We are going into our last five days at home before heading to Glacier National Park next weekend. It's super exciting preparing to go with all our long lists of packing supplies and fun new hiking purchases like rain ponchos, backpacks, knives, a 6-pack of connected walkie talkies, etc. But it's also been nerve-wracking. For … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/14/2021 #imwayr

As I mentioned last week, April and May were pretty unusual months for our family between home sale, vacation, and serious family illness. So I'm finally trying to inch my way back into a workable blogging routine. YAY, I made it to the second week! 😂  Outside of a planned vacation to Glacier National Park later … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 6/7/2021 #imwayr

It's been an unusual last two months between the sale of our house, our vacation to Terry Peak (where we nearly slid right off a steep road and into a gulch during a surprise snow storm), and a severe illness in the family that meant an unexpected 1,000 mile trip across the country (Northwestern Nebraska … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 5/31/2021 #imwayr

The Adventure Is Now Jess Redman May 4, 2021 Farrar, Straus and Giroux Milton P. Greene is having the Most Totally, Terribly, Horribly, Heinously Rotten Year of All Time. He appears to have lost his best friend, he’s being bullied at school, his parents are getting a divorce, and now Milton must go spend the … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: The Adventure is Now

I've taken an unexpected blogging sabbatical for most of the month of April, so I'm running a tad late for our first update. While I regularly read/review around 350 to 400 books per year, there isn’t always an absolute plan on what I pick up next. Often it’s what’s available at the moment. So I … Continue reading #MustReadin2021 4/29/2021

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie(The Great Peach Experiment #1)Erin Soderberg DowningApril 6, 2021Pixel+Ink/Holiday House This new middle grade novel by Erin Soderberg Downing sure packs an emotional punch for being only 256 pages. Three Peach family children, 12-year-old Lucy, 10-year-old Freddy, and 8-year-old Herb, are left grieving the loss of their mother … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie

Kellee Moye of Unleashing Readers and Jen Vincent of Teach Mentor Texts decided to give Kathryn’s (at Book Date) “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” meme a kidlit focus, reviewing books in children’s literature (picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, or anything in the world of kidlit). If you enjoy this type of reading, join us every … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/22/2021 #imwayr

Like so many others, we've had some rather unusual weather this past weekend. I just have to take a moment to share some of our forecast from yesterday and today (3/14-3/15). See the very center of the storm in the map, below -- that little yellow blobby area where it says 42.9 inches of snow … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/15/2021 #imwayr

This has felt like the never ending week as we're having several things happening on our old house (which we HOPE will close before Easter). We had new handrails installed, a new water heater installed, finished both inspections and appraisals, and tomorrow the roofers are starting on a new roof while someone else will begin … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/8/2021 #imwayr

I can hardly believe it’s already March. This month is my 6-year-old's and my 12-year-old's birthdays, so we have a bunch of planning to do and at least one slumber party to prepare for. I'm also looking forward to the North Texas Teen Book Festival March 5 - 6! As many already know, I grew … Continue reading It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/1/2021 #imwayr