Vision Forum Spring Sale

Click the above link to see what's on sale today.

Things that look great to us:
folding pink doll house
"The Widow's Mite" - the winner of the 2009 Christian Film Festival.
Incredible Animals - a beautiful, full color animal encyclopedia type book. The photos are incredible and it is a favorite at our house.
doll armoire
girls' pinafore pattern - my little seamstress is dying to get her hands on this.

Those are just a few of our favorites. What are yours?

Happy Birthday Josiah

Josiah is a talented kid. He is very athletic, creative and musical, smart, funny as anything, and a thinker. He loves: baseball, hiking, horses, talking, driving 4-wheelers, music, SWITCHFOOT, guitars, the computer, laughing, shooting, friends, and his mom!! I'm writing this, so I can add anything I want! He does NOT like: oatmeal, getting out of bed in the morning (especially when we are having oatmeal!), and math. His biggest passion is music. He often cannot get to sleep at night because he is writing music in his head. When he was a little guy, I would stand outside his door and laugh, because he'd lie in bed and sing crazy songs that he made up at the top of his lungs. It is such fun talking music and sharing songs/artists that I have always enjoyed with him . I am so thankful for Josiah and for being a part of his life. Josiah is one of my favorite people to hang around with. He makes me laugh with his witty and dry sense of humor and he likes to talk. It is hard to believe my once-little-guy is now a young man. Josiah, I love you. May God continue to bless you and grow you into a man after His own heart! Happy thirteenth birthday!!

Written In Chalk

Written in Chalk - the new CD by Buddy and Julie Miller (my VERY favorites) was released on March 3rd. We saw a write-up in World Magazine listing it as a new notable CD saying:

Written in Chalk Buddy & Julie Miller
Style: The latest stretch of the Americana highway along which the Millers, solo and together, have been hiking for over 20 years.
Worldview: "If all our heartaches were in a stack, they'd go all the way up to heaven and back. / We don't know all the trouble we're in. [. . .] Jesus, save us from our sin" ("Chalk").
Overall quality: Backwoods country blues (Buddy) and late-night heartbreak (Julie) battered by bare-knuckled grace (Buddy with Julie); the difference this time: the cameos (Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, Regina McCrary, Patty Griffin).

The Millers have been putting out music together for years and whether it is a solo album for either or an official joint effort, they each have both Buddy and Julie's handprints all over them. I had the extreme privilege of working with and getting to know the Millers a number of years back. Talent that shows no end and lovely humility go hand in hand with them. Isn't that a nice thing to see? I'm excited for this new musical release by them. Can't wait to hear the whole thing. http://www.buddyandjulie.com/

And the Winner is.....

Melanie Haymond!! True Beauty will be delivered to your door, Mel. Congratulations to Melanie and thanks to all who entered!

Happy Birthday Micah

Micah, my baby, is six years old!! How can it be? Wow. What would we ever do without Micah? We definitely wouldn't laugh as much - she cracks us up all the time. Micah has a great sense of humor and she is so much fun to be around. She is as smart as a whip, ready to jump into anything, has no fear, and can be a little bit of a tom boy. I worry about her a little, because she has that dancing on tabletops kind of personality; she is kind of crazy. She bosses around her older siblings all the time (well, she tries) and she has a very tender heart. She cannot stand being in trouble for anything (but that doesn't seem to stop her) - one cross word and she falls apart. She has lots of nicknames - Bubby or Bubby Girl (Josiah made it up), Schmoopa, Stinky, and Magoo to name a few. Micah is in Kindergarten and enjoys school - she is doing really well in her reading and she loves math (which is more than I can say about the rest of these kids that live here!). Micah is as skinny as a rail - she always has been, and now she is getting really tall too. That girl of ours is a doll and we all adore her. We are so thankful that the Lord saw fit to bless us with her. We look forward to the future and watching her learn, grow, and become the woman that God created her to be. She fills our hearts and home with joy! :)

Bubby's a rock star!

FREE Jonathan Park Download

Through Friday, anyone with a Behemoth.com account can download the entire Jonathan Park: The Adventure Begins set FREE!! This is a great deal - it would usually cost you $17.95 for the download or $25 for the CD set if you were to buy it. It is free to sign up for a Behemoth account and easy as anything to download. If you have not heard of Jonathan Park, Vision Forum's radio-type creation adventure series, by all means go and check it out. We love them. Let me warn, you, though, your kids will become addicted and will want to disappear for hours to listen.

In order to get the series, you must use the coupon code: JONATHANPARK. Here's how you do it:
Go to Behemoth.com
Click on the "cart" link in the top right corner
On the cart page you will see a field on the right underneath the "Redeem a Coupon" Heading
Enter the code: JONATHANPARK
The downloads will appear in your cart....you click on download and save to your computer!!

The free download is for ANYONE with a Behemoth account. Also, Behemoth offers daily freebies, so be sure to check back frequently for those.

Kim C. is holding a drawing for a $50 Behemoth gift certificate on her blog. So, after you go to Behemoth.com for your free download and see all the great things they have to offer, you can scoot on over to her blog for a chance to get some of it for free!.

Vision Forum Drawing

Vision Forum is introducing five new conference audio sets featuring a number of family visionaries and Christian cultural reformers. These sets are on sale until February 23rd. As an affiliate, Vision Forum is graciously allowing me to hold a giveaway. To enter, just post a comment stating which set you would like to win. If you have a blog, post a link to my contest on your blog and send me that link to receive a second entry. All entries will be placed in a hat and the kids will draw one on Thursday, February 26th . If you are the winner, I will contact you for your address and Vision Forum will send you the set of your choice. Follow the link below to pick your favorite!