Advents Corner

I like shopping through Overstock.com; in fact I am listening to a book on audio I ordered from them last week.  Last year for my anniversary I got a 1 carat eternity band from there also and I was very pleased with it when it came in.  Overstock is running a contest called All I want for Christmas Giveaway.  Register on their site, search the site, find the gift you want and email it to someone.  Also while you are on there email it to overstock and you could win that gift.  It is that simple.  I sent the DVD/VCR combo to my husband.  We have some old home movies on VHS tapes that we need to convert to DVD before they are not any more good.  I think it would be very nice to get a gift the whole family could use without it costing me a penny.  You can even look for something for someone on your Christmas list.  If you win the gift they don’t have to know you did not pay for it.  It is the though that counts right.  With so many gifts you are sure to find something for everyone on your list from the avid reader to the newest addition to your family.

Matt and I bought Lani her own domain name for Christmas.  It is a gift she will have for the rest of her life or as long as someone pays the $6.99 a year for it.    It is LeilaniCampos.com  I am in the process of moving all of her stuff over to it now.  I am so excited about it.  So when she gets older she can update it herself and it has everything on it from the time that she was created.  I had a lot of trouble when we were trying to have a baby.  We lost 3 and Lani was actually a twin but we lost the twin.  She is so precious to us and the journal starts with the moment I found out I was pregnant with her and goes through present day.  Because our family lives so far away from us I update the journal everyday (well almost) with the events going on in Lani’s little life. 

This was an amazing gift to receive. The wine lover in your life with thank you forever for this gift pack of one bottle of white and one bottle of red. This is not your ordinary run of the mill wine; this is some of the best wine California has to offer. You are not going to just be able to go down to the local liquor store and pick these up. These wines are made in small quantities and have limited distribution.

Each gift pack includes a newsletter about the wine your received. Giving you the year the wine was born, honors the wine has received, how many cases were produced and a description of what your taste buds are about to experience. You feel like the newsletter was written just for you. You will also find a featured recipe, Gold Medal Spotlight, and the Wine Wizard who answers your wine questions. When you receive your wine if there is a particular bottle you feel you need to have again you can reorder the bottles that you received in your gift package. Send wine of the month to someone you care about and the receiver will be thanking you one cold night while they sit by the fire sipping some of California’s greatest wine.

About 7 years ago Matt and I decided it was time to start thinking about a new car. We had a 1989 Toyota Corolla with a little over 200,000 miles on it. As many of you know Toyota run a long time and she was still in excellent condition. I was insulted to say the least when we went to the dealership and they told us how much they were going to give us for a trade-in. What made me so mad was the fact that I knew they were going to turn right around and sell the car for a couple thousand dollars. So instead of trading it in we did a car donation. We donated to the purple heart foundation but there are so many out there to choose from like Car Angel that uses the money to videos for kids and teens that they give away free of charge to educate them on the importance of staying off of drugs.

This is so funny.  This is the first dance at their wedding and man do they put on a show.  It is so cool to see them have so much fun with it.

Read the verse to your child then let them color the picture.