Battle of Richmond

Kindergarten Pictures

Trying my hand at a few Kindergarten pictures...
This first one is my favorite:

This one is a close second:

And this one just gets her whole sassy personality:

Love my kindergartener!

Grandma

While we were in Utah, I tried to get a nice picture of Rachael with each of her grandparents.  Somehow I forgot to take one with Grandma... so we snapped a good one while they were here for a visit.

Rachael has the four best grandparents in the world!

The Heart Mender

I received a free copy in the mail of 'The Heart Mender' by Andy Andrews; for which I was asked to publish a review on my blog.  I actually finished reading the book a couple of weeks ago, but as usual I have been busy.

Overall I enjoyed this book.  From the artifacts recovered in the backyard to the improbable romance of a war widow and a German submariner, the story is compelling and the characters are well defined.  Although the outcome is predictable, the story takes several twists and turns that make truth stranger than fiction. The romance was lovely.  I learned that U-boats spent quite a bit of time in the Gulf of Mexico - something I did not know much about before I read this book.

Although I like the illustration of the principle of forgiveness, I felt the book was a little preachy on the topic.  I would have enjoyed it more had the author not tried quite so hard to hit me over the head with it. 

Let me know if you would like to borrow the book!