The last week or so.

I just haven’t taken many pictures lately (though there are some at the end of the rambles if you need to skip down.)  The days are sort of blurring together (and it’s only just June!).  I personally love sitting around the house all day, but most everyone else around here gets bored with that.  :)

Matt’s really good about taking the girls outside in the evenings to run in the cul-du-sac, ride bikes, take a walk, or play in the sprinkler.  I finish up dishes, put the baby to bed, and sometimes just sit on the couch!

Kathryn is here this week (yay!!) until Saturday so she’s kept us entertained the past few days.  :)

I’ve been devouring books on my Kindle lately.  Kathy (who since we were kids has turned me on to great books) recommended a couple of series, and I’ve gone broke enjoyed reading them.  :)  Have I mentioned I LOVE my Kindle?  Cause, I do.  A lot.  It is so enjoyable to read on it and then not have more books laying around or waiting to go back to the library.  And no matter what book I’m reading or how big it is or new it is or whatever, it fits into my purse.  Ahhhh…  Don’t get me wrong, I like print too, and I’ll be finishing the series I’m reading in print.  I’ve had to cut myself off.  :)  So anyway, the books I’ve been enjoying the past few weeks are:

• Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
• The Mark of the Lion trilogy by Francine Rivers
• Zion Counterpoint series by Bodie and Brock Thoene (this is the one that it turns out is like a million volumes long so I had to cut myself off of buying the Kindle editions.)

I’m going to borrow/check out the remainder of the series (and happily so!).  I enjoyed spending a little birthday gift card money on the Kindle books though.  A nice treat for the mommy!  Now on to some pictures!

I set up a little clothesline for the girls and filled a basket with small cloths, socks, and baby doll clothes.  They’ve enjoyed using clothespins!  I cannot wait for Joanna to be tall enough to help me hang clothes outside.  Standing on a (very sturdy) chair, she can reach some things to take off the line.  She LOVES to help with this!

Sprinkler fun!!

Joanna and Anna at swim lesson yesterday.  Look at Joanna with her face in the water!!  I think she was practicing blowing bubbles while kicking.

Natalie got to come too this time.  And Lisa had an extra set of goggle she could use.  Natalie was VERY excited about that!

She kept talking and talking about swim lesson and how excited she was to get in the water (she didn’t have a lesson; she just got in with me).  She had a DEATH GRIP on me in the water though.  It was funny.

Little tired girls drying off:

And just to round things out, a lovely picture of Natalie eating corn on the cob!

The Kindle Came!

Right around Natalie’s birthday, the Kindle came!  I was coming home just as the delivery man (Fed Ex, I think?) was driving up, so he put it in my hot little hands!  It was a Wednesday. 

Isn’t is pretty?!  My first thought was that this screen was a peelie.  But it isn’t!  That’s what the text looks like.

I knew that it had “e-ink” technology, but I guess I didn’t really know what that meant.

It really does look like a page from a book!

I’ve been enjoying it very much the last couple of weeks.  I reread Little Women on it (free!) and am continuing with Little Men now.  Tomorrow a NEW book I haven’t read (and actually will pay for) comes out on Kindle, so I’m excited about that!  I actually preordered it, and when I turn it on tomorrow, it will automatically deliver it.  I think that’s pretty fancy. 

I also downloaded a free Bible version (ESV, I think) and I like it pretty well.  It’s reasonably easy to look things up, and the version doesn’t seem too far off from what I’m used to.  Eventually I may download another version, but so far I’m happy with this one.  I’m trying to remember to always have my Kindle in my purse when I leave the house, so this means I will always have a Bible with me as well.

I have a ton more free classics loaded on the Kindle.  As long as I have it with me, I won’t be without something to read!  Of course, with three children, I don’t have that problem as much as I used to.