I am originally from Blackfoot, Idaho. I am the 3rd child of 4 kids. I have a Mom that read to/with us. I graduated from Idaho State University with a BA in Elementary Education & Early Childhood; with a minor in English and History. I have been teaching for 21 years: preschool (I taught Shanda’s oldest two beautiful girls), Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. I currently am living a very full life as a single Mom with two great kids at home and a classroom of 2nd graders at school. My favorite things to do (besides reading!!) are to blog, sing, play the piano, scrapbook, play with my kids and hang out with my family members. I am one of the original members of LDS Womens Book Review and love to podcast with my friends. I am actually doing some writing now and seeing some progress. I hope some day to be published. I think you don’t get anywhere in life unless you dream BIG.
Of course every Summer, me and my kids participate in the summer reading program at the library. We also love to just hang out in our back yard and read chapter books out loud together. We also make our annual trip to Lagoon and have many family BBQ’s with extended family. We also go camping, every year, up in the canyon, with another family and have a blast. We love to hike and watch Moose wander through our camping site. ;) All of us really want to go to Universal Studios new Harry Potter’s Wizarding World in Florida. We are huge Harry Potter fans!! We are saving our money to go next summer.
Do you have a favorite summer food or drink? If so, are you willing to share the recipe?
I love to eat a lot of watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew melon and strawberries. I love to eat food grilled on the BBQ. My favorite salad is one all of you probably know, Broccoli Salad.
Broccoli Salad:
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1 cup golden raisins
1/4 lb. bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 cup red grapes
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped green onions
Dressing:
1 cup low-fat Mayo or salad dressing
1/4 cup sugar
3 Tbsp. rice vinegar
Combine all ingredients. Mix dressing and combine with salad. Stir well and chill a few hours before serving.
What books are on your summer reading list?
I actually have over 50 books on my “to-read” list for the summer. I am not going to list all 50 :) …but here are a few on the top of the pile: Mockingjay, City of Angels, Queen in Exile, Trapped, Spells, Wrong Number, Chocolate Roses, The Scarlet Lion, Imprints, Bran Hambric:The Fairfield Curse, When You Reach Me and Raven Speak. I am already in the middle of about 7 books right now, so they don’t count on my official “to-read” list. I will be blogging about those and many others here at the LDSWBR blog and my other book review blog, Why Not? Because I Said So.
- Abish: Daughter of God by K.C. Grant
- TRAPPED by Ronda Gibb Hinrichsen
- The Road Show by Braden Bell
- Awakening Avery by Laurie Lewis
- Courting Miss Lancaster by Sarah M. Eden
- Summer in Paris by Michele Ashman Bell
- Hometown Girl by Michele Ashman Bell
- Alma the Younger by Heather (H.B.) Moore
- Queen in Exile OR The Guise of a Gentleman by Donna Hatch (winner’s choice)
- The Silence of God by Gale Sears (book or audio- winner’s choice)
- Dangerous Connections by Julie Coulter Bellon
- Blink of an Eye by Gregg Luke
- Critique of three chapters (up to 30 pages) from Nichole Giles
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7 Responses to “About LDSWBR – Sheila – Countdown to Summer 2010”
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Our library always does a summer reading program and my children always participate. In addition, for every 10 books they read, I take them to the bookstore and let them pick out a book. It's great because they have all become extremely talented readers and their vocabularies are enormous. *happy sigh* I didn't start reading for fun until I was an adult, (thank you JK Rowling) so I'm thrilled to see my kids reading!
Yes! me teen never liked it. But, my oldest is in his 20's, and he loved doing the summer Reading program every year.
My only child is a baby so I haven't had the chance to take my kids to the library and do summer reading programs. But when he gets older we will be doing all of that because I am a 6th grade teacher and love to read, so he will hopefully learn that it is fun too!
I, too, have more than 50 books on my to-read list for summer!!
By the way, do you need additional books for give-aways? Happy to contribute.
Yvonne Swinson, author 33 Habits of a Really Good Man.
I had a mother who read to me, too. One of my favorites was the "Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling. Oh, the giggling sessions my sister and I had with my mom when she read that one to us! Mothers who read to their children truly create "forever memories"!
As a child, my parents took us to the library after FHE every Monday night. I loved it. I did that with my children as well. In the summer, we'd sometimes sit out in lawn chairs reading.
I did my own summer reading program with my kids. I paid them $1 per book, $5 if they read a book I chose. They had to do a mini book review to get the $$ so I could be sure they really read the book. Then we would go to the $ store to spend their money.
I have a HUGE summer reading list. you can see it at my blog.
My kids are really little, so I haven't put them into a summer reading program yet. Maybe next year my son will be old enough!:) We do visit the library at least once a week though.