Collage Friday from FPEA

I'm writing to you from Orlando, FL and the Florida Parent Educators' Association Conference. 

(If you every want to choose a conference to attend, this one might be it -- if for no other reason than the GORGEOUS venue, the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center!) 

It's been very exciting for me because I am giving a workshop on behalf of LEGO® Education - a workshop about their StoryStarter curriculum. 

 

*** For detailed LEGO® Education curriculum reviews visit the LEGO Learning page. ***

As you can see from the collage this is a beautiful place, and I am looking forward to the opportunity to learn and grow while I am here. There are homeschoolers running around everywhere and the exhibit hall might just bankrupt me - ha! 

After this convention I hop in a car and drive a few hours south to spend a couple of days with my mom and dad. I'm so looking forward to being with them, because this year has been full of major health challenges for them. 

Not much has gone on in our week other than preparing for this trip and also speaking for an afternoon session of our local Classical Conversations' Practicum (which I will post about soon, because it was a great time to see our young people shine). 

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Collage Friday Summer Break

Collage Friday will be going on a summer hiatus. I love this community and posting each Friday, but I need a break -- and truthfully our summer activities won't be all that exciting. 

My husband has some traveling this summer and we may tag along with him. My daughter has a week of camp and a week of a mission trip.  Grant will be keeping busy with baseball and drama activities. 

It's all GOOD.  We are blessed and I am thankful. 

The next edition of Collage Friday will be August 21, 2015!   Happy Summer!

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Then, be sure to find others participating and visit their posts to gain ideas and offer encouragement! 

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American Sniper Giveaway

When American Sniper was released in theaters earlier this year, my husband and I went to see it right away.

Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated adaptation of Chris Kyle’s autobiography is moving and meaningful filmmaking, depicting the heroism of both the service member in combat and the family left stateside.

It told a story we NEEDED to hear.  

It is a story about the costs those on the battlefield (and their families) pay to defend our freedoms. 

This is a subject near and dear to me. My brother is a veteran - a chaplain who served in Iraq on two different occasions. (In fact, he wrote a book, No Atheists in Foxholes, about his experiences there and as the chaplain at Camp David during 9/11.) I know firsthand the effects of war on our soldiers and the price a family can pay when one serves their country. 

This week, American Sniper was released on DVD+BLU-RAY.  Warner Bros. is donating a dollar from the sale of each DVD, up to $1 million, to the Wounded Warrior Project, whose mission is to enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members, to help injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.

I am HONORED to have even a small part in helping raise money and awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project. 

I am also thrilled to be able to give away FIVE COPIES of American Sniper. 

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US residents only, please. 

*I received a complimentary copy of this DVD from Grace Hill Media. I was not compensated in any way and wholeheartedly recommend the movie. It is rated R, and because of violence would NOT be suitable for young children. 

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