new books

Well, my original plan was to read one book a month, but we moved and life got in the way. So I just do the best I can. I actually have been reading lately and I did read two books over the summer, but both of them were not to my liking so I didn't finish them. They were the Zoo Keepers Wife and The time Travelers Wife. Apparently I don't like books that are about someones wife-go figure. So after reading those two flops, I decided to read a book I know wouldn't disappoint--Anne of Green Gables. Such a great book. And because I've seen the movie a million times, it was fun to compare and see what they changed from the book. I also read The Help. I really liked this book and luckily went into it knowing nothing about it. I do love doing that with books and movies. It makes them so much more fun to see or read. So I recommend that book to anyone. Finally, I just finished Mockingjay. I have loved the Hunger Games series, but I still love the first book the best. It was hard because I read the books right as they came out so it was difficult to remember little details from the previous books. I'm sure that would have made the book that much better. I do recommend that series to everyone also, but since I was on a waiting list of over 1000 at the library, I'm sure most have read it also. Well, I hope to get back in the habit of reading more, but who knows what's just around the corner!

Halloween

I hope all of you out there had a fun halloween. Even though it was raining, my kids braved the elements and came out with far more candy than they needed. We also only had four groups come to our door so we had a ton of leftover candy at the house. This is not good because little chocolate bars are so easy to just pop in your mouth all throughout the day!


This is Carter's popsicle costume. We had so many other options for him, but he insisted on being a blue popsicle. So this was quickly made about an hour before trick or treating. Because it was raining, the costume didn't last all that long, but Carter was ready to come home anyway!


Ryan was a vampire. We would have sprayed his hair black, but the rain kept us from wanting to do that this year. Thus you have a blond vampire. Edward's hair wasn't black and he still looked good, right??


Samantha chose to be Spiderella this year again. We've moved so nobody saw it last year (unless you saw it on my blog). I was happy to not have to come up with a costume for her and she was happy to wear it.