September 05, 2009

happy

yesterday, the kids and i took an afternoon trip to amarillo to meet my aunt and uncle and cousin. we swam at their hotel pool and went out for a fancy/crazy Burger King lunch... (so fun!) we continued our month of no-screens in the car and all the kids brought books. i brought tapes to The People of SPARKS (sequel to The City of Ember) by Jeanne DuPrau... I LOVE THIS BOOK!! i LOVE that my kids heard this book. It had a sweet lessons on history and good vs. evil... peace vs. war... choosing the right even when it's hard. One quote I'm semi-quoting was "It's easy to do the wrong thing. It takes courage to do the right thing even when you don't really want to." OH... I LOVED that all those little ears were listening to this great lesson with me... On the way home i saw this sign... Happy 1/4 mile. I smiled and thought to myself... "I'm ALREADY THERE."
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4 comments:

  1. LanetteSeptember 5, 2009 at 9:32 PM

    That sounds like fun, Jen. I love that there's a city named Happy. It probably makes a lot of people smile to see that sign...

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  2. corrieSeptember 6, 2009 at 5:18 PM

    I loved the City of Ember. I haven't read the other ones yet, but Maddie has and liked them.
    I love listening to books on tape in the car. We listened to Arthur and the Invisibles last trip. Very fun.
    love love

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  3. beckyjuneSeptember 6, 2009 at 6:37 PM

    Sounds fun :)

    I have a picture of that sign, too, from one of our trips to Colorado.

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  4. AureliaSeptember 7, 2009 at 6:26 AM

    love it!
    we actually just watched the City of Ember movie with the kids, actually meant to read the book first-it's on my list
    too funny that y'all like it too! :)

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