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Thank you so much for the participation in this awesome opportunity to receive a Hallmark Recordable Storybook. I loved reading all your ideas about how you would use your book. I want to thank Hallmark for their generous donation! If you did not win, remember you can find these books near the Hallmark cards in a store near you. They would make perfect gifts for Easter, Mother’s Day or really any holiday!

Sorry it has taken a while for me to reveal the results from the drawing for the Hallmark Recordable Storybook. This morning my duties as Family Manager came first. Anyway, I finally figured out how to do the Random.org drawing. ~~I’m adding a widget below.~~ {Widget box was wigging out on me} Click here, instead. Entrants can type in your name to ensure you were in the drawing. It is important to me for you to understand I had no hand it choosing the winner.

The winner is:

I just realized the time on Sheri’s comment. She lives in Mountain Standard Time Zone, so to her it was 11:23 pm. My blog is set to Central Standard Time Zone. I will be more specific on time zone on next drawing.

Congratulations Sheri!

The wonderful people at Hallmark

have graciously offered a superb product

for you to enjoy in your family

for generations.

Have you seen the

Hallmark Recordable Storybooks?

Here are some ways you can use these books:

If you are going on a work trip or vacation without your children, record your voice reading this story. They can listen to you while you are away…keep you close to them even though you are not present. This would be especially meaningful for parents who are in the military and are gone for a long time. I was able to do this before I went to my last blog conference. My Husband texted me while I was gone saying how our youngest listened to the book every night before she went to bed.
Have a grandparent or extended family member record their voice reading the story. How special it will be for that child to have a recording of their Grandparents reading them a book. They can pull it out any time they want to hear them. My children only have one great grandparent who hasn’t passed on. Oh how I wish I could have had these books recorded with their voice before they passed away. I, personally, would treasure them and listen to them too! They instantly become priceless when they have someones voice who is no longer with us.
This next idea is what we did with this book. My second grader has just become mastering her reading. We both sat down with the book. I took out the battery so we could just read it like a normal story book. I read her the book first and then she read it next. Some of the words were a little difficult for her, so I helped her and she practiced until she felt comfortable reading it. {Shhhhhh….don’t tell them that this exercise helps them learn to read 😉 …hint hint} Since I had read/recorded my voice in the other book I gave her, she had trouble understanding why I wanted her to be the one recording the book. I explained to her how special it will be to her {and to us} to have her sweet 7 year old voice for us to listen to when she is grown. Not only that, we can bring it out for her own children to listen and enjoy in the future. How fun would it be for her own 7 year old daughter to hear her Mom’s voice when she was 7!!! Again…priceless!!
The next time my family from Holland are here I want them to record their voice reading one of these books. If you have family who live far away, this is perfect to have them feel closer to you!
When you are pregnant, you could record yourself reading this to your baby. Then you can play it for them after they are born. As they grow and get older you can share how you recorded this for them when they were still inside you. Ahhhhhh

So you really want one now, don’t you?! I don’t blame you. Hallmark is genius for coming up with these! There are many titles to choose from, however, Hallmark will be sending one lucky winner Bright & Beautiful, A Child’s Blessing. The text of this book is based on the Hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander.

You will receive a chance to win when you complete the following tasks. For each task you complete you will gain another entry into the contest. This means if you complete all 4 tasks your name will go into the drawing 4 times.

Go to the Hallmark website here and click on SEE ALL. This will show you all the recordable storybook titles to choose from. Pick another one of these books that you think you would like. Come back here and comment on which one and why. Can’t wait to see all your ideas!
Write about this contest on Facebook or Twitter linking back to here. All you do is add this link to your post: www.familybringsjoy.com
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The winner will be chosen by Random.org and I will announce the winner on Thursday, March 10th. The contest will close at midnight on March 10th.

Disclaimer: Hallmark offered to give me 2 of these Recordable Storybooks. They gave me one to use/show here & one for the winner. I was happy to feature a product I believe so strongly will help families create unity and joy. I will only feature products that will help families. No other compensation was given.

Good Luck,