Loving it

I just started this book my mom let me barrow and I am LOVEING it, I love a book that I can't put down and that gets me all gitty inside, this is doing it for me. I think it is because I think of Erik and I and when I heard him sing to me and my reaction!  There are five books I think so that makes me even more excited that I have a good long time to read these books.  So mom you will have to find out who has your #3 because I am thinking these first two wont take me to long, loving it!

Undaunted

I am reading  The Undaunted.  800 pages-  Well worth it.

In fact, I couldn't put the book down. 

It starts with a 6-year-old boy working in coal mines in England.  It follows him as he emigrates to Utah as a teenager.  When he is in his early 20s, he begins a challenging pioneer journey in southern Utah.

In the late 1870s, a group of missionaries/pioneers set out to find a shorter route from Escalante, Utah to the southeastern corner of Utah, near what is now Bluff, Utah.  These families set out on what they thought would be a 6 week trek.  It took 6 months, because they had to build wagon roads through challenging terrain.

It’s a fabulous book filled with historical facts and people woven into the story with the fictional characters, faith, perseverance, and love.

The author has a great website with photos of the pioneer route landmarks at:  http://www.undaunted-thenovel.com/

choosing good literature

The other night I got to go hear Michele Watts 2009 Oregon Mother of the year speak, it was so great. She when over choosing good literature I learned a lot and was so excited to be able to hear what she had to say.

you may have tangible wealth untold:

Caskets of Jewels and coffers of gold.

Richer than I you can never be-

I had a Mother who read to me.

"The Reading Mother" by Stickland Gililan

She went over why its so important to read to our kids and what to look for in literature. The different kinds of literature and why poetry is so important. Then she suggested a bunch of great books here are just I few that I am excited to one day own.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 

 just like it says on the book, "One of the best Christmas books ever."

 

Silly Sally is one that your kid will love and want to be read over and over,

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub is just beautiful art and just a great book.

Tuesday has very few words, but the pictures are awesome.

Snowflake Bentley is about the first person who photographed snowflakes and is is a great book.

David Shannon is one of my authors!

Now for my favorite illustrators...

its so fun to say that I know him and have received his Christmas cards that he has made.

BRANDON DORMAN

He has so many books out there here is one he just wrote and illustrated Santa's Stowaway, other ones that you have seen around are The Christmas Sweater, and Pingo.

So here are some awesome books for you for Christmas gifts this year!

 

Oh and after the presentation we asked questions and she gave us all two books.

Yay for books!!

Parenting with Love & Logic

We started a group where we are reading Parenting with Love and Logic, it is soooo good we had our first group get together. It was fun to talk about what we read. I am loving it and I have only read the first 4 chapters.
I got a little excited and made Ethan a chart and money, its just an up grade from his plain lines and stickers one. But he was excited about this one, so I laminated it and the money so it would last. So the goal is when he makes it up to the ctr ship he gets a buck and then he gets to buy something from the family treasure chest like cars, candy, any little toys.. (if anyone knows where to get a cute treasure chest, I am looking) Anyways this book is so great it just makes you want to do that much better.
I found the ship chart on SupperNanny.com and I cant remember where I found the money.

Im Back!

Well I am back to reality, (well kinda of) I just got done reading twilight, new moon, and eclipse. I have never been so hooked on a book my whole life. I now have to get out of Fork's and Bella Swan and Edward life's. Until August as I wait for that magic month to finish my dream land story. I do have to say I didn't like that last book as much, I read it a lot slower because I didn't want it to end, but it was a little to gory for my liken. But I do love these books, even thought I would have never thought about reading about vampire and werewolf.

Twilight

So I have heard soooo much about this book I am excited to read it. But I have to laugh I am on the longest waiting list ever! 54 of 59 for twilight 45 of 49 for New Moon and 18 of 19 for the last book!! So I thought I was going to be the last one to read it, but it turns out that there are more of us that are behind the times in book reading!! So the waiting game begins!

When we were in Idaho we picked up some books on CD for our 12 hour drive and we got 4 books from C.S. Lewis this one Screwtape letters, The Problem of Pain, Mere Christianity, and The Great Divorce, they are deep but really good! We started Mere Christianity then went to Screwtape letters, I really like that one it makes you think about how you acted and how much of that is the devil! Here is a great quote from C.S. Lewis “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”

I totally recommend these books to anyone!