Movie Critic

Jeremy and I went and saw 'Noah' this weekend. 

Now before I write anymore, this post is not intended to start any arguments or become a debate, so please don't make it into that. Also, there are some spoilers below, so if you don't want to know, don't read anymore : ) 

I thought that they could have done better with the movie, I was a little disappointed in it, but I was in no way offended by any of it. You have to keep in mind that it's a story that was turned into a movie. Just like any book that becomes a movie, it was not perfectly inline with everything. I actually went and read the story of Noah after watching it and I realized there really isn't much detail written in the Bible about Noah's story. So to make it into a movie...they almost had to add to it.

I have read reviews and heard people comment about it. Most of the things that I read are miniscule and shouldn't even be brought up. It seemed like some of them went and watched it simply to find it's flaws. 

People didn't like that God was referred to as the Creator. 

But, i'm pretty sure everyone knew Who was being referred to with that. 

One of the bad guys snuck aboard the Ark and hid away until he eventually attacked Noah, which obviously didn't happen. But, they added a level of "excitement" to the movie by doing this. Not a big deal.

God didn't tell Noah that his family was to die, the Ark was their fortress just as it was for the animals. But how do we know that Noah didn't struggle with this? The flood came to punish the world for all the wrong that it had done, it's evilness and disobedience. Noah saw in the movie that everyone has a little bit of that inside of them and he saw in his own family. How do we know he didn't struggle with whether they should be punished as well? We don't know. 

We also don't know whether there were angels defending Noah and his family as the rain came, or about a mass of people trying to get aboard. Personally, I would imagine that there would have been a million people trying to get aboard! And whether the angels were there or not, again, it's a movie, they made it interesting and entertaining. Some were offended with how the fallen angels were portrayed as well. Picture the hulk, covered in rocks. Yeah. Me personally, I thought the way they were portrayed was awesome. They were strong and mighty and defended Noah. 

I have heard that the director of the movie is an atheist and that he has bragged that the movie is the least biblical Bible movie ever. Well, I think the joke is on him. Again, I know it isn't 100% accurate, but if you go at it in the right attitude, it's a movie! People might not go to see 'God is not dead' or 'The Son of God', but they might just go see 'Noah'. And if it sparks interest in one person or allows one Christian to be able to have a conversation with an unsaved friend that went with them, then the whole movie was worth it. If nothing else, after wondering a few times throughout the movie whether something had really happened in the story or not, I am inspired to read my Bible more!

And to close this whole thing out I will share a quote that I found from Hollywood reporter saying that the director and Paramount Pictures "went to great lengths to appease concerns among religious leaders and church organizations about the tone of the film. The studio agreed to tweak its marketing campaign in recent weeks to say that Noah is inspired by the story of Noah and the Ark, versus being a literal retelling of the wrath-of-god story." So, if they didn't claim to follow the Biblical story to a 'T', then they shouldn't be condemned for it.

Jeremy and I give it 3.5 stars out of 5 ; )

Bragging!

So, teacher appreciation week isn't until May so I'm not really sure why Jeremy's school is celebrating it now, we think it's because they have state testing the real week of teacher appreciation, but in any case, my wonderful husband came home with this yesterday...

 

   

 

(By the way, the picture that she drew of the awesome experiments with an egg and glass bottle, was literally the coolest thing i've ever seen. He made the egg (bigger than the opening of the bottle) get sucked inside of the bottle) 

 Makes a wife proud : ) 

Countdown!

One month from today we will be soaking up Florida's sunshine!

Here is a little preview of some of the things we will be doing/enjoying while we are down there!

Swimming with dolphins at Discovery Cove

Seaworld

 

Busch Gardens

 

Casino

 

Some great 'Triple D' locations

 It really can't get here fast enough! Things are starting to get bought, reservations have been made and our excitement is starting to settle in!

Come on April!

Inspiration

Between the amount of people that I know that are pregnant, the amount of babies being born around me (or too far away from me), and the fact that Jeremy and I are now the only kids in both of our families that don't have a little one of our own, let's just say the thought has crossed my mind! Let's face it, when you're dating, everyone wants to know how serious it is and when the big day is. Once you are married, everyone wants to know when the babies are going to start coming! Jeremy and I have no regrets about waiting to start our family. We are completely content where we are right now. There are so many things we want to do before the little ones come, when it becomes more difficult to just pick up and go somewhere, or those Saturday mornings (or every morning) become earlier and earlier! But with the thoughts that go through my head and the conversations him and I have together, I stumbled upon this site and it really stuck with me...

"Ladies, there will come a day when your husband walks in the door and you do not turn around. You will be preoccupied with filling up sippy cups and wiping booties. You will shout over the running bath water, “Hey! Glad you’re home.” But it won’t mean what it used to mean. It won’t be full of eager anticipation to spend time together. It will be full of expectations to aid in the demands of the family. “Glad you’re home,” will more properly translate, “Thank God for two extra hands to help me.” And “Praise the Lord I might get five minutes alone.”

Ladies, there will come a day when you spend every last ounce of yourselves on your children. The demands of life and the babies will come before any other priority. What little of yourself you have left at the end of the day will be used to crawl into bed before someone is awake to need you again. The thought of doing anything else after the children are asleep will sound impossible and your handsome husband’s happy smile had better mean he is willing to get up with the baby and nothing more. 

The husband that once completed your heart will be just one more person who needs you. The charming things that you fell for will go unnoticed. The daily grind will become expected. 

But Ladies, when Mommy becomes your name, remember this man. Remember that you are his wife. Remember how much you love and appreciate him in this moment. Remember his dedication to your family. Remember his love and devotion to you. And then, when the days are long and you need a break, fall into his arms.

Remember each other. Remember the two that made the family. Let the Lord lead you both together. Because when the days are endless and the hours short, it will only be His love who keeps you together. It will only be His mercy that gently guides your hearts as one. Hold tightly to one another, and even more tightly to the Lord. There is no greater adventure for you to experience and no greater gift than to walk through parenthood with your best friend.  You are a team. Every single day."

I want to be this. I want this for Jeremy & I when that next chapter begins for us.

Xoxo

Thomas Update!

It's been a while since I updated you all on how things are going with us here in the South! 

Jeremy is doing awesomely at his teaching. Just this weekend he had Quest with his students, which is an academic competition and they WON SCIENCE! I know that means he has some pretty awesome students, but considering he teaches them Science, I'd say that makes him a pretty awesome teacher as well, although he just doesn't seem to see it : ) On a side note, they didn't only just win, but they also beat his school from last year, which felt pretty good after the way everything went down. He continually thinks of the best activities that get the kids so excited and I love hearing about the things that go on during his day. We should be finding out sometime in April about his contract for next year, so you can be praying about that! 

I am still working at the daycare, but instead of taking care of the babies from 1:30-6:30pm, I switched over to taking care of the 2-year olds from 7:30am-2! I am LOVING it! It is so much fun getting to interact with them, teach them, play with them...and let me tell you, they sure do say the darnedest things! Last week was my first week and already i've heard "my face is a hot mess" and "it's the weekend baby"! : ) While of course, they have their terrible two moments, they sure do make me laugh and smile an awful lot! And working the mornings has been really great as well. Getting off at 2 allows me to get home, do some work, get dinner going so that when Jeremy gets home we can go to the gym and be home to eat at a normal time, vs 8pm! LOL

Church is great! We are serving in the cafe about once or twice a month, which we really enjoy doing together. Jeremy plays basketball with the guys on Mondays and I have started doing yoga with the ladies on Saturdays! We are continually blessed by being a part of the Coastal family and could not be more thankful for being brought there. 

We will be traveling to Florida in April for our long overdue honeymoon and have a ton of fun things picked out to do, including my favorite, swimming with dolphins! It can't get here fast enough! : ) Our family has grown by two little baby girls (as you saw in my other posts) and we can't wait to be able to get our hands on them! Unfortunately, one is in Arizona and the other in New York, while we sit here in South Carolina! UGH!!! Sometimes being so far away really stinks! But then I think about it and I would much rather be here where my husband is happy going to work everyday, than somewhere else and have him be miserable! Besides our normal day to day life and activities we have been staying busy with dog sitting and babysitting. The weather is starting to get beautiful again! (Although today we only  have a high of 42) We are trying to enjoy it before beautiful turns to horribly hot that you can only enjoy at the beach, where the water is cool enough to save you! This is coming now after two ice storms of course! Who knew? In the south?! Not me. 

Well, now that i've brought up the weather, I think that tells you i've run out of things to talk about : ) 

We hope that this finds you well, whoever/wherever you are, reading this right now ; )