We kicked off our first week of summer by going to the Point Drive In Movie Theater with some friends of ours. I swear Ian had a great time, he just happens to wear a permafrown constantly these days. We got all the kids dressed in pajamas before heading over to the Knight's for dinner. It was a BYOM (bring your own meat) BBQ. Afterwards, my friend popped a bunch of popcorn and we all drove over to the Point. We saw Kung Fu Panda, followed by Indiana Jones. (Two movies for the price of one!) We sat on chairs and blankets for the first movie and the kids caught fireflies and pigged out on candy and popcorn. The air was warm and breezy. Only Danny, Sandy and the marching candy and hot dog from Grease were missing.Once Indiana Jones started, we put blankets and pillows in the back of our car and the kids went to sleep. It was kind of a bummer to have to wake them up to buckle them into their car seats, but hey, it ain't the 70s or 80s anymore. I'm sure our parents would have left us sleeping the back seat and thought nothing of it to drive half an hour without us all buckled.
You could buy cotton candy, popcorn, regular candy, hot dogs and FUNNEL CAKE at the concessions stand and after the first movie everything is half price. We didn't buy anything because my friend kindly packed us a bunch of her delicious candy bar cake that has 10 candy bars mixed into the frosting. I am going to ask her for the recipe and post it later.
The only cons were that the sound wasn't great since it was coming from a radio station and out through our car speakers and the movies started really late at night to begin with so I dozed off a few times during both movies.
The drive in movies get a big thumbs up from our family, a really fun way to start our summer. I highly recommend it, especially if you are a night owl.
2 comments:
I can't wait til my kids are older and we can do things like this. It sounds SO fun!
Drive-ins are SO old school... and AWESOME! I love it that there are actually still some drive-ins that families can go to! We've been to a few drive-ins with our kids, but they are definitely NOT around like they used to be! Even the one on State St. in Provo got torn down, and I remember going there with our kids, the Helies, and the Macks! Yep... those were the good old days. I think you guys should go regularly. The sound may not be perfect, but what great memories for the kids!
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