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All-In2Night {BOOK REVIEW}

All-In2Night
By Lynne Burgess
about the book:

All-In 2Night is a family routine. For one night of the week everyone stays home. By spending ten to twenty minutes together, you can learn and talk about the things that matter. Following on from Lynne’s original book this set of new activities is designed especially with Christian families in mind. The book includes 40 weeks of activities, designed as 1 per week of the school year. Activities include love languages, listening for God, self-esteem, the fruits of the spirit and many more. These family activities provide an opportunity to grow values, goals, hopes, feelings and the foundation for a Christ led life.

in the past year, i’ve realized more than ever how important spending time with family is.  losing my grandma coupled with the reality that my son will be leaving for college in less than 2 years has made family time so super important to me.  i think life gets so busy, and the world moves so fast, our family seems to get lost in the shuffle.  and when time is spent together, everyone has their nose immersed in technology.  genuine family time seems to be a thing of the past.  but it doesn’t have to be.  that is where author Lynne Burgess got the idea to incorporate what she calls family nights back into her home and she has shared her secrets in her latest book called All-In2Night.
the book has 40 topics that can be related to by every family.  Lynne shares how to instill God values in your children, activities you can work on with your kids and some super great conversation starters.  
this book is definitely one i would recommend to all parents.  this is such an excellent resource that i wish i had when my kids were smaller.

i received this book free from the publisher through the BookCrash.com book review program, which requires an honest, though not necessarily positive, review. the opinions i have expressed are my own.

women living well {book review}

Women Living Well: Finding Your Joy in God, Your Man, Your Kids, and Your Home
By Courtney Joseph

imagine how ridiculously excited i was when i received an email saying i was chosen to be part of a book-launch team. i know, right? and to make it even more exciting, it was for Courtney Joseph’s new book. Courtney is part of Good Morning Girls and she also had the Women Living Well blog. i’ve been reading both for quite some time now. yeah, crazy over-the-moon excited!!!

want to know what made me even more excited?!?! they are giving me a book to GIVEAWAY! oh yeah 🙂 in a few weeks, when i do my final book review, i will also be doing a giveaway. so. so. excited.  and the giveaway is for a signed copy.

i was blessed to have been given an advance copy of this book to help get the work out, read and review it. i’m about halfway through it and let me tell you, WOW, you will be blown away. it has four parts that are based on Your Walk with the KING, Your Marriage, Your Parenting, and Your Homemaking. i have to tell you though, even if you aren’t married or you don’t have any littles yet, you will still be blessed by this book. there is something in this book for every single one of us women. this book will challenge you, take you a little out of your comfort zone and help you grow in your walk with Him.


below is a trailer announcing the book.  if the very first line of the trailer catches your attention, as it did mine, then you’ll want to get this book to see what else Courtney has to say!

if you are super duper excited to get your hands on this book and you can’t wait for the giveaway, you can pre-order your copy now.  also, Courtney is offering a 10 e-book bundle as a free gift.  there are also several other cool gifts if you order more.  click here to pre-order and for more information on the free gifts click here.

i can’t wait to share the rest of this book with y’all.

She’s Twelve Going on Twenty {book review}

She’s Twelve Going on Twenty
Nurturing Your Daughter Through the Tween Years
By Kim Camp
the book description:

Especially for moms of teens and preteens, a practical, Christ-centered guide to helping your daughter grow in mind, body, and spirit.
As the mother of a young girl aged 9 to 16, you want a lot for your daughter. You want to see her soar in self-confidence and accomplishment, to navigate a safe course through the treacherous waters of school, culture, and hormones, and to grow closer to God while learning to rely on his Word. And through it all to maintain a warm, open mother-daughter relationship.
She’s Twelve Going on Twenty offers a comprehensive, Christian approach to issues almost every mother and daughter will encounter:

  • Identity and faith
  • Music, movies, TV, and the Internet
  • Boys and falling in love, sex and purity
  • School and grades
  • Drugs and alcohol
  • Clothes, fads, appearance, and body language
  • Boundaries and personal safety

Easy-to-read and deeply personal, this invaluable book draws on a wealth of experience, careful research, and a deep grounding in the Bible and Christian faith. “Working It Out Together”at the end of each chapter provides communication starters and activities to help you and your daughter talk things out and plot a positive course together for the challenging but exciting adolescent years.

this book is great for giving real life examples of that typical teenage girl behavior we all know oh-too-well.  i loved how the author gave some responses that parents typically give to these behaviors and shows the effects on the girls.  this mama right here is far from perfect and needed to read that.  the book is divided into 3 parts: spirit, soul, and body. i absolutely loved that the end of every chapter included activities for moms and daughters to do together to apply the teaching from that chapter.  

this book is great for any mother of tweens or teens.  so much can be learned from this book!

this book was provided to me free of charge by booksneeze.com in return for my honest review. the opinions i have expressed are my own.

out for now
~kisses