tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53949623624948606822024-02-07T09:48:46.346-08:00Brandt Book TreeThe Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-74680146227063696222013-09-18T16:10:00.001-07:002013-09-18T16:13:54.481-07:00Scale? Or Saboteur?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Before I started attending the Tyson Method Boot Camps, I was pretty obsessed with what the scale said. In fact, there are still times when the number on the scale improves or ruins my day.<br />
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I found an article that describes exactly what I feel on the subject and what the Tysons are so brilliant and proving to all of us in the boot camps.<br />
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The scale is NOT what should make you feel pretty, healthy or happy.<br />
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This article was found on Weight Loss Rebels (I changed some of the words because I don't agree with the language used)<br />
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Read on and let me know your thoughts:<br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I’ve been on so many rants about this subject, but I thought it was finally time to put my thoughts together in something slightly more intelligible than a few curse word ridden sentences on Facebook. You’ll hear varying opinions about the scale from different trainers, some say that weighing yourself every day is great for accountability, some say don’t weigh yourself at all. Well ladies and gents, welcome to camp #2 AKA DON’T WEIGH YOURSELF!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Here’s why; unless you’re an athlete that requires your weight to be recorded for competition, or perhaps in another line of work that REQUIRES that number, your weight means NOTHING and it serves you no purpose to know it. Seriously. Think about it. Imagine you never weighed yourself again, how would that be to your detriment? It wouldn’t! I suppose if you avoid the scale while you stuff your face with Oreos and wallow in miserable denial about the number, it could potentially be a bad thing, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. I’m talking about your average person who’s just trying to get healthy and maybe lose a few pounds in the process.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The biggest reason I like the scale as much as I like getting sand blown in my eyes isn’t for the reason you think it is; it isn’t because the scale doesn’t reflect body composition and it doesn’t show you how hard you’ve worked or how much water you’re retaining or insert-typical-anti-scale-reason-here. Don’t get me wrong, those are all excellent reasons to avoid the box of unimportantness (that is not a word), they’re all true, and I use them as my own reasons periodically, but the number one reason I hate the scale is because people use it to TORTURE themselves.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">It sits there in your bathroom waiting, just WAITING for you to step on it to make you feel bad about yourself. Oh you had a piece of pie last night? STEP ON ME YOU FAT COW. Let me show you how indulgent you are! Get over here so I can reflect your gluttonous, pleasure seeking self for all the world to see! You think you’re fat? Just wait until I toss this number out into the universe, that’ll teach you!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">You get on that scale to punish yourself. It’s a literal, real world model of the lowest rungs of your self esteem ladder. Do we really need to manifest the deepest, darkest parts of our self loathing? Now this isn’t to say that every person that weighs themselves does so for masochistic purposes, but I’m not talking about those<strike> </strike></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">people either. They probably hop on the scale and give themselves a hug at the same time, I WISH I was one of those people. Chances are, you ain’t either.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The worst part about it is that it doesn’t seem to matter what that scale says, it could be a few pounds lower and you’d still be upset that it wasn’t LOWER, and if it’s the SAME, or HORRORS, HIGHER! That’ll send you into a full on mental breakdown filled with cupcakes and ice cream and french fries oh my! Bye bye motivation! I tried that hard and I gained weight? I’m such a loser! I knew I couldn’t do it. Pass the poutine (that’s french fries with cheese and gravy for you American folk).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I think the most revealing demonstration of the punishing, program-derailing effects of the scale have been witnessed when people are actually physically SMALLER (think inches) and the scale has gone up or stayed the same, and they’re mad at themselves. Think about that. SMALLER PERSON, MAD. It makes no shred of logical sense whatsoever, and yet I probably can’t count the number of times that it’s happened to people I train or those around me. It’s something to behold, a smaller person angry at their results. If anything I see a lack of movement in the scale paired with smaller measurements as the BEST possible outcome, because that means you probably didn’t flush your muscle down the toilet with your fat loss! Win win right! Errrrr…… no?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">We need to lose the stranglehold that our relationship with gravity holds over our collective psyche. Think about how many times you felt great and that your clothes felt looser, then you got on the scale and POOF it messed up your entire day/week/insert-time-until-New-Years-Resolution. Now imagine you didn’t get on the scale. You’d STILL be motivated. You’d STILL feel great. You’d STILL be on track! Have I convinced you yet? Good. Here are some better ways to measure your progress:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">1. Progress Pictures – Hands down one of my favourite ways to track progress, just ask my Ambassadors how much I love my side-by-sides.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">2. Clothes – Are your clothes looser, then you’re smaller!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">3. Measurements – Take measurements, they are MUCH less fickle than the scale and actually reflect if you’re getting bigger or smaller.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">If you don’t like any of those options, don’t do ANY of it. I don’t care. But whatever you do, don’t use the scale as a way to tell yourself you aren’t worthy or that you’re fat/ugly/unattractive. You should take pleasure in food, you should take pleasure in eating tasty things, don’t step on the scale as way to exercise your nutritional demons. You don’t need to be punished for eating a </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">few pieces of pizza.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">In short (or really long and ranty), it’s time to get all Office Space on that hunk of junk. Take it to the field behind your house, toss it in the dumpster, run it over with your car. Target practice? I’m pretty sure you can throw a scale REAL far. PULL!!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">You with me? I want to see those busted ass scales. It’s time to start a revolution of dictating our OWN success which does not involve triple digits!</span></span></span></div>
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Now there are days when I still step on the scale and cringe at the number and spend the rest of the day in a slump. There are also days when I step on the scale, do a little dance and spend the rest of the day smiling and thinking things are going pretty good. Whatever it is, the scale and number on it SHOULD NOT dictate our mood. I'm going to try really hard to avoid stepping on the scale and having that number dictate my life.</div>
The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-40395174634719702332013-02-23T02:00:00.000-08:002013-02-23T02:00:00.025-08:0020 Years Ago Today<br />
I remember where I was 20 years ago today, when we got the phone call that my grandpa had passed away.<br />
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My mom and I were at my grade 7 winter retreat at Red Rock. It was a beautiful winter weekend. While I was outside playing with my friends, one of my teachers approached me and said my mom needed to talk to me.<br />
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Right then I knew.<br />
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I felt it in my heart -- and cried.<br />
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I remember my Dad driving to Red Rock to pick us up, and I remember lying in the back seat the whole ride home -- remembering.<br />
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The first memory I have of my Grandpa is when I was about 3 or 4. I remember waking up from a nap, walking into our living room and seeing my Grandpa there. He smiled when he saw me.<br />
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A lot of my memories of my Grandpa included Hockey Night in Canada.<br />
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I remember sitting at his feet in their living room, listening to Hockey Night in Canada on the radio.<br />
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I remember the theme song.<br />
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I remember him explaining what "off side" and "penalty" meant.<br />
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I remember when he had his leg amputated.<br />
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I remember my Grandma changing the dressings with me in the room.<br />
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I remember how he never let having only 1 full leg slow him down.<br />
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I remember rides on his scooters to and from the park.<br />
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I remember his smile.<br />
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I remember his love for God, his Bible ever present.<br />
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Grandpa, I love you and miss you.<br />
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There are SO many things I want to share with you now.<br />
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I've told my kids about you and they would have called you Opa.<br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">My Grandpa kept a garden.<br />A garden of the heart;<br />He planted all the good things,<br />That gave our lives their start.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">He turned us to the sunshine,<br />And encouraged us to dream:<br />Fostering and nurturing the seeds of self-esteem.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then the winds and rain came,<br />He protected us enough;<br />But not too much because he knew<br />We would stand up strong and tough.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">His constant good example,<br />Always taught us right from wrong;<br />Markers for our pathway that will last<br />a lifetime long.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are our Grandpa’s garden,<br />We are his legacy.<br />Thank you Grandpa, for all you've taught me.</span></span></span></div>
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The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-77895003863251094252012-10-08T15:00:00.002-07:002012-10-08T15:00:47.294-07:00His Love Endures Forever by Beth Wiseman ~ A Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>An unplanned pregnancy. An absent father. Can love really endure all things?</i></div>
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<i>Danielle Kent is anything but Amish. But as destiny would have it, she has fallen in love with an Amish man.</i></div>
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<i>Now she’s 18, pregnant, and hopeful that the child’s Amish father—Matthew Lapp—will do the right thing and marry her. She knows Matthew plans to leave his Colorado settlement for a life in the Englisch world. But that plan never included a baby.</i></div>
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<i>When Matthew walks away from her and their unborn child, she has nowhere to turn. Her unlikely friendship with Levi offers some comfort—yet they have so little in common. This wasn’t the plan she had for her life, and she has never felt so alone. She doesn’t want to be pregnant. Doesn’t want to be Amish. Doesn’t want to trust God. </i><i style="line-height: 1.5em;">And yet.... </i></div>
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<i>God has plans beyond what her mind can imagine . . . loving plans to show a lost young woman that His love never fails but endures forever.</i></div>
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I love reading Amish fiction. True most books are around the same story line and you can always kind of figure out what is going to happen in the story.</div>
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This book was very different and I couldn't predict what would happen at the end of the story.</div>
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I also really liked this book because the writer wrote about how God's plan is not always our plan and can be a difficult road to follow. But if we truly follow God, his plan for our lives will always lead us the right way.</div>
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I definitely recommend this book for your next reading.</div>
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The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-51658027502150613882012-08-22T19:07:00.000-07:002012-08-22T19:07:59.605-07:00A Path Toward Love by Cara Lynn James ~ A Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Young widow Katherine Osborne returns to her familys rustic camp on Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. Shes determined to live a quiet life, but her socialite mother is equally determined to push her into a new marriage while shes still young.</i></div>
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<i>Andrew Townsend has known Katherine since they were children. An attorney who is successful, but not wealthy, he knows she is socially out of his reach. But hes curious what changed the free-spirited girl he once knew into this private, somber young woman.</i></div>
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<i>Katherine has kept hidden the details of her unsuccessful marriage. When past sins come to light, she must turn to God for the courage to be honest. But how can she trust the God she feels has let her down? When she confides in Andrew, their relationship takes a dramatic turn into uncharted territory.</i></div>
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<i>Amid impossible obstacles, two young people must learn to trust enough to walk the path that God has cleared for them. A path that leads to healing and restoration. A path toward love.</i></div>
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Sophia has her life all planned out—but her plan didn’t include being jilted or ending up in Dakota Territory.</div>
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Sophia Makinoff is certain that 1876 is the year that she’ll become the wife of a certain US Congressman, and happily plans her debut into the Capitol city. But when he proposes to her roommate instead, Sophia is stunned. Hoping to flee her heartache and humiliation, she signs up with the Board of Foreign Missions on a whim.</div>
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With dreams of a romantic posting to the Far East, Sophia is dismayed to find she’s being sent to the Ponca Indian Agency in the bleak Dakota Territory. She can’t even run away effectively and begins to wonder how on earth she’ll be able to guide others as a missionary. But teaching the Ponca children provides her with a joy she has never known—and never expected—and ignites in her a passion for the people she’s sent to serve.</div>
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It’s a passion shared by the Agency carpenter, Willoughby Dunn, a man whose integrity and selflessness are unmatched. The Poncas are barely surviving. When U.S. policy decrees that they be uprooted from their land and marched hundreds of miles away in the middle of winter, Sophia and Will wade into rushing waters to fight for their friends, their love, and their destiny.</div>
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This is the second book I have read from Catherine Richmond. I love that her books are easy to read. Even though they are easy to read, there is a lesson for everyone in each of her books. Through Rushing Water is no different.</div>
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How often have we prayed to God, deliberately asking for a certain thing to happen in our lives, only to have God point us in a very different direction? The main character in this story, Sophia, prays that God will send her to China to be a missionary. Instead she gets sent to the furthest place from China she could get. She finds out through the book, that perhaps God knew what he was doing! An amazing thought, huh. I think we can learn a very important lesson from this story - what we think is best, is not always in God's plan for us.</div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Once I was prepped, we had to wait about an hour before they wheeled me to the OR. Dr. Galessiere, was the surgeon, Dr. Horne was the doctor assisting with the surgery, and Dr. Duerksen was the doctor to look after you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The spinal didn't go nearly as smoothly as it did with Ashley (although THANKFULLY the catheater part went MUCH smoother) The anesthesiologist wasn't the same kind woman that I had with Ashley. It was some older guy and he was poking around in my back for a long time. FINALLY it worked and I could feel my body starting to numb up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Once they had me lying down they strapped my arms to the table, put a heart monitor on me, started my IV and put oxygen in my nose. I don't remember any of this happening with Ashley so it was a much scarier experience.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I remember feeling very tired and a little nauseated at times. A nice nurse by the name of Nicole brought me a cool cloth for my head which helped a lot!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">They started to stitch me up and as I was starting to doze off, I heard them say the word "tumor" and "more time" and started to freak out! I guess my heart monitor must have been going crazy because a nurse came over, held my hand and told me to go to sleep. I didn't but I relaxed a little. (Afterwards we found out that I had a dormid (?) tumor on my left ovary) So after and extra 30 minutes of being "open" on the table they finally started to stitch me up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">When they wheeled me back into my room I noticed that Ryan was grunting while breathing. They had a monitor hooked up to Ryan to monitor his breathing and heart rate. Ryan was 8lbs when he was born and had NO fat on him :) He was one of the tiniest looking babies I had ever seen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ryan's grunting gradually got better although it was still there. They assured us that he was alright and by the time we left to go home it was gone completely.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">On Friday Dr. Horne came in to check on us and to say that we could go home whenever we wanted although if we wanted to stay another night that was perfectly fine. After discussing it we decided we would stay in the hospital for one more night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Throughout the day the thought kept going through my mind that maybe we should go home. At 7:30 pm I decided I would probably be more comfortable at home so we checked with the nurses. Well, bad news. They said that although the papers were ready for me to go home, Ryan's papers weren't there. That meant that a doctor had to come in and check him out before we could leave. At this point I really wanted to go home so they said they would see what they could do. About an hour later the doctor showed up, checked Ryan out and said that we were good to go. YAY! So we packed everything up and headed home!</span></span></div>
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</div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-72978772268805060662012-06-23T05:51:00.002-07:002012-06-23T05:51:34.901-07:00HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY ASHLEY!<br />
My beautiful daughter turns 6 today - *GASP* - where did the time go?!?!<br />
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Ashley's due date was June 7th (according to the ultrasound). Well that date came and went with nothing happening except for the regular evening contractions that were consistently 7 minutes apart. But when I woke up in the morning, everything was back to normal. My feet were swollen and it was hard to walk, but we walked & walked & walked.<br />
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Wednesday June 21, 2006 – only 14 days after my due date, we had another doctor's appointment. The doctors checked me out and signed a form to start the induction process at 6:00pm. I was given strict instructions to go home, eat, keep my feet up and rest.<br />
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At 6:00 pm off to the hospital we went. After filling out lots of paperwork we went up to the 2nd floor. Then they had me change into a gown and took my blood pressure and other vitals. They gave me a drug called cervidel which was supposed to start labor. Then they hooked me up to monitors to monitor my contractions. Sometime shortly after that I had another contraction – but this one was 8 minutes long! So they were a little concerned and watch the monitors for a bit. By 10:00 nothing serious was happening and someone else was coming in to have a baby so they sent us home and told us to be back at 7:30 the next morning.<br />
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The next morning we got to the hospital at 7:30 and were told that there was no room for us. So we had to wait a while till they had discharged someone. Originally they were going to send us to Winnipeg, but our doctor fought for us and said that we had to be in Steinbach. Once we got into a room I was hooked up to all the monitors and an pictocin IV. With this medication I had to have a nurse with me all the time. Once they upped the meds a couple of times I started to have contractions, but nothing that really made me uncomfortable or have pain. One of my contractions lasted 5 minutes and again the nurses were concerned so they took me off the medication for about 1 ½ hours. I pretty much stayed in bed all day except for a few bathroom breaks. At around 5:00 they took me off the drug again because the nurse that was with me was at the end of her shift. I was off the IV for about 45 minutes while I ate supper and till they found someone else to monitor me. They called everyone who wasn't working to try and find someone to come in and sit with me, but no luck. It looked like they would have to send me home and we would have to start the whole process over the next day.<br />
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Luckily for us a friend of ours had surgery that day and his wife worked in L & D. Since she was at the hospital anyway, she agreed to sit and monitor me. Well she stayed till 9:00pm and though my contractions were getting more intense nothing was moving along. I was on the maximum amount of pictocin that they can give and they were all shocked that nothing was happening. They called our doctor and we waited for a little while longer to see if anything would happen. Around 10:30 the nurse came in and said that we needed to talk about a c-section. I was terrified and wasn't sure what to say. The nurse said that with each contraction the baby's heartbeat would go down and not come back up as quickly as they would like. The nurse called our doctor again and she and Craig decided that they would administer the cervidel again to see what would happen. That night was definitely NOT restful since the nurses came in to check my vitals about every 1/2 hour.<br />
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The operating room is was a very bright and very cold room. They gave me the spinal and before they could get me lying down I could feel my body starting to numb up. The anesthesiologist was on my left side by my head and told me exactly what was going on. About 10 minutes in the anesthesiologist told me that I was<br />
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HAPPY 6th BIRTHDAY ASHLEY :)</div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-3660613979499260102012-03-07T19:29:00.000-08:002012-03-07T19:29:43.059-08:00Dawn Comes Early by Margaret Brownley ~ Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIjKu9rzYymDWNpcfkPqBQLPNLFYA4dZn_hIsl4EOt_PS8bcI9Zc4NfEjvrUvPpE7LN8zVkeDr7PexlPZwu3BWeFUpj2fZ7_eZj8V6kFmeNa8n4p7036wFvxEREZP11JLZBPqLxzQFXJW/s1600/Dawn+Comes+Early+.cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIjKu9rzYymDWNpcfkPqBQLPNLFYA4dZn_hIsl4EOt_PS8bcI9Zc4NfEjvrUvPpE7LN8zVkeDr7PexlPZwu3BWeFUpj2fZ7_eZj8V6kFmeNa8n4p7036wFvxEREZP11JLZBPqLxzQFXJW/s1600/Dawn+Comes+Early+.cover.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u><b>BOOK DESCRIPTION</b></u></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Disgraced dime novelist Kate Tenney fled the city that banned her latest novel for the emptiness of the desert. Answering an ad to be “heiress” to a vast cattle ranch in the Arizona Territory, Kate hopes ranching turns out to be as romantic as she portrayed it in her novels.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But what awaits her is a life harder than the one she just left. There is no room for mistakes on a working cattle ranch, and Kate is ill-prepared for her new life. She quickly learns that dawn comes early. But she is tenacious.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Having been abandoned by a string of men, Kate has no intention of ever marrying. But she didn’t expect to meet Luke Adams, either. Luke awakens feelings inside Kate she doesn’t recognize, and his steady presence is a constant distraction. She has only written about love in the past, never known it herself. But her feelings for Luke stand in the way of all she has to gain if she is chosen as the heir.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Perhaps God brought Kate to the barrenness of the desert to give new life to her jaded heart.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u>MY THOUGHTS</u></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While I did find this a "typical" Christian romance novel I was excited to see the author show how God can place people into our lives for us to trust on and depend on. Kate - the main character in the story - has trusted only herself and feels like she doesn't need to depend on anyone. However through a series of events, Luke and Eleanor break down Kate's walls and show her that it is okay to depend on others.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At the end of the story I was a little disappointed that the author left some strings un-tied. Although that would make it really easy for a second novel to tie it all up.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I also found the story really easy to get into and to become involved in the characters lives sharing their joys and burdens.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="line-height: 0.48cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the </i></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Booksneeze.com</i></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><i><u> </u></i></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>book review bloggers program. 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The opinions I have expressed are my own.</i></span></span></span> </div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-87786074108085291452012-02-07T12:46:00.000-08:002012-02-07T12:46:51.122-08:00Blue Moon Promise by Colleen Coble ~ Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72p-pMwcNgfMQxKp0rPmWNBlY_vzWYljja-98JoIe4nZUSX6y2f3FqSCvRMuxnbh3ltpjKPyub8cTbQZM8xP6xJlkHIe-4MtVlOhurwcrxprX-OTpNZCoqY9Z3qqtQlirCZRr-CmD-hlP/s1600/Blue+Moon+Promise+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72p-pMwcNgfMQxKp0rPmWNBlY_vzWYljja-98JoIe4nZUSX6y2f3FqSCvRMuxnbh3ltpjKPyub8cTbQZM8xP6xJlkHIe-4MtVlOhurwcrxprX-OTpNZCoqY9Z3qqtQlirCZRr-CmD-hlP/s1600/Blue+Moon+Promise+cover.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>BOOK DESCRIPTION</u></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>“Tell me, Miss Marsh, are you a Christian?”</i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>“Why, yes sir, I am.”</i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>“I thought as much. God has led me here for a purpose…</i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>I have a proposition for you.”</i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Lucy Marsh’s worldly resources are running out, but she’s fiercely determined to care for her younger brother and sister. When she discovers that their father’s recent death was no accident, Lucy is eager to leave town. She accepts a proxy marriage she believes will provide safe refuge. But trouble follows her to Wichita Falls, Texas, where the man she came to marry seems surprised to suddenly have a wife and children to provide for.</i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Nate Stanton always hoped he’d marry someday, but running the family ranch meant he had no time for romance. When his father deposits Lucy Marsh—a city girl—on his doorstep, with two siblings in the bargain, he expects ranch life will send her running on the first train out of town. But Lucy is made of tougher stuff than Nate imagined. When danger moves in, Nate realizes he’d give anything to protect Lucy and the children he’s grown to love. Even if it means giving up his ranch.</i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Blue Moon Promise is a story of hope, romance and suspense…immersing the reader in a rich historical tale set under Texas stars.</i></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>MY THOUGHTS</u></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For some reason, I am a sucker for Christian romance novels where the marriages are either arranged, or people get married under circumstances other than falling in love. I like to read to find out how these marriages thrive under different circumstances.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Colleen Coble does a great job of writing a story that can connect with any reader. Everyone I'm sure, at some point in their lives has tried to earn someone's love - be it a parent, spouse, friend or even God. The main character in this story, Lucy, tries to earn the love of her new husband Nate. Nate tries to reassure Lucy that no one needs to earn love but it should be given freely.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I loved the suspense part of the book. Right till the end I was left guessing about certain characters and their place in the story.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="line-height: 0.48cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the </i></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Booksneeze.com</i></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><i><u> </u></i></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.</i></span></span></span> </div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-13868040406186454452011-12-28T11:39:00.000-08:002011-12-28T11:42:35.381-08:00The Accidental Bride by Denise Hunter ~ Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SMV96FGk2vM/TvttOE5a76I/AAAAAAAAAbs/L9O54449JpM/s1600/The+Accidental+Bride+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SMV96FGk2vM/TvttOE5a76I/AAAAAAAAAbs/L9O54449JpM/s1600/The+Accidental+Bride+cover.jpg" /></a></div><u><b>Book Description:</b></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em;">When a wedding reenactment turns real, this cowgirl suddenly finds she’s an accidental bride.</span><br />
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shay Brandenberger is raising her daughter in Moose Creek, Montana on her childhood ranch, nestled against the Yellowstone River. Despite her hard work, she can’t seem to keep her head above water—and now the bank is threatening to foreclose. She prays for a miracle, but the answer she receives is anything but.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Having agreed to play the bride in the Founders Day wedding reenactment, Shay is mortified to be greeted at the end of the aisle by none other than Travis McCoy, her high school sweetheart—the man who left her high and dry for fame and fortune on the Texas rodeo circuit.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Then the unthinkable happens. Thanks to a well-meaning busy body and an absent minded preacher, the wedding reenactment results in a legal marriage. But before Shay can say annulment, Travis comes up with a crazy proposal. If she refuses his offer, she’ll lose her home. But if she accepts, she may lose her heart.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Shay isn’t sure if the recent events are God’s will or just a preacher’s blunder. Will trusting her heart to the man who once shattered it be the worst mistake of her life? Or could their marriage be the best accident that ever happened?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><u>My Thoughts:</u></b></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First of all, an accidental wedding is near to impossible, as the author explains at the end of the book, so while reading the book I was very aware that this story couldn't really happen to anyone. However, the story line was comical, fun and easy to read.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This story deals with second chances and trusting God to lead you through unexpected circumstances. We all have people in our lives who have hurt us and either want a second chance or we need to forgive and give them a second chance for our own health and peace of mind.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Denise Hunter does a great job of showing the struggle the main character Shay has with forgiveness and trusting in God in every circumstance.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you are in for a nice, easy, fun read this book is for you.<br />
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<div style="line-height: 0.48cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the </i></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Booksneeze.com</i></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="zxx"><i><u> </u></i></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.</i></span></span></span> </div></div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-74701100284569106532011-11-10T14:08:00.000-08:002011-11-10T14:08:01.738-08:00Boot Camp UpdateWell I have finished week #2 of the Tyson Method for Moms Boot Camp. (well not quite, tomorrow is my last workout in week #2)<br />
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One word I would use to describe the Tyson Method is -- WOW!<br />
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The first day I got there was the first class in the next 6 week session. Tami started out by saying that we were going to do a easier workout to get into it. This class was supposed to work your legs and butt. Boy oh boy did it ever!<br />
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It was hard. And I mean <i>really</i> <b>H-A-R-D</b>!<br />
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We did squats and lunges. And more squats and lunges. For <b>50</b> minutes!<br />
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Even before the class was over my legs were rubber. In fact for the rest of the day my legs were rubber, although the major problem was going down stairs. The next day wasn't too bad. I was a little sore and stairs were still a problem but for the most part I was doing good. The next day however (Wednesday) was NOT good. I was fine once I was standing or sitting, but the in between getting up and sitting down were torture. I had no idea how I was going to work out in 2 days (Friday).<br />
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Well Friday came and we worked on abs & shoulders. This class went much better and my shoulders were only slightly sore the next day.<br />
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Monday again we worked on butt and abs as well as cardio. While the class was hard and I was very tired afterwards I found this class to be my favorite. Maybe it was because of the type of exercises or maybe it was because I was already 3 boot camp classes in -- who knows?<br />
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Ryan comes with me to these classes. He's not very outgoing with the other kids there so he generally just sits beside me during the workouts. He is very quick to let me know when I am not doing <i>exactly</i> what the instructor is doing or when I am slowing down.<br />
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Let me be honest here. I cannot do every exercise that they introduce into the class. I am just not strong enough is some areas (basically my whole core area) to do the exercises the way they are meant to be. But that's okay. While others are doing exercises where I cannot participate, I modify the exercise so that I am still getting a workout. The trainers and instructors are very helpful in finding a way to modify the exercises so everyone can participate.<br />
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Another thing about the instructors & trainers -- They are <b>encouraging</b>. They are genuinely there to help woman find their <b>INNER</b> beauty. They are there to help woman gain confidence in themselves and their bodies while providing resources.<br />
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I don't see myself doing this Boot Camp week after week - I don't enjoy being away from the house 5 mornings a week (trust me when I say my housework has been pushed out of the way lately). But I think it's a good way to jump start a workout or if you are at home the other 2 or 3 days of the week.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Check them out -- <a href="http://www.bootcamp4moms.com/" target="_blank">Tyson Method for Moms</a> --</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>They have boot camp classes in Rosenort, St. Jean, Niverville, Winkler, and of course Steinbach.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">AND they are coming to <b>Lorette</b> SOON!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">They also have on-line workouts and a Fat Shredder program too.</div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-23072148559737284422011-10-21T13:01:00.000-07:002011-10-21T13:01:31.527-07:00His Steadfast Love ~ By Golden Keyes Parsons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWZovK174dFujAEtXi0HdJfuBKISxrebCUwReNwqN5tqTOhViuWyba_ZjBG4kbffLsIg9CA09-kQHgRvyNYXkCgCMFiQ5UYgNHxI-ifcS0NBKP1LageKcl4Qj56psXCQZE4lUltJUzMA7/s1600/_140_245_Book.521.cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWZovK174dFujAEtXi0HdJfuBKISxrebCUwReNwqN5tqTOhViuWyba_ZjBG4kbffLsIg9CA09-kQHgRvyNYXkCgCMFiQ5UYgNHxI-ifcS0NBKP1LageKcl4Qj56psXCQZE4lUltJUzMA7/s1600/_140_245_Book.521.cover.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px;"></span><br />
<h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Description</h3><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Civil War - a defining time of great sacrifice, change, and betrayal which determined the fate of the Nation.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It isn’t until it comes into her very home that Amanda Belle must face impossible choices of love, loss, and loyalty.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's the spring of 1861 on the Gulf Coast of Texas. Although Amanda never thought she would marry because of her promise she made to her dying mother, her attraction to Captain Kent Littlefield is undeniable.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When Texas secedes from the Union, her brother Daniel marches off to war to fight for the Confederate States and Kent remains with the Union troops.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Her heart is torn between the two men she loves and the two sides of the conflict. When she turns to God for help, Amanda expects direction and support, but hears nothing. Is God listening to her anymore? Where is God in the atrocities of war—and whose side is He on?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Amanda senses her life is at a turning point. But she must trust God to bring her family through the chaos that threatens her home, her family, and the beloved state of Texas . . . with her heart, and her faith, intact.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">***</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Although it took me a little while to actually get into the story, by the end of the book I was completely involved in the characters' lives.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This story speaks to the tough decisions in life where we may need to go against all we have ever known. Amanda wants an easy answer from God as to what road she is supposed to take. However she feels like God ins't answering her, even though maybe all he really wants from her is to wait and trust in Him.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><blockquote><i>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the </i><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><i><a href="http://booksneeze.com/">Booksneeze.com</a> </i></u></span></span><i>book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.</i></blockquote>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-81577488917056667272011-09-29T16:54:00.000-07:002011-09-29T16:54:41.892-07:00The Wonder Of Your Love ~ Beth Wiseman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCPJ5XZMtgY46ANacAh8CBTxMmMp7K692K-deENPtr9OxT2ufph7Nzf52Mr0uJvRfE2LOCw8vePyrWCTGVYg_0hzRh6Co9EWjDUzjGkAbGVWYQZw9v-nnLvD882T1ypamrFRmz_SV8zyT/s1600/The+Wonder+of+his+Love+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbCPJ5XZMtgY46ANacAh8CBTxMmMp7K692K-deENPtr9OxT2ufph7Nzf52Mr0uJvRfE2LOCw8vePyrWCTGVYg_0hzRh6Co9EWjDUzjGkAbGVWYQZw9v-nnLvD882T1ypamrFRmz_SV8zyT/s1600/The+Wonder+of+his+Love+cover.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px;"></span><br />
<h3 style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book Description</h3><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Katie Ann lost the love of her life. Then God offers her a new beginning in Colorado.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Katie Ann Stolzfus lives in the small Amish community of Canaan, Colorado. At forty she is widowed and raising her first child. But baby Jonas will never know his father, and Katie Ann wonders if her Heavenly Father hasn't forgotten about her as well. Is it really God's plan for her to be a single parent?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eli Detweiler has come to Canaan for a wedding and a long vacation. Having raised six children following the death of his young wife, Eli is finally an empty-nester. He's enjoying the slower pace of having no one to care for but himself.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When Katie Ann and Eli meet, there is an instant connection. Yet as strong as the attraction is, they both acknowledge that a romance would never work. He is done parenting, while she has just begun.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But as their friendship slowly blossoms into feelings that are as frightening as they are intoxicating, Katie Ann and Eli question if the plans they made for themselves are in line with God's plans.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Can Katie Ann entrust her heart to another man, and rediscover the wonder of God's love?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>MY THOUGHTS:</b> I love reading Amish fiction by Beth Wiseman and this book is no different. Her easy reading, creative writing makes reading her books a joy.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This book focuses on trust and God's love and plans for our lives. It was a great reminder that just because WE think our lives should be one way that God is ultimately in control and knows the best path for our lives.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><blockquote><i>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com <</i><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/"><i>http://BookSneeze.com</i></a></u></span></span><i>> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <</i><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html"><i>http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html</i></a></u></span></span><i>> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”</i></blockquote>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-44580457404438174072011-09-06T11:27:00.000-07:002011-09-06T11:27:16.467-07:00Gabby, God's Little Angel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsye4eq4st2NJr9nIaFtHLhh9oXgMDtsUEHtKGunWeI3f71B6UlVZbegP_y2a0yHwjW068JsHDNYeADWGCln-lYRMcyDRvEkCKYYTtj1UFBFmz6Ym6-Uf9fk2-4Z56UW8n_3JAlFzs9wLG/s1600/Gabby+book+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsye4eq4st2NJr9nIaFtHLhh9oXgMDtsUEHtKGunWeI3f71B6UlVZbegP_y2a0yHwjW068JsHDNYeADWGCln-lYRMcyDRvEkCKYYTtj1UFBFmz6Ym6-Uf9fk2-4Z56UW8n_3JAlFzs9wLG/s1600/Gabby+book+cover.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I received the book Gabby, God's Little Angel from <a href="http://booksneeze.com/">Booksneeze</a></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">to review.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><u>Book Overview:</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This first book in a delightful new series offers a comforting message for young readers—God loves you very much and is always watching over you!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">What little girl wouldn’t love her very own guardian angel? Parents and children alike will be won over by this humorous tale of Gabby, a guardian angel in training who has much to learn about taking care of God’s little ones. Her new assignment is to protect a young girl named Sophie, but Gabby soon realizes that watching after Sophie is a bigger challenge than she had expected! After a close call while riding her pony, Sophie learns what the Bible says about guardian angels: “He will put his angels in charge of you. They will watch over you wherever you go” (Psalm 91:11 ICB).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><u>My Thoughts:</u></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This is an adorable book to read to young girls. Lots of colors and wonderful, funny antics. It also has large enough print that as they learn to read they can read it themselves.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I really liked that the book focused on the Bible verse <i>Psalm 91:11 ~ “</i><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span>For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways”</span></i></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>. Young girls need lots of positive affirmation and knowing that their Heavenly Father cares SO much about them to send angels to guard them is a great way for them to start their relationship with him!</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Definitely a good read or Christmas present for that special girl in your life.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><blockquote><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com <</span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span>http://BookSneeze.com</span></i></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span>> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <</span></i></span></span></span><span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span>http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html</span></i></span></span></a></u></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span>> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”</span></i></span></span></span></blockquote>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-18907625313640140432011-07-19T09:34:00.000-07:002011-07-19T09:34:22.960-07:00Treasuring Emma ~ Book Review<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12px;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3JZrbOl57GUWppW44NBMc6Q8JQSdD9NAm0XVR4USFZSbyB3Vtl41wlgkG4RzgAIOsyb_RKoSOPlgOD7Zx9NtANLlqtdTU50qFWkLPmCFfFg91VZuAWbmFpCYR6dJ6kkbMK3lIejNKqG4/s1600/_140_245_Book.433.cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3JZrbOl57GUWppW44NBMc6Q8JQSdD9NAm0XVR4USFZSbyB3Vtl41wlgkG4RzgAIOsyb_RKoSOPlgOD7Zx9NtANLlqtdTU50qFWkLPmCFfFg91VZuAWbmFpCYR6dJ6kkbMK3lIejNKqG4/s1600/_140_245_Book.433.cover.jpg" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Emma has put everyone else first in her life. Now at nearly 25, has she missed her chance at marriage?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Emma was Adam's first love but circumstances made them both choose different paths in life. Emma's heart breaks all over again when Adam returns to the Amish community of Middlefield, Ohio, years later.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For the past ten years, Emma has been a care-giver. First for her mother who unsuccessfully battled breast cancer, and now for her grandmother who gets more frail with each passing year. Emma has always put the needs of others above her own. With more time on her hands, she determines to focus on herself and her dream of opening a rescue shelter for stray animals in the community.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With Adam's return come feelings Emma's long buried. They're older and life hasn't turned out the way they thought it would. Adam's feelings for Emma are stronger than ever, but will he be able to convince her to put the past aside and give their love a chance?</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kathleen Fuller does a great job of creating and showcasing a strong character in Emma. One who knows how to stand her ground. In this novel Emma learns how to lean on God and trust that he will truly provide everything she and her family needs.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This book is well written and is good, quick reading material.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><blockquote><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com <<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/">http://BookSneeze.com</a></u></span></span>> book review bloggers program. 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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I recently received </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Spring For Susannah</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Catherine Richmond from <a href="http://booksneeze.com/">Booksneeze</a></span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">to review.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">For some reason, I have a soft spot in my heart for Mail-order Bride books and think I enjoyed this one the best!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Here is a summary of the book:</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>When Susannah goes to Dakota territory as a mail-order bride she finds something she never dreamed she would - true love.</i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>With no prospects for marriage and her parents recently deceased, Susannah Underhill agrees to go west to the Dakota territory to marry her minister's homesteading brother, Jesse. But Susannah is painfully shy, doesn't see herself as worthy of love from either a husband or from God, and lives in constant fear that Jesse is going to ship her back to Detroit.</i></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>I</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>n spite of her petite size and the fact that Susannah doesn't look like she could survive on the prairie, Jesse quickly discovers that his new wife is a greater blessing than even he hoped for. The years she spent as her father's veterinarian assistant allow her to save Jesse's cattle and help other neighbors with their animals.</i></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>But Susannah's feelings of unworthiness are deeply rooted, and she can't believe that Jesse's praise - or the tenderness and love he shows - could possibly last. The thawing of her heart seems almost as distant as Spring in the midst of the winter blanketing the Dakota prairie.</i></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">This book deals with Susannah being unable to trust the people she comes in contact with and lives with. On top of it all, Susannah also does not trust God but needs to learn to lean on Him while living alone in a vacant land.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>S</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>pring for Susannah </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">definitely hit home for me, as it is hard for me to put my trust in others and make friends. But ultimately we need to remember that God is someone that we can always put our trust in.</span></div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></div><blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com <<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/">http://BookSneeze.com</a></u></span></span>> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html">http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html</a></u></span></span>> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”</i></span></blockquote>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-70067168450177928992011-05-06T09:29:00.000-07:002011-05-06T09:29:50.434-07:00Fairer Than Morning - Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlw6lrpHcnxYxfbnz6A2Ij5ZbBR3lFQoQESfU-A-VRLOfpgeIu0OvV9ZN0eyksqqEeRWdlXVnQVy7eGwlobEt-nR4xwXHqdDCR0VCbu07Z5bvOd8SoJjHymCNIrPt0ZI5HRATpDSkOH3DN/s1600/Fairer+Than+Morning+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlw6lrpHcnxYxfbnz6A2Ij5ZbBR3lFQoQESfU-A-VRLOfpgeIu0OvV9ZN0eyksqqEeRWdlXVnQVy7eGwlobEt-nR4xwXHqdDCR0VCbu07Z5bvOd8SoJjHymCNIrPt0ZI5HRATpDSkOH3DN/s1600/Fairer+Than+Morning+cover.jpg" /></a></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Fairer Than Morning</b> by Rosslyn Elliott was the latest book that I recevied from <a href="http://www.booksneeze.com/" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b>BOOKSNEEZE</b></a> to review.</span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Here is a description of the book:</span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Ann dreams of a marriage proposal from her poetic suitor—until she meets a runaway apprentice who knows what a truly noble man is.</i></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>In 1826, Ann Miller travels to Pittsburgh with her widowed father and two young sisters, only to find that a mysterious man has pursued them all the way from Ohio. Is Ann’s father just a circuit minister, or is he hiding something that may endanger them all?</i></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will Hanby indentures with a Pittsburgh saddle maker, only to discover that his master is a cold-hearted tyrant. </i></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>After years of abuse, Will becomes a prisoner of his own mind. But then lovely Ann Miller comes to stay next door and her compassion lights a long-dark part of Will’s soul. His renewed courage puts his life in jeopardy as he begins to assist fugitive slaves.</i></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><br />
</i></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; text-align: center; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Will's murderous master and Ann's questions about her family may keep both of them bound in the shadows forever. Or will they find freedom—together?</i></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">As I have stated in the past, I am someone that doesn't venture easily into reading books by authors I have never read before. But I am glad I did with this book. The book captivated my attention and I told my husband one night before bed that I just HAD to finish the book before I could sleep. (Always the sign of a good read!)</span></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">I loved all the history that the book had in it and was pleasantly surprised when I read the afterward that the whole Saddler's Legacy series was inspired by a real family who to this day are the most celebrated citizen's of Weterville, Ohio.</span></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: none; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.13in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The next book in the series comes out in February 2012.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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<div align="CENTER" style="border: none; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com <</span></span></span></span><a href="http://xn--booksneeze-0oa.com/"><span style="color: #0c6bbf;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">http://BookSneeze®.com</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="CENTER" style="border: none; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
</span></div><div align="CENTER" style="border: none; line-height: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; padding: 0in; widows: 2;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <</span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html"><span style="color: #0c6bbf;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: transparent;">http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span> </div></div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-43742898680070873722011-03-30T16:18:00.000-07:002011-04-10T20:09:00.484-07:00A Cowboy's Touch - Book Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdgUEW-j5-oNp1j7GD7sbpXxel4eqiCGc90iHfNf1cKt-dwId9X1pVio23H1vqq4cH2vYc9E9g3NC_WHvPCNhX3yKip_B_67SHpqa0ZBRqL1lcqEJFtYJ4Kw538UTs5lty6hg6bE-TB_e/s1600/A+Cowboys+Touch+Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdgUEW-j5-oNp1j7GD7sbpXxel4eqiCGc90iHfNf1cKt-dwId9X1pVio23H1vqq4cH2vYc9E9g3NC_WHvPCNhX3yKip_B_67SHpqa0ZBRqL1lcqEJFtYJ4Kw538UTs5lty6hg6bE-TB_e/s1600/A+Cowboys+Touch+Cover.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I chose </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i>A Cowboy's Touch</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> by Denise Hunter to review from Booksneeze. </span></span> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Here is a short description of the book:</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Wade's ranch home needs a woman's touch. Abigail's life needs a cowboy's touch.</span></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Four years ago, rodeo celebrity Wade Ryan gave up his identity to protect his daughter. Now settled on a ranch in Big Sky Country, he lives in obscurity, his heart guarded by a high, thick fence.</span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Abigail Jones isn't sure how she went from big-city columnist to small-town nanny, but her new charge is growing on her, to say nothing of her ruggedly handsome boss. Love blossoms between Abigail and Wade – despite her better judgement. Will the secrets she brought with her to Moose Creek, Montana separate her from the cowboy who finally captured her heart?</span></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">I had never read on of Denise Hunter's books and am always a little leery to read a book from a new-to-me author. But I was not disappointed! From the minute I picked up the book it was hard to put down.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The book was a nice clean book, with lots of Christian content. I was especially impressed with the reference all characters made to asking God what to do in certain situations.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The only thing that would have made this book better would have been another few chapters – or maybe a sequel.</span></span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com <<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/">http://BookSneeze.com</a></u></span></span>> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html">http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html</a></u></span></span>> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”</i></span></span></blockquote></div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-19901875383174859322011-01-26T14:07:00.000-08:002011-01-26T14:14:11.753-08:00An Amish Love - 3 Amish Novellas - Book Review<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://booksneeze.com/art/_140_245_Book.317.cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://booksneeze.com/art/_140_245_Book.317.cover.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;">An Amish Love is a collection of 3 Novellas:</span><br />
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</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;">A Marriage Of The Heart by Kelly Long – Abigail Kauffman is looking for a way out, and Joseph Lambert is looking for a way in. Only after they find themselves suddenly married to each other do they begin to understand the tender truths of life-long love. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;">What The Heart Sees by Kathleen Fuller – When Ellie Chupp loses her sight in an accident, she believes love will never be in her future. Christopher Miller has returned home after fleeing from the tragedy that broke his heart. When Ellie and Chris meet again, sparks fly. Could true love be a matter of seeing with new eyes?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;">Healing Hearts by Beth Wiseman – He left to find himself. She found her way without him. Could it be that their prior years together have simply been a preface to a greater love than they have ever known?</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;">When I saw the book and picked it I thought it would be a “typical” Amish novel – easy to read with predictable endings. I was pleasantly surprised that while the endings were always happy ones, the actual stories and the way the endings came about were something different. The story lines kept me glued to the book and I didn't want to put it down.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;">I would definitely recommend this book if you are looking for a great, easy to read Amish story.</span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com <<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/">http://booksneeze.com/</a></u></span></span>> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html">http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html</a></u></span></span>> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”</em></span></blockquote></div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-88504521320576076532010-12-29T14:11:00.000-08:002010-12-29T14:11:17.620-08:00Precious Moments Storybook Bible Review<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqjW3qEPCAJa3n9HLdt1e4LjNSzNGjWoNvcYSytyvKZTLtKcgTiMFoLKgVnk2wtQYWkWnXuuvopo6jcZF1QKH_90rHCWZXhD0oWnmvXorzaC7Ux8tH9ISQiMdMwaIwhAqcFnb04xwOTaL/s1600/_140_245_Book.311.cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqjW3qEPCAJa3n9HLdt1e4LjNSzNGjWoNvcYSytyvKZTLtKcgTiMFoLKgVnk2wtQYWkWnXuuvopo6jcZF1QKH_90rHCWZXhD0oWnmvXorzaC7Ux8tH9ISQiMdMwaIwhAqcFnb04xwOTaL/s1600/_140_245_Book.311.cover.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;">We were given the chance to review the <i>Precious Moments Storybook Bible</i><span style="font-style: normal;">.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;"></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">When I picked the package up at the mail, opened it up and showed it to my 2 children, they were really excited. They wanted to sit down and read the whole thing right away!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">I wasn't sure what size the book would be but was pleasantly surprised that it is about the size of an 8x10 picture. The words are large enough that a beginner reader would be able to read or follow along.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The pictures in the book, held the attention of my 2 little ones (4 & 2) and my 4 year old daughter commented how nice they looked.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The Bible Stories were detailed enough for young children so that they would get the true meaning of the story but were still simple enough so that they could understand everything that was being read.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The Bible is split into 4 sections:</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Favorite Bible Classics: Noah and the Ark, Moses and the Basket & David & Goliath are just 3 of the 14 stories.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Words of Praise & Wisdom: sections from Psalms & Proverbs</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">More Stories of Faith: such as Daniel & the Lions' Den, Jesus' Birth and parables.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Songs and Prayers: also is included a place to record special prayers you and your child have.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">There is also a section in the front to record a family tree and church records.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The Precious Moments Storybook Bible, has great stories for children and wonderful colorful pictures that would make this a great Bible or devotional book for your little one. It would also make a great gift.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com <<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://booksneeze.com/">http://booksneeze.com/</a></u></span></span>> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <<span style="color: navy;"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html">http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html</a></u></span></span>> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”</em></span></span></span></div>The Brandt Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004033823529530604noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394962362494860682.post-1677326515022303222010-12-08T13:58:00.000-08:002010-12-09T08:37:47.360-08:00I LOVE to read! It is my favorite pasttime.<br />
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I was introduced to the website Booksneeze.com.<br />
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It is a place where you can request a book, read it, and then do a review on the book.<br />
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There are some great books on the website and I can't wait to do my first review!<br />
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