Alaina decided she wanted to get baptized last Wednesday. Her dad had the pleasure of baptizing her after church Wednesday night after church. She has such a soft heart and sweet spirit.
Delaney got to thinking about when everyone else in the family had been baptized and she realized that Amber was baptized on Wednesday, April 25 as well in 2012.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Prone To Wander Phone Case Review and Giveaway #pronetowander #frontgatemedia #phonecase
I take my phone everywhere and I'm sure most of you do too. Usually when I put a phone case on it stays until I absolutely have to get a new one. I just received three beautiful cases for my iPhone 7 Plus from Prone To Wander LA and I'm so excited to be able to change my case whenever I feel like it. Make sure you read to the bottom to enter a giveaway for a chance to win 3 phone cases of your own.
Prone To Wander LA offers beautiful phone cases of different material and some that can be personalized. They also offer products for the home including canvas banners, art prints, pillow covers, and more. All their items are very pretty and offer reminders we could use throughout our day.
I received the Floral BOHO clear plastic case that says Seek First His Kingdom. This case is flexible and can be bent. It is completely opaque showing off the color of your phone.
I also received a case from the Shimmer Selection. The one I have is silver and says Love Never Fails with 1 Corinthians 13:8 across the bottom. It is very shiny, flexible and comes in four different colors.
The third case I received is Special Edition Wood phone case. This special edition phone case is made of cherry wood and says Blessed surrounded by flowers.
I have been enjoying all three of my new phone cases. I like them all three for different reasons, but f I had to choose a favorite it would probably be the Special Edition Wood case. Maybe because it is so different and I have never seen one of these before.
Prone To Wander pays attention to the smallest details. The package I received was beautifully wrapped. I wanted to get a picture of my package but my girls and I were so excited to try out the new cases we forgot.
Prone To Wander LA came up with their name from the hymn "Come Thou Fount". They recognize how it is so easy to stray away from the truth so they wanted to create products to be an encouragement and reminder for every day. We are all prone to wander and could all use a little encouragement throughout out the day.
Disclaimer: As a FrontGate Media blogger I received three phone cases from Prone To Wander free of charge to review. I received no other compensation and all opinions are my own. The giveaway is sponsored by Prone To Wander and they are responsible for choosing a winner and mailing the prize.
Prone To Wander LA offers beautiful phone cases of different material and some that can be personalized. They also offer products for the home including canvas banners, art prints, pillow covers, and more. All their items are very pretty and offer reminders we could use throughout our day.
I received the Floral BOHO clear plastic case that says Seek First His Kingdom. This case is flexible and can be bent. It is completely opaque showing off the color of your phone.
I also received a case from the Shimmer Selection. The one I have is silver and says Love Never Fails with 1 Corinthians 13:8 across the bottom. It is very shiny, flexible and comes in four different colors.
The third case I received is Special Edition Wood phone case. This special edition phone case is made of cherry wood and says Blessed surrounded by flowers.
I have been enjoying all three of my new phone cases. I like them all three for different reasons, but f I had to choose a favorite it would probably be the Special Edition Wood case. Maybe because it is so different and I have never seen one of these before.
Prone To Wander pays attention to the smallest details. The package I received was beautifully wrapped. I wanted to get a picture of my package but my girls and I were so excited to try out the new cases we forgot.
Prone To Wander LA came up with their name from the hymn "Come Thou Fount". They recognize how it is so easy to stray away from the truth so they wanted to create products to be an encouragement and reminder for every day. We are all prone to wander and could all use a little encouragement throughout out the day.
Disclaimer: As a FrontGate Media blogger I received three phone cases from Prone To Wander free of charge to review. I received no other compensation and all opinions are my own. The giveaway is sponsored by Prone To Wander and they are responsible for choosing a winner and mailing the prize.
Friday, April 13, 2018
Princess Cut Movie Review #hsreviews #PrincessCut #romanticdrama #Christianfilm


Princess Cut gets its name because in the film we see Grace window shopping for engagement rings and that style is her favorite. This is a romantic drama, but there are several life lessons to be gotten from it as well. Grace's dad has a nice talk with her and uses a soybean seed packet to illustrate love because you can't harvest what hasn't been planted. Earlier in the movie, the mom and dad are discussing how Grace feels about Stewart. The dad is concerned that Grace is giving away her heart too soon. That makes me think that Grace was reading more into her relationship with Stewart than he was and that is why he could propose to someone else and she was shocked about it.
I watched Princess Cut with my three teenage girls. We enjoyed watching just for the sake of watching it and there were a lot of things to discuss while we watched the film and afterward. We all loved the little brother. He puts an ad in the newspaper about his sister making the best mac n cheese and wanting to get married. We see all these different types of guys show up at their house which was very funny at the time but it did show what some people really expect or want out of a spouse. Not only could we discuss romantic relationships we also discussed her friend. She was very worldly-minded and was actually pulled Grace down. We wondered why Grace was friends with her, but we do have people in our lives that have been there for a long time and have become more worldly over time and we are still "friends" with them but not in the same way. We do not let them influence us in our decision making and we wondered why Grace allowed that. The movie does end well for Grace and the Dr. when he proposes to her.
The actors and actresses have been in several movies before including War Room, 90 Minutes to Heaven, Courageous, Torn, Trainwreck, and more.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Wordless Wednesday 50th Birthday Cake

My friend turned 50 last month so I made her a birthday cake. I forgot to take a good picture, but my daughter had taken this one.
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Lisa Cay's Cakes
Sunday, April 8, 2018
A New Edition of The Phoenix #teenswriting #homeschoolliterary
The Phoenix Issue No. 5 has been published. I am amazed at the talent of these high school students and commend the publisher for his hard work in putting this magazine together. Of course, Delaney has a story in the newest edition. Her story An Uncanny Rhapsody: Part One is on page 22.
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Delaney's Writings,
kids
Thursday, April 5, 2018
40th Birthday Cake
My friend was going to turn 40 & we were going to have a surprise party for her after church one evening. I was going to make the cake, but Delaney wanted to decorate it. I baked it and iced it smooth and she came up with the design and decorated on her own.
I love all the detail she decided to add. It turned out really cute and unique.
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kids,
Kids in the Kitchen
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Creation Illustrated Unit Study Review #hsreviews #CreationIllustrated

Creation Illustrated is a magazine that shares the wonders of God's creation. Tom and Jennifer Ish have been publishing this magazine since 1993 and they are now offering unit studies to go with their magazines.
If you have never had the pleasure of reading a copy of Creation Illustrated you are missing out. These publications are beautiful. Tom and Jennifer do a wonderful job in publishing their magazine. They are full of beautiful color photos with articles that teach things God has made. Each issue is divided into 3 sections that shows Creation Illustrated...In Nature...In Scripture...In Living which is a balance of mental, spiritual, and physical enrichment. An Instructional Guide included can be used for homeschool lessons and there are also coloring pages, recipes, and contests for homeschool students. Creation Illustrated is a nonprofit, non-denominationally owned ministry that shares biblical truth and character-building lessons.
The Crew was given two of the eight Unit Studies that are available. We received the pdf unit study on Snow and Pine Trees. They are both recommended for students in grades 3-8 and includes science, math, reading, bible study, geography, art, vocabulary & spelling as well as puzzles and other fun activities. At the beginning of each unit study are links for the reading and educational resources and video links for each topic. This includes a link to the free digital issue of Creation Illustrated that goes with the Study Guide and an answer key.
The Unit Study - Snow is a 17 page study. This is used with "Intricacy of Snow" in Creation Illustrated Winter 2018. The resources page of the unit study indicates this and includes a link to the free issue as well as the page numbers you will be using. The other educational links take us to web pages that talk about facts about snow, animal and cold. The video links talk about what makes snow and where snowflakes come from as well as how they form and more information.
Vocabulary and spelling words are taken directly from the magazine article. There is a bible study and spiritual lesson all about snow. The science lesson contains 10 questions about where snow comes from, what animals like the cold and snow, and why snow is white. An activity includes making snow looking crystals, and how igloos are made. A page of seven snow related story problems incorporate math skills into the study. And Geography is covered by looking at snowfall around the world.
The Unit Study - Pine Trees This 16 page unit study is set up the same way as the Snow one but it talks about pine trees. It uses the "Enduring Pine Tree" article in Creation Illustrated Fall 2017 issue. We haven't started this study yet, but I looked through it and it talks about the Fibonacci number series which we have just been talking about in our school.
We have had more snow this winter than we have had for years so Alaina decided she wanted to use the Unit Study on Snow first and to our surprise, we got another 4 1/2 inches of snow on Easter Sunday. We both really like these studies. They are a great break from regular school, but they don't take up a huge chunk of time. Alaina is 13 and could complete the study on her own, but I also found some of the information useful. I know when we read an article we sometimes have questions that we want answered and these studies are a great way to follow up an article and answer our questions.


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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Homeschool Diploma Review #hsreviews #HSGraduation #Diplomas

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Members of the Homeschool Review Crew were also offered graduation items for Kindergarten and 8th grade.


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College Prep,
High School,
Homeschool Review Crew
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