Family Movie Night

We had our first Family Movie Night this weekend out at my brother’s house. We showed the first disc in the Planet Earth collection on his big screen TV.

And when I say it’s a big screen TV – I do mean it’s a BIG SCREEN TV. That thing is about 50” long by around 38” tall.

It’s the perfect place to watch Planet Earth, though; spectacular scenery and incredible wildlife shots. We watched 3 sections that night = From Pole to Pole, Mountains, and Fresh Water.

The first one, From Pole to Pole, was so good. Aerial shots of the caribou migration were truly awe-inspiring.

The second one, Mountains, was very cool with shots of the Snow Leopards and a mountain goats with long spiral horns.

The third one, Fresh Water, was also very good. The opening shot takes you over the top of Angel Falls. That got my brother very excited: it’s one of his life goals to base-jump off of those falls, so he had us play that scene over several times.

We had a very good turn-out, amazingly enough. It was a VERY cold day, but I guess that’s the perfect time to have a movie night since you really can’t do anything else. Here’s the official list of attendees: Reed, Heather, Mother, Kelly, Myself, Noel, Hank, Tara, Laurel, Stewart, Julie, Gareth, Laurel, Gleo, Myra, and Pam.

Kelly brought her knitting. Noel brought her embroidery. Tara brought her crochet. Julie brought her beadwork to hand out: she made me a beautiful necklace!

And of course, we had food. You simply cannot have a family gathering without plenty of food! Heather cooked a turkey and we brought all the fixin’s to go with it. Mashed potatoes & gravy, homemade bread rolls & apple jam, lots of veggies and salads, and to top it off we had homemade cinnamon rolls.

Mmm!