Nathan and I saw this movie a couple times this summer. We were really looking forward to it because we loved the first Despicable Me movie. We love the second one too. Emily went with us when we saw it yesterday. Nathan's been trying to collect the toys from McDonald's. He has three of them so far.
We've had such a busy summer so far. It's been really fun, but I don't feel like I'm getting much done as far as projects go. We are making lots of good memories, though! Last weekend we went to the Hill Cumorah Pageant, which was so awesome! We drove down on Friday, which took almost the whole day, and checked into our hotel. Then we drove over to the Pageant, saved some seats, and then went into the visitor's center for a while. We saw the Christus and watched a movie about the restoration. We also saw Books of Mormon in lots of different languages, which was really cool. We told them about Zihan coming and they gave us a free Chinese Book of Mormon. It looks so neat. That evening we were waiting for the pageant to start, and the skies darkened and it got really windy. When the actors came out we went on a search for Nephi. We found him and got a really cool picture of him with Nathan. Eventually it started raining and then lightning. They ended up canceling the play, which was a bummer. It was definitely the right thing to do, though, because there was some serious lightning. The next day we went to see the sights, like the Grandin building where the Book of Mormon was first published, the LDS bookstore next to it (where Nathan bought a Moroni action figure and Megan got a book), and then we had lunch at a good Chinese place right there on Main street. Then we went to the Joseph Smith log house, frame house, barn, and the Sacred Grove. Unfortunately, it was raining off and on all morning and by the time we got to the Sacred Grove it started pouring. We went over to the Pageant and luckily it started clearing up. We saved our seats and then Nathan and Dan climbed up to the top of Hill Cumorah while Megan and I read in the car. When they got back, Nathan and I went back to the visitor's center and did everything again. One of the neatest things about this trip was seeing how much Nathan was interested in everything. He has really matured. I was so happy to see how interested he was in everything. We went back to our seats and we ended up talking to a couple for about an hour! They were so nice, and we were all just killing time, so we talked and talked. By the time we left, we practically knew their whole life story:-) We bought some really good chicken dinners right next door to the pageant. When the actors came out Nathan and I walked around getting autographs. He really wanted to find Nephi so he could get his autograph. The pageant started around 9:15. It was great! The kids were both entranced the whole time. They loved it! At the end, they both said it was the best play they have ever seen. The next morning we headed for home and stopped at Olive Garden for lunch. It was such a great weekend! I'm so glad we made the trip.
We got Zihan's flight itinerary yesterday. She is coming on August 20th. We are so excited! I hope she likes it here and we get along really well.
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