Fall Outdoor Film Festival

Last year, in our family, we started a fun tradition that we hope we can maintain every year. We plan a Fall Film Festival where we pick 4 movies that we would like to watch together. Then we plan which 4 nights we would like to have as movie nights. When the night comes, we move our TV and DVD player outside, put our jammies on, and set up sleeping bags and blankies on the grass along with camp chairs. We also make our favorite Caramel Popcorn to eat. We might try some new treat recipes for a couple of our movie nights this year. We have especially loved this activity for some of our family nights or times when other activities are not in the budget. We decided to do this after finding out that watching family movies together is one of Mckinley's favorite things to do. Here is our Caramel Popcorn recipe:

Sea Salt Caramel Devil Popcorn

1 Cube Butter
1 Cube Margarine
1 Cup Brown Sugar
3 cups mini marshmallows ( I don't know why it makes any difference that they are the mini ones but it actually does.)
2-3 bags (3.5 oz) Butter Microwave Popcorn popped with kernels removed.
Dash of large grain sea salt

In a large saucepan, melt together butter, margarine and brown sugar. When melted (Brown sugar dissolved) add marshmallows and stir until they are melted and incorporated. (Doesn't need to be boiling) Pour mixture over bowl of popped popcorn and mix together. Add a dash of large kernel sea salt at the end of mixing. Enjoy!