The Mirthful Morgans: Making an Animated Movie for Family Home Evening...

Monday, May 31, 2010

Making an Animated Movie for Family Home Evening...

Iman created the green guy, Edy the orange girl, and Sarah the ball.

Listening to instructions about how to introduce the movie...

Getting ready to film...

LOVE the look on his face as his Daddy give directions about
what to do next...

Annihilation!

For Family Home Evening tonight we decided to do something different and the kids came up with a fun idea to make their own playdough movie. John recalled his time a few years ago when we lived in Utah, when he was the Weblos leader and made animated movies with the Weblos. He showed the kids how this was done and they made the characters and told John what they wanted to have happen. So, John being the director, moved the playdough people and then filmed it all step by step, just like Wallace and Gromitt. Immanuel asked me as i put him to bed tonight if i thought it would make it to the big screen. I replied that i didn't think it would, but that it was really cool and we all had a lot of fun, (especially dad and the kids as i was more of an observer). Anyway, so here are the pics from the event. Oh and the story was that a boy (green guy) kicked a soccer ball at the girl's (orange guy) head and her eyes popped off as did her hair. The ball then bounced back towards the boy and penetrated is stomach which then exploded. Fun fun night!

1 comment:

Tamsyn said...: What a great idea!! I will have to remember that for when my kids are old enough to mold play dough. !; June 1, 2010 at 9:08 AM

All about John & Nicola

Well, John is the extremely handsome red-head, of course, and I'm the little one in front of him! John is a marriage and family therapist and I am a domestic engineer as well as a dental hygienist. We met in June of 2000, were engaged by the very end of September 2000, and were married December 16th 2000. We have four lovely children as you can see below and love life and all that it has brought and taught us! We love to talk, have friends over, cook and eat food, camp, and pretty much do anything as a family.

All About Edy

She is fun-loving and pretty much always wants her way (who doesn't) and 90% of the time it works out well as she's a good girl with righteous desires and is extremely responsible and mature for her age. However that 10% of the time where we actually don't agree on something, she can be a little devil! She is a huge help with Jack as these two are best buds! Jack likewise adores her and she is the only one out of his other siblings that he'll let parent him. Eden is also in the fifth grade and loves to read. She has a passion for horses and all animals really and also loves to cook and bake.

Top 7 Favorite of "The Complete Life's Little Instruction Book"

{Why 7 and not 10...because I haven't found three more I really like the best yet. AND these are in no particular order either.}

1. Remember that life's most treasured moments often come unannounced.
2. Hold puppies, kittens, and babies any time you get the chance.
3. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.
4. Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
5. Watch for the big problems. They disguise big opportunities.
6. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
7. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.

The Duty of Mothers...

The duty of the mother is to watch over her children, and give them their early education, for impressions received in infancy are lasting. You know, yourselves, by experience, that the impressions you have received in the dawn of your mortal existence, bear, to this day, with the greatest weight upon your mind. It is the experience of people generally, that what they imbibe from their mothers in infancy, is the most lasting upon the mind through life... Children have all confidence in their mothers; and if mothers would take proper pains, they can instill into the hearts of their children what they please. You will, no doubt, recollect reading, in the Book of Mormon, of two thousand young men, who were brought up to believe that, if they put their whole trust in God, and served Him, no power would overcome them. You also recollect reading of them going out to fight, and so bold were they, and so mighty their faith, that it was impossible for their enemies to slay them. This power and faith they obtained through the teachings of their mothers.

-Brigham Young