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Current Read

Finished Saving Fish From Drowning, it was an amazing journey through rural Asia with a group of American travelers.

I've now moved on to Gordon B. Hinckley's Standing for Something. Join along, we could start a book club!

Happy News!

Aaron and I found out the day after our anniversary that we are PREGNANT (so much for keeping it a secret)! We are very excited to welcome Smith Baby #2 in late October! I'm feeling sicker than a D-O-G, so I'm no fun at the moment, hence why I haven't been posting much.

I was going to post this with the last one, but it deserved it's own separate post!

Happy Anniversary!

Aaron and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary in Reno on Feb. 22. Aaron had to go to Reno for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Expo, so Garrett and I tagged along with him! Aaron's parents met us there so Aaron and I were able to go out to dinner to Famous Murphy's and enjoy the Big and Rich concert (thanks so much Papa 2 and Meme!). Aaron treated me to a massage and facial at the hotel spa, it was so relaxing I feel asleep during the massage. Hope I wasn't snoring away:) We enjoyed spending time with family and doing some shopping (DSW is my new favorite shoe store). Reno has so many great stores, much, much better than Paso Robles, where the ONLY major clothing store is Kohl's.
On our way up to Reno we stayed the night at my brothers new pad in San Ramon. His new baby Claire is SOOOO CUTE. She looks a little scared in this picture, she was hoping that Garrett the crazy toddler wouldn't attack:) Thanks Sean and Michelle for the comfy place to stay and the delicious dinner!

On our last day of the trip Garrett contracted some sort of cold, so when we returned home we took him to the doctors office and found out he has pneumonia and an ear infection! Poor baby doll! He has been really sick, and has not eaten for three days, only juice. We are taking good care of him, and making sure he lays low for the next week or so.

Love you all!

New Read

Since I'm on a roll, I starting reading Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan. It was been sitting on my shelf for a year, finally decided to dust it off and hopefully get lost in another literary masterpiece.

Sequels to Twilight

I've been hooked and anti-social while obsessing over these most intriguing novels. I've read three novels within the last week...a record for me since I'm not a huge reader. Stephanie Meyer develops characters that you can't imagine how they couldn't be real, you feel their emotions as they struggle with love, hunger and pain. This is a great series.

A forth book Breaking Dawn will be out in August 2008. Since this is a while for me to wait, please let me know if there are any novels that you have read and feel the same way about.

Twilight

Twilight is one of the most moving books I have read in a long time. It kept me thinking about it long after I read the last page. ...craving more. Highly recommend this read, see how so many readers have fallen in love with Edward, the vampire!