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Everything is always more fun in cartoon! Especially chasing geese through a park!

Book Review: The Host

I have gotten away from doing these, and I think it's time to revive the habit. I LOVE reading. I feel lost when I don't have a good book in my life. I just finished up with a book called "The Host" (I understand you are supposed to underline book titles, but Blogger doesn't let me and it drives me nuts - just thought I would point that out.).

This book was referred to me by my best friend, Meag. She actually loaned it to me back in November when I went to visit her, and for some reason, I just now got around to it. The author is Stephenie Meyer......if that name doesn't ring a bell to any of you, she wrote the Twilight saga. This book is not a vampire book. However, it is science fiction, which I noticed right off the bat.....which is not my preferred genre. Meag told me to stick with the book because it was really good. So I struggled through the first 5 or 6 chapters, wondering how I was going to finish 619 pages of it. And somewhere around the 6th chapter, I was hooked. And I finished the book 3 days later. It was that good. Yes, it does involve aliens, of sorts. And a love story. And conflict. I highly recommend this book. I also did a little bit of research and Meyer plans to write two sequels to this book and it's also been picked up to be turned into a movie, which I'm extremely excited about. If you want to dive into a fantastic book that is maybe a little out of your normal genre, I definitely recommend this book.

New Family Pictures

Eric's mom took us out today for some updated family pictures. We haven't done any serious ones since the summer of our wedding. Needless to say, we were due.

We had quite an adventure with Carter today.

There were geese all over the place and he was sprinting from one side of the park to the other, trying to catch up to them.

From time to time, we caught up to him and made him sit down for a picture....which was still quite difficult.

It was a gorgeous day to be outside and it was a fun outing......and I'm pleased to say we got some shots that will be on full display at our house.

Thanks Michelle!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Wishing my fabulous mother-in-law a wonderful birthday today!! We hope it's a good one!

BIG

Everything to Carter is BIG lately. BIG schoolbus. BIG truck. BIG cup of milk. BIG slide. You get my drift. So we decided that it was time for him to move into a big boy bed. He has outgrown his toddler bed.....not physically, but the rails are serving no purpose anymore since he hasn't once fallen out. So why continue to keep him confined in the toddler bed when he's clearly ready for the big boy bed?

So I called up my mom because she has been holding a bed for me. The bed that my brother used when he was a boy, and before that, my uncle used when he was a boy. Well, not the mattresses, but the headboard and footboard, which we will be sanding down and re-staining to match Carter's dresser.

In the meantime, the mattress set is on the floor, which works out better anyway since it's the perfect height for Carter. The sanding and re-staining project will be tackled next weekend, and I'm quite excited for it.

Congrats, my big boy! You're moving up in the world!

Spring is in the air.....

My car told me on the drive home today that it was 71 degrees. Whether or not that was true, I didn't really care. I was sure of one thing: Carter and I were going outside to play the minute we got home. And play, we did!

There were certain things going on in the backyard today that told me spring is in the air.

First, my tulips are coming up all over the place. Tulips are my favorite flower, so I'm very excited to see these up already!

Second, there was a little boy running all over the place, messy hair, covered in dirt, and carrying around the dog's slobbery ball. Yup - sounds about right if you have a little boy in your life!

We had a great evening playing in the sun, enjoying the light breeze.

I am so excited for spring to hit and STAY so that we can be outside every afternoon/evening after work. I'm sure Carter will keep us extremely busy!!

And my washing machine quite busy since he has no fear of getting dirty.

Hope you all are able to get out and enjoy the gorgeous weather!!!