Saturday, December 31, 2016

12 Days of Christmas Blog Freebie - Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook Day 6

Download Day 6 of our Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook!
(PDF version)



12 Days of Christmas - Day 6 Kindle FREEBIE

Day 6 of our 12 Days of Christmas Mini-Lapbook download is FREE today! All 6 days are currently free, so if you've missed any, scroll down and pick them all up!


Thursday, December 29, 2016

12 Days of Christmas Blog Freebie - Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook Day 4

Over the 12 Days of Christmas (by some calendars, December 26-January 6), come to the blog each day to download one day of the Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook and Study Guide (PDF format).





Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

12 Days of Christmas Mini-Lapbook Kindle Freebie Day 4

Great news! We are catching you up today on the 12 Days of Christmas Mini-Lapbook downloads. We had a few delays, but Days 1-4 are all FREE on Amazon Kindle today. Each download is available for 5 days, so you will have plenty of time to get them all. Download and enjoy!

12 Days of Christmas Day 1 Mini-Lapbook
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Available FREE on Kindle 
December 28-January 1!
 
12 Days of Christmas Day 2 Mini-Lapbook
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Available FREE on Kindle 
December 29-January 2!
 
12 Days of Christmas Day 3 Mini-Lapbook
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Available FREE on Kindle 
December 29-January 2!
 
12 Days of Christmas Day 4 Mini-Lapbook
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Available FREE on Kindle 
December 29-January 2!

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

12 Days of Christmas Blog Freebie - Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook Day 3

Over the 12 Days of Christmas (by some calendars, December 26-January 6), come to the blog each day to download one day of the Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook and Study Guide (PDF format).


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

12 Days of Christmas Kindle Freebies

Good news! Day 1 of our 12 Days of Christmas Kindle freebie is finally FREE on Amazon!! I realize it's 3 days after Christmas, but if you would like our free download, please check it out. It will be FREE for 5 days. Days 2-12 should be following soon!


Here is one more Kindle freebie to brighten your day!

Have a great day!


Tuesday, December 27, 2016

12 Days of Christmas Blog Freebie - Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook Day 2

Over the 12 Days of Christmas (by some calendars, December 26-January 6), come to the blog each day to download one day of the Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook and Study Guide (PDF format).

The Kindle exclusive freebie, the 12 Days of Christmas Mini-Lapbook, has been delayed.  Please scroll down for more information.


12 Days of Christmas Kindle Freebies

My apologies to everyone. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the Amazon Kindle freebies for "The 12 Days of Christmas Mini-Lapbook" have been delayed again. Please check back tomorrow. In the meantime, please enjoy this freebie!


Monday, December 26, 2016

12 Days of Christmas Blog Freebie - Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook

Over the 12 Days of Christmas (by some calendars, December 26-January 6), come to the blog each day to download one day of the Christmas Nativity Mini-Lapbook and Study Guide (PDF format).

For the Kindle exclusive freebie, the 12 Days of Christmas Mini-Lapbook, see the next post.


12 Days of Christmas - FREE Mini-Lapbook on Kindle

I hope you've all had a very Merry Christmas!

Nowadays, Christmas seems to start right after Thanksgiving (or even Hallowe'en) and end abruptly after December 25.  On the old church calendar, however, Christmas started with the day or evening of December 25, and the festivities continued until January 5 or 6, the Day of Epiphany.  Are you ready to learn more and to celebrate with us?  Download the 12 Days of Christmas Mini-Lapbook for FREE in pieces over the next 12 days!

Our first freebie is hitting a little late and will not be available for FREE until after midnight tonight, but each FREEBIE will available for 5 days, so you will have plenty of time to download them!


For a Kindle FREEBIE TODAY, click below!


For a reminder of the Kindle Exclusive FREEBIE each day, join our Knowledge@Kindle newsletter:


Also keep checking back to the blog for more 12 Days of Christmas FREE downloads!

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Random Acts of Murder FREE this week!

Need some fun (and FREE) reading on your Kindle during Christmas break?


Click here or on image to download from the Kindle store.

On sale this week! Random Acts of Murder: FREE! The rest of the series is only 99¢!

Holly Anna Paladin Mysteries (4 Book Series) 

A Christmas Message from Stand to Reason


Monday, December 12, 2016

Free Kindle ebook: Hook, Line, & Sinker

Download a Free ebook on Kindle from Tyndale Publishing today!


Happy Reading!

Friday, December 9, 2016

Flyby Review: Amy Grant's Tennessee Christmas


It just wouldn't be Christmas without some Amy Grant music playing!  I was excited to get this CD to review while getting ready for the holiday season!

The album "Tennessee Christmas" has some new songs and some old favorites.  During some of the songs, Amy waxes nostalgic and talks about Christmases she remembers and her kids being young.  I guess I'm not quite ready for the nostalgic memory-type of album, since my kids are all still home.  I don't tend to like a lot of talking in the middle of songs.  I just like straight Christmas music.  All of the songs were also pretty slow and drug out a little too much for me.  I like a peppier, more energetic sound.  All in all, this was probably my least-favorite of Amy Grant's Christmas albums.

All that said, Amy Grant is still Amy Grant, and as someone pointed out, her voice never seems to age or change.  She graces every piece with the quality we've come to know is only from Amy!  If you enjoy Christmas music with a bit of nostalgia, this album may be just what the doctor ordered!

Listen to one of the new songs, "To Be Together," a song inspired by Amy's daughter's car accident, at the following link and see if this is an album you'd like to add to your collection!


You can purchase the album here:


Also, as part of this project, please upload any videos you may have of you surprising loved ones for the holidays to social media.
Bloggers are free to ask their readers to post these to socials using the hashtag #TNChristmasSurprise! We’ll be making a compilation video and posting it to Amy’s socials – this specific video has not been announced yet though.
Similar to this video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lfa22gpczyqmhfy/ChristmasSurprise.MOV?dl=0
Those chosen will be part of a compilation video that Amy herself will share on her large social media outlets!


Happy listening and Merry Christmas!


   




Flyby Review: Bible Journaling Kit


If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I love scrapbooking.  I can spend hours journaling every event and picture for my family.  So what better way to delve into my Bible study than by journaling?  I was so excited to get this Bible Journaling Kit - it was like Christmas coming early!

The kit includes:
·         4 sheets of word stickers
·         4 sheets of alphabet stickers
·         24 tab stickers
·         8 colored pencil twists
·         1 journaling pen
·         1 pouch with adjustable strap to fit Bibles of all sizes
·         1 ruled page protector mat with tracing lines

If you are like me, you won't want to write and doodle in your nice leather-bound Bible with the beautiful, thin pages (if you even have one, instead of an app!).  I really only like to underline a few things in my nice Bible.  But don't feel like you can never make notes in a Bible.  One of my greatest treasures is my grandfather's old leather-bound Bible, full of his notes, markings, and favorite verses. It gives me a chance to see what he was thinking when he was studying and what verses had the most meaning for him.  So I have a hard-cover, $6 Bible that I use for highlighting and making notes during my devotions.  It has slightly thicker pages and is by now quite colorful!  Somehow, highlighting and making notes in an app has not been quite the same for me.

This is honestly one of my favorite things I've gotten to review.  It would make a wonderful gift for the scrapbooker in your life!

I'm running a little late with this review, but you still have a few days to register for the publisher's giveaway of five Bible Journaling Kits!  Winners will be announced on December 15, 2016.  There are also FREE coloring pages to download from the webpage!  Click here:  http://bit.ly/BibleJournalingKitGiveaway


You can find the Bible Journaling Kit at these retailers:
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/BNBibleJournaling
Amazon: http://bit.ly/BibleJournaling
Books-A-Million: http://bit.ly/BAMBibleJournaling
Christian Book Distributors: http://bit.ly/CBDBibleJournaling
Enjoy your journaling!


Merry Christmas 2016!

So here is our Christmas card for this year. Why be fake just for a good Christmas card? When you see all the perfect families on the perfect Christmas cards this year and feel like yours doesn't measure up, just remember - they are all photo-shopped!! Heck, even my "fighting" picture is photo-shopped - or at least posed! So just have fun and remember the True Reason for the Season. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!