Favorite Memory of 2011

The other day I asked my Facebook friends what was their favorite memory of 2011. I got a lot of great answers, and I went back to look for some of my favorite memories of 2011. I was upset because I realized that I didn’t document on the blog very well what was, in fact, my favorite memory of 2011.

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Our Favorite Movies of 2011


We don’t go to the movies much at all. We rent them every once in a while, especially when our Blockbuster has special deals and we can rent movies for 10 pesos each (about 75 cents).

In 2011, I’m not really sure how many movies we watched. I know I took Nathan a few times, and I know we spent some nights in watching a movie we rented. Our kids love popping popcorn and hanging out in front of the TV (even though we don’t do it often).

So here’s our family’s list of top 5 movies we watched this year.

  1. The Muppets – we just saw this one in the theater, and it was great to relive some childhood memories and share them with our kids.
  2. Gnomeo and Juliet – for a while Nathan said this was his favorite movie ever.
  3. Kung Fu Panda 2 – This movie was fun. I think the new TV series helped us like it even more.
  4. The Smurfs – We had to wait to watch this one until it came out on DVD because we couldn’t find it in English anywhere in Mexico City.
  5. Mr. Popper’s Penguins – The book that this movie is (loosely) based on was part of our curriculum this year. We had to go see the movie in the theater.

What were your family’s favorite movies this year? Let us know in the comments.

PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT: If you like watching movies, or if you just realize there’s nothing good on TV now, you should check out Netflix. Janell has a post on Saving You Dinero about how you can sign up and get a 30 day free trial of Netflix. If you’re thinking about trying it out, please be sure to use her links on her blog and help our ministry.

This post includes affiliate links. If you click and buy something, we get a little commission, but as always I wouldn’t recommend something I didn’t really like.

Merry Christmas 2011


Here’s our “online Christmas card” for this year. We snapped a pretty good picture today at the mall and then I edited it using the Halftone app to make it like a comic strip.

Anyway, we hope you have a very Merry Christmas this year.

Happy Thanksgiving 2011

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend. On Thursday we had Thanksgiving with some other missionary families here in Mexico City. Our kids absolutely LOVE hanging out with their kids. We had a great day, even though the Dolphins lost (again).

On Saturday, we had our family Thanksgiving. My favorite part of that day was when we sat down as a family and I asked the kids to pray about the things they are thankful for. It’s pretty cool to hear your 3 year old and 6 year old pray and thank God for their family and all the other stuff they have.

Oh…and the turkey was delicious, too.