"Sound of Music" fun

Taking Leah on a special "big girl" date to see the play in Park Rapids

 Our tickets..

 Listening to Debbie Turner's presentation of what it was like to film the movie.. 

(she played "Marta" in the 1965 movie!)

 Getting to meet her and have her sign my book!

She was so sweet! 

Her inscription.. made me smile!

Leah and I LOVED the play.. :) It was rather long, and yet Leah did so well! She told me she liked it better than "Puss in Boots" (her favorite movie) so I guess that is a huge success! ;) 

My grandma, mom and aunt & uncle went too.. it was a great day with family! That's what I love about the "Sound of Music".. every generation LOVES it.. it is timeless. ;) 

(We had 4 generations seeing it together in our family!) 

Short Straw Bride..

A few months ago, I signed up to be a free Fiction reviewer for Bethany House Books, and was SO excited to get to read some great new Christian Fiction for free! But as the months went by, I was never selected. Then, out of the blue I was selected for this one, and was SOOOOOO thrilled!

I recieved it yesterday in the mail and started reading it right away. I finished it that evening, YES.. it was that good! I adored it! It is a story about 4 backwoods brothers and their adjustment to suddenly having "womenfolk" in their family!  It reminded me a LOT of one of my favorite movies, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"... that might be why I liked it so much.

I LOVED Travis Archer's character.. SO easy to fall in love with him and Meri.. the emotion of their relationship was real and so poignant.  Lots of other great characters & drama throughout the book as well.

I truly hope the author will write a sequel.. I fell in love with the Archer brothers and want to see what will happen to each of them!


Soooo.. if you are looking for a good book to read, I encourage you to dive into this great book!

Science Center!!!!

The Girls have always wanted to go into the Science Center to explore, so one slow Friday we did just that! It was a blast! Seriously considering becoming a member, so we can go in all the time! :)

 Abigail loved the train table

Watching the pennies go down

 The Dinosaur!!!!

 Bekah loved the echo machine

Abigail was fascinated by the Nemo fish

I loved the cool anemone! 

 Abigail trying the circle "ride"

Whee! 

Making their own pictures!

And of course, the silly mirrors!