My family was invited by friends of ours to a free (!) premiere showing of The Lord of the Beans, the latest VeggieTales movie from Big Idea. It isn’t even released yet, but Child Evangelism Fellowship got hold of it and gave a free showing in the beautiful Mount Baker Theatre in downtown Bellingham. I had the honor of taking Sarah and Bethany to this amazing event.

I should be ashamed to admit that we own every single VeggieTales episode ever released. (In fact, we bought our first VeggieTales videos before we even had any kids!) Combine that with my love of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, of which the VeggieTales movie is a parody, and you’ve got a match made in heaven. We really enjoyed the show; for my part, the parody aspect could have been better, but it definitely had great moments.

Thanks again to the Alberts for inviting us! I’ll be surprised if the DVD isn’t part of our VeggieTales library by the end of the year…