Summer reading list and what's going on...

Thank you to everyone for such helpful advise about Disney! I especially loved hearing from "new commenters". I will still check the post, so if anyone else has advise, please chime in!

We have really had a nice few weeks off from school. The kids have been getting along and we are all enjoying a change of pace. Matthew got stung above his eye by a yellowjacket yesterday marking the THIRD sting that he has received in his face in his 7 1/2 years on earth. Poor kid! He did manage to catch the yellowjacket while on his face. He bagged it and enjoyed a little frontier justice with the doomed insect! He looks a little like "Beast" from "Beauty and the Beast" today. I am ready for the swelling to go down!

Thomas started T-Ball last night, or "Major League T-Ball" as he calls it! Wow. All I can say is that it is going to be a really HOT 8 weeks! We are all enjoying letting Thomas stand in the spotlight by himself. Thomas is the most supportive brother I know to Matthew during all of Matthew's activities, so it is Thomas's turn to be fan worshipped!

The kids' "cousin-in-law" has been here for a few weeks. Lauren's sister-in-law and niece are visiting from Georgia. Hannah is 10 and my kids adore her! Hannah and Matthew have been working on a book called "Best Friends", a story about Matthew the monkey and Hannah, the bird!

Mary Beth is now potty trained! She has been sort of potty trained for a year now, and I have been too busy (lazy?) to want to mess with visiting the little girls room at every restaurant and sporting event that we frequent! We have gotten it done now, even though I still resort to pull ups when I don't want to risk it.

I would love to have new pictures to post but my camera broke! I guess three years and thousands of pictures have worn the little guy out. We are trying to decide whether to repair it or get a new one. Wonder which one I am leaning toward?

And now for my summer reading list:

As many of you know, I am an avid reader. I have really slacked off and haven't read a bood since April. ME's surgery, baseball, and season enders of my favorite TV shows have stood in the way. I have been working on my summer reading list and here it goes:

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles
Lusitania, an Epic Tragedy by Diana Preston
The Boleyn Inheritance (I know this one has been on my side bar since April. I WILL finish it this summer!)
Bryon and I have also made a deal that we would read a book this summer that the other one chooses. He wants me to read a David Baldacci book, his favorite author.

Looks like I have a lot to read! I will give recommendations after I finish each. Reruns, and Bryon bringing his work home at night will be an enviroment conducive for reading.