Slices of Life

It's the first Thursday of the month and time for Share Your Shelf with Dara and I.  I hope you all look forward to this monthly link up as much as I do. I just love getting new ideas for books to read or listen to.   Oh wow did I ever have another fabulous month of reading/listening! I also ticked a lot more books off of my 52 book list (many of which happened completely by mistake-- which is really unusual when I've gotten so far into the list).  1. In Your Dreams by Sarah Adams (When in Rome book #4) -- This was a really cute finish to the series. I enjoyed reading about Madison and James working together to start a new restaurant on James' family farm. James has secretly been in love with Madison for years and had no plans to follow up on his brother's suggestion to open a restaurant until he heard from Madison and knew it would be the perfect way to get her to move back home.Madison barely finished her courses in culinary school and has been dying to ...

 It's the first Wednesday of the month and time for Currently with Amy!  Digging – These views!!     Weeding – We weeded 2 bags of clothes from Alec's closet as he's outgrown so much of his clothes. Hopefully we can find replacements for most of it... though I'm not sure there is a whole lot we're going to find with even longer inseams.  Enjoying – Time spent exploring with the family. Eating/Drinking – All the vacation junk food.  bourbon burger yogurt bowl   brisket, sweet potato fries, and cornbread   triple chocolate mousse cake Shopping for – This week we're shopping for souvenirs only but once home we'll be buying Alec clothes.  He also needs to find some comfy size 15 or perhaps 16 sized shoes as his toes are poking out of this old size 14 sneakers. Plus I have a list of things I want to get for his Greece trip that will be here before I know it.   

 *Originally published May 7, 2013 when the boys were 9, 7, & 5 We packed lunches and got ready to head out for a fun day at the zoo with the boys' cousins, aunt, and grandmother.  We arrived at the zoo and spent 4 hours walking around looking at animals. They had a ball. We saw a few animals that we hadn't been able to see on our last few visits and they had so much fun playing with their cousins. Here are a few highlights from our day:  a snapping turtle     learning about feathers and how birds "seal" them  Playing with the water station  colors, wheels and gears are so fun  wind chimes  making forts with scarves the boys played with the ropes and hooks  the elephants were outside  kangaroos         the giant anteater enjoying our Del's lemonade and sharing with the dog  Red panda's are still a huge hit  All the animals w...