Have I mentioned that the kids and I are leaving for Texas tomorrow? We are. I’ll be hanging out with them and with Bryan’s parents until Sunday, and then I fly home to Madison for a couple days before Bryan and I fly to (drum roll please) Sweden!
I can’t imagine what it is going to be like to be child-free for eleven days. Eleven. Eleven. Wow. That’s a long time. 
And while I have a twinge of nausea at the thought of being apart my my dear ones for that long, I mostly feel like dancing around. Weeeeee! What will we do with all our free time?
Bryan’s friend Kaleb gets married in western Sweden on July 22 (see a post here for background). We’ll be in Sweden for eight days. Ahh, eight days in Europe. I really can’t believe it.
So here’s what I need from you. Dear readers of my blog, please help me by sending me recommendations for books that I should read while on my trip. I’d like to read some good books.
With all my photo business activities, I’ve done almost no pleasure reading this summer. Jessica just gave me A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg. And I’m loving it! My favorite book in ’08 was A Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver.
We’ll have two international flights and lots of mornings and evenings to read. Ahhh reading. How I love you. How I miss you!
I’m looking forward to hearing what you all recommend!
I also agree on Water For Elephants. I'm currently reading Trail of Crumbs which is great. Prior to that I read The Middle Place…loved it!
Hi- You two are going to have a great time! Steve and I listened to "Sweetness in the Belly" during our East Coast trip. It is historical fiction about Ethiopia during the 1970s-80s told through a British women and her Eithiopian friends. We really enjoyed it.