Christmas Break

I had a great time over break. Some much needed R&R. Saw the family--all 14 of the 26 who could come. Ate WAY too much food--especially the cookies and sweets. Totally porked up when I was at home.

Got to preach at home the Sunday after Christmas. Went really well. Like the cherry on top of a really good sundae, it helped affirm that this is my calling in life.

Saw some really good movies:
The Family Stone
Great movie, story line and actors. Just a sad theme throughout and ending.

Prairie Home Companion
Started out really good. Hilarious spoofs on Minnesotans and midwesterners. Good story line until the theater got sold. Then there was kind of no ending/resolution and the last 1/2 hour didn't make a whole lot of sense.

The Sentinel
Good action/adventure with Michael Douglas and Keifer Sutherland (who's just as awesome an actor as his dad). Okay on the suspense side. Could have been ramped up a bit for my tastes, but good story line and ending.

The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
Hilarious at how awkward the story is and how cheesy the special effects are, but way to go Noah Wylie. He tried at least. So-so on the action/adventure, but funny story. Worth the dollar theater if you don't want to rent it.