Review & #Giveaway Captive DVD #CaptiveMovie #FlyBy

About the movie:

Based on a miraculous story about the power of faith, Captive is an "amazing, inspiring" drama about the spiritual collision of two lost souls, Brian Nichols (Golden Globe Nominee David Oyelowo), on the run from police and desperate to make contact with his newborn son, takes recently widowed mother Ashley Smith (Kata Mara) hostage in her own apartment.  Fearing for her life and desperately hoping to see her daughter again, she turns to Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life for guidance.  Ashley and her captor face a crossroads where they discover hope and light in the midst of despair in the moving film that Dick Rolfe, CEO, Dove Foundation hailed as "powerful."

DVD Release Date: January 5, 2016

Runtime: 96 minutes

Rating: PG-13 (for mature thematic elements involving violence and substance abuse)

There are over 30 minutes of bonus content on this DVD including Journey Through Darkness: Filming Captive and Faith and The Purpose Driven Life.  Also included with this DVD is a Digital HD copy that can be instantly streamed and downloaded. 

My Thoughts

I very much enjoyed this movie!  I was not familiar with the story prior to receiving this DVD.  It is rated PG-13 mostly because of protrayed drug use and violence.  I would not show this to my children under 13 for these reasons.  It is a great story that demonstrates how God can use anyone, and how he people are sometimes placed into our lives, without our full undestanding, but for a purpose.  The book The Purpose Driven Life is what helped to make this a story.  This is a very inspirational and uplfiting story.  I enjoyed every minute of it.

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Review & #Giveaway: The Plans I Have for You Devotional & Journal #FlyBy #PlansIHave

The Plans I Have For You Devotional and Journal are a wonderful set for older elementary/pre-teen ages!  They are both beautifully illustrated and very thought provoking!  These books reference Bible verses and stories to help explain and build a relationship with God.  Helping children know that they can turn to HIM who created them, to help them find THEIR purpose in life. 

The Devotional and Journal can go hand in hand or the can each stand alone!  A great gift for the God loving (or seeking) preteen in your life.

More About The Plans I Have For You Devotional:

The devotional is an illustrated 90-day devotional written by bestselling children's book author Amy Parker and illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton, teaching and inspiring kids to dream about their future, to focus on faith, love, and joy, and recognize that God has a plan and purpose for each and every one of us. 

Hardcover; 160 pages

Age Range: 8-12 years

More About The Plans I Have For You Journal:

The journal prompts creative thinking and exploration of the talents and personalities that make us special, and then helps explore how God may use our unique traits to spread love and joy and make the world a better place.

Stationery; 208 pages

Age Range: 11-14 years

About author Amy Parker:

Amy Parker has sold more than thirty books for children, teens, and adults.  She has also collaborated with authors ranging from New York Times bestsellers to her very own son.  Two of these collaborations are recipients of Christian retailing's Best Awards, and she has also won three Mom's Choice Awards.  But Amy's greatest reward is being a wife to Daniel and a mom to their amazing sons, Michael and Ethan.

About illustrator Vanessa Brantley-Newton:

Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a self-taught illustrator, doll maker, and crafter.  Her passion for children's books began when she came across The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats as a child in the 1960s.  Growing up in a musical family who love to sing, Vanessa's illustrations are as fun and whimsical as a beautiful melody.  Vanessa currently makes her nest in Charlotte, NC with her husband of 20 years, their daughter, and a very rambunctious cat named Stripes.

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Whole 30–Round 2! Week 2 Meals

Week 1 Meals

R2D8

Meal 1 – Roasted Red Pepper Chicken Sausage with butternut squash, kale, avocado and fried eggs

Meal 2 – The last of the leftover Paleo Chili with guac and apples

Meal 3 – Chicken Curry with butternut squash on cauli rice –

This is my own recipe:

3-4 chicken breasts, 1-2 cans of coconut milk, 2T curry powder, diced butternut squash, (mango is also good!).  Put in crock pot on high for about 3-4 hours. After cooked cut chicken up before serving. 

R2D9

Meal 1 – Repeat of day 8

Meal 2 – Tuna Salad boats with cashews, carrots and apple slices

 

Meal 3 – Bacon wrapped spiced pork tenderloin with roasted broccoli, baked potato and avocado (emeals)

 

R2D10

Meal 1 – Repeat of days 8 & 9

Meal 2 – Chicken zucchini poppers with avocado, salsa and leftover broccolli (not pictures)

Meal 3 – Stuffed Peppers (pork and cauli rice) with roasted brussel sprouts (emeals)

R2D11

Meal 1 – Steakum with Brussels sprouts and fried eggs

Meal 2 – reapeat of day 10

Meal 3 – Pork chops with apples and potato/turnip mash (emeals)

R2D12

Meal 1 – Leftovers of pork chop and brussels sporuts with avocado and eggs

Meal 2 – I found compliant lunch meat!  yeah!  Turkey rolls with carrots, deviled eggs and apple slices with almond butter

Meal 3 – Turkey meatball soup with zoodles and a spinach/apple/almond salad (I also added avocado to the soup) (emeals)

R2D14

Meal 1 – The last of the stuffed peppers with fried eggs and some raspberries with coconut shreds and a tad of almond butter

Meal 2 – turkey roll ups with deviled eggs and carrots with Tessame’s Ranch

Meal 3 – crock pot roast with potatoes and carrots and avocado, I also added an apple with almond buuter. 

This was a good week, I feel like my fats were more balanced (less nuts), but this is about the time I start to get bored!  I’m on the downhill now, 50% done with round two… though I was thinking of extending this round to 40 days (I wanted to do 90 days straight, but it’s our anniversary next month and we are going to a bed and breakfast and wanted to be able to enjoy it).  I will re-evaluate after these next 15 days and decide if I want to keep going, stay tuned!