Where Does The Time Go?

It is almost Mother's Day. I can hardly believe that I have been a mom for 2 years already!

I have been thinking about birthday party ideas lately. MAK is turning 2 in about a month! I can hardly believe it! My heart overflows with love for him (most of the time). I cannot imagine life without him.

It is getting close to summer vacation. We will say our goodbyes to a wonderful exchange student who stayed with us this school year. It was a great experience, and we will miss her.

Father's day is going to come quickly. I have a wonderful husband who is a great father to MAK. God has truly blessed me when he brought Kevin into my life!

Before I know it, my sister will be here! We will take family vacations, and I will be celebrating another birthday. Where does the time go?

Rest and Reading

This past weekend we went up to Crystal Mountain Resort for a mini-vacation. On Friday, Kevin and I went wine tasting before the grandparents brought MAK up with them. It was great to spend time together. We went to 6 different wineries on both the Leelanau Peninsula and Old Mission Peninsula (3 on each). We tasted at 4 of those 6, and we enjoyed the views.

I have been doing a lot of reading (to Kevin's disappointment). I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for book club. It was a great read, and I loved the humor in it. It was about an author who goes to the Channel Island of Guernsey because she started correspondence with the Society there. She hopes to write about their experiences during the war. It is set during post WWII. 

I also read The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld for book club. It is a teen science fiction book about society in the future. It was a great book so I read the other books in the series. Pretties is the second book, and Specials is the third book. I also read Extras which is set about 3 years after the first 3 books. I didn't like that book as much, but it did a good job of showing how things changed after the first 3 books. 

      

These pictures were taken from http://scottwesterfeld.com/books/uglies/ 

I have also read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. It was different than what I expected based on the reviews of friends and family who read it. I liked the mystery in it since I really like to read that genre. I am going to read the other 2 books in the series as well. I will have to let you know what I think of them all when I am done.