Olivia playing football

Yep, she's a superstar :)

CFBA- Who Made You a Princess

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Who Made You a Princess
FaithWords (May 13, 2009)
by
Shelley Adina


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Award-winning author Shelley Adina wrote her first teen novel when she was 13. It was rejected by the literary publisher to whom she sent it, but he did say she knew how to tell a story. That was enough to keep her going through the rest of her adolescence, a career, a move to another country, a B.A. in Literature, an M.A. in Writing Popular Fiction, and countless manuscript pages.

Shelley is a world traveler and pop culture junkie with an incurable addiction to designer handbags. She writes books about fun and faith--with a side of glamour. Between books, Shelley loves traveling, playing the piano and Celtic harp, watching movies, and making period costumes.

The All About Us book series has its own home over on the Hachette website. Stop by and see what the five fabulous girls at Spencer Acadenmy are up to! Series Website.

Her other books in this series includes book one, It's All About Us, oook Two, The Fruit of my Lipstick, and book three, Be Strong & Curvaceous. This present book is book four.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Shani Hanna returns to SpencerAcademy for her senior year after an amazing summer spent with her friends Lissa, Gillian, and Carly. But the best part about summer was meeting Danyel Johnstone. Danyel is cute, smart, cool, and super nice. All Shani has to do is get him to see her as more than just one of the gang.

But when the girls return to school, they find a new addition to the distinguished student body: Prince Rashid al Amir of Yasir, an oil-rich desert kingdom in the Middle East. Prince Rashid moved to California to prepare for an eventual MBA at Stanford...and to romance his future wife: Shani Hanna!

It turns out, Shani's family and the prince's go back for generations, entwined in tradition, obligation, and family honor. In each generation, members of the two families have expanded their business interests through arranged marriage. Will Shani put aside her feelings for Danyel to pursue her family's wishes? Or will God answer her prayers for an intervention?

If you would like to read the first chapter of Who Made You a Princess , go HERE

2.5 seconds

This is a conversation I had with my boys this week in the van...


Aiden: Owen has a girlfriend Owen has a girlfriend Owen has a girlfriend

Owen: NO I DON'T AIDEN! Don't say that!! I don't like girls. I'll NEVER have a girlfriend.

Me: of course you will have a girlfriend someday- don't you want to get married?

Aiden: I think I'll marry Cici (friend from church)

Me: well, that would be great because I really like Cici's mommy.

Owen: Aiden you can't marry Cici, she is marrying her daddy!

Me: Cici can't marry her daddy. Her daddy is already married to her mommy.

Aiden: well that's ok.

Me: you can't marry two people

Aiden: well why not?

Me: it's just not allowed

Aiden: Owen has a girlfriend Owen has a girlfriend Owen has a girlfriend


I had fun watching the boys at their swimming lesson yesterday- we have them in semi-private lessons with just the two of them so it is easier on Aiden and they did great! But at one point I heard this from their teacher...


swim instructor: ok could you guys be quiet for just 2.5 seconds?

my boys: ignoring her completely


It made me giggle :)

Weekly Winners- the goodness that is summer

Here are a few of my favourite pictures from the past week. We had church outside in the park Sunday evening and my kids had a great time exploring. This is Olivia studying the wildflowers surrounding us...


Aiden dancing to the beat of the music and the wave of the banners...
Owen running free...
The banners looked lovely .... these pictures don't do them justice.

Here are a bunch of pictures from our time at a local beach. Olivia went on a flower hunt...



I love the teeny tiny shells we found in the sand...

I love seeing my kids so happy, enjoying summer!


And here is Owen relaxing with daddy...
Summer is good.

You can find more weekly winners at SarcasticMom.com.

Blog Hopping Contest!!!

Yesterday I posted an interview with the fabulous ladies of Mommy PR and this morning they announced a BLOG HOPPING CONTEST!

What is a blog hopping contest? Well, Mommy PR is giving away a $50 Gift Certificate to Sophies Chic Boutique and 1000 entries into ANY contest on the blogs involved. As of this morning there are 20 participating blogs (including Mommy PR and ME!!!). So if you enter the Mommy PR contest (before July 17) you could win 1000 entries and you could use those entries all on one contest - like my Summer Surprise contest- or you could spread them out over a whole bunch of contests in the 90 days the entries will be good for. Cool eh?

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE ENTERING....

Here is the rundown from Mommy PR:

"So how do you win? Simple! This is the Blog Hopping Contest! There are only a few Mandatory rules. The rest are up to you on who you hop, who you follow, and where you enter!

Lets get on with the details:

Mandatory:

You must visit Sophies Chic Boutique and tell me [Mommy PR] something you like!

Blog about this contest linking to Sophies Chic Boutique & Mommy PR

YOU MUST DO THE TWO ABOVE BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER!

(If you do not have a blog account please Tweet @mommypr & @Sophieschicbout about the contest)

Extras:

Now the following are all optional but count as an entry for each one you do!

Follow Sophies Chic Boutique on Facebook- Leave a comment that Mommy PR sent you!

Twitter- RT that @MommyPR sent you! or Blogger

Now for the Blog Hopping!

Rules: For every button you see below [on the Mommy PR page], you can choose one or all, but have fun blog hopping and entering the giveaways and following them.

1) Follow a blog-

1 entry (leave the blog name in your comment on Mommy PR as entry!)

2) Blog and/or Tweet about their giveaway -

1 entry for each, per blog, per giveaway (leave the link in your comment on Mommy PR please)

3) Enter their giveaway-

1 entry for each giveaway you enter (leave the name of the giveaway & blog as entry on the Mommy PR blog)

4) Follow any Blogger on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, or any social network they have linked-

1 entry for each per blogger per network (leave the name of the social network & blog at Mommy PR as entry)

There you have it! Easy! And a hundred ways to enter!

Daily entries may be Tweets & Bloggings – That is all.

(MOMMY PR Giveaways /Following are included!)

ENTRIES FOR THIS CONTEST ARE ONLY TO BE SUBMITTED ON MOMMY PR!!!"

(open to USA & CANADA & FPO & APO)

What are you waiting for? Get blog hopping!! And don't forget to tell them I sent you :)

DON'T COMMENT ON THIS POST (I am not allowing comments on this post so it is hopefully less confusing)- COMMENT ON THE MOMMY PR POST HERE!!