2022 Christmas Decorations

2022 Books Read: July through December

1. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
2. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (audiobook)
3. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
4. The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku (audiobook)
5. Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
6. The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
7. What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris
8. The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
9. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
10. Sankofa by Chibindu Onuzo (audiobook)
11. The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
12. The Downstairs Upstairs by Stacey Lee (audiobook)
13. The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
14. The Editor by Steven Rowley (audiobook)
15. Waiting for Bojangles by Olivier Bourdeaut
16. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackermann
17. Then She was Gone by Lisa Jewell (audiobook) 
18. 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do by Amy Morin
19. Radar Girls by Sara Ackerman
20. His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie (audiobook)
21. The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory (audiobook)
22. The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
23. The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont
24. The Traitor's Wife by Alison Pataki (audiobook)
25. The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen
26. The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict (audiobook)
27. The Sanitorium by Sarah Pearse (audiobook)
28. The Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff
29. Stella by Takis Wurger
30. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (audiobook)
31. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (audiobook)
32. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (audiobook)
33. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (audiobook)
34. Bright Burning Things by Lisa Harding
35. Yes Please by Amy Poehler (audibook)
36. True Biz by Sara Novic
37. Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
38. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown (audiobook)
39. The Unsinkable Greta James by Jennifer E. Smith
40. Lucky by Marissa Stapley
41. Northern Spy by Flynn Berry (audiobook)
42. One Year Gone by Avery Bishop
43. Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
44. Unbroken by Lauren Hildebrand (audiobook)
45. One Italian Summer by Rebecca Searle
46. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
47. Unbound by Tarana Burke (audiobook)
48. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz by Lucy Adington (audiobook)
49. The Other Woman by Sandie Jones (audiobook)
50. They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie (audiobook)
51. The Promise of a Pencil by Adam Braun (audiobook)
52. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 
53. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
54. How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior (audiobook)
55. The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers
56. A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey (audiobook)
57. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
58. Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow (audiobook)

Books I've Read to the Boys

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
2. Once Upon a Camel by Kathleen Applet
3. The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas
4. The Incorigble Children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery by Maryone Wood (audiobook)
5. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (audiobook)
   
6. The BFG by Roald Dahl 
7. Freddie vs the Family Curse by Tacy Badua (audiobook)
8. Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary 
9. A Reluctant Witch's Guide to Magic by Sivaun Plozza (audiobook)
10. Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa by Julian Randall
11. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
12. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
13. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
14. The  Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle by Christina Uss
15. The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
16. Ms. Rapscott's Girls by Elise Primavera (audiobook)
17. Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami 
18. Heros of Olympus: House of Hades (Book 4) by Rick Riordan
19. The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates: Magic Marks the Spot (Book 1) by Caroline Carlson (audiobook)
20. The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

2022 Camping Adventures

1. Lost Maples State Natural Area (Texas State Park)
2. Pedernales Falls State Park (Texas State Park)
3. Stephen F. Austin State Park (Texas State Park)
4. Bismarck Lake @ Black Hills National Forest (South Dakhota National Forest)
5. Roubaix Lake @ Black Hills National Forest (South Dakota National Forest)
6. Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota National Park)
7. Caprock Canyons State Park (Texas State Park)
8. Columbine Canyon @ Carson National Forest (New Mexico National Forest)
9. Junction Creek Campground @ San Juan National Forest (Colorado National Forest)
10. Ampitheater Campground @ Uncompahgre National Forest (Colorado National Forest)
11. Pinon Flats Campground @ Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colorado National Park)
12. Huntsville State Park (Texas State Park)
13. Cub World @ Lost Pines Boy Scout Camp
14. McKinney Falls State Park (Texas State Park)

2022 State Park Visits

Texas State Parks

1. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area
2. Lost Maples State Natural Area
3. Pedernales Falls State Park
4. Stephen F. Austin State Park
5. Caprock Canyons State Park
6. Huntsville State Park
7. McKinney Falls State Park
8. Palo Duro Canyon State Park

South Dakota State Parks

1. Bear Butte State Park
2. Custer State Park
3. Spearfish Canyon Natural Area

New Mexico State Parks

1. Rio Grande Gorge State Park