almost sold out....

if you are signed up for my email updates then you already know that the baseball dart board is celebrating the season with a $25.00 discount....






for any of you who do not get my updates with special prices or the introduction of new limited pieces; you may want to go ahead and sign up....just drop me an email and i will do the rest!

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there are only a few pieces of 'the game' left to be made before it is retired....so if it is a piece that you love, please let me know and i'm happy to make one for you....







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a day with God...

it was just about a year ago when eli, then 11, said that he wanted to get baptised and confirmed at the boone united methodist church, for classes were just about to start...






hubby and i looked at each other and inwardly sighed....for if you knew what we have gone through trying to "pick" a religion or a church, so to speak, you yourself would sigh right along with us...



this is a family of many religions meshed together, this family of ours are steadfast in their beliefs, this family is always thinking that we do need to be at church every week, but which one, which faith....it's been a merry go round involving religion and which church we felt worked for the both of us and our different beliefs...and of course we've taught eli along the way, all these different cases that we plead for 'our' religion, but he wanted more, he wanted the whole enchildada, he wanted to belong somewhere...





well as kids sometimes do, eli tired of the back and forth of his confused parents, and he went on ahead of us...








parents out there all know that it takes a village to raise a child, and part of that village is a church too....









eli chose his church....eli chose his path....and we followed him....(click photo below for baptism)








after nearly a year of studies and words that can't even begin to describe his journey, his leaders, his friends, his work, play and questions; he was finally baptised this past weekend....









we are very proud parents of this young man; a young man who is strong enough to break away from his very confused parents, find his own road and lead us for awhile...