We know we have told at least some of you, but we know that probably not all of you have heard. . .
We will be blessing Milayna this Sunday, August 5th here in Camp Verde. You are all invited to come, and if anyone can come, we’d be thrilled to have you along. But we also do understand how difficult it can be to get to everything and we know that most of you won’t be able to be here–and that is okay, too.
My parents will be in town to visit with us for about 10 days and that is why we are doing the blessing so soon. It was the only time they could come, and since I don’t get to see them very often, we wanted to cater to their schedule. My dad has been able to come for all our kids’ blessings before, but my mom has never been able to be at any of her grandkids’ blessings ever, so this is a pretty big deal for my parents to both be able to be in attendance.
If you can come and are planning to attend, let us know–we’d love to include you.
We hope all of you are doing well and that your ceilings have not collapsed recently!
Love and blessings to you and your families,
Andrea
Just so you guys know, we have added a few baby-related posts to our blog recently and will be adding more content (like more pictures) soon. So check it out and then check back in a few days. : )
So even though everyone already knows, I thought you would be interested to see the baby announcement that Amy made to tell all of our facebook peoples. She wanted to post it today because she feels lucky to have her 24th birthday 24 weeks into her pregnancy. Enjoy!
So for those of you who have and haven’t wondered what exactly I was doing during field school this past spring term, here is a good look at what I was doing. There are a few videos and some articles as well. Enjoy!
OK, so I know that Tianna will agree with me on this one. But we went to see The Amazing Spider-Man yesterday and it was really, really good. I would’ve turned right back around and watched it again.
It was at the very least on par with the first and second Spider-Man movies (3 was a mess). I think it’s actually better, but that might be just me being a Spidey geek and riding the euphoria of the new film. It was most everything a Spider-Man geek would want.
Andrew Garfield did a great job making Peter Parker a more modern day geek. Nick had mentioned to me that he did a good job of displaying how some situations made Peter uncomfortable and hard to get his point across, sometimes very unsure of what to say. And while his confidence grew in a lot of situations as he became Spider-Man, there were still occasions where he portrayed Peter having a hard time. There was more emotion in dealing with the whole Uncle Ben story as well.
Emma Stone was great as Gwen Stacy. Everything I think I remembered about that character from the comics she portrayed. She was not afraid to stand up for anyone or to do her part in difficult situations. She was Peter’s peer academically. And Emma Stone did a great job of showing Gwen’s understanding of who Peter was, what he had become, and what she was getting into. Her Gwen was able to help and encourage Peter, a trait that I remember from the comics. Doesn’t make too much sense now but if you watch the show you’ll see what I mean.
Was it direct canon from the comics? Not all of it. But did those deviations detract from the movie? I don’t think so at all. And as many times as I’ve read or watched Uncle Ben dying scenes, they still seemed to be able to pull off a very emotional part of the movie superbly. They did a great job of showing Spidey’s “way” of fighting bad guys, and his often witty banter he’d take part in with them. The web-swinging scene near the end of the movie was pretty cool. Even the resolution of the movie had me going from, “You can’t end it like that!,” to, “I really like how what they did there.” Finally, every scene that has both Captain Stacy and Peter/Spidey in it was awesome.
The secret scene half-way through the credits… well, I won’t spoil it, but it does set things up nicely, if not for movie 2, then at least the 3rd one. There wasn’t a secret scene at the very end of the credits like a lot of Marvel movies. I am interested to see if they eventually stick to the comic stories pertaining to Gwen. If you don’t remember, she was eventually killed by the Green Goblin and I’d like to see if the movie studio is brave enough to allow someone to tell that story on the big screen.
Bottom line, if you get the chance, go and see this movie!
