Trip to Grandad and Nana's

Summary video of fun times at Grandad and Nana's... Caleb intro's with Amazing Grace at the beloved Hooks piano...Luke claps as Caleb shows off some dance moves... Luke practices walking with Nana's help... Caleb shows Papa his throwing arm then how fast he can push Luke on his horse...lunch break with Chik-fil-a sauce to help get our veggies down... Thanks to Nana and Grandad for letting us take over their home for a week!

Here are some older clips that I put together while making the above video... Kennon and the boys

Family Worship Resources

Just found some great resources for cultivating family worship...

Catechisms and scriptures set to music are definitely more fun and almost impossible not to memorize! I already can't get them out of my head! Stylistically these two albums are VERY different. Check out the tunes...

• Seeds Family Worship
• Teach Them The Faith

Also Seeds Family Worship has a great resource page including books, Bibles, online resources, etc. I've copied some of their recommendations below. It includes some of my favorites which I've marked in blue.

Books On Family Worship

• Family Worship: In the Bible, in History & in the Home, Donald S. Whitney
• Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God, Voddie Baucham, Jr.
• Making a Home for Faith, Elizabeth F. Caldwell
• Rediscovering the Lost Treasure of Family Worship, Jerry Marcellino
• Teaching Kids Authentic Worship: How to Keep Them Close to God for Life, Kathleen Chapman
• Thoughts on Family Worship, James W. Alexander
• The Family Worship Book, Terry L. Johnson
• Raising Children to Adore God, Patrick Kavanaugh
• The Joy of Family Worship: A Key to Healthy Body Life (CD), R.C. Sproul, Jr.
• Family Worship (CD), Jean Henri Merle d’Aubigné

Bibles to Grow Up With

• The Baby Bible Storybook (Ages Baby-Preschool), Robbin Currie and Cindy Adams
• The Beginners Bible (Ages 4-8), Kelly Pulley
• My First Study Bible (Ages 4-8), Paul J. Loth
• Picture That! Bible Storybook (Ages 4-8), Tracy Harrast (Author) and Garry Colby (Illustrator)
• Jesus Story Book Bible (Ages 4-8), Sally Lloyd-Jones
• Day byDay Begin-to-Read Bible (Ages 4-8), Karyn Henley
• The Adventure Bible for Young Readers (Ages 6-9), Lawrence O. Richards (Author), Sue W. Richards (Author), Jim Madsen (Illustrator)
  
• Day by Day Kids’ Bible: The Bible for Young Readers (Ages 9-12), Karyn Henley

Books to Use with the Whole Family

• Jesus Story Book Bible, Sally Lloyd-Jones
• Big Book of Questions and Answers, Sinclair Ferguson
• Big Book of Questions about Jesus, Sinclair Ferguson
• A House for My Name, Peter J. Leithart
• Truth & Grace Memory Book (#1, #2, #3), Tom Ascol
• The Advent Book, created by Jack & Kathy Stockman
• This Is What I Pray Today: Divine Hours Prayers for Children, Phyllis Tickle
• The Divine Hours: Prayers for Springtime, Phyllis Tickle
• The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime, Phyllis Tickle
• The Divine Hours: Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime, Phyllis Tickle

Links to Online Resources for Family Worship

• Center for Biblical Manhood & Womanhood

MP3s and Videos on Family Worship

• Donald Whitney speaks on Family Worship
• John Piper speaks on the use of music in family devotions
• Voddie Baucham on the importance of family worship

Books on Parenting

• Grace Based Parenting, Tim Kimmel
• Heirs of the Covenant: Leaving a Legacy of Faith for the Next Generation, Susan Hunt

Online Radio for the Whole Family

HisKids.net - www.hiskids.net HisKids.net has done a fantastic job of putting the best in children’s Christian programming all in one place. It’s one place online you know provides safe content for your family. From programs to music, there is so much on the site.

Videos to Facilitate Family Learning

Modern Parables – www.modernparable.com/ Thomas Purifoy and his company have masterfully filmed modern versions of the parables of Jesus. Jesus always communicated hard truths through parables. These films remind you just how true the parables are for today. The single parable editions come with suggestions for how to use the films with your family. These films will spark great conversation and drive your family to more deeply study the Bible.

Additional Resources We've Used:

• Catechism For Children - Children's Ministry International (great resources)
• Voice of the Martyrs - free publication, not designed for kids but we use with Caleb the "Who Will You Pray For Today?" map they send to pray for countries that are restricted or hostile toward Christianity
• Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes in You and Your Kids by Scott Turansky and Joanne Miller (a dear friend and great mom of four recommended this book on teaching your kids about treating each other with honor, great principle for adult relationships too!)
• Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp (another great parenting book)

Would love to hear what recommendations you have and will post here:

• Child's Story Bible by Catherine Vos

Handyman

Baseball with daddy

Kennon joined a men's city league baseball team for part of the summer, and Caleb was begging to go on the field and play ball with daddy during the game. After it was over, he finally got his shot!

Tee up...

keep your eye on the ball...

slide...

then up and dust it off like a little champ!

Baby Vaughan #3 is a little...

This weekend we decided it would be a perfect time to tell our parents the gender of baby Vaughan #3! Everyone guessed girl... and everyone was in for a surprise!

I'm due October 23. Luke will turn one August 12, and Caleb will turn three November 7, so they will all be very close in age. We couldn't be more excited about our three little musketeers!

Pickwick Lake

For Aunt Morgan and Uncle Daniel

This is mostly for Morgan and Daniel since they have not seen Luke since Christmas! He wasn't even able to sit up by himself then and now at 9 1/2 months he's all over the place. Amazing how much change happens in the first year of a child's life! Love and miss ya'll!