Fireproof

Karly celebrated my birthday this weekend by counting ALL the way up to thirty-nine, and then looked at me, shocked, before she said, "Wow!" Yes, there are a lot of numbers between five and thirty-nine. :)

The air was cool this weekend, but it was sunny so we played outside. On Saturday we picked apples at a local orchard and took a hay ride to a pumpkin patch. Then on Sunday afternoon, we hiked around a mountain near Mt. Hood to the hidden Mirror Lake.

Last night Jon and I went out for German food and to see Fireproof. We both loved it! Like the people who made the movie said, the film won't win any Academy Awards, but that's not why they made it. It's a great story about saving a marriage--funny in some places, intense in others. And apparently the story connects with all different ages from the sweet, elderly couple who sat beside us in the theater to our eighth grade babysitter who REALLY wants to see it because her best friend loved it too. Kudos to Sherwood Church for this fantastic, heart-stopping and heart-warming movie about a couple who decide to fight for their marriage.

It was the perfect, relaxing birthday! I'm grateful for everyone of my (many!) years and look forward to this final year of thirty-somethin'.