A Great Movie with a GREAT Moral to it!

We just took our kids to a refreshing movie. My friend suggested it because she had seen it and really enjoyed it. So for family night we invited my dad and sue to join us for this movie.
The movie is "Forever Strong" it is about a boy who gets in trouble for drinking and is sent to a juvenile detention center here in Utah, he is a rugby player and now is in his rivals territory playing with them. Watching the changes he goes through and seeing how it is done is so inspiring to want to be better examples to your own kids. It speaks of triumph of the human spirit over human weakness. The part the coach plays is so incredible, if I could parent as well as he coaches I would be awesome.
The best part is there is no language or sex scenes. You walk away feeling so uplifted. My dad loved it so much he sent his college class to see it as homework.
All my kids loved it from Payton who is 7 up to Thatcher who is almost 15. Make sure you stay through the credits it shows pictures of the real Highland team and it is amazing what this coach has done in his career.

Lake Powell without KIDS!!!

Mike & I just got back from Lake Powell. We went with 4 other couples for a week. Talk about pure HEAVEN!
I have never been without kids and it was nice not to be worring about when the kids were at all times, if they had on enough sunscreen and who had on their life jackets.
I even learned how to wake board. That is so fun, it's not to hard to get up, but the staying up and the VERY PAINFUL CRASHES were not so fun. I am no longer young and I felt the abuse the next morning. But it was worth it.
I felt bad Mike had to go with his foot in a cast but that didn't stop him from having fun and totally relaxing. Which is what both of us needed. After spending the summer selling and moving houses it was a great break for us. I am so greatfull we had the chance to go. Not to mention the weather was incredible, high 90's in the day and cooling down to the high 50's at night. My only complaint is that it went way to fast.




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