The Canary List *Book Review*

 

Book Description:

Protected by the dark of night, Jaimie Piper runs. But is anywhere safe when Evil is hunting you?
 
She’s just a twelve year-old girl, bumped around between foster homes and relegated to school classes for challenged kids, those lagging in their test scores or with behavioral issues. But her real problem is that she can sense something the other kids can’t—something dark. Something compelling her to run for her life.
 
All Crockett Grey wants is to mark the anniversary of his daughter’s death alone.
 
But when his student Jaimie comes to him, terrified, her need for protection collides with his grief, and a tangled web of bizarre events sends them both spiraling toward destruction.

Crockett’s one hope of getting his life back is to uncover the mysterious secrets of Jaimie’s past and her strange gift. It isn’t long before his discoveries lead him to a darker conspiracy, secrets guarded by the highest seat of power in the world—the Vatican.

My Thoughts:

I actually really loved the story line of this book, it's one of those books that you don't want to put down because you have to know what happens next. I love reading books like this. The only thing I didn't care for about this book was how when you finished one chapter the next chapter would jump to a totally different subject so it kinda made it hard to follow along but other than that it's a great book.

 Disclaimer: I received this book FREE from Waterbrook Multnomah in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are 100% mine.

Meal Plan Monday 4/18

Monday-Chili
Tuesday-Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans
Wednesday-Spaghetti, Salad and Garlic Bread
Thursday-BBQ Chicken Legs, Mac and Cheese and Corn on the Cob
Friday-Italian Sausage Rigatoni and Garlic Bread
Saturday-Taking the kids to watch Hop so dinner in town
Sunday-Easter Dinner, Spiral Ham, Mashed Potatoes, Fruit Salad, Chocolate Pie, Rolls, Broccoli

The Last 2 Weeks BLAH

Wow it has been such a long time since I have blogged, I just have not felt like getting on the computer at all which is so odd for me. As most of you know I am 34 weeks pregnant now and expecting our first boy and boy this last 2 weeks has been pretty trying.
Hopefully I can start feeling like blogging again but I can't promise anything, I do have a couple reviews I need to post this week, so stay tuned.

Meal Plan Monday 3/28

Monday-Mac and Cheese, Hamburger Patties with Mushroom Sauce, Green Beans
Tuesday-Beef Stew and Rolls
Wednesday-Chicken, Stuffing and Corn
Thursday-Chicken Fettuccine and Garlic Bread
Friday-Chili and Corn Bread.

Weekend

This past weekend my friend and her 3 kids came up from Oregon to visit us, we had so much fun the kids especially. Friday we kinda just hung out and let the kids play all day then we went out for some Mexican Food and watched Yogi Bear. If you haven't seen this movie you have too its so funny.

Saturday I had Easter Pictures scheduled for our family so I decided to get some with my friend and her kids as well. Not sure how they will turn out, it was nice and sunny outside but it was cold and the wind was blowing so it just made it that much more cold, my youngest cried the whole time so I know all the pictures of her in them aren't going to be perfect but oh well it will just add character to the pictures. The photographer also took pictures of me and my belly which was a huge thing for me to do because I hate pictures of ME anyways I love taking them of everyone else so I am really nervous about seeing them. After the pictures we of course did some more hanging out and played games and it was nice enough that the kids all got to play outside.

Sunday my two oldest had a day camp to go to out the high school called Junior Miss "Be your Best Self" they get to learn about community service, nutrition, public speaking and exercise. Its such an awesome thing for them to do. It was 4 hours long and during that time they picked up trash, learned a exercise routine, made a little speech and learned about healthy things to eat. Then after it was over the parents got to go and watch and listen to what happened. Both of my kids had the question "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
My oldest said " I want to be an artist because you get to be creative and no one can boss you around." and my 8 year old said "I want to be a gymnastics teacher because I enjoy doing gymnastics." Well I think both of these things are fantastic ideas but I'm sure they will change many times over the years to come. Now at the end of April they actually have to go in front of a gym full of people and perform the exercise routine and the question at the Junior Miss Program.

My husband had an exciting night last night too, our washing machine decided to quit working at like 8 last night right in the middle of washing some of my friends clothes, so luckily I had a backup washing machine and being the awesome husband that he is he switched them out last night. I think it must have taken him about an hour. Then to top his night off one of our smoke detectors batteries started going dead so he then had to bring in the big ladder because our ceiling are so tall it's not just a matter of jumping on a chair and dealing with it, so he brings in the ladder and you still have to stretch to reach it but he fixed that too.

Now today I get to clean the house or at least start cleaning the house because the girls and I are leaving on Saturday to head to Oregon to enjoy their Spring Break down there, so I like to have a clean house when I get back (Wes if you read this remember that)

Vacation-I want to go back.

This past weekend I went to Redmond, OR to enjoy "Girls Weekend" and boy was it relaxing.

Before we headed to the cabin we did some shopping at the outlet mall in Bend, I might have went a little overboard at Carter's on baby boy clothes but it was fun, then we headed to the cabin and played some games, read a little and had a great dinner.

Saturday we headed to Sisters, OR to do some more shopping and just enjoy ourselves. We again played games, enjoyed the hot tub and had so much fun. I must admit it was nice not having to change diapers, cook dinner, clean and hear kids arguing :) I can't wait to do again next year.

Now I am getting my house ready for my friend and her 3 kids to come and visit us on Thursday to Monday, my kids know we have company coming but they have no idea who and they are going to be so excited.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Here are my little Lucky Charms.

So usually on St. Patrick's Day I make the kids green eggs, green mint flavored milk and a shamrock shaped piece of toast but this year they all wanted to eat breakfast at school for some reason (maybe they are getting too old for this kind of thing I don't know) and then we usually have an Irish Themed Dinner but this year that isn't going to happen either because I will be on my way to Girls Weekend as soon as their Dad gets off work today so I think he is making them corn dogs and french fries lol. I did get them some shamrock shaped cookies for snack today after school. 

I hope everyone has a great St. Patrick's Day.