WEEKLY UPDATES: FUN & FAMILY

 

Good morning!  Today’s post will link up to The Sunday Salon, The Sunday Post and Stacking the Shelves, for weekly updates.

**Mailbox Monday is now hosted at the home site:  Mailbox Monday.

This week has been a round of fun, laughter, and lots of good food….my son and DIL from Berlin are here, after a brief stop in LA, the glamor capital, LOL; here are a few of our favorite moments.

Below, Craig and Gabi are enjoying a taste of brew, while awaiting a delicious pizza.  We had taken a small trip to the foothill community where I lived when Craig was last here….and just couldn’t resist a visit to the local pizza factory.

 

 

 

And here is a glimpse of Shaver Lake, a mountain community just above where we live…and the day was overcast, but much cooler than it is down in the valley.  Due to the poor snowfalls of our previous winter, the lake is down…but visitors still enjoy it.

 

 

 

Now for my poor showing on the blogs this week!

LAST WEEK ON THE BLOGS:

Let’s Curl up with “Watermelon” – Tuesday Excerpts

Bookish Fridays: Excerpting “The Perfect Son”

Review: Those Secrets We Keep, by Emily Liebert (Vine Review)

Review: Pretty Baby (e-book), by Mary Kubica (NetGalley Review)

 

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INCOMING BOOKs: (Title/Cover Linked to Amazon)

No books in the mailbox!  I downloaded one book.

The Perfect Son (e-book), by Barbara Claypole White

 

 

 

From a distance, Felix Fitzwilliam, the son of an old English family, is a good husband and father. But, obsessed with order and routine, he’s a prisoner to perfection. Disengaged from the emotional life of his North Carolina family, Felix has let his wife, Ella, deal with their special-needs son by herself.

A talented jewelry designer turned full-time mother, Ella is the family rock…until her heart attack shatters their carefully structured existence. Now Harry, a gifted teen grappling with the chaos of Tourette’s, confronts a world outside his parents’ control, one that tests his desire for independence.

As Harry searches for his future, and Ella adapts to the limits of her failing health, Felix struggles with his past and present roles. To prevent the family from being ripped apart, they must each bend with the inevitability of change and reinforce the ties that bind.

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WHAT’S UP NEXT? (Titles/Covers Linked to Amazon)

Currently Reading:  Watermelon (e-book), by Marian Keyes

 

 

 

 

Hour of Need (e-book, Scarlet Falls #1), by Melinda Leigh (a book I purchased in 2014, which I would love to read, now that the next book is out).

 

 

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My upcoming week will be full of activities with family….today will be swimming and barbecuing at my daughter’s house.  But I do plan to take a book along.

And here is a photo from last weekend, (prior to the arrival of The Berliners):  family gathering at The Elephant Bar, one of our favorite places.  There are many VERY TALL people in our family…LOL.

 

 

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This was my week…enjoy the upcoming one!

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