With all the summer busyness it is very important for our family to have a day of rest, for us its Saturdays. Why Saturdays? Well, Saturday evening is our church night. Our goal is to use Saturdays as our Sabbath. This also includes taking a break from all the entertainment and mindless electronic media we […]
Full Steam Ahead
This post may contain affiliate or advertiser links. Read my full disclosure policy .Full Steam Ahead, a novel by Karen Witemeyer, takes place on the coastline of Texas during the mid-1800s. The story revolves around the steam boat industry with two central characters. Nicole Renard, whose ill father runs a profitable shipping company, is determine to find a husband to take over the family business before her father […]
Silenced {Review}
This post may contain affiliate or advertiser links. Read my full disclosure policy .Silenced by Dani Pettrey is the fourth book in the Alaskan Courage series. This book travels between the two Alaskan islands, Tariuk and Imnek. Like in her previous books, Pettrey dives straight into action, when Kayden McKenna is mountain climbing and stumbles upon a climber who had fallen to his death. With her climbing expertise, […]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier {Review}
This post may contain affiliate or advertiser links. Read my full disclosure policy .After dispatching a hoard of muscle-bound green men attacking NYC from another realm, Captain America is settling into a quieter life in Washington, D.C. And what does a war hero from a bygone era with a nose for action do for fun? Why, catch up on all the pop culture he missed while incased in […]
Muppets Most Wanted {Review}
This post may contain affiliate or advertiser links. Read my full disclosure policy .“We’re doing a sequel.” The Muppet gang is together again in Muppets Most Wanted and they’re picking up right where they left off. Storyline The last time we saw the Muppets they dazzled us with a stage show like only the Muppets could pull off. This time they’re taking the show on the road…to Europe! […]
The Dancing Master {Review}
This post may contain affiliate or advertiser links. Read my full disclosure policy .The Dancing Master by Julie Klassen takes place during the early 1800s in the small village of Beaworthy. The main character Alec Valcourt flees from London with his sister and mother after a scandal erupts. He hopes to start fresh in Beaworthy, but soon discovers it won’t be that easy in this small community with untold […]
Langmobile {Review}
This post may contain affiliate or advertiser links. Read my full disclosure policy .As our younger son transitions from infancy into life as a toddler I’ve been considering ways to include him in our homeschooling day. I started a Spanish curriculum with our older son this semester and he has really been enjoying it, but it’s really suited for 1st to 3rd grade students. So I was excited […]
Friends and Heroes Homeschool Unit Study {Review}
This post may contain affiliate or advertiser links. Read my full disclosure policy .I was so excited when Friends and Heroes approached me about reviewing their Homeschool Unit Study 1. I actually had never heard of their materials until recently when reading reviews by fellow bloggers. I was highly intrigued. I’m always on the lookout for good bible resources. For those of you who might not be familiar, […]
Disney’s Frozen {Review}
This post may contain affiliate or advertiser links. Read my full disclosure policy .Things are getting cold this Thanksgiving. Real cold. Like 32 degrees and falling cold. Disney skates back into theaters with the all-new, animated 3D spectacle Frozen. Storyline Anna, a fearless optimist, sets off on an epic journey – teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven – to find her sister […]
Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World {Review}
This post may contain affiliate or advertiser links. Read my full disclosure policy .Darkness has existed in the nine realms since their beginning. The Aether, a weapon of the Dark Elves, cannot be destroyed so it is hidden, but is discovered unknowingly as the nine realms near perfect alignment, a phenomenon occurring only every 5,000 years. Sounds like the kind of mess only Thor and his cohorts from […]