Welcome Friends! Thanks for "hopping by" on this holiday as we salute those who serve so valiantly and keep our nation safe!  I am blessed to have my nephew, Army Captain Jason Mammoser (pictured on the right), home from his third and final tour of duty this month!    This weekend's free product and related post really don't have a red, white, and blue purpose, but it's theme of  making personal choices with bravery and conviction is appropriate, so here goes! Keeping my second graders engaged and interested has been very difficult these past few weeks.  The warm weather and our approaching summer vacation have been great foils to any of my attempts to maintain their attention and focus. What, you ask, have I finally done to remedy the situation?  I took the advice of my beloved blogger buddy, Kimberly, and began a book study of The Dragonling by Jackie French Koller.    This story about a young Darek's special rel......