Total Eclipse of the Heart

We were in the path of totality for Monday's solar eclipse and had a really cool experience getting to see it! The kids went to school where they got to watch the eclipse too and did some fun activities for it. Brent worked from home, so we watched it together from our driveway.

It's starting!

We got glasses from Girl Scouts for the girls BUT since they were getting to watch at school, Brent and I got to use theirs, yay!

Getting ready!

iPhone photo of totality - it was way neater in person I swear ha

Brent laughed at me trying to put a pair of glasses on my iPhone camera.

I was trying to get a better picture, sue me!

When it got dark, it was really eerie. It wasn't like sunset - it just all of the sudden got dark. More like when a big thunderstorm is coming in.

Bad quality, but my favorite couple!

There was a really cool reflection on the driveway - I'm guessing the light reflecting off the back of my car?

The school posted this picture on Facebook - 

what a cool view of students watching the eclipse!

And a neighbor took these pictures! How cool, right??

This was definitely a really neat experience, and I'm glad we got to witness it.

Movie Review: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

I mentioned in Drew's birthday party post that we went to see the new Ghostbusters movie. I had such a great time taking six 11-13 year old girls!

Plot: When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.

Review: Gosh, this was fun! We all enjoyed it so much. I did not see the Ghostbusters before this that had some of the same characters {Spengler's daughter and grandchildren}, but you didn't really need to see that one to get what was going on, as long as you've seen the original Ghostbusters. This was funny and entertaining. I especially enjoyed several callbacks to the original movie, so if you're a fan of that, I think you'll get a kick out of it too! Solid entertainment!