Catching Faith (Movie Review)

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About the movie-

John and Alexa Taylor appear to have the perfect life – they’re the envy of all the parents in town. Their son Beau is the high school football star and their daughter Ravyn is a straight-A student. But when Beau is caught drinking alcohol, his place on the team and his bright future are on the line. With the football season at stake and the judgmental community turning their backs on them, every member of the Taylor family is at a crossroads. Now, they must find the strength from one another, and the spiritual courage from within, to prove that faith and family is the only score that really matters.

My thoughts-

Catching Faith is a great movie to watch with the whole family. It is a movie that both parents and children can find characters to relate to. Alexa and John are just trying their best to be good parents, but even kids with the best parents might make bad decisions based on peer pressure or fear or a variety of other reasons. The movie is about faith and about doing the right thing and to me it was also about the fact that no one is perfect. Even when we do something we shouldn't or realize we are being somebody we shouldn't, we have God to turn to and the opportunity to change things around. I enjoyed watching Catching Faith because it was about real situations that a family could find themselves in and is 100% easy to relate to. I recommend this movie as a great pick for a family movie night.


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The giants have been unleashed upon earth for the first time in centuries. They want to reclaim the land they lost and Jack finds himself in the battle of his life to stop them. He is fighting for his people, a kingdom and, of course, a girl (a princess!). Starring Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor and Stanley Tucci, this star studded family movie has been recently released on Blu-Ray and DVD.

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Snapatoonies Abby Apple and her fruit friends dvd review & giveaway

My kids are all at an age where they think learning new things is the coolest. My oldest is 4 1/2 and learning how to spell words and my boys are 2 1/2 and really starting to take an interest in naming everything around them, forming sentences and even naming letters and numbers. When the opportunity arose to review a new dvd focused on teaching kids, I new it was something our family would enjoy. The show is called Snapatoonies and there will be 4 seasons full of 52 episodes total about multiple things. There are shows about art, colors, numbers, phonics, the list goes on and on. We were sent Abby Apple and her fruit friends episode to review.

I sat the kids down to watch it and they can be little wiggle worms, but as soon as they heard the inviting intro and saw the cute images of the kids on the train in the opening sequence, they were glued to the tv. It doesn't hurt that the video we were sent is of fruit...all 3 of my kids are fruit fanatics and they especially love apples, so I think they were excited to see such familiar foods. I loved that the dvd included several different fruits in addition to apples, including oranges, lemons pear and plums, and even showed how some of them can come in several different colors. Something else I liked about this movie was the mix of live pictures mixed with adorable animation. My kids loved seeing kids on tv, but the vibrant colors of the animated fruit really held their attention.

Abby Apple and her fruit friends helps teach things such as colors, different types of fruits, counting, phonics and the interactive games really got my kids involved. I loved hearing two year old Noah proudly shout the answers back at the screen! It was also pretty cool that it shows kids where exactly this fruit comes from, by showing it picked in the orchards. That is a pretty interesting thing for little minds to learn.

The kids definitely enjoyed Abby Apple and her fruit friends and I know that they would love to see many of the other episodes in the future. This series is intended for children ages 6 months to 5 years.

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*Disclaimer- I received a complimentary copy of Abby Apple and her fruit friends from Snapatoonies in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are 100% my own.