities because my GPA for the winter semester had been in the top 5% of all the humanities students, so now I'm invited to a reception some time this September when I get back from school. Just a little happy side note...

Tuesday was pretty uneventful except for some babysitting at the end of the day... it was the cutest little 1 year old girl ever and she was so good for me! I just played with her for a while showing her the wonders of a keyboard and talking on her plastic cell phone before it was time for bed. After she was in her crib I sat on the comfy couch and read the Count of Monte Cristo... for some reason I had never gotten around to it before even though it's one of the classics. That was enough to fascinate me till Camilla's parents arrived...

Thursday evening Mom was taking Laura and Daniel to a voice lesson so we (John, Aaron and I) hitched a ride to the library. On our way I saw my first triple rainbow, which needless to say took my breath away. At least I know there won't be a flood around here any time soon! We were joking about finding three pots of gold when we climbed out of the car. After selecting a movie (Pirates of the Caribbean) the boys and I ran almost all the way home... as we were running down the hills John and I went kind of crazy laughing and running at the same time... the setting sun and playful warm wind were intoxicating. Anyway, we had a fun movie night...

Friday everyone had off, and it was declared a family work day. Laura and I spent the morning thoroughly vacuuming and washing the cars; later I planted some tomatoes in the front garden and made a taco salad for lunch. That afternoon I measured the windows for curtains and made a double batch of chocolate chip cookies for the tired workers who had been weeding the garden or fixing bikes (sometimes it's not bad to be extremely sensitive to the poison ivy in our back yard). Putting a few fresh cookies on a flowery paper plate I drove to Camille's house for her birthday celebration. It was the first grill of the season w/ delicious hamburgers and a home made cake and ice cream for dessert. To top it off we watched a movie and enjoyed my cookies... mmmmmmmm.

Saturday we took a quick trip to King of Prussia mall to buy the curtains I found... Laura and I tried to find birthday gifts for Daniel and some shoes, but only Laura was successful with the shoes and neither of us could find something for our dear brother, so it'll be an 'I owe you' I guess. When we got back Dad had a picnic ready and we all went to the park, enjoyed some swings, sandwiches and frisbee...

Okay, that wasn't short, and I've really got to go, so...
Hope you had an awesome week and also to hear from you soon!!
Love,
Margaret