This morning Heidi wasn't feeling well so the four oldest kids and I went to help clean the church. It was us and Pierre Debelmare, the guy in charge. He reminded us all yesterday so he didn't know why the others who signed up didn't come. Happily the kids were up to the challenge. TJ and Sarah washed windows. David and Rebecca vacuumed the halls and collected trash from the classrooms. I vacuumed the RS room and chapel and restocked paper goods in the bathrooms. Pierre mopped. It was busy but only took a little over an hour. We were glad for the reminder or we would have forgotten too. It feels good to be able to serve.
When we got home we found that Heidi was feeling better. You can't keep Heidi down for long. We found that she had "rested" by fixing two of the broken bike tires "while sitting". She makes me laugh. She still wasn't feeling 100% but wanted to go to Brother Roger's daughter in law's baptism. We compromised and sent Heidi to represent the family while the rest of us watched the Peanuts Movie.
When Heidi got home she reminded me that this is the opening weekend for Finding Dory. Finding Nemo is Heidi and my favorite Pixar movie so we had to catch it this weekend. We found it to be a sweet and well done movie. We agreed with the reviews that it is not as good as the original but still well worth the trip.
This evening we held the parent night for our animation workshop. It was the first time I can remember giving the "keep in mind animation is hard, so expect it to be short" speech. The event went well. Heidi made brownies and pop corn. Two of the boys completed the requirements for the Moviemaking merit badge. Anna Phelps, a mom of one of the boys, asked if her boy Hyrum could keep learning more. We maxed out our living room but didn't overfill. Next time we'll want to find a bigger venue. So from 12 hours of work we netted 6 minutes of animation. In reality not a bad haul. In the future I'd like to focus more on elements of story telling and maybe cover the moviemaking merit badge on purpose (rather than by accident). Hopefully there will be a next time. Maybe over Christmas Break.
Jam packed report! Proud of your service cleaning the ward. Always impressed by hard working Hearty Heidi. Smiling about your animation success. Reminds us of our "Parents Preview and Potluck". Great Dory family portrait
ReplyDeletePerhaps you can become the Moviemaking Merit Badge Counselor so you have the chance to do it on purpose more often. I bet there are 3 or 4 scout Nephews in Utah that wouldn't mind earning that Merit Badge with Uncle Ganon.
ReplyDeleteIt is fun that we all went out to see the movie on the same day. Even Megan tried to see it at the same time (not sure if she completed her plan). 3 of my kids missed it due to Youth Conference so we'll have to go again soon.