Favourite Family Movies, TV Series, Audio Books and Music

Just thought I would share with you our listing of favourites within our family~

Favourite Family Movies ♥

• 5 Children and It
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Anne of Green Gables Trilogy
• Baby's Day Out
• Bedtime Stories
• Cheaper by the Dozen 1 and 2 (Steve Martin)
• Dudley Do right
• Enchanted
• Ever After
• Father of the Bride 1 and 2 
• George of the Jungle
• The Chronicles of Narnia Series
• Inkheart
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• Maverick ( 1 scene skip)
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding (scene skip)
• Nanny McPhee 1 and 2
• National Treasure 1 and 2
• Night at the Museum 1 and2
• The Star Wars Saga
• Pirates of the Carribean 1, 2, 3 and 4
• Spiderwick Chronicles
• The Forbidden Kingdom
• The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
• The Karate Kid Series 1,2,and 3
• The Pacifier
• The Princess Bride
• The Princess Diaries 1 and 2
• The Star Wars Saga
• Yours Mine And Ours (the Lucille Ball version.)
• The Theif Lord
• Dinotopia 
• The Parent Trap (1998)
• A Knight in Camelot
• The Three musketeers (older kids)
• X-men first class, X-men 1 & 2 and Wolverine
• Leap Year
• Kit Kittredge, Felicity, Mollly and Samantha - An American Girl Series

Some of my Favourite Music ♥

• Any Celtic Music
• Casting Crowns
• David Meece
• Edens Bridge
• Hillsong
• Jonas Brothers
• Michael Card
• Michael W Smith
• Mozart
• Newsboys
• Plumb
• Revival in Belfast (all Robin Mark in fact)
• Sons of Korah
• Steve Grace

Favourite Animated Family Movies ♥

Aladdin 1 and 3

Arthur and the Invisibles

Bee Movie

Cars 1 and 2

El Dorado

Finding Nemo

Hoodwinked

Horton Hears a Who

Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2

Monsters Inc

Mulan

Over the Hedge

Ratatouille

Robin Hood

Shrek 1, 2 and 3

Sinbad

The Adventures of Tintin (Series)

The Adventures of Tintin (new movie)

The Aristocats

The Incredibles

The Rescuers Down Under

The Sword in the Sword

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends

Toy Story 1, 2 and 3

Megamind

Katie and Orbie (series)

Tangled

Dispicable Me

The Emperor's New Grove

Tarzan

Favourite TV Series ♥

Bewitched

Fawlty Towers

Get Smart (old ones)

Gilligans Island

Hogan's Heros

Tintin

Katie and Orbie

Home Improvements

Little House on the Prairie

Road to Avonlea

The Flying Nun

The Good Life

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew

The Waltons

Hornblower

North and South (Catherine Gaskill)

Pride and Predjudice

Robin Hood (BBC version)

McGuyver

Clone Wars

Favourite Family Musicals ♥

• Annie Get your Gun
• Calamity Jane
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Hello, Dolly !
• Mary Poppins
• My Fair Lady
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers( all time fav)
• The Sound of Music
• Singing in the Rain
• Phantom of the Opera

My Favourite Authors and Illustrators ♥

• Eloise Wilkins
• Elsa Beskow
• Gene Stratton-Porter
• Jill Barklem
• Kate Greenaway
• Kim Lewis
• Louisa May Allcott
• Marguerite de Angeli
• Patricia Polacco
• Rosemary Suttcliff
• Shirley Hughes
• Tasha Tudor

Favourite Audio Books ♥

• Classical Kids Series
• Dads Army
• Famous Five (any of these)
• Grimms Fairy Tales
• Josie Smith
• Just William Series
• Little House Series
• Narnia Series
• Olga da Polga
• Postman Pat
• Rangers Apprentice 1,2,3, 4, and 5 read by William Zappa
• Redwall ( any of the them)
• The Borrowers
• The Indian in the Cupboard
• The Inheritance Series
• The Lord of the Rings Series
• The Princess Bride
• The Twins of St Claire
• Inkheart series
• Noddy
• A Series of  Unfortunate Events
• The Princess Bride

Favourite Big kid and Grown up Movies ♥

• Batman Begins
• Emma
• Get Smart
• Gladiator
• King Arthur (scene skip)
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Little Women
• Miss Potter
• Mission Impossible 1 and 3
• Pride and Predjudice (BBC version)
• Sahara
• Sense and Sensibility
• The Bourne Series
• The last Samuri
• The Matrix 1,2 (skip scene here) and 3
• The Patriot
• X-men series 1 and 2
• X-men:Wolvarine
• X-men: First Class
• The Mask of Zorro
• The Lost Battalion
• Thor
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Saving Private Ryan
• Inception
• The Last Samari

Blessings to you and your homes,
 

Sunday Music

For your auditory pleasure this morning.... snippets of music from my boys' school music concert this past week. Apologies for the tragic quality. I sat in the front row but on the wrong side.... so all you can see of my boy is his white collar under Mr Neville's right conducting arm!

NB. You'll need to be in a quiet place/sound proof room/vacuum to be able to hear it... the magic of acoustic guitar!

Little one has just joined the Prep Choir. They sang, 'If I Only Had Brain'... which couldn't be more relevant for that age group. He's the one right on the end, on the right.

He told me he can't wait until his voice drops so he can sound like this:

I'm whipping out my violin today for a quick practice. I am sneaking into an orchestra rehearsal tomorrow night to assess their standard.... and if I am up to playing in back desk second violins! Since I gave up my bushband, after 19 years, I miss making music. These school concerts don't help with the yearning.

Happy Sunday! I am being cooked bacon and eggs... so I will just sit here, and sip my coffee with my feet up, until it is served!

Will You Love Me as I Have Loved You???

Reflecting on this song from Mass today!

I actually love it even though it is not an old hymn which tend to be my favourites.
It is interesting as Stephen really doesn't like it at all, however I enjoy the words and the fact that they  challenge me to look at my relationship with Jesus.

Am I strong enough to follow Him when things go wrong for me? Do I trust Jesus with all the decisions in my life? Will I carry His cross each day?

My absolute favourite line is~
'is your love strong enough to endure?'

How hard this has been for me as we have struggled with many issues over the past few years. Wondering when God will answer the prayers we have asked over and over. How often I have asked the same question Jesus asked His Father ~
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" and then come to the realisation that I am being asked to endure and I can have the strength if I rest in my faith in Jesus.

Perhaps this will be a great reflecting as for me as we come into the last week of Lent ~ HOLY WEEK

WILL YOU LOVE ME?  ( a youtube link for the melody, but I don't think it is performed  the best that this song can be sung)

Will you give me your life forever?
Will you carry my cross every day?
Will you walk in the light of my presence?
Will you follow the truth of my ways?

Will you love me as I have loved you?
Will you live with me
in the darkness as I die?
For the moon and the stars
will be gone like the night,
and the sun will be shining on you.

Like the purest of gold in the furnace
is your love strong enough to endure?
Does your faith carry on through the shadows?
Does it shine in the night for the world?

Will you love me as I have loved you?
Will you live with me
in the darkness as I die?
For the moon and the stars
will be gone like the night,
and the sun will be shining on you.

Can you walk in the footprints of silence?
Through the wilderness sands in the sun
From the desert of doubt and temptation,
to the glorious mountain of fire?

Will you love me as I have loved you?
Will you live with me
in the darkness as I die?
For the moon and the stars
will be gone like the night,
and the sun will be shining on you.

Blessings to you and your homes,