Great Community Outreach "D65 Parenting Conference"

A great opportunity in our community to help you "Parent Beyond Your Capacity" will be hosted this Sunday, February 13, 2011 at Valley Creek Baptist Church. The Conference is based on the scripture found in Deuteronomy 6:5, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength.

Join us as we dig into some hot topics, practical tips, and tangible ideas as we move through this thing called parenting together. We'll spend time discussing how the church and home can partner to help us all elevate our level of parenting, influence, and overall growth of our children and teens.

Cost is only $25 per family or $15 for single participants. If the cost is a concern please don't let it be, we want you here! Talk to one of the staff and we'll make it happen for you!

If you would be interested, sign up online at www.valleycreekbaptist.org or contact the church for more information at 270-737-9282.

Free Fun for the Whole Family Saturday October 3, 2009

We just got a flier announcing a family fund day at our local Home Depot here in Elizabethtown and with all the things going on we thought it was worth sharing with our readers!
Saturday October 3rd, from 10am to 2pm, bring the kids out for lots of events and guests:
E-town Fire Department Ladder Truck
Kids can wear a fire uniform (bring your cameras)
Vine Grove Fire Department
Rineyville Fire Department
Central Hardin Fire Department
Radcliff Fire Department
E-town Police Dept/McGruff Crime Dog/Cruiser
Hardin County Sheriff/Cruiser
Fingerprinting and Child Identification
Inflatable Slide
Inflatable Bouncy House
American Red Cross - Choking Charlie
Life Net Helicopter
Ky Bloodhound Search and Rescue
Tracers (technical Search and Rescue)
Hardin County Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
Smokey the Bear
Ky Department of Agriculture -Tractor Cab
Hardin County EMS/Ambulance
Kids Workshop - Firehouse Bank and other kits
Coloring Contest
Face Painting
Cotton Candy/Popcorn/Ice Cream/Coke
Sports Dentistry (teeth protection)
Nova family Medicine
Child Advocacy Center
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana
Pavestone - Scott's - At Home Services
Family Fire Safety Clinic
Pumpkin Carving Demo

This event day is FREE and will be both fun and educational for the whole family! Don't forget to bring your camera to capture all the great memories!

Great local attraction!

We took a little trip this week to Saunders Springs in nearby Radcliff, Kentucky which is located near the back gate of Ft. Knox. The entrance now has 3 authentic log homes that have been brought from nearby locations and restored on site. Within the park, there are trails that would keep you hiking for days, and creeks and water reservoirs and great photo opportunities everywhere. A lot of local people take advantage of the natural backgrounds here and make it part of their engagement photos or family photos, etc. There are a number of picnic facilities from tables to covered pavilions and public restrooms for family gatherings or reunion events. You can find out more by visiting this link: Saunders Springs Enjoy a few photos we took last week too.

Collecting Caps for Cancer RETRACTION!

Ok, so I got to thinking about the email I sent out about a week ago about collecting water bottle caps for cancer and wondered if it was too good to be true.
This idea came to me via my daughter's school where they announced a girl attending U of L who had cancer and was collecting the caps to help defer the cost of her chemo treatments. I thought it was a great idea so I brought it up to the office. Of course everyone was eager to help and had enlisted their families too, but after doing some hunting online, I found the info to be misleading. I called the school to see if I could verify the girls name and where she was receiving cancer treatment in hopes that we could continue collections, but after they did some investigating they too found nothing concrete to support that collecting the caps would indeed be accepted for treatments. So, it is with much sadness that we will no longer be collecting caps for cancer and in the future will try to do my investigating well before publishing a "grand idea" and getting everyone involved. What a shame that someone would even come up with an idea like this and it not be true. The children at the school will also be disappointed when they find out this was not true. They had already collected a substantial number of caps and now there is no place to donate them.

Heritage Hill

I enjoyed an afternoon last week at Heritage Hill in Shepardsville, KY and just wanted to share what a truly beautiful community this is! Any buyer would love what they have created here, from the wonderful homes to the golf course all within a beautifully designed community. To get a better look, visit their website at www.heritagehillcommunity.com and seefor your self all it has to offer. From the beautiful greens, to the Restaurant or club house and pool, you are sure to see something for every member of your family.