Introducing The Read-A-Thon!!!!!!

Okay, well, this has been a long time in coming! Almost a year ago I decided I wanted to start a book blog where I could keep track of what I have read, and where people could come to read summaries of those books to decide if they want to read them. I ended up putting my ratings and recommendations on each book summary also. I didn't tell anyone about it at the time because it looked kind of silly with two books listed. It has been almost a year now and I have added each of the books I read in that amount of time, plus I have also been able to add a bunch of the books I have previously read. Since I can't find my camara battery charger and my battery is dead, I can't update this blog with family pics so I decided now is the time to introduce my book blog. Please take a look! If you want to recommend  a book to me please email me, and if you want to comment about what you think about the book then please do! I hope this will be a good tool for determining books teens should read as well. So enjoy!!!!

                            http://www.the-readathon.blogspot.com/

Please let me know what you think and any improvements that can be made. The books are listed in the index on the left hand side and they are under the title, author, and genre. Have fun!

My One Creative Project for the Year!

Okay, so everyone knows how NOT crafty I am. I try, but to no avail. I have been wanting a new job chart for my kids and an FHE board, but did not want to spend a lot of money, and yet I didn't want them made out of cardboard either. I really like the magnetic boards but they are pricey. So I tried to think of a better way. Well, I finally did! I found some cheap (around $10) magnetic white boards at Walmart and I added a few things and I am proud at how it turned out. So....yay! My one creative project for the year is finished!! These pics aren't very good because the boards are hanging in the hall and it isn't very wide, but I think you can see them well enough.

This is the job chart. The days of the week go across and their names go down. I did four so I don't have to redo it when Kate is old enough. Their chores are listed in the Monday slot of each of their rows. They are individualized. What I like is that they are in control. If they have done all their chores for the day then they move the magnet to that day (notice that TJ has the whole week filled in, Brenden a few days, and Alyssa not at all.....age but mostly personality!) I don't have to do it, they do, and that is what I wanted.

In between is our family mission statement and the Proclamation. We spent a lot of time putting together our mission statement and I think it turned out great.

Then on the end is our FHE board. I think it turned out cute. I love that already it has kept me more organized. I think of the lesson one week in advance so I'm not scrambling for something at the last second like I was doing before.

So there you go.....my craftiness for the year... hooray!!