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Alone Yet Not Alone by Tracy Leininger Craven is inspired by a true story, which her grandmother Leininger first told her when she was young after tracing their family’s genealogy.

In 1755, Allegheny warriors ambush sisters Barbara and Regina Leininger’s, 12 and 9, house, killing their father and older brother, kidnapping the young girls and taking them to their village.  There they were forced to adapt to the warriors’ way of living—which included dyeing their faces, wearing warrior clothes and adopting the Allegheny ways of worship.

Post Pebbles cereal is great tasting on its own for breakfast or a snack with milk or without .  But there are plenty of recipes that you can use it in too!  With everything from whoopie pies to smoothies, the colorful and crunchy Pebbles you already love are brought to life in some new creations from celebrity chef, Kristina Vanni.

These recipes are great for entertaining or just to get your little helper in the kitchen for a fun day together!

Here is a tasty creation from Chef Vanni that is perfect for an afternoon snack – especially on a hot summer day!

When my sister came to visit with her family at Christmastime I was excited for obvious reasons.  A less obvious one was that we could visit the LEGOLAND Discovery Center at the Grapevine Mills Mall.  We’re HUGE Lego lovers in our family, one look at our immense collection ranging from piece meal bricks that are about 40 years old from my husband’s childhood to the Architect series boxes and Star Wars Lego boxes on the closet shelves and it’s kind of evident.

Easter has always been an exciting holiday in our home.  And I literally say IN our home, because more often than not where we lived we needed to have Easter Egg hunts in our house because it was too cold or wet or (yes!) snowy or rainy to have them outside.  It never diminished our daughter’s excitement for searching for the treat filled eggs (or my chagrin at her pulling out few dust bunnies in the process), but what she did miss out on a lot was the receiving of traditional Easter Baskets. 

Believe it or not summer is coming folks, and that also means that family vacations are not too far away!

So what can you do to ensure that your family and belongings are safe while you’re traveling?

Here are 5 things we always bring along for safe family travel:

Blu and Jewel are back for an all new adventure in Rio 2!
The entire cast of the animated smash RIO returns in RIO 2, and they are joined by a new flock of top actors and musical talents. Rich with grandeur, character, color and music, RIO 2 finds Jewel (Anne Hathaway), Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and their three kids leaving their domesticated life in that magical city for a journey to the Amazon.

I’m one of those people who loves scented things.  I always have fragrance melts simmering in my home, and I’m the person you see trying every tester perfume at the department store.  If the sense of smell was a super power, I’d have a cape and an alter ego. I’d be flying around making sure everyone smells great!  So I think it was pretty appropriate that I got an invitation to the Caress Fabulista Army.

I’m in pretty good company because Kelly Rowland is also a Caress Fabulista!

I’ve always been fascinated with the events of World War II in Germany and the after years.  Probably because those were the generational stories I heard around my home.  My grandparents and parents had stories that sounded like a plot for a novel, which is why I probably gravitate to books like that as well.

For Such a Time by Kate Breslin, is a powerful retelling of the story of Esther during WWII: Blond and blue-eyed Jewess Hadassah Benjamin must save her people—even if she cannot save herself.

As a lot of you know, I’ve been working with eMeals for about a year now and it’s been a fantastic resource for our family.  Every week I get a shopping list and a week’s worth of supper recipes.  We’ve been using the Walmart Family Classic plan for the last year, but I am seriously considering switching to the new Kid Friendly plan.  I know, I know we don’t have any “kids” in our house anymore, but my husband…his tastedbuds are just like a kid’s.  Ask me how many times he ends up ordering off the kid’s menu when we cruise.  It’s becomes a joke with our servers by the end of the week.