Live Long and Prosper

We had a day of fun and fantasy on Saturday. We started with the new Harry Potter movie. It was a fun movie to watch with more humor then most of the other Harry Potter movies. I think because of the sad ending they decided to lighten the whole movie up a bit. We enjoyed it very much, although it was a little hard to see things that were not in the book at all in the movie and parts of the book that I thought were important not make it into the movie. But they still got the story across and I can hardly wait until the next one.

After taking care of a one chore for the day we were off to more fun. We went with two other couples to enjoy an adventure in the park. A small theatrical troupe put together one of the episodes from the long time favorite show of Star Trek. They performed “Amok Time” in a park in downtown Portland. The natural amphitheater on a little hill was perfect for viewing the little play. The actors did a great job and followed the original show perfectly. We had KFC chicken and some wonderful goodies provided by the group to make a delightful evening picnic. The weather was even cooperative. We were under some nice shade trees and there was a light breeze to save us from the sweltering heat. A fun time was had by all.



Our day didn’t end there either. On the way home we were all talking about the movie “Galaxy Quest” which is sort of a spoof on Star Trek. One of the couples had not seen it before so we decided to have a movie night too. Since it was still early, only 6:30 when we got to our house, we covered our windows to darken the room, pulled down the big screen and popped in “Galaxy Quest” into the DVD player. We popped some popcorn and settled in for a fun movie.

Everyone needs a nice play day now and then!!!

Home Made Ice Cream

We had a very fun activity with our Young Women last night. They wanted to play water games, so we headed over to the college for some wet fun. One of our leaders is the softball coach so we had access to the enclosed softball field with a hose and running water. There is also a nice hillside by the diamond.

I froze two big blocks of ice for the girls to slide down the hill on. At first they didn't slide very good, but after they started melting a little they got slicker. The girls put a towel on the ice so they didn't get too cold on their bottoms and took turns sliding down they hill. Several of the girls brought water guns and had fun squirting each other. They balanced cups of water on their heads and played other fun games.

Meanwhile we prepared fixins for home made ice cream in a paint can. We put the ice cream mix plus goodies like fresh strawberries, Oreo cookies, and cookie dough in NEW pint size paint cans. Next we put the little cans into 1 gallon cans and packed them with ice and rock salt. After securing the lids we gave them to the girls to roll down the hill and find other ways to play with them until the ice cream was set.

Finally we gathered in the bleachers and sampled the different ice cream batches we made. They were delicious!!!

A fun time was had by all.