Some favorites.......

So Nate has had a good month. Last week he went to Lake Powell with his young mens group. Lake Powell is huge and it is between Arizona and Utah. I personally have never been, I have driven past it ton's of times, but never stayed at the lake. People love it, it's very big, it has wagon ruts in it from the pioneers headed down from Utah to Arizona. People rent house boats and stay out there for weeks at a time. So he had a lot of fun there. Then this week he went to BYU to a soccer camp. We picked him up last night he had fun, but is glad to be home. So I saw this movie on a friends blog she loved it. So for my birthday last month I got it an d everybody had to watch it with me. It was so good, I think everybody here liked it. It was made by a group that likes to make "good" movies.

This is another movie they made. Mike and I watched this one and really enjoyed it to. But I couldn't find a picture for one of my favorites. My favorite book in the bible is Ester, I love her story. They also made a movie of Ester it's called "One night With the King." I really like that one. It doesn't match up perfectly with book in the Bible but it is a good story. We rented these movies at blockbuster, so they should be easy to find. They might be a fun Family Home Evening activity.
While Nathan was off having all of his fun I was just chillin' at home and reading. I read this book "These is My Words." It is so good! It's a fictional story based on a woman's family history research. It is written in diary form and I was swept up in it. Actually I was reading it while I was trying to finalise my talk. So when I sat down after my talk the first thing I thought was "yea! I get to finish my book." So go to the library and check it out, you won't regret it.

Then I read this book on our trip to Chicago. It is a children's book, it's about a 14 year old girl and her 10 year old brother having to stay with their grandparents for the first time. It is a fantasy story, it was well written and easy to read. I could picture all of the magical stuff the writer described. I made Mike read it and he quickly went out and bought the 2nd book and read it on a single plane ride. He said the second book was even better than the first. We had to go buy the 3rd book yesterday so he could finish. It is fun to start reading a book series when they are already published.

So these are the things we have been enjoying this summer. We can easily recommend all if you are looking for anything fun this summer.