April ideas

I was thinking with all the books that came my way from the library I would let you know what I think in preparation for Mother's Day!

• By Small and Simple Things  BYU womens conference talks.  These are always filled with all the goodness you would experience at womens conference.
• Mothers of Faith by Gary Toyn  This is a fascinating and enormous book (300+ pages) about well know individuals who each write a tribute to/about their mothers.  I enjoyed reading about Mrs, Romney, Jimmer's mom, Sister Hinkley, Kyle Whittinghams mother,Harry Reids mom, and on and on.
• Christ's Gifts to Women by Heather Moore and Angela Eschler This is a beautiful book.  Beautiful art, beautiful script, and a beautiful message.  I loved that the messages of Christs gifts of mercy, experience, wholeness, nurturing, and seeing are accompanied by art.
• Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson.  If you are a super fan of her blog then you probably already own this.  If not, borrow from a friend or get it from the library.  I LOVED it!
• Doing what we came to do, living a life of love by Ardeth Kapp.  This is the only one I have not read yet.  However, I feel confident in this book being a good one.  I love her as a person and have enjoyed her other messages.

Just in case you needed an idea other than flowers, jewelry, photographs, etc.  Happy Spring!

March Reads

Pioneer Women cookbook.  Love it.  In fact, it has three of my favorite recipes from her blog.  Eric loves the creamy tomato sauce over pasta.  I love the burritos and the chicken enchiladas.  We always order the chips and salsa and grilled corn quac at Chili's and she has a recipe for that too.  We are fans of her cooking show and have tried many of the recipes only to finish the meal smiling.  WOW.  Eric just did the steak with peppercorn sauce, salad, bread, and her onion strings for dinner last night.  I could live happily making the recipes from her blog, but the book is awesome.


Darkfall by Janice Hardy.   I really enjoyed the conclusion of this series.  I reread Blue Fire#2 so I could get in my mind all the characters again. I don't really want to write about this last book because if you haven't read the first one, Shifter, then you should.  Plus, now you know that the series is finished and you won't have to wait for the true ending like I did.  Great read. Enjoy.

Beyonders #2 by Brandon Mull.  When you buy two books for your boys and you don't have one for yourself it gets a little tricky.  I asked Tyler if I could borrow his soon and he said yes.

Skinny Chicks eat Real Food by Christine Avanti.  For me, it was reading about a girl and her clients who don't eat anything I do. If I was going to make changes to my eating habits this book would be one I would take another look at.  I like many of the ideas, but the reality is I am trying to get one of my children to just take a bite of chicken.  I am not too worried what part of the country it came from or what it was fed or if it is organic or if it just says it is on the label.  I would be happy if he would take just one bite. I like the menu included for breakfast, lunch, and dinner ideas.

Happy Reading!