My Reading Spot

We love Easter around here.  It's been nice reading some Easter themed books and feeling the spirit of Easter come into our home this week.  For Friday Five I thought I would share a couple of our favorite traditions... 1.…

Every Thursday I  feature a "throw back" review from my old blog.  I have so many books that I posted and loved on my old reading spot, so I'm throwing back to join them all together. Christ Centered EasterJanet Hales85…

The PeacegiverJames L. Ferrell240 pagesHard copy editionFrom the Publisher:How is Christ the answer to a strained relationship with child, parent or sibling? What if I am being mistreated what does the atonement say about that? How can I discover the…

It's Easter week!  I love Easter week.  I love celebrating and teaching my family about the real meaning of Easter.  It's a great time of the year!  I've read a couple good Easter-themed books this year and I thought I…

Not the best week - not one I really want to do do over again any time soon.  Throughout the week six of the eight of us were hit with a horrible stomach bug.  It was not fun.  Because everyone…

One more book review for the week and then I'm off - off to the land of overnight camping with a bunch of 5th graders! (and I'm crossing my fingers that no other family members gets the horrible stomach virus…

Crystal Locket: Secrets of the Hidden PyramidJulia Lawrence512 pageshard copy editionFrom the Publisher:Thirteen-year-old twins Andrew and Kristine Taylor are continuing their journey with the crystal locket, which they first discovered in present-day Virginia. This time, they find themselves in ancient Crete, a…

It's Monday -and weekend wrap up time again.And it was a great weekend because it was a race weekend!Let me start by saying, a 10 am start time is crazy late for me.  I was SO bored Saturday morning.  I…

Five tidbits from my week this week: 1. Race day is tomorrow!  I picked up my packet today.  It's just a small 5K, but I'm really hoping to go a little faster and break under 30 minutes.  When I ran…

Every Thursday I want to feature a "throw back" review from my old blog.  I have so many books that I posted and loved on my old reading spot. I'm throwing back to join them all togetherPrincess AcademyShannon Hale336 pageshard…