Sweet Anne

Friday night, Quentin and I joined my Book Club friends and their husbands for a date! We went out to eat and then watched "Hunger Games." Hunger Games was not one of our Book Club picks, but the other 6 ladies in the Book Club and 5 of their husbands had all read it, and we thought it would be a good excuse for an outing. Neither Quentin nor I had read the book, but we were excited to be with some of our closest friends.

Um...am I the only one in America that doesn't get this obsession with Hunger Games / Twilight / Harry Potter and other incredibly dark and disturbing movies? I knew going in to Hunger Games what the plot was basically about, but I figured there would be some redeeming quality of the movie, maybe some creativity or thrilling plot twist. But it was just a dark movie. And weird. And disturbing. Now, don't get me wrong. I was very happy to go on a date and to join our friends - we had a great time with our friends. But I guess I just don't understand why so many people love this stuff!

So...to sort of counteract the "darkness" that I was still feeling the next day, I decided I needed something uplifting and light. Watching Conference certainly helped, and when Quentin went to Priesthood my girls and I sat down and watched "Anne of Green Gables." When it started, I got tears in my eyes! I remember being about Kiera's age when my mom and I would watch Anne together - and here I was, passing on the love to my own children! Anne is simple and sweet (long and uneventful as some may say) but it is just what we needed!