June 4, 2012

Free Family Magazine

Thriving Family is a free magazine provided by Focus on the Family.  You can subscribe for free at their website.  You can also download the free Thriving Family Magazine App for Iphone, Ipad, and Android. This is a great magazine for parents.  Each issue covers parenting advice and ideas for parents with children from birth through high school.  It has the look and feel of […]
June 3, 2012

Cyleyoung.com Blog

I blog on subjects related to: parenting, leadership, entertainment, and Christianity. On occasion, I will throw in a random topic that might interest you.Regardless, I promise to provide: Dialogue not monologue.  I want to connect and discuss with you about the topics I post about.  I want to hear your opinion, so don’t be bashful. Speak up! Even if you disagree with me. (That’s how […]
June 2, 2012

Parentstuf App

Northpoint Church is a very large church in Atlanta, Georgia.  Northpoint uses the same curriculum for their children’s ministry that we do in Foreverland.  They have produced a helpful App for Android, Iphone, and Ipad that provides resources, lessons, and videos for parents.  If you want to be more involved in what your child is learning and your church uses First Look or 252 curriculum […]
June 1, 2012

Movie Review – Snow White and the Huntsman

They say the former king’s daughter, Snow White, has escaped, bless her. You hadn’t heard? It’s all up and down the street. Haven’t you even seen all those guards riding with swords clanking? After being imprisoned in one of those castle towers for 10 long years, the poor dear somehow managed to slip through that evil Queen Ravenna’s fingers and make a run for it! […]
May 31, 2012

Helping Hands Don’t Hurt People!

One day my children are going to kill each other.  This may not be true but some days it sure feels that way. My wife and I recently spent time with one of our friends, Jessica W.   During our time together she shared with us the concept, “helping hands don’t hurt people.” The phrase is very simple but it is extremely profound for my 4 […]
May 31, 2012

Pictureka Kubes Review

Pictureka Kubes is a great game to play as a family. The object of the game is to find objects, from a reference card, as fast as you can on your unique Pictureka kube.  My 4 and 5 year-old children did very well.  They were slow at first until they got the hang of it. This was a very simple game that could be played […]
May 30, 2012

Pictureka Kubes

Excited to play Pictureka Kubes tonight.  I will be posting a full review of it after we play it.  The box says it for ages 6+.  I’m going to see if my four and five year old can play it well.  I will let you know!
May 30, 2012

Movie Review – MIB3

Attention, mutant aliens! If you’re green, blue, striped, syrupy, gelatinous, mucus-covered, bulbous and/or oozing in any way, DO NOT attempt to vacation on/camp out at/invade Earth without first devising a suitable humanoid disguise. If you do, you’re gonna get pinched by the Men in Black. It’s as simple as that. Don’t believe us? Ask… read more @ http://bit.ly/LCFChV
May 28, 2012

Taste of Heaven

I went to heaven the other day.  It was amazing.  No, I didn’t go to heaven via a dream or near death experience.  I went to heaven in North Carolina.  Heaven is not the name of a city or place in North Carolina, but I did go to heaven for a few brief moments. During dinner at Lifeway’s Ridgecrest conference center, I experienced heaven.  My […]
June 10, 2014

Disney Disaster

Sometimes God uses us to teach our children, and sometimes God uses our children to teach us. Learn more about my Disney disaster at the just18summers blog Moldable Moments.
June 3, 2014

Mold Love by Modeling It First

Check out my post on how I mold love in the life of my five year old daughter by modeling it in how I relate to her and cherish her. Find out more about these moldable moments, at the just18summers blog.
June 2, 2014

Binge Writer

I am a binge writer. I always have been, and I probably always will be. What is a binge writer you ask? A binge writer is an author who indulges in writing for a brief period of time. Often followed by extended periods of an absence of writing. For me, I can write 10,000-15,000 words a day typing at 25 words per minute. I know […]
June 1, 2014

“Backheifen” in the Last Waveson

Here is an excerpt from my book The Last Waveson: Grafting. I was able to get my version of the german word Backpfeifengezicht in my book. Yay!   While he observed the guards, something struck Avo in the back of his shoulder. Perci pushed him as he brushed by. After a few steps, Perci turned and shot a smug self-righteous smirk back at Avo. Avo […]